The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-28

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Russia live thirty-eight different ma
tionalities, each speaking its own Ian
guagc. which is foreign to all others.
! Slater, Mo-, land owners are granting
the right TO work the coal underlying
their property on royalty Of one-fourtb
Of cent.
No likenesses of Marwood, the hang.
man, were to be had when he was In
the life, but since his death thousands
of them have been sold in all parts
of the British Empire.
The handsome monument recently
erected over the grave of Betty"
Bonaparte In Baltimore cemetery
bears the inscriptions: "After life's
fitful fever he sleeps well.
Boston is the center of culture in this
world, but the people are. not too proud
to have a sign on one of the bridges
there reading: mo person allowed on
this bridge while in motion"
1t is not true that Santa Claus will
not put anything into stocking in
which there Is n hole. Last Christmas
a society belle found darning needle
and a ball of yarn in hers.
Within seventeen years more than
forty peerages of England, Great Bri-
tain and the United Kingdom, three of
Scotland and twelve of ireland have
fallen into allegiance or ceased to exist.
About this time the manageable
young women begin to nose about to
find out the size of the bachelor minis
ters' feet, and the young parson, in
turn, has visions of ''dem golden slip
pers."
A Lynn clergyman tells young men
to choose their associates from a class
higher than their own. The better ad-
vice would be to so conduct themselves
that there should be no class higher
than their own.-LOWeU Courier.
Henry James the anglicized Ameri-
can novelist, said, II will live hereafter
in my little box, we know, over in
Hingland," when he undertook to tell
a New York admirer that he would not
return to this country.
George Wyble; who, two years ago,
won the first prize of beauty at II New
York museum, was missing from her
home, and the police found her posing
as "Gracie. the dude girl, " in Il Bowery
museum.
Mrs. Reynolds, daughter of Elmiras
millionaire, DIR. Eldridge, has created
IL sensation there by sending her hus-
band adrift because he was spending
the 81, ZOO, 900 she had inherited fool
ishly.
The Georgia Legislature, after having
tried for years To pass dog law, has
RENTED it ut last To the several coun-
ties II now goes to the people, who
will deal by local option with dogs, as
with whisky and fences.
Little Eva Britton, who has obtained
in the United States 10000 subscribers
at 30 cents for the Hurricanes. of Char
lestown, :. c., paper that has no
existence, has at last been arrested in
New Orleans rs II swindlcr.
The young man who did not come to
time when Christmas present was eX-
pected, and who failed To rent swal-
low-tailed coat and make certain New
Years call, will soon have an opportu-
nifty to buy Il 5-cent valentine and send
IT,
Young saphcads Of the male pcrsua-
sion now collect hair-pins that have
done duty on the heads of lady friends,
label them with the name of the
wearcr. and exhibit them proudly. The
foolkiller seems to have retired from
business.
Willie Lyons. of Dcs Moincs, Iowa,
while playing with the works of
clock, applied his tongue to the cogs
after he had started the wheels. The
tongue was drawn in, and the boy and
clock were inseparablc until jeweler
took the wheels apart.
'NIrs. Henry said John to his
wife the other morning, 'rf You give
me q Christmas present this year,
please arrange it SO that the bill won't
come in till next month. Its just as
well to keep up the illusion for short
time"
DIR. Do Lewis offers this consolation
to plain women: ''Thc first requisite
toward beauty is good complexion;
no woman can be positively ugly who
has clear, fresh complexion. No
matter how irregular the features,
fine, cleargrained skin outshincs them
all, and is suggestive of purity of mind
and excellence of body.
Oyster dealers say the demand is
enormous and prices will probably adj
vance. Everybody eats oysters now.
Even with the poorest families fried
and stewed oysters are common dishes.
Railroads carry them into all parts OF
the country, and grocers in small inte-
rior towns have out signs, Oysters in
bulk.
A queer way of procuring drink came
up the other day in Waterbury, Conn.
A man rushed hurricdly into drug
store, with Il scratch on his hand, en-
claiming: "For haven's sake give me
drink of whisky Immediately. I've
been bitten by dog that acts mad, and
Iwant protection against hydrophobia. "
He got the drink, but the drug clerk
says the game won't work in that shop
again.
Rev. Newman Hall is universally
known in England as the author of the
tract ''Comc to Jesus" Some time ago,
it is related, he wrote a reply to some
of his critics, and, having n good deal
al. n a 1,