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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30

There is something about almost
every thing and everything about no
thing in EssdUs by ALICE MEY NELL
,ScribnerD, people and places, nature
and books. These papers are all that
the polite essay should be urbane,
flashing with epgram playfully para
doxical. capricious in the posing of
premise and quasi-loGical in the
progress to a conclusion by preference
clever and specious rather than COM
monplace and correct: artfuly artless.
pretending its medium plant, plastic,
though ii is in reality hard and harsh,
The modern essay is soothing syrupy,
apt to lull the mind to an unwariness
fair game for cynic under the fleece:
Mark Twain slapped II with his "psoph-
agus" Joke. Mrs. Meynell is not cynic.
She muses. mildly on the grasses II
Rome the death OF birds, the rhythm
Of life, solitude. provincial" America,
laughter. the nocturnal activities "
mind and cmergence of the suppressed
self in sleep. the beauties of the human
leg and the resistance of time as
philosophical concept to the constric-
tons of weak but tyrannical vocabu-
larry She is at her best in a series of
papers on Women and Books
Writing some time ago Of Lucy APPS
toy who married the Puritan soldier
Col. Hutchinson and wrote his bog
raphy. published first in 1906 and often
since then, which in view of his politi-
cal activities the essayist promotes to
the rank Of history. Mrs. Meynell. adj
hitting certain Deficiencies in matter,
gave high praise to the English
| style" of the book and in particular
noted "a StcVensonlil(e character, a
| kind of gesture of language" exempt
fed in a phrase celebrating her hus-
hands handsome management of love"
| \ subsequently published letter of
Stcvensons proved that he had read
Lucy he sColded the way in which she
| talks of herself" Robert Louis was a
| discriminating chameleon, and II he did
| indeed owe Mrs. Hutchinson so much
| of literary debt as Mrs Meyneil
AYERS, He was perhaps hardly aware
Of the lie. IN English he had taken
from heI we know t.at he never
wasted the opportunity for such a les
son" Then there Is more tnan sex 10Y
atty or mere personal taste TO justify
this:
what an England was hers And ~hs'
an English! memorable vintage or oui
| literature and speech was granted In hei
| day, We much to those who, as she
| did, gathered Il In.
| Stella shall not have all the love oI
| the Dean of ST. Patrick's; MD" Is al.
ways Stella plus Mrs. Dingley More
than any one else in literary history
ID" has been "detra uded OF her honors :
The sentimentalist has fought aga!ns
her. disliked her, shirked her, effacec
her, called her "a chaperon" Two hun,
drcd years is long for her ito have gon,
| stripped of SO radiant a glory as is hers
by right" but at least she has not haC
10 endure the ignominy of being retro
spectlvcly offered to Swift as an un
claimed wife,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30
Certain Non-statisticnl Aspects Of
the RailrOnd.

or political activities of railroads the
American may be pardoned If he be
nrves that he has experienced all that
human ingenuity could devise, Let him
not boast. In The Rdilu'dys Of the
World OLondon: George Routledge and
sons New York; r. r, Dutton and
Company ERNEST PRoTHERoE records a
tradition of the Egyptian service tina,
has not been matched in the imagna-
ton OF even our most diligent mag
nate hunters.
Various sections Of the Egyptian Gov.
ernment railways were open TO traffic
In 1852, but owing to the non.comple
ton Of several bridges crossing the Nile
the line was not continuous. Mr..
Protheroe sets down under the warning
clause lit is said the curious repor,
that these breaks in the connections
afforded the Niceroy excellent opportu-
mites of Kidding himself of objectionable
Pashas by means Of special trains that
accidentally omitted to stop at the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30
THE SUN. SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1914.

