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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
Riches in New York.

And, by the way, do you notice how
surely though gradually we are drifting
here into two classes-the rich and the
poorP says Joe Howard in the Philadel-
phia Times Ten years hence there
will be no middle class. In New York
you could, few years back, count the
millionaires on your fingers. You can't
do it now. can name hundred men
and women here worth q million each.
When l was q boy man with 100000
clear was rich. What is he now? That
means but $4,000 a year, and who can
live in any sort of shape on thatP There
may be few clergymen here and there
who can make both ends meet on that
insignificant figure, but bless my soul
and buttons However, what wish
to get at and emphasize is this: Our
great cities are loud with riches. On
the great avenues of New York there
are men to whom 100000 is but baga-
telle. can take you to the streets where
there are blocks upon blocks of houses
in which no man can live on less than
$4,000 to $4,000 year. Hundreds of
men spend $4,000 year who are not
worth 10 cents besides. In other words
they spend all they make. What of itp
Much. The rich grow richer here and
the poor poorer. Culture, education and
refinement do not necessarily accom-
pany riches. met half an hour ago in
the Astor House sturdy fellow-a Ger
man Jew-who twenty years ago kepta
humble clothing store in Sacramento
with his brother. To-day they are as
we'll known on Wall street as the Times
is in Philadelphia. They managed to
be in the Pacific Railway ring, made
millions, and now serve as bankers and
brokers in Gotham. They are rich and
vulgar, common as pigs. They are in
solent and upstarty with people who
don't know them. They have box in
the Academy Of Music, and attend first
family receptions. l met them both
not their wives or families-in the mag
nificent palace of millionaire heir a
few weeks ago. Swellp Bless you, /
feared they would burst. Our railroad
kings are phenomenal in wealth. There
are SO many of them that to be one is
not to be singular. But in the extent
and amplitude of their possessions they
are unique and amazing. There are
sections of New York where an annual
income of $3.50 would make its owner
curiosity, and there are others where an
annual expenditure of $50, 900 to 800, 900
Is nothing out of the usual rut. This
being conceded. am / right or am /
wrongp Are we drifting into two great
currents-rich and poor-or notp
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
Concerning the Feet.

A well-known surgeon who has made
specially of disease of the leg and
foot lately asserted that most of these
diseases had their beginning in the in
jury to the nerves and muscles done by
high-heeled shoes.
BY the compression and false posi-
ton into which the foot aud ankle are
thrown, some of the muscles are rem
dered totally useless, while a strain is
put upon others which they are unable
to bear; the toes are displaced, corns,
bunions and scaly soles are produced.
The nerves are bruised and actual dis
ease follows.
This cruel distortion begins usually
when child is about two years old,
and its fond mother thinks it time to
''shape its feet" which is done by q
pretty pair of stiff-laced heeled boots or
shoes.
An orthopedic surgeon in New York
published, not long since, statement
that the number of splayed feet in the
country was increasing rapidly. "A
splayed foot is one in which the arch of
the instep is permanently broken down."
the foot is flat, ungainly and weak.
The cause he attributes in the main
to high-heeled shoes; the French shoes
in which the heel is placed a little for
ward, being less injurious than that
made by American shoe-makers, in
which it is placed at the back, and thus
the strain is made greater.
The whole weight of the body in both
cases falls on the small bones of the
centre of the foot, which stretch like the
span of bridge from the piers of the
toes at one end to the high peaked heel
ut the other.
Other causes of splayed feet are the
habit among little girls of excessive
jumping the rope, and like immoder-
ate use of roller skates. Moderate use
of either is wholesome exercises; but it
should be moderate. ,.t-...-. ,,..
The girls are not alone culpable on
this medical indictment of vanity.
Within the last year or two it has been
the fashion among boys and very young
men to wear shoes that run to q point
and turn up in front slightly.
The whole of the five toes are con-
tracted to the width of an inch. The
shape of the foot is at once distorted to
deformity, and the walk, which to be
manly should be firm and free, becomes
uneasy and mincing. Imagine the great
athletes in the Greek arenas tip-toing
in these pointed shoes.
One could laugh at the foolish boys if
we did not know the stores of suffering
which they are laying up for the future,
in swollen bunions and enlarged joints.
One sex has its share of vanity as well
as the other. And the punishment of a
passing folly in this case is sure and
heavy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
Jenny Lind's Oourtship.

