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right. Allow me to commend the same
practice to yourself. Reduce the quan
tity OF your food one-quarter, and |
venture to say in month you will
weigh from five to ten pounds less than
now. At the end of the first month re-
duce the amount of your food another
quarter. Within three or six months
you will find yourself lighter by twenty
TO fifty pounds. Your digestion will
be much healthier; your respiration bet
ter; and your activity and endurance
greatly increased"
"But," said he, 81 don't eat half as
much as some thin men know"
"This is not improbable, and l pre-
sumo their excessive eating keeps them
thin, as with your tendency excessive
eating produces fat. If they were to
reduce the quantity of their food, they
would, like yourself, tend toward the
normal standard; they would gain in
weight while you lose."
He promised to try it, and started
on.
But" exclaims some fat young wo-
man, who would "give the world" to be
In good shape, 81 cannot 60 hungry and
faint forever"
This remark shows you have never
tried what have suggested. 1t is on
ly the great eater who Is troubled with
hunger and "goneness." If you would
reduce your food even one-half at once,
after three days you will not suffer
from faintness or hunger. The man
who eats temperately of unstimulating
food rarely knows the sensation Of
hunger.
In the light of these undeniable
statements, how silly the practice COM
mon among girls, of swallowing acids
and other killing things: and among
men of sleeping in tobacco to reduce
their flesh! L have personally known
scores of young women whose health
has been ruined by drinking vinegar, or
eating chalk and other indigestible
things, all to take away their fat. And
l have known a still greater number to
ruin themselves by wearing corsets, in
the hope of keeping themselves comely
and in shape.
* II Il II
Allow me to prescribe for you: Rise
early; exercise much, particularly in
the open air; bathe frequently, rubbing
the skin very hard; but most important
of all eat plain. coarse food, and re-
duce the quantity until you find your
self growing thinner two or three
pounds per week. Your sluggishness,
short breath, and other discomforts will
soon leave you, and you will become
bright, clear-headed, and happy.-Dr.
Dio. Leo0iS, j1e Golden Rule.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17
A. Remarkable Horse.

A "moonshiner" tells to the Athens
(Ala.) Courier story of very re-
markable horse with quite as keen a
scent for whisky as some men. 1t is
as follows:
"Revenue Officer James Davis has
a horse that can scent out q distillery
two miles and half off. When the
officer is in the neighborhood of one
Of these illicit affairs his horse throws
up his head and shifts the air with all
the relish of a topper: then the officer
drops the bride reins on the animals
neck and allows him to follow his nose,
which invariably brings him to the
desired spot"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17
THE HOUSEHOLD,
Water of Ammonia, or Spirits of
Hartshorn.

A few months ago we suggested that
bouse-keepers should keep bottle of
lime-water at hand, and mentioned
some Of its uses. Another alkaline
solution, the water of ammonia. Is also
of great utility in the household. This
is solution of the gas ammonia in
water. Ammonia is formed when
animal matters are distilled in "A certain
manner; the early chemists produced
it from the horns of the deer or hart,
and as they regarded everything that
was distilled as % spirit" they called
this Spirits of Hartshorn. The gas,
ammonia. is invisible, but we can
readily recognize it by its strong and
pungent odor. One of it's peculiarities
is, the readiness with which it dissolve
in water. At ordinary temperatures
water will dissolve over 900 times its
own bulk of the gas. The liquid sold
by the druggists as Spirits of Harts'
horn, ia merely a solution of the gas in
water, hence the more accurate name
for it is water of ammonia. Two kinds
are kept in the shops, one three times
as strong as the other. Ifsimply water
of ammonia is asked for, the weaker
kind is given; to procure the other the
"strong" must be designated. To keep
it, the bottle must be closed by well
fitting glass stopper which is waxed,
or by rubber one, as it soon destroys
a cork. When applied to the skin.
ammonia is a powerful stimulant, and
the strong solution will blister very
promptly. 1t is usually applied extern
ally in the form of liDiment. If one
part of ordinary water of ammonia be
mixed with two parts of olive oil, they
form liquid soap which Is known as
volatile liniment, and used wherever
tho stimulant action of ammonia is
needed, especially in the sore throats
of cbildren.-American AgricuJturtSt
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17
VALUATION.

