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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-02

The Arizona Copper Mining Co. into
which Detroit people put some $4,000
or over, three years ago, for 100000
worth of the $1.000,0O0 stock issue, is
on the rocks, and will be sold at auc-
ton to satisfy a measly mortgage Of
$500.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-02

Superb Servioe-spIondid Scenery.
enroute TO New York and Philadelphia
10y the Grand Trunk.Lehigh Valley
Route.
For full particulars apply to Ticket
Agent, Grand Trunk Railway System.
Phone z.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-02
I Had Stone in the Bladder

and my kidneys were affected. Non,
of the means taken for relief produced
any lasting benefit until l began tn,
use of DR.. David Kennedys Favorit,
Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y. The pair
ceased-the calculus or stone having
been dissolved by the medicine. l an
ready to testify that my recovery wa.
due to DIR. Kennedys Favorite Remedy
e. d. w. Parsons, Rochester, N. Y.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-02

Il suffered habitually from constipa-
ton. Doan's Regulets's relieved and
strengthened the bowels, so that they
have been regular ever since. "A. B.
Davis grocer, Sulphur Springs, Tex.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-02
q "a - TO IRA.
Bears the The Kind You Have Always BOugt
Signature @s &zK2zzzw
See Niagara Falls

enroute to New York and Philadelphia
via the Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley
Route.
For fare, train service, etc., apply to
ticket agent, Grand Trunk Railway
System. Phone z.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-02
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always BougIi
Bears the n uozz
It Keeps Tho Feet Warm and Dry.

Ask to-day for Aliens Foot-Ease, 8
powder. 1t cures chilblains, swollen
sweating, sore. aching, damp feet. Al
all druggists and shoe stores, 25c.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-02
Germs Hate Sea Water.

Disease germs on the deck Of ship
soon die. This fact has been scien-
tifically demonstrated by an italian
physician. He found by meteorological
Investigation that even the most hardy
germs were removed and destroyed by
simply washing the decks with sea wa
ter.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-02
The white Anemonc.

According to Ovid, the white anem-
one sprang from the tears of Venus
shed for Adonis.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-02

Cheapest accident insurance-Dr.
Thomas Eclectric Oil. Stops the pain
and heals the wound. All druggists
sell it.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-02-02
For Thin
Babies

Fat is of great account
to a baby; that is why
babies are fat. If your
baby is scrawny, SCOTS
E m ulsion is what he
wants. The healthy baby
stores as fat what it does
not need Immediately for
bone and m us Gle. Fat
babies are happy they do
not cry :; they are rich !;
their fat is ! a id up for
time of need. They are
happy because hey are
comfortable. The fat SUR
rounds their little nerves
and cushions them. When
they are scrawny tn ose
nerves arc hurt at every
ungentle to u c h. They
delight in SCOTS Ernul-
sion. 1t is as sweet as
wholesome to them.
Send for free sample.
= Pc sur, hatthls picture IN
ELNoA the form Of label 10 on the
TGZ wrapper Of every bottle II
az MA Emulsion ycu buy.
EfNT MA Jcott's. Powne
~ MSgs Chemists
ElgTl iY 4ocs<f- -~rf Ttrees
~ " 1ls york
E-jl &c. ud etoo
~ - AL D.asSlstR
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07

When a bull moose lies dead in the
forest he looks like some strange ante
diluvian animal, with his square pre-
hensile muf1e and horns spreading lat
orally, a popularity which he shares
with the prehistoric Irish elk and the
nearly extinct European elk Of later
times. The huge form tells Of strength
and swiftness, and withal the still dan
gerous CLEAN of the eye, glazed in its
last stare, bids the hunter pause and
feel almost guilty Of a crime in the de-
struction of so much that Is grand and
weird, a feeling very different from the
sentiment supposed to attend the
slaughter of a deer. But the triumph
of mastering the wariest and bravest
animal in the woods by fair still hunt
ing and by grimly sticking to the track
for many a weary mile amply atones
for any regrets.-Century.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
The Seasons Fertility.

