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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
Dicta For Duck Raisers.

Ducks are much easier raised than
chickens. They are not retarded in
growth by the many diseases the
chicks must contend with.
Tie best remedy for duck ailments is
plenty of sliced raw onion in the mash,
and a dry, soft bed.
When you desire ducks for egg pro-
duction have four to five ducks with
an unrelated drake. Two ducks and
one drake produce too large percent
age Of brakes.
Do not let the ducks run with fowls.
Disease is sure to visit the chickens
that are allowed to drink from the YES
sci the ducks have padded in.
Always catch duck by the neck;
too often their legs are broken by be-
ing caught by them.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
Antiquity of Tea Smokinn-


with your tea cigarettes" said tho
antiquary sternly, you young ladies'
think yourselves very modern and de-
cadent. But look here"
He took from a portfolio a French
print of the seventeenth century that
portrayed two men, with cumbroua
pipes, charging the same from q box
Of China tea.
"This shows you," the old man said,
"the antiquity of tea smoking. 1t was
a common thing in France 200 years
ago. Blegnt mentions it, and Grand
d'Aussay in his Historic de la Vie
Privee des Francais' describes 1t in de.
tail. An old vice, dead vice-for the
French found that tea smoking racked
the nerves-how very, very foolish you
girls are to have revived it."-New Or
leans Times Democrat.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
BR00DER CHICKS.
Methods Employed by Capable PouI-
try Woman In RAISING Them


Mrs. C. b. Walker of Brownsburg,
Ind, thus explains her method of rails
ing brooder chicks for the benefit OF
the readers of American Poultry Jour
bal: The first thing after the chicks
are out of the shell and dry we take
them to the brooder. being sure the
heat Is not less than 90 degrees We
never feed. until the chick is about
forty-eight hours old; then we give dry
breadcrumbs mixed with hard boiled
egg, and a little bit of black pepper
also. l dry the eggshell and pulverize
this and mix in feed, which / find the
chicks are very fond Of This we feed
for two or three days, with plenty of
water or milk. The chicks should be
fed only as much as they can eat clean,
allowing no food to be left over, as it
is better to feed three or four times Il
fay. We cover the floor of the brooder
with paper, as this can easily be re-
moved with all filth and burned, this
being done every day. After the chicks
are q week old we make corn bread. as
for table use, using pepper and egg
shell for grit. This may be given three
times a day cor as often as chicks are
hungry" with little fresh meat
ground fine. We always keep small
pan of grit in brooder so chicks can
go to this at will. Now, to the brooder
we attach box for run, the box
being four feet long and one and half
feet wide. In this we have plenty Of
alfalfa litter on floor, with small grain,
such as Kaffir corn, cracked corn or
wheat thrown In, so this will give the
little chicks plenty of exercise. When
they are a week old, we raise the small
door of brooder and let them into this
run, which you will find they greatly
enjoy. At three weeks we begin to
give potatoes, cabbage or any conven-
lent vegetable for green food. We also
find they are very fond of onion chop
ped fine. We never feed sloppy foods
or mashes to young chicks, as we think
these are the cause of so much bowel
trouble. Right here let me say l find
nothing so good for this trouble as
ginger tea-a teaspoonful Of ginger,
with teacupful of boiling water, aft
err cooling. You will find the chicks
are fond Of this. Be sure there is no
other water they can get to. We give
this drink often while trouble lasts, if
it appears. 1t will be all right to give
them this drink once q week until five
or six weeks old. Keep before them
plenty of grit and charcoal, and as far
as feeding is concerned the chicks will
grow to be healthy and happy if ev-
erything connected with the brooder is
kept perfectly clean. After the first
week we reduce the temperature of
brooder to 10 degrees and the fourth
week to about GO degrees.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
MISCELLANEOUS
May Write on Face of Postal.

