The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23

The culprit's identity as horse-thief
would forever have been lost had he not
betrayed himself to woman and thus
Indirectly to the constabulary.
Lime Kiln philosophy apropos of the
death OF Elder SpOoner: "He was hon.
est, an darfore poo. He was con-
scienshus, an darfore ragged. He was
full OF mercy, an pity, an sympathy,
an darfore had the reputation of bein'
weak in de second story. / doan' adj
wise any man to be wicked, but l desire
to carelessly remark dat de real good
man who am obleeged to turn his paper
collars am summed by society and LATED
at by de world"
In the town of Ledyard, Conn, are
fifty Quakers who own property. They
have scruples against oath-taking and
most of them will not even affirm.
Last year law was passed making the
penalty accumulative for failure to re-
turn property lists, and these lists must
be sworn to or affirmed. Ten per cent.
is added for the first years neglect,
twenty for the second, and so ON. The
Quakers must therefore lose heavily or
sacrifice principle, unless the Legisla-
ture changes the law, as it is asked to do.
A learned professor and geologist,
travelling along the Danube recently,
found miserable fisherman cooking
his dinner under the celebrated tablet of
Trajan, carved by order of the Roman
Emperor, on the solid rock, seventeen
centuries ago. The smoke of the fire
was blackening the inscription, and the
Professor, enraged at the desecration,
attacked the offender with hammer and
umbrella, and kicked fire and dinner
together off the ledge into the river
below.
A man sans hair, sans teeth and sans
pores in his skin, is exciting the wonder
ofthe medical fraternity of Philadelphia.
He is forty-eight years old, has wife
and eight children, who partake of none
of their fathers peculiarities, except
that not one of them has perfect set of
teeth. The strange being experiences
great Inconvenience from his inability
to perspire, because his body, being de-
prived of natural means of cooling it.
self, becomes intensely hot, and he is
obliged to pour water over his clothing
to keep himself cool. He has good
health and never has been sick.
A Boston lady took off her jeweled
ornaments and laid them upon her
bureau. A few minutes afterward, no
one having meanwhile entered the apart
ment, she missed valuable diamond
ring. Search for it was fruitless and its
disappearance mysterious until weeks
afterward, when around the body of
trap-caught mouse the missing ring was
found. 1t is thought the mouse had put
his nose into the ring, and, being fright
ened, fastened to escape notice, and
that in so doing the ring was forced
back over the forelegs, and there it re-
manned.
In England women are still hanged.
The latest victim was Louisa Taylor,
who had poisoned Mrs. Tregellis ut
Maidstone. When Marwood began the
pinioning process the prisoner merely
asked for glass of water. She walked
steadily. to the scaffold, her last words
being, "Lord, receive my spirit" AS
Marwood was. fixing the rope around
her neck she swayed. and would have
fallen had not two wardens supported
her. The bolt was drawn, and Miss
Taylor fell distance of nine feet, death
being instantaneous. The hosting of
the black flag over the prison gate was
watched by about fifty persons.
They have up in Oregon n railroad
which does profitable business, al
though hand-car and a push-car con-
stitute its entire equipment. The road,
which is about five miles long, was
formerly used by coal company; but
upon its suspension few years ago the
engine was taken off, a hand-car substi-
tuted, and n lucrative business in
freight and passenger carriage built up,
the charge being $3.50 per ton for
freight and so cents for passengers.
The engineering of the road challenges
comparison. Although running across
marshes and along hillsides, where con-
struction is comparatively easy, it curves
like the track of II serpent, and is the
only road in existence where curve is
made to get around stump.