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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03

Dogs have been trained in Belgium
for centuries to be beasts Of burden.
Throughout the country thousands Of
dogs constantly work, singly or in
teams, before small carts, giving per-
feet satisfaction. Hundreds of small
wagons, as well as other light vehicles,
are drawn by dogs throughout the
country. What would be pushcart in
England becomes a dogcart in Bel
GUM and in many parts of provincial
France as we'll.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03
Held Marine Memorial Mass.

New York, May 91.-A memorial
high mass, celebrated according to the
military ritual of the middle ages, was
said before 10000 persons on the Cam.
pus of the Marine barracks in the New
York navy yard, in memory of those
who died in the civil and Spanish
wars. 1t was the second ceremony OF
the kind held since the close Of the
civil war.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03
IJnurotected,

The stage manager catches one OF
the actors smoking behind the scenes.
"Here! You can't smoke on the
stagep' he says.
"What's the odds? The scenery is
freproof."
"But you're not"
As the actor discovered when he got
his two weeks notice.-JudRe.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03
Ann Arbor Railroad Steamers.

The Ann Arbor r. r. steamers are
now sailing on regular schedule leaving
Frankfort for Menominee at $3.50 a. m.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday and at
the same hour on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday for Manistique. Daily
trips are made between Frankfort and
Manitowoc.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03
Aim HfUher.

"When say goodby to you this even
ing" said Mr.. Snowman, do you think
it would be proper for me to place one
reverent kiss upon your fair handY
"Well," she replied, II would consid-
er it decidedly out Of place."-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03
Worlds Fair Rates via Ann Arbor
Railroad.

Every day during period of Worlds
Fair the Ann Arbor r. r. will sell 10
day, go day and season tickets at excur-
sion rates.
Commencing May 18th and on every
Tuesday and Thursday thereafter until
June Both special excursion tickets good
only in coaches mot in parlor or sleeping
cars) will be sold from Owosso at SiO. 80
for round trip. These coach" tickets
will be good for return seven days in
Guiding date of sale. Ask agents for
information or write,
]. J. KIRBY, g. P. A.
Toledo, o.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03

almost incalculabie loss from high
wind, that at times blew almost hur-
ricane It is estimated that more than
one-half of the ripening cherries crop
is destroyed and that from 20.000,00O
to S0.000,0O0 pounds of prunes are on
the ground.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03

Inc teacher told Elsie to name the
large bodies Of water. She had bean
absent the day before and hadn't
learned the definition Of sound. She
thought she remembered the name
ana she recited, Oceans, BAYS. rulf
straits and-and noises"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03
ABANDONED FARMS GOING.
Summer Residents Are Buying Them
In New Hampshire.

Summer Residents Are Buying Them
In New Hampshire.
Governor Bachelor, lecturer Of the
national grange, has issued an address
ON New Hampshire's abandoned farms.
in which he says:
can encouraging feature Of New
Hampshire life at the opening of the
new year is the extent to which the
states abandoned farms have been
adopted by prosperous and well pleased
foster parents. The first statistics col
lected by the commissioner show 1,343
abandoned farms within the state. The
proportion of unoccupied farm land
within the state grows less with each
year that passes.
'By far the larger number, however,
of the purchasers Of New Hampshires
abandoned farms have been summer
residents, vacation visitors, permanent
ly domiciled for from two to eight
months of the year among our hills. A
canvass of such residents, now being
made by the state board Of agriculture
and not completed at the time Of writ
ing, has given thus far the names Of
2,100 owners Of summer homes in our
state, most of the said homes having
been created from what were once
abandoned farms.
"It is estimated that these 2,100
adopted sons Of the state, by them
selves, their families, their guests and
their employees, add to the population
Of New Hampshire every summer at
least 10000 people. Their holdings Of
real estate represent a permanent in
vestment of $5,000,000, and their an
pual expenditures for all purposes
within the state are at least half as
much"
The Androscoggin (Me.) Pomona
grange has membership of 2,636, and
there are 1850 Patrons in that county.
Maine is the third state in the Union
as to grange membership.
The parcels post is favored by the
grange. There is no good reason why
this country should not have as good
mail facilities as foreign countries
have.
The legislative committee of the ma
tional grange has recently visited Wash
ington in the interest Of the Order and
Of farmers generally.
The monument to be erected in Wash
ington to the memory of the seven
founders of the Order is to cost $25, 900.
The homes Of fifty Of the members of
the Yorktown IN. " grange are con-
nected by telephone.
The good roads discussion is on in
earnest.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03