The old squire said, as he stood by his gate,
"In spite ofmy bank stock and real estate,
You are better of, deacon, than l..
"We're both growing OLD, and the ends draw
Ing near;
You have less of this world To resign,
But In heavens appraisal your assets fear,
VIII reckon up greater than mine"
"Tbey say am rich. but I'm feeling so poor
l wish could swap with you even
The pounds have lived for aud laid up In
store
For the shilling and pence you have CIV
en-"
"Well, squire, said the deacon, with
shrewd common sense,
While his eye had a twinkle of fun,
"Let your pounds take the way of my shil-
liDgs and pence,
And the thing eau be easily done,
n IVL{Iis,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17

JUDGE PORTER made an apt quota
tion from the novel of "Ouida," in his
address to the jury in Guiteau's case,
and it is plain enough to see who was
sitting for the picture when he read
the remark of one character: LET
me be the ugliest man in Europe,
rather than remain in mediocrity
among the medium plain faces. There
is not hairs breadth difference be-
tween notoriety and fame. If l could
not be Alexander L would be Diogen.
es. If l were not a great hero, I
would be most ingenious murderer"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17

The largest steel sailing ship afoat
registering 1920 tons, was launched at
Belfast, Ireland, Jany. 9, for the man
ayers of the White Star Line. 1t is
named the Garfield, and will be employ
ed in the Australian and California
trades.
The salary of Rev. DR.. Scudder,
Brooklyn, has been raised from $1,000
to $4,000. Possibly this is intended
as a warning to Western churches to
keep away from him.--ED.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17
IN VAIN 2

Were all our prayers, then, yain-sin ce.be is
dead,
Each newborn hope of ours painted cheat,
While Grape hangs heavily along tho street,
And. .Shroudirg every home,gpall II spread
fad
and Death has borne away, ON steal.ny feet,
His life and nation prayed for-is it meet
We bear him To the To nb with doaot aud
dread?
The inndel may mock our prayers aud say
why did your God not answer you and
save,
When human skill succumbed to fell Des-
pair?
But taunts like his shall turn no whit away,
Our eyes from heaven 10 dwell upon the
graVet
q Gods soiu be done was Faiths larpe answer
ed prayer w. q Richards.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17
AsHBURNHAM. MASS. Ian. "a 1884

ASHBUHNHAM, MASS, Jan. IL, I66U.
have been very sick over two years. They
all gave me up as past cure. tried the most
skillful physicians, but they did not reach the
worst part. The lungs and heart would ffl up
every night and distress me, and my throat was
very bad. told my children I never should
die In peace until / had tried Hop Bitters. 1
have taken two bottles. They have helped me
very much indeed. am now we'll. There
was lot OF sick folks here who have seen how
they helped me, and they used them and are
cured, aud feel as thankful az do that there Ia
30 valuable medicine made.
MRS. JULIA G. CUSHING.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17
THE LETTER.
U. S. NAVY YARD,
MARE TsT.ANn CAT

December 18th, 1881.
SIRs:-An enforced residence of two
years in this abominable climate of
California made me the subject of most
painful attacks Of rheumatism, during
which was totally unable to perform
the arduous duties Of my Office. Con-
sultation upon my case by eminent
Naval and other surgeons failed to af-
ford me the slightest relief, and my dis
tress was much aggravated by the fact
that my physical disability would re-
suit under the law, in my retirement
from active service, on the eve of my
promotion to the grade Of Commander.
AT this period DR.. Hoyle, friend of
mine, recommended to me st. Jacobs
Oil, the happy result Of the use of
which has constrained me, in my deep
gratitude, to hereby acknowledge the
complete and aoonderfM cure it has
drought in my case.
am sincerely yours,
j. B. CoGHLAN, U. s. N.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17

EASILY PBovEN.--It is easily proven that
malarial fevers, constipation, torpidity of tho
liver and kidneys, general debility, nervousness.
and neuralgia ailments yield readily to this
great disease conquerer, Hop Bitters. II 70.
pairs the ravages OF disease by converting the
food into rich blood, and It gives new life and
vig0r to the aged and infrm always.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17
A Letter and it's Sequel.

Washington ID. G. Army Navy Register.
The following letter and it's sequel
are voluntary expressions of opinion
concerning a subject of especial inter-
est to every reader of this paper. The
letter is from Commander Coghlan,
now in California, and the sequel from
John Carr Moody Esq, of the same
State, and are eminently worthy of
careful perusal and serious cOnsidera-
tiOn.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17

Unlike other cathartics. DR.. Pierce's
"Pellets" do not render the bowels cos
tive after operation, but, ON the con-
trary, establish permanently healthy
action. Being entirely vegetable no par
ticular care is required while using
them. By druggists.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17

"GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
trademark registered) is not only
sovereign remedy for consumption, but
also for consumptive night sweats,
bronchitis, coughs, splitting of blood,
wesk lungs, shortness of breath, and
kindred affections of the throat and
chest. BY druggists.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17

