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THE OWOSSO TIMES
SUBSCRIPTION St.OO YEAR
Entered at tbo Pottofflce In Owoeai for
transmission a seoond-elass matter
Published every Friday nooa.
OWOSSO. MICH.. JUNE 4, 1920.
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SLOW TO ACCEPT BUDDHISM
People of Japan Loath to Embrace
Faith Introduced Into the
j . Country by Korea.
Buddhism w as Introduced into Japan
toy Korea in the year 552. It was first
embraced by the higher classes, partic
ularly In scholarly circles, but the
lower classes still clung to their old
, faith of Shlntolsm. The doctrines of
Buddhism were written In the Chinese
language and the believers offered
their prayers In that tongue.
At one tiin Buddhism made such
strides ns to become the state religion
in Japan, but the people still opposed
It with a determination of upholding
their own Shlntolsm, until the r.tates
men and priests Invented nn Ingenious
way of explaining and Interpreting the
religious principles of Buddhism.
They adopted the theory of monothe
ism as well as polytheism by saying
that there is only one supreme power
Which Is personified In the form of
.various gods aud goddesses, according
to the different countries and different
Institutions.
The principles of Buddhism and
Shlntolsm wore thus reconciled and,
in order to convince the popular mind
of this theory, Emperor Shomu pa
tronized a movement to erect a large
bronze statue of Daibutsu or Buddha
at Nura, tlie statue being completed
Jn the year 752 after 14 years of cast
ing und construction.
LIKE SWORD OF DAMOCLES
How Mary Others Have Unwittingly
Sat in Peril of Which They
Were Ignorant?
It may have chanced that some of
OS have unwittingly sat under a sword
of Damocles and "through good luck
rather than good management" have
scaped its f;ili. Damocles himself
was happily ignorant of his danger
for a brief thr-e.
The story, with its perfectly obvious
moral, Is that in the reign of Dio
nysius the Elder as the ruler of Syra
cuse In Greece, years before the Chrls
tlon era, one Damocles, a member of
the court, wishing to establish himself
securely with the monarch, flattered
him unduly. Being a good deal of n
man and believing that "flattery, like
cologne water, Is to be sinolled of, not
swallowed," Dionysius decided to
feach the courtier a lesson.
He Invited him to a wonderful ban
quet, which Damocles enjoyed greatly
until he perceived above his head a
Sword which was held by one Rlngle
hair. How soon he was able to leave
his perilous station Is unrecorded, but
Ms feelings during the rest of the
feast may be Imagined and need not
W described.
The Trade.
Ezra 1 hear you swapped auttj
mobiles with SI Skinner yesterday.
Who got the wust of the bargain, Hi?
Ill W-a-II, the one I got thrust on
me is sulVeiin' horribly from ague, an'
balks quite a lot 'count uv mkssin' on
each and every cylinder off ah', on,
but I tiecrcd this morn In' that SI is
huntln' for the justice uv the peace in
order to swear out a warrant for some
tody. CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
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OWOSSO MARKETS.
!f Owobro. Mich., Jane 4, 1920
7 (WAINS
Wheat, white.... 2 83
Wheat, red 2 13
Oats 1 10
Bye.... 2 05
Barley 3 10
Corn. 1 05
Beans 7 00
Qovereeed, Aleyke 30.00 to 82.00
Cloverseed, Jane $30 00 to 82.00
Cloverseed, Mammoth.. $30.00 to 82.00
Hay 122 to 124.00
DRE53GD MEAT3
co ted by Bowers & Metzger.
