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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
MEANING OF "IITNEY."
There Are Many Theories as to the
Origin OF tire Wore.


Origin OF the Wore.
The meaning Of the word jitney is G
five cent piece. The origin Of the word
rests wholly Oh suppos.tiOn, and many
explanations are given. One interested
in the subject gathered the following
information: y correspondent from
Soda Greek. Il. c.. said be knew th,
term as slang in Glasgow. Scotland
over City years ago. 1t WAS used t.
designate something small or insignifi
cant. The word was'said to come from
the Scottish fifty" which means dc
ception. and the French "nisey," cor
rectiy mails" meaning ninny or sim
pletOn.
Another correspondent said II Is Z
foreign word which originated In Rus
sia as the name Of small Russian
coin. A Russian scholar. however, de
clares there Is DO such coin and that
the word In Russian means rye"
A correspondent from Tacoma
Wash. says the word ill" meaning 9
five cent piece. can be traced back q
hundred years and was the~ origina
word used by slave Graders for tina,
coin.
An Oakland. Cal, correspondent said
that jitney Is a word coined by the
southern negroes. There the small boy
when told TO run an errand says, do
get jitney, bossY' Ha
A Los Angeles man says that the
term is Mexican vernacular for nickel
Philadelphia Press. E a
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
Power Of Lyddite.

Lyddite is a very stable compound.
1t can be hammered or burned In the
open without danger, and it requires q
illuminate or more powerful explosive
to set 1t Off. Lead picrate Is the usual
agent employed. But here Is an odd
point about lyddite-it must not he left
in contact with iron or steel. If this is
done the picric acid combines with iron
rust to form a very dangerous COM
pound. Consequently all shells used to
contain lyddite are first carefully tin
ned on the inside. Lyddite is six times
more powerful IN its action than nitro
glycerin, and nitroglycerin In its turn is
eight times more powerful than the
same weight Of the old fashioned black
gunpowder.-London Answers
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
IS HE AL0NZ0 J. WHITMAN -?
Police Declare Bad Check Passer Is
Former Minnesotan.

Chicago, July 2S.-Is Alonzo ].
Whitman in trouble again? Or are
the police wrong? On a charge of
trying to operate a confidence game
the police arrested a man who gave
the name Of A. E. Singleton of Zion
City. Under that name he was held
to the grand jury.
But the police say the man is real
ly Alonzo J. Whitman, once a we'll
to do lawyer, preacher, Minnesota
state senator and scion of a wealthy
eastern family. James z. Hanlon,
clerk of the Kaiserhof hotel, charges
that the man gave a false reference
in trying to cash a $50 check.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
where THE MAIDS woo.
Capturing a Husband In India is an
Ordeal at Times.

Ordeal at Tines.
1t would be great mistake tC
imagine that there are no countries
where the bashful bachelor does not
have to wait and be wOOed.
Is the Torres Straits islands, for In
stance, it is the height Of bad form FOR
a young man to make the first al
yances In woolng. Even after the pre-
liminary steps, which consist OF the
exchange of bracelets, everything Is
not plain sailing. A girl sends mes
sage to q young man to meet her, ano
II oil goes well she urges him TO name
the day. When matters have gone as
far as this 1t is no. longer necessary
for him to play the part of the modest
violet, and he replies, Tomorrow, II
you wish" Then they go home and
tell their relatives, who promptly ceie
brate the occasion by q general melee
Among some Of the rude tribes OF
India the woman's courtship is a less
agreeable experience. If the man OF
her choice does not respond she takes |;
lar Of rice beer and sits down In his
house. The women Of the family know
what the rice beer means, and If they
do not want the marriage to "come
Off" they are allowed to use any means
short of personal violence to eject the
fair wooer from their doors. They may
put pepper In the fire, drench her with
water, or load her with opprobious
epithets, but to gain the man of her
choice the lady has only to hold out
for some two or three hours and the
bridegroom is hers. - Detroit Free
Proaa
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
Pepvs' View Of Baths.