The homes Of fifty of the members Of
the Yorktown IN. " grange are con
nected by telephone.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03

The monument to be erected In Wash
ington to the memory of the seven
founders of the Order is to cost sos, 00O
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03

The good roads discussion is on in
earnest.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03

The legislative committee of the ma
tional grange has recently visited Wash
ington in the interest of the Order and
Of farmers generally.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03

The parcels post is favored by the
grange. There is no good reason why
this country should not have as good
mail facilities as foreign countries
have.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-03

The Androscoggin (Me.) Pomona
grange has q membership of 1886, and
there are 1850 Patrons in that county.
Maine is the third state in the Union
as to grange membership.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
CLERK WORRIED FOR A YEAR.
Then Discovered Deposition Didn't
Know Certificate Was for $500
Too Much.

TNlISW OSi 1tltCdbC 40 ~ R'~SS
Too Much.
An ex.bank official said that during
his career in the banking business he
had known more than one employee OF
bank to get into trouble on account
of carelessness in handling money
One collector, who was a light
hearted fellow. was going along the
street in high-water season, Tipping up
a 20 dollar piece with his thumb and
finger and catching it as it came
down Finally it slipped and fell
through a grating on the sidewalk into
about two feet of water. He made
some efforts to recover it, but finally
decided to wait till the water was
gone, and then it was found that the
coin was also gone Another time the
same fellow was coming up the street
with $4,000 in 20 dollar pieces on his
shoulder In some way he lost hold
on the sack, and in striking the side
walk it burst and the coins rolled in
all directions. A number of people
rushed to his assistance, but he de-
scribed large circle around the sack,
and, waving his arms wildly, ordered
everybody to stand back" He recoY-
cred most of the coin, but decided to
get out of the banking business.
Another time Chinaman came into
the bank and deposited 5000 and took
a certificate of deposit. The clerk
who made out the certificate was pre-
occupied and wrote $4,000 on it and on
the stub When he made up his cash
at night he was $500 short. He
knew where the mistake was, and tried
to hunt up the Chinaman, but, al
though he got clue. he could never
find him, and he remained $500 short
on the books He had notice Of the
date of the certificate, amount, etc.,
pasted in his desk, and was always on
the lookout to catch the certificate as
it came in. Just year from the day
the deposit was made the Chinaman
walked into the bank and presented
the certificate to be cashed. When
asked how much he wanted he said all
$780, He had never noticed the mis-
take in the amount of the certificate,
and he has never found it out, and the
clerk suffered the worry of being short,
in his mind, for a whole year, for
nothing Oregonian.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
Chinese Inns.

In China there are many inns where
there is shelter for man and beast in
very truth; and without regard to
whether you are a man or beaS S. Ami
mails belonging to the pack trains,
men who drive them, and any trav-
eler who may chance upon one OF
these democratic inns, lie down-not
in peace, but in confusion-together
The braying of asses, believing of OK
en-, bleating of camels and snores Of
exhausted mankind all rise together
An american traveller may indeed be
thankful that railroads are doing
away with pack trains, anu that soon
these queer inns will have no reason
for existence.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
THE sHYlNe HORSE.
A Vice That Generally Originates from
Fear of Certain Sights.