II am Quaker, as you know" a
Philadelphia recently said to me, "and
it is reported that, shortly before Jenny
Lind's visit to our city, an aged lady
arose in one of our meetings and said
that she had heard that Jane Lyon, a
very wicked woman, was on her way to
this country to sing and she hoped that
none of the young people would be drawn
away to hear her. Nevertheless, an
uncle took me and my mother to the
Saturday matinee. We had seats in the
balcony and SO near the stage that we
could in way see behind the scenes.
Early in the entertainment Jenny Lind
sang Home Sweet Home and the au-
dience was beside itself. Among the
members of her company was her future
husband, Otto Goldschmidt. He was to
the audience simply an unknown pianist
and to be obliged to listen to anything
but the voice Of Jenny Lind was provok-
ing. WE'LL. the man played, and from
where we sat we could see Jenny Lind
behind the curtain listening most intent
ly. When he had finished, the audience
seemed in nowise disposed to applaud;
but Jenny Lind began TO clap her hands
vigorously, observing which, we boys
REINFORCED her, and observing her face
light up-I can see the love-light on it
yet-we clapped furiously until the APP
plause spread throughout the audience.
When he had finished playing the sec
ond time, my brother and L set the ball
in motion, and the applause was great
enough to satisfy even the fiance of Gold
schmidt. "-''HOme and Society,"" in the
October Century.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
Stimulants for Children.

Only the simplest and most nourish-
ing edibles and drinks should be given
to children. Even the mild stimulus of
tea and coffee can hardly be wholesome
for them, and the regular use of them
while their glandular system is develop
ing and forming may lay the founda-
ton for dangerous hankerings, and
more than one destructive appetite.
A Brooklyn teacher told of little fell
low who was, killing himself with tobac-
co, and cried piteously when the doc
tor said he must give it up. nsi
Administer applied to DIR. Gray for re-
lief.
az can cure you if you will give up
tobacco"
7 Said the man Of God, 'Do the best
you can for me, doctor; save me if you
can, but / can't stop smoking"
Every day we meet smokers and
chewers with the mark of death upon
their faces. The late Siro Delmonico
was warned by the best physician of
New York that he must die or quit
smoking. He quit when he died.. as
Those who use soothing syrups, feed
children on confectionery and rich past
ry, are little wiser. When we see how
much tobacco, patent medicines and al
coholic drinks are used, we cannot but
think of Carlyle's remark about most of
the population being of the sort that
Solomon says may be prayed in a NOR
tar with pestle without undergoing
any change. Carlyle, writing in a
greater hurry, perhaps, said we were
twenty millions of people, mostly fools.
Christian Advocate. .es,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
The Hedgehog's Mode Of Defense.

The hedgehog is one of the best pro-
tected of living animals. Marching Sc
curely under the guardianship of its
thorn-spiked armor, it recks little of
any foe save man. =" = The formida-
BILE array of bristling spines with which
the back is more or less covered offers
cheval-de-frise of sharp spikes toward
any animal that may present itself as
an enemy. Another popularity is the
power possessed by these creatures of
rolling themselves into round ball, by
placing the head on the breast, drawing
up the legs, and curling the body firm
~ round the members. BY this posture
the hedge-hogs render themselves in
vulnerable to almost any animal that
may attack them. 80" When in this
curious attitude, the hedgehog can not
be unrolled by main force as long as
any life remains in the body, for there
is an enormously developed muscle,
with very thick margin, which spreads
over the back and round the sides, and
which, when contracted, holds the
creature in SO firm an embrace that it
will be torn in pieces rather than yield
its point. .
The spines of this animal are about
an inch long, and naturally lie fat on
the back, directed toward the tail. But
by peculiar arrangement they are
erected when the owner coils himself
In shape the spine sis not unlike large
pin, being sharply pointed at one ex-
tremity, and furnished at the other with
a round, bead-like head, and rather
abruptly bent near the head. If the
skin be removed from the hedgehog,
the quilts are seen to be pinned. as it
were, through the skin, being retained
by their round heads. which are acted
upon by the peculiar muscle which has
already been mentioned.
Protected by this defense, the hedge
hog is enabled to throw itself from con-
siderable heights, to curl itself into
ball as it descends, and to reach the
ground without suffering any harm from
its fall. A hedgehog has been seen re-
peatedly to throw itself from q wall
some twelve or fourteen feet in height,
and to fall upon the hard ground with
out appearing to be even Inconvenience
by its tumble. On reaching the ground,
itwould unroll itself and trot off with
perfect unconcern.-H. L. Fairchild, in
the Popular Science Monthly.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
How Charles Rsade Writes a PLAY.

