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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-27

Lines written on the death of Nina, in
fant daughter Of James and May Ockerman.
Died September z5th, 1882, of Cholera In
fantum, aged five months and six days.
Lately launched Pilgrim Stranger
On this worlds wide boisterous food,
Pierced with sorrow, tossed with danger
Gladly l return to God;
Yes, little Pilgrim, we will let you go
To our Saviour who said let them come.
No more nor sorrow will she know,
But with her Savior sweetly rest at home.
.t .. X. M. B.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-27
School Books.

FOr several years past the people
of this state have been paying exor-
bitant prices for school books, and
school supplies in general.
1t is time that a change must be
made in regard to this important
question.
High prices on school books cause
many Of the children of our state to
remain from school, for the very rea-
son that they cannot procure the
books necessary for their use while
in school. That which deprives SO
many of the children OF our land
from school privilegesis an certainly
evil, and one which must be removed
or else our educational interests
must suffer.
These facts were recognized by
those who have the. supervision of
the schools of our county, namely
The County Board of Examiners and
the chairmen of the township Boards
Of School Inspectors. At a joint
meeting of the above named boards
held at Corunna Aug. 1882, the
question of recommending unifor-
nifty of text books for the use of the
schools of this county was discussed
at length and after learning that the
Harper's series of text books was al
ready in use in Il majority
of the schools of our county
and as majority of those present at
the convention were teachers of long
experience, and all being more or less
acquainted with the different text
books, were abundantly able to judge
as to what was needed for the use Of
our schools. After some delibera-
ton the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved That the Harper's series
of text books be and are hereby re-
commendedby this convention for
uniform use in theschools of this
county.
Since the adoption of the above
resolution many of the schools Of
our county have made adoptions in
accordance with the same and at the
present time over one hundred schools
of this county are using the series
recommended, thus securing almost
an entire uniformity throughout the
county. There now appears in our
midst an agent representing several
publishing houses joined together for
the purpose of maintaining high
prices upon their books and if posi-
bic to drive from the field all publish
ers who will offer their publications at
reasonable rates, and who will not
join with them in such combina-
ton. The firms represented by this
agent are Ivison, Brakeman, Taylor
& Co., AS. Barnes & Co., VanAnt-
werp, Bragg & Co., and others. AS a
County Board of Examiners we ear
nestly ask the people of this county
to abide by the recommendation of
the above named boards, as by o
doing we can soon secure q unfor-
nifty so much desired.
This recommendation was not
made upon the request of any un-
principled book agent, but upon the
demand of the poodle for a move
ment of this kind.
Byron, Oct. %, 1882.
G.. w. SIcKLEs,
| q u RpANDr
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-27

*If you are woman and want
both health and beauty, remember
that all superficial effort to increase
your personal charms are vain.
Freshness and beauty accompany
health, and to secure this Mrs. Lydia
F. Pinkham's remedies for all female
weakness offer the surest means of
renovation. The highest intelligence
loses its lustre when it must find ex-
preston through bilious complex
ion. Good for either sex.
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A GOOD Offer.

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail-
road Company has just issued an illustrated
treatise, "rhe Heart Of the Continent" de-
scribing the wonderful growth of six Great
States. The book is beautifully printed, and
numerous cngravings of high merit adorn its
pages. Any one sending two three-cent
postage stamps will receive a copy by return
mail, by applying to Perceval Lowell, Cen
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago ILL.,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-27

MARKETS. Wheat, No. 1 per bushel,
92c, corn per basket, 25 to soc, oats pei
bushcl, 30 to 32c, barley per centum, 81. so,
apples per bbl., $3.50 to SO 90, potatoes
per bushel, 30 to 35c, butter per h., 90 to
24c, cheese per lb., full cream, 10 to 12c,
eggs per dozen, 1Sc, pork per hundred,
z to 80. beef by the side per H., to &c,
chickens per lb. dressed, to Sc, turkeys
per Id. dressed, 10 to 12cts.
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The emigrant, tourist, or traveller bound
for the productive mines and fertile prairies Of
the Great Southwest is unanimous in select
ing the route via Chicago. Implicit conf
line, composed of the c. b. O. and Old Re-
liable Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroads.
Through fast trains are run by this Line and
the equpement is unsurpassed.
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John Leech's Little Daughter.