intnitIde Of wares which bear the label
Made In Germany Until the most
recent events have closed the way
across Russia German trade has been
diligently exploiting this great and un-
critical Siberian market for its manu-
features. Aboard every train, In every
hotel the author notes the presence OF
the drummers for German exporters;
he IL busy IN reporting their successes
in opening new connections for the
Introduction Of German wares. His
own commission was to report upon the
possibilities OF this great Asian prov
ince. II Is only natural that In THE
more popular volume he should post
the business men at home upon every
German in Siberia In order that each
might be caught up into solidarity in
the great work OF extending German
commerce. With much the same pre-
cision he records the activities Of the
only competition which he regards as
dangerous TO German trade, the pres.
ence OF the representatives OF the great
American harvester companies. This
competition he accepts as beyond the
power of German business TO meet. The
quality of the wares has esta blished a
reputation for the character of Ameri
can goods which may offer a present
suggestion. The way over the Trials is
now closed against German commerce.
Hut the other end Of the Siberian rail.
way IL open to American trade out Of
san Francisco and II might readily
prove feasible TO enter on an American
conquest OF this market. where the
American reputation Tor the quality Of
wares should prove a good introduction
TO business life
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30
III.

Bad as the Siberian railway is the
means Of travel when one leaves the
beaten path are still worse. Some stages
Of the authors wanderings were made
on the poor steamers which ply the
rivers when the ice IL out. But most
OF his Journeys were made IN wagons
The roar are as poor as can be
imagined mud holes when the thaw IL
melting the frozen ground, mere tracks
OF dust In the summer. The wagons
are heavily made and of the type known
TO us as the blackboard. on tho tough
saplings which reach between the two
axles Ia mounted wicker crate into
which must be slowed the passengers
and the freight. The horses, sturdy
animals Of the steppe or the Monaghan
desert, are seldom more than half
broken; their only gait Is the gallop
regardless of the condition OF the road,
After the first verst Of such travel the
passengers and the freight are mex
tricahly mixed up.
II tho roads are torment 10 the trav-
eller the halts are little better. DR..
Goebel records with great intimacy Of
detail the posting houses where he
was forced 10 put up at night, Bed and
board seem 10 have impressed him aE
a calamity. The posting houses do not
pretend to he inns. yet they are the only
hostelries along many miles OF remot,
roads. The proprietor is under con.
tract 70 supply fresh horses, We,
through lack Of intelligent direction
| this simple service is inefiiciently per
formed. Within the house there Is nc
| provision except the samovar, and IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30
SOME NEW BOOKS.
oea ana board Through siberia.


Tho mental landscape of Siberia IL a
compaction Of varying parts Of Green
land's 10y mountains, OF Michael
etrosofP, the courier Of tho Gar. and
Of George KEENAN,. One recalls that
cold storage mammoths antedatins the
great leo age are yet to he dug out OF
tho frozen tundra and may be dined
upon to the satisfaction Of curiosity
even II not TO any particular gratiflca-
ton Of the palate. wild tribes come
into mind with strange barbaric rites
ana ballet advertisements which snail
he the last thing 70 greet the eye OF the
CAPTURED European before the glowing
fiery sword ~ swept before his eyes.
There Is always the clank OF chains
a4 exilcs. shaved as to half their heads.
Ar. driven by always fierce Cossacks
:. wear out their lives IN the mines
or al the edge Of tho steppes. The
rastronome may perhaps associate
with Russia'a great Asia;iC empire the
famous tea at eighty rubles the pound
In Moscow or ST. Petersburg, the
kararnnskdvu in the little bales OF
skin with the warrant of tho unbroken
seven seals of Khiakhta.
Oddly enough all Of these constants
of Siberian life are absent from the
latest study OF this wealthy and thriv-
ing community save one. and that one
only to be denied. The caravan tea is no
longer freight Of patiently plodding but
otherwise had tempered camels from
Khiakhta: Il goes now by rail and its
only excellence Is that II yet remains
Tho tender pekoe buds and has not
been exposed to the deterioration which
salt water carriage produces. In all
elrp Il 81 a wholly new Siberia which IS
set forth by Or. orro GoEBEI In Won,
Urr1 DIS sachdHn Berlin. Dietrich
Reimerl.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-30

