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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05

Cash on hand May LIST, 1905, $3i934 3,
All OF which is respectfully submitted.
THos KERwIN,
City Treasurer.
Aid. Lamb presented following report
which was upon motion received and order
ed placed on file.
Owosso, Mich, May l, 1905.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Owosso.
Gentlemen
Following is q complete report of the re-
cetpts and expenditures OF the city OF Owos
so for the month of April, 1905.
RECEIPTa.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05
OWOSSO, FRIDAY. MAY 8, 1905.

Twenty-one liquor dealers paid the
5000 city tax in Cadillac in addition to
the $500 state tax. Cadillac will thus
secure "a, 200. In Owosso with an equal
number of saloons the city will receive
col
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05

which was upon motion accepted and adopt.
ed and ordered placed on file.
Owosso, Mich, May 1, 1905,
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City OF Owosso. Z
Following is q complete report of the re.
ceipts and expenditure ~ the board of pub.
lie works for the month OF April A. ID, lgx
RECEIPTS. J"
Water rates................. S5i9 ~
sewer perm1ts,....-........... 20 90
STAT
EXPENDITURES.
To city order No. $50 ......S 32 90
SUMMARY.
General expense.........-.... go
Hepa1fs................. ........... ! ~
-Of1lce 90
L19np.................".. ........,. D OO
Meters. ................"........ G9-Ss2 90
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05
Resolutions of Respect,

ETA KILLIAN, Sec.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
RusE TnAT WORKED WELL.
Gid cattIeman Never Suspected Why
Knife Was Soapy.

Miss Violet Oakley, the young artist
whose work in illustrating received
at st. Louis one Of the highest awards,
lives on the outskirts OF Philadelphia,
in a quaint. low, white house Of Eng
lish aspect, called the Red Rose"
Miss Oakley was serving tea in her
studio the other afternoon when the
word "ruse" came up. Every one
had some episode about an odd and
successful ruse to narrate. Miss Oak
ley said:
4, too, recall a ruse that succeeded
wonderfully, an unexpected and orig
inal ruse that friend OF mine en-
ployed.
My friend, a Philadelphia woman,
had recently for a visitor an elderly
uncle from the country. He was a
good old man. as intelligent and sen
sitive old man, but his table manners
were not-ah--up to the mark.
My friend could not think Of taking
her uncle to task about his table man
ners; If she had it would have broken
the poor old gentIeman's heart In
stead Of taking him to task she en-
ployed a ruse upon him. Her ruse,
which was quite successful, culminat-
ed like this:
Mary, says her uncle at dinner.
this knife Of mine tastes soapy.
Very well, uncle. You shall have
another.
The second knife comes. The uncle,
with grimace, again remarked:
Soapy. too. Mary Just Ike the
first knife was
MY friend frcwned.
e IT'S too bad, uncle. she said But
city servants are so careless. Try eat
ing with your fork. Maybe that's
clean.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08


No matter how brightly the shoe -hlack
may polish.
to demOlish.
Another shoe-bIack who points down to
your feet.
Ignoring the fact they are spotlessly
while calling out Shine in a tone
meant to dub
The one who did that an incompetent
sub"
No matter how skilled your last dentist
be,
when you take your bicuspids another to
see.
He inspects all the filings you have in
your Jaw
With a hem Of grave doubt and
dubious -haw''
And inquiries WHO did those2" as above
you he leans,
inquiries in a tone that conveys what he
means.
No matter how ably your first wife has
trained you.
How perfectly nodded. how wisely con-
strained you
At times youn observe in your second
wife's eyes
Significant looks meath arched broRs OF
surprise.
Looks saying quite well. You were not
50 fantastic.
Had had your training when you we're
more piastici"
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
he Had An ohlect.

''You are the gentleman who left a
book manuscript here week or two
ago?" said the publisher to the caller.
4 am. You said you would look it
over and that I was to call again"
well. / have looked it over and I
find that it won't do. In fact would
laot publish it If you paid me for it."
is it as bad as that?"
Even worse. It is hardly fit TO
kindle a fire with. Let me ask you
why you don't try the barber business
instead Of the literary profession
Why. sir, I am a barber already. y
Then how did you come to take up
literary work p
"As barber l get $12 per. was
told that as literary man I could
eE~n s14 wrote that manuscript to
give the thing a trial, but as it seems
have been misinformed III 20 back
to the razor and the lather again. II
you want a good shave call on me-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
Machlne.Made plmplee.

