The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-16
GLgAN1HGs.


A New Hampshire farmer accuses
red squirrels Of robbing birds nest.
An ascent of Mont Blanc was made
recently by girl named Quenessen.
aged l6.
An English newspaper reminds us
that United States Treasury bonds To
the amount OF f24. 000.000 are held by
three persons. the Duke of Sutherland.
Sir Thomas Brassey, and the Baroness
Bardett- Coutts.
Very few people appreciate the
amount of labor and thought which con-
scientious editors give TO their editorial
work. and, by the way, very few peo-
pie care. So we might rs well drop
the subject right here.
A young fellow who went up to the
roof of a New York French fiat OK
planned to a servant who accosted him
that he was looking for leaks. Shortly
afterwards one OF the tenants discovered
that all the jewelry of his wife, who
was absent, mad been stolen.
A great American institution is MAX
ing astonishing Roadway in Russia. 1t
is ''Amcricaa drinks" They are sold
everywhere and everywhere In demand.
A joke is often perpetrated at their ex-
pense. II feel that am getting,
Americanised, remarked a tipsy Rus
sian.
At the beginning of the Franco-Prus-
sian war wealthy farmer, expecting
some important disclosure, asked Won
Moltke what he thought of the outlook
WELL" replied Moltke, '.the wheat
looks very nice. indeed. but am afraid
the potato crop is failure.
Sick-headache patients arc recon-
mended three glasses of lukc-warm wa
ter. to DO swallowed in rapid success
ion. and to be followed Immediately by
feot b ut times" adds the Troy Times,
VERY beneficial and quite astonishing
to the uninitiated.
There is farmer living less than ten
miles from Hoopeston, H.. who has
boy about fourteen years of age with
weak spine. He has tied q straight
stick to the boys back, extending the
full length of the spine and above the
head The boy is strapped straight to
the stick and works right along.
The most valuable bristlcs used in
brush-making are white, and the breed
of hogs that produces them is every
year growing scarcer. The best bristles
come from Kamtschatka, the next in
grade from Russia and Germany. They
sometimes reach q length of nearly ten
inches, aud cost as high as $3.50
pound. Nothing yet in use wholly takes
the place of bristles.
The Germantown Telegraph says that
1T is pretty generally believed that the
rag-weed, which is more or less present
ON every farm. is the cause OF bitter
milk, whenever it appears. It is one OF
the worst weed pests upon farm. 1t
covers, when itgets start, everything.
1t is even believed that the pollen from
the blossom produces the hay fever, in
directly, If not directly. There is no
other way to get rid of it except toplow
it under.
City Solicitor Hayman, of Reading,
Pa, has been mourning the loss of u
gold watch worth $3.50 for the past two
years 1t was stolen from him in "a
crowd on the occasion of a great gath
ering. One night recently, as Mr..
Hayman entered his Office he found the
time-piece lying on the desk wrapped
in piece OF old newspaper with this
address: Wayne Hayman's watch. -
1t is supposed that the thief was con-
science-stricken or merely stole it to
make loan to bridge over temporary
financial difficulty.
A black and tan dog belonging to the
daughter of rich Chicago parents was
accidentally killed in New York last
week. The body was placed in satin
lined walnut coffin and sent to Chicago
for burial .'For heavens sake don't
say anything about it. said the under
taker who had the job in hand to
reporter, .'or we shall be swamped with
that sort of business. 1t is growing all
tho time. No such thing as Il dog
funeral was heard of few wears ago.
but now we have about two dozen of
them q year."
Cigarette smoking by messenger boys
and others is considered an immense
nuisance, now. by New York brokers.
They find their rooms filled with tho
most offensive odor. and the boys do
not heed signs bearing words mo
cigarette smoking here. "etc. Managers
of messengers agencies are trying TO
restrain the habit, but with slight sue
cess. One of them said. I'VE make
stringent rules concerning smoking.
and punish the boys il they break them.
/ can pick out a cigarette smoking boy
at any time. The habit makes them
psilid. lazy and impudent
A specimen. of the 'monkey-faced
owl, I" rare-bird. was recently captured
10y Captain Pitts. Of Orlando, Pa, in
the Everglades. It is described as be-
ing somewhat smaller than the hooting
owl. The plnmagc has the soft. furry
texture Of the owl family. hat n tingc
a orange enters into the color. The
head and face arc those Of q baboon.
the face being white, while the eyes are
much smaller than those of an owl of
the Same size. eoal-blaek, and some
what asinond-shaped, opening and clos
ing with lids like those Of an animal.
In fact tiley more nearly resemble tho
pva NJ ar otter than n bird