One set of Charles Reade's scrap
books are filled with paragraphs about
women and are labeled Femina Vera.
Others are devoted to reports of curious
police cases under the heading of Curl
ALA, or. man as revealed in courts of
law. Several ponderous tonnes labeled
Negri Loci contain the report of dark
deeds perpetrated in public Institutions.
When Mr.. Reade writes play, he does
his work in q most systematic manner.
His original MS. is handed to his secre-
tary, who makes a careful copy. This
is revised by the author and fresh
copy is made, with instructions for
prompter and stage manager. Then
the author has an interview with first
class artist, and a set of sketches are
made. These drawings are sent to the
wood engraverOr photographer for large
posters or window cards. Appropriate
music is written by competent must
clan, and several complete sets of the
score are arranged.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
Mormonisn.

The Tithing House is still in active
use in Salt Lake City, Utah, and through
it half million year is collected by
the Mormon officials. This comes most
ly from the poor, according to a cor
respondent of the ST. Louis Globe-Dena
ocrat, and nobody knows to what use it
is put, although many had their sur
misses when they found that Brigham
Young. although not entitled to any sal
airy, died worth several millions.
The rich evade their tithes in a varie-
ty of ways; the poor must pay them, or
they are subjected to trouble and an
noyance. When they have paid their
tithes they are not out of debt to the
church. They must contribute when
called upon to the erection of new build
ings, or do any thing else which the
priesthood may demand. Better starve
your body than your SOUL" and away
goes the last bushel Of corn, or the last
sheep, or the last steer.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
Veneers of Paper.

Paper rveneers have come to be an
important article of manufacture, the
extension of the industry being largely
due to the new and wonderful process
SEES of cutting. The mechanism cuts the
logs to lengths of twelve feet. which are
then halved or squartered,, and. bolted
securely on a revolving iron table. As
the table and wood revolve the surface
of the latter comes in contact with q
knife twelve feet long, ground to a ra-
zor edge and perfectly true, secured on
a rigid iron frame--the entire cutting
apparatus weighing about thirty tons.
The veneers roll off in sheets at every
revolution, of from one-ninetieth to one
one hundred and-seventy-ffth of an
inch in thickness, and of the width and
length of the log. There is not the
slightest vibration of either the knife or
log, as the sheet of wood in such case
would be either broken or take up the
spring like wedge. The sheets are
backed with paper.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
Notions About Death.

There are two popular notions about
death that, though they contradict one
another, have adherents throughout
Christendom. One is that what is
called natural death takes place with
the ebb of the tide; the other, that it
occurs after midnight, in what are
called the small hours before dawn.
The records show, as might have been
expected, that the Black Rider, who
respects neither age nor worldly condi-
ton, is Indifferent in timing his visits.
In this city last week the greatest num-
Der of deaths took place at IL o'clock in
the day, when there were seven; but
there were five deaths in each of the
hours of 8, A, z and 10 o'clock in the
morning, and 8, A and z o'clock in the
evening. Four persons died at 5 o'clock,
o'clock and at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing, and at / o'clock and o'clock in
the evening, and three persons died at
each of the hours of / and o'clock a.
m. and s, 10 and IL O. clock p. m. There
happened to be no deaths at O'clock in
the evening. There were ten more
deaths before noon than after it.-NeW
York Sun. lff
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
The Harvest of Hair.

