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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
SHOOTING WITH M0RTARS.
Hitting the Target Is Simply Matter
of Mathematics.

Hitting the Target Is Simply Matter
of Mathematics.
How do we hit with the mortars?
An observer near the shore who sees
the target communicates the horizontal
and vertical angle at which to lay the
mortar and the instant OF time at
which to fire, and the gun does the
rest. If you were standing at the cen
ter of large clock dial laid fat on the
ground and wanted to hit with base
ball a man walking around on the out
side. you would notice how long 1t TOOK
the man to get from I to III and again
from II to III. Then you would de-
eide whether If the ball were thrown
over a point halfway between III ana
V lust as he arrived opposite I'LL the
man and the ball would reach the
same spot at the same time, 1t being
understood. of course, that he main
tanned uniform speed and direction and
that the ball was thrown with proper
force. Instruments give us the range
and observations, and mechanical de
vices give us the range differences, In
creasing or decreasing by certain shor
| intervals of time, too short for shil
of any size to escape by attempting Il
| change direction or speed. Our Oh
servers circle has $4,000 divisions
CAPTAIN Howell in Scientific American
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
THE COMIC SPIRIT.
Thoughtful Laughter Is the Test OF
True Comedy.

Thoughtful Laughter Is the Test OF
True Comedy.
One excellent test Of the civilization
of a country | take to be the flourish
ing of the comic idea and comedy, and
the test of true comedy is that it shall
awaken thoughtful laughter.
If you believe that our civilization Is
founded on common sense-and IL is
the first condition of sanity to believe
it-you will when contemplating men
discern a spirit overhead, luminous ana
watchful. never shooting beyond them
mr. tagging in the rear, so closely at
tached to them that 1t may be taken
for a slavish reflex until its features
are studied.
Its common aspect is one Of unsolicit-
Gus observation. Mems future upon
earth does not attract it. Their homes
| ~ and shapeliness In the present DO
| And whenever they wax out OF pro
norton. overblown, affected, preten'
tious, bombastical, hypocritical, pedan
tic. Enthusiastically delicate; whenever II
sees them self deceived or hoodwink
ed. given to run riot in idolatries, drift
ing into vanities, congregating In alb
surdities, planning shortsightedly ant
plotting dementedly; whenever the!
are at variance with their profession
and violate the unwritten but percep
tible laws binding them in considera
tion one to another; whenever they OIL
fend sound reason, fair justice, ar
false in humility or mined with cor
ceit. individually or in bulk, the spirI
overhead will look humanely malig
and cast an oblique light on them, TO
: lowed by volleys Of silvery laughte
: That is comic spirit.-"An Essay o
Comedy" by George Meredith.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
Mehstar,s Home Squadron.

A few days before his death Danies
webster wished to leave his sickroom
once more to look upon the little para
disc which his taste had adorned about
his mansion. Dressing himself Win
the utmost care, he went through the
house on the arm of a servant ana
finally reached the library. The night
before there was a terrific storm, and
the great statesman expressed solici-
tude for the safety of the fishermen
off the coast. AS he looked from the
window his eye fell upon NUMBER OF
pleasure boats which had been moorec
to a little mound in the artificial ponc
i'm the rear of the house. "Well," saie
he. "the home squadron Is safe.
think I will go back" 1t was his las
playful remark. He never lert hi
room again.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
PASSED THE VENIS0N.
One Member of tho Council Had
Tender Conscience.

One Member of the Council Had
Tender Conscience.
This quaint account of an old time
Thanksgiving celebration in New Eng
land was found in the diary OF Con-
necticut minister, dated In the year
1714:
when We services at We meeting
house were ended, We council and other
dignitaries were entertained at the
house of Mr.. Epes on We hill near by,
where we had bountiful Thanksgiv-
ing dinner, with bears meat and venl-
son. the last of which was fine buck,
shot In the woods near by.
after We blessing was crayed WORD
came that We buck was shot on We
Lords day by Pequot, an Indian, VINO
came to Mr.. Epes with I've in bis
mouth. like Ananias of old. Ye coun'
ell therefore refused to eat we venison
but it was afterward decided that Pe
QUOT should receive forty stripes save
one for lying and profaning on "
Lords day and restore Mr.. Epes "
price Of We deer, and, considering this
Just and righteous sentence on We sin
full heather and that blessing hat
been craved on We meat, ye council al
partook of it but Mr.. Shepard, who's
conscience was tender on ye point o
We venison."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
A RoTHscHILD STORY.
The Reward That Came to Student
With q Heart.