Pepys' view Of baths--probably rep
resentative Of his generation-may be
gathered from contemptuous refer
ence to his wife's whimsical notion.
after spring cleaning, of going to hot
bath In town to .'cleane herself" How
ever. he reflected consolingly. the new
passion for cleanliness waA not likely
to last. The idea Of Pepys' French con-
temporaries on the same subject is
illustrated in a little book on Christian
conduct, by Jean Baptiste de la Sale
For the sake Of cleanliness" says the
author. st is well to rub the face every
morning with white towel. in order
to remove the dirt It is not advisable
to wash with water, for this exposes
the face to the chiIls Of winter and the
heats of summer"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
Glover Hen.

One Of England's sporting peers is
the Earl Of Norwich. and they tell a
story about an answer which his lord
ship once gave to some one who had
chaffed him about some Of his hunting
yarns.
EYES," he replied, with smile. II ad-
NIT that some Of them were rather tall
yarns. ! outdid the wandering hen.
A hen. you know, set out to see the
world and met q crow in q distant
wood.
But said the crow, are you not
afraid. without good wings, Of losing
your way In all this tangler
"'Afraid? Not L. replied the hen.
Every yard or two I lay an egg to
guide myself back by" - London
Globe.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
Notice for Appearance.

State OF Michigan, The Thirty. fifth Judicial
Circuit, In Chancery.
Suit pending In the Circuit Court for the
County OF Shiawassee, IN Chancery, 1T the
City Of Corunna in said County on the Goth cay
OF May A. ID. 1916.
Edna Siemund, Complainant.
vs.
August Siemund, Defendant.
Inthis cause II appearing that the deie ndapt
August Siemund, Is not q resident OF tie state
OF Michigan but is q resident OF the State OF
California. therefore, on motion of Seth @
Pulver. solicitor for complainant, IL is ordered
that the defendant enter his appearance In
said cause on or before four months from the
Gate OF this order, and that within twenty
pays the complainant cause this order TO be
nublished IN the Owosso Times one of the
Newspapers of the City Of Owosso In sald
County. skid publication TO be continued once
IL each week for Six vet ks in succession.
eELDEN S. MINER
Circuit Judge.
SETH Q. PULvER,
solicitor for Complainant
Business address, Owosso, Michigan.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
History.

History Is voice forever sounding
across the centuries the laws Of right
and wrong. Opinions alter, manners
change, creeds rise and fall, but the
moral law is written on the tablets of
eternity. For every false word or I'M
righteous deed, for cruelty and oppres-
sion, for lust or vanity, the price has
to be paid at last-not always by the
chief offenders, but paid by some one.
Justice and truth alone endure and
live. Injustice and falsehood may be
long lived, but doomsday comes at last
to them in French revolutions and
other terrible ways-James Anthony
Froude.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30

All Naval Boards and Secretary Dam
iels Are in Harmony Over Policy
Expect That Little Navy Men VIII
Be Disarmed of the Secretary's
Support.
Washington, July 2S.-That the sec.
rotary of the navy will submit to con-
gress at the coming session the most
comprehensive program for additions
the the fleet ever forwarded to that
body now appears to be assured. Ad-
ministration officials say there can no
longer be any doubt that President
Wilson has decided to give his sup
port to more progressive policy in
the upbuilding of the navy along mod
ern lines. This means, in the opinion
of naval authorities, that the general
board of the navy, the advisory coun-
Gil created by the head of the depart
ment, and Secretary Daniels will CO.
operate in the formation of well
balanced program that will call for
the construction of more battle ships,
scouts, repair ships and other subsid-
iaries so urgently required by modern
naval warfare.
All Naval Bodies to Agree.
Heretofore the secretary Of the
navy has recommended a building
program without regard to the find
ings of the general board. Under the
recent reorganization of the depart
ment it is regarded highly probable
that all the agencies within the SER
vice will agree on program that will
be submitted to congress with the
support of the secretary, thus dis
arming the little navy men, who in
the past have quoted the head of the
department as the principal witness
in opposition to additions to the fleet
proposed by the general board
Admiral Benson, the new chief of
operations is the principal military
advisor of the, executive head of the
department, He is likewise a men,
Der of the general board and mem
Der Of the advisory council. 1t is
SAPCStCO that IL dl DcHSOu has
his way only one naval program will
be submitted to congress this winter
by the navy department instead of
two as in former years. Under such
circumstances, with the support of the
president, naval officials are hopeful
that congress will adopt this winter
well thought out naval military pol
Icy fashioned by the experts Of the
service
The subject of national defense so
far as it affects the navy was consid-
cred at a meeting of the general
board. All members of the board ex-
cept Admiral Dewey were present.
The discussion touched only briefly
upon the prospective building pro-
gram. It was agreed that before the
board gave serious consideration to a
naval program this year it should
await intelligence from the naval OBJ
servers board.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
WOULD COMMUTE LIFE TERM
Sheriff to Ask Lessenine of Woman
Slayer's Penalty,