Nothing we can add will throw one
ray of light on the seasons fertility of
eggs-for-hatching topic, but the reader
may have faith enough to read of a
few instances that we will mention
even after we make the above admis-
sion, says American Poultry Journal
Those who are among the poultrymen
report low fertility. In some western
yards the fertility has been high all
season, but to balance this comes the
report from down east that over half
the shipments are failures. Every
season has it's good and bad matches
and yet no statistician has had the
colossal nerve required to gather data
on the subject Lately we noted that
a shipment of eggs from Scotland
Matched better than 40 rer cent. This
is remarkable, though the eggs were
extra we'll packed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07

In proof of my assertion that draft
stock is more profitable would simply
say this, that in my neighborhood there
are no less than thirty draft stations
in service exclusive of our barns)
within a radius Of eighteen or twenty
miles, and our farmers find for the
product ready sale from the time the
weanling is taken from it's mothers
side until it Is 4 grown animal.
Through the months of the midwinter
buyers and spectators are securing
the country seeking these good draft
colts, paying for sucklings from 500
to $3.50, and Ohio feeders are in our
vicinity every week seeking those from
thirty months to four years old and
paying extra prices for the best ones
some selling as high as $500 and even
more. Nearly every farmer can use
two mares on his farm, however small,
with as much profit as the same mum
ber of geldings and save the help of
one man. These mares will perform
all the labor that pair of geldings
will Oh Il farm, at least as much as
any one man cares to pile up or get
over in day, and raise Il pair of colts
besides. and when these colts are Civ
en- just trit,e extra care they will
bring at weaving time 500 each or
even more.-J. NJ. FriSinger, Decatur
Ind, Before Convoy (O( Institute.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07

. A. F. Ancier of Earlville, N. Y, gives
the following rules for producing heavy
egg returns: In the morning feed a
mash composed of ground corn, oats,
wheat, clover and green bone, just what
they will eat up clean, and later throw
into the litter a little wheat or millet
for which they will have to scratch
At noon give steamed clover with mid
dlings, at night cracked corn, wheat
and barley, all they will clean up at
once. Never feed more than they will
eat Immediately. Suspend a head Of
cabbage in the pen for them to pick
at during the day. You will be sur
prised at the amount of green food they
will eat during the winter season. A
most excellent green food for all kinds
Of fowls is Dwarf Essex rape. Sow the
poultry yards to rape in winter and
when the SNOW is off give the fowls
free access to it and your eggs will
practically all be fertile.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
TOBACCO SALARIES.
A Custom of the American Colonies
Before the Revolution.

A Custom Of the American Colonies
Before the Revolution.
Before the Revolution, ministers of
the Anglican church in those American
colonies where that church was estab.
Hshed by law were remunerated "in
kind" instead Of in money. Maryland
gave an incumbent forty pounds Of to-
bacco year for every 1.-THE payer in
the parish, whether churchman or dis
senter, white or colored. These terms
were handsome enough to secure the
pick of the clerical market. In Vir-
ginia the stipends represented a fixed
and unvarying quantity, by weight, Of
the manufactured leaf. These stipends
were rather beggarly in quantity. In
a bad year even the "sweet scented
parishes" where the minister's salary
was calculated on a high priced and
exceptionally fragrant tobacco, yielded
only about $500 year. The parishion-
ers sometimes refused to induct a cler-
gyman unless he would consent to take
one salary for serving two parishes. In
1858, when the price Of tobacco had
greatly risen, the house of burgesses
passed law fixing the cash equivalent
of debts payable in tobacco at one.
third their true value, thus wiping out
two-thirds of the incomes Of ministers.
Patrick Henry made his first fame in
defending this law when a test case
was brought in behalf Of the injured
clergymen.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
Monster Bowl of Punch.

In 1854 Admiral Edward Russell,
commander of the English Mediterra-
mean feet, entertained 5000 people in
a large garden In Alicante, where he
served the largest bowl Of punch ever
brewed. 1t contained twenty gallons OF
lime Juice, four hogsheads Of brandy,
one pipe Of Malaga wine, twenty-five
hundred lemons, thirteen hundred
weight Of fine white sugar, three pack
ages Of toasted biscuits, fifty-one
pounds of grated nutmegs and eight
hogsheads of water.
The whole was prevented from dilu-
ton in case Of rain by large canopy,
which spread over a marble fountain
bowl which held the punch. The punch
was served by boy, who rowed about
the basin Of the fountain in a boat
built for the purpose and refilled the
empty cups. ....
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
LOGGERHEADS.

