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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-05

c, Diets. 7i0 ". Mercer st. mar
rowly escaped serious injury and
possible loss OF life whom. on sur
prislng a burglar In hia home Thurs
day night. the latter. without warn
ms fired a shot at him. and escaped
The bullet imbedded itself In the
wall.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-05
RAIDED BY BEARS

( oxNARp. Cal, sept 6-one OF
,.rs.st apiaries IN the Ojai val
xas raided by bears Twenty
w were demolished, the bees
h'. .,.rea and tho honey eaten by
ssnimals. This Is not the first
w w. hears have raided the hives,
WY ,hls years loss Ia The heaviest
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-05
SUPER REscUES
"DROWN MING ACTRESS"

Because Miss Boyle acted the
drowning girl too realistically, Il
new super" unused TO such vivid
realism. jumped before the camera
and shouted excitodly. That girl
Amt actin. I've seen 'cm drown
before" and then he plunged In to
the rescue Only the humor OF the
situation saved Miss Boyle's ten.
per as she prepared for the re
take"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-05

We employ more
House on the Coast.
kind on the Pacific
Coast. We have
put at the head OF
our Cutting Depart
ment. Mr.. GEO.
NICOL. known as
the most perfect de-
signer and cutter OF
the age. Man of
years experience in
the Tailoring Bust
ness. Mr.. Nicol has
ia k en- complete
charge OF our cut
ting and fitting and
making dcpartmcnt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-05
MOTHER OF %
CHILDREN DIES

GREEN BAY. Wis, Sept 5.
Mrs. ]. l.. Van Venroy, moth
er of 23 children and more than
$50 grandchildren and ~ great
grandchildren. is dead at her
home at the age OF 70 years.
or tho % children, only IL
still survive.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-05

Nineteenth annual graduating ex-
ercises of the faculty and members
of the class of Wilson's Modern
Business college will be held at the
Moore theatre Friday night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-05

William Brunton OF the Callfor
mia Kalem company performed .
remarkable feat in the production
OF The Monogrammed Cigarette
MIR. Brunton played the part OF g
gentleman thief. who. pursued By
the police, climbs from nm upstair,
window and crosses TO another
building. hand over hand. along Q
telephone cable
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-05

kr\OYIESl
BLOOD WILL TELL"

"HIUOD Will EII
The Awakening OF a Man rs an
early Edison release, dealing with
a young merchant. Richard Went
worth, who decides 10 end 1t all
when his fiancee rejects him and
his business IN ruined Just at tho
darkest moment he sees IN vision,
the great deeds performed by his
ancestors. He resolves, makes a
new start and wins back the girl
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-12-25

blessed by the priest and sprinkled with holy wa
ter by the acolyte who follows him, in order that
that this the sole wealth OF the countryside, may
increase and prosper during the year to come
The sight of the holy hour is wonderful. AS the
church bell tolls above them the frightened ami
mails beat and below and try madly to escape
First the blessed then the COWS. next
the sheep and lambs, and finally the goats and
pigs.
Throughout Europe many delightful customs
prevail In Scandinavia feast is always pre-
pared for the little birds. which might otherwise
go hungry, on account OF the deep
In Holland in Scotland, the wind is noted
with care. because the luck of the year will be
determined by the direction whence it blows. The
south wind brings heat and fertility. the west
wind milk and fish, the north wind cold and
storm and east wind fruitful season.
In Italy the New Year is a day of greeting and
good will and special feastng. Sicilian peasants
take advantage OF the fete to drive to town in
their gay carts, that the country roads are
merry with the music OF tinkling bells.
And Swiss folk practical, industrious, stop theiI
work for the nonce- and visit friends. wheI
they have to carry their babies down the noun
tain slopes in cradles on their heads
Bulgaras heart history is of especial momen
Just now. On happy New Years day in Bulgarian
villages the small boys run from house to hous,
waving branches of the cornell tree and shoutinj
greetings as they tap all they meet with the lucl
bringing branches.
Bulgarian girls go through an interesting cere
mony in an effort to pry into the secrets of tn,
days to come. On New Years eve a queen chosei
by lot, guards kettle full of water in which boil
men and maidens have dropped finger rings O.
some personal trinkets. Till dawn she watches
Then to an open place in the center of the vii
lage she takes the precious kettle, covered with I,
CLOTH a dancing, singing crowd following her Al
oracle, who has been selected for eloquence o
speech, proclaims successive fortunes. He cries
The lucky girl whose ring shall appear shall
marry the best man in the village"
The queen Of the festival dips her hand int,
the kettle and brings forth ring and its owne
receives 1t from her secure In the belief that goo,
luck betides her matrlmonally before anothe
New Year
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-12-25

