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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-12
Hughes for President.

The Washington Herald, commenting
on presidential opinions at the capital |:
This led to other points of inquiry,
and they all indicated one man as the
possible outcome of the dreadful tur.
MOL in which the Republican national
party finds itself practically on the eve
of the national convention. These men
said that the natural solution of this
turmoil would be the nomination for
president of Associate Justice Hughes
OF the supreme court of the United
States. 1t is we'll known that certain
influential Republicans from a number
OF states haye visited Justice Hughes
and discussed his availability. To all
OF his visitors Justice Hughes has made
but one answer, the-one so well known
to the public, that he could not and
would not be candidate while Presi.
dent Taft was candidate. Further.
more, it is we'll known in this city that
several states Vermont to be specific as
to one. has indicated that while it
could not send Taft delegation to the
national convention, nor Roosevelt
delegation, it could very easily send
Hughes delegation.
1t is also known that Republicans
eminent in the affairs of New England
who have all along been especially
friendly to Mr. Taft, and who are not
at all friendly to Roosevelt, feel that
the situation is becoming 30 intolerable
that eventually it may be necessary to
seek for a compromise candidate, and
these men invariably whisper the name
of Hughes"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-12

hope that Colonel Roosevelt will sub.
NIT to the drafting" process or be.
cause the progressives are realizing
that La Toilette is too radical to appeal
to the sober minded voters whose sup.
port is necessary is not clear.
But that La Toilette is throwing his
ballast overheard in desperate effort to
keep from sinking is becoming more
and more evident. His latest declara.
ton, practically that labor is law un-
to itself and should not be included in
restrictive legislation. is palpable bid
for the labor vote, and in striking con-
trast with President Taft's courageous
action in setting in motion the ma
chinery for the investigation of the
dynamite outrages-an act which he
knew would draw down upon him the
ennity of labor extremists. La Fol-
lette's declaration is that of q demago.
que. for the very essence of all justice
is that it shall be equal and exact, that
laws shall be operative identicaily in
favor of or against all alike.
Journal.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-12

Nnch will be said and circulated
1hrn1gh the counties of Michigan that
are 20 vote on the local option ques-
Gon next spring by the saloon and
sgswery solicitors and agents that
SiR be- intended to create favor for
tbe saloon as community business
Jaeaor. 1t will be asserted that the
saaoOn draws the farmers trade, that
% gives zest and pepper to business
movements, that it assists in the cir
sAlAtion of money and provides work
ma wages for those who handle its
goods and attend to it's patrons. Not
DDS OF these assertions deserves the
slightest consideration as saloon al.
gmssnt Experience has shown that
ahs saloon draws no desirable trade
sa> any community. That it influences
Ire patronage of no worthy customer
af any legitimate business line, and
Nat nine out of every ten dollars that
9ORs over it's bar is worse than dead
Ess Co che community in which At ex-
isss. One of the best established facts
IA connection with the saloon business
Is sAst it not only robs and wrongs its
aHs0t patron and his family but that
s. lsa source of constant and increasing
loss 20 the community from which it
secures its income and its profits.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-12
townsend for Taft.

Washington, y. G. Jan. IL
senator Charles e. Townsend, of
&ic@tgGn- d. is for the denomination
sz5 reelection of President Taft. He
proposes to stay by the ship in the
Saee of the evident uncertainty Of
Sov. Osborn, in the face of Taft crit
EfSJns proceeding from Michigan,
agGG in spite of the possibility that
&ni. Roosevelt will become a recep-
awe candidate. Even with Roose-
seIt in the race, Senator Townsend
would still champion Mr.. Taft's re-
aAetion. He authorizes this state
ntent
II cannot understand" said the
senator. chow people of discretion
and good judgment can be carried
AWAY with the surface sentiment
igafiist Mr.. Taft. l wonder that they
10 not dig beneath the surface and
discover the basis for the attacks, as
cell as the genuine worth behind Mr..
fafr. The reasons prompting critic
knn OF Mr.. Taft are the very reasons
seiCh should lead patriotic Ameri-
SANS to stand by him to the finish.
The reason that he is not now ac-
eAfmed the most popular American
rs That he is no politician. He has
declined to let the politicians dictate
appointments, and he has angered
many of them. Confronted with OPP
portunity after opportunity to play
politics. he has resolutely turned his
face the other way. During his
Michigan trip / was with him all of
Ghe four days. Time after time saw
J6vUus opportunities for him to say
snc do things which would add to
his own political prestige. He did
sot do it. He declines to play pol
TICS at all"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-12
Ia FoIIette's Desperation.