for his nights lodging was the choice
OF sleeping on the billiard table for
six ruhles, under II for four and else
where On the floor for three.
Experienced travellers take the pre-
caution OF providing themselves with
letters of Introduction from the last
s.-cpirg place by means e which they
may nave access to the genuine hospi.
tally Of the tow nsfolk. In cases
where DIR. Goebel found himself with.
out such Introduction he took the pains
to hunt up some German resident and
cast himself upon the mercy Of his
fellow countryman. Once within the
walls OF a private house he found the
living on the most lavish scale; the
meals made up In magnitude for the
lack Of cleanliness and the many def
cIencies In service He Is one OF
those systematic observers who have no
hesitation In essaying a computation
OF the length OF time since floor has
been swept by performing simple math-
ematics upon the dead cigarette butts
and in reading from the stains upon
the tablecloth the number Of weeks
since II has been taken off.
Whether within the house or out OF
doors the insects are the great plague
Of Siberian life in the fierce heat of the
summer. Sometimes It is files. some.
times II is mosquitoes. sometimes It ia
singing gnats. He is a pains 10 record
the number Of flies which he has
counted in the butter at private tables ,
he essays 70 estimate how many may
find Judgement on n slice OF bread on IT'S
way to the mouth, These are not the
most agreeable details. hut then the
Siberian life seems to have little that is
enjoyable.
Civic life comes under equal con.
demnation. The towns are wretChedly
planned. their slums obtrude their pres.
ence everywhere among the most or.
nate residences, the unpaved streets
are eloughs. He cites the case of one
NJ the larger cities which has Just ok.
pended millions OF rubles upon the cree
ton OF pretentious opera housc--It
was here that he saw n wandering
troupe Of players present Hamlet in
Saghalin"--yet rather than wade
through the knee deep mud Of the pub
lie square from his hotel he had 10 walk
more than n mile on roundabout side
walks merely to get across the street
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-24
INDIAN FREED AFTER
LONG TERM IN PRISON.
Prison Hero, Lost to Race, Revealed
by Tribal Song.

After thirty-fOur years In prison I'M
der life sentence for murder Spopee, a
Blackfoot Indian, was Internationally
pardoned by President Wilson. He
was released from the Federal Hospi-
tai For the Insane at Washington.
A party Of Blackfeet sightseeing In
Washington months ago happened
upon Spopee, who had grown gray
with his long Imprisonment. They es
tablished his tribal identity by an In
dian song, and one of the interpreters
recognized In SpOpee the hero OF an
old legend who had disappeared score
of years ago into some white mans
Jail. BlackfoOt mothers have been
singing their children to sleep with a
song about him ever since.
Officials of the Indian Office, advis
ed Of the discovery, began an investi
CATION which resulted In his pardon.
SpOpee was charged with the muir
der OF white man near the Canadian
boundary north OF the Montana line
1t is thought by the department of jus
tice that the murder probably was
committed in Canada and that the ter
ritorial courts Of Montana which tried
him at Fort Benton had no jurisdic-
ton.
Moreover, 1t Is now believed that
Spopee committed the murder in self
defense. He and another Indian, Good
Ridder, asked white man for food.
Their request was denied, and the
white man denounced Spopee, finally
assaulting him with an ak. The In
dian claims to have fired in self de-
Tense, and his story is credited by the
department Of justice.
Commissioner Sells of the Indian Of
fee took the case up personally and ar
ranged to send Spopee back to his peo-
Dle
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-24
Notice Of Mortgage Sale.

Whereas, default has been made in the
payment of the moneys secured by II
mortgage dated the 10th day Of April In
Sober and Mildred j. Sober, his wife, of
the City of Owosso Shiawassee County,
Michigan, to George NJ. Burbank, of the
City of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois,
which said mortgage was recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds of the said
County Of Shiawassee and State of Michi-
gan, in Liber 121 of Mortgages on page
$40 on the 23rd day Of April in the year
1912, at three and onefourth o'clock p. NJ.
And whereas, the amount claimed to be
due on said mortgage at the date Of this
notice Is the sum of four hundred thirty
and no 100 dollars ($430.0O) principal and
interest and the further sum of fifteen
(S15.OOl dollars as an attorney fee stipu-
the whole amount claimed to be unpaid
on said mortgage, and no suit or proceed
ing having been instituted mt law to re-
cover the debt now remaining secured by
by the power of sale contained in said
mortgage has become operative;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given
that, by virtue of the said power of sale
and in pursuance of the statute in such
case made and provided, the said mortgage
will he foreclosed by the sale of the prem
the highest bidder ut the front door of
the court house in the City of Corunna,
In said County of Shiawassee and state
Of Michigan on the 2lst day of October,
1914, commencing at tea O'Clock i'm the
forenoon of that day, which said premises
are described in said mortgage as follows,
to-wit
A certain piece or parcel of land situate
i'm the City OF OwOssO. County of Shia
wassee and State of Michigan, and more
particularly described as follows, to-wit ::
Lots twenty seven co and twenty eight
(2S) in block sixteen (1G) of Geo. 4.
Abrey's Woodawn Park Addition to the
city Of Owosso according to the recorded
plat thereof
Dated July IL, 1914.
GEORGE VI. BURBANK,
Mortgagec.
PTLNER X POND,
Attorneys for MOrtgagee
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-24
FIRST TO DISPATCH TRAINS.
A. n. Copeland, Pioneer In TeIesraphio
Supervision Of Railways, Still livina.


