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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
SOAP BUBBLES.
The Method Newton Adopted In Meas
uring These Thin Films.


Sir Isaac Newton studied the colored
rings in soap bubbles, which appear
white at first and then, as the bubble
is blown out, brilliant iridescent colors
appear in zones around the summit till
1t becomes black and bursts.
These films Newton succeeded in
measuring by their color, producing
them by plano convex lens on plate
glass. At the point Of contact was a
black spot with some six or seven rings
of light and dark colors alternately.
The thicknesses Of the dark rings he
found proportional to the numbers O.,
2, A, 6, and of the bright rings proper
tional to 1, 3, 5. The thickness Of q sky
blue film was found to be two-mil-
lionths Of an inch; of orange red, eight;
Of violet, eleven; of green, fifteen; Of
purple, twenty-one, and of yellow,
wenty-seven-million of an inch.
Messrs. Rucker and Reinold more re-
Gently confirmed this by measuring
black soap films, which they find aver
age three or four millionths Of an inch.
This, then, is a measure Of the depth
of water and the particle Of soap which
together make up the soap bubble film.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
His Person Sacred.

The person Of the Korean emperor is
sacred. If human hand touches him
1t is sacrilege, and the punishment for
sacrilege is death. If the emperor
touches subject he becomes sacred.
The emperOr's name must be mention
ed only in whispers. His portrait is
never painted except after death.
Then it is worshiped. Once foreign
ambassador sought to present the en-
peror with the portrait of his sover-
eign. But the minister for foreign af-
fairs regarded the offer as an outrage,
and the portrait was never accepted.
The emperor's power is boundless; his
word is law, and he owns everything,
land and people, without restriction.
A simple wish is a command.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
FEVER HEAT.
The Reason Some Fruits Have the
Eject Of Cooling the Blood.

The Reason Some Fruits Have the
Eject of Cooling the Blood.
In health the temperature Of the
blood is constant and even when spots
and rashes appear on the skin there
is no departure from the normal tenn
perature unless there Is cause for
fever, such as blood poisoning, the in
vasion of some microbe or serious dis
turbance Of the nervous system. In
fevers, when the temperature Of the
blood is raised, vegetables are never
given, as they would not cool the blood,
but might help to heat it.
Some fruits have cooling properties,
as they contain citric acid, and this
forms citrates in the blood and in
creases the perspiration. In serious
fevers, however, it is much safer to
give measured quantities of citrates to
produce this effect than to trust to the
uncertain action of fruit.
Fruit and fresh vegetables are anti
sorbutics-that is to say, they are APP
posed to scurvy. The cause Of this dis
ease is not clearly understood, but it is
certainly due to an absence Of these
wholesome constituents from the diet.
The flushing of the skin, with spots
and rashes, popularity called heating
Of the blood" is relieved and effete
matter is eliminated by their use, hence
the popular phrase that they cool the
blood.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
THE WORD DOLLY.
Originally 1t Was the Name of a Fab
ric For Summer Wear.

Though the word dolly is now re-
stricted in meaning to the small cloth
that covers a dessert plate, it had
originally a much wider Specification.
1t seems to have been introduced as
a cheap and fashionable fabric, special
ly for summer wear, about the latter
part Of the seventeenth century, for
Dryden speaks Of 'doiley petticoats,"
and Steele in the Taller mentions "a
doyley suit"
The name has been long connected
with q London firm, trading as linen
diapers, in Upper Wellington street,
Strand, who occupied the great old
corner house next to Hodsoll's, the
banker, from Queen Anne's time to
1850. Though their name happens to
be the same as that of the stuff, there
is no authority for linking the two to-
gether
Wedgwood rejects derivation and
suggests the Dutch dwaele, towel, or,
better still, the Swiss dwaheli, a nap
kin. The dolly itself used to be called
a dolly napkin" till shortened by GUS
tomary usage.-London Standard.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
BIRTH OF THE BUS.
This Glass of Vehicle First Appeared
In Paris In 1862.

In Paris In 1862.
The omnibus appeared in Paris in
1862 as a 'carrosse cinq sous Coach
for twopence halfpenny). by authority
of Louis XIV, under the management
of Pascal. the mystic and philosopher.
Whether this eminent thinker originat-
ed the idea is not clear, but there is no
doubt that his influence assisted in the
establishment of the service under the
auspices of royal decree
Later on these earliest omnibuses
Aeeased to run owing to lack of support
and did not reappear in Paris until
1927, when Lafitte, the banker, who
was among the largest proprietors,
was credited with originating the re-
vived service.
The new coaches started to ply in
London on July 4, 1929, when the first
one left Paddington for the Bank of
England, and another ran from the
bank to the Yorkshire Stingo, New
road. These first British buses were
known from the man who organized
them as "Shillibeers," and the conduc-
tors of the first two are said to have
been the sons of British naval officers.
Three horses drew them, and they car
ried twenty-five passengers, all inside.
London Standard.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
The scold.. nridle.