SENATOR La Toilette appears to be
,sSidIy losing his head. At least his
ssssllectual poise is being very pal
ys&sy disturbed as the progressive con-
unsions are refusing to indorse him.
IBIS refusal may be due entirely to the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-12

The board of supervisors has elected
County Clerk Nichols purchasing agent
for 1919 for Shiawassee county.
The Clinton County Republican Club
will hold its annual banquet at st.
Johns, Jan. 81. Senator VIM. Alden
Smith and Congressman Fordney will
be two of the speakers.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-12
UNCLE TOM DOYLE ROUTED
QUlZzERS

Sugar investigating Committee O
House Downed by a Farmer.
Washington, Jan. /9.-Tom Doyle,
wealthy farmer of Merrill, Mich, to
day put Chairman Hartwick of tn,
house sugar investigating committee t.
confusion and routed Congressman
Sulzer of New York, chairman of the
foreign affairs committee.
Mr.. Doyle is one of the three Michi
gan sugar beet growers who came
down at the request of Congressman
Fordney to tell the Congressional in
quisitors just how we'll content Mich.
gan farmers are with the sugar beet
business. The other two were E. G.
Rust of Bay City and Carl Volz OF
Huron.
All three showed that the sugar beet
had enhanced the value of Michigan
farm land, had resulted in improve.
ment of the soil profit to the farmer
and each declared competition as be-
tween the various plants in the state
resulted in better prices for the grow
ers.
When Tom Doyle came to the stand
he rubbed his short white chin whisk.
ers and cleared his throat.
Nov, Mr.. Doyle" asked Congress-
man Fordney, "are there any farmers
in Michigan dissatisfied with the prices
they are getting for their beets?"
Nope; none except that class of fell
lows who wish the price of washing
were raised, SOS there wives could
make more for their support"
Then Chairman Hartwick. Demo
crat, took Tom in hand. Chairman
Hartwick has always looked upon wit
nesses produced by Republicans as fair
started after Tom Doyle, Republican,
Eh?"
Nope" answered Doyle, Demo
GRAFT"
"A Joe Fordney Democrat, Ell?
Yep they all are up my way"
Chairman Hartwick was effectively
extinguished.
Congressman Sulzer Of New York
had dropped in a few minutes before.
He is member of the committee, but
is so busy as chairman of the foreign
affairs committee as rarely to have
time to attend the sugar hearings.
Tom Doyle looked easy to him. He
had been telling of labor conditions and
Mr.. Sulzer thought he had him sized up
as dissatisfied.
Don't you think it unpatriotic for
Americans to be dissatisfied with their
country2" he asked.
"Well," slowly replied the Merrill
farmer, looking Mr.. Sulzer squarely in
the eye, and speaking as a Democrat,
81 think it worse for the country to be
dissatisfied with man."
Mr. Sulzer retired amid laughter.
Mr.. Doyle testified that he profited
$47 an acre from his sugar beet crop
and that beet cultivation bettered the
yalue of the land for other agricultural
purposes.
Combating testimony of Colorado
beet growers regarding foreign born
labor, Mr.. Doyle said he had an 49,
year-old Austrian neighbor who has
So, 1000 in the bank from beet sugar
farming and that the foreign born la.
borers in his section earned from 81 70
to So so day.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-12

Hats off to New Mexico, the 47th
ssasar
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
Leans Of Honor.

Tip never had mite Of patience
with the fellow who looks with such
reverence on debt of honor. AS q
rule the debt Of honor chap doesn't
fret bit'about bilking his grocer. But
an experiment with loans Of honor"
put in the right places has shown
the average person Is honest. Several
years ago public spirited men got to-
gether" at Lyons and formed what
they called Loan and Honor society.
The purpose was to furnish money to
clerks, laborers and apparently to any
poor and needy persons. No other Sc.
curity than the borrowers word was
asked. In 1901 money was lent to
384 individuals. Sixty-eight of these
were women. All but twenty-seven OF
the borrowers were married. Sickness
made 119 of the loans necessary; loss
Of work, 50; previous debts, "a, and
starting housekeeping, 27. The sums
borrowed varied from s6 to $50. Dur
ing It's several years Of existence the
society has lost only 5000. Yes, the
average person Is not thief.-NeW
York Press.
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
"Liked to Be GulIed."

