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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
THE CANNON R0ARED.
How an Ovation by a Youthful De-
nosthenes Was Spoiled.

How an Ovation by a Youthful De-
mosthenes Was Spoiled.
While campaigning In his home state
Speaker Cannon was once inveigled
into visiting the public schools of a
town where he was billed to speak.
In one Of the lower grades an ambi-
tious teacher called upon youthful
Demosthenes to entertain the distin-
guished visitor with an exhibition of
amateur oratory. The selection at
tempted was Byron's Battle Of Wa
terloo," and just as the boy reached
the end of the first paragraph Speaker
Cannon suddenly gave vent to vio-
lent sneeze.
but hush. bark" detained the
youngster-"a deep sound strikes like
a rising knell! Did ye hear it,"
The visitors smiled, and u moment
later the second sneeze-which the
speaker was vainly trying to hold back
came with Increased violence.
But. hark!' (bawled the boy)-"that
heavy sound breaks in once more
And nearer. clearer, deadlier than before!
ARM. Arm Ii Is the lannon's opening
roar"
This was too much, and the laugh
that broke from the party sweled to
a roar when Uncle Joe chuckled: Put
up your weapons. children. | won't
shoot any more."-Success Magazine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
The Division of lime.

The division of time into hours was
practiced among the Babylonians from
remote antiquity, but it was Hippar-
chus, the philosopher, who introduced
the Babylonian hour into Europe. The
sexagcsimal system of notation was
chosen by that ancient people because
there is 10 number having SO many di.
visions as sixty. The Babylonians di-
vided the daily journey Of the sun, the
ruler of the day. into twenty-four para
sangs. Each parasang, or hour, was
subdivided into sixty minutes. and that
again into sixty seconds. They COM
pared the progress made by the sun
during one hour at the time of the
equinox to the progress made by a
good walker in the same period OF
time, both covering one parasang. and
the course of the sun during the full
equinoctial day was fixed at twenty
four parasangs
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
M0N0MANIACs ARE MANY.
We Meet Them In Our Daily Life, Says
Student of Insanity.

'In my judgment" says student OF
insanity, there are hundreds Of peo-
pie walking the streets of all the big
some one topic and who only need q
reference 10 It In conversation or 9th
erwise TO throw them into severe
irrational tantrum. and my experience
satisfies me that the aSylums are
crowded with persons who appear TO
be the most reasonable beings on
earth until their attention is directed
toward some subject that disturbs
their mental apparatus and makes
them dangerous subjects.
THE most striking incident Of this
kind that has ever come under my oh.
servation occurred when some years
ago I was visiting an asylum IN Edin.
burgh. l was introduced to n patient
who had been a physician. He was In.
telligent, and / had long cOnvcrsa-
ton with him on general topics with.
out the slightest knowledge on my
part that he was patient. When bid.
ding him adieu / remarked that we
were likely to have beautiful moon
light night. In Il second his whole de.
meanor changed. Instead Of being n
cultured, amicable gentleman he be
came n raving maniac and was quick
~ seized by several attendants. My
simple alluslon to the moon had done
the whole business.
ut seems that this doctor, who had
a large practice at one time, had be-
come enamored of study Of astron->
omy and had for some years been en-.
deavoring 20 invent a telescope which
would enable him to get an interior
view of the moon. He became crazy
on that subject. IIis case was held to
be incurablc. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
70 the Habit Legacy From the 0ts
Sun Worshipers? q

70 the Habit a Legacy From the ots
Sun Worshipers? q
The halfback, about to be tackled,
stopped, then darted In q long curve
toward the right. He was soon down.
ed.
THE other side knew he would turn
from left to right" said a veteran.
I'VE all turn from left to right. To
turn from right to left seems wrong,
seems like reversing. We wind a
watch from left to right, we turn a
screw so, and so we write, and so we
read.
1T all comes down to us from pre-
historic times, from the sun worship
ers. The sun moves fresn left to right,
and its worshipers believed that all
human actions must proceed accord
ingly. Well, they still do SO.
'Churning is done as the sun moves,
and there's a superstition that one re-
verse turn of the handle will spoil the
butter.
Cooks stir batter from left to right.
A reversal, they say. would make the
batter coarse and heavy
a"Shut your eyes and turn thrice.
Don't you naturally instinctively turn
from left to right?
"Whalers put back again If the
ships first movement at the beginning
Of the voyage is not from left to right.
"In a subconscious way, you see.
sun worship is still the religion of
man. Exchange.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
Commissioner Notice.
In the matter of the estate OF Ada Z
Sessions, deceased.