Evansville, Ind, July 2S.-Sherif
William Habbee announced his inten-
ton of asking the pardon board OF
the state to commute the sentence Of
Nellie Mills, sentenced for life from
this county two years ago for the
murder of Jessie McCune, a sixteen
year old girl.
Both were inmates Of a local resort.
The Mills woman was convicted on
circuMstantial evidence.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
Sees L!usbard Killed by Train

Dixon, Ill, July 2S.--With the heel
Of his shoe caught in the planking of
the railroad crossing and IN sight Of
his wife and daughter, otto Asher
was ground to death by a Chicago &
Northwestern switch engine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30

FEARS VICTIM Is HUSBAND
Woman Seeks Information Concern
Inc Submarine Victim.


Washington, July 2S.-An Indiana
man, John Mahoney Of Terre Haute,
Ind, may have been the victim Of a
German submarine. At the request
Of Mrs. John Mahoney of Terre Haute
the state department has initiated a
searching inquiry to ascertain wheth.
er her husband was killed when the
steamer Anglo Californian was at
tackled by submarine.
When Mahoney took passage on the
Anglo-Californian he gave the name
of his mother, Mrs. ]. Mahoney, 243
Seventh street, Brooklyn, N. Y, as
the relative to be notified in case of
mishap. These facts were communi-
Gated to Mrs. John Mahoney at Terre
Haute.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
South Bend Bow Killed.

South Bend, Ind, July 2S.-Mr. arG
Mrs. Jacob Roller of this city received
word from Chicago that their SOD,
John Roller, was killed by train IL
that city.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
GERMANS TAKE 1919 RUSS
Attempt to Push Back Troops cross-
inp Narew River 10 RepuIsed.

ING Narew River 10 RepuIsed.
Berlin, July 2S.-(Via London.)-
The Official statement says:
AN attack from Mitau was re.
pulsed. Between Poswol, south OF Mi
tau and the Niemen river, we are
closely following the retreating en-.
envy. Russian attempts to push back
our troops advancing across the Ma
rev river by great simultaneous at
tack from the line of Goworowo least
of Rozan), Wyszkow and Serock
(south of Pultusk) completely failed
We captured 1919 Russians and thir.
teen machine guns"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
OIL STRIKERS BACK At WORK
Standard and Underwater Plants Re-
sumo With Force of 1,5oO Men.

s~"e WIN FoTce OF Low wen.
New York, July 2S.-About 1900
men who had been on strike for sew.
eral days returned to work in the
plants Of the Standard Oil company
and the Tidewater Oil company in
Bayonne, N. j.
Mayor Pierre Garvin and Sheriff
Kinkead declared that the strike was
broken, that all Of the 5000 strikers
will soon be back at work, and that
the guards could then be removed.
The sheriff said he was positive an
increase in pay would be granted be-
fore the end of this week.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
ADEQUATE NAVY
PLANS TO FORE
Congress to Get Most C0npre-
henslve Program.
PRESIDENT To GIVE SUPPORT

All Naval Boards and Secretary Dan
iels Are in Harmony Over Policy
Expect That Little Navy Men VIII
BE Disarmed of the Secretary's
Support.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30

State OF Michigan. the Circuit Court for the
County OF Shiawassee. in Chancery.
Laura Messecar. Complainant,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
COULD DO NOTHING MORE
Captains Responsibility for the Safety
of His Passengers Had Been
Automatically Ended.