This Name Is Given to Some Turtles
and Other Animals.
The giant turtles which are found
along the Atlantic coast and frequently
in southern waters in great numbers
are known as loggerheads. They COM
monty attain weight of 1.60o pounds,
are rapid swimmers and are often seen
far from land, floating asleep upon the
waves.
Carnivorous by nature these huge
tortoises feed en- crabs and fish, espe.
cially on large species of conch. which
they break open with their massive
Jaws. The flesh Of this terrapin Is
ieathery and oily. with a strong smell
of musk Young specimens are more
palatable and are often on sale in the
markets.
A duck, as large as our goose. which
Is native Of the shores of TERRA del
Fuego and the Falkland isles Is also
called loggerhead, from its seeming
stupidity and helplessness.
In the West Indies this name is also
given to two or three sorts Of fly
catchers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
FIRST USE OF TEA.
An Ancient Legend Ascribes 1t to .
King of China.

An Ancient Legend Ascribes 1t to .
King of China.
By whom or when the use of tea for
drinking purposes was first discovered
is lost in antiquity. 1t is spoken Of as
a famous herb in Chinese literature as
far back as 1000 years B. c., at which
time it's cultivation and classification
we're almost as thorough and complete
as they are today. One of the ancient
legends says that its virtues were ac-
cidentally learned by King Shen Nung
She, the Chinese monarch who Is also
known as "the divine husbandman,"
who, the record says, flourished forty
centuries ago. He was engaged in boil
ing water over a fire made of the
~ allowed some of the leaves to fall
into the pot.
The liquid which he expected to come
from the vessel simply as sterilized
water was miraculously converted into
an elixir Of life by the accidental ad-
dition of the tea leaves. Soon after Il
became highly esteemed in all the ORR
01tdl C1tleS anu was uScu DIS d IOy di
gift from the Chinese monarchs to the
potentates of southern and western
Asia.
This same King Shen Nung She not
only earned the title of respect by
which he was known through the dis
covery Of the virtues Of tea, but be-
cause of being the first to teach his
people how to make and use plows and
many other implements OF husbandry.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
THE OSSETlNIANS.
Race of the Caucasus Mountaina
With q Georgian Dialect.

With a Georgian Dialect.
In the highest parts of the Caucasus
mountains, around the Kasbeek region,
there is tribe, very tall and hand
some, which speaks it's own peculiar
dialect of the Georgian language and
has its own peculiar customs, differing
IN many ways from those OF the
TScherkesses, Armenians, Circassians
and other tribes that dwell in the same
country 1t is the tribe of the Ossetin,
ianS
Like the rest of the Caucasus tribes,
they have recognized RusSia's authori.
ty. But they adhere to the claim that
they are not descended from Asiatic
races. like the other tribes, but that
their ancestors were German knights
who had gone to the crusades and who,
after the disastrous end of the last
crusade. had been driven into the wild
| valleys of the Caucasus, whence it was
| impossible for them to win their way
out and homeward owing to the Wig
lance of the Moslem foe So at last
they settled down and took wives
| among the Caucasus mountain women.
who have always been noted for their
| beauty.
1t is a strange fact that the Osse-
hnians understand the science of brew
Ing malt liquors, and they are the only
ones who drink beer, the other tribes
preferring Asiatic liquors
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
TRAGIC IN ITS BREVlTY.
The Story of the Duel Between Ham,
uton and Burr.