blue and white marks that decorate every dwell.
ing in the village
Scotland is, as we'll, the land of cakes. and at
this season the bakers shops are filled with
In ice
Germany observes various customs, Calls are
made January l, and gifts exchanged
delicious little cakes eaten in honor of the
festal day. Different neighborhoods have char
acterstic rites and supcrstitions.
Thus in the Black Forest workman likes to
work little BIT at his trade the first day of the
year to coax luck in business; most picturesque
is the vender of clocks who sets out to sell one at
least of his wares. Munich drinks deep to the
health OF the in good Bavaran brew.
Jena, whose people recognize descent from those
ancient Germans who believed in god that
brought light and warmth each year into the
world to overcome the cold and dark OF winter,
builds In It's public square at New Years time
great bonfire, which typiRos this ever new gift
OF the genial old deity that loved warmth and
gave light
Thther at midnight the people carry the things
they wish to cast out OF their lives with the old
year.
Fire New Years symbol Is favored in
Wales. as we'll. There fires are burned on New
Years day to purify the house for the entrance OF
n new and gladsome era. and the ashes kept
sacredly from year to year. esteemed for special
medicinal virtues
The ringing OF bells to announce the death of
the old year and the birth of the new one is
common in England and Scotland and in somo
parts OF the United States. In many English
churches impressive midnight services held.
In the dales OF Westmoreland 1t is usual to
open the west door to let the old year out and to
open the east door to let the year in
In England II is stlll enjoyable practice to
offer mince pie to every caller during the last
week OF the old year. for every pie eaten under a
different roof represents happy month during
the year to come. often January draws near
one hears the expression:
Thanks. have eaten my twelve, so please
me"
What probably is the strangest New Years rite
10 held IN the Ceyennes mountains. In southern
France At the last evening mass OF the old
year the herds and nocks OF the peasantry are
gathered before the portico OF the little stone
church high up on the mountain side and are
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-12-25
NOT DIFFICULT,

wish could do something startling" said
Gladys Gloom. sick unto death with ennui
Wei. Gladys that is easily accompllsbed :
sad her close friend Bella Blazes Go back
10 that little oldfashioned town where Won wero
born and smoke cigarette on tho ruh,,s
SQUARE" 's
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-12-25
GETTING BACK.
New Year

Why do you insist on trying to sell me- bee,
STEAK and beans and buckwheat cakes?" de
manded the barber. Il told you all / wanted
was two fried eggs"
Well, was in your shop yesterday" retorted
the restaurant man. "All wanted was n shave
but you bulldozed me into shampoo n foam
hzz, and tonic rub"
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-12-25
A SAD AWAKENING.

Warden, where my flowers, Give MI.
those flowers" INV
Those flowers are for an embezzIor &, ,,o
next cell" " "
Flowers for an embezzler, with a murdere,
was led to expect"
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-12-25

OWHERE does New Years cere-
mony mean more than in the land
OF the little people whose faces
have become familiar to us on pa
per fans. Indeed, from a national
point OF view, this season is the
greatest occasion of the year.
Elaborate preparations are made
long In advance. Houses are
cleaned inside and out, Doorways
are decorated with rice ropes and
fern leaves and evergreen. Every
housewife bnYR Il not or two OF
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
Wild Horses Do DAMAGE.