Old Rothschild stories are popular
now in Europe. "Some are true" says
an English writer. some are only
clever. and many are simply inven-
lions But all are read with interest"
Here is one from the Bystander, Lon
don:
AT a luncheon given by Empress
Eugene at the Tuileries the head or
the Paris house Of Rothschild was
seated opposite great painter. Roth
schild was not blessed with good looks
end had, moreover, an expression OF
distress and resignation combined. The
painter could not take his eyes of him,
md this worried Rothschild not a lit
tie. After the meal he asked the paint
er why he had taken so great an inter
est in him, and to his great amaze
ment the painter informed him that he
had studied him as model for beg
gar in a picture he was then evolving
| Rothschild's face frightened, and he
said. Il will sit for you And he did
| One day when he was posing pupi
of the painters was so touched by thu
expression of woe on the face OF TIT
model that he slipped five franc piece
into the poor mans hand and van
ished before an explanation was posi-
BILE. The next day the young man re
ceived f4OO as interest on his well III
vested francs"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
Her Game Blocked.

The timid looking little woman on
the Euclid car noticed that her purse
was not in her bag where she hau
placed it. Instead, it was hanging from
her arm on a chain-hanging in run
view where it would tempt the nimp!e
fingers Of the pickpockets assigned 10
that beat. With great forethought she
picked up the purse and started 10 put
it in the bag. But the purse didn't go
I'm. because it was attached to the arm
of the persimmony faced woman stand
ing next to her. OF course the woman
with the bag stopped right there and
dropped the strangers purse.
"You'd better let that alone" spoke VI
the persimmony faced woman. I've
been watching you ever since you go
ON, and you needn't think l didn't SCI
what you were trying to do."-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
Butterfly Fakes.

The butterfly was a beautiful deep
blue. as lustrous as satin; but looking
at 1t closely, the collector shook his
head.
Another fake" he said. "See here"
And with his finger he brushed of the
glistening blue dust from the Insects
wings, and, 10, it was but common
brown field butterfly, after all.
"As the collecting Of butterflies
grows more popular" he explained,
more and more butterfly fakirs turn
up. These men, with various aniline
dye powders, color up ten cent insect
into a good resemblance to ten dollar
one. Their work is hard to detect for
the reason that when the dye rubs OIL
and discolors your fingers you suspect
nothing since the genuine dust belong
ing to every butterfly's wings woulC
do the same thing."-New York Press.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
His Coffee Not Hot.

There are all sorts of tastes In New
York. and, of course, everything is
matter of taste anyhow, as the old
woman said when she kissed the cow.
But one can find many strange ideas
of how things should be done by SIM
ply listening while in restaurant.
The most unusual was heard In quick
lunch resort downtown the other day.
"Give me a cup of strong black cof-
fee. not hot" was the order, and the
waiter never said a word, just went
along to fill the order, which a moment
later proved to be a cup Of steamine
coffee with a piece of ice in the saucer
to be used at the discretion Of the
diner.-New York Globe.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
The Aurora Rorealis.

The aurora borealis, or northern
dawn, is an electrical phenomenon
which in high northern ATTITUDES, espe-
cially in winter, Eliminates the skies
with streamers of light. AS the streams
of light have tremendous motion,
they are called in many places the
merry dances" They assume many
shapes and variety of colors, from a
pale red or yellow to a deep red or
blood color, and in the northern lati'
tudes they serve to illuminate the earth
and cheer the gloom Of the long winter
nights. The connection Of the aurora
displays with the disturbance OF the
magnetic needle is now regarded as al
ascertained fact
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
A REAL MiSER.
with Him the Ruling Passion Was
Indeed Strong In Death.


The talk turned on misers, ana
titled Italian in the party said:
oIet me tell you about Arpagnio, the
romons Roman miser, and you Will
know what a real miser Is.
"As Arpagnio lay dying In ms coiu'
dark bare palace of stone on the
Corso his one thought was that, since
he was too i'll to eat, full ira Jay
was being saved on the food Dill.
"The doctor was announced. Inc
doctor. after feeling Arpagnio's puise'
looked grave.
".Well,' said the miser, how much
longer have to liver
"Only half an hour was the reply
"Arpagnio's eyes flashed fire.
"'You scoundrel! he cried. why uo
vou let things run on to the last MIN
nte like this? Do you want to run
me? Send for the barber at once.
"Tbe barber arrived posthaste.
"sYou charge said Arpagnio, a
.entisimi for shavingT
ayes, signor.'
land for shaving a corpse lireT
ayes
"Arpagnio glanced at the clock. Sew
en- of the thirty minutes left him SUI
remained.
"'Then shave me quickly he gaspee
"As the operation finished Arpagni
died. But with his last breath, smilin
happily. he murmured while the bal
her dried his cold, pale cheeks:
allow Splendid lire and 80 Gel
tisimi saved!"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
Mortgage Sale.
CHANDLER g. FRIEGEL,
Compliments Solicitors

