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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-28

About twenty minutes later Cul.
len and Mary Thomas. the parlor
maid, were in the dining room, get
ting the table ready for lunch. This
room looks out upon the lawn at the
front of the house. All Of sudden
they heard shout, and the next mo-
ment the colonel rushed by and made
across the lawn to the Wilderness
gate. He had a revolver In his hand,
and was loading 1t as he ran. He
dropped two cartridges In his hurry,
for 1 found them myself when I was
going over the ground. Cullen had
been with him for years; he Is an old
soldier himself, and at the sight OF
the revolver he dropped the tray he
was holding, climbed out Of the win
dow, and set off after his master. who
had by then disappeared amongst the
strawberries.
HE is a slow traveller. Is the old
man, and he reckons that he was not
more than halfway across the lawn
when he heard a distant scream,
which pulled him up in his tracks.
It put the fear into him, that scream.
He told me that he had seen too
much active service not to know the
cry that comes from sudden and NOR
tai wound. 1t was no surprise to him,
therefore, when at last he reached the
wicket-gate. to find his master lying
dead In the road.
above him, Juggling at the spear
that had killed him. stood Boyne.
There was no one in sight. and
though the road curves at that point
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-28
Order of Publication.

State OF Michigan. County of Shiawassee. SIS.
AT q session OF the Probate Court for said
County, held at the Probate once In the City
OF CoruDna. on Thursday the 18th day of Febru-
airy in the year OF one thousand Line hundred
and thirteen. tI
Present Matthew Bush Judge OF Probate.
In the matter Of the estate Of Herman ID.
Hanes, deceased on reading and nj ng the petit
ion OF Harry r. HaneS. praying that sdminis-
tration OF said estate may be granted to Ed
ward Pinney or some other suitable person.
1t Is ordered that the nth day OF March,
next, at ten o'clock In the forenoon, at said
Probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing said
petition. t4t-e
And it is further ordered that q copy of this
order be published three successive weeks,
previous to said day OF hearing, I'm THE owes
so TIMES a newspaper print ed and circulating
I'm said County of Shawassee. ns txlk
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-28

HE said that the force used by the
thrower must have been very great"
"very great?"
Yes. sir, gigantic-that is what he
said"
Arlington Peace walked to the
window and stood there staring out
at the elm avenue that swayed softly
in the breeze.
us the doctor still in the house?"
he asked over his shoulder.
mo, SIR"
We have none too much light left.
Have you the spear?"
The sergeant opened a side cup
board and drew out two pieces Of
light-colored wood. The polished sur
face was dulled by stains that were
self-explanatory. The head was broad
and fiat, formed of the finest Jade,
microscopically carved. 1t had been
fashioned for eastern ceremony, and
not for battle. That was plain enough.
Peace returned to the window and
examined It with the closest atten.
ton. Presently he slipped out mag
nifying glass, staring eagerly at q
spot on the longer portion of the
shaft.
DO I understand you, Sergeant
Hales, that you found Boyne endeav-
oring to pull out the spearT
Eyes, sir"
who else touched it?"
mo one that I know Of. save the
DOCTOR"
And yourself?"
"Of course, sir"
Let me see your hands"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-28

strange a development. I,vi,
had he.
This Colonel Bulstrode had served
many years In India. Had the mystic
ries of the east followed him home to
London suburb? The gigantic force
with which this spear had been
thrown-there was something abnor-
NAL there, something. difficult to ex-
plain. Yet, after all, it might be a
simple matter. Boyne was presum-
ably a strong man, and the deadly
fury that induces murder in a law
abiding citizen Is akin to madness,
giving almost a madman's strength.
was still puzzling over 1t when the
door opened and the little inspector
walked in.
THE story of Sergeant Hales?"
asked him. rs he exaggerating-
was the spear thrown with unusual
violence?"
Very unusual. It is the crime Of a
giant Or"
He did not finish hts sentence, but
stood tapping the table and staring
out at the gold and green OF sum-
mer sunset. At last he turned to me
with slow inclination of the head.
''Hales is waiting" he said. "and
we must get to work. The light will
not last forever"
The sergeant led us over the lawn
to the Wilderness and through its
paths to the wicket-gate. Showers in
the early morning had turned the
dust Of the road into a grey mud
that had dried under the afternoon
(Conciuded next week -
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-28
Probate Order.

