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

Wednesday morning our citizens
were startled by the news that Ed
ward J. Hansman, youngest son of
Mrs. Barbara Hansman, had been
drowned in the Shiawassee river.
The facts concerning this sad accident
as near as we can learn them are as
follows: Eddie, as he was common
ly called, left home late in the after
noon for the purpose of going up the
river to hunt muskrats. When he left
home he said to his brother, George,
that he would return early and they
would go up the river together. AS
he had not returned at nine o'clock
George took his gun and started up
the river to look after him. After
being gone nearlygan hour and having
shot muskrat, George found boat
on the shore, near the premises of
Mr.. Chapel, and made the terrible
discovery that near it, with one leg
partially in the boat, was the body of
his brother lying on his back in the
water, which was so shallow as to bare
ly cover the face. George at once
placed the body in the boat and
rowed rapidly down the stream to
the gate house where assistance was
secured and the Coroner, B. F. Tay-
lor, notified. Mr.. Taylor impaneled
jury, who after viewing the body
adjourned to Mrs. Hansman's resi-
dence, whittier the body was trans
ferred. After listening to the tes-
timony of several persons the jury
found the following verdict;
"That the said Edward Hansman on
the oath day of October 1881 in the
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-27

Last Wednesday morning Mr..
Joseph Vandekarr, of Caledonia
met with terrible accident near the
Estey factory which resulted in his
death. AS he neared the crossing ofthe
railway an engine came in sight and
Mr.. V. got out and took hold of the
bits to keep the team in check after
the train passed he attempted to lead
the team across the track, but they
were apparently frightened at some
thing and would not 60 across, sud-
denly they sprang forward raising Mr..
Vandekarr from the ground and after
carrying him some distance one of
them fell on him while the other kept
going thus pulling the horse along
over him. His hold on the horses
were finally broken and the wagon
passed over him causing severe in
ternal injuries. The team ran be-
tween the two buildings of the Estey
Co., up into the lumber yard where
they were finally stopped after having
demolished nearly everything with
which they came in contact. The
unfortunate man was immediate con-
veyed in a carriage to the drug store
of DR.. Parkill, where he was made as
comfortable as possible. DR.. Nc
Cormick was at once called and did
all in his power to relieve the injured
man but to no avail. For some time
he seemed to rally and to be out of
danger, but an examination showed
that one rib was broken, his right
lung injured and a blood vessel
broken. He was also badly bruised
around the head and face. His fam
lily were summoned as soon as the
accident occurred, and they convers-
ed quite freely with him until a mo-
ment before his death, which resulted
from internal hemorrhage. AS to his
age, history, etc., we have been I'M
able to learn anything. The funeral
services were held at two p. m. to day.
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An Old. Old Story.

Come in Well declare, stranger,
you gave me quite turni I-I-was
kind of expectins somebody, and for half
a minute l thought mebbe as twas her,
! but she'd never stop to knock want
bite and sup and nights lodging
Why of course sit down, I-a-most
forgot to ask you, / was that illustrated.
Poor soul How tired and worn out
you look I 1 can make you comfortable
| for the night and give you a good meal
I of yictuals and a shake-down on the
floor, but would hardly like to put you
in Lizzie's room-she was that particu-
lar, and your clothes are so wet and
drstbbled. Why, woman, what makes
you shake so-ague? Never heard
tell of any in these parts. Guess you
must have brought it with you. Wen,
good nights rest will set you up wonder
fully, and you can lie right here, by the
stove, and the fire smolderin' will keep
you warm, and the light win be burnin'
till its broad day-broad day
What do keep the light Albumin
for2 Well, now, when folks ask me
that, sometimes / tell them one thing
and sometimes i tell them another. /
don't know as l mind tellin' you, because.
you are such a poor, MISFORTUNE crea-
tur, and stranger, and my heart kind
of goes out to such. You see, 1 have
daughter. She's been away these ten
years, has. Lizzie, and they do say as
she's hvin' in grandeur in some furrin'
| place, and she's had her head turned
with it all, for she never lets her poor
/ old mother hear from her and the fine
people she's with coaxed her off unbe-
knownst to me, and 1 don't mind tellin'
you as it wassa great shock to me, and
amt the same woman since Lizzie went
out one night, and when she kissed me
said, . Leave a light in the window,
mother, till / come back and that was
ten years ago, and I've never seen her
| since, but I've burned light in the
window every night all these ten years,
and shall till she comes home. Yes it's
| hard to be mother and be disappointed
] so. l allowed she was dead till folks. as
seen her well and splendid, told me diff
ferent, and l was sick a long time-that' S
/ what made my hair so white-butI hope
she never heard of it, tvould have
made her as miserable as / was, and her
fine things would not be much comfort
TO her Folks blame her terribly, but
/ N her mother, and it Just seems as if
/ could see her, so pretty, with her long
| brown curls, and the smile she had, and
| her gentle ways, and loving her better
| than heaven above mee ms Is my pun
ishment- to sit alone all day and never
go to sleep at night, but I hear her cry
ing Mother mother where are you p
and if | go once, L go dozen times to
the door, and look up and down the
lonesome road and call, L-i-z-z-i-e
I4-i-z-z-i-e and there's never any
answer but the night wind moaning in
the trees.
Well, [ dia't mean to make you feel
so bad don't cry, poor soul You've
had enough trouble of Your own, /
guess. by your looks Your hands are
ike ice-and your temples and your
face is white and-and-and-why what
Is this? You are not old and your hair
hangs in brown curls-and your eyes
Merciful God it's Lizzie come back to
her mother-it's my child that was lost
and is found-put out the light,
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A Close Call.