In the matter of the estate OF Ada e.
Sessions, 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-
that we will meet at the Exchange Bank
OF Vernon In the Village of Vernon,
in said County, on Monday, the 10Th day
of April, A. ID. 1909, and on Monday, the
2lst day of June, A. D., 1909. at ten O'Clock In
the forenoon Qf each OF said days. for the
purpose OF receiving ana adjusting all claims
the 18th day of February. A. ID. 1900 are allowed
to creditors to present their claims to said
Commissioners for adjustment and allowance.
Dated the 18th day OF February, A. d. 1909.
FLOYD OWEN,
j. G. CURTIS
Commissioners
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
wANTED-sUccEss MAGAZINE re

WANTED-SUCCEss MAGAZINE re-
quires the services of a man in Owosso
to look after expiring subscriptions and
to secure new buciness by means of
special methods unusually effective;
position permanent; prefer one with ex
perience, but would consider any appli-
cant with good natural qualifications
salary 81 so per day, with commission
option Address with references, r G.
Peacock. Room 1902, Success Magazine
Bldg, New York.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12

Don't let the baoy Hlter from eczeme.
sores or any '"N". the skin Doau's
gives instant relief, cures quickly. Per.
cil, sac TO- q" dIggists
sell IL.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
Commissioners Notice.
In the matter of the estate of William
Watson, deceased.

In the matter OF the estate of William
Watson, deceased
We, the undersigned. having been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge OF Probate
In and for the. County OF ShlawaSsee, State OF
Michigan, Commissioners to receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands of all per
sons against said estate, do hereby give notice
that we will meet ut the Probate ONCE in the
Court House in the City of Corunna In safe
A. d. 1909, and on Tuesday, the list day of
June A. ID. 1909 at ten o'clock in the forenoon
OF each of said days, for the purpose OF receiv.
ing and adjusting all claims against said estate
and that four months from the 18th day of
January A. ID 1909, are allowed to creditors to
present their claims to said Commissioners for
adjustment and allowance.
Dated, the 2sth day OF January, A. ID. 1909.
ALFRED CRICKMORE,
JAMES A. RICHARDSON,
Commissioners
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
The Source.

Ascum-That little boy Of yours
seems to be nervous. Does he inherit
1t from you? Henpeck-I guess So
He certainly did not get it from his
lother. for she's got more nerve than
ever
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12

Knickpr The faShirMqbln worirn's
figure IS Ike Il Stat
Bocker--Whilc the m,,i3ass. bolster
and pillows are worn or the head. -.
New York Sun.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
GA I'D r. "A.
Bears the nlhe Kind You Have Always Bought
signature ss IxHzZzZM
Happy iduntinn orolrd.

She--When woman wants hus-
band, you don't suppose she goes and
looks in a club for one. do you? He
Well If she's Il married woman the
chances are that she does,-YOn!;crs
Statesman.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
Not a Free AGENT.

Asked when he was married. the
colored citizen replied. ".\ll | know.
sub, IS dat it WIZ dos wen she lowed
she'd git meter de minute" Atlanta
Constitution
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12

Had dyspepsia or indisess ior 49,
year. No appetite, and what cid ess
distressed me terribly. Budock Blood
Bitters cured me-. II. Walker, Sun
bury, Ohio.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-22
TODAY Is YEARS AGO
FROM DAILY SENTINEL

w NJ. Armsburg, Esq, has opened
law office at the corner of Fifth
and Main streets.
The school election occurs May /,
when Prof. ID. T. Stone will retire.
Prof. Stone has made an efficient
director.
A bride made entirely of baling
wire was fitted to a mule being driv-
en- down Main street today.
Prof. N. II. Hayden was yesterday
elected superintendent of the city
schools for another year.
Archie Jones and several other
bicycle enthusiasts are endeavoring
to form bicycle club. 1t seems very
opportune that such a club should be
formed
Prof. Herman Kountz, associated
with Prof. Flint, announces that he
has over fifty members in the juven-
lie class.
District Clerk B. F. Jay is the
author of very excellent article on
the silver question, published in the
Mt. Pleasant. Iowa, Referendum"
Mrs. E. NJ. Hardy and little daugh-
ter Avis, left last night for Salt Lake
where they will spend a few days
visiting with friends and relatives.
(April 81, fifteen years ago was
Sunday)
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-22