Sir William Gull, the well-known
London physician, was once the vic
tim Of an amusing piece of repartee
on the part of a fellow practitioner
The occasion was a dinner party at
which several distinguished medical
men were present. The conversation
happened to turn upon the subject OF
quackery, and Sir William Gull ev
pressed his conviction that certain
amount of it was essential to success
in practice, adding: "It is an exam
pie of the old saying, 'Populus vult
decipi'" (people like to be deceived).
quite so,' said the host; now, can
any one present give an English
equivalent to that?" Nothing easier"
dryly remarked a well-known physi-
clan Of one of the Manchester hos
pitals. "The public liked to be
'gulled.'"
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
Differences In ieeberne.

No two icebergs appear to be ex'
actly alike in size and shape. Some
look, for all the world, like Arabs
tents as they glide along, and others
like cliffs, castles, cathedrals, yachts,
and occasionally they resemble some
well known animal. Some OF the pin
nacles of large berg rise nearly
1000 feet above the water, while the
base may occupy an area OF ten OF
twelve acres. Seen through a power
full glass, one may detect waterfallt
upon these islands Of ice, and al
kinds of arctic birds, and perhaps a
few seals.
Then the colors are almost beyond
description. The stately pinnacles
glisten In the sun like powdered glass
At times the berg Is pure white, al
others it looks greenish.-Fr From Harold
]. Shepstone's "Icebergs" In st. Nicho
las. E
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
WHEN THEY WENT BACK HOME
Humorist Records Some Surprises
That Attended the Occasion Of
Popular Celebration.

During q recent Old Home Week in
an upstate village the following
amount.to-anythings" were
In attendance:
John Wilson Clarke, who was al
ways too lazy to do the chores, came
up from New York in his big seven
passenger car. On account of press
ing work he could stay but a few
hours.
Ex-Gov. Silby Kirkwood, who was
naturally thick-headed and half-baked
in his youth, stopped over in his pri-
vate car to see his old home.
DR.. Willus G. Dyer, one Of the best
known surgeons in the country, called
the town fool when boy, dropped in
and left enough money for a town
library.
Miss Caroline Jensen Atwood, toe
stupid to learn in the old red school
house, now a popular authoress and
playwright visited her relatives.
Charlie Druke, the spendthrift, shut
up his Wall street ONCE long enough
to attend.
One of the most noticeable features
of the whole celebration was the alb
sence of the men and women who
gave much promise of originality and
worth during their youth.
Lack of memory in their old age &C
counts for the fact that not one of the
old fogies present ever said anything
but good of anybody, including thu
successful boys present.-Don. Cam
eron Shafer in Judge.
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
"SolId Gold"

Commercially speaking, the term
"solid gold" is misnomer, since
such gold has not been used for many
many years. Some of the ancient Ro
man jewelry and some Of that of the
Renaissance period was, indeed, made
Of pure gold, worked up by hand with
the crudest of tools, but since the ole
days there has been constantly in
creasing employment of alloys, for the
reason that jewelers. found that the
harder the gold was rendered by good
alloys the greater it's wearing quail
ties and. the more secure, therefore
was the setting Of the gems it con
tanned. Nowadays jewelry is of Is
IA or 10 carats, according to. the de
sign and character of the article, ant
it is much more frequently ten thar
eighteen carats.
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
HER LUCK NOT ALL DESERVED
Printed Prayer Responsible for Re-
turn ef Fockethcok Only
There by Accident.

She had been paying visits most OF
the afternoon, and on reaching home
and putting away her wraps she dis
covered that her cardcase was miss
ing. In it had been a dollar or two,
her cards and certified check for
5000. which che had intended to de-
posit. but had been too late for her
bank.
Heavens" she exclaimed, shall
ever see 1t again." and sat down in
her despair to think over everywhere
she had been and might have left it..
Suddenly the telephone bell rang.
""Are you Miss Blank, and have you
lost anything" inquired the person at
the other end.
Eyes; I have just discovered the
loss of my cardcase."
What was In it?" said the voice.
"My cards, some money, certified
check for 5000, and, oh, yes! little
prayer on q slip of paper. Did you
see that?"
5"Yes," said the voice; 7 picked the
case up. And just let me tell you
that it was that prayer that has
brought your property back to you
The cardcase owner heaved sigh
Of relief and thought how lucky it
was for her that Catholic friend had
slipped the little printed prayer into
! her cardcase last summer.
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
Youthful Musical Genius.

