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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-24
OWL NO BEDFELLOW.
Parrot Ran Away When Owner Want
ed Him to Sleep With it. "

ed Him to Sleep With it. "
Eustace, a South American parrot,
ran away from his home in Hayward,
CAL, because his owner wanted him
to sleep with a tame owl. He tied
up street car, scared crew out Of
seven years optimism and aroused a
block Of residents before his spirit Of
adventure died out and he could be,
induced to go home.
Eustace belongs to Martin. Mervin,
a musician. Mervin was given tame
owl. All birds look alike to him, and
he bedded the owl in the parrots cage.
The parrot chartered his objections
but the owl stared at him in adenoid
reproach and calmly went to sleep on
his side of the perch, which swings in
a summer house. WhereupOn ~Eustace
made his own plans. >.:..:- -.
49, At ten O'Clock a car crew was re-
versing a. trolley for return trip to
Oakland, when they heard wild shrieks
and yells from under the wheels.
"Great heavens!' shouted the con-
ductor: "We've run over child or a
wOman!"
The conductor ran from house to
house, arousing citizens to get help.
Automobile parties halted Finally
one autoist turned his spotlight under
the car. There, perched on truss
rod was Eustace, engaged in leaving
home and shrieking his derision Of
owls, owners and the world in general.
Mervin, who was among those
awakened, finally dragged his parrot
from under the car by his gaudy tail
feathers and gave him an owlless
perch, and the night turned quiet
again. Eustace appeared at reveille
serenely content. .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-24
VOL YES IN BARNYARD
Two Of the Timber Variety Killed in
Such 4 Place.


Two timber wolves were killed on
the farm Of John ,Zerr at st. Peters,
Mo-, four miles north Of st. Charles.
Zerr and Frank Wiechens, farm
err, were standing in the barnyard on
the Zerr farm when they saw a wolf
run out Of a timber lot near the barn
and Kill several chickens. Wiechens
had gun and killed the wolf as it
was crossing the lot. - - 49,
= As there had been evidence Of
number of wolves in the vicinity, Zerr
and Wiechens went to st. Peters to
organize a posse. While there they
received word from Mrs. Zerr that an
other wolf was in the barnyard. Ac-
companieti BY several men they went
back and Zerr shot the wolf, making
a total of seven killed lin that neigh
borhood in the past month. ,1'.,..: 3:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-24
Finds Pot of Gold,

Virginia. ,nl.-John Severon is show
ing his friends pot of gold which fell
at his feet out of foundation near
Chandleryille. Severon bought the old
Robert Morgan estate north Of Chand-
lervilles recently. He was sounding the
stone undermining Of the house, built
before the Civil war. recently. He dis
lodged an ancient kettle and It contain
q 40 $50 gold pieces.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-24
Sues Cemetery for Loss Of Body.

! Accusing those in charge of a GEM
.etery in New York city of having lost
the body of his wife, Charles Sic
grist alleges the body was taken to
a receiving vault in the cemetery and,
when the time arrived for the burial
services. the corpse could not be
found.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-24
Gets Back $40 Lost Years Aqos.

Mrs. Edward Josli~ of Lafayette,
Ind, has received $40 from Rev. Flor.
ian Briede pastor Of st. Boniface's
Roman Catholic church in that city,
to replace a similar amount which
she lost 16 years ago. The priest told
her that the money had been found
by some person who recently became
remorseful and confessed to the priest
that she had kept the money from the
owner.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-24
BURGLAR SENDS BACK 500
Returns Money Order and Rail Tickets
~ With "Reqrets."

With "Regrets." +
The burglar who has been visiting
homes in Rutherford, N. j., recently
sent back by mail to Mrs. John N.
Hickok, one Of his victims, money
order for 500 and a ten-trip railroad
ticket. In the envelope with the re-
turned plumber was a slip Of paper
bearing the word regrets"
Z The letter was mailed in Rutherford.
Mrs. Hickok's home was entered last
Thursday evening" Five similar bur
glaries were reported to the police
during the week. In no other instance,
apparently, did the thief find himself
.burdened with Unacceptable valuables.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-24
Field Mice Killed 1000 Orange Tree

Field Mice Killed 1000 Orange Trees.
Girdled by field mice, more than
1000 orange trees on ranch near
OroVille. CAL, are dying. This estab-
lfshed a record for the ravages of
these rodents, it is said
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-24