.Dimples are made BY the beauty
doctor" said a young girl. with a
stroke Of the knife. for one am
not fond Of the knife stroke. though,
and therefore make my dimples
with a machine.
4 know this dimpIe-maling ma
chine will work. because it created a
dimple in The cheek OF one Of my
friends The contrivance is simple
mere mask. with a little point OF
wood that presses upon the face in
the spot where the dimple IS to be
made.
you wear the machine all night
I don't understand what its action
Is. but In some way or other 1t weak
ems a certain tiny muscle-it is
muscular weakness, you know, that
causes dimples. Well. the machine
creates that muscular weakness for
you. and in two months time a dim
pie is guaranteed.-Chicago ChTor-
icle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
FlorleuIture onsrs Rich Returns.

AS a business investment Horticulture
stands on equally as good basis as
do other well established occupations
1t is business requiring strict and
constant attention. because the sub
iect dealt with is life. and that brooks
no slight without injury Il IS a bust.
ness Of detail and requires twenty.
four hours attention each and every
day.
The man or boy who selects the
florists business FOR an occupation
should be sure that be viii not only
like Il but love 1t. with that at
due industry think there is no pre
fession which affords as much plef
ure as does the florists IN rs ma
and ever changing phases
There Is no set scale OF wages. but
the wages average as good or better
than Is 10 be had IN any other trade
Of Ike caiiber Men with good knowi
edge get SIS to SIS per week or more
Good foremen command s22. s25 10
$50 per week. and. like every other
calling. there IS always room at the
top. The work Is OF the pleasantesi
kind, and Is not laborious. though the
hours are sometimes long.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08

An invalid living in the neighbor-
hood Of Liverpool has hit On device
whereby he can amuse himself with.
out assistanee and can also obtain a
certain amount Of intellectual exercise
He reads Henry James latest novels
and keeps a bridge marker meantime
II Nr. James has sentence which he
understands he gives mark to him
self; H. on the contrary. he meets
sentence which beats him he gives a
mark 70 Henry James SO far the
game has been going on q couple 81
weeks. and Henry James is far ahead
OF his admirer but. of course. the
tables may be turned when the con-
test is concluded.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08

The Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth Of
New Haven, who has lately been try
Ing to reform Connecticut politics.
told funny story the other night Of
two Scottish ministers who we're max
ing New Years calls together among
the members Of their congregation. Il
seems on such occasions ii is custom
ary in Scotland TO bring out bottle
.of Scotch" for the entertainment Of
the clergy. Having paid several yis-
its, one Of the parsons began to be
little worried. and suggested to his
assistant that It might be well for
him to stay behind while he himself
went ahead and see whether he no
ticed any popularity in his walk. Al.
ter careful observation the assistant
replied: You walk ell right: but
who'sh that with er'-New York
Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
RABBITS Are scsroe.

Chicago hunters who have gone
down into the prairie region in Ili-
nois to kill rabbits are returning to
the city empty handed.
The Dummies are all gone. said one
Of the nimrods. Il do not know how
to account for it. but I guess the rea-
son one old farmer gave me fits the
case. A few years ago hundreds OF
thousands Of the little animals were
killed BY an epidemic Of some sort.
The number since then has never
been 50 great as formerly That's one
reason. The other Is that the state Is
becoming So thickly settled that the
rabbits. Ike the prairie chickens.
are becoming extinct As a sports
mans paradise Illinois is about the
poorest excuse Of any Of the states
in the middle west"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
WHEN THE SNOW FALLS.