About the month of May the gather
ers of the lower order of trade, peddlers,
etc., commence harvesting; they come
to the villages at regular intervals. The
largest cut is made in Auvernia depart
ment (western France) during the an
nual fair, about st. Johns day, when
the gatherer, with his wares and shining
coin, most successfully tempts the un-
sophisticated country girls and becomes
owner of the choicest of their hair at
the lowest possible price. The provin-
cial girl as she is called, will make her
choice of merchandise or give orders for
something else. The scissors may at
once come into use, and accounts set
tied or she may take advance payments
for her silken coils, to be cut at some
future time, the hair to grow until n
time stipulated. Advances may be
made on the next four or five years
crops the executioner with his scissors
will rather be later than too soon to un-
coil his hair debtor, for such debts are
always honored. These gatherings Zone
of the curiosities of Partisan industry
last from spring to fall, when the gath
erers make their last delivery of hair,
balance merchandise or contracts ia
ken, square their own accounts, and re-
turn to their various trades, by which
they strive to accumulate small sums OF
money or merchandise to assist them in
their Turing traffic next spring. Large
quantities of beautiful hair, soft, clean,
and delightfully."- perfumed, come into
the market. One can almost imagine
that he can yet see the hand of the vir-
gins lover on its waving brilliancy. A
considerable quantity of hair is derived
from chapels or shrines in Brittany,
where. according to an old custom, a
great number of devotees make offer
ings of their hair to poor Mother Vir-
gin Mary, and as those donations ac-
cumulate they are scattered among all
nations, creeds, virtues, or otherwise
such is heavenly accommodation. In
Venetia, Lombardy, and Piedmont two
thousand gatherers are employed, who
send their cuttings to the French mar.
ket.-Lair Hresser.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
Subtarransan Gables in Franco.

Cast-iron, pipes are now being made
to receive the underground telegraph
cable which in few months will put
Paris in direct communication with
Marseilles. A hundred and fifty navvies
are engaged in this work, which is being
prosecuted from both ends along the
right bank of the Rhone, and following
the main roads. The pipes are laid at
depth of more than metre and a
half, and chambers for facilitating re-
pairs are arranged about every five
hundred metres; they are described as
resembling large cast-iron caldrons
with covers, and having apertures for
receiving the ends of the two pipes
which they connect. Every hundred
metres the pipes are united by cast-iron
couplings, which will also permit of in
specting and repairing the cable; and
the joint between each pipe is made
with an Indian-rubber washer or lead
collar. The work is pushed forward
with vigor, and it is proposed eventual
ly to connect this cable, which will
traverse France from north to south,
with the cables of the Mediterranean
and Atlantic. Iron.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20

On and after the 10th day take 10 ia
teaspoons Skim Milk every hour, daily,
except one hour before your usual hour
for dinner, and one hour after dinner.
For dinner, take as much rare beef as
you feel like, with slice of bread (no
crust), and half-cup of coffee (sugar
or milk.
For breakfast and supper, break one
slice of bread (no crust) in the milk.
The bread should be 48 hours old,
never less than "a.
If the milk sours on the stomach, put
in it tablespoonful Of lime-water to q
pint of milk.
If you should become costive, eat a
fig or two at and after use of beef and
coffee.
The first three or four days it will re-
quire severe mental effort to ''eat or
drink nothing but milk" but after the
first five days you will become accus-
toned to the system, and not feel that
strong desire for table food.
1t is strongly recommended to all af-
flicted with this fatal disease to give the
above remedy strict and vigorous
trial, which will probably restore to
health again many who now think
themselves incurable.-F., in Portland
Trans.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
A Basis for Breakfast.

Lamb chops arc excellent cooked in
this way:, Put them in frying pan,
with very little water. so little that it
will boil away by the time the meat is
tender; then put in Jumps of butter with
the meat and let it brown Slowly; there
will be brown, crisp surface, with a
fine flavor. Serve for breakfast with
potatoes cooked thus: Choose small
ones and let them boil until they are
tender; drain off the water and pour
over them, while still in the kettle, at
least one teacupful of cream; mash
them smooth in this.-N Y. Evening
Post. 90 r f.4rHlp'.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
To Perfume Note Paner.