WHEREAS, default has been made In the
payment of the money secured by mortgage
dated the e9th day Of Marsh a. ~ iSSD his
wife, Of the Township OF New raven, County -,
Shiawassee State OF Michigan; wnlch sac
MORTGAGE was recorded IN sne Q, Shiaw v
in Liber q of Mortgages on page 4,3 on une osa
day of May A. ID. 1888 at III u O'CLOCK a. M, anu
which mortgage became ana Is now she Pr npperi.
tarce and descent, he being the son OF William
Weidman, who Is now deceased, ana
WHEREAS, the amount claimed to be due on
said mortgage at the date OF tnis no.icS ~
and interest and which is the wnole amouns
claimed to be unpaid on said mortgage anu no
suit proceedings having oeen sscrsS by ny
law to cover the debt remaining secureo Nv
said mortgage or any part Thereon.
WHEREAS, the power OF sale contained ~
said mortgage has become operative NOW
therefore, notice Is hereby given that Dy vir.Se
Of the said power of sale in pursuance OF tne
| statute in such case made and PROVIDED tne
the said mortgage will be foreciosed by saie Oh
| said premises therein described, at pupnc
| auction to the highest bidder at the front ooor
| of the Court House, In the city OF Corunna IA
| said County of Shiawassee on the 7th DAY Oh
| Nav 1909 at ten o'clock in the forenoon OF sara
| date.
4 Said premises are described in said mortgage
| towit:
| Commencing in the center OF the highway
| Seven Chains and SiXtv.hve links In a hortn'
westerly direction from stake aha stonG VIZ.
| are witnessed by white oak forty lnches'
| standing north eleven and three -foufths oeB
| east thirty three and three-iourth INKS any
| the north east corner of the saw mill Soutn
seventy five and one-foutth degrees; west nin az
links thence in a northeasterly dlrecuon ~
right angles with said highway sixteen RODS
thence northwesterly parallel with SAID hlgh
way ten rods. thence southwesterly t 70 ur
center OF said highway sixteen rous SIep.
| down the center of said highway ten RODS U
the place of beginning, said land being one aer
more or less and being and lying on the nort 4,
west fractional quarter OF section eighteen u
] the township of New Haven, county OF Shii
wassee and state Of Michigan.
| FRANK WEIDMAN.
ODELL CHAPMAN -
Attorney for Assignee OF Mortgage.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
Order Of Public alton, Northeastern Mt
Defendant.

STATE OF MICHIGAN,
In the Circuit Court OF the County OF Shia'
wassee in Chancery.
Edward E. Hackett, Complainant,
lydia M. Hackett, Defendant.
Suit pending In the Circuit Court for the
County Of Shiawassee in chancery, at Corunna
on the Gath day of February, A. d. 1909.
In this cause 1t appearing from anidavit on
flle that the defendant, Lydia M. Hackett. is
not a resident OF this state, but resides In the
State of Washington, on motion OF Chandler q
Friegel compliments solicitors, II Is ordered
that the said defendant, Lydia M. Hackett,
cause her appearance to be entered herein,
within four months from the date OF this order,
and in case of her appearance that she cause
her answer to the complainants bill OF COM
plant to be filed, and copy thereof to be
served on said complainants solicitors, within
| fifteen days after service on her OF copy OF
said bill. and notice Of this order; and that In
default thereof, said bill be taken as confessed
| by the said nonresident defendant:
| And IL is further ordered. that within twenty
| DAYS the said complainant cause notice OF
| this order to be published In THE Owosso
| TIMES, O newspaper printed, puDllshed ana
| circulating in said county, ana that such pup
| LEGATION be continued therein at least once IN
| each week. for six weeks In succession, or tnat
| she cause copy of this order to be personally
| served on said nonresident defendant, at least
| twenty days before the time above prescribed
ioi Ao' SELpEN S. MINER,
| Circuit Judge.
| CHANDLER g. FRIEGEL,
| Compliments Solicitors.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
METAL MAGIcIANs.
The Wonders Ct Labor Saving Devices
In Machinery.