John c. Johnson. the weil-known
Philadelphia lawyer vas fastening
down Chestnut street on q snowy
morning.
Weather ike this. he said. 're-
minds me Of an early case Of mine.
Il was a real estate case. a conten-
tion over the ownership OF a certain
ten feet Of ground, and | was con-
hdenf that We should win, for all the
facts and arguments were on our side
Hence I was amazed when my
client. at the beginning Of the cross.
examination. was asked if he had not
stated as lately as the previous Jan
nary that the disputed ten feet Of
ground did not belong 10 him, but to
his adversary, the next door neigh
Dor, who vas now fighting his claim
Yes my client answered. I did
state that
This admission amazed me more
than ever. and l leaned forward in my
chair, wondering what would come
next.
In the presence Of witnesses. said
the cross-examining lawyer, you de-
clared that these ten feet belonged
not to you. but to Mr. Parks Is that
not Tight7'
Quite right Quite right. sir. said
my client
Then, after such an admission,
shouted the lawyer, how dare you
how dare you. sir-come into this
court and claim the strip OF land as
yorr own7'
Well. said my client, it was just
after a heavy snowstorm that I said
the ten feet belonged to NeighboT
Parks, We were both shoyeling on
our payements at the time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
PUZZLE Of MODERN FINANCE.
Situation Too Deep for Mind Of South
Carolina DarLky.


Colgate Hoyt, whom a good part Of
Wall street knows as ~Coly," tells a
good story of South Carolina
darky's first experience with the wiles
Of modern finance. Sam was the col
ored gentlemans name, and his errand
to the bank OF the town near which
he lived was TO borrow $40 to move
MS crop. The teller had referred him
to the cashier, and the cashier to the
president himself. and that Official had
smilingly agreed that the agricultural
good OF the land needed such help.
and that Sam should certainly have
his money. A note was drawn forth
with. but when the discount clerk got
through with 1t the farmer received
just $3.50.
AS he walked up the street trying
to figure things out a white neighbor
met him. Hello. sam said he:
what's wrong?p
Muffin tall. sir" said Sam.
"Oh. come now; there surely is. You
look as if you'd lost friend. What
is it,
well. boss. hits dis. jes bin down
70 de bank fer bit o. money to move
de crap. an Mister Hall he done say
he'd loan me $40 fer month. Den he
charge me $3.50 fer hit, an / jes reach
de 'clusion dat if Ida asked fer dat
$40 fer To- months ! wouldn ha' got
muffin. New York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
viewed N DIFFERENr LIeAr.
Chicago Mans Keen Criticism Of New
York Characteristics.

Mark Twain, speaking Of dress in
his Life on the Mississippi" remarks
how grace and picturesqueness drop
gradually out Of it as one travels
away from New York He adds: 1T
may be that carriage is at the bottom
Of this thing. and I think it is; for
there are plenty OF ladies and gentle
men in the provincial cities whose
garments are all made by the best
tailors and dressmakers Of New York;
yet this has no perceptible effect upon
the grand fact; the educated eye
never mistakes these people for New
Workers. No. there is a goddess grace
and snap and style about born and
bred New Yorker which mere cloth
ing cannot efface"
In the smoking room Of French
liner which docked here a few days
ago this passage was recalled by one
Of a group Of cosmopolites who dis
cussed it.
Il don't know about the goddess
grace. . said an Englishman. Tbut the
snap and style are unquestionable.
should say that the New Yorker has
an air about him: an air of alert con
fdence which distinguishes him.
Jus So" said a Frenchman; IAN
air distingue; zat is eet.D
tOut our way" said a man from
Chicago. we call that confidence
gall, and the air hot New York
Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
CASE OF PROFESSIONAL JOY.
Doctor Wsxed Enthusiastic Over Size
of Patients carbuncIe.


DR.. Doane was demonstrator at a
clinic which had under advisement a
patient suffering with a carbuncle Of
unusual proportions In burst of sci
entific rapture the demonstrator deliv-
cred something in the following vein:
Perfect specimeni Perfect speci-
men, never saw one superior to
this. A beautiful inflammation. A
truly magnificent growth. There
isn't that simply exquisite? All my
life I have longed for such a car
buncle. Isn't it a gem2 Isn't it de-
light2"
S1uirming out Of the doctors reach
the unhappy victim raised his hands
In protest.
Enough" he gasped Hell is full
of Joy like yours" A chorus Of laugh
ter was elected from the clinic.
MY dear man" declared DR.. Doane
solemnly. you are an migrate. You
don't deserve to have such a lovely
carbIncle." York Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
I.sen's Queer Parallel.