The people of a little town III Warrick
County were on the brink of a fragrant
church scandal Just before the close
of the services, a good brother walked
forward to the pulpit, handed the minis
ter an announcement, rs he thought,
and asked him to read it to the congre-
cation before he dismissed them. just
before time was called on the doXology
the minister said
Brother Bramley has handed in the
following;" and in clear voice he read
the note which ran rs follows
M Oun Pet Brdm.-Are you never
coming to see me again L am dying to
see my darling once more and gaze into
his beloved eyes. The old mummy that
calls herself your wife viii never find 1t
out. How can you endure her +? Come,
darling, to one who truly loves you.
Your own and only MARY.
The good brother had handed in the
wrong announcements. At the close of
the reading the minister looked horror
struck, the congregation stared at Bran
ley with cold, hard stares and his wife
rose up in her seat and glared at him
like a tigress. He was equal to the oc-
casion, however, and rising calmly and
with look of perfect resignation on his
face he said:
g Brothers and Slsters-lt may ap-
pear strange to you that l should ask
our beloved pastor to read such a terri
bile thing as that from the pulpit, but
the best way to fight the devil is to fight
him boldly face to face. The writer of
that vile note is unknown TO me, but it
is evidently some depraved child of sin
who is endeavoring to besmirch my
christian reputation. i shall use every
endeayor to ferret ont the writer and if
discovered will fearlessly proclaim her
name and hold her upsto the contempt
of all good christian people"
He sat down amid the murmur of APP
probation and sympathy, and his wife
wanted to hug him right before the con-
gregation. That evening he told the
writer of the note what had occurred
and remarked with a grin that it was the
closest call he ever had in his life
Evansville Ar0us.
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The arts are dependent upon the Gus
toms and manners of the people.
In countries where caste prejudice
predonlinates, we may look for stu
pendous ediices, the work Of the servile
class under the direction Of the reigniDg
caste.
The mighty pyramids attest this truth
Time was of no value and human servi-
tude and sacrifice of little moment, in
view of the grand monumental result.
The Egyptians took no delight in
commerce or in industrial progress;
thew were self-contained, selfimmu red,
solitary, and it is small wonder that the
Kings workmen shonld devote life
time only to the excavating and the dec
Grating of the tomb of the King,
The Greeks conducted the arts into
new channels. Tie extent of their coast,
alisi heir. republican goyernment aided
and stimulated commerce, progress, and
the spirit of research, common to this
people.
With the Greeks nothing was value
less which showed intrinsic beauty.
They had n rare passion for form, for
perfection everything useful must also
be ideal With practice came skill, the
appreciation of time, aud the rewards OF
industry In short space of time they
monopolized commerce, and industry,
aud perfected all the arts.
The Egyptians and Hiudoos, by caste
prejudice and isolation. never rose higher
than their own barren Intelligence
in matters of art The Greeks had
{" Progress for watch-word. Thought
was necessary to progress, and all their
works are incarnations of the best and
ripest thought of the age IN which they
were produced.
With the Greeks a colossus is not
caryen like life-size figure. and a bas
relief which receives direct light differs
from one which receives reflected light
This is the result of their delicacy of
perception, their minute study of nature,
and the perfection of their Technique.
Greek sculpture and architecture owe
their beauty and significance to their
impressiveness. and this is due TO fidelity
to nature. There they found harmony,
unity, strength, grace, beauty, perfec-
ton: they knew how to translate all
these sentiments of the Creator into
the language of art, and the result was
ideal perfection.
Ideal style may be defined as the cor
rect translation into art OF those pine
nonena and attributes of nature which
are significant of action, and perpetulty.
The task of translating and embodying
the eternal creative canons Is the prov
ince of genius And genius is but con-
formity to natural laws IN applying
them to artistic symbolism Far
rand Fetch IN Indianapolis Herald.
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A Touching Incident.