Six Ships Launched in an Hour.
81 Six steel vessels. fotaling nearly
loon tons. were l.f,,ntfpd ,'-s-sf,o
fetsts- s:ttitfilHl aI.ift.1,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-24

Development Of Secret Code Devices
Renders This Country Well Nigh In.
vulnerable in Event Of Our Ever Be-
coming Involved in Another War
Has System Of Code Transmission
Which Can Defy All Experts In the
World
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-24
.MANDEL IS REAL
RULER ! |. E! OF FRANCE.
Head of Clemenceau's Personal
r.. Cabinet an Autocrat.
KEEPS BIG men WAITING

Described as Man Who Never Eats and
Takes Telephone to Bed With Him.
No Time to See Former President Of
the Republic, He Sends Him to M.
Clemenceau-Deputies Tell Stories
OF. How Cabinet Chief Does Bust
ness.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-24
confusina the Enenx.

= "Another system had as it's basic
principle the breaking up of the groups
of Morse dots and dashes which rep
resented the letters of the message,
and routing these mangled fragments
over widely separated wires to the re
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
THE MORNING AFTER

AS usual after a lengthy debauch,
there is a bad taste in the mouth.
This is the result of the Democratic
debauch in the San Francisco conven-
ton. 1t has left bad state of nerves,
a wicked resentment among the
friends of the several candidates, and
torn the party into fragments.
Senator Reed was hit with the Will
son steamroller, and went home after
the third day, fearful, disconsolate and
mad.
w. J. Bryan was fattened out by
the same Wilson steamroller, cheered
by the mob, and hopelessly defeated
nv the same mob. He wept also as
he witnessed the turning of his bread
into stone.
McAdoo, the Crown Prince, refused
to be, candidate, and was made to
parade before the convention for for
ty-four long ballots, with a bunch oil
hay just out of reach.
Palmer, the faithful Fidus Achates
of the White House, the guardian OF
the ark of the covenant, was held IN
leash by the Wilson and administra-
ton forces to prevent the nomination
of Cox. He too was left by the road
side. embalmed in thin immortality
by the Tammany-Taggart steam
roller.
There were some twenty more
would be candidates whose chagrir
and disappointment bode no good fol
the candidate put across by the an
ti-Wilson machine.
The morning after has left brown
taste in the mouth of Democracy; II
has brought the bright light of day
to a scene of political debauchery anc
riot unsurpassed in the history OF the
country.
a Too bad to waste so much money
and energy for nothing but defeat.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
EYE HAS GREAT SENSlTlVlTY
Wonderful Human Organ Capable OF
Adapting Itself to Any Possible
Circumstances.

On entering dark room after
stay in the outside daylight the eye
at once begins to increase in sensi-
tivity. At first this increase appears TO
be slow, but after five minutes the in
crease is quite rapid, the eye acquir-
ing sensitivity several hundred tines
its initial value. After 30 min.
utes' sojOurn in the dark the scnsitiv'
ity still increases, but more slowly
than before, and after 45 minutes or
an hour the maximum sensitivity Is
reached. The final sensitivity varies
slightly with different people, hut in
fully adapted condition the eye is cas-
lily 5000 or 10000 times more sensitive
than It was at the beginning.
These facts are obtained from n
study of the sensitiveness of the eye
in the dark made by Selig Hecht of
Creighton university. Omaha, and pub
lished i'm the Journal OF General
Physiology Mr. Hechts study goes
to show. that. the, increased sensitive,
ness Is due to reversible photochem.
ical reaction within the retina, invOlv'
ing phOtosensitive substance and Its
two products of decomposition.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
No Time for Interruption.

However deplorable the fact may
be, playing twO-handed pinochle al
% cents hand is one Of the favori'e
diversions of commuters between this
city, New York, Atlantic City. Cape
May and other commercial outpOrts of
Philadelphia. One man, who carries
his pleasures as well rs his worries
home from work, was playing pi-
nochle in his library the other cve-
ming with crony. when the butler
entered and handed him Telegram.
He returned 1t unopened. "Ill loo.; at
ii later"
"But the messenger is waiting, sir, -
the butler respectfully demonstrated,
The financier read the telegram. II
said: "Struck S,OO0-barrel gusher to.
day. Everything fine"
"Confound you. Thomas. why did
yop spoil my gamer" he cried.
He didn't care nearly so much
about the fortune he had made, as
about the % cents he was in danger
Of Observation-Disclosures Public Ledger
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
How Wind Built lceberas.