In one OF the recently published LETT
ters Of Ibsea he says that while he
was writing one Of his plays he had
on his desk an empty ale glass with
a scorpion in it. Now and then the
snimal would grow sick and the au-
thor would throw a piece Of soft fruit
to It. whereupon the scorpion would
fall upon the food furiously. empty its
poison into it, and then get well again.
rs it not good deal like this with
us poets9 Ibsen continues. Natures
laws apply IN the domain Of the spirit
also
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08


When feller's good and hungry.
Then he caint work no mo
Hos got 70 40 some eatfn
TO make the Old wheels go;
An when he's ben 10 dinner
An slowed away = hfan.
Then what's the use 81 wOrkin'7
a felier's got tet slcen
% whcn's that good time cninin
When We don't work M mo +
Ee like 90 go q struitin
re that There golden sho
nm loosen ell my buttons
An eat q mighty heap
OF raluh vans AM poSstam
An sleep AM cat an sleep
~ lowe 20 20 q fshin
ln M eveflastln stream,
An hook the lire ter my big f1e
An perch W there AN dream.
ia like Ter ketch a cathcsh
An fry bin III de PAN
I'm a-sleepln' eatin sleepin'
4 sleepin eatln' man,
Houston Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08
venus FIIrtIns

An imaginative astronomer says
the telescopes Of Venus recently were
leveled toward our rolling sphere, and
that we appeared fuller even than a
very full moon to our sister planet.
Through the connivance, Or the chiy-
airy. Of the sun, we are not able to
see Venus as she sees us; but II she
looks anything like some Of the frac-
tured Venuses IN marble that we have
blushingIy observed, she IS not q
proper planet TO gaze on except with
the naked Browning's Maya
zine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-08

They were talking about horses in
the Republican cloakroom Of the
house. and somebody brought up The
name OF Representative Mich" Long
worth Of Cincinnati
Now. there's Longworth,' he said
.Longworth is great judge of a
horse. He knows all the fine points.
"Oh. yes" said Representative
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-01-28
Cost of Running a Creamery.

The total cost OF running a creamery
and marketing the product, including
interest on the investment and proyi-
sion for a sinking fund. ought not In
exceed ga cents for every pound OF
butter made. Under favorable condi-
tons this cost ought to be reduced TO
3 or even as low as Ia cents. The
smallest practical creamery cannot he
operated for less than 81 or So per
day. 1t becomes evident then that the
daily product should be over $50
pounds as a safe minimum. Conse-
quently no creamery should be put intD
operation unless having control or a
promise Of about 300 cows.--Oscar Err,
University OF Illinois. In Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-01-28

The cut shows vertical cross sec
uon OF cheap icehOuss filled with Ice
The plan Is as follows; The foundation
should be dug about two feet deep In
gravelly soil, II the soil is clay the
foundation should be dug little deep
er and then allied In with few inches
OF gravel or crushed brick. Such a
foundation win allow slight clrcula-
ton of air through the ice. Around
the inside OF the foundation. 6x0-ineh
stills should be laid and to these a
double row OF studs should be nailed.
one row on the inside and one on the
outside. The boarding is then nailed
to the studs, This will make double
wall with an air space between as in
Dictated by the letter A In the cut.
This air space will prevent the heat
from getting TO the ice. The boards on
the gable ends should be put ON YER
tically, leaving cracks between them
for the free circulation OF air above
the Ice. The roof should project about
three feet and be covered with shin
giles. A portion OF the middle OF the
ridge should BE- cut out. leaving an
opening about six inches wide, aud
over this a cap should be placed, as
shown In the cut. leaving an opening
on each side for ventilation. The ar
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-01-28