In Queen Ellzabeths day an instru-
merit of torture was used to prevent
women from scolding and nagging. 1t
consisted of an iron framework, called
the "scold's bridle," somewhat similar
to cage. which was slipped over the
head OF the person whom it was de-
aired TO punish. In the framework
were eyeholes and specially prepared
projection in front for the tongue Of
the victim. The interior Of the pro-
lection was lined with spikes, so that
If the wearer attempted to speak her
tongue was liable to get badly lacerated.
1t did not often require more than one
application of this torture to break the
gossip Of her unpleasant habit.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
THE BARN DOOR SKATE.
A Landlubber's Description of This
Peculiar Fish.

Peculiar Fish.
The barn door skate beggar's de-
scription. l never could tell whether
he was looking at me with his eyes
or his breathe holes. He is bottom
fish and fiat like founder. He has
a triangular body, the apex of which
forms the snout; opposite his snout
are his tail and few extra pieces
OF his overcoat, which kind nature has
tagged on to him in case he gets torn
and has to be mended. His tail is en-
bellished with few spines-this 1
know for fact.
He has a couple of eyes little way
back of his snout, and right back
Of these are couple Of holes that
extend completely through him. These
holes connect with his lungs, or what
ever he uses to breathe with, and have
an uncomfortable way of looking at
you at the same time as his eyes.
He has a mouth, too, but it is ON the
under side Of him and convenient for
business. 1t is a funny thing, with
spines on the lips, and when you pull
the lower jaw the upper jaw moves
with it-a sort of automatic trap, not
unlike what you can see in any ten
cent restaurant. This is landlub-
ber's description, but it is enough
Country Life In America.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
NATURES HANDIWORK.
The Wonderful Bridge That Spans 6
Canyon In Utah.

Canyon In Utah.
Writing about the colossal bridges Of
Utah, w. w. Dyar says in the Century:
Across canyon measuring 335 feet
inches from wall to wall nature has
thrown n splendid arch Of solid sand
stone sixty feet thick in the central
part and forty feet wide, leaving I'M
derneath it clear opening 357 feet in
perpendicular height. The lateral walls
Of the arch rise perpendicularly nearly
to the top of the bridge, when they
flare suddenly outward, giving the eff
feet Of an immense coping or cornice
overhanging the main structure fifteen
or twenty feet on each side and eX
tending with the greatest regularity
and symmetry the whole length Of the
bridge. The majestic proportions Of
few comparisons. Thus its height is
more than twice and its span more
than three times as great as those of
the famous natural bridge Of Virginia.
It's buttresses are 11S feet farther
apart than those Of the celebrated ma
sonry arch In the District Of Columbia
known as Cabin John bridge, few
miles from Washington city, which
has the greatest span of any masonry
bridge on this continent. This bridge
would overspan the capitol at Wash
ington and clear the top Of the dome
by fifty-one feet. And If the loftiest
tree in the Calaveras grove of giant
sequoias in California stood in the bot
tom of the canyon its topmost bough
would lack thirty-two feet Of reaching
the underside Of the arch.
This bridge is Of white or very light
sandstone, and, as in the case Of the
Caroline, filaments Of green and orange
tinted lichens run here and there over
the mighty buttresses and along the
sheltered crevices under the lofty cor
nice, giving warmth and color to the
wonderful picture.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
Reason For Marrying.