When Mrs. Mary A. Livermore lee
tured IN Albion, Michigan, recently, at
the close of the lecture, an elderly, white
haired woman approached her, with the
following inquiry:
Do you remember writing a letter
for John-o the Twelfth Michigan Vol
unteers, when he lay dying in the Over
ton Hospital at Memphis, during the
spring Of 1868, and of completing the
letter to his wife and mother after he
had died ?"
Mrs. Livcrmore replied that she wrote
SO many letters during the war, under
similar circumstances, that she could
not recall any particular case.
The woman drew letter from her
pocket that had been torn into pieces
IN the folds of the note and was then
stitched together with fine sewing cotton.
Do you remember TINS letter." she
asked.
Mrs. Livermore recognized her pen
manship and admitted her authorship to
the letter. The first four pages were
written to his wife and mother. at the
dictation of a young soldier who had
been shot through the lungs, and was
dying of the wound. Then she had COM
pleted the letter by the addition of three
pages written by herself, beside the dead
husband and son, in which she sought
to comfort the lonely and bereaved rela-
gtives:g saffg6T(E IE
thought my daughter-in-law and /
would have died when we heard that
John was dead, but for this letter" said
the worn and weary looking woman.
% 1t comforted us both, and by-and- by,
when we heard of other women similarly
afflicted, we sent them the letter to read,
till it was torn in pieces. Then we sewed
the pieces together and made copies of
the letter, which we sent to those of our
acquaintance whom the war bereft.
But Annie, my sons wife, never got
over Johns death. She kept about, and
worked and went to church, but the life
had gone out of her. Eight years ago
she died Of gastric fever. One day, a
little before her death, she said.
"Mother, if you ever find Mrs. Liver
more, or hear of her, wish you would
give her my wedding-ring, which has
never been off my finger since John put
it there, and which will not be taken off
till / am dead. Ask her to wear it for
Johns sake and mine, and tell her it was
my dying request.
60 i live eight miles from here" con-
tinued the-woman, 81 and when read IN
the papers that you were to lecture here
tonight, / decided to drive over and
give you the ring, if you will accept it. .
Deeply affected by this touching mar.
rat1ve, not a particular of which she is
able to recall, Mrs. Livermore extended
her hand, and the widowed and childless
woman put the ring on her finger, witt
feryently uttered benediction.
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.sGuiltv. but Drunk,

Can't Henrv's nlisadventure recalls n
story which went the rounds &enty- five
or thirty wears ago, and is old enough to
be new. II illustrates the embarrass
n,ent which glass too much sometimes
occasior,s the best Of men. There lived
in Georgia. says Col. Bradbury, whom
Burton credits with the narrative, q Cir
cnit Jndre by the name of Brown. a
man OF. ability. Of integrity and beloved
and respected by all the legal profession.
Rut he had one fault. His social quail
tiles would lead him. despite his judg-
ment into occasional excuses. IN
travelling the circuit it was his habit, the
night before opening court to get
comfortably eorned. In, certain
county town, one day, a tough citizen
was arraiQned on charge of. stealing.
After the clerk had read the Indictment
to him he put the question:
Guilty or not guilty.
equity, but drunk, answered the
what's that plsa?a exclaimed the
Jndge, who was half doing on the
bnncE} AZ
"He pleads guilty, but says he was
drunk, replied the clerk.
whats the charge against the man -
He is indicted for grand larceny"
ssWhat's the caseY
s'AIay it please your Honor, said the
Prosecuting Attorney the man is Q
yularly indicted for stealing large sum
from the Columbus Hotel
" He is, hey and he pleads ~
"He pleads guilty, but drunk -
The Judge was now fully aroused.
equity, but drunk That j. a most
extraordinary plea. Young man, you are
certain you were drunk?"
ssYes, sir
.sWhere did you get your hquor9"
cat Sterritt's.
mir. Prosecutor" said the Judge.
''do the favor to enter noHe prosequi
in that mans case. That liquor of
Sterritt's is mean enough TO make q man
do anything dirty. The court got
drunk on it the other night and stole all
of Sterritt's spoonsl Release the prisoner,
Mr. Sheriff; adjourn the court. -
Louisville Courier ,Ioiit7lalS
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An Event IN Ole Bulls Career.