Drugs. 551 Main.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-22
AMERICAN LEAGuE.
TWO IMPORTANT GAMES.
Especial to The Sentinel. I

1t is announced with authority that
the University of Denver has COM
pleted arrangements for two of the
most important games in its football
schedule. The University of Nebras-
ka will play in Denver. Saturday,
November 20, instead of November
13, as previously reported, and Colo
rado college will be met by the Den
yer Rocky mountain champions prob
ably IN Den yer on Thanksgiving day.
Incidentally there was a confer
ence of the colleges at the University
club yesterday. 1t is understood that
the first of the Colorado college
Mines baseball games, which was to
have been played Saturda.v, has been
called off, and instead of the Miners
called off, and instead the n. .lners
VIII play the All Stars of Denver.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-22

The Gunnison tunnel committee
together with committee from
Grand Junction. Delta, Olathe and
other points will hold a banquet at
the Belvedere hotel at 1880 p. m.
Saturday, April "a. $1.0O per plate
is to be charged and paid for per-
sonally. Those who can attend will
notify w o. Redding by p. m. Fri
day next, so that the table can be set
for the actual number who will at
tend. Can only accommodate a linn
tied number. Business pertaining to
the tunnel opening will be transact
ed.-Montrose Press.
One of the most handsomely cos
TUNED musical plays on the road this
season is w. p. Cullen's production
of The Burgomaster," the greatest
of the Pixley & Luder musical come
dies. The costumes are of the most
modern style, and it can safely be
promised that some of the evening
gowns will be well worth seeing. The
large company will be headed by
Harry Hermsen. "The BurgomasterY
will be seen at the Park opera house,
Fr, lay, April 90.
Sim. reading of the glories of
Monnsrn,. non in the columns of
", 1roHuInent CO. -reat MANY peonle
The Sentinel, =. inds d tn peUpit yisit
nave made up theiF s... we some
.he canon within short t,,- the
going over the e6ming Sunday u
is favorable. The visit Of
the Chamber of Commerce committee
and the announcement of what they
found and saw in that beautiful but
unknown section has re-
suited in world of interest being
Senator Guggenheim has been re-
by the Gunnison Water
Users association to invite President
Taft to officiate at the opening of the
tunnel irrigation project in
August. The presidents acceptance
will depend upon the outcome of his
general plan for spending the sum-
mer. If he does not take his pro-
posed Western trip, he will not be
able to accept this and other West
ern invitations.-Wash dis
patch.
Drugs, SOL Main.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-22

Colonist rates to California and
the northwest on sale March l to
April 80, 1909. from Denver, Colo
RADIO Springs. Pueblo. Canon City,
Leadville, Glenwood Springs, Delta
Grand Junction. Gunnison, Montrose,
to San Francisco, Fresno. Portland,
Tacoma and Seattle. $500 Call on
B. w. Robbins, general agent, Grand
Junction, for further particulars.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-22
SPORTS.
BASE BALL GAMES TOMORROW

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York at Brooklyn.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Pittsburg.
Chicago at st. Louis.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
st. Louis at Cleveland.
Detroit at Chicago.
Washington at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-22

We expect to move into our new
building soon and with the new ma
chinery will be more able to care for
our trade than ever.-J. H. Lane.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-22
SUNDAY BALL LEGAL.
(Speofa,i 10 The SentineIl

sDfN~i.N-r 50 hC oCnllnel.J
st. Paul, MINI, April 22.-Gov-
ernor Johnson yesterday signed bill
passed by the senate making SUNDAY
baseball legal during the hours fro
! to Q p. m. : IN
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-22

Greigs siesta' coffee is winner,
35c per pound.
The daily sentinel., 1909-04-22

See our $40 single narness.-Frsd
Mantey.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-19
Alfalfa Meal For Poultry.