Alberta's minister of agriculture has
urged upon the Dominion government
the necessity Of taking determined
steps to put stop to the depreda.
tons of wild horses in the Peace
country in western Alberta and east.
ern British Columbia, which has been
one of the principal pioneering sec.
tons of this part of Canada during
the last few years. He states that
wild horses have made raids upon the
ranches Of new settlers, killing many
of the domestic horses and leading
away number of the well-bred do
nestle mares which have been i'm
ported at a considerable cost and
which are one of the principal assets
of the new settler. According to OF,
tawa statistics, these horses are sup
posed to be descendants of horses
abandoned during the gold rush tc
the Yukon territory in 1928. From
the Bow river westward these ami
mails have raided the ranches Of the
settlers as far west as Kamloops and
the contractors on the Grand Trunk
Pacific railway have suffered losses
of imported animals used on the con
struction work of the road.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
Lonu Drawn Out Elections,

No complaint with regard to undue
limitation of polling time was possible
In the old parliamentary days. The
danger was that polling might be pro-
longed for a fortnight or a month.
Drastic action to bring the poll to a
close once provoked a riot in the West
minister division of London. At the
general election that began on April
%, 1741, the two Westminster minis
terial candidates were on the fifth day
of polling well ahead, but an opposi-
ton party of electors approaching the
hustings in great force, the high bailiff
(who favored the ministerialists) de-
clared that he feared riot and closed
the poll. The baffled voters rioted and
the military were called out. The high
bailiff had afterward to apologize on
his knees to the speaker and pay a
heavy fine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
JUST THE PLAIN, COLD FACTS
Evidently Someone Unafraid to Tell
Them Was Detailed to Answer
This Letter.

"How," asked Engaged" "can a
girl be sure the man she loves means
all he says?"
The cold, hard fact about 1t is that
she cannot Neither can he. Solomon,
who knew a lot, said all men were
liars; and human experience in the
centuries since hasn't produced many
reasons to change the verdict.
Not necessarily wilful and deliber-
ate liars-let's give them that benefit.
But let US also be candid. A man in
love Is like man in drink-he is
too intoxicated to be responsible for
all he says.
Do you suppose there ever was a
man In love, from Adam down, who
didn't swear by all the deities that he
would never let the woman take in
washing to support him? Yet the
washtub supports almost as many
homes as the pick and shovel.
Circumstances change. When fell
low gets down to earth after his emo
tional tour of the stars, he Is apt to
be practical and matter Of fact. II
he remembers his ecstatic promises at
all, 1t is vaguely. The wise woman
doesn't presume upon them. She just
marks off the discount to profit and
loss, and thanks her luck If there is
enough left to make the basis of a
working agreement
No, dear. you can't believe all that
Romeo tells you; but you can judge
him fairly well on form. Is he kind
to his old mother? Has he kept a
clean record in the responsibilities
around his present home? Has he
good men friends who believe in him
and trust him? Back of the froth and
embroidery Of his impassioned chat.
ter do you detect the rudiments of
plain horse sense? Has he shown
gumption in tackling the business of
making living for two or more?
If so, and you really love the chap,
and would be willing to pare potatoes
for him until death do you part, then
we guess it's all right.-New Orleans
States
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
Order for Appearance.

State of Michigan. The Circuit Court for the
County OF Shiawassee, In Chancery.
Morris Osburn, Mary G. Ospurn
and Frederick H Gould
Compla.nants.
George T.. Peck, George L. Loomis.
| Ashael Beach, Euphemia Mackie,
Robert Mackie and Jabesh holmes
and his, her or their unknown heirs,
| leRatees devisees and assigns,
Defendants.
In this cause 1t appearing to the satisfaction
of said Court from the bill Of complaint filed
In SAID cause and the certificate OF the register
| OF deeds for said county that the known and
| unknown grantees OF the lands and premises
| devisees, legatees and assigns, are properly
made parties to said suit, brought pursuant to
Act 1913 OF Session Laws Of the State of Michi-
gan for the year 1909 to quiet the title 10 the
northwest quarter IT the southwest quarter,
| and the southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter OF section eight in town seven north
range three east Shiawassee County, Michi-
gan.
1t is therefore ordered, that said George f.
Peck, George L. Loomis, Ashael H. Beach,
Euph emia Mackie, Robert Mackie and Jabesh
Holmes and their unknown heirs, devisees
| legatees and assigns, parties defendant, cause
| their appearance In this cause to be enter ed
order. and in case OF the appearance OF the
| said known or unknown defendants or any of
| them. they cause her his or their answer to
complainants bill to be filed and q copy there
| within forty days of the service OF q copy of
compliments bill of complaint, and notice of
\ this order. and In default thereof that the
same be taken as confessed by said George E.
Peck, George l.. LOOMS, Ashael II. Beach.
| Robert Mackie, Euphemia Mackie, Jabesh
Holmes and their unknown heirs, devisees,
| legatees and assigns.
| And It is further ordered that within twenty
| days the complanants cause notice of this
| order to be published in the Owosso Times q
In said County and that said publication be
contin ued therein once In each week for Thu ZEE
| weeks in succession.
Dated this 22d dav Of September A. d. 1918.
| SELDEN 8. MINER,
Circuit Judge.
Solicitors for Complainants.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
An Early Postal Experime Mt.