The dangerous vice of shying in
horses almost invariably originates
with genuine fear of certain sights or
sounds, and 1t can be cured usually
by carefully acquainting the horses
with the objects that they fear,
writes David Buffum in the Youths
Companion. But there are two classes
of horses that shy for no apparent
reason, and unusual means must be
taken to effect their cure.
In the first class are those which,
having once obtained some advantage
over the driver by shying, repeat the
performance from pure mischief. 1t
requires some experience to distin-
guish this affected fear from the real;
but when there is no doubt Of his
making believe" coercive measures
are necessary.
In the other class are the most dan
gerous shyers. refer to those horses
which have been accustomed to the
objects they once feared, so that they
will usually pass them quietly, and
yOI WALL 0O4ACC4AuSo 6000CA4y CF4ASO
the original fear, and perhaps do con-
siderable damage in their struggles
to get away.
That the fear is real is evident to
any experienced norseman, but why
the horse should sometimes fear what
he usually ignores is not so clear.
The vice is particularly dangerous be-
cause the driver never knows when
to expect its manifestation.
have invariably found that the
horses with this vice were nervous. /
do not mean necessarily high-strung
or high-spirited, although the vice is
more frequent in well-bred horses than
In those Of colder blood.
After his outbursts of terror the
nervous shyer usually quiets down
promptly to his normal self. Such
horses know the unreasonableness
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
rNce,ve as much compensation for The

receive as much compensation Tor tD9
work which he does, says the
Richmond Tlmes-Dispatch But no
man who has a proper conception Oh
bie duty works simply for wage.
The man who does this is a hireling.
The man who has the highest concep-
tion OF work and duty does the best
that he can, no matter what his pay
NAV be. He gets his higher remuner-
alton in the satisfaction which he de-
rives from the consciousness OF a
faithful discharge of duty With
every. such worker the wage is an in
cident and not the chief aim of his
endeavor. Such man realizes that
his work is the expression of his char
acter: that his character will be judg-
ed by his work; and, therefore, he
makes his work as good as possible,
even though the pay be small.
But there is also practical side OF
the question. The man who works in
this way will surely attract the at
tention of his employer, and will L.
evitably rise to the highest position
he is capable of filing. That sort Of
faithfulness in any worker is most
valuable asset, and commands the
highest price in the labor market.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
They simply lose

of their cond let They simply lose
their self-contbl.
The cure fC., nervous shyers isr
good, generoust feed, accompanied by
daily, unremitting work-the medi--
cine which, time and again, has taken
the nonsense out Of men and women
as we'll as horsss, and which has cast.
out more devils than any other known
agency in the World.
l do not mean oyerwork. But have
not known a nervous shyer that could
not be controlled by giving him all
the work that n4 could perform with
out injury to his health. And the
cure is permanent.
A most interesting case was fur
nished by a youtg mare, called Alice.
that owned some years ago. She
was years old when l bought her,
and very well Kred, although not
thoroughbred. SIZE was fine, high
spirited roadster, and ordinarily was
we'll behaved, but she was subject to-
unaccountable fits of nervousness.
Sometimes, when standing in her own
box stall, SIZE would get uneasy, and
move and paw and scrape till sweat
ran off her in streams
The mare was at first desperately
afraid of electric cars; but with care
and patience / SCION had her entirely
accustomed to then, so that she
would meet them quietly. But several
times, when | lei st expected it, all
her former fear suddenly returned,
and on one Of tlhes7 occasions she
broke the wagon AMI came SO near
to getting away farGp me that de-
cided upon the tr lei aent | have IN
dicated-plenty of k.
1t was 20 miles 20 where / lived
to the city, and IN to drive there
with Alice harness en'b a light road
wagon, instead of. king the train,
as had been my wA This, with the
return trip, made miles a day,
which Alice easilc accomplished in
two hours and hi Se,ach way.
/ made this trip with her three
times a week, on the average, mean
while feeding her generously, so that
she did not fall away n flesh or con-
dition.
The result was al complete and per-
manent cure of her 1ervous shying
and nervous excitement in the stable.
When | believed the cure complete,
| stopped driving her to the city, and
used her as formerly, without recur-
renee of her trouble. In prescribing
this treatment for nervous shyers, I
cannot urge too stronglE that the OBJ
ject is not to punish tile horse or to-
tire him out or to- break his spirit,
but simply to benefit hiS nervous sys-
tenn and to get it into algood, healthy
and normal condition.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
QUAINT AMI cJRIous.