Rennes, sleepy Brittany town
which Is known in contemporary his
tory chiefly because the second Drey
fus court-martial was held there, has
recently discovered in its midst
musical prodigy. A local professor
youches for this discovery. Young
Rene Guillou is aged seven. He is not
only a virtuoso on the piano; he is al
SO a composer. He possesses ear to q
remarkable degree, and distinguishes
every note in symphonic music. Ac
ccrding to the master, he hears music
inwardly. He composes for voices and
instruments without making use OF
any instrument whatever, writing
down melody and accompaniment on
10 the paper.
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
PROBLEM FOR THE SCIENTIST
How May the Energy Of the Sun, at
Present Largely Wasted, Be util-
ixeI to Advantaqe7

The enormous energy which is con-
stantly poured out by the sun is al
most past the comprehension of the
ay mind.
Measurements have shown that on
clear sunny day the sun transmitted
10 the earth energy which cores
ponded to about 7,OOO-horsepower per
acre. At present all that is practical
" wasted. Attempts have from time
70 time been made to utilize this enor-
NOUS supply of energy, but not with
any great measure Of success. If peo-
pie only knew how to harness it they
could, at the expense of lowering the
temperature of the earth by degree
or SO, obtain all the power necessary
% perform the work of the world. Only
about three-f1fths Of the energy sent to
he earth from the sun Is appreciable
to the eye as light. II the sun were
:wice as hot as it is, four-fifths would
be appreciable in that way, and If 1t
were still hotter the whole of the en-
ergy would affect the eye as light
Radiant energy is not heat; that is
The energy Of the sun does not reach
the earth in the form Of heat. It is
not heat at all until it falls on bodies
whose temperature can be raised. II
might rather be called electricity; in
fact, 1t is form of electricity, for al
the methods used to detect and meas
ure radiant energy depend upon alb
sorbing 1t and Transforming it into
heat. 1~
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
Prosaic "Ghost."

Thinking they had seen a ghost"
number of Dundee (Scotland)
townsfolk, while walking through the
cemetery recently, took to their heels
and summoned the nearest gatekeep-
er. The vision" which had aroused
their alarm-that of figure in scanty
attire standing behind gravestone
had vanished when they returned Will
reinforcements, and all there WAS Il
be seen was q large piece Of red fan
mel. 1t afterwards transpired that th<
owner being greatly irritated by tbs
flannel, which was next the skin, haC
gone to the cemetery with the idea o:
getting rid OF il, which he could no
Go without shedding his garments.
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
DICKENS FITTED FOR STAGE
Kate Field, Excellent Judge Of Char
acter, Confident He Might Have
Been Great Actor.

No one ever paid much higher
tribute to Dickens than did Kate
Field. She had the soul Of poet, q
discriminating taste In art and liter
ature and wide knowledge OF the
world. In mentality she was fully as
strong as either of her brilliant broth
ers, David, Dudley, Stephen J. or Cy-
rus W., and she certainly was as good
If not a better Judge of character.
She once wrote an appreciation OF
Dickens in which she declared the
world lost its greatest actor when
Boz became a writer. She gave de-
scription of one of Dickens readings
that was mastery in its vividness OF
detail. Such versatility as she cred
tied Dickens with displaying as he as
sumed the character Of first one and
then another of his creations, the pa
thos, the humor, the tragedy he put
into a tone; the marvellous way In
which he stirred the emotions OF old
and young in his audience, would ap,
pear to be q bit extravagant were 1t
not that. now and then In later years
some old man, looked upon as stern
and Unconditional, told with falterins
voice how he stood in line all one
night to buy q ticket to one Of Boz
readings, and then went on to talk
Just about as Miss Field wrote, only
before he got as far along IN his
story the tears were running down
his wrinkled cheeks-his old heart
strings still atune to the magic OF The
Master.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-21

and Richmond counties he put up
fifty thousand barrels of apples this
year.
Mr. Dunlap rays that Illinois pre-
s2nts IS great advantages to apple
growers as does NJ other state. We
can produce as fine fruit and the
markets are right at our doors, with
ample cold storage. cheap rates and
quick transportation. He believes
the Mills OF Southern Illinois will
make more money in orchards than
in anything else. If you contem-
plate planting an ordchard hear Mr..
Dunlap speak today.
Often times farmer is puzzled
because a certain pare of a field
fails TO produce. The necessary
chemical elements are present in the
soil in abundance but something i:
wrong. Proper drainage may be
the lev 10 the whole situation
Prof NJ, r. Jahr, of the State Uni.
ve7sity will explain how and why tc
20 It, s4g4al4AlsE aNE
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-21
The Cld-Tlmc Apprentice.