State, of Michigan, the Probate Court for the
County or Shiawasseo. ~ tF'
At a session of the Probate Court for the
County of Shiawassee held at the Probate
once In the City OF Corunna, on the
18th day OF February IN the year one thousand
nine hundred and thirteen
Present, Matthew Bush. Judge OF Probate.
In tie matter OF the estate OF Frederick
Baese. deceased,
O final account to this court. ka4 ~, ,y.fgt
It is ordered that the nth day OF March
next at ten O'Clock, In the forenoon at said
allowing said account. Urn saafil nr syRl
And IL is Further Ordered that O copy OF this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day OF hearing In the Owosso
Times newspaper printed ard circulating In
said County Of Shawassee.
;tlttVl = MATTHEW BUSH,
H. 80 So Judge OF Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-28

Hazol-NIenthol Plasters, a quick
relief in Lumbago, Backache, Sciatica,
Neuralgia and many painful affections.
They drive away the pain. until it is quite
forgotten. Yard rolls 81 90; smallersize 25c.
Dealers have them in stock, or direct from
Davis a. Lawrence Co., New York.
Samples mailed upon request, sc. stamps.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-28
Order Of Publication.

State of Michigan, County Of Shiawassee, IS.
At session of the Probate Court for
said County. held at the Probate ONCE, in the
City OF Corunna on Friday the third dav Of
January in the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen.
Present. Matthew Bush, Judge Of Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Richard u.
LtnZey. minor
On reading and filing the petition of Martha
A. Linzey, as guardian, praying for license to
sell real estate.
1t is ordered that the third day of March
next, ct ten O'Clock in the forenoon, AZ said
Prob ate once, be assigned for hearing said
petition
And IL is further ordered that q copy of this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day OF hearing, In the Owosso
Times newspaper printed and circulating In
said County OF Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-28
Michigan United Traction Co.
(Third Rail Electric)
Time Tables Effective Oct. 8, 1912
LANSING-OWOSSO DIVISION

SOUTH BOUND, Deave Owosso-
a. IN. 700 900 ll:00 80 -
No. m. 1.n0 800 500 z III
NORTH BOUND arrives Owosso s;15
A M. d every two hours to 1915
might
All cars ally and Sunday and make LOCAL
stops.
Connections at Lansing to and from &C son,
Detroit, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and ST
Johns.
The Irish standard., 1913-06-07
JUDGE AND JURY IN CLASH
JurIst Orders Verdict Of Aequittat
but Jurors Are obdurate, and
Refuse to Sign.

Memphis, Tenn.-Judgs and Jury
clashed in the second division Of tho
criminal court here. and 90 4 result,
a verdict acquitting a man of q MUIR.
der charge was made a part Of the
courts record without the signature of
the Jurors.
c. e. Murrell, railroad fireman, was
charged with having murdered Moss
Todd. Presiding Judge Palmer ruled
that the evidence showed self.dsfense,
and directed verdict Of not guilty.
After consultation with members of
the jury, Foreman Cooney refused to
write the verdict. Judge Palmer ex.
planned that he could permit NO other
verdict to stand, in view Of the testi.
mony.
You have right to your opinion"
retorted Cooney. still obdurate. but
you are not the keeper Of my
conscience"
Finally, however, the verdict was
written, but the jurors carried their
point to the extent Of not afnxing their
signatures.
The Irish standard., 1913-06-07
"Haltstorm. Belt" In England.


An ecentricity of English weather
Of especial interest to farmert has
been discovered by the board of agri.
culture. The hail period begins in
April and continues till August; but
it only has the dignity Of .. season
over certain narrow and distinct parts
Of England. Again and again the hall
storms have cut straight path, with
well-defined edges, through the crops
in Huntingdonshire and Bedtordsh!~,
and less thoroughly In Lincoln, Ne.
folk and Cambridgeshire. while other
counties have been exempt.
One theory of this popularity is
that the hailstorms coming from the
east do not fall until they touch the
fret bit of rising ground, and this ris-
ing ground quite empties them, It is
. general belief that years which be-
gin eccentrically in regard to weather
arc apt to continue eccentric, and the
recent hail. earlier than usual in the
season, suggests that its recurrence
in the summer 10 also more than usu.
ally Akely.-London Globe.
The Irish standard., 1913-06-07
"Good Medicine"