The dangers of travel by sea at this
time have played havoc with the
nerves OF timid passengers.
Early one morning recently there
was considerable commotion on the
decks of a coastwise vessel plying be-
tween Savannah and Baltimore. when
scantily clad man hurried from his
stateroom and dashed toward the up
per deck. On the way he ran into the
captain of the vessel.
What's the matter, captain?" he
managed to gasp. Have we been toy
podoed?"
Calm yourself. my dear sir. and be
prepared for the worst" answered the
official.
"oh, don't tell me we're going
down." moaned the other Quick.
where are the life preservers?"
They wouldn't be of any service at
this stage" explained the captain.
Too later" quavered the despairing
passenger.
Yes" said the captain, very sol.
EMMY. We've done all we can for
you. You'll have to look out for your
self from now on. You see, we've just
tied UP to the dock"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
$50 SHINES A GOOD DEED
Thoughtful Act of Busy Man Led An
other to Emulate His Work
of Kindness.

He was brisk, well-groomed young
man. who looked as If he were hur-
rying to keep date with Fortune.
He had crossed the green grass and
goldenroddy place by the big hotel
near Union station. and had jumped
the tiny ditch that is going to be a
gutter some day. when he noticed an
old Whitley gray horse standing by
what will be the curb.
The detected patience of the poor
creature must have appealed to the
young man. for he sprinted back to
the green grass, pulled bunch of it
and slipped it into Whitley gray's
mouth.
Old Mr. Horse munched his treat
with sudden interest in life that ex-
pressed itself in the flicker of it's pal
lid ears and the general bracing up
that means courage.
And man who had come out of
the big hotel in time to catch the IN
cident also went over to the green
grass, pulled bunch and slipped it
into Whitley gray's mouth.
Such is the force of example.-Ex-
change.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
No nsmoke Of aattleu Now.

One of the marked features of the
European conflict that distinguish it
from the wars of the past is the abb
sence of smoke on the firing line. Ow-
ing to the use of smokeless powder.
no smoke Is made when a rifle is dis
charged. while the heaviest artillery
throws off nothing more than a thin
mist that is invisible a hundred yards
away and disappears within a few sec
onds after the gun is fired. Only
when shrapnel or a shell explodes in
the enemy's line is there anything Wis
ible in the way of smoke. the whole
purpose being to conceal the position
of the guns throwing the projectiles
while making the points where the
projectiles explode clearly visible. The
expression, the smoke of battle" so
faithfully descriptive of the wars of
the past. has little meaning when APP
piled to a modern war.-Popular Me
chanics Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
Aurora vlaIble in DAYTIME.

An aurora seen in the daytime is
described by II. b. Collier In the
Journal Of the Royal Astronomical
Society of Canada. The writer was at
Viking. Alberta, in latitude SO de-
grees north, and observed the aurora
half an hour before sunset on April
~. Its visibility was due to the fact
that cloud hung above the horizon.
serving as a curtain or screen against
which the aurora could Re seen. The
observer stated that numerous
bright, hazy. milklike steamers. APP
pearing to have their source just be-
low the cloud, darted upward. rising
about Is degrees
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
Swapping Armies.

1t is something in these times to
get a novel view of the war. Two
English workmen were discussing it,
obviously under the influence of a
great deal Of unofficial news.
"It'll be an awful long job, SAM"
said one.
1T will an ALL replied the other.
You see, these Germans is taking
thousands and thousands of Russians
prisoners, and the Russians is taking
thousands and thousands of German
prisoners. If 1t keeps on. all the Rus
slams will be in Germany and all the
Germans in Russia And then they'll
start fresh all over agan, fighting to
get back to their ONES
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29