Kilkenny castle is ont of the Oldest
inhabited houses in thd world, many
of the rooms being lucI as they were
800 years ago.
In pulling down the did cathedral Of
Metz a strong box Has been found con-
tanning coins and watches valued at
10000 pounds.
A Russian peasant advertised in an
Irkutsk journal that he wanted tc
sell his wife and two young pigs for
rs rubles the lot.
Il
Inmates of St. Ataph workhouse, in
Wales, possess a pony and phaeton,
piano and librar. of more than 900
volumes. All arc provided by gener-
ously disposed pl ons In the district.
The town couI of Hildersheim,
Hanover, has d ed to preserve the
ancient appeara of its streets by or
dering that all W private buildings
must be in the tn century German
style.
Male "housemait re the most re-
cent contribution p solving of the
servant problem reat Britain, it
seems. Several TOD lnds Of foreign
young men have 'ecently been trans
ported to London 70 engage In general
domestic work in British households.
During the last six months ireland
sent to Great Britain 148, 1O1 more cat
tie, 108,1 100 more sheep and only 742
fewer horses thai were received from
all the rest of thr world.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
HISTORY OF THE COACH.
First of These Vehicles Built in 1857.

TlrSL OF ineSe NenlCISS BuiL III ITo''
AS popular as coaching is in some
parts of the country but little reliable
information has ever appeared in the
public press respecting its history
and development. At the town of
Kotze in Hungary, in 1457, the first
coach was constructed. This was
soon afterward presented to Charles
VII, at Paris. The first authentic rec
ord of a stage coach in England
shows that six of such vehicles were
in use there in 1862. So popular did
they become in that country that a
few years later they were in general
use on all the principal roads of the
kingdom.
Steam railways have, to large ex-
tent, done away with the use of the
coach as a link in the commercial
chain, but as a means Of furnishing
the highest type of recreation, the
coach and four is as popular to-day in
the British Empire and France as it
was when this was practically the only
means of locomotion in those coun-
tries.
Stage coaching in America was al
most co-extensive with the settlement
of the colonies, and in the early his
tory of the country there were few
if any places, of any Importance, that
did not welcome the sound of the
coachman's horn as one of the fas-
cinating incidents of pioneer life. AS
civilization pushed itself westward,
the stage coach was ever in the lead
of those agencies which blazed it's
pathway. These vehicles, as we'll as
their equipments, were comparatively
crude in their construction, and un-
pretentious in their appointments, but
they admirably served the purpose for
which they were intended and laid the
foundation for the popularity of coach
ing as a pleasurable pastime devel-
oped in later years.
Coaching parties had been popular
in England and France for several gem
erations before they were introduced
in this country yet the sport is so
wholesome and enjoyable that it can
not be doubted that in time it will be-
come as popular here as it is across
the Atlantic. = Illustrated Sporting
News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26

Much of Alaska remains unexplor-
ed and its resources are conjectured
rather than known. Much of eXplor-
ed and partly understood Alaska is
inaccessible because of insufficient
means of transportation. But rail
roads are projected to reach the sec
tions where development has begun,
and when these are constructed and
the river fleets are extended and sup
piled with better and more abundant
fuel, they will carry in great numbers
of persons eager to build up the terri
tory. Once it is demonstrated that
Alaska can economically produce
grain, vegetables, horses, and cattle
sufficient to sustain it's population, it
must make prodigious strides toward
prosperity. The expectation that 1t
may yet export wheat may be but an
"iridescent dream" but it is not un-
reasonable to hope that before anoth.
er census is taken Alaska will have
become largely independent of the
States for it's subsistence, and will
offer substantial rewards to the enter
prising and hardy homeseeker in re-
turn for the exercise Of those sturdy
qualities so necessary to the realiza-
ton of the growing National eXpecta-
tion regarding this infant empire OF
the Far Northwest.
The lahnrar is worthy of his hire
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26

In the following words President
Roosevelt points out that the great
ness of a nation depends upon the
character of its people. He says: ut
is character that counts in nation,
as in man. 1t is good thing to
have clean, fine, intellectual devel-
opment in nation, to produce ora
tors, artists, successful business men;
but it is an infinitely greater thing to
have those solid qualities which we
group together under the name of
haracter-sobriety steadfastness the
sense of obligation towards ones
neighbor and ones God, hard common
sense, and combined with it the gift
of generous enthusiasm toward what
ever is right. These are the qualities
which go to make up true national
greatness"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26