Two picturesque "icebergs" were
formed on the northwest shore of
Green bay, last spring, after contin-
ued strong winds, breaking the rot
ting ice In the bay, had pushed 1t bod
ily toward the coast. For several
miles along the shore of the upper
bay the cakes were piled high by the
steady pressure. Only at one point,
however, about six miles south Of Es-
canada, were the bergs erected. Here
the piled-up cakes mounted higher and
higher until in one instance they
built an ice mound so or 60 feet high
A neighboring pile measured about ten
feet shorter. The hayward sides OF
the "bergs" were practically perpen'
dicular; the lea sides sloped at about
as degrees. These sloping sides were
composed of mass Of shattered
irldescent chips, produced by the
grinding of the cakes.-Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
Found "News" Exaaqe rated

Believing that the United States was
In the thrOes Of a railroad strike and
not wheel was turning, Frederick
Il. Bartlett, wealthy sugar dealer and
engineer, Of Easton, Nd, arrived al
New York on the steamship Mara.
caibO from Venezuela with power
boat and enough gasoline to run /,
to his home town. Reports received In
the South American republic, he said
had indicated that he would have to
make his way home without the aid
OF railroads or even automobiles. be
cause of the gasoline shortage.
When Mr.. Bartlett found railroads
were operating he decided neverhe
less to make a water trip to Easton
So the boat was slung overheard ant
with his wife and daughter he chug
ged away for home.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
BY ARRANGEMENT OF HAIR
How Women of Japan Signify to
Their Admirers Their inclination
as to Marriage.

Wouldn't it be helpful II one could
tell at glance whether the fair fem
mime person who has caught our eye
is maiden willing to wed, widow
who is inconsOlable or one who is will
ing TO be cOnsOled? They have 1t ar
ranged that way in Japan.
The Japanese women have certain
ways Of arranging the hair to indicate
their state and feelings, and as they
do not. 'wear hats, all who run may
read. Girls who would wed arrange
the hair in front in the form of fan
or butterfly, and adorn it with silver
or colored ornaments. Widows who
are looking for second husbands fasten
their hair at the back of the head by
means Of tortoiseshell pins, and wild
ows who are resolved to remain faith
full to their departed spOuses cut their
hair short and wear no ornaments In
r.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
SENATOR REED STRIKES BACK

Addressing a mass convention at
Kansas City after The Democratic
National Convention, Senator Reed
of Missouri denounced the Wilson
League as "a League of treason and
a covenant of national DEATH"
He said off there is one lesson this
country needs to learn, it is that this
is not a one-man country"
He denounced the Democratic con-
vention as "a convention afflicted with
blind staggers."
He said that Robert Lansing was
the only man the President took to
France who knew anything about in
ternational law, and he was removed
from office by the President because he
insisted on warning the people OF the
true meaning of this League"
Resolutions were adopted denounc.
ing the action of the Democratic Ma
tional Convention in refusing Sena-
tor Reed seat.
More Democratic harmony.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
EXPLOSIONS CAUSED BY DUST
investigation Has Proved That Grain
10 by No Means the Only De.
structive Agent.

When the bureau OF chemistry vi
the United States department of agri-
culture started investigations with the
object Of reducing fires and explosions
caused by dust in the grain elevators
and mills 1t was not long before the
experts realized these fires and explo-
siOns were by no means confined to
the grain business. These dust-explO-
sion Investigations are having wide
influence, which has extended to many
industries. Aluminium dust, starch
and even fish meal. by-product Of
fish canneries, have all been found
susceptible to the conditions which
produce disastrous explosions.
The latest development goes to
prove that the mysterious blow
sacks" so well known to firemen are In
some cases caused by dust. With the
knowledge Of this fact as a guide
many fatal accidents may be avoided.
The firemen of America find the mat
ter of sufficient importance to war
rant their cooperation with the de-
partment of agriculture in study of
preventive methods.
The subject was taken up by the
National Firemen's association at
their twenty-second annual convention
at Peoria, III. Engineers engaged In
the dust-explosion Investigations rep
resented the department of agriculture
at the meeting.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
How Ants "Clean House"