The Story of the Duel Between Ham,
uton and Burr.
The story of the Hamilton-Burr duel
Is tragic in its brevity. The little party
Of fve-the principals, their seconds
and the surgeon-was on the ground
not long after sunrise The prelimi-
carries were soon arranged. As Pen
dleton, Hamilton's second, gave him
his pistol, he asked. 'Wnl you have
the hairspring set?''
"Not this time" was the significant
reply. and then the men faced each
other.
According to the best authorities up
IN disputed subject, Burr fired at the
word. At the report, Hamilton started
forward with a convulsive movement,
reeled, involuntarily discharging his
pistol into the foliage above him, and
tell headlong Burr, with an express
sion of pain upon his face, sprang to-
ward him, but Van Ness, his second,
seized him by the arm and hurried him
lown the bank and into their boat.
Hamilton, being lifted up, revived
Tor a moment and gasped, ''This is a
mortal wound, doctor!" Relapsing
again into inconsistencies he was
again revived by the fresh air of the
river. "Pendleton knows" he said,
trying to turn toward his friends, ''that
did not intend to fire at him.
At 2 the afternoon following he
had breathed his last.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
THE PENGUIN.

1t Is Awkward on Land and a Gym.
mast In the Water.
A kind of penguin, the adele, is
laugh provoking bird. Adelies are
most inquisitive and at times are in
such q hurry to follow up clew that
they will scramble along the ice on
the belly, pushing with their legs and
using their f1ippers alternately like the
paddle of a canoe. They get over the
ground at an astonishing rate, and it is
hard work to overtake a penguin when
it takes to this means Of locomoton,
especially when it doubles. In the
water the penguin is perfectly at home,
diving and steeplechasing in grand
style. 1t can jump clean out of the
water and pop down on the ice exact
" like some one coming up through a
trapdoor on the stage and dropping
on his feet. The penguins collect in
enormous numbers and are sometimes
seen marching about like a regiment
of soldiers in Indian file, all acting in
unison.
A much larger penguin, the emperor,
weighs sixty or seventy pounds and
stands well over three feet high. 1t
possesses the most extraordinary mus
ctllar powers in its fippers. When pre-
serted with the end of the skee stick
the emperor gives It such smack that
ones hands tingle. At the same time
1t utters an an.Ty cultural exclama.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
THE AFTERNOON NAP.
Modern Conditions killing the sies
tn Habit In Mexico.

NAsssA~NA C0A0AUO08 n111108 the SXe0a
tn Habit In Mexico.
There are people in Mexico City who
take their afternoon nap every day,
and are greatly benefited thereby, but
their number appears to be growing
less year by year. Whether the siesta
Is beneficial or not, or whether in this
high altitude 1t is necessity for many
persons, as is claimed by some, its
death knell as general custom seems
to have been sounded since the city
adopted its modern enterprise and
push. Many old residents will tell you
Of the time when person in the city
of Mexico would have been considered
almost crazy if he neglec.sa his after
noon rest, but gradually, with the ad.
vent of the railways, the street cars
and the electric lights, came the in
evitable sleeplessness which is one of
the most noticeable characteristics OF
modern civilization.
There are several supporters of the
siesta idea in this city who express re-
gret that the custom appears to be
passing away. These persons, who are
themselves devotees of the practice,
claim that it is healthful and nerve
restoring habit and that if it were in
dulged in Systematically by the people
of the United States and other pro
gressive countries there would be few
er cases of nervous wrecks for the
newspapers to report. "Early rising
and a short nap after dinner" is what
these people advocate, claiming that
the best work Of most persons is per
formed in the morning.-Mexican Her
aid
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
DAME JUIIANA BERNER.
She Was a Fifteenth Century Author
ity on Fly Fishing.

She Was a Fifteenth Century Author
ity on Fly Fishing.
The first printed English book on
angling was Dame Juliana Berner's
Book of st. Albans," which appeared
about 145O, and contained a chapter
entitled "a Treatyse on Fyshynnge
With an Angle"
Fly fishing must have been practiced
much earlier than this, as nothing but
q gradual evolution could account for
the complete list Of flies for the fish.
ing months Of the year which 1t gives.
To Dame Berner belongs the honor
of first telling that the salmon could
be caught with the fly. She says: "Al-
SO ye may take hym, but it is seldom
seen with a dubbe at such times as
when he .lepith in lyke fourme and
manere as ye do a trought or a gray
ling" Her knowledge seems more
complete than could have been that
Of the original inventor, so that the
time when fly fishing originated in
British waters must remain uncertain.
Dame Berner's flies will kill trout
today, and her twelve were the foun-
dation of those of which 1zaak Wal
ton said quantity in 1858: THUS have
you jury of flies, likely to betray
and condemn all the trouts in the
river"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
HE WAS A REAL FARMER.
Hence He Couldn't See the Poetic
Side Of Farm Life.