Because Of the practice of writing
messages on the front as we'll as on
the back of post cards Postmaster
General Meyer has promulgated an or.
der, effective Aug. 1, 1907, providing
that the face side of postal card may
be divided by q vertical line placed
approximately one-third of the dis.
lance from the left end Of the card,
the space to the left of the line to be
used for message, the portion to the
right to be used for the address only.
EIks Hold Big Convention.
At the session of the grand lodge OF
the order of Elks held in Philadelphia
last week John w. Tener of Charleroi
Pa, was elected grand exalted ruler,
At the great street parade which
marked the closing of the session on
the 18th several hundred persons were
Frustrated by the intense heat, al
though but one fatality was reported
by the police.
Serious Accident on Warship.
The explosion of two 100 pound cases
Of powder on the battleship Georgia
while at target practice of Province
town. Mass. on July Is resulted In
the death of nine officers and seamen
and the severe injury of twelve others
A naval court of inquiry was at once
appointed to investigate the accident
and 1t Is rumored that their report will
show that the explosion was caused by
a flare back from one of the eight inch
guns.
Catholics Hold Convention.
The sixth annual convention Of the
American Federation of Catholic So.
cieties was held in indianapolis, Ind.
commencing July Is. The 300 dele.
gates represented membership of
100000 located in forty-three states
and territories, Porto Rico. Hawaii
and the Philippine Islands. Many noted
Catholic clergymen were In attendance.
including Mgr. Diomede Falconio.
apostolic delegate to the United States.
who bore TO the delegates the blessing
Of Pope Plus X.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
SCIE N TIFIC
Mile a Minute at Sea.

No little interest has been aroused
among expert engineers and nautical
men by a new style of speed boat or
gliding craft originated and partially
developed by Peter Cooper Hewitt. the
discoverer of the famous Cooper Hew-
lit light. This new craft Is very aptly
designated gliding" since it does not
cut the water like other vessels, but
actually flies or skins over the surface
the body of the craft being forced high
enough to permit free play OF the
waves. The body of the device looks
somewhat like long, narrow and very
shallow scow. A long steel frame SINH
lar to that of an automobile extends
over the sides and across either end.
From each corner of the frame there
are dropped into the water perpendicu-
lar steel arms, which extend about
eighteen inches below the bottom Of
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
Peter Cooper Hewitt.

Peter Cooper Hewitt. ward forcas tho
Slightly slanted planes through the wa
tea and, on account of their slant, the
craft is forced upward. The greater
the speed the higher the craft rises.
When it has reached a speed which
forces the topmost vanes out of the
water part Of the supporting surface is
lost and the craft settles lower, this
principle constantly operating to main
tain perfect level for the shell at
given distance above the surface of the
water. The boat can be steered around
the sharpest curves at high speed, and
when this is done there is no loss of
equilibrium, but the stern skids as do
the rear wheels of an automobile
Mr.. Hewitt hit upon this principle
for water craft while working on ma
chine for the navigation of the air. He
believes that the problems of both
aerial and water navigation may be
wicked out along the same lines. The
highest speed he has attained with his
rough working model is thirty-eight
miles an hour, but he says he is willing
to guarantee that he can build boat
100 or 200 feet long that will go fifty
five miles an hour, while possibilities
OF much higher speed than this are
clci:Ned by experts who have given
tic matter close examination.
Kites Fly For Science.
Word comes from Hyde Park, Mass.
that Blue Hill observatory at that
place will soon be the scene of the
most extensive kite flying experiments
ever conducted in America. The ex.
periments will be made simultaneously
and in conjunction with similar flights,
either by kites or balloons, to be made
at more than twenty other stations
throughout the world. The phenom-
ena of the upper air will be studied
and especial attention given to cloud
movements, the object being to make
meteorology an exact science and to
formulate rules, If possible, that will
permit the forecasting of the weather
with as much certainty and accuracy
as the forecasting of astronomical
events. Some of the observations will
be made upon the ocean in different
parts Of the world. The kites are i'm.
mense affairs of the box pattern and
exert such a tremendous pulling force
that In high wind they will easily
lift 100 pounds.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
Commissioners Notice