The late Professor Garner writes In
the Century Magazine about novel
way of exterminating vermin in Cen
trail Africa. This was simply to wei
come into his house one of the hordes
of ants that are always on the move
in that country. "When the drivers
came" he says, "they worked with the
thoroughness of a vacuum cleaner.
They swarmed up the walls and roof
into every Granny, killing and eating
any kind Of vermin they found there.
Then for a short time at least we
would be absolutely free Of house pests
of every description. When, for any
reason, we did not want to receive the
house cleaners, we had the native serv-
ants drive them back with torches"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
1.-THE sleeping car is one Of the
1raafaaA AZ Axnarinan in~an

HE sleeping car IL one OF the
greatest of American inven
lions. 1t enables the corpora
lions to work Us while we sleep.
, The sleeping car Is filled with
beautiful plush seats which are
made more uncomfortable at night
by being turned into berths. There
are ordinarily twenty berths and
each berth will hold one and three.
f1fths persons and peck of cinders.
The berths are divided into upper
and lower berths respectively. The
lower berths were much more popu-
lar because of their proximity to the
floor until the Interstate Commerce
Commission lowered the rates on
the uppers, after which II was dis
covered that the long, hard climb to
the upper berth is very beneficial
and assists in producing sleep.
To utilize a sleeping car you must
pay about 81 night. Seventy.
FIVE cents Of this is for the use of
the car, the blankets and the pill.
lows, and the rest Is for the use of
the beautiful wood carving and in
laying with which the car is deco.
rated. II you have rented a lower
berth, you will find on the inside
small hammock large enough to hold
No shoe on an A last. Into this
you may place your clothes, your.
oVsrtoat. your hat and your valise.
ieserv.ng your pocket handkerchief
f.: additional bed covering. If you
rcoi an upper berth, you must as.
Ind ~ means OF a ladder Climb.
lns 10 Tie top Of this. you take hold
at the tu',ain rail with one hand
a0d Tie nui..T ring OF Saturn by the
other nc dra@ yourself mp until
you car clasp one les about the
berth 81 in = - tie wall. You
then ifLi' 0 HAh;y,!ly into the
berth sidew-. after whirh the pnr.
For taxes away YOU: shoes 20 ord"r
10 have evidence against you In the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16

Jimmy Cox" cares more about
some other issues than the Wilson
League of Nations.
Attorney General Palmer defeated
McAdoo, and Palmer is a cabinet Off
GER. Will he follow Secretary Lam
sing?
Mr.. w. j. Bryan says that the
White House, Wall Street and the IL
ouor interests contended for the hon.
or of nominating the Democratic can
didate for President. Which won?
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
Historic House a Factory.

Apparatus for the manufacture of
insecticide soon will be installed In the
old Billop house at Tottehville, head.
quarters Of General Howe during the
British occupation of Staten Island In
1776 and since then place Of historic
interest. Announcement Of the sale
of the property was made yesterday,
and with II came the news that the old
house will be concerted into a fac
tory.
All efforts to have the state pur-
chase the house and preserve II and
It's dungeon and secret underground
passageway as relics of the War for
Independence were unsuccessful
New York Times.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
How Fish Foreteii Storms.

Goldfish have been known to actually
take in ballast before storm. Some
time ago a number Of cod were caught
of the coast Of Newfoundland, IL
hours before severe gale. 1t was
found that all of them had swallowed
stones, some Of which weighed three
or four ounces. Sea urchins Will try
and wiggle under the mud, or at least
cover themselves with sand before a
storm. while dolphlns never toss or
sport about In rough sea. unless a
change for the better Is noted. All
sailors know that storm is pending
when numbers of stormy petrol flock
In the wake Of vessel.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
HOW
MOTHERS NAMED THE BA.

MOTHERS NAMED THE BA-
BIES OF ANCIENT BABYLON.
Whenever an suspicious event
occurred either before or about
the time baby was born.
bahylenian parents were
prs0DGsA to call him or her by
that name or some cognOmen
similar to II. Archeologists bless
these parents; by means of the
children's names In birth rec
erds and on tombstones, they
discover historical events Of
which they had before no rec
ords.
In like manner, clay documents
Of q certain period show that
newborn children were being
given, in large numbers, names
alike, one or two names being
the favsrites. They were being
called in honor of some king or
sems man who had accomplished
much about the time they were
born.
Presto! the scholars look up
to him They may have to dig
through thousands of tablets
and spend years over the task
before they come across his
name or find material to recon-
struct his story. But eventually
documents concerning him will
be dug out of the earth.
1t Is as though our United
States were buried beneath the
soil Of countless centuries, and
men began to dig for birth reg
listers. The number of George
Washingtons they would find at
one period, and of Abraham
Lincolns at another!
One result of the late war In
Europe was the naming OF
babies "Tankie" In England,
after the advent Of the tanks.
Surely, Babylonia's dirt can
yield no more eccentric name
for us!
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
Why Path Was Abandoned.