After all, silver may supersede gold
in the matter of surgery, announces
the st. Louis Star. According to the
Paris papers, the physicians have hit
upon a new method of treating
wounds. A sheet of silver or silver
leaf is all that is necessary. The sill
yer is simply placed on the wound or
ulcer, and as it sticks closely to the
surface a little cotton soaked in colo
dion is sufficient to keep it in place.
The effects of the sheet of silver are
very remarkable Where the wound
is a recent one and not contaminated
with microbes, it quickly heals under
the influence of the silver, without
Inflammation or suppuration and with
out presenting the slightest bad symp-
toms. Conditions are just as favorable
in cases of ulcers, chronic ulcer Of the
leg, for example, in which case the
suppuration decreases little by little,
while the liberated surface gradually
becomes covered with healthy skin,
which soon produces a good cicatrice
in place of the ulcer. This is said to
be due to the remarkable antiseptic
qualities of the metal. Possibly the
Almighty never created anything with
out purpose.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
On DE- gc5zSS>gS15
t4gaN Gus xV6 CO4fY,N8SE
S&sszsssSas SssSSsS9 -

A widow Of Manistique, Mich, in
1891 invested IS in Copper Knob, and
now she is worth $4,000. The funny
part of it is that she is still widow
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26

The Corn Exchange Bank Of Chi
cago gives notice that none of it's en-
ployes receiving less than 81 900 per
annum shall marry without the con-
sent OF the banks officers. Suppose,
however, the employe is already mar
ried-what then? viii his salary be
increased? 1t would hardly be right
to either separate husband and wife
or discharge the former.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26

The laborer is worthy of his hire
and every man naturally desires to
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26

In pulling down the did cathedral Of
Metz a strong box Jas been found con-
tanning coins and watches valued at
10000 pounds.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26

The town couI
Hanover, has d
ancient appears
dering that all
must be in the
style.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-10-06

Memorial stones have recently leea
erected Ia the cemetery at the graves
OF Benz. Briggs, Joseph Steckman and
Mrs. $ u. Thornton.
Clyde and Oscar Hupp went to
Mitchell last Friday, whore they at
tended the Corn Palace and visited rel
atiyes. They returned home Monday.
Clyde went to vermillion Tuesday and
took up his studies ut the university.
Henry Lichfield West, writing in the
October December Forum of .Ameri.
can Politics. reviews the progress oil
the presidential campaign, discussing
In particular those elements Of the
situation which make the result doubt
| full
Rev. and Mrs. J. Nj. Hnpp and sor
Oscar left Tuesday morning for SLouz
Falls where Oscar entered the Baptist
College. MIR. and Mira. Hupp wen,
! from Sioux Falls TO Wesertown to at.
tend the Baptist convention and on
their way back will vIsit at Arlington
and Oldham for few days. They ex.
peo,ed 10 return home In about ten
days,
Hans Anderson, formerly sheriff oil
Union county, Was Ia town the first oil
1.-The week. Mr.. Anderson has with him
a Royal Belgian draft horse which was
the winner OF two prizes ~ the St.
Louis exposition. Mr.. Anderson II
now IN Cotton with the horse which he
offers for sale. The animal Ii beauty
and the breeding the beat. Hart}osa
Herald.
Hon. A. III vanO sdel oi Mission Hill
Il visitor to the corn palace here. We
are pleased to know be Is nominated on
the republican ticket for the legisla-
ture. He Is i great aamirer OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt and warm friend Of
Senator Gamble. We predict she hon
est. courteous and obliging vanosdei
will become . pIller Of strength IN the
ranks Of the senator from Yankton. -
Mitchell Republican,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-10-06
Passing Of the .sRabe. y

The 'countryman" promises to be-
come extinct in the United States. The
''rube' IL TO follow the mastodon, the
Indian and the buffalo. The gen.
Grafton alter us will find II hard to I'M
derstand some Of the present day jokes
Of the ''b'gosh.s II swan" and ''gol
dernn kind. Already quite 90 many
city folk buy gold bricks ID the conn
try Is country folk do in the city In
fact, the biggest and brightest gold
bricks find their market In town, Al