To perfume note paper, get q few
quires OF blotting paper and sprinkle
'the sheets with the perfume desired
then put them under weight until
they become dry. When dry put note
paper envelopes, etc., between the
sheets, and place them under a weight
for few hours; when removed they
will be found perfumed. The blotting
sheets may be utilized again. and can
be made to retain their perfume for q
long time by keeping them free from
exposure to air.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
A Horrible Death,

p No novelist ever devised more in
tensely dramatic and pitiful situation
than was witnessed last week beside the
track of the Southern Pacific Coast rail-
road near Alameda, Cal. There was an
accident on the road, owing to the sink
ing of o part of the track. The engine
was overturned, and the fireman, Dan
Driscoll, was caught by two iron bars,
one of which crossed his breast and the
other one of his feet. He was not Sc
verely injured by this, but the bars held
him inextricably fast, and meantime, on
both sides of the track. which at this
point lies on low trestle bridge built
across long stretch of marsh land, the
salt tide pouring in from the Bay of San
Francisco was rapidly rising. 1t was
evident that unless speedily removed he
would be drowned. Six men labored
with desperate energy to save him. They
wrapped sheets about his body, and ex-
erted their combined strength to pull
him from beneath the bars that pinned
him to the track. He cried piteously
that they were killing him. They tried
again and again, but without avail. A
levec was built around his head to keep
the water from reaching him. Buckets
were brought, and as the water oozed in
it was bailed out. Then they raised his
head and held it as high as possible
above the water. For two hours these
labors were ceaselessly continued, but
at the end of that time the levee
broke, and the friends of the doomed
man found that they could do no more
for him. The water rose rapidly about
his body and reached his chin. Then
all caught hold of him and tugged des-
perately, but in vain. A friend held
his hand over the unfortunate mans
mouth, but the water rose to his nos
trils, and he was drowned in the pres
ence of the helpless crowd.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
Bright's Disease,


The rapid increase of late of this for
midable and generally fatal disease of
the kidneys, and the frequent record of
death from it, makes a probable cure of
it a matter of great interest to those af-
flicted with it. Doctors, after applica-
tions of medical skill and effort for such
patients, give them up to die. A re-
markable case of this kind, of a gentle
man in prominent position, has come
to the knowledge of the writer from the
lips of the patient, which l am induced
to give to the public through your wide
ly-circulated newspaper, together with
the formula for its cure as successfully
used by him.
L. z. Farmer, Esq, General Passen-
ger Agent of the Pennsylvania r. R.,
became severely afflicted with Bright's
Disease, so much so that his doctors in
Philadelphia and New York gave him
up as incurable. He then went, as he
thought to die, to his old home in Con-
necticut, SO weak as to require aid to
get up the steps of his fathers house.
At this time he fell in with the article
recommended as cure. All else hav-
ing failed 10 do him any good, he re-
solved to try it. He did so, adhering to
its requirements rigidly, and was re-
stored to health again solely by it. He
is now New England agent of the Penn
sylvania r. r., at Boston, restored to
perfect health again, fine specimen of
manly vigor, brought about by this sys-
tenn of cure, as follows:
Specific for heart disease, dropsy,
dyspepsia, diabetes, all troubles of the
kidneys, and chronic diarrhGa.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20
A california Find.

A California woodchopper, we are
told. found, in piece of wood, an egg
which heput under u hen, and it pro-
duced "a peculiar male bird that can
whip dog" If it had produced a
peculiar dog that could whip male
bird, we should not have been more sur
prised-and could have believed the
story just as readily.-NorristoUn Her.
nM
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20

McCracken County, KY, has queer
genius who has mania for knitting.
1t is said the first thing he does in the
morning is to get his needles and yarn
and keep at work all day. He will fire.
quently, after retiring at night, arise
and knit for an hour or two. t
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cents a package.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20

lne w asnlngton rost heads column
'sNotes of Our Own" Without dwell
ing upon the axiom that "he who steals
will lie," it may be remarked that the
Post is indeed kind in relieving the
other papers Of the country of the re-
sponsibility for the make up" Of that
particular column. ~--- a.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-20

"Just look at that horrible mud out
there" she lisped. "Well, that's the
proper place for it, is IL notp Where
would you have it. on your boots or
down your neckr' Another fellow pays
for her caramels now.