The Rev. Henry Johnson was in
stalled pastor of the Presbyterian
church in Grand Haven on the 18th
inst. This church is the Oldest in the
Grand Rapids Presbytery. and was
organized by Rev. w. M. Ferry in
1884.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17
THE sDQUEL.
No. 5 LAW BUILDINGS,
"

4NOs LAW DUlLDlNGS,
VALLEJO, SALoNA COUNTY, CAL,
January Is, 1882.
Gentlemen The publication in the
Army and Macy Journal, of COM
mandatory notice of = st. Jacobs Oil,
from the pen of my old and valued
friend, Captain COghlan of the Navy,
now on duty here, reminds me of an
unful6lled task, which it is a pleasure
for me to complete. A sufferer for
seven years from cruel joint trouble,
pronounced by some practitioners,gou
and by others, rheumatism, but dis
tressingly painful under any name,-I
was slowly making my way, with my
crutch, to the courtroom, when 1 was
accosted by Captain COghlan, who kind
ly gave me his arm. He furnished me
with an account of how his well-known
sufferings were alleviated by the use of
the Oil, and with his usual persistent
energy, insisted on sending me some,
which he had. Doubtingly enough, 1
applied it according to directions, and
the relief within reasonable time,
was such as to make me almost disre-
gard the evidence Of my own senses.
When one has been plagued 80 long
grown grey with pain,-and exhausted
purse, patience, and pharmacy in seek
ing relief, incredulity is reasonably
prominent,-and blamelessly so. But
after continuous use Of the remedy, am
constrained to say, with especial refer
ence to its therapeutic value, post hoe,
ergo propter hoe and to congratulate
myself. and my family specially, and
the human race generally. With great
relief, am, gentleman,
Yours thankfully,
JNo. CARR MOODY,
CoInseior-0t-L Lar.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17

soteldo died on Saturday Of wounds from the
pistol shot received In the National Republican
office, Washington.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17

The Baroness Won Bul0w, the dark
haired, graceful young granddaughter
OF List, Is living with thu old compos-
er in Rome. She wins him from his
studies; laughs and jests with him;
makes him walk, eat and enjoy life
with her like good comrade. Liszt
deeply enjoys her presence.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17

Hon. o. M. Barnes Of Lansing, s elected
President Of the Central Michigan Agriculture
Society.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-02-17
Restored From a Decline.
NORTH GREECE, N. Y,
pril OK 1000

April 20, 1850.
Dr. X. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y.
Dear Sir II feel it my duty to write
and thank you for what your Golden
Medical Discovery" and "FavoIite Pre-.
scrlption" have done for my daughter.
lt Is now five weeks since she began
their use. She is more fieshy, has more
color In her face, no headache, and is
in other ways greatly improved.
Yours truly,
MRS. MARCELLA MEYERS.
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Thought Gems.

1t is in vain for any one to speak of
divine things without something of di.
vine affection. He has not been able to
prevail upon himself to be holy, and no
marvel if he fail of prevailing on others.
We shall carry up our affections to
the mansions prepared for us above,
where eternity is the measure, felicity
the state. angels the company, the
Lamb the light, and God the inheri-
tance and portion of His people forever.
The judgment of a child is a terrible
tribunal. One can face the world and
ones favor, and feeling the full force of
ones rights. But the secret verdict Of
boy or girl, whom natural respect will
prevent from expressing it or even de-
fining it, to themselves-what thing
that is to encounter!
Do not pity yourself Self.compassion
is o morbid luxury-a caricature of self
respect. Do not nurse your grief and
brood over it. Do not feed it with
thought until it grows big. Forget
yourself. Think of the world with its
want and woe. Think of God and His
help. Fling yourself, sorrow and all,
upon the distress of man, and you shall
mourn.
What is ministerial success-crowded
churches, full ai>les, attentive congre-
cations, the approval of the religious
world, much impression produced
Elijah thought SO; and when he found
out his mistake, and discovered that
the applause on Carmel subsided into
hideous stiffness, his heart well-nigh
broke with disappointment. Ministe-
rial success lies in altered lives and obe-
dent, humble hearts unseen work re-
cognized in the judgment day. ".
Robertson.
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81
p O E Il r. y
TINE AND THE MAIDEN