AS long ago as the seventeenth cen.
tury the attempt was made to prepay
letters by using stamps. In 1858 Paris
tried a. system that even provided pill
lar boxes for the letters, which were
to have billet, price / sol, attached to
the letter or parcel. The experiment
met the usual experience of the pD-
neer-ridicule. Mice were dropped into
the letter boxes. and when the letters
came to be collected it was found that
the animals had made hearty meal of
them. AS nobody could be sure of the
fac of the parcels, the experiment
came to a sudden end.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
PIacIno the Blame,

There is situated about quarter o.
a mile from certain pier an hotel fol
the conveniences of excursionists. Or
tree close to the pier is fixed board
which informs all corners that the no
tel is only one hundred yards away
A gentleman, thinking to joke at the
expense of the landlord, remarked tt
him one day:
81 say, landlord, you have peculiar
ideas of distance, haven't you? Tha
board down at the pier says it is onl!
one hundred yards to the hotel; tina
can't be right. you know"
Excuse me, sir" said Boniface, "tht
board is perfectly correct, but thu
man I employed to fix it put it up il
the wrong place."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
SheriTs Sale.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue OF q
writ of herl facias issued out OF the Circuit
Court for the County OF shiawassee In favor
Of Ansel F. Loomis and Albert Z. Osmer OF
Owosso, Michigan. co-partnership doing
business as Loomis q Osmer Of Owosso. Michf-
gan, against the goods, chattles and real
estate Of Dellmore A. Butts In said County to
me directed and delivered ] did on the 9Th
day of October A. d. 1918 levy upon and take.
all the right, title. and interest OF the said
Dellmore A. Butts In and to the following
described real estate, that Is to say, the west
one-half OF lot number four of block number
three of Dewey and Stewards addition TO the
City Of Owosso Michigan.
All OF which shall expose for sale at public
auction or vendue, to the highest bidder at the
front nc or OF the court house, In the City OF
Owosso, In said County on the 2eth day o.
November 1918.
Dated this 18th day OF October 1918
EDWIN j. HERRICK,
Sherin of ehiawassee County, MichigaH.
By JOSEPH SPROUTS.
CHAPMAN, MCNAMARA q MATHEWS,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
Commits sioners Notice.

In the matter of the estate OF Herbert l.,
Leavitt 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 aud demands OF all per-
sons against said estate, do hereby give notice
that we will meet at the residence or Alvah j.
Leavitt In the Township OF Fairfield In said
County. on Monday, the Gath dav Of November
A. ID. 1919 and on Monday, the 26th day OF
January, A. d. 1914, at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon of each OF said days, for the purpose OF
receiving and adjusting all claims AZ aiDst said
day OF September A. d. 1918 are allowed to
creditors to present their claims to said Com.
missioners for adjustment and allowance,
Dated the oath day OF September A. ID. 1918,
SAMUEL MITCHELL.
HARRY DUMOND.
Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
TODAY IS YOUR ONLY DAY.
Yesterday Is Record and Tomorrow
May Never Come.


Good days and bad days exist only
in yo0 own head. The weather has
nothing to do with it. Each day is
what you make it for yourself. Bad
weather is only an unfortunate opin-
ion.
Suppose it is raining pitchforks. You
get word that your salary has been
doubled or that forgotten uncle has
left you 81 100000. What do you care
about the weather then? Or suppose
the person you love is dying. UneX-
pectedly a turn for the better comes.
The doctor says your dear one will live.
What If 1t is hotter than Tophet? 1t
is good day, great day, happy day.
It's what you think and feel about it
that makes each day what it is. You.
within yourself, can make each day,
every day. good day. Put down in
the notebook Of your soul the poet
Runeberg's thought:
Each day is life"
When you get up in the morning
throw back your shoulders, take deep
breath. Meet the new day like man.
Say to yourself:
Another day--another life!'
For all we know, it may be the only
day well ever have. Let's make it the
best day we can. Let's strive to see
that it is a day worth while. Let's
move a step forward in our work.
Let's do all the good we can. Let's get
all the hapDiness we can-today.
Right now is the only time you can
control. Yesterday is record. To
morrow is secret. Today is yours, is
mine.-American Magazine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
Order Publication.