A new nurse maid had been engaged
for the family of John Leech. On her
appearing in the nursery she was thus
addressed by Master Leech: Nurse,
papa says am one of those children
that can be managed by kindness, and
I'll trouble you to fetch some SPONGE
cakes and oranges at once"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-27

The undersigned is Local Agent of the
Metallic Scientific Dress Cutter. A perfect
fit without change of seam. Will sell
with or without lessons. Mrs. r. A. Van
Gieson, Cor. Williams and Ball St.,
Owosso. o13 If
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Married.

HOARD--BOWLES- this city by b. +.
Taylor, Charles p. Hoard and Ella L.
Bowles, of Shiawassee. fs
POUND-WOOD-By b. F. Taylor, Asa
Pound, of Victor, Clinton Co., and Mr. s..
i M. Wood, of this city. .yg
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A CONVICT oUTWITTEp.
How a Great Detective Spoiled the Ruse of n
Prisoner. ..

Detective Vim. Pinkerton tells an amusing
anecdote about Walter Sheridan, the dia-
mond thief, who is serving sentence in the
Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania for
robbing Davidson's jewelry store on Chest
nut street, Philadelphia. Some years ago
Pinkerton and an assistant arrested Sheridan
for crime committed in Ohio. It was nee
essary to board train which happened TO
I've filed with farmers returning from fair,
and Sheridan hoping to escape, began yell
Ing that he had been kidnapped. The sons
of the soil began sympathizing with the pris-
oner, and the detective saw that matters
were assuming serious aspect. A happy
idea struck him, and quietly arising from his
seat, he said: Gentlemen, this is one of the
greatest horse-thieves In Ohio" and at the
same time slipped pair Of handouts on the
prisoner. This announcement had the de-
sired effect, and the farmers were unani-
mously in favor of hanging the fellow at the
next station. Some time afterward, when
the train stopped, Sheridan poked his head
out of the window, and after yelling sufii-
ciently to attract crowd, again announced
that he had been kidnapped. Pinkerton
found 1t necessary to make another speech,
and this time he said that his prisoner was q
crazy man whom he was taking to an asylum.
He was so violent that IL was necessary to
handcuff him. Sheridan sank back into bis
seat with look Of resignation on his face
and gave no further trouble. Suce then
Sheridan has been one Of the best-behaved
prisoners the detective ever took charge of.
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Burdette's Letter to Burlington Hnokeye.
1t isn't any further from Fair Haven to
Poultney than 1t was from Poultney to Fair
Haven, but 1t is colder and the roads are
little worse, which lends little variety to
the drive. We drive through six miles Of
marble and slate, and come back to the viii
lage where Horace Greeley learned TO s'stick
type" away back in 1926. Here in Poultney
the New York Tribune was founded. Here
its founder washed the forms and carried
water, and built the fires, and didn't sweep
out the news-room, and didn't carry out the
ashes, and forgot what he was sent after,
and let the paste sour, and lost the letters he
was given to mail, and upset the lye and
tried the usual experiments with the fancy
job type and fancy-colored inks in the way
Of fearful and wonderful visiting cards, and
in all ways conducted himself even as the
devil always does about print shop. Here
Greeley passed some years of his boyhood.
1 wander about the village thinking of the
good old man, and trying to think of the
young printer, dusting out his case with =
leaky bellows, or soldering for a big pick
up, that was the next to the last fat thing on
the hook, just under long take Of solid
nonpareil. But do you know, for the life Of
me cant think of Horace Greeley as q
boy without growing those out-curling neck
whiskers all around his chubby faces can
fancy him in jackets and q wide collar
and fiat cap with tassel, and round rosy
face, and s'sbinny" stick (hockey stick the
barbarlans down here call it); but, although
he Is only thirteen years old, the white en-
circling beard is on him all the same, and
somehow it doesn't seem to spoil the picture
At all.
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POETRY.
THE LITTLE BEG0ARs BUTToN-HoLE
BOUQUET.

