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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-02-12

| Justice u. +. Friegel was able to b
at his Office Thursday after week
illness.
Mrs Fred Curtis and daughter Edith
Of Vernon, are guests at the home Of
M. and Mrs. l.. H. Retain.
Mr.. and Mrs Lee Woodland wer'
hosts at dinner parties Tuesday ant
Thursday at their home on Main street
Fire damaged the home of Ernes
Willoughby. 1910 N. Water street
Thursday noon. The origin of the fn'
is unknown.
John Casey Of Lansing and Walter
Eldridge of Owosso will have hearings
in the municipal court Saturday on 6
charge of being drunk.
A surprise was given Julius Frieseke
Wednesday evening, by party of rel
atives and few friends who dropped
in to remind him of his I'D birthday.
A three course supper was served and
the evening very pleasantly spent in a
social way.
Miss Dorothy Pitts, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. B. Pitts. who has been act
ing as nurse in hospital in Harmot,
Pa. has resigned and leaves next Tues
day for Jacksonville. Fla, to accept q
position in st. Luke's hospital.
The Family theatre admitted children
to its afternoon show Saturday, for two
potatoes. Ten and one. half bushels
were obtained; These were turned over
to the Salvation army to give to nee1 y
people. The children came from far
and near, filing the theatre and thor.
oughly enjoying the afternoon.
The board of education met Tuesday
evening but adjourned to Thursday
without decision as to the location OF
the new school building. The plans
were submitted by architects at the
meeting yesterday.
Frank W. Rsyen of the Citizens
Sayings Bank underwent an operation
for appendicitis at Grace Hospital,
Detroit, Monday. and is recovering
rapidly from the effects of the oper.
alton Mrs. Rayen and children are
visiting relatives in Detroit.
A petition is being circulated and
generally signed by patrons of the M.
U. T. to have Joseph Dean reinstated
as conductor on the Owosso- Corunna
line. He was charged with allowing a
person to ride without paving fare, but
it is believed by all who know Mr.. Dean
that the charge is unwarranted.
Edwin Sylvester Whittam, aged As
years, died Wednesday at the home of
j. Hutchinson on Water street where
he was taken in week before when
he stopped at the door to get drink of
water and was too sick to 90 further.
The Kings Daughters and the Saliva
ton Army provided for his care. The
body was taken to the Knapp & Smith
undertaking parlors. Whittam was a
small and peculiar looking man and
had not had home for many years,
but was familiar figure on the streets,
his meals being eaten from paper bags.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-02-12
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children.

For Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teeth.
ing Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and are pleasant remedy for
Worms. Used by Mothers for 20 years.
They never fail. At all druggists, CSC.
Sample FREE Address, Allen S. Ohm.
sted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-02-12
.Duffey's Studio
For Best Photos
107 North Washington st.
ALAMO ENGINES

The most powerful. durable and
successful gasoline engine on the
market. No farm should be without
this necessity. Speed can be regulated
while running. Gasoline tank in base
Hooper cooled.
Call and see our 3 81. p. Alamo or
Portable Truck which makes IL handy
to move to place of use. Will sci
below cost.
WatSOn'S Machine Shop
all South Washington 81. owosso
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

as a relief to the long sloplng roof.
as well as for admitting light 70 the
center OF the upper story.
The two bedrooms are lighted by
double windows In the gables. The
fashion OF using double windows is
a good one for looks as well as for
light. Large gables require some
kind Of an interruption TO the general
smooth, straight siding as relief.
For that reason the wide projection Of
roof shuts away some OF the light. so
that when single windows are used In
this capacity the bedrooms are likely
TO be somewhat dark. The bedrooms
are II by IL feet 6 inches In size, with
four extra large clothes closets or
store rooms. This Is a way OF util-
izing every square foot OF floor space
down to. point where the roof comes
within a few feet of the floor
The downstairs rooms are very nice
ly arranged for comfort and for conve'
nience in doing the house work. The
parlor and the dining room, being con-
nected by a wide archway, are almost
like one room. The parlor is made
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
First Floor Plan.