Beef, dteesed 15 to 16
Calves, dressed 25-20
Pork dressed 0
Tallow 5
HIDES
Beef hides, trreen 20
,cnred 20
Calf hides' 50
Horse hides, each f 10.00
PRODUCE. VEGETABLES, FRUITS
Batter
Eggs 40
Potatoes, 4 00
. LIVE POULTRY -
1 Qooted by Randell Bios.
Gens, fat 30
Batter Fat 62
Zzz 48
TJTYX7 CHINAMEN
W LOOK ON CUS-
0 TOMS OF THE REST OF THE
J WORLD. A Chinese Is various J
0 If observed as an object of
cariosity or an object for unl- J
versai sympatny, Decause nis
0 skin Is yellow and he halls from J
' the dark and mystical East, and 0
1 he Is Just "nothingness" to oth-
era who claim to be neutral. '
0 Bat, among newcomers, the '
' Chinese Is an equal ; the Chinese '
0 Is as good as an American, the
1 American, as good as the Chi- '
0 nese, and, strange to say, this 0
attitude is quite often honest, '
0 writes "J. S. L." In the Far 0
Eastern Republic. Yet, still, i
0 there are some who think they t
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0 uiiuctMuiiu ur Kiiuw 1 ne viuuese r
0 and they feel that In him Is an t
0 antique, grand, and noble cul- J
ture, with much learning of rarky 0
0 and delicate beauty, very fine, J
' and almost sacred. 0
0 These are all most Interesting ; '
J they are delightful. Do not mis- 0
0 understand us. We are close J
J observers. We see how you act, 0
0 hear how you talk, understand '
how you think, and search your 0
0 motives. "Terrible I" you sny?
0 Well It Is, If you don't net Just '
0 right; It Isn't, if you do. Why? J
0 Because you do not yet under- '
stand us when you should.
0 However simple a Chinese may J
' appear to you and who might $
1 not, when placed In an environ- '
J raent and civilization equally ns 0
0 good, perhaps, but wholly differ- '
4 . . r
J ent rrom ms own do not linag- 0
0 Ine that he does not observe and J
J think, for he does, and he has 0
0 been doing this for thousands of J
0 and when educated even more J
' so he must analyze things, and '
J means things. It really makes 0
0 for understanding on the part . J
j or tne jnmese, at least.
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MILLS INSTITUTE WASH DAY
How Employers In New York Solved
Problem Which Has Long Both,
ered Efficiency Experts.
The weekly washday problem has
been solved by managers of mills in
and near New York, and no longer do
these mills operate With only half of
the female employees on Monday.
In solving the problem the managers
hnve added a side line which threat
ens to become an important and profit
able factor In mill life.
The mill laundry Is here, and the
housewife who works in the mill no
longer "lays off" on Monday to do the
faraly wash, but Instead slips a ticket
into the laundry box rt3 she comes to
work. Then she forgets all about It
and on Tuesday the mill delivery
wagon backs up to her door and de
livers the week's wash. When she
gets her pay envelope she finds only
a few cents deducted from her wage.
Mill managers for years have been
at a loss to determine Just how to
overcome this Monday shortage of fe
male help. Accord ng to a New York
mill man, who Introduced the mill
laundry in his plant, he got 'the Idea
from his term of service in the array.
New York Evening Times.
'How Popular Terms Are Born.
It appears that the expression,
black coats," for the great army of
salaried workers may now take a
place in the dictionaries. This is
something of nn Innovation, for dis
tinctions In terms of dress have more
often been applied to manual work
ers in one form or another. Thus, In
France, Germany and elsewhere the
blouse has long been the special badge
of the "workers" as opposed to the
"writers." In the same way a cen
tury ago the smock was the special
mark of the agricultural laborer in
this country, and it might be said that
the apron was the badge of the "serv
ing woman." Such, at least, Beau
Nash declared It on the famous occa
sion when the duchess of Queensberry
dared Nash's prohibition by wearing
one in the assembly rooms of Bath.
Boots, too, have had their part in so
cial distinctions. The "hobnail" was
long part and parcel of the- laborer,
while in the eighteenth century "top
boots" generally carried with them
the idea of the country squire the
old tory. Manchester Guardian.
How Turks Regard Birds.
The Turk deifies the bird world. In
life he will not kill a bird unless in
self-defense, and only then when his
wives are In danger. In death he. pro
vides for the needs of the bird. Among
the amiable qualities of his contra
dictory nature, at once cruel and kind,
the Turk has a wonderfully loving
feeling for birds, and it Is a charming
Turkish custom to have hollows
carved at. the tops of costly tomb
stones, from which the birds of the
waterless, country can drink rain
water.
How Cats Save Property.