A Missionary recently returned,
from Burma with an amusing story Of
the exaltation of dozen patent-medi-,
cine bottles to the rank Of idols fer.i
vently worshiped by whole village;
On one of this lady's tours, she,
passed through a small settlement.
where cholera was raging. She had
with her several bottles Of famous
ready relief for pain; so she went.
from house to house dosing numerous
sufferers, and left the bottles for the
natives to use after she had gone.
Returning to the village some
months later, the lady was met by the
head man Of the community, who
cheered her pious soul by saying.
Mem sahib, we have. come over to
your side. The magic did US so much
good that we now accept and worship
your gods"
Delighted at this news, the mission.
airy accompanied the man and his fol.
lowers to his own dwelling. where he
opened the door Of a room, and show.
ed her the pain.killer bottles arranged
neatly upon a sort of altar. The whole
company Immediately Frustrated them
selves before them in solemn worship.
youths Companion.
The Irish standard., 1913-06-07
IMPROVING the eoomerano.

The boomerang Of the Australian
native is of various shapes and pat
terms. 1t has remained for an Eng.
lishman so to improve the Australian
cross.shaped weapon that it is no
more than cross Of plain wood, the
lower strip Of the cross being one.
third longer than the other arms of It..
In throwing this the long lower end
Of the cross is held firmly between
the thumb and finger vertically, with
the plane of the cross beside his face.
Thrown seventy-flve feet, the boom.
erang will not return, but after 1t has
traversed 100 feet or more the revolu.
tions increase rapidly until 1t swerves
and begins it's return flight to the
thrower.-Harper's Weekly.
The Irish standard., 1913-06-07
Interesting English Lake.

In the Staffordshire district of Eng.
land is Rudyard lake, which gave IT'D
name to Rudyard Kipling. for 1t was
on . picnic there that young Lock.
wood, a designer in a pottery factory
at Stoke, met to marry Miss Mao.
donald. daughter of the Wesleyan
Methodist minister at Burslem. From
the place Of their meeting came the
novelist's Christian name. The two
other daughters of the Methodist min.
lister in the potteries married the
artists who we're to become Sir Ed.
ward Burne-Jones and Sir e. ]. Poyu,
tAr.
The Irish standard., 1913-06-07
PuIchrItude and Pedaooov.

Doctor Williams, superintendent Of
school at Richmond. advises tho
school board not to employ women
teachers who were either startling
beautiful or equally homely. The OBJ
lection, he said was that teacher
whose personal looks were unusual
would attract more attention to her
self than to her teaching. He be-
lieves that teachers ought not to at
tract attention to themselves in any
The Irish standard., 1913-06-07
French Discover New Fad.

Paris.-Foot,reading as an alterna.
tive to palmistry is now the fashion.
able fad in Paris. Among the most
ardent adopts of the alleged science Il
the Countesee Mellusine dc la Roche.
foucauld, q descendant Of the: great
writer. She declares many distin.
euished men Of letters are adheroats
e thu cult Of tina feet
The Irish standard., 1913-06-07
Timely Warning.

BEG pardon, old chap. but would
you mind telling me why you have
that gong in your parlor?"
THAT is for the convenience Of my
friends from the city" explained the
suburbanite. THAT gong rings three
minutes before the last car, leaves the
barn. '-.--- $500
The Irish standard., 1913-06-07
Remedy.

Mr.. Growler-There Is entirely too
much hot air in this house.
Mrs. Growler-Then, why don't you
quit talking7 -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20

idea Of the department seems to be
that the ways of Providence are past
finding out, and it is hard for mankind
to mend them. So. il Providence boun'
tifully gives us grand snowfall we
should not interfere with that snow any
more than we must. and il disagreeable
slush on cross-walks is found we should
bear it in the interest of Provldentlal
munifcence. providence sent the
snow" appears to be the idea, now
let Providence remove it.
As pious proposition, perhaps the
Street Department is quite right in this;
but yet, undoubtedly the commercial
spirit of the age, joined to the spirit
of selfish desire for comfort and con-
venience on the part of our advanced
citizenship is apt to rebel at the ways
of Providence when these are suffered
to interfere with pcdestrianism. and
with the comfort OF getting about,
1t is to be hoped that there may be
less piety of this sort exhibited in the
Street Department for the future, and
more of spirit of cleanliness and care
for the comfort and convenience of the
public We are all subject, to be sure,
to the DEGREES of an overruling Provi-
dcnce; and yet the old maxim that
''the gods help those who help them
selves' is still a good maxim to follow
whore tho comforts, convenience and
health of the people are concerned.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20
TARDY STREET CLEANING.