They were talking about a friend OF
hers who had married q bishop sta
toned in Kamchatka or Tlmbuktu or
some other heather land.
1T never could understand why she
married him." said the young woman.
"She seemed the last girl on earth to
marry a bishop. She cared SO much
more for having a good time than she
did for church work and sewing cir
cles."
"Girls are pretty wise nowadays
said the young man, "and they general
ily have a good reason for marrying the
way they do. A girl friend OF mine
married a doctor so she could always
be well for nothing, and maybe this
girl married the bishop so she could
be good for nothing."-New York Trib-
une.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
A MODERN HAMLET.
Wherein Hawthorne Was Akin to
the Melancholy Dane.

wherein Hawthorne Was Akin to
the Melancholy Dane.
Certain characteristics of Hawthorne
are, of course, indisputable, and it is
not fantastic to add that some of these
qualities bear q curious resemblance to
those of that very Prince of Denmark
who seems more real to us than do
most living men. Hawthorne was a
gentleman; in body the mold of form,
and graced with noble mind. Like
Hamlet, he loved to discourse with un-
lettered people, with wandering artists,
with local humorists, although without
ever losing his own dignity and inviola
BILE reserve. He had irony for the pre-
tentious, kindness for the simple heart
ed, merciless wit for the fools. He
liked to speculate about men and wom-
en-, about temptation and sin and pun
ishment, but he remained, like Hamlet,
clear sighted enough to distinguish be
tween the thing in itself and the thing
as it appeared to him in his solitude
and melancholy. His closest friends.
like Horatio Bridge and William d.
Ticknor, were men of marked JUS
tice and sanity Of mind-of the true
Horatio type. Hawthorne was capable.
If need be. Of passionate and swift ac-
ton, for all his gentleness and exquisite
courtesy of demeanor. Toward the
last he had, like Hamlet, his forebod-
ings-"such a kind Of gain giving as
would perhaps trouble q woman
and he died, like Hamlet, In silence.
conscious of an unfinished task.-Bliss
Perry in Atlantic.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
A pretty Name For a Girl.

"You didn't think of the work we
have to do when you christened it,
said the Ebbew Vale magistrates clerk
YEARLY on Saturday when an applicant
for certificate of exemption from vac
cination stated that his child's name
was Caereiraelbbwyneth.
The Applicant-Can't you spell it?
The Clerk-I may get at it if you give
me time. Is it boy or a girl?
The Applicant--A girl.
"What is the meaning of the nameT'
II will tell you when have more
time"
A Welsh minister In court explained
that the literal meaning Of the name
was "snow lover"-London Mail.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
Jovial on the scaGoId.

Sir Thomas More, who was beheadei
in 1886, was famous for his wit. "He
died." says the chronicler, with an I'M
concern that in others would have ap-
peared to be levity, but In him was
nature" He TESTED on the scaffold, and
he had been just as humorous during
his Imprisonment. With q pathetic
touch which is never absent from the
true humorist he closed all his win
dows when they took his books from
him. 1T is time to shut up shop" he
said, "when the wares are all gone"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
The Professor Found Out.

One of the worlds greatest psycholo-
gists, desiring to know how the mind
of street boy would work If he adj
dressed an absurd question to him,
accosted a bootblack with, "Well, SON.
ny, what time is 1t by your noseT'
Jaw, gwanl" retorted the boy. "Mine
amt runnin'. Is yoursT
The professor took Off his hat to the
urchin with great gravity and departed
a wiser man. His respect for news
boys is greatly increased
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
The ANGEL In Him.

Rev. Dogood-No man is so bad that
there is not little of the angel left
him. Bobson-Yes, that's so. Remem-
Der Spilkins? Everybody thought he
was about the worst man on earth.
Why, his own mother wouldn't come
to his funeral. Well, sir, I've been
told thousand times a month for the
last five years that Spilkins was the
only real saint that ever lived. Rev.
Dogood-My goodness! Dobson-I
married Spilkins' widow.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
A Trick of the Trade.

Many of the local curiosity shops
planted in the back streets Of most
county and country towns are simply
kept up by large London firms who,
from a prolonged study of human ma
ture, have discovered that people who
are shy of buying old furniture or old
silver in Bond street or Piccadilly are
ready and eager purchasers of precisely
the same objects, at a rather higher
price, when they come upon them in
the back streets of country town.
English Country Gentleman.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
Oacnr,s Definition.

Shocked Mother-My boy, my boy,
what became Of that last piece of pie
left in tie cupboard and told you not
to disturb? Little Oscar-I Gated It.
Shocked Mother-And what would you
GALL an net Ike that? Little Oscar
Disturbing tie pi ~. suppose.-Buf-
lalo Comnic,~-'
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
Shopping In the Philippines.

A traveller in the Philippines writes:
'There is no place where shopping is
easier than in Manila, for it is almost
absolutely impossible to buy anything
you require. You can nevertheless pur-
chase, If you are so inclined, every
thing you do not want-and soiled at
that-at four times or so its normal
val1ev
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
HOW II Hurfa.