lime, cement, etc. are heavy COM
modities, so that freight rates mount
up. For that reason each community
has figured out the cheapest and most
satisfactory way of building up to the
surface of the ground. If cellar.wall
material is locally convenient, the
walls are carried up to the bottom
Of the first floor joists. If cellar-walI
material is scarce or expensive, then
cellar walls usually extend only to the
surface OF the ground.
A sill is laid on top of this low wall
aud the studding started from the sill
in the usual way, but there is Turing
strip gained into the studding two or
three feet above the top Of the wall.
Thls furring strip supports the floor
ioists, so that the cellar is given the usu-
al height of 75s feet of headroom, and
$50 or 500 is saved in the cost Of
construction. These details are worked
out locally regardless of the general
plan of the superstructure, because 1t
makes no alteration in the manner Of
building except that the studdings are
two or three feet longer, more or less
The plan Of this house provides for
four rooms and bathroom on the
first floor, and there are two bedrooms
and a sewing room on the second
floor. The sewing room is lighted by
the front dormer. The back dormer
window lights the stairway These
dormers are very artistically designed
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

very attractive by the large chimney
and fireplace. with bookcases in the
corners. These bookcases are about
FIVE feet In height, which neoessitates
the placing of the windows over these
bookcases at considerable height; but
there is an advantage in this. because
the light comes from a different angle,
and these small high windows, in con-
nection with the triple window in
front, light the parlor in a very satis-
factory manner. Likewise the dining
room is lighted by the wide windows
in the rear wall and by two narrower
windows in the box seat.
A built-in buffet is constructed
against the blank wall in the dining
room. The woodwork of the buffet
corresponds with the other woodwork
in the dining room and the parlor
The same general design is used in
the front hall The idea is to select
a style of finish that is suitable to the
house and to have all the living rooms
finished in the same pattern.
There is one bedroom downstairs,
which may be used for a den or an
office, If so desired. One of these
houses was built for doctor, and he
used this little room for office pur-
poses, although he found it necessary
to make one or two slight changes.
The arrangement OF the kitchen,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
Queer Orchid Freaks.

An extraordinary collection OF
plants, many of them hitherto un-
known, Is to be exhibited in New York
city by Harry J. Black, an American,
who has spent years in Bolivia. Peru
and Brazil, hunting orchids and other
strange fora The collection of orchids
which he Is bringing with him to the
show is valued at $4,000. Among his
other flowers, one specimen is so SEN
sitive that it closes its petals in fright
at sharp noise. Others wilt into un-
consciousness if anesthetics are ap-
piled to their leaves. A species of
jatropha, from Colombia, secretes a
poison, which it shoots through two
fangs like serpent's when touched,
and the sting is deadly. Another sting
ing plant Is covered with coarse hairs,
and when one of them is snapped
enough poison is discharged to kill a
man.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

among Pueblo Indians than elsewhere
in North America. There is rarely
the slightest body contact between
dancers of different sexes and never
an embrace such as characterizes our
own dances OF pleasure.
Pueblo dances proper are mostly
concerned with rain, fruitful harvests,
and abundant supplies Of game. Much
Of the prescribed regalia represents
clouds, falling water and blossoming
plants. The symbolism is worked out
In feather headdresses, embroidered
aprons, painted wands. etc, and is
magical or coerclve in character Wild
animals are supposed to be pleased
by dances in which they are mimicked
and to allow themselves to be killed
in return. All the persons chosen for
important dances have to undergo
four days of preparation and purifica-
tion during which they are isolated
from their townsfolk The religious
heads of the village, called "caciques,"
are masters Of ceremonies and the
war captain and his men are watch
ers, warders and providers.
The public dances in the plaza are
more or less professional but the ad-
vance is very slow and the trail Of
footprints in the dust shows how the
dancers have inched their way. There
are definite spots for stationary dane
ing and here counter-marching is used
to make new quadrllle-like formations.
A good example Of this sort Of
dance is the so-called Tabllta dance
which takes its name from a painted
tablet representing clouds that Is
worn on the heads Of the women. Il
is spring and summer dance con-
nected with maize and Is designed to
bring rain for the growing crops. The
costume is especially devised for this
occasion and every detail of dress and
ornament has a special import. or
course, variations are to be noted
from one Pueblo to another. On the
great feast day Of Santo Domingo In
August this dance is celebrated and
several hundred persons take part in
it. Besides the man and woman
dancers, who are divided into two d.
visions according to the social group
ing of the clans, there are Chiffoneti
or Delight-takers in two orders and
a number of individuals painted to
represent special NEUROLOGICAL be-
ings. The Chiffoneti are clowns
whose naked bodies are painted with
broad stripes Of black and white and
whose hair is smeared with mud and
tied with corn husk. The ostensible
purpose of these clowns is to make
merry and do what mischief they can
but in reality they are the only per.
sons who can conduct the gods OF
rain and fruitfulness into the vii
lage and they thus occupy an import
ant esoteric place in Pueblo religious
life.
The Buffalo dance. the Deer dance
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
Hen as Trained Nurse.