Twas on a bitter winters day
saw strange, pathetic sight;
The streets were gloomy, cold and gray,
The air with falling snow was white.
A little ragged beggar child
Went running through the cold and
storm;
He look a. IL he never smiled,
As IL he never had been warm.
Sudden, he spied beneath his feet
A faded button-hole bouquet;
Trampled and wet with rain and sleet,
Withered and worthless, there it lay.
He bounded, seized IL with delight,
Stood still and shook IL free from snow
Into his coat he pinned It tight
His eyes lit up with sudden glow.
He sauntered on, all pleased and proud,
His fare transformed In every line;
And fingered that the hurrying crowd
Might chance to see that he was fine.
The man who threw the flowers away
Never one half such pleasure had;
The flowers best work was done that day
In cheering up that brggar lad.
All me, too often we forget,
Happy in these good homes of surs,
How many in this world are yet
Glad even OF the withered flowers!
H II. in Christrnss 81. Nicholas.
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Cause Of the Excellence of Our Troasr.
London Field.

London Field
The excellence of trotters descended from
Messenger, The sire to whom almost ell the
American trotters trace their pedigree, Is
sometimes attributed to the fact that this
famous sire bad In him . srrong cross OF
Barb, ~ distinguished from the Arab blood.
The barley Arabian and the Godolphin Ar
abian-whose blood appears In oil the best
English race horses Of the last century-were
In reality Barbs and not Arabians; they came
from Barbary and Africa, and not from Ara
bia and ASIA. Barbary Is rough, stony, ,hilly,
intesecfed with rsvines, and covered In
many places with prickly bushes. The dis
tricts Of Asia in which the purest Arab horses
are bred present on the other hand, fiat or
sIiehtly undulating surfaces, with scanty
vegetation, while for the most part they are
carpeted with thick layers Of sand. In
Africa the horse, being unable v galiop with
safety, accustomed himself 70 the trct, =
being the safest aud easiest gait under the
circumstance, and the adoption Of this %
tion forces him to bend the knee and to de-
velop the muscles which are thus bronght
into play. In other words, Barb horses trot,
while Arabpsn honss gsllop, because mature
imposes upon eacl ths'necrssity of adapting
aheir ac4ion 10 the Grpund IN the midst u
which They are sevsrAllg born.
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JUDGE HORACE GRAY.
How Boston Likes His Appointment.

The nomination of Horace Gray, Chief
Justice of the Massachusetts, Supreme Court,
as successor Of the late Chief Justice Clifford
of the United State Supreme Court, Is re-
ceivsd with much satisfaction At Boston.
Judge Gray is about So years old and un-
married. He graduated at Harvard at 16,
travelled extensively in Europe, and after
wards took regular course at Harvard Law
school, and read law with the present Judge
Lowell. He was admitted to the bar in
February, 1851. His FIRST official position
was that Of reporter of decisions Of the Su-
preme Court Of Massachusetts, which he
held from 1854 to 1864, when he resigned.
He was appointed Associate Justice Of the
State Supreme Collrt In 1864, and gradually
rose until, upon the death Of Justice Chap
man in 1878, Judge Gray was appointed his
successor. In early manhood be attended
y delegate the first State convention Of the
ffec-soil party, and was actively associated
with Charles Sumner, c. +. Adams. Henry
Wilson, ,. g. Pslfrey aud tho other leaders
In this movement.
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The Hard Life OF a Millionaire.

Speaking of Jay Gould, the "Hermit" Of
the Troy Times says: "Gould leads hard
life. He labors with close application, and
is driven by the pressure Of bis engagements
until he may be considereda q mere bondman.
He has no leisure, no society, no reading, no
recreation, but Is simply under the whip and
spur of necessity. To this has been added
the consciousness Of impending danger. He
has had body guard Of detectives to pro-
tect him when walking the streets, but he
spends most of his time In his Office, being -
secluded - possible. This sense Of danger
Is certainly very natural. The fact that Ma
jor Selover pitched him down stairs into the
barber shop shows that personal violence
may be repeated, and this gave deeper power
70 these threatening letters. lhsrsily think
such man 4 TO v envied, notwithstanding
BIZ immense wcalih.n
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The Biggest Diamond OF the Century,
LONDON Tines.