deceased.
We, the undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate
in and for the County of Shiawassee State OF
Michigan Commissioners TO receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands Of all per-
sons against said estate do heI eby give notice,
the City OF Owosso, ia said County, on Monday
the Goth day OF August, A. D.,t1907, and on Fri.
day. the 2'th day OF October. A. d. 1907, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon OF each of said days, for
the purpose OF receiving and adjusting all claims
again ST SAID estate and that four months from
the 22d day Of June, A. D., 1907, are allowed to
creditors 10 present their claims TO said com.
10 ssioners for adjustment and allowance
Dated, the Oath Gay of June, A. D., 1907.
NICKNAME MINER,
FRANK WEIDMAN
Commissioners
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
Preserving Eaas.

Eggs should keep quite well for two
or three months in cool dry cellar.
They would deteriorate somewhat in
that time, but would probably be stale,
not decomposed. Eggs in cold storage
are kept In a cold dry air. Dampness
in the storage rooms will affect the
pasteboard filters in the cases and i'm
part most disagreeable odor and
taste of wet brown cardboard to the
eggs. So far as l have seen reports
of tests with water glass. says writer
in Farm-Poutry, the eggs have been
put In stone jars and the jars covered.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
public Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all persons inter-
ested, that IL is the intention Of the common
council of the City of Owosso TO construct q
public sewer on Cedar street from the sewer
on the center OF Main street south to The center
OF Clinton street, iu said city, according TO the
plat and diagram prepared by the Board Of
Public Works OF the said city. showing all the
streets, public grounds land, lots and subdi-
visions thereof In the diftrict and the proposed
route and location Of The sewer, and the depth,
grade, dir ensons and estimated cost thereof
which diagram and plat may be found for ex-
animation at The office OF the city clerk OF said
city. and the sand board and council will meet
and consider any suggestions and objections
that may be made by parties interested with
chamber in the City hall. On Monday, the 5,h
day OF August, 1907, at o'clock p m.
ARTHUR II. DUMoND,
j 1926 City Clerk
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26

TO the court of appeals. This necessi-
tates another delay in the execution of
the recount law.
San Francisco's New Mayor.
Coincident with the announcement
from the district attorney that the
''relgn Of the big stick was at an end
in San Francisco" the board of super
visors elected DR.. Edward II. Taylor
mayor TO I'll out the unexpired term
Of Schmitz DR.. Taylor, who is well
known in the west us lawyer and
writer and as dean of the Hastings
Law, School of the University of Cali
fornia, also took his degree as. ply
stefan. He has been prominent in civil
reform work for many years and prom
Uses to give the city nonpartisan
administration.
Bankhead Elected Senator.
Recording the will of the people of
Alabama at the primaries, the legsla-
ture has elected former Representative
John III. Bankhead to succeed the late
Senator Morgan in the national senate.
Bankhead served ten terms in the low
er house, but was defeated in the last
election by Il. p. Hobson.
Campaign Expenses Limited.
Governor Hughes has signed the bill
amending the New York penal code so
as to limit the expense of candidates
for public Office The maximum in
the case of candidate for governor is
$4,000 and for any other elective state
Office $4,000, for congress or preslden-
tial elector $4,000, for state senator
$4,000. for assemblyman $1,000 and
for any public Office in county, city or
village where the total number of
votes at the last election was not over
5000 $500, and So additional for each
100 votes in excess of 5000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26

State OF Michigan, County OF Shlawsssee. SIS
At a session OF the Probate Court for the
County Of Shawassee. held at the Probate
once, in the City OF CoruDna, on The s, day of
July, in the year one thousand nine hundred
and seven.
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Frank
Benton deceased.
Philo f. VanDeusen, as administrator, with
the will annexed. having rendered to this Court
his final &C count.
1t Is ordered that the 9th day of August
next at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, at said Pro-
bate once, be appointed for examining and
allowing said account.
And IL is further ordered that a copy of this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vious to said day of hearing. Ia TIE Owosso
TIMES newspaper printed and circulating in
said County of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate.
BY KATHERINE e. KELSEY.
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
e x e C u We
Use of Chemicals In Food.