Johnny Hillyard, six-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Hillyard, who live
near Gillis, on the Mount Hood rail-
way, owns black Minorca hen, which
he would not trade for the best hen on
earth nor for her weight in silver.
Recently Johnny was taken sick and
confined to his bed in tent for sew
eral days. The Minorca hen, discon.
solate over the loss of her playmate,
refused to eat until she discovered
where the boy was, and then she
"camped" in front of the tent. Moth
ing could drive her away. While the
mother was away and the boy was
asleep, the hen few on the bed and
laid an egg on the pillow by the side
of the sleeping boy.--Portland (Ore.)
Dispatch to Seattle Times.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

they pick policemen police
know
o he "Barbary
I'll explained buecoa a
middle a
Why, there BARRIERS there?
NO but they do you're liable to get trimmed there
while similar being dispensed
those who claim "Babary
kened Africa
OFFER please tell a policeman for he to know
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

upon in thing
only
But don't they you for that?'
respected
with
cigarettes
Enubs.
the workhouse oldtimer
in harmony with
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

plans and put the living rooms on the
sunny side of the house. 1t makes
a great difference in the comfort of a
house to have the living rooms face
in the most desirable direction.
The general appearance Of this
house from the street is exceptionally
interesting and pleasing. There is
something light and airy and clean
looking about the design and finish.
The house is constructed in the usu-
al way Of building a wooden house
over a solid cellar or basement wall
Of stone, brick or concrete. The ma
terials for the wall must be selected
according to the locality. Stone, sand,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

Visible manifestations
crack
circumference
patient there has diagnosis
In to
Ouerbrdge
Meaurgiss their
the bell
sue a / would be subjected Journey"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

man, and of some persons who are
not.
Now, the "Barbary Coast" as a
name for that section suggestive of
red lights and French restaurants,
dance halls and Chinese orchestras,
has long passed unquestioned with
us by reason of long usage. Not so,
however, with tourists and others
here to see the exposition and all
that goes with 1t. They mean tc
have It's derivation, its history and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

side the With unbuttoned shoe
sidewalk climber
o shin society
grmyhanded little climber who sought entrance
three and four with un
mbn her shoe tops and wearing
a n o
the wire fence when joe
arrived He running ana
greatly distressed
the climber
was m VIII climber
climber menace the tranquility OF the
Immediately Anna found
herself oeyght in the Casino clubhouse where none but the
elite Watne her there while he teephond
to the Chicago police station.
evening herself with endless
Erie
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