London Times
On a recent Saturday night one of the
great diamonds of the world, the largest
which has been found this century, was ex-
hbitcd. 1t was discovered In the claim of
Mr.. Porter Rhodes, in the Kimberly mine,
South Africa, and by Its remarkable white
ness completely disposes of the charge
against Africa of being the nurse Of tawny
diamonds. The surface diamonds had, In
deed yellow hue, but now that the miners
have gone below the trap they find in Jagegs-
fontein and ether famous regions OF the
Griqua diamond fields the clearest blue
white stones.
The Porter Rhodes diamond was brought
to light on February 12, 1880, and before Il
left the diamond fields f500 (Which was
placed 20 the credit of the local hospital)
had been paid by spectators to see IL, and
100000 had been offered for 1t in vain by
syndicate of London jewellers. 1t weighs
$50 carats, is still uncut, but Is SO cloven
that tie table" aud one Of the "steps"
are already formed, and 1t will lose less
than most diamonds In the cutting, being
expected to produce net weight Of about
100 carats, when il assumes the form of q
brilliant. Mr.. Rhodes says that he will not
take 100000 for the diamond. It was
shown to the Queen early in the year, and
Her Majesty on the OCCASION presented Mr..
Rhodes with watch. Fancy giving f10O,-
600 for gem-that Is to say, at per cent,
paying f5,00O year. or fIo0 week, for
the privilege of wearing IT, Its great purity
of color and compactness of shape make u
beautiful object, even In its present rough
state. Mr.. Streeter shows near 1t models OF
the famous diamonds, the Kob-i-Noor CLOG
1-16 carats) with which Mr.. Rhodes has been
enabled to compare ii at Windsor, the Star
of the South (the great Brazilian stone), the
Dresden Drop, etc, together with the unique
jewel, the Mackel diamond, in which q
smaller stone has been imbeded by some
freak Of nature. Here also Is the red dia.
mond, like the ruby, but shooting back the
characteristic Of the diamond; the green dia-
nond, with the stone osCeyion, smaller
stones carried for years In apith-box bohi'id
negro's ear, great milk-white pearls. aud
the iustrons shells from which they have
been taken; pink pearls aud The fopazss
which display luminous star blazing IA
different quarters Of their convex hcmis-
Illaers - tha iigtfs fall on than differently
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Bits of Wisdom

Want Of good sense is the worst Of pow
erty.
1t costs more TO avenge wrongs than to
bear them.
! A proverb Is the wit of one and the wis
dom of many.
Impatience dries the blood sooner than
age or sorrow.
The defects of great men are the consola-
tion of ounces.
The key that winds up many mans bus
incss Is whisky.
Flower that come from loved hand are
more priced than diamonds.
1t is only those that have done nothing who
fancy they can do everything.
As LOO long retirement wcakens the mind,
50 too much company dissipates it.
Ifyou want enemies, excel others; II you
wspt friends, let others excel you.
wnen the best things are not possible, the
best may be made of those that are.
Education begins the gentleman, but read
ing, good company and reflection must fin-
ish him.
M The kindest thing heaven has done for
man IL denying him the power Of looking
into the future.
There il no strength In exaggeration; even
the truth is weakened by beng expressed too
strongly.
As any man may be compelled 70 eat his
words, ne should never indulge in bitter
speeches.
It Is better to yield little than quarrel .
great deal. The habit Of 'standing up" -
people call Il, for their little rights, is one Of
the most disagreeabIe and undignined In the
world.
No one nsed hope to rise above his pres
ent situation Who suffers small things 70 pass
by uninpsoved, Or who neglecss, metaphoric-
ally speaking, to pick up penny becanse i
b mot . dollar. ~
The bad and vicious may be boistereusIy
suy. vulesfIy humorous, butseldou Of never
truly cheerful. Genuine cheenpiues = an
almost certain index of ! happy nind and :
pure, gsod hsaft.
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a Railroad in the Tree Tops.
From ths Record Union.