A little girl rock d in fairy boat, Il
By the waves of the river of life af1oat.
And her golden tresses and laughter gay s
Floated back on the breeze as she sped away; Il
And she gai.y cried to the boatman gray, 1
"Ply faster your tardy oars, pray,
And bear me away from this blossoming wood
To the beautiful island of maidenhood."
The maiden'sisle has been reached and passed
Still on and beyond is her fond gaze cast,
AS she cries again to the boatman gray,
'Ply faster your tardy oars, pray,
For my lover is waiting by yonder shore,
With gilded bark and a golden oar:
Love sits at the helm to cheer and guide,
And he waited for me, his chosen BRIDE"
Oh, love, what a beautiful freight hast thou!
The bark is laden from stem to prov,
And the mother gazes with loving pride
On her mate, and the dear ones who throng
her side;
Yet still she cries to the boatman gray,
''Ply faster your tardy oars, pray,
For Wealth, and Fame, and Honor await
My loved ones when they shall reach mans
estate.''
And now the river Is deep and wide, $
And branches flow from its either side,
And the children, to man and womanhood
grown,
Are launching forth in boats of their own.
And the mother cries, with q sudden fear,
"Oh, tarry, gray boatman. yet longer here;
Why hurry on with such speed, pray?
You are bearing my loved ones all away"
Again she rocks in q boat alone,
And her heart keeps time to the waves low
moan,
AS she feebly cries, to the boatsnan gray,
'Piy faster your tardy oars. pray,
For the dear ones have gone from my loving
care,
They have drifted out on the sea SO fair,
And long to be with them and part no more,
On the tireless waves of the golden shore"
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HumOr of the Tariff.

Sunset Cox said in recent speech on
the present tariff:
'sThe little girl cannot play with her
dol, crfhe bny with his top. nor the
mother wash her offspring with soap.
except at an expense of from One-third
to one half their cost for the domestic
privilege. If the mother gives her
child castor oil, she pours down 14S per
cent ad valorem; if the child does not
enjoy the dose, there is 25 per cent.
bowl as the recipient of the contents of
its tender stomach. And though she
wash it with inter and take to it much
soap, yet the iniquity is marked before
me, saith the Lord for the soap is taxed
40 per centum! God help the child !!
If she wraps the little dear In plain
bleached cotton night shirt, it has a
nightmare of 81 cents per square yard
specific; when the child awakens in the
morning fretful, she combs its little
head at 35 cents ad valorem; if she
would amuse it, she rolls it over on a
Brussels carpet at 80 cents per square
yard, or gives it confectionery made OF
refined sugar at cents pound tax, and
25 per cent. ad valorem; if it tears its
little panties, the gentleman from Penn
sylvania EMr. Kelley] sews them up
Will SDOOl IuIcdU t6ACO ~ b01CC-
quarters of it's value. Why, if she used
a shingle to bring the little 'toddling
wee thing, to its senses, as the hOnOra.
BILE gentleman can recall, the cost would
be enhanced at the rate Of II per cent.
taxation. If the youngster has patri-
otic inclination on our 4th of July, his
fire crackers are: taxed as patriotic
luxury at 81 extra box, and the bunt-
ing which furnishes the flag, though
but % cents pound, costs 12l per cent.
extra, while the band plays on instru-
ments taxed at 80 cents. She takes him
to the menagerie to study natural his
tory. There is the zebra, symbolic OF 9 9
mixed ad valorem and specific; ano
the stately giraffe. high protection the
royal tiger and unicorn of holy writ al
20 per cent. And the procession of ele-
plants! True, Jumbo, for purposes moi
to be mentioned, is excluded by the all.
davit of consistent protectionist; but
the log chain that holds his huge legs
binds the monster in protective chains
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1t are IN your own hands. That yo,
will exercise it aOisely / cannot doubt,
You may be told that the presen
Federal Administration is friendly t,
Virginia, and that this friendly disposi
tion ought to be recipr0cated. No on
will more fully appreciate kindness thar
| /, or more readily reciprocate kind acts
But what has the Republican party O
the North done for Virginia that place
| her under such obligations to It?
Are we to thank it for its protectiv VI
tariff, which imposes q heavy tax OF
Virginians to enrich northern manu-
faeturers?
Are we to admire 1t because it imposes
q heavy tax upon the tobacco and whis.
key and brandy which are raised an(
manufactured In Virginia?
F. Shall we praise it for its odious. inter.
nal revenue system of taxation, which
floods the State with Federal office
holders to annoy and vex our citizens
and fatten upon them?
We must be blind to both our inter-
ests and our rights when we do.
Let no one infer from what 1 have
said that l charge General Malone with
having special admiration or kind feel
ing for Republican. He
CARES NOT A FIG
for either Republican or q Democrat
farther than he can use him for his own
beneAt.
If q man be Muhonette he needs no
other recommendation or qualification.
This fits him for Office, whether he be q
Democrat or Republican. If he be an
anti MahOneite, it matters not how true,
how honest, and how capable he may be,
no other charge is necessary to insure
his removal from office, though he may
be filling it well, whether be be DEM
ocrat or Republican.
Self is the controlling consideration
Under the flag of Democracy he is
seeking to march Virginia into the
camp of Staiwart Radicalism for his
own benefit.
Under the banner of liberalism and
opposition to rings and cliques he has
inaugurated the most autocratic rule !;
displayed more intolerance of other
mems rights of thought, speech, and
action, and required more servile SUBJ
mission TO his will and authority, than
was ever before witnessed among any
free people. Under the popular cry of
equal rights for all the people, and Op-
position to monopolies, he SO shaped
legislation that, but for the sagacity, the
honesty, and the independence of
THE NOBLE "BIG FOUR"
equal rights would now be but an empty
name, and the very term a mockery
and the aggregate power of all monopo-
lies concentrated in his hands-a bit in
each mans mouth while he held the
reins and the whip. Are Virginians
ready for such humiliation and wrong?
You have fought and bled in defence
of your rights and your liberty. Will
you now sit tamely by and see them
taken from you without an effort to
prevent it? Remember that "peace
hath her victories no less than war;"
A grand but bloOdless victory is within
your reach. Put forth your hands and
grasp it.
Your banner is -unfurled and
proudly floating in the breeze. BY the
blessing of Him who rules the nations
it shall never trail in the dust, and never
be furled until victory perches upon it.
Very respectfully,
JOHN E. MASSEY.
Ash L0aUn, Albenadrle county, To.,
July 10. 1882.
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ASLEEP At TnE swITcn.