State of Michigan. The Probate Court for
the County of Shiawassee.
At a session OF the Probate Court for said
County, held at the Probate office in the City
OF Corunra on Wednesday, the 1st day OF
October In the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen.
Present Matthew Bush. Judge OF PROBATE
In the matter of the estate OF Mildred e
johnson a minor.
On reading and filing the petition of Ida J.
Johnson as guardian praying for license Co
sell real estate.
1t is ordered that the 3rd day of November
next at ten O'Clock In the forenoon al said
Probate office, be assigned for hearing said
petition.
And II is further ordered that copy OF this
order be published three successive we Ks
previous to said day OF hearing, In the 0wosso
Times a newspaper printed and circulating Ia
said County of Shiawassee. -
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
The Devils Graveyard"

A cemetery known as the Devils
Graveyard" on top Of rocky hill
overlooking Sion, Switzerland, where
for centuries were buried sorcerers
and sorceresses, is being blasted away
to make room for public improvements.
From the tenth century to the early
seventeenth those supposed to be in
traffic with the evil one were tortured.
executed and buried there. The exca-
vators have found bones estimated to
be those of many hundreds of persons.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-10-24
SHE MET THE SULTAN.
But Willy Reschid Pasha Fooled the
Lady and the Monarch.

Lady and the Monarch.
A certain Countess of Londonderry
wanted to meet the Sultan Mahmud
H., to whom no European lady had
been presented, but Lord Ponsonby,
the British ambassador, refused to
trifie with precedent Lady London
derry then had talk with Reschid
Pasha, the Turkish minister for for
eign affairs. The willy Reschid, desir-
ing to do his best for her ladyship,
made known to the sultan that a per.
SON had arrived at Constantinople with
a wonderful collection of most valu-
able Jewelry for sale and ventured
humbly to suggest that his imperial
majesty might like to see the gems.
The sultan was interested, and an in
terview was arranged, but Reschid
merely told Lady Londonderry that she
would be presented and that the sui
tan, having heard of the fame Of her
jewelry, had particularly requested
that she would put 1t all on when she
came. The gratified lady did so.
On her arrival ut the palace Reschid
Pasha conducted Lady Londonderry
into the presence of the sultan. Her
dress glittered with diamonds, pearls,
turquoises and other precious stones.
'Pekkei! c'GoodYo said the sultan
as Lady Londonderry courtesied. "She
has magnificent jewels"
Reschid Ito the lady)-His majesty
graciously bids you welcome.
Lady Londonderry bowed and ex-
pressed her thanks In French, the lam
guage used by Reschid.
Reschid Gnterpreting)-She says she
has other jewelry, but could not put
on all.
Sultan-Ask her what is the price Of
that diamond necklace
Reschid-His majesty inquiries wheth-
er this is your first visit~to CONSTANT
nople?
Lady Londonderry-This is my first
visit, and am delighted.
Reschid Ito sultan)-She asks mil
lion Of piasters.
Sultan-That is too much.
Reschid Ito Lady Londonderry)-His
majesty asks whether you have seen
the mosques. If not, he offers you a
firman
Lady Londonderry expressed her
thanks.
Sultan-What price does she put on
that set of turquoises?
Reschid Ito Lady Londonderry)-His
majesty says that perhaps you would
like to take walk in the garden.
Lady Londonderry expressed her
thanks and said she would like to see
the imperial garden.
Reschid Ito sultan)-She says 100000
piasters.
Sultan-Take her away. shall not
give such prices.
Reschid Ito Lady Londonderry)-His
majesty graciously expresses satisfac-
ton at having made your acquaint-
ance.
Lady Londonderry courtesied low and
withdrew from his majesty's presence
to visit the garden with the amiable |
and courteous Reschid, and afterward |
she had delightful story to tell to her
friends of the kindness with which the
sultan had received her.