One girl is company: two a breach
OF promise suit.
Every woman Is always doing some
thing either to get fatter or thinner.
No woman IL 50 blind rs TO suppose
handsome eyes are made only TO see
with.
The kind Of mitteus that keep a
girls hands warm are mans IN
gar&
For every one way there is to make
q friend there are several thousand to
make an enemy.
A woman would like to be rieh %
she could give pennies 70 the poor and
pearl necklaces to herself.
Il must be awful lonesome for a
bald woman not to be able to wash
her hair with her best friend
A man could stand bis wife telling
him all the gossip II she didn't e1.
psct him TO take sides about 1t.
When a girl has had the nightmare
you can generally tell It by the way
she says Ghe eats no more than q bird.
A man could always AFFORD to give
his wife furs and pearl necklaces Il
being married weren't % expensive In
other ways
The kindsst thing a woman ever does
to = young man Is to have him fall In
love with her. but not marry her be-
cause she Is already.
When 4 man squeezes his wife's
hand she can tell the way he does Il
whether he Is absent minded and
thinks It is somebody else.
The clevsrest thing " the way :
girl with a bad attack OF Indigestion
can just love to have her sweetheart
read sentimental poetry to her.
A woman considers herself ma turaI
born nnancier when she goes over her
bank balance again and nnds It Is q
dollar more than she made 1t the arsi
time.
When a man has been engaged to :
girl and meets her twenty years later
be never knows whether to treat her
as II she were his grandmother or his
school teacher.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-01-28
Poultry ptektu-.

Hens like a variety Of food and IA f.
an Item to give them Ms much In this
line NJ possible.
Rather the best way to feed corn
to young chickens IL to give IL 81 B
crushed or cracked condition.
For ducklings try cornmeai ana
bran. equal parts. and make II Int
mush. with milk
II the egg shells are fed to poaitfy
care should always b taken 70 efuah
them well before feeding.
when desired to fattsn rapidiy,
there IL nothing better than good corn.
meal. Give all they viii eat up elsan.
A hen pays in proportion @ ne
number Of eggs shs produeess aasxo.
fore. IL In an item TO feed 10 al 70 ~
cure plenty Of eggs
when the chickens are on their feed
and do not eat with an apparens ri.
ish, Increase the exercise and clzanns
the bill Of fare.
In arranging the nests. have thegn
arranged conveniently for the hens ~
that In getting In and out there win
be little danger Of breaking ths aGss.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-01-28
CHAPTER "

In less than a week I found myself
sole tutor to the Rev. Obadiah Porrsr's
pupils. Martha was right; Miss Judith
had grown tired Of the work, and. SELF
ing the opportunity Of my initiation, re
Gnquished Il altogether. I now dined in
the parlor, bat took the rest OF my meals
In the kitchen, where / also spent my
evenings. By and by Martha called ny
attention 70 a great alteration that had
taken place in her mistress. There was
a worn. anxious look In her face; and
she seldom quilted her own room. Then
we began to notice that Mr. RodwelPs
visits grew more infrequent, and at last
ceased altogether.
One day Mr. Porter informed me that
he was going to London for a few DAYS.
Such an event had never happened in
my memory; it was TO me the climax Of
all the changes.
ITO you, silas." be said. 81 commit
the care Of the precious lambs Of nv
fold. and you must also give an eye to
household affairs. as my daughters
health Is not strong at present. II is a
great trust but you will prove worthy
OF it You are almost like a sou to me.
silas."
He paused upon the last words ike
one struck with a sudden idea, and while
he stood gazing at me. a strange look
stole across his face. For the first time
nj his life he took my hand; his clasp was
cold and clammy; he meant to be kind
and caTessinE. but had never felt 50 re-
PEELED against him. shuddered, with
4 boding presentiment OF evil.
While he was away Miss Judith took
al her meals In her own room. Thus
the house was almost entirely under the
care OF myself and Martha.
On the fifth day after his departure.
at In the evening. Mr.. Porter returned.
was IN the front garden. Now this
ground was kept sacred to him and his
daughter. but having & great love Of
flowers, and having acquired some
knowledge Of gardening. | had Of late
been privileged 10 tend the beds, and
pruns the shrubs Of this exclusive spot.
| had no desire to presume upon this
privilege, a. ! greatly preferred the more
extensive grounds that lay at the back,
which were free 10 all. A wall Of about
ten feet In height separated this garden
from the road. When / saw Mr. Porter
come through the gate. was buslly en-
pioyod In cutting away the dead bioa-
Soma from 3 very Gns rhododendrou bush