The tardiness of the Street Depart
mcnt in cleaning up the streets has
been the subject of much unfavorable
comment at various times the present
winter Night before last there was a
considerable snowfall, aud up till after
noon there was noted lack of clear
ing the street intersections in the bust
ness district Of this city.
The night before, there was also a
considerable snowfall, and up to 3
o clock in the afternoon the cross-w walk
from the Walker store to the Judge
building had not been cleaned OF. At
that hour wagonloads Of snow were Just
being loaded and hauled away, the
wagon being right in what should have
been the crossing for foot passengers
aud itself blocking the way. Yesterday
il was the same thing to n late hour in
the day on number Of the most i'm
portaut cross-walks along Main street
The lethargy of the Street Depart
ment in this matter has been otter
criticised by the citizens; and yet th'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20
THE STRACHAN BENEFIT,

There is little insurrection in the
schools Of Greater New York. Miss
Grace Strachan is credited with an i'm
mense service to the women teachers in
the great metropolis, in getting legisla-
tion which secured TO them equal pay
with the male teachers where equal con-
ditions and quality of work prevailed.
Thereupon suggestions of making up
great purse for Miss Strachan, con-
tributed by the thousands of women
teachers in Greater New York, were
made, but the board of education of
that city, and Superintendent Maxwell,
have set their faces sternly against the
collection of any such fund for Miss
Strachan, since that collection would
be clearly an act of insubordination
and a violation of law and of the rules
which forbid collections for presents to
teachers, principals, or members of the
board Of education.
Superintendent Maxwell has reviewed
the whole procedure and has pointed
out the insubordination that would be
sition to raise purse for Miss
Strachan. Still, the women teachers
have gone forward in defiance of the
law, of the rules, and Of The injunction
of Superintendent Maxwell, and have
raised fund amounting to $44 900 to
be preseted to Miss Strachau. Superin.
tendent Maxwell points out that the
| law and the rules of the board must not
| be violated. And yet those in charge
of the fund persist in their determine.
ton to give her the money; the idea be-
ing apparently that the equal.pay cam
paign holds such strong political po-
sition that it is safe to defy the rules,
the discipline, and the law
! The crisis will undoubtedly be pre-
cipitated in case Of the actual presen-
tation of this money to Miss Strachan,
aud if this is done the New York Trib.
une, apparently voicing the sentiment
of the authorities. says that: off the
gift is really made, it is to be hoped
that the school administration will have
the courage to enforce its authority and
show the employees of the system, if
necessary by dismissing every offender,
that the rules of the department go,
and that nobody has pull enough TO
be defiantly insubordinate.
We Judge from the feeling that is
manifested, that some means will be
found quietly TO give Miss Strachan
this money, without making IL an Off
cial presentation, and without disclos-
ing the names Of any who were engaged
in this work of defiance OF the rules
and insubordination TO discipline.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20

memorandum to which it refers, we
leave those in direct interest to judge.
As TO why that memorandum was
presented at this time, it seems clear
that this was because the Legislature
tention called to tho matter can pro
vide any remedy that may be found
necessary,
AS to the name of the writer Of that
memorandum, that is not important.
since the facts and law are the main
things involved.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20

Mayor Gaynor makes it very clear
that he is opposed to the new political
fads, and especially to the recall, He
Justly says that with our short terms OF
office, (and these can be made even
shorter if the voters desire it, there
is no need of the recall; and to impose
II would simply give a vicious and
cruel handle to demagogues and their
ignorant followers The new fad.
would make the demagogues our lead
ers, and every voter would be Obliged
10 devote his or her time and attention
chiefly to politics, in order TO keep uT
with the procession.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20