Evidence that walking as pastime
and diversion is rapidly going out OF
style was discovered by the Observer
when he recently visited his home
town I'm southeastern Ohio.
What had been well-kept gravel
path along a road noted especially for
its beauty of scenery, had almost en-
tiYeiy disappeared. Grass Of the TALL
tough kind was growing in the middle
Of the walk. Alongside, was cinder
road, now well kept, which had com.
pletely replaced the walk. The er.
PLANTATION Is probably found In the ont
word. Observation-Disclosures In
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
THE OWOSSO TIMES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. PROP.
OWOSSO. MICH, JULY 16, 1920.
WHO WON MORAL VICTORY?
New York Evening Telegram.)

New York Evening Telegram:J
One faction at the San Francisco
convention announced that it had won
a moral victory by keeping wet
plank out of the platform. Another
faction was equally positive that 1T
had won a moral victory by killing a
proposed dry plank. So once more a
moral victory was demonstrated to
be what every man of good sense
would regard as plain defeat. The
only result of the battle is that the
Hon. William Jennings Bryan ana
the Hon. w. Bourke Cochran must
feel like winking at each other as
they go by.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
Why Tea Leaves nsmov. Quar-.

Why Tea Leaves removs ovsr..
Painted wood marked and stained
may be cleaned with tea leaves. After
the tea has been made and used, take
As leaves In tho pot and place IN
I 6aslf. Pour boiling water over them
and let them remain in this for ten
minutes. Dip clean piece of flannel
in the liquid and rub over the stained
pieces. When the marks have been
removed the surface should be rubbed
with a dry cloth and an application of
liquid vaseline applied. Rub this In
SO the final effect is not greasy.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
Marry in Haste.

At tea number Of ladies' were dis
cussing the best age at which to marry.
Some championed thirty years. some
.wenty-eight, some twenty-seven. Then
Miss Elsie De Wolfe, who has so brill
lIantly succeeded In 50 many fields,
laughed aud said : as.ss ta,r !. { :.
The best age to marry, n. while
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16

Women often travel In sleeping cars
but the company doesn't encourage
the practice. 1t has made the WON.
ems toilet room so small that only
one woman at time can occupy 1t,
and If two women are in a car one
of them has to get up at three
O'Clock in order to give both @
chance 10 dress before breakfast.
Sleeping cars are now so numers
ccs that the company finds great
difficulty in tnding rames for them
e has exhausted tne names Of coun.
tries. cities and operas, but If It will
nov s;dI, in on the names which
l'ass%nCe have called sleeping cars.
1t ~iIl 5c amply provided for all
time 10 come
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
URSULINE ACADEMY

ST.. Ignace. Mich. B harding School
for Young Ladies' Academic, CONNER.
cial and musical courses Preparatory
College Work. New heating plant in
stalled, and other improvements. For
particulars address Mother Superior.
I7.Oo
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
How sourxx ID Rrouqht On.

Experiments by Doctors Givens and
9 Hoffmann in the research labora.
tories cfl The Western Pennsylvania
hospital, Pittsburgh. prove conclusive
" thnt scuryy is not bacterial dis
..-s 81. Ana eoleis m dafc,Sncses In
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16

Attention want to hear from party
having farm for sale. Give price and
description. l.. W. Borah, box PAS,
Champaign, Ill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16
THE SLEEPING CAR,
Author Of AT GooJCO(d 4ixScb'

morning when 10 tNlls fer hi6N
Rules Of etiquette require pas
gers to dress in the berths O
sleeping car instead Of In the ais
AS Q result OF this, American
tortionists now lead the ! woi
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16

MEN AND WOMEN-$1OO weekly
possible in your own town. Selling ex-
perience unnecessary. McGolrick, ST..
Cloud, MINI.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-07-16

FARM WANTED Wanted to hear
from owner of farm or good land for
sale. Send price and description Fall
delivery. l.. Jones, box SOL, Olney, Ills
WANTED-A first.class dry goods
man window trimmer; good ste dy job;
must have good references. Address
W. S. Proud, Alma, Mich.