Oeo OF SnemiCalS IN rood.
The department of agriculture has
promulgated regulations governing the
use of benzoate of soda and sulphur
Fumes as preservatives of fruits and
other foods. In accordance with the
provision of law that food products
shall not contain substances which
lessen their wholesomeness orders were
Issued that no drug, chemical or harm
full or >deleterious dye or preservative
should be used. These regulations
were temporarily withheld owing to
strong protests from certain quarters.
The statement now issued permits the
use of common salt, sugar, wood
smoke, potable distilled liquors and
condiments and, pending further in
vestigation. the use Of saltpeter.
Japan Seeks Military Secrets.
While the officials Of the navy de-
partment at Washington say they
have no information relative to the
published report that japanese spies
were recently detected drawing plans
OF naval ordnance In the gun factory
there. they admit an apparent eager
ness on the part Of representatives Of
the japanese government for informa-
ton regarding work on American ships
and military and naval matters In gen
eral. This. of course. applies with
more or less force to all the leading
nations, which send out their military
and naval attaches for this express
purpose.
Federal Versus State Authority.
In view Of the existing confusion.
with prospect of friction between the
federal and state authorities regarding
the enforcement of the two cent rate
bills passed by various state legisla-
lures, much interest attaches TO the
remarks of Commissioner Harlan OF
the interstate commerce commission
to the effect that while state rate
us naturally and properly entitled to
respectful consideration II has no
greater sanctity when applied to inter-
state traffic than a rate established by
railroad company" He says thae
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
Orphans.

Two of the young friends of Bishop
Wilberforce of Oxford gave the au-
thorities of the university so much
trouble that they won the nicknameS
of Hophni and Phinehas
One day, says T. II. S. Escott in $50
ciety In the Country House." they
were lounging about the hall at Cud-
desdon palace, singing the Lutheran
refrain, 1.-THE devil is Dead" when the
bishop suddenly appeared.
He walked very gently up to them
and in his most caressing manner,
placing one hand on each head, said III
a consolatory tone:
"Alas. Door Orphansp'
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26

Congress to Let Tariff Alone.

'I've come to the conclusion after
the talk today that there will be no
revision of the tariff until after the
next presidential election. 1t woulo
be suicidal to the Republican party t.
undertake a revision of the tariff ut
the next session CT congress. After the
election it will be done" Thus spoke
Senator Hopkins of Illinois TO the re-
porters who met him at Oyster Bay
after long conference with President
Roosevelt.
A Radical Tammany Programme.
Two resolutions proposed and advo-
Gated by w. Bourke Cochran and
adopted by the governing body of
Tammany Hail, the controlling Demo
cratic organization of New York city,
make q radical political departure.
Both are based on the assumption that
there are three parties to all public
service corporations, those of the COM
munity, of capital and of labor. One
proposes that all corporations engaged
In interstate commerce should include
the president of the United States In
its board of directors and that all state
corporations should include the gov
ernor of the state, while all those OPP
Grating in single city or town should
include the chief officer of the munich
pality. 1t should be the duty of these
elective officials to keep constantly in
formed of everything concerning the
operations of these public service cor
pOrations just as they do now keep
informed about the mail service or the
cleaning and lighting Of streets in the
cities.
1t is proposed also that each corpora
ton holding public franchises should
require its employees to appoint one or
more of their number to sit on the
board of trustees so as to keep the labor
element Informed. Mr.. Cochran thinks
that peace would be promoted IL ques-
lions affecting hours or wages were
discussed amicably among equals by
board with identical interests in COM
mon fund, mot violently and intemper-
ately by men believing themselves to
be divided by irreconcilably hostile in
terests."
The second resolution proposes that
there should be more branches of the
appellate division of the court In order
that the calendars of the lower court
could be cleared up at the end of every
thirty days and that special commits
sions should be appointed to try jury
cases. Mr.. Cochran said that while
these reforms might be ridiculed now,
he believed they would ultimately be
carried into effect. He said the sug-
gestion had not been offered by any
one else and that he thought it the only
adequate solution of the problem how
best to control public companies.
The Recount Still Delayed.
Notwithstanding that the appellate
division In Brooklyn voted, three to two
that W. Il. Hearst is entitled to have
the ballot boxes opened and the ballots
recounted in the mayoralty contest OF
1905, Mayor Mcclellan applied for
writ of prohibition from the Manhat-
tan division of the court, which held
that there were defects In the law
which made II desirable to refer the
whole question of Its constitutionality
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
Male and Female Guineas.