The proposition in the dispatch from
Ell Paso, for this Government to take
the Mexican States of chihuahua. So.
nora, and Coahuila, and perhaps Lower
California. in liquidation of damages
suffered by Mormon and other Amer.
lean citizens during the disturbances in
those States, would put q heavy bur
den on this Republic in the way of re-
storing and keeping peace and order
among the turbulent people in those
States. Besides, il our Government
took those States. As compensation, il
would necessarily assume the obliga-
tions for damages which it is set forth
that Mexico is and will remain un-
. able to pay. Instead of gaining some
thing BY this seizure, therefore, we as a
Nation would be letting ourselves in
for an Immense and indefinite liability
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20
DON'T STOP TILE ELEcTRIcs!

We cannot but think that the City
Commission is engaged in work dis
advantageous to the city when it nm.
dertakes to interfere with electric
signs in way that is likely to cut
down the number of such signs and
to discourage their use. 1t is said
that the reason why the Commission
wishes to interfere with the signs by
way Of taxing them and by way or re-
curing bond from those who put
them mp that will guarantee against
the liability of the city in case a sign
falls and any one is injured or dam
aged thereby, is in the interest Of
protecting the city against such claim.
But it must be evident that notion
of that kind is fallacy. There is no
relief in such bonds; the city's liza
bility would remain precisely as be-
fore, and the bond would probably be
noncollectible, as it ought to be.
The merchants and business men Of
this city have difficulties enough in
the way of pursuing their business.
They are taxed generally and specially;
they are subject to strict regulation
in various matters, all of which they
submit to with exemplary patience.
But they do not wish to have other
burdens added, and ut the Same time
they wish to avail themselves Of all
the modern business appliances by way
of signs and by way of attracting Gus
tom, They should be encouraged in
this in place Of discouraged.
The electric signs help to illuminate
the streets at night and give the city
q brilliant appearance. No one would
willingly abate or diminish the bril-
lance thus created, Tt is an advantage
to the city and delight to the be
holder. We trust that the Commission
will let up in its efforts to interfere
with business in this direction, and will
let the electric signs alone. Those who
put up such signs will naturally put
them up with sufficient surety, be.
cause the fall of sign would be a
damage that would necessarily be
guarded against in every possible way
by those who put up the signs.
But if the city is in any fear that
these signs may be insecurely put up
then it can authorize the Street Super.
visor or the Fire Chief to supervise the
putting up Of those signs so as to in.
sure absolute security in every one OF
them. That is the city's real remedy
and if there is timidity about the
safety Of these signs, let an ordinance
be passed empowering the Street Su.
pervisor OF the Chief Of the Fire De
partment to make examination and re-
quire such additional fastening of such
signs as may be thought needful.
But to tax these signs OF to require
bond against their doing damage is
needless and irksome interference
with business that the Commission
should steer clear Of absolutely, both
in the interest of its own peace and
in the interest Of business enterprise.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20

Boston Globe: President Taft g
views on Intervention in Mexico are
summarized-not in his own language
as follows; With the familiarity we
have had in the carrying on a war in
the Philippines and in Cuba. no one
with sense of responsibility TO the
American people would involve them
IN the almost unending burden and
thankless task of enforcing peace
upon these 100000 people fighting
among themselves, when thev would
necessarily all turn against us at the
1irst manifestation of our purpose to
intervene. Isn't that the truest pat.
riotism and the soundest common
seuse7'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20

The Utah House OF Representatives
showed Just discrimination between
religious and civic affairs when it re.
fused by decisive vote to pass the
Carbon Sunday law, a purely religious
and sectarian proposition. We already
have all the Sunday legislation that can
ressons hly be demanded.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20

Explanations are being sent out by
mail in behalf of President Emeritus
Eliot of Harvard in regard to his criti-
cism of President Taft on the order of
the President putting fourth-class post
masters in the civil service. The mail
explanation is substantially the same
as the TELEGRAPH explanation in The
Tribune on Wednesday morning and
on this page Tuesday morning
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20

The National House of Representa-
<tives has refused to pass the immigra-
.tion bill over the veto Of the President
1t is good TO see this, for the literacy
test, which it introduced, and on which
1T was vetoed, is in fact no fair or Just
test Of the desirability of an emigrant.