denco ne COu1OnV see the Poetic
Side Of Farm Life.
''Oh, yes" man in the hotel lobby
was overheard to say. I'm a real
farmer now. Ny farm only costs me
about SIS per month now, so you can
see I'm getting along" Then the man
was heard to comment upon farm
labor.
Its all right to talk about the poetry
Of farm life" he said. "but if farm life
is poetry l want the prosiest sort of
prose in mine. Is there any poetry In
greasiug harness? Do you find any
rhyme and rhythm in milking double
jointed, back action cow twice a day I
Well, / guess not
But there's The scenery his COM
panion interjected. ''and the smell of
grain
"Yes," said the amateur farmer, sand
the chiggers, and the red bugs, and
holes in the fence, and rats in the seed
corn, and tie potatoes sprouting. And
If you are through plowing for awhile
and haven't anything better to do you
fix the wheelbarrow for recreation, or
you can see that the pen is made hog
proof, or that the water trough doesn't
leak too much. Then if everything
else fails and it's too rainy to do any
thing else you can get out a second
hand kit and fix the crupper on the
harness or nail strips Of boiler plate
on the feed box so that crib eater of a
plug won't have too many splinters
In him when he dies. Oh, you can bet
I'm too much Of a farmer to look at
the poetic side Of 1t. I'm a realist
farmer; that's what I am."-Dallaa
News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
Two Scotch Stories,

A Scotch schoolmaster in Banffshire
years ago had strong views on the sub
ject of dress. In the day when crino
line was the rage a girl came to school
with very extensive one, which much
exceeded the space between the desk
and the form on which she had to sit.
The teacher, seeing this, said to her,
Gang ava home and TAX off thae
girds hoops) and come back to the
school as God made ye."
Another rough and ready dominic
was examining his boys in a catechism
and asked if God had a beginning
"No," said the boy. ''Will he have an
end?' "Yes," he replied. This was
followed instantly by a buffet en- the
side of the head. "Will he have an
end noo" NO" said the boy. and the
master was satisfied.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
THE WATWA OF AFRICA.
Curious Tribe, Low Down In the
Scale of Humanity.

Scale of Humanity.
description Of a tribe of natives
whom he found there, the Watwa.
'These natives he says, live in the
swamps, their staple article of diet be-
ing fish and flour made from the seed
of the water lily, although during the
rains they grow patches Of cassava
root and sweet potatoes at the edge
Of the swamp. They smear their
bodies with mud to protect them from
mosquitoes and are extremely dirty
and evil smelling in consequence, They
are very low down in the scale Of hu-
manity and have a bad reputation
among tribes living on the high ground,
which reputation they upheld during
our visit. We engaged several Watwa
natives as carriers, but they only came
to see what they could steal. One day
l shot a reed buck in sight of the
camp and left two Watwa to carry it
in while 1 went after a hartbeest, but
I never saw either men or buck again.
1t was no use following them into the
swamps, as they knew every inch
of the ground and water. They had
small canoes hidden everywhere, and
Immediately they crossed a stream
they sunk the canoe again where they
alone knew where to find it. Our boys
were afraid to follow them, as they
used poisoned arrows and sometimes
set poisoned stakes in the tracks lead
ing to their haunts."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-07
For Quality Eggs.

The day of the market poultryman is
dawning, for now the big egg buyers
demand eggs by the dozen instead Of
by the case. Buying by case means
accepting good, bad and rotten; buy
ing by the dozen means that eggs are
candled and poor ones not paid for
This aids the poultryman who desires
to work up high class demand for a
strictly fancy product. The largest
buyers of eggs now demand quality
before quantity, and they pay good,
liberal margins over the market price to
get what they want. Clean, fresh eggs
are what they demand, and they soon
cut from their lists the ones who for
ward the inferior stuff along with the
good