When Mccormick built his first hun
dred reapers in 1915, he paid Az cents
for bolts. That was in the mythical
age of hand labor. Today fifty Doits
art made for a cent. SO with guard
fingers. Mccormick paid "A cents each
when James X. Polk was in the White
House. Now there is ferocious ma
chine which with the least possible as
sistance from one man cuts out l,3oo
guard fingers in ten hours at LABOR
cost of a cent for six. Also While ex-
ploring one of the Chicago factories
came upon q herd Of cud chewing ma
chimes that were crunching out cham
links at the rate of 100000 a year.
Near by were four smaller ana more
irritable automatic which were pltins
off pieces of wire and chewing them
into linchpins at speed of 4oo'ooo
bites a day. 80.
"Take out your watch and time TINS
man." said the superintendent OF Tue
Mccormick plant. "See how long ne l.
In boring FIVE holes In that great cast
ing"
Exactly six minutes" l answered..
"Wen, that's progress" observed tn'
Superintendent. Before we Doueh
that machine it was a matter OF lou
hours to bore those holes"
In one of its five Irvine mills-a mon
strous bedlam of noise and a WIDER
ness of fuss, which is by far the lai
gest of its sort in the world-there
enough Irvine twisted in a single ia
to make girdle around the EARTH
Eyerybody's Magazine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
Extravagance.

There is a clerk In the employ Oh
Philadelphia business man wno'
while fair worker, Is yet an individr
ual of pronounced eccentricity. one
day a wire basket fell of the top OF
the clerks desk and scratched MS
cheek. Not having any court plaster a,
hand, he slapped on three two-cen'
stamps and continued his work. A re"
minutes later he had occasion 10 take
some paper to his employers private
office. When he entered, the "old man,
observing the postage stamps on ni'
cheek, fixed him with an. astonisnet
stare. "Look here, Jenkins" ne ex
claimed, "you are carrying too mucl
postage for second class matter!
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
POI IN HAWAII.
The Favorite Food Of the Natives and
How Il Is Made.

How II Is Made.
In years gone by each native Hawai-
ian took a particular pride IN producing
his own poi IA food made from the
taro plant. but nowadays 1t is made
In factories, the work being done al
most wholly by the native born emma
men. who receive 81 per day for their
labors.
was fortunate enough at Lahaina,
however. to see this staff of life made
| in the old fashioned way. The taro
plant seems to be cross between
| sweet potato and a turnip. and the root
is long and fieshy. This, after steam
ing. must be pounded into sort OF
-four before mixing. A stone pestie Is
used, and often it requires hours 10
beat the root to the proper consisten-
CIV. When a certain stage Is reached
water is added, and it is worked into
a thin paste, put into a barrel and al
lowed to ferment The taste for pol
has to be acquired, and few IL any
foreigners ever care for 1t as food. 10
me it suggested sour starch. 1t is
served on the native table in huge
wooden bowl known as a calabasn'
from which it is eaten with the nm
gers, each member Of the family dlp'
ping into the same dish. The number
of fingers used is measured by the
thickness of the poi, three fingers be-
ing required for the thinnest and one
for that mixed to the consistency OF
mush. The taro plant is easily cult
waited (this is also done by Chinamen)
and am told that one square mile O
taro will feed $1,000 natives. Factor!
made poi, which is pinkish. purple II
color, costs 81 bag, about the size
4 a -four sack containing an eighth OF
barrel. 1t is nutritious, cheap and RAJ
e tening. Poi is the principal food o
: the lauas native feasts). Roast pi
l. is usually the meat on these festiv
r occasions.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
Sensitive Plants.

There are plants SO sensitive that II
when standing by them you shouid
suddenly put up your umbrella or sun
shade 1t would be quite SUFFICIENT 10
cause them instantly to close together
their leaflets and turn down their leaf
stalks. Just as II they were startled ann
alarmed by the movement. Indeed
on a sunny day when the temperature
ia sufficiently high you need not make
even SO decided a movement; merei!
your shadow coming in contact witt
their leaves will often cause them u
fall slightly.-Strand Magazine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
A MERCHANT.
He Used to Be One Engaged Exeiu'
siveIy In Foreign Commerce.