Tommy-Smokin' cigarettes is dead
sure to hurt yer.
Jimmy-G'on! Where did yer git dat
notion?
"From pop"
Jaw, he vuz jist stringin' yer"
mo, he wasn't stringin' me. He wuz
Strappin' me. OATS how I knows It
urts."-Catholic Standard and Times.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19
HeadwOrk.

Doctor-It is especially important
that you refrain from all head work
for few weeks. Patient-But, doctor,
it's by head work that earn my liv-
ing. Doctor-Are you a literary mani
Patient-No, sir, I'm q hairdresser.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-08-19

Jenkins-I met that new butler Of
yours today and had quite talk with
him. Nuritch (anxiously)-what does
ne think of us? Did he say?-Phila-
delphia Record.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-29
AUCTION SALES.
Samuel II. Lunt. Auctioneer.


RY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
- made by Kate McDermott to the trus-
tees of the German Cooperative Building
Association No. 8, Of Alexandria, Va, bear.
ing date on the 30th day Of October, 1900, and
of record in the land records in the city Of
Alexandria, Virginia, in Deed Book No. As,
page 1856, and by the directions Of the board
of directors Of the said association, default
having been made in the payment of the
amount secured by The said deed of trust, the
undersigned trustees Of the said association
will offer for sale at public auction on
SATURDAY,
the 18th day of August, 1904,
at II m. in front Of the Royal street entrance
TO the Market Building, the following de-
scribed real estate in the said city of Alexan-
ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND WITH
THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS
THEREON, and bounded ss follows, to-wit :
beginning on the west side Of Henry street
no feet north of Queen street, and on the
north line Of an alley 10 feet wide, and run
ming thence west on said alley 100 feet TO
another alley; thence north parallel to Henry
street "a feet; thence east Ia direct line 100
feet to Henry street, and thence south on
Henry street "a feet TO the beginning, with all
appurtenances.
Terms of sale-Cash. All costs Of convey
ancing at the expense Of the purchaser.
JOHN ID. NORMOYLE,
HENRY BLADDER,
T. NJ. BRADSHAW,
iy26 I'd Trustees.
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alexandria Gazefte.
FRIDAY EVENING. July %. 1904.


Tn Central America there lives the
robber crab. of almost incredible SIZE
and somewhat resembling a huge spi'
der. The distance between Its exteno-
ed claws Is sometimes as great as
twelve feet. It spends the greater part
Of IT'S life ON land and climbs the cocoa
nut trees, on the fruit Of which 1t lives
almost entirely. 1t digs In the grounu
deem tunnels and lines them Win Co
coanut fber. 49,,
When engaged the robber crab can
break q mans limb with Its powerlui
claws. Animals approaching 1t TOO
closely often receive an ugly pincn
which they DO not soon forget and IT
a ON record that one Of these crabs has
captured and tried to drag of goat.
To open a cocoanut the robber crab
removes the bark from the end con-
tanning the three eyes, one only OF
which Is easily penetrated, and, having
found this, it revolves the nut against
The point of one Of its spindle legs IN
I'll the opening Is large enough for II
to insert its great claw. With this II
breaks the shell, grinds the contents
into small pieces and carries them 10
its mouth.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-29
LEGAL NOTICES.


VIRGINIA.-In the Clerks Office Of the
Corporation Court Of the City Of Alexan-
dria, on the 2nd day Of July, 1904.
City Council ofAlexandria, which sues, &c,
VS.. Edward F. Forester, II. Bradley
Davidson and John c. Davidson, trustees;
William T. Davidson, Ii. Bradley David
son and John c. Davidson, partners, trading
and doing business under the firm name and
style Of Davidson d Davidson, and Will
liam T. Davidson and Salvatore Davidson,
his wife.
Memo The object of this suit is to subject
the following property in the city of Alex-
andria, Virginia, viz Lots numbered 81, 50,
"a and IS In II. +. Barrett's subdivision, as
per plat recorded in liber No. 81, page lis, of
the land records of the city of Alexandra,
Va, said lots being On Patrick street north of
Montgomery street, to the payment of the lien
of the City Council of Alexandria thereon
for taxes and all other liens.
1t appearing by an affidavit filed in this
cause that the defendants Edward F. For
roster, II. Bradley Davidson and John c. Da.
wilson, trustees; William Il. Davidson and
John G. Davidson. partners. trading and doing
business under the firm name and style of
Davidson d Davidson, and William I. David
son ana Salvatore Davidson, his wife,
are nonresident of this State 1t is order
ed, That said defendants appear here
within fifteen days after due publication
of this order and do what is necessary
to protect their interests in this suit, and that
copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the
Alexandria Gazette, newspaper published in
the city Of Alexandria, once a week for four
successive weeks, and posted at the front door
of the Court House Of this city.
A copy-TEsTE:
JOHN S. BEACH, Clerk.
By NEWELL S. GRBENAwAY, ID. G.
Norton & Boothe, p. q. jy6 w4w-w
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Washington, Alexandria 4
Mt. Vernon Railway.
In effect May 1, 1904.
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA,