Supervision Of Railways, Still Living.
Illinois claims the distinction of DOS.
sessing among her citizens the man
who first moved trains with the aid Of
the telegraph. The original train dis
patcher is A. III. Copeland, now living
In retirement Mt Oak Park, and who
was agent for the Chicago and Alton at
Chenoa for thirty years. 1t was back
in Vermont in the year 1852 that the
first known movement Of trains by tel
egraph was recorded. marking one Of
the most important epochs in the his
tory of railroading. In that year Mr..
Copeland was engaged as manager. OPP
orator, lineman, messenger boy and
battery man Of the Middleburg (Vt)
telegraph office.
In those days, when the Morse inven-
ton was in its infancy, the telegraph
offices were operated in conjunction
with the postoflices and occupied
small room in conjunction. In addition
to his other duties, Mr.. Copeland was
employed as clerk In the postoliice. In
those primitive days of railroading
trains ran by time card exclusively,
northbound trains having the right Of
track over those southbound.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-24
Order Of 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 once in the CITY oil
Corunna, on the Goth day OF June, A. d. 1914.
Present. Matthew bush Judge Of Probale.
In the matter OF the estate OF Harriet Goss,
deceased
On filing the petition OF HARRIET NJ Goss pray
ing for the probate OF the will of said deceased
now filed in this court.
It is ordered that the 9th day OF July
next. at ten o clock in the forenoon. at sale
Probate ONCE be assigned for hearing said
petition.
And it is further ordered, that n copy OF thls
order be published three successive week.
previous to said day OF hearing in THE Owosso
TIMES newspaper printed and circulating N
said County OF Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-24
Order of Publication.

State OF Michigan, the Probate Court for the
County OF Shiawassee.
Att session OF the Probate Court for said
County held at the Probate office, in the ty OF
Corunna, on Tuesday the 30th day Of June H.
the year OF one thousand nine hundred and
fourteen.
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate
In the matter OF the estate OF Donald Goss,
a minor.
On reading and filing the petition OF Harriet
M. Goss as guardian praying for license to
sell real estate.
1t is ordered that the 9th day OF july
next at ten o'clock in the forenoon at saio
Probate office, be- assigned for hearing said
petition.
And IL Is further ordered, that a 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,
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY, Judge of Probate.
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-24
HaZOl-MenthOl Plasters

Effectively relieve pain. The soothing eff.
fects of Menthol are quickly felt in Back
ache, Rheumatism, Sciatica and other
painful affections. Yard rolls 81 90; regu-
lar size Csc. All druggists or direct by mail
Davis & Lawrence Co., New York.
Samples mailed upon request, SC. stamps.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-24

FROM GEN RAJ STREET PAVING FUND.
Sturtevant & Blood Co... q IN
JAS. IL. Glow X Sons... N 00
Union Transfer Co... az
National Supply Co........................... 7a
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-24
FROM sPRiNKLING FUND

FROM INTEREST AND SINKING FUND
First Nationl Bank of Chicago....,...... 9
FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-24
Petition for Dissolution of a Corpora
ton.