We Ind that, as a rule, our hens
fed on alfalfa meal lay very fertile
eggs, which pi oduce strong, vigorous
and healthy chicks. We also find
that they will moult quicker in the
fall and commelD, to lay earlier in
the season For laying hens we put
several quarts of alfalfa meal into a
closed vessel, then pour boiling water
over the meal until 1t is thoroughly
moistened; place a cover over the
vessel and let the mixture steep for
q while.
Just before the feeding dash little
cold water over the feed. This brings
out the green color, and the whole
presents a very pleasing appearance
and Is as near grass as any feed can
be. Some prefer to mix the meal
with table scraps or grain, both Of
which add palatability and variety
to the mash. Bone meal and moat
scraps make excellent additions to
alfalfa or clover meal. both of which
are concentrated feeds and great egg
producers.-A- L. c., Iowa Agricul,
tural College.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-19
Cause of Leprosy.

A new tubercular theory as to
ieprosy was suggested some time aro
by DIR. Chas. f. Macdonald. of the
army. who noticed in the Philippines
,he same facts rs to fish diet which
nave long been held by Hutchinson
rs the cause. TIE present idea is not
that the diet itself is at fault. but
tEat here is an infection from tuber-
eu!oSls tiSiI-rather startling to be
sur. but not ut all improbable.
The matter is Of timely interest in
view OF the difference of opinion as
10 the transmission of bovine tuher-
eulosls. The vast difference between
bird tuberculosis and tn human va
ricty has long been known, and it
raises the suspicion that there NAV
be very many kinds OF tubercle
bacilll. some of which produce in man
other conditions than tuberculosis as
we now consider it.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-19
Does It Paw?

II you don't just like everything
you see IN your paper, 90 around the
streets and howl. The editor is
never supposed to make a mistake
ana OF course could not do so. Other
people can but not the editor. If
you can see good point, don't
fail 70 see bad one. If thousand
pleasant things are said of people,
huht Tor something unpleasant. If
YOU don't find it, howl some more;
IT you do, howl anyway. Never mind
your own business; watch for some
thing to find fault with in some other
mans business; this will make Won
great.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-19
WORK OF TEREDOES.
hapidity With Which They Demolish
Wooden Piers and C,;ssonS

That the teredoes in the vicinity ~
| Fort Mason are the hunpriest and
busiest and equipped with the most
ehectlve augers of any of their kind
10 De found in the bay has been DEM
oustrated by the contracting concern
tnat is building the new army trans
port wharves at Blackpoint Tho
company has paid a fancy price for
its knowledge, and incidentally and
at lts own expense has demonstrated
the wisdom OF the all concrete con-
struction advocated by the present
Board OF Harbor Commissioners
The new army wharves are to rest
ON concrete piers and the plans call
ior the construction of a concrete
Dreakwater to provide shelter for the
troop ships that may be tied up at the
Wharves. In the construction of this
breakwater great wooden caissons
were built and sunk. to be pumped
out later and filled with concrete
A temporary wharf was built ~
green piles and on this were erected
the concrete mixing machinery and
other gear essential to CARRYING on
wharf tumbled down and an investi-
CATION showed that the teredoes had
eaten the green piles as easily as IL
they had been young onions. The
wharf is now being rebuilt with creo-
soted piles.
In anticipation Of the early restora-
ton or the temporary pier an examfn-
alton was. made yesterday of the
wood yesterday of the wooden cais-
sons, and to the contractors grief It
was discovered that they had been
practically consumed by the teredoes.
The chewed up caissons will have to
be replaced and then it will be a race
between the concrete mixers and the
teredoes, with the betting on the
worms, If in the meantime they
should eat through the creosoted piles
that support temporary wharf No. Q
and cause another delay in filling the
molds with concrete.-San Francisco
Gail.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-19
Waterworks in a Desert

There is large quantity of water
IN the great desert of Chile, but more
that either human beings or stock
can drink. Science, however. las
come to the aid of this rainless sec
tlon OF the country in the form of an
ingenious desert waterworks, consist
ing OF series of frames containing
20,OOO square feet of glass. The
panes OF glass are arranged in the
shape of V and under each pane
Is a shallow pan containing brackish
water. The heat of the sun evapo-
rates the water, which condenses up-
on the sloping glass, and, made pure
by this operation, it runs down into
little channels at the bottom of the
V and is carried away into the main
canal. Nearly 1000 gallons of fresh
water is collected daily by this
means.-From the Mexican Herald.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-19

