The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-03

| n slight ncmmornago OF the lungs wncn
he went North, but it has now entirely
disappeared.
The season at the seaside has pro-
duced new adjective. Tho ''not-
enoughness" of bathing suits is fire.
quently mentioned.
An animal has been discovered In
the West which is said TO be half buff
falo and half jackass-must have stray
cd from Wall street.
Railway cars drawn by camels, it is
said, will shortly constitute one of the
peculiar features of travel and trans
portation in Central Asia.
The island of Cuba is completely
bankrupt There is no money or cred
it. and the planters have been compell-
ed to discharge their hands.
A man ut Enterprise, Miss, has TAX
en- out patent for an invention for
hitching horse to a buggy without
any harness except the collar.
A substitute for genuine hair is now
made out of the inner lining of tho bud
OF the palmetto tree. 1t can be made
of any length and dyed any color.
The aggregate production of coal in
1883 in Great Britain, the United States,
Germany. France and Belgium was
81, 900. 600 tons, in round numbers.
For many years it was rule that no
officer in the Italian army should be
married man, but complaints became
so numerous that the King relaxed the
rule.
John Derringer, of Philadelphia, has
become insane because his wife twice
disappointed him by presenting him
with girls when his heart was set on a
boy.
Puscher, the Nuremburg chemist,
says paste composed of starch, gly-
cerenc and gypsum will maintain its
Elasticity longer than any other CO.
ment
Mrs. Skidmore, of New York, is 120
years old. has had five husbands. has
smoked the same pipe for fifty-fve
years. and was once kissed by George
Washington.
George Semple, of Green Island. N.
Y, dug up in his garden crock filled
with ancient Spanish coin. valued at
$4,000. which had evidently been buri-
cd 200 years ago.
1t is believed that artificial tails may
be grown on animals, since the Chi.
nese have succeeded in raising gold.
fish with exceedingly long appcndages.
Darwinism in reality.
Pulmonary consumption is the cause
of one death in twelve in New York
State, and the State Board of Health
has laid the cause to the bad ventila-
ton in school rooms.
A Scotchman proclaims himself rs
the champion post-hole digger of the
world. He exhibits Notwithstanding
ed record of seventy-ninc post-holes,
three feet deep, dug in one day.
The frankest lawyer in the profess
ion is one who advertises ut Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio. that he ''gets time to at
tend to q limited amount of profes sion
al business, to vital he can get"
A young man in Ohio wanted some
ammunition for his shotgun. So he
put some giant powder in q coffee
mill and began to turn the crank. He
will never repeat the experiment.
Pennamaquon Lake, at Charlotte,
Maine, has developed q sea-serpent
which glides along showing twenty
feet of its body out of the water. Per-
haps it's merely the name of the lake
swimming around.
Three bulldogs were set upon Wild
cat few days ago by some West Vir-
ginia men, the cat being chained to
prevent its escape. 1t was the dogs.
hnt 4ban
killed all three of them.
Among the exhibits that will be sent
to the New Orleans Exhibit from Choc-
taw County, Alabama, is hewed stick
of pine, 80 feet long, AZ inches square
in the middle, and containing IL, 760
feet, board measure.
If two submarine divers, down in
the water together, desire to converse
they must lie fiat on their breasts.
While standing up they cannot make
themselves heard. So says an old div
er, who ought to know.
The climate of Montana is said to be
changing. Formerly the summers were
cool, with cold nights, and winter set
in as early as October, with late springs.
Now they have warm nights in sum-
mer, late falls and early springs.
1t is estimated that 100000 sheep
have been killed by the drought all
over Australia this season, with pro-
portionate loss in cattle and horses.
In one part of Queensland no rain, ex-
cept n passing shower, has fallen for
seventeen months.
General Carol Tevis, of Pkiladel-
phia, who served in the armies of the
United States, Turkey and France. is
one of the finest swordsmen to be found
either in this country or in Europe.
One of his feats is to fling o silk hand
kerchief into the air and cut 1t to pieces
with Turkish saber before it drops to