The Academy Of Music was reopened
on the 10th OF February, 1855, under
the management of the very distin-
guisheds Morse Fiolinist,s Ole Bull, who
leased that vast and splendid void for
snort season. Among his artists were
CloRlde sPatti Yesfvah, Brignoli, and
Badiaidi; and he offered a prize of one
fhousand dollars for the best original
grand opera tan American composer
son an Ameriean subject the copyright
to be Teta5ped by the authors vain
proposals and an u1iwise limitation.
MUSIC Is not cultivated thus; neither by
prlze-glying, nor by efforts to elevate
art and encourage native artists, and
sun less oy insisting upon native sub
flec,s. The whole history of literature
ana OF the fine arts is a rebuke to such
ionys 1t was In keeping with this pro-
!ece enat Ole Bull should go forum as q
manager with greater speed than any of
nis preqecessors He did not last two
montns and his short managerial career
IS worthy ct this. brief warning. notice
only oeca9seaof ms distinction as avir-.
tuoso, and because in that capacity he
naa SHOWN no less skill in manipulating
puonc curiosity than in handling his in
strument Richard Grant White, in
the Century.
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THE WORKSHOP.

THE difficulty in the way OF using
plaster of Paris, due to contraction ant.
expansion, may be to great extern
overcome by mixing it with lime wafer
THE fan in use for yentilating the 81.
Louis railroad tunnel between the brio8e
and the Union station, will clear 1t from
smoke of the heaviest freight tram III
three minutes.
SEALING wax is not wax at all, nor
does it contain single particle OF wax.
1t is made of shellac, Venice turpentlne
and cinnibar Cinnibar gives 1t the deep
red color, and turpentine renders the
shellac soft and less brittle.
English steel casting of certain class
are, by some manufacturers, 1t appears
made from old files in connection WIN
other material, and are said TO be SOUND
and very strong. 1t is stated that the
excess of carbon in such stock proves 10
be of no disadvantage
A NEW form of drill press is now made.
1t has the column carrying the platen at
one side of the frame, so that the platen
can be swung out entirely clear OF the
frame this leaves nothing between IL
and the work, which is bolted on the
main bed-plate under the platen.
AN ASTI-FRIcTIoN- composition, used
with great success in Bavaria, instead
of oil, tallow, etc., is TINS made: Ten
and ,one-half parts of lard are. melted
with two parts of pHlyerized plumbago /;
the lard is melted, the plumbage mixed
in slowly, stirred well, and the mixture
applied cold.
70 REMOVE bolts that have. rusted
without breaking them the most effectual
remedy known is the liberal application
of petroleum Care must be taken that
the rusted parts are reached by it, and
some time mnst be allowed TO give It. q
chance to soften the layer of rust before
any attempts are made to remove the
bolt.
THE decay of wood embedded in the
earth is difficult to guard against, but
according TO the British Farmers Ga
zette, simple precaution, costing neither
money nor labor, wnl increase the dura-
bility of posts put in the ground by
fifty per cent This IS simply by taking
care that the wood is inverted, e. /,
placed in the opposite direction to that
| In which it grew. Experiments have
proved that oak posts put in the ground
| III the same position in which they grew,
| top upward, were rotten in twelve years,
while their neighbors, cut from the'same
| tree and placed top downwardsi in the soil
showed no signs of decay for several years
afterward The theory is that the capil-
larry tnbes in the tree are so adjusted as
to oppose the rising moisture when the
wood is inverted. e
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Adulterated Tobacco.