downward. Half a dozen men com-
bined succeeded in killing this re-
oellious, anarchistic disturber of the
packing house peace, and they killed
him In not at all a scientific manner.
II a human being had made so plucky
fight for his life against such odds
he would be talked of with admira-
tion.
The stockyard butchers, men that
should know, are firmly convinced
that the different animals that come
up to them for killing are as different
In character as human beings are.
fortunately, however, they are all
agreed that not one animal in ten
thousand has any idea Of his coming
rate. Death is surprise to them all,
ana therefore practically painless.
Amid all this lowing, squealing and
struggling there arises constantly the
thought: What becomes of the life
In those animals? What becomes of
that consciousness which has ami
mated them, protected them and di-
rected them? In what way is it diff
ferent from the consciousness within
the two-legged animal that stands
there covered with blood from head
to foot, stabbing relentlessly each
living creature as it comes before
him?
We know what becomes of the ami
mals' bodies. Tie tenderloin goes to
the rich mans house, the shinbone to
the poor man, the head to the immi-
grant from certain foreign lands; the
tongue, prepared with spices, is sent
often far away to India. The hide
is made into boots, chauffeurs' coats.
harness. The bones are cut up into
buttons that fasten the workmen's
snlrts, or are changed into the foolish
little things upon which babies chew
"hen their teeth are coming. A part
OF the body makes pepsin for those
that lack digestion, and the indicesti-
Bile parts go to those that later on
need the pepsin.
In all directions the bodies are
scattered, but what becomes of the
nine millions of lives the nine mil
mons OF seperate consciousness that
armour scatters into space every
year, as he feeds the millions OF
thinking, meat-eating animals?-Ar,
tnur Brisbane, in The Cosmopolitan.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-19
Where Horror Reirns.

Berlin, BY Cable-The story of an
isolated arctic district in Sibera.
where few political exiles are de-
tanned, was told by Harry de Windt
In lecture at the Travel Exhibition
at Olympia. The place is Sredni
holymsk, and its existence is prob
ably known in Russia only to the
hussian secret police, who have sole
charge of it.
at Sredni kolymsk," said Mr..
de Nindt. 81 witnessed such scenes
of Undesirable horror and misery
'nat cannot even now recall them
without shudder. | doubt whether
the existence of such place is known
to the Gar
When Mr.. de WinGt visited the
place he and his companions were the
only white people not cxiles who had
ever Been there. with the except ion
OF a couple OF shipwrecked sailors.
AT Srcdm holymsk there have been
Ten suicides i'll seven years. although
NO more than score Of political
prisoners are there at time. it is
situated well within the arctic region.
al the extreme end of Siberia, 5000
miles from ST. Petersburg. 1t takes
The eXlies three years 10 make the
Journey, and owing to the swamps
surrounding It the place can only be
approached III winter.
lht last part of the journey is
done by thc cXilcs in reindeer sleirhs.
wit shelter huts every 200 miles.
The nearest settlement to this forlorn
PRISON iS 40 miles and the nearest
town is thouands of miles away.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-19
Keeping Egg Record,

For keeping account Of eggs re-
ceived I hang calendar with a white
background near the door of my
poultry house, so that on returning
from a visit to the hens the number
of eggs may be marked each day with
the pencil attached. In this manner
a daily, weekly and monthly account
Is kept, and l know what the average
Is per hen Tor any length of time.
From this it is easy to calculate how
hens pay. 1t takes only a few sec.
onds a day for the record.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-08-19
Mystery In Salad Dressing.

In Washington the recent death of
George w. Harvey, known since Lin
COINS day for the rare food of his IA
nous Oyster house." has recalled
the following anecdote: ION one oc-
casion Mr.. Harvey visited New York
and his praises were sung by some of
the prominent men who were his
friends. A dispute ensued as to the
merits Of certain dishes, and a con-
test was arranged between Mr.. Har-
Vey and several famous New York
chefs. The competition centred upon
the mixing of salad dressing. The
Jolly, fat judges watched the prepar-
alton carefully and observed that Mr..
Harvey as finishing touch took from
MS pocket tiny vial, carefully uu-
corked 1t, poured few drops into the
dressing and set 1t before the arbi-
ters. They tasted each dressing I'm
turn. smacked their lips and puck
cred their brows. Then they declared
that all the dressings were very fine.
the most delectable that they had
ever put to palate, but that about Mr..
Harvey's dressing there was 'an-ah
-indefnable something which
caused them to award 1t the prize.
George. what was 1t you put In
that dressing? asked one of Mr.. Har-
vey's friends later.
Only water he replied. Il
knew a little mystery would catch
EN-. Chicago Post.