Negro slavery existed TO some ex
tent in England and all her American
colonies, but Il system Of apprentice
ship of white and Indian boys and
girls was common in New England In
the seventeenth and eighteenth cen
turtles. These apprentices practically
became members OF the family, eating
at the same table. attending the same
church, and cared for TN sickness and
fn health" as we'll as the average
farmers boy of that era The work
was cutie hard but not cXhausting,
and until well into the nineteenth
century the scythc, cradle. sickle, hoe,
mandrake and fail were relied upon
TO the almost total exclusion Of farm
machinery OF any kind National
Magazine
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-21
A Great Ace.

Every era in the worlds history
has probably thought of itself as
just little better than any other,
which we may ascribe to a sort Of
temporal vanity akin to provin-
cialism Yet 1t is not wholly vanity
or shortsighted glorification of the
present to magnify our own times.
lMomentous events are now taking
place in the world. not only in the
political realm, but in science, inyen-
tion and industry. The Chinese
revolution, the Balkan war and the
taking over of Morocco by France
and of Tripoli by Italy are first class
events that will take their place in
history. SO of the invention of the
aeroplane and of wireless, to say
nothing Of the important advances
An medical science and the spread of
commerce.
IN the creation Of great literature,
frt and music, perhaps we arc weak.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-21

ing Small Fruits and Vegetables,
Prof John W. Lloyd. University az
Illinois.
Address Habits Of Weeds and
How Weeds Are Best Eradicated, -
Prof. Leonard Hcgnauer, University
OF Illinois.
DISCUSSION
Afternoon SesS on; 1870 O'clock
Address: Principles and prae-
tees of Farm Drainage" Prof. NJ.
E. Jahr, University of Illinois.
Address: Fruit Growing and
Care of Orchards" Hon. II. NJ. Dun
lap, Savoy ILL.,
Department Of Household Sci,nce.
Morning Session, $3.50 o'clock
Opera House.
Invocation Rev. C. II. Dunlap.
Music, Piano Solo, Mrs. George
Parsons.
Address; %.pire Home from Many
/
Viewpoints, Mrs. A. IL. McKeenc,
Springfield, III.
Address: Bachelors-Why? Mis-
Sarah NJ, Trayoas, Edwardsville, III.
Discussion.
Afternoon SesS on; 1'3) O'clock.
Music, Mrs. Henry Gilhofer.
Address; Feeding of Children, -
Miss Grace E, Jones, Supervisor Of
Domest Science and Arts, South
ern Illinois State Normal School,
Carbonate, H.
Demonstration: Salads and Salad
Dressing % Miss Sarah NJ. Travous.
Edwa~dsville, III.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-21
LACK Of CARE WILL RUIN
THE MOST G[AUTIFUL HAIR
SAVE IT WITH HERpICIDE.

Aside from combing it when they
think necessary many people give no
attention whatever 10 their hair.
Then when the hair begins to fall
out it never occurs to them that
their trouble IS the result of per-
sonal carelessncss.
An occasional application of New
bros Ferpicide viii rot only prevent
loss Of hair but permits Iuxuriant
growth.
Iierpicide kills the germ that
causes GandruT and to this germ
most hair losses are attributable
1t keeps the scalp clean and free
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-21

At least, il we are producing mas
terpieces. We do not ourselves resos
nize them. Sometimes 1t require:
fifty or hundred years for thu
world to appreciate a genius, his own
generation passing him by with in
difference and neglect Yet it i;
safe to say that no Shakespeares OF
Goethes, no Raphaels or Da Yincis,
no Mozarts or Beethovens are now
working among us. With all the
search for new talent some one
would surely recognize them If they
were here,
In the world Of art, music and
poetry we yield the palm TO the
great ages that have gone, But in
political. industrial and scientific
progress we need not be so modest.