The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-11-24

Win IL nietaiuc iuster. iGIs very uara-
BILE for electric lamps. No description
is given OF the process by which it is
made.
Professor H. J. Rice. of the Michi-
gan Military Academy, is trying to
propagate oysters artificially, and hopes
to make these bvalves the cheapest ar
ticle of food. A single oyster deposits
100000 to 20,000,0O0 eggs. but ordi-
narily only 5 per cent. of these are pro.
ductive.
The McAllister gun, invented and
patented by DIR. A. ii. McAllister, OF
Union county, Mississippi. has twenty
four rifle barrels and discharges five
hundred cartridges in minute, greatly
exceeding the Calling gun in execution
and reliability. The entire work of con.
struction was done at the blacksmith
shop on his plantation by DR.. McAllis.
ter and machinist of his own neigh.
borhood.
Says the San Francisco Post: "a
young lady created considerable COM
ment by appearing at n Los Angeles
fancy ball recently in the character of
"raw oyster" Her costume was
sprinkle of red pepper, and she carried
cracker in one hand and half u lime in
the other Well may the anxious NOR
alist ask: "Whither are we driftngp'"
'This is your brother" said st.
Louis hotel clerk to one of the guests, at
the same time presenting another guest.
Recognition was mutual, though thirty
five years had elapsed since their last
meeting. Moses billiard, of Texas. was
one brother; Fred. billiard, of Califor-
mia, was the other They had both
prospered.
Victor Hugo once stopped in the
streets of Paris and wrote upon plac-
ard hanging upon blind beggar's neck
verse of such touching beauty and
sympathy that it drew from the bystand-
ers shower of small coin such as the
beggar had never before known.
Mrs. Cupley broke her right leg in
two places ut Salt Lake City recently
The lady's residence is some distance
out of town, but she has three married
daughters in Salt Lake, and she was
conveyed to their homes, but no one of
the ungrateful children would receive
her. and she was compelled to seek shell
ter in the house of II stranger.
A young man of Kenton County, Ken
lucky, has applied for a patent for de-
vice to telegraph train. running at the
highest rate of speed at any point on
the road. He is also at work on safe |
lock. to be operated by electrisity, and |
which will require no key hole in the
door. A burglar could by no POSSIBLE
ity open the safe by operating on the
lock.
Mr.. Oscar Wilde seems to have had |
more than one string to his bow when |
he determined to visit America; for be- |
sides his lecture, or lectures, on @sthet- |
les, he brought with him volume Of |
manuscript verses by young friend of |
his named Rodd-Mr. Renell Rodd. The |
verses are said to denote on the part of |
Mr.. Rodd softness of intellect as mark |
ed as the asinine idiosyncrasies of Oscar
Wilde are prominent.
eff hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned," what must that New York |
candy factory have looked when IT'S of |
the big armed young women employed
there conferred their angry attentions up
on the foreman! "He bossed us around |
too much" the leader of the Amazons
the foreman into the street. The fore
man, by the way, forgot to return.
Publishers have their grievances as
well as other people. A representative
of this class told the New York CORE
spondent of the Philadelphia Press that
he found authors difficult persons to deal
with. Some of them were sharp, and
drove hard bargain; others got ad.
vances on unperformed work, and then
were reluctant to comply with the terms
of their agreement; and finally, still
others are downright dishonest and i'm
pudent, and refuse to do the work that
they have bargained to perform.
Corporations that disregard the rights
OF the public are getting set back now
adays. Recently the elevated railroad
in New York, which had injured o
mans property without compensation,
was held accountable. Now Judge Law.
renee, of New York, holds that if tele-
graph poles in cities can be proved to
have caused damages, the suit brought
to recover cannot be dismissed. The ef-
feet of his decision will be that persons
aggrieved may sue telegraph, telephone
and electric light companies, and recov-
er damages.
An English diamond merchant is ne
gotiating for the purchase of the famous
gem known as 1.-THE Regent" the
brightest jewel in the world, and one Of
the French crown jewels. Some century
and half ago it was bought from an
Englishman for fl25.000. The price
now asked for it is nearly four times
that amount. and the party now bidding
for it has offered, it is said, f400, 000.-
For whom he is bidding no one knows,
but it would be we'll to watch Mr..
Gould's shirt front for few weeks to
come.