ly uninhabitable because of this dis
ease
Come next the armies of ticks. 1t
has been shown by experiment that
one variety of these which feeds upon
human blood will weigh after meal
ten times its original weight. Some
species increase u thirty times their
original weight. Imagine, says Pro-
fessor Ealand. hungry 200-pound man
weighing 5000 pounds after a single
meal. or even after many meals! Re-
lapsing fever, spotted fever, pecu-
liarly deadly disease called verruga.
are given man by ticks.
Then there are the lice which carry
typhus and a form of infiammatory
rheumatism, and the fleas. which
transmit plague to man.
AS for the hosts that attack the
domestic animals and transmit to them
disease, were it not for natural checks
and the vigilance of man there would
not be single animal left in the
world within ten years.
1t is this matter of natural checks,
the equilibrium which nature has pro-
vided against these most prolific of
her children, that is now most wor-
rying the scientists
Up until comparatively recent times
great quantities of insects were used
for medicine, for dyes and so on, but
this use has steadily lessened. and
with the lessening naturally the in.
sects have increased
The practice of the control of insect
pests by their natural enemies is one
of modern times, for the earliest rec
ord of work on anything approaching
a commercial scale, dates back by %
years. 1t is based on the assumption
that all nature is in a state of equili-
brium-that is to say, that all life, In
it's native home, is kept in check by
other forms of life which prey upon
it. More than thirty distinct parasites
and seven kinds of predatory beetles
have been introduced into the United
States to wage war on the gypsy and
brown-tail moths, says Professor
Ealand.
1t will be recognized. says Profes-
sor Ealand, that unless a parasite
shows greater fertility than it's host.
its power of controlling the latter
must be very greatly diminished. In
this connection nature has come to
the rescue in a marvellous manner by
endowing many of the parasites with
the power of "polyembryony," a
phenomenon that is unique in the an
imal kingdom. Parasites so endowed
lay eggs similar in external form to
those of their less fortunate relations,
but from each egg energies in due
course not one larva, but number
of larvae, and by this means their
fertility is much increased.
A second and still more modern
method of natural insect control is car
ried into effect by means of fungoid
disease of insects. These fungoids are
scattered over large plantations with
a busting machine. All the insects in
fected carry the disease to their nu-
merous relatives.
The fight, indicates Professor
Ealand, is only at it's beginning. Man
viii probably win. but even if he does
the bug, through it's persistence, will
outlive him.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. 1t Pays
Big Dividends.

If parents will give Just little in
telligent thought to the feeding OF
their children the difference in the
health of the little folks will pay,
many times over, for the small trouble.
A mother writes: Our children are
all so much better and stronger than
they ever were before we made a
change in the character OF the food.
We have quit using potatoes three
times a day with coffee and SO much
meat
Now we give the little folks some
fruit. either fresh, stewed. or canned,
some Grape-Nuts with cream, occa-
sionally some soft boiled eggs, and
some Postum for breakfast and sup
per. Then for dinner they have some
meat and vegetables.
1T would be hard to fully describe
the change in the children, they have
grown so sturdy and strong, and we
attribute this change 90 the food ele-
ments that, understand, exist in
Grape-Nuts and Postum.
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had a great deal of stom-
ach and bowel trouble. Nothing
seemed to agree with him until tried
Grape Nuts softened and mixed with
rich milk and he improved rapidly and
got sturdy and well"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich
Ever read the above letterg A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29

Lack OF employment was found by
a state commission in Pennsylvania to
be the fundamental evil in our prison
system" Says Louis NJ Robinson, who
wrote the report: This denial of the
right to work and to earn for one
self and dependents is to my mind
cruel and unusual punishment, and
as such forbidden by the eighth
amendment of the Constitution of the
United States.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
If You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Although there are hundreds of prepa-
rations advertised. there is only one that
really stands out pre-eminent as a rem
sdy for diseases Of the kidneys. liver and
bladder
DR., Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not recon-
mended for everything
A sworn certificate Of purity is with ev-
cry bottle. You may receive a sample
size bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcel
Post. Address DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
hanton. N Y, and enclose ten cents.
For sale at all drug stores in bottles OF
two sizes-5Oc and 81 90, also mention this
paper.--AdV
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29

A Hound having started a Hare on
the hillside pursued her for some dis
lance; at one time biting her with his
teeth as If be would take her life, and
at another time fawning upon her, as
If in play with another dog. The
Hare said to him: Il wish you would
act sincerely by me, and show your
self in your true colors. IL you are
friend, why do you bite Inc so hard?
If an enemy, why do you fawn on
me?'
They are no friends whom you know
not whether to trust or to distrust.-
From Aesop's Fables
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
shakespeare,s Bad literature.

The woman visitor to the prison
cells was amazed to find such a theory
of depravity
DO you mean TO tell me-" she
asked, that reading Shakespeare
brought yon to prison? What works
did you read ?"
a." Romeo and Juliet num-" said
No Ali.
But what evil influence could that
have on your"
why, it taught me to be porch
climber. num- -" Puck