State of Michigan, In the Circuit Court for
the County of Shiawassee In Chancery
In the matter OF the petition OF Leonard K.
Tabor and Robert X. shannon, for the volun-
tary dissolution OF the Garland Mercantile
Company corporation oranized under the
laws of Michigan.
House in the City OF Corunna on the LIST day OF
June A. ID 1914.
Present Hon Seden S. Miner, Circuit Judge.
On reading and filing the petition OF Leon.
ard X. Tabor and Robert r. Shannon being all
OF the officers and owners OF all the stock OF
the Garland Mercantile Company. praying for
the voluntary dissolution OF said corporation.
1t Is ordered that all persons interested in said
corporation show cause II any they have why
said corporation should not be dissolved be-
fore N. X. Walsh a Circuit Court Commissioner
in and for said County at his ONCE in the City
OF Owosso County of Shiawassee and State OF
Michigan Oh the 9th day OF September A. D
1914, at ten o'clock in the forenoon OF said day
And IL is further ordered that said Com
missioner take such proofs as NAV be then
submitted in relation TO sal matter and
report the same to this court with a statement
Of the amount, condition and disposition OF the
assets OF said Corporation. the Indebtedness
thereof and the names OF the holders OF the
capital stock thereof
II is further ordered that copy OF this
order be published for three successive weeks
prior to the date OF such hearing In The
Owosso Times newspaper published in said
County.
sELDEN S. MINER,
Circuit Judge.
FITZPATRICK PIERPoNT,
Solicitors for Petitioners
State OF Michigan, County OF Shiawassee, IS.
/, Albert l.. Nichols, Clerk OF said County OF
Shiawassee ana Clerk OF the Circuit Court for
said County, DO hereby certify that / have
compared the foregoing copy OF Order OF Pub
LEGATION with the original record thereof, now
remaining in my ofiice, and that IT Is true
and correct transcript therefrom, and OF the
whole OF such original retori.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand, and affixed the seal OF said Court and
County, this LIST day OF June A, D. 1914
tSeal1 ALBERT L. NICHOLS,
Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-24
Communications.

A communication was presented from the
secretary of the Michigan Association of
City Clerks inviting the City to send the
Clerk to the annual convention to be held
In Detroit August 9TH and 9Th. on motion
OF Mr.. Hanscom the City Clerk was in
structed to attend the convention, ayes
DelOung. HanscOm. kOseyear
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-24
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COM
MISSION.

Owosso, Mich, July 10th, 1914.
Regular meeting of the Commission
Mayor DeYoung presiding
Members present, DeYOung, Hanscom,
Rosevear.
The minutes of the last regular meeting
were read and approved as printed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-14
GEAR AND PORTE
 OPPOSED TRUCE

ROME, Dec. l4.-Rome has learned that Turkey and Russia both sent tele- grams to the Vatican. opposing the Pope's proposal to establish 9 truce oi three weeks sn the war to begin Chrlstmas. It was officially announe- ed that all other powers had agreed to 8 truce.
 Archbishop Kavovsky head of the Roman Catholic church at Warsaw has telegraphed tho Vatican: Ger mans operating in Poland are sys- tematically using Catholic churches as positions on which to place their mitraiHeuses. wireless slauong, etc. The resnlt has been that many churches have been destroyed. The same danger threatens the old ca thodral at cracows which contains relies of st. Stanislaus. The arch bishop begs the pope for protection.
 A dispatch from Athens says that Turkish soldiers arc seizing high priests Of the Greek Catholic church The Greek metropolitan at Abali has been made Q prisoner Qn charge of netting Greek population againat the Turks
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-14
OF sWAYE0
 WAS DASHED TO WHEEL

SEATTLE. Dec. 14. Territorial Senator Frank A. Aldrich of Nome, and Representative Martin F. Moran and James p. Daly of the Alaska legislature arrived here Saturday on the Alameda. They took passage from Seward. where they were left by the steamship Dora, after having been picked up at sea from the derelict power schooner Silver Wave, on which they left Nome November 70.
 The weather encountered by the Silver Wave on her way from Nome was so rough at one time that the pas sengers tied Captain Gudmundson to the wheel so that he could steer her while all the rest of those aboard went below.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-14
IRE-ESS
 sMISUSETD''
 AIT CANAL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. = In order to pryent the misuse of the wireless telegraphy in the relay of war messages via Pan- ana, which he has construed as actual violation of the United States governments policy of neutrality in the European war, Col. George ". GoethaIs, gover- nor of the Panama Canal zone today reiterated his request that the war department despatch two torpedo boat destroyers with all possible haste, to the canal zone.