There are many business concerns,
chief among which are the dairy prod-
acts companies, that make provision
for the maintenance of from six to
twenty cats as a protective organiza
tion. These cats are considered as
necessary a part of the operating ex
penses ns the employment of a night
watchman, and it Is said that , they
save hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of food yearly from de
struction by rats and mice. The best
possible rat catcher Is a wary, serai
huagry cat.
J in a way oil his own, although
0 probably not scientifically like
0 the westerner's, but yet uslns a 0
0 philosophy that counts and '
WHY
Planting of Nut Orchards
Would Be of Benefit
. A movement has Just been started
to Impress upon the people of the
United States the vital part that nut
trees of all kinds must have in any
sound national or state tree-planting
program in this country. Back of It
are men who have achieved remark
able results through scientific experi
mental work In nut culture, and who
are now striving to awaken the farm
ers of the country in particular to op
portunity. It is well known that nuts,
which are exceedingly rich In protein
and fat, have too long been disregard
ed as an Item of the staple diet.
Nut trees in great numbers along the
national and state highways, nut trees
on the barren hillsides, nut orchards
of varieties especially adapted to cli
mate, prolific In bearing and of good
snvorlness into the bargain such a
program, scientifically handled, will
one day, according to the belief of au
thorities on the subject, help In n
large measure to solve the problem of
the nation's vanishing food supply.
Such figures as these are cited: "A
little nut orchard 200 miles square will
supply one-third enough food to feed
100.000.000 citizen. Thus 23,000.000
acres of nut trees would more than
supply the whole people of the United
States with their two most expensive
food products protein and fat."
COULD NOT AFFORD BREAKAGE
Why Indians of North and South
America Vcre Forced to Become
Weavers of Baskets.
Many of the Indians of North Amer
ica at the present time are experts
In weaving water-tight baskets of
reeds and roots. In South America
they are woven from the native palm
fronds. The Indians of South Af
rica are skilled basket weavers and
are noted among the different tribes
for their cunning disposal and adapt
ability of whatever substance is most
convenient.
In nomadic Indian races It became
an acute necessity to possess un
breakable cooking and dining uten
sils, so the resourceful housewife in
stead of burning all of her twisted
grass bundles began to find in them
the possibilities she craved, for as yet
in her movable cupboard were no
pieces of pottery.
Basketry predated pottery for ages
but when the two were Interlinked
n great advance was made In house
hold economics.
Why Flies Make Dear Milk.
Many dire things have been blamed
on the activities of flies, but It re
mained for an Ohio fanner to dein
onstrate by actual experiment that
the pests were responsible for a de
creased milk supply. Owning 20 cows,
ho devised n home-built fly trap, and
after It had been In operation a week
calculated the difference In milk pro
duction, lie was obtaining eleven
gallons a day more than when the flies
were unrestricted in their pernicious
activities.
This man built a lean-to, through
which the herd passed. Across it in
the middle were flexible curtains fit
ting closely about the cow, which
brushed the files off. The dairyman
following closed both doors, leaving
the files to cluster on a window,
where they were quickly shot to death
with a fly powder. Hartford Times.
Why Ear Screens Are Valuable.
Persons who are in the field to pat
ent new articles with the hope of mak
ing their fortunes should consider the
ear screen. The need for some sort
of protection to keep the ears from
serving as receptacles for dust, sand
and soot is brought more forcibly to
one's attention during these windy
days. Muffs have long been used to
conserve the warmth of the ears; the
cleanliness of their devious passages
might be insured by a shield of light
gauze fitting snugly over the external
appendages und effectively screening
out the swirling dusts. Women pro
tect their ears with puffs of hair;
they hnve veils for their faces. Per
haps men would buy ear screens.
Why Sacrifice Is Great.
There's a staying power in the sncri
flees of men. Others may die through
laek of vision, but not the man of sac
rifice. He compensates poverty of ma
terial things through riches of convic
tion. Others may give the world dol
lars. He gives It the vision born of
his soul that 'makes the Increase of
the dollar possible. In spite of hope
he may die In poverty, but through his
poverty countless others become rich.
It's something to be looked forward to
only by great souls, for only the great
est souls can toll on without appre
ciation or reward sure In the fact that
they become benefactors to men.
How Indian Girl Won Fame.