1
Il o,-s-s '-' : e--eN. F" 'o
At+ho .,..
p,,,,,S ". ny oo~',
-0A 90 w s"S' oo'.Ae' =" "a
s W sne S"i'0n A4'Se' LOW We Nv
Sou'
| VI sne Souis LII 'ne conihs 'i'Ain'
T.,n% Ae ~ e,ave' ., you are senoins 'ne" TO-
/ ~ sAn.' uOoueo eSery one " Hs
~ "e.e ~ your very nAno}
xrr.jo..i W !" "snoiess SM ai1on
| harm. %
Who now is asleep at the SWITCH"
'ps ny s0"ioe AAe". "A'
--c-a
oieep nao ercone me So lft, r.
coulo near tne Iorest Hees rustang
AS 'ney w 'ne tempest were .osseu'
| ou'' "no' was 'nae noase Ii 'no uissoo
1 Ina' couio not unoersSano' cEs7z
nearu - az u,s' inuis'ines' i I'D
Then nearer and nearer 1t came to me-
And made my very ears hum:
What light is this that surrounds me
And seems to set fire to my brain?
What whistle that, yelling SO shrilly?
| All! know now: it's the train.
we oiten s'aho iacing some oanse''
ana seem 10 take root 70 the piaee.
It's heated breath tanning INV nace.
Its headlight made dav of the darkness
And glared like the ewes Of soma witch
The train was almost upon ma
Refore remembered the switch
sprane to IT, seizine 1T wildly.
The train dashinp fast down the track:
And nm came the fierv-eved monster.
And shot bv NV face like a flash. '-"
Ava know r,,hiro o,ta- The cra.b
How 1ong T,ov tbere urconsc,ous aE
Mas s,ronoss;h,a ,,r me- - tau.
NJ, s,,,ror 1r.s o1r,ost a heaven
NJ, ,rah,na o1roost a beII
~ .to,, I,aard +ho ritoous sbr,ak,no sos
.,,,n
n, hrshand. ena ,v,vos r
Mothers dashed past me like maniacs,
Their eyes staring madly and wild.
,ant
ny. ny .1 - s,'~,.1s 's r.tao 80 go
W. -. - 49, Ill, h,,-r,,,r roror
- -, ,,t,,o wn,ta hord.
,,s.a, - I 60. orhar
..-..a.,..,a,a % .s,a.
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Elegance and Purity.

Ladies who appreciate elegance and
purity are using Parker's Hair Balsam.
1t is the best article sold for restoring
gray hair to its original color. beauty,
and lustre.
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ALWAYS RAfresh1nR.

A delicious odor Is impaired by Flo.
reston Cologne, which Is always refresh-
ing, no matter how freely used.
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Among the gravest sins Of omission
we may count that of failing to fight for
the truth, when 1t is attacked by the
words of evil men. go II ~