( and the Eagle dance are examples of
mimic animal dances. Headdress
and body coverings are made when
possible from the skins OF the animals
In question or color is used where
skins cannot be worn.
At the secret dances held at night
in the underground lodges the dane
ers wear masks and impersonate the
NEUROLOGICAL beings Most of these
have definite and wellknown charac-
teristics and are at once recognized
Although dances of this sort in the
Rio Grande region cannot be seen by
outsiders and must be studied from
information and native drawings, still
similar ones are danced in the open
in the Hopi villages of Arizona. The
dramatic instinct comes out strongly
in some of these secret dances. This
is particularly true Of the ceremonies
preceding the arrival of the masked
dancers who represent NEUROLOGICAL
beings. These NEUROLOGICAL beings
are supposed to live in the under
world and to come up through lakes
and springs when they visit the up
per world. The Chiffoneti or clowns
are the Intermediates between NOR
tails and these gods.
The caciques determine when a
masked dance is to be held and they
select the dancers. The latter are
locked up for four days and purified
by fasting and ablution. At the ap-
pointed time all the villagers go to
the underground lodge and seat them
selves in readiness for the perform
ance. Soon two clowns appear at the
hatchway In the room and come down
the ladder. They make merry with
the spectators. Then one says to tho
other, "My brother, from what lake
shall we get our masked dancers to-
night?" "Oh, don't know. Let's try
Dawn Canyon lake, Maybe some Cloud
people are stopping there" Then one
clown takes some ashes from the hre'
place and blows it out in front of him.
Look brother" he says, do you see
any Cloud people?" They peered across
the ash cloud and one says, Yes,
here they come now. They are walk
ing on the cloud. Now they stop at
Cottonwood Leaf lake" Then the
other clown blows ashes and the ques-
tions are repeated. Thus the Cloud
people are drawn nearer and nearer
until they enter the village. The
clowns become more and more ex
cited and finally cry: Here they are
now!" and the masked dancers stamp
on the roof and throw game, fruit and
cakes down the hatchway. Wien the
masked dancers enter, the children
are covered but the older people
drink in the divine presence with the
palm of their hands as one scoops up
and drinks water. These masked
dancers may not talk although they
make peculiar sounds. Their wishes
are told in pantomime.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

lowed to creep into the official copy of
the new Long Beach city charter, GER
titled as the final legal draft by act OF
legislature, has paved the way for a
campaign of determination upon the
roof-top plague of the seaside city's
hotels, says the Los Angeles Times.
1t is the section which gives the muni-
cipalIty the right to regulate the speed
Of cats within the corporate limits Of
Long Beach and to place tenders upon
such cats for the protection Of the
public. In pursuance Of this campaign,
made possible by the typographical
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
ProtsetInn At rrsaaursa.

At the British Museum just now
visitors have an opportunity Of see
ing something Of the extensive pre-
cautions which the authorities are
taking for the protection Of the ma.
tional collections. The Elgin marbles
have been left in site, and are being
packed in an elaborate arrangement
consisting Of timber, sandbags and
noninfiammable Stag cotton. A simi.
lar course is being taken In the case
Of the Layard sculptures, the removal
Of which would be attended with con.
siderable risk.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
PUT END TO HIS SUFFERING
Trapper, Fatally Mangled by Bear,
Commits suicide-LeaVeS Pa
thetic Note.

The news of a terrible and dramatic
tragedy Of the hills was brought to
this country when William Austin, a
prospectOr, reached Seattle, Wash.
from Valdez, Alaska. He brought
with him a scrap Of paper upon which
King Thurman, widely known trap
per and Drospector, had written a last
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

message after he had been mangled
by bears claws and before he had
ended his sufferings with his re-
volVer.
Austin and John Wilk, = companion,
found the body of Thurman near his
cabin. The trapper had ended his life
by shooting himself in the temple. His
right side had been torn and chewed
from hip to shoulder. and the note
which he left had been printed in
letters formed by his own life blood
with his left hand, laborlously and
apparently when he was suffering tor
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
LIMITED SPEED OF "CATS"
Reform Measure Exceeds All Previous
Ordinances Recorded In the
West.