It may not be known outside Of the neigh
borhood where il Is situated, but 1t Is never
theless fact, that In Sonoma county. Cali
fornia, there Is an original and successful
piece of railroad engineering and building
that Is not to be found in the books. In the
upper part ofthe county, near the coast may
be seen an actual road-bed In the tree tops.
Between the Clipper Mills and Stusrt's point
where the road crosses . deep ravine the
trees are sawed or on level and the tiubcr
and ties laid on the stumps. In the center
Of the ravine mentioned two hinge redwood
trees, standing aide by side, form sabstan-
tial support, and they are cut of about sew
enty-fve feet from the ground, and cars
loaded with heavy saw-logs pass over them
with = much security = Il Il were framed
II the most sclectl6c manner.
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our Destiny.
ye,p York SUN.

A striking phrase Of the Presidents mes
sage Is that In which he speaks Of the United
States - ssthe great Pacific power" That
Il forward looking epithet for this country.
It Is like Disraeli's description Of England
= ! great Asiatic power. 1t transfers the
question Of our rank in relative importance
among the Atlantic powers to that ocean
where, al along the coast, from Behring's
strsit 70 Cape Horn. there Is no rival, while
on the further shore Of the broadest Of the
globes waters there is also no peer. Il pre-
senfs the Ggure Of American destiny = still
fsctne westward, and the sfar cf empire =
still taking westward NY.
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EVE-ANGELICAL.
* silk stockings are in great favor

Black silk stockings are in great favor
now.
Red bonnets are the great favorite for the
winter.
Black moire Is much used for "second ="
mourning.
Small frames for photographs are made Of
porcelain.
Boston is the home of 203 women worth
million dollars each.
Plush continues its reign, both In trim
mings and In complete costumes.
Elizabethan paniers, wired over the hips
to keep them in shape, are revived.
The amount of strictly millinery goods
sold at wholesale in Chicago this year Is &c.
100000.
In the London Queen lady advertises her
wish to exchange her engagement ring for a
black fur cape.
The wife Of ex-Justiee Swayne, of the Uni
ton December 22d.
Muffs of white satin and lace, garnshed
with natural flowers, will be carried at FASH
ionabe weddings this winter.
Lily ofthe-valley fringe laid over the frills
of white lace is a delicate dress trimming
much used on evening dresses.
If you are in doubt what to wear on any
occasion this season, wear black and you
will not regret it. Black toilets are all the
rage.
Miss Leonora Horn, of Nebraska, has a
head of hair sixty-eight inches In length.
She has refused five hundred dollars for the
treasure.
Mr. Edmund Yates says that the divided
skirt can never be popular; that it Is neither
so picturesque nor so decorous as the Bloom
er costume.
Black stockings, calico, or any goods of the
hot salt and water. The salt will prevent it
! from fading.
Glimpses of good sense appear In one form
of ladies' foot covering at last, and travelling
boots are now made with wide soles, low
heels and square toes.
When the fire in the stove is out or burned
down low and dull, wash the mica with
strong vinegar and a soft cloth, taking par
ticular pains with the corners, then wipe it
dry with clean cloth. .
new bizarre hat called the Sorceress has
the very wide brim pressed close to the ears.
1t rises into sudden sort of Gothic roof over
the forehead. This is a very becoming style
of hat for gipsy-lke face.
Victoria Woodruff, who came over in the
te lecture this season and is just now inter-
ested In securing an appearance upon the
stage Tor her daughter, who is said to display
decided dramatic talent.
To purify a room, set pitcher of water in
the apartment, and in a few hours it will
have absorbed all the respired gases In the
room, the air of which will have become
purer, but the water utterly filthy. The
colder the water is the greater the capacity
to contain these gases.
The following Is the calendar for 1881
found hanging In the room of San Fran
cisco miss
January. Month of the Gered Basque
February. Blonde Hair Dye
March. h....................D Difenderfer's Party
April. l.......................... .Sealsltin Sack
May. ay....................F Flowers from Charlie
June. Aunt Emmas Divorce
July. Black Walking Suit
August. ..................Eirst Proposal
September. r............... Handsome Stranger
October. er.......................D ...Dufiey's Picnic
November. .SiX-buttOn Kids
Dtcein ber...... Matlnee Mash
When u virgin, pert and flirty,
Who's a-yerpin' onto thirty