The part played by Wisconsin's citi
zens of Indian descent In the World
war has won for them a deserved
tribute of widespread admiration. Few
people are nwaro of the creditable
achievement, on record nt the state
Idstorical library of a Wisconsin In
dian girl In the pleasanter field of con
structive civilization. Nancy Skenan-
dore was born nt Oneida, the Indian
reservation near Green liny. In Jtir.e,
1SC1. In 1S90 she graduated from a
Connecticut training school for nurse
and practiced her profession until her
death In 1918. In the church entrance
at Oneida Is n bronze tablet to her
memory which state that she was the
first Indian trained nurse In the United
States. Milwaukee Journal.
BATTLE ON BARBERRY
IS BEING CONTINUED
Approximately 2,000,000 Plants
Destroyed in 1919.
Federal and State Authorities Corrt.
bine to Protect Wheat Against
Black Stem Rust Other Crops
Are Attacked.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Approximately 2,000,000 common
barberry bushes were dug up and de
stroyed during 1919 In connection with
the combined efforts of federal and
stale authorities to protect wheat
against black stem rust which cannot
survive unless it Is able to spend one
period In its life cycle on the leaves
of the common barberry. For this
work the past year the federal gov
ernment appropriated $150,000. The
territory in which the fight was car
ried on comprises Colorado, Indiana,
Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Minne
sota, Montana, Nebraska, North Da
kota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and
Wyoming, tfhlch states supplemented
the federal funds to a considerable de
gree. The combined expenditures were
small In comparison with the size of
the menace to wheat production by
this disease. Cereal disease experts
in the United States department of
agriculture estimate that the wheat
crop of 1919 in the United States was
reduced 53,000,000 bushels by black
stem rust alone In addition to damage
by scab and other diseases. This dam
age by black stem rust has only been
exceeded In one previous season,
namely In 1910, when the total reduc
tion of the wheat crop by this disease
was 200.000,000 bushels. In addition
to the 1919 loss of 53.000.OJO bushels
of wheat due to ravages of black stem
rust, there was a loss of 17.4Q0.0O0
bushels of oats and 4,700,000 bushels
of barley due to the same cause.
DON'T FORGET CLOVER
Corn, wheat, and clover.
That Is the most important
rotation in America.
Where clover Is no longer
grown, yields are beginning to
decline.
SMOOTHS SURFACE OF FIELD
Planter Attachment Permits Depos
iting Seed at Uniform Depth
Device Is Simple.
The Scientific American, in illus
trating and describing a planter at
tachment; the invention of F. I. Class
on of Ottawa, 111., says:
The Invention relates to planter
attachments and one of the principal
objects Is to provide a means for
evening and smoothing Irregularities
in the surface of the ground due to
the tracks made by the horses or to
A Side Elevation of a Corn. Planter
Equipped With the Device.
uneven harrowing and thereby allow
ing the driji to deposit the seed at
a uniform depth beneath the surface.
The device is characterized by Its
simplicity, durability and economy In
manufacture and maintenance.
SORE SHOULDERS IN SPRING
One-Half Ounce of Sweet Niter, 25
Drops of Iodine, Mixed With Oil,
It Favored.
. When horses begin to get sore
shoulders in the spring, try one-half
ounce of sweet nitre, 25 drops of tinc
ture of iodine, mixed with three ounces
of lard or olive oil. Clean the sore
spots thoroughly with water and ap
ply this mixture at night after col
lar has been removed. It is very cool
ing and honllng.
WINDBREAK FOR AN ORCHARD
Windstorms Dreak Limb of Trees
When Loaded With Fruits Ever
greens Give Protection.
An orchard often needs the protec
tion of au evergreen windbreak. Wind
storms break the limbs when loaded
with fruit or scatter un ripened fruit
on the ground. By lessening the force
of the wind against the orchard it U
sometimes possible to reduce the in.
Jury during storms.
FALLEN LEAVES AID GARDEN
They Should Be Dug Into Soil to Rot
and Assist In Growing Better
Crops In Later Years.
Many people burn fallen leaves.
which Is a very wasteful practice, as
these leaves, besides containing a con
siderable amount of nlant food, urn
of the greatest value In loosening
heavy soils. They should be du Into
the garden to rot and help to grow
better crops In later years.
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