A pamphlet has been published show
ing that IN Germany thousands 80 IONS
OF beet leaves are transformed into to-
oacco. In some places chiccorv and
cabbage leaves make the freprant weed
AN English chemist found st,f sold
ior tobacco was the leaves of a diophor-
etc plant. 1t has been impossible to
sell the plant as drug, and it has been
turned into tobacco to save loss
Another writer informs everybody. or
wants to, that chemists have an i'm
portant place in tobacco factories Fiji
teen factories in New York ennlov chem
lists to IS flavor" cigars. They can not
do much with the wrapper, but they can
helghten and develop, 81 the filings. 1t
IS relief to know on the authority of
the writer quoted that opium is not used,
although 1t used to be formerly in Eng
land, but stringent laws broke the prac-
tee. The substances used to flavor to-
bacco are numerous. Every manu-
tacturer has his own formula. Vanilla
Is the most common This is employed
in the form of an alcoholic tincture to
flavor filings. 1t is said that few cigars
are free from vanilla. It's effects are
not harmful II not used IN excess. The
tonka bean and balsam fir are used in
VIC same Wy 'sANt III tlc sumo purpose.
Cedar oil is also introduced. The best
imitator of the tabacco flavor is yalefiau.
Valerian and vanilla are the most valu-
able chemicals now in use by. tobaccon-
lists. BY their use the poorest stems
may be converted into fair tobacco Into
cigarettes enter not only .valerian and
vanilla, but cascarilla bark. To make
cigars burn, ammonia is used, and they
are soaked in saltpetre. The latter is
injurious and makes young men old
with dispatch. The object of its use Is
to cause the cigar to burn freely. 1t has
been. noticed by some smokers that an
Intoxicating effect has been produced by
some cigars This is produced by Dip
ping the filings in solution OF sulphuric
ether and bromide of potassium. When
it is known that New England run is
used with vanilla and valerlan, it is
nothing to wonder at that the cigars so
treated produce intoxication. We do
not name the brand that is treated with
New England rum. If we did, the de
mand wouldexcel the supply. 10 make
tobacco, or aid in its adulteratlon, such
other things as potato leaves, sugar,
potash, tamarinds, aniseed, gum and
various oils not heretofore mentioned are
used to a greater or lesser extent. In
New York alone, SIC, 666, 800 cigars are
made annually. besides, OBS, $4,000
cigarettes, and twenty-five thousand
persons areemployed. Providence Jour
nal
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Daphne Mcclure.

There is no more ME.
S5od help us, then" SAID sh'apnn1e
lu ' uire, looking up toner mother Win
a weary wlstful, why doesn t-somepooy-
her oval face.
Mrs. Mcclure did not reply. Leaning
her pangless head on a thin, white hand
Inc hand that Vivian 0'Rourke haa
calied dimpled treasure that one
might risk his soul to win, that mghts
so many years ago, that she had relecteu
ms ProHered love and caused nun 70
~1nusr away IN wild despair ana marry
CHROME Slulrk-and thought OF how, ha9
she PhShted her troth to HIM, lie would
now nave been garden in which pretty
mowers waved their bright faces, lns1eiu
Oi "lhd-swept waste, barren ailKe OF
flowers and venture. She remem berea
now, Tor the first few years after their
marriage, every thing went wei with
Iercicles Mcclure, and how, "helI
Daphne was a prattling infant, he mad
come nome tull one evening and tola her
III proud tones that he had reached the
summit OF his ambition, and was a
poheernan. All these memories OF the
past-the bitter and the sTeetTcame
surglng through her mind as she looked
out through her tears and saw the blue
Island avenue cars going by. like ghosts
in the twilight. -
Why do you weep, mamma q said
Daphne, placing her soft West Side
arms about the neck Of the mother she
loved so dearly-the only mother she
had.
Il fear me, Bridget" said Mrs.
McGuire, using the pet name by which
Daphne was known at home, g that our
future must indeed BE a cherries one;
that the coming days viii hold for us
only sorrow and mise-s'
'tDo not be dlsheatened. mamma, -
replied the girl, kicking the dog off the
front steps and kissing her mother with
a warm, lingering, -hnve-come-to-stay-
aH-winter-and- part OF the-spring kiss.
fittings may not be so bad as they
seem. We have still one hope. YOU
know, one resource in case all else fails. .
"What is it, child ?" asked the mother
in horse, anxious tones. ssWhat is this
hope you speak of2
: "Doughnuts," replied Daphne. speak
ing the word softly, and with infinite
tenderness. = We have jar of them
down stairs. You know.
.sThen let us tackle them at once .
said the grief-stricken parent. starting
for the pantry at 2;20 clip CHICAGO
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