Ne Used to Be One Engaged Exeiu-
sively In Foreign Commerce.
Originally the term merchant was
applied only to one who traded Win
foreign countries and who owned or
chartered ships for that purpose
Chaucer's "Marchaunt:"
ne wolde the see were kepud for eny-
thinge
Betwixe Middulburgh and Orewelle.
The merchant Of Venice had ION the
ocean" his "argosies with portly sail,
and so had all the other merchants
about whom poets or historians nave
written. So also in the Bible there Is
no confusion about the meaning OF the
word. One passage alone Will serve as
an illustration, "She is like the mer-
chants ships-she bringeth her 1000
from affair." proverbs XXI, 14. DE
Quincy, writing in the early part OF
the nineteenth century ("Autobiograph
ic Sketches"D, says:
INV father was a merchant, not II
the sense Of Scotland, where 1t means
n retail dealer-one, for instance, wht
sells groceries in the cellar-but In INT
English sense, a sense vigorously ex
clusive-that is, he was man en-
gagged in foreign commerce and N
other. therefore in wholesale com
merce and no other"
"a But now it is no longer necessary I
"plow the Spanish main" to give on
this time honored title, for any on
who sells eggs by the dozen or flame
by the piece is at once put down as
Observation-Disclosures Notes and Queries
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
CHINESE WRITING.
Every Scrap ot Every Kind Is Held to
Be Sacred.

The Chinese hold every scrap OF
writing sacred, no matter what the
characters express-the merest COM
mercial message, advertisement etc.
since Confucius used these characters
n teach his wisdom they are holy.
In the average Chinese community
all letters and waste papers are laid
away in a clean receptacle to await the
collector, who appears at regular inter
walls to transfer the waste papers 10
the sacred furnace. If the papers were
burned by. the Chinese in their own
homes the ashes of the sacred WITT
ings would mingle with the ashes Oh
wood and other fuel, and the ashes OIL
chinese writing are as sacred as the
writing itself.
The ashes from the sacred furnace
ara placed In sacks, the sacks are con-
viewed by wagons to the sea and there,
An Mon War boat, are carried OUT
whare the tide runs swift and con
signed to the waves.
The Mon War boat belongs to the
Mon war Sher, which is lodge witt
branches everywhere, organized ant
maintained for the purpose of paying
reverence to the spirit Of Confucius.
The furnace in the Chinatown which
nearly every large city in the Unite'
States harbors is generally DITCH
ovenlike structure about five feet mgr
Opposite it on the wall there VIII usu
ally be an inscription of the characte
of the following: 1.-THE spirits OF on
ancestors are pleased that we kee
sacred the writing Of our country"
The society of Mon War Sher (Clu
of the Beautiful Writing) is made u
in each case of the prominent denizer
of Chinatown, who support 1t by vo
untary contributions, which pay u
salaries of the keeper and his assls
ant.-New York Tribune.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
Willinu to Help.

Young Mr.. Sapley was making u
nrotracted call upon the object OF his
affections, Miss Evans, who was d
pianist of considerable ability.
She had just completed twenty-five
minutes of Bach in the hope that ne
would get tired and go home. on,
Miss Evans" he exclaimed, L couio
iust die listening to your playing"
"Would you like to have me p,as
some more, Mr.. Sapley" asked MISE
Evans innocently.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
The AYES Had Il.

There Is a certain representative In
congress whose secretary is a young
lady. She is pretty, and she Is as
bright as she Is good looking, being
also the possessor Of a pair Of beauti-
full eyes. The other day she called on
a cabinet official to ask favor for
constituent. The grave and dignified
head of the department looked at heI
and said:
"My dear young Lady, I am afraid
cannot do what you ask, although you
big brown eyes
.aThen the ayes have it." quick as
fash the young lady said. And she go
what she requested.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
Like Father, Like Son.

Rev. DR.. Somers was in the habit OF
addressing Sarah, his wife, in polysyl-
tables when he wished the children to
leave the room. He never dreamed
that they understood until nine-year'
old Jack, recovering from measles, was
one day enjoying the dear privilege OF
hearing his mother read aloud.
The doctor ventured in and began
softly, Sarah
Up rose Master Jack in bed. Sarah,
quoth he, eliminate the obnoxious ele
mentv'-Lippincott Magazine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-09
DAINTY.

! ought not to allow any man because
he has broad lands to feel that he is
rich in my presence. r ought to make
him feel that I can do without his
riches, that I. cannot be bought-nei-
rther by comfort, neither by pride-and'
although i be utterly penniless and re-
lceiving bread from him, that he is the
door man beside me.-Emerson.