For Washington, from corner Prince and
Royal streets, week days, at 545, 8 Is, 30,
50, 40, 80 745, 756, S15, $50, 600
9 80, 600, %, 10 go, IL 20 and II AZ a. m
IL 20, IL 46 90, 20, 1 as, 21O, 246, 305, $50
46, Ais, 4S6, 500, 8 90, 5 As, sos, s 80, 6 So
Is, 80, S 80, 8 TO- 8 so, 10 30 and II 20 p. m
Sundays-70O, 10, 900, 945, 1925, 1850
2 20, 250 800, $50, 400, 450, 52J, $50, s &c
80, 720 7 so, $50, 9 10, 9 80, 10 80, II cop. m.
Leave Alexandria for -Four Mile Run lin
addition to local trains for Washington, week
days, at IL SO p. m. and ~ 80 a. m. Sundays
II So p. M. and IL 35 a.. m.
LEAVE WASHINGTON.
For Alexandria, from the corner OF Penhsyl-
vania avenue and 131 street, week days, 6 20
$50, 705, 100, 80, sos, 835, 900, 30,
1000, 1925, IL 90, II 80 a. m. II 90 noon, 22O,
II 40, % (express), / IS, l 50, 202 (expressl,
80, sos, 80 7O5, 7 IS, 7 so. s 70, 9 10, 80,
| 10 80, IL 20 .. IN. and IL 03 midnight
Sundays 40, 300, 945, 1926, 100, II 30
a. m. 120 noon, u 30, / co. 30, 200, 2 30
| 800, $50, AGO. 430, 800 $50, 500, 80, 700,
&c. 755, $50, 10, $50, 1880 IL 20 p. m.
and 70 % midnight.
FOR MOUNT VERNON.
Leave Alexandria for Mount Vernon, week
days, $50. 80, 10 80, II 32 a. m. II 30, 81
q %, D ~, 4 10. a n, y %, w anu > W ~ NE
Sundays OF, SO, 10 % a. M, II 80, 81,
447, 6 40 and OF p. m.
FOR ROSsLYN,
Leave Alexandria for Rosslyn, week days,
10, 7 So, 80, 900, 1000, 1850, II AZ a. m.,
~ 46, As, S46, Sc, 5 29, s 45, 8 30, 655 and
Sundays Is, 100, 945, 1850, u5Oa. m.
1850, 80, $50, $50, 450, $50, g. 80 and
so p. nj.
Leave Rosslyn for Alexandria, week days,
749, s 80, 903, 8 33, 10 80, IL p, a. m, IL 81
t52, 327, 4S2, 5 10, OF, 629, 7O2, 747 and
snRndays--s5s, 9 4s, 10Y, 1127a. n, 1927,
1N, 227, 327, Az, 527, 627, 727 and s p
p. m.
Baggage checked and carried on the follow
ing trains from Alexandria for Washington
week days: $50 and 10 % a. M, i W, 3 % and
| COS p. M.
Sundays Il a. m, and 6 20 p. m.
Parcels carried.
Freight carried daily, morning and evening,
in each direction. No freight accepted unless
delivered at the station at least 80 minutes be.
fore the departure Of the freight trains.
CLARENCE p. KING, J. CoLvIS,
President Superintendent.
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Morality Versus intellectually.

AS a man grows older he perceiyes
that the moral qualities are worth a
good deal more in friendship than the
intellectual qualities and that no bril-
liancy Of mind, no charm OF converse
ton, can make up for lack OF loyalty
charity and generosity In social inter-
course. Young men Of brains are ois-
posed to value mainly mental power
IN other people. and 1t is a human
quality to forgive much in men and
women of genius. This is a false ap-
oreciation of the respective values OF
mentality and the moral qualities. Inc
time comes when a man learns that
unselfshness and affection are better
IN wife or friend than intellectual pow
or accompanied by intense self love-
Fortunate the man who does not come
10 this knowledge too late.-San Fran
cisco Bulletin.