The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-08-11
In Trouble Again.


In Trouble Again.
"Now this" said Mr.. Makinbrakes
who was dining at the house OF
friend, lis what l call something reall
like apple butter. There's an imita
ton stuff, you know, they sell at tn
grocery stores, that's no more to b
compared with the real article than
mixture of chalk and water Is to b
compared with milk. It's made prett,
much in the way they make bogus cui
rant jelly, with little glue and
Here the awful silence convince'
Mr.. Makinbrakes that he had made al
error of judgment, but he went ahca'
bravely:
t"Of course, the best judge is llkcl,
to be deceived sometimes. When tn
grocers can make an apple butter tina
you can't tell from the genuine
mean, you know, that when it's just a
good as the real thing, why-er-hoy
is man to know whether he's eatins
the home made stuff. or the bOgus-no
the bogus, of course, if you can't tel
them apart-and l must say l neve
would have known the difference be
tween this and the-that is, of course
/ thought l could tell the difference
as soon as Mrs. Irons, may
trouble you for little more coffee?'
Chicago Tribune.
Joy of Working.
1t is better to lose health like {
spendthrift than to waste it like
miser 1t is better to live and be done
with it, than to die daily in the sick
room. BY all means begin your folio
even If the doctor does not give you {
year, even if he hesitates about q
make one brave push and sec
what can be accomplished in a week
All who have meant good work will
their whole hearts have done gooC
work, although they may die befor'
they have time to sign it. Every
heart that has beat strong and cheer
fully has left a hopeful impulse be
hind it in the world and bettered thu
traditions OF mankind.-Robert Louis
Stevenson.
Testing Their Efficacy.
James Whitcomb Riley was fond OF
telling the following story:
"a certainn young mother was strlv
ing to bring up her small son in 6
proper Christian manner.
His day ended with the usual shor'
prayer at his mothers knee before go
ing to bed.
Zone night she found him smuggleC
under the warm blankets.
"Did you say your prayers, dear?
she inquired.
Nope was the answer.
Are you not going to say them !?
L didn't say 'em last night, nor to
night said the small heather, cheer
fully, AN then, if nothin' happens to
morrow night, l won't say 'em any
more at all. cleveland Leader.
The Double Code Again.
A Binghamton woman has been sent
to Jail for smoking cigarettes in the
presence Of her young children. This
Is the first conviction of the kind un
der the state law which makes 1t @
for a mother to smoke
cigarettes in the presence of her fami
ly. There may be some doubt of the
of such law, there
may be no disagreement as to whole
someness. If woman should MOI
smoke in the presence of her family
why should man smoke ?-Utic
Press.
Unconscious Humor of Speech.
A story is told of German teacher
ut Vassar who is not thoroughly ac
quainted with the English languag e
and the college slang has not helped
her in solving the puzzle. She hat
heard the girls talk about going off OF
lark. Returning one day from a pic
mic she said to some of the girls: "Oh
have been on such canary" She
startled her class one day by complain
ing against some of the cold days OF
September, saying: "Why, it was sc
cold one day had to stay in my room
all the morning and sit with my feet
over the transon trying to keep warm
Excuse for Ignorance.
Miss Marie Manning. the author OF
judith of the Palms." tells this in
cident Of her recent European trip
The novelist was seeing Rome for the
first time, and in the course Of her
was anxious to include q
visit to the tomb of Caesar. Meeting
4 citizen on the street she inquired, In
her best Italian, the location of the
tomb.
The man looked embarrassed.
Il am desOlated, Signorina," he
npologized, speaking i'm excellent Eng
fish. II do not know. Caesar has
been dead so longv-Harper's Weekly
In Free Field and No Favor.
Women must have increased greatly
In numbers in Arizona, for an anony
nous man in Tombstone has entered
the marriage market i'm a novel way
He offers to rattle himself off to womeI
of his town at 81 chance. With }I1(
thus obtained he and, the prize