Authorities on guinea raising claim
that it is always best, no matter how
small a flock you may have, to have
two or more males running with the
hens. AS q rule one cock guinea is
enough for every four hens, but some
times the birds will pair. Some breed
ers claim that 1t is best to breed them
in pairs. There is only one absolutely
certain way Of telling the male from
the female and that Is by the call or
cry. The female has a peculiar call
which Is never uttered by the male and
resembles "Buckwheat" or "Come
Back" The call of the male is shrill.
rasping scream.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
Why Keep MongreIs?

If the production Of eggs is the most
valuable branch of poultry culture,
how, asks the Feather, can any one
who may be engaged even to greater
or less extent in their production be
so shortsighted, so foolish, so careless,
or so neglectful of their own interests.
as to brush aside the only valuable
feature of success, and to hold on to
the mongrel product, which scarcely
ever pays for its keep?
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
IN UST RIAL
Factory Girls Seek Suffrage.

For the first time in America a con-
vention Of organized working women
exclusively has met and gone on rec
ord for equal suffrage. This occurred
at New York last week when the wo-
men factory workers Of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, New York and Connecticut
met under the auspices Of the Women's
Trades Union league. The meeting
was addressed by Mrs. Harriet Stanton
Batch and Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes.
Telesraphers' overtures Rejected.
President Sam Small of the CONNER
cial Telegraphers' union gave notice at
San Francisco that all the peace nego-
tiations which had been opened by
United States Labor Commissioner
NELL We're ut an end and that there
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26

State Of Michigan, County OF Shiawassee, SIS
AT a session OF the Probate Court for
said County, held at the Probate ONCE
in the City of Corunns, on Monday the Sth day
OF July in the year one thousand nine hundred
and seven.
Present, Matthew Bush. Judge Of Probate.
In the matter of the estate OF Lydia Griffin,
deceased on reading and fling the petition OF
William r. Griffin praying that administration
of said estate may be granted to Edward +.
Sanborn, or some other suitable person.
II is ordered. that the 5th day of August next.
at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, at said Probate
once be assigned for healing said petition.
And 1t is further ordered. that "a copy of
this order be published three successive weeks
revious to said day Of hearing. in THE Owosso
TIMES, a newspaper printed and circulating in
said County of Shiawassee.
MATHEW BUSH.
Judge OF Probate,
By KATHERINE E. KELSEY.
PROBATE Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-26
Commissioners, Nniina

In the matter OF the estate of Olivia O.
McClintock. DE- ceased
We he nnder-igned. having been appoint
"a ny me bon. Matthew Bush. Judge of Pro-
bate in ard for The County OF Sbinwassee
State OF Michigan, Cou missioners to receive
examine and aoJnst all claims and demands
OF All persons against said estate. DO hereby
give notice. that we will meet Al the ofnce az
william d. Rowley, Ia The Village OF Lairgs-
nurg IN sald county, on Mo"ody, the 18th day or
august A. ID. 1907. and Oh Monday the 2ist day
OF October A. D.. 1907 al len clock in the fore
uoon OF each OF said days. for the purpose OF
receiving and adjusting all claims against said
es.ale' ana tnat Tour months from the 18th
day OF June A. ID. 1907 are allowed creditors
10 present their claims 10 said Commis sioners
Tor adjustment and allowance
pateu the 22nd day OF June. A. ID. 1907
WILLIAM II. ROwLEY
ANDREW ROHRABACHER
COmmiSsianarS