The city shall have power to regu-
late the speed Of all railway trains
and cats passing through or operating
within the city and to require tenders
and other appliances for the safety OF
the public. Section 2, article 2, New
Long Beach City Charter.
A ludlcrous blunder which was al
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
wbv Ne Does Not "RIng True"

A small piece of foreign substance
falling into the bell metal will ruin
the resonance and music Of the bell.
That Is what we mean when we say
that such a man does not ring
true:" some foreign substance has
got TITO the casting Of his life.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

The fashion OF building a house with
considerable width of frontage is prev
alent in a great many towns and vii.
lagos OF the middle West Ordinarily.
such houses require wide lots, which
probably is the principal reason why
they are not so much built in cities,
where land values are very much
greater.
In most towns and villages the res
idence streets are lined with shade
trees, so that after the noon hour
there is considerable shade, which is
a great relief from the hot morning
sun. 1t is noticeable that a shady
lawn usually is cool. Large shade
trees, with the branches trimmed up
distance Of twelve or fifteen feet above
the ground, are said to possess sue
tion which draws the air under the
branches and creates breeze even on
a comparatively still day. The real rea-
son is that there always is a breath of
air moving across the landscape. When
the advancing current of air meets an
obstruction like a tree, it parts and
PASSES around the object in every di-
rection. Part of the moving air is COM
pressed between the tree branches
and the ground. Because of the re-
stricted area the air moves faster,
which accounts for the pleasant sensa-
ton of a light breeze that is so often
noticed under shade trees in the sum
mertime.
This house should be built on a lot
at least fifty feet in width-sixty feet
would be better. The frontage may
be either north or west, If it is ne
cessary to front towards the east it
would be better to reverse the floor
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
FERTILIZERS Used II ireland

The leading fertilizers used In Ire.
land are superphosphate of lime. nj.
trate of soda and muriate of potash.
there are also many special com.
pounds containing phosphate. nitro
gen, potash and other elements n
varying combinations.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

woman's wing can be recognized as
in society" unless she has attained
four commitments.
Two commitments, or three, leave
one in the limbo Of the parvenus;
while even a good round term in the
penitentiary does not remove the
stigma upon the climber" 1t takes
four soiourns in the Blackwells work
house to pass muster AS for neo-
phytes, the way OF the light transgrss-
sor is exceedingly hard.
One of the officials recently came
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

tAHIDIIIOH at Jue Pandma-PaCIHC eA-
position
Liberty bell made the journey to
New Orleans in 1885, to Chicago in
1893, to Charleston in 1902. to At
lanta in 1895, to Boston in 1903 and
to St Louis in 1904. But since its
return from that last journey to its
home in independence Hall, Phila-
delphia, the crack which has disfig-
ured the old bell for the last 80 years
has widened and extended alarmingly
"a result of the strange disease
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

"3'.'N' "'" 3"'1I -
balls. playing backstOp for amateur
baseball catchers. With grace and
d1xterity .Ie grandchildren Of the
grand danes were playing a game less
intricate but more active than whist
an ineonsequential matter called bean
bag"
Entirely surrounding the youngest
set at play was a stout and high wire
fence
Thus things stood when appeared
Lh. LnrrnI- Of annlnlu n nllmhnE Iha
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
Strange Disease That Affects the Liberty Bell

D bell
advised against
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

ture most terribly from his wounds.
The ground was torn up for 20 feet
with claws and boots, and crushed
water pail under the body of the
trapper showed what brought him
from his cabin unarmed. The note
read:
Have been torn up by brown bear.
No show to get out. Good-by. ! am
sane, but suffer terribly--want death. I"
The irregularity with which the last
few words of the note were printed
showed clearly that Thurman could
barely complete them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
BIackweIs Island Has Its Own Exclusive Set

NEW
~ understand the
behind the bars identical with the prison register for the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28

pantry and back porch is very salts
factory and it makes a perfect work
shop. The porch is an adjunct to the
kitchen in the summer time, and the
pantry makes a storage room the year
round. Also the stairway leading down
to the cellar is conveniently placed.
The windows lighting the kitchen are
so arranged as to provide light where
1t is most needed.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-28
HOUSE DESIGNED
FOR LARGE LOT
Structure Most Suitable for Erec-
tlOn in Small Town or
Village.
LAID OUT FOR SIX ROOMS
Proper Arrangement Of Light Is one
et the Features That Make the
Building EmlnentIy Desirable
Buffet In Dining Room
Feature.
ey WILLIAM a. RAnEoRn.

Mr.. william A. Radford viii answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account OF his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufacturer. he
Is, without doubt the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie
avenue. Chicago. ILL.,. and only enclose
two-eent stamp for reply.