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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05
The Women Who Buy Shoes.

An old shoe clerk says: "a woman
buying shoes will not be reasoned with.
Americans, like tho French, have al
ways had reputation for short feet
not small feet, mind you, but short
feet. with full ankle, broad toes, and
arching instep. Naturally enough they
have been DESTROYS of maintaining this
reputation. and they still cling to the
belief that small shoes make small feet
smaller. Whether the shoes are for
herself, her grown daughter, any Of
their children, or even the babe in
arms, she insists that they must fit in
length and width. The result Is, her
own feet are deformed with bunions,
protruding joints and such swelling
from distorted toes and ingrowing
nails as make her existence-in walk
ing boot-a perfect penance. Poor
baby, who grows and crows by the day,
has shoe the exact length of his little
foot. But the foot not only works down
but grows down also; there Is no room
for the frightening toes, SO the joints
IRE pushed up and there is a lateral
expansion instead of pushing down.
The consequence Is the foot becomes
broad, the toes are cramped, the heel
flattened, ankle thickened, and the nat
ural beauty of that organ lost. This
Is all the fault of the mother, who will
not buy the child's shoe long enough"
Chicago Tribune.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05
Down on Enterprise.

A Detroiter who moved to Southern
Indiana and went into business a few
months ago will return next week. He
settled in a town where they did not
appreciate his enterprise. He invented
self-rising pancake. and they fined
him $50 for advertising it on the side
of Westinghouse. He dropped the
price of Goldfish to 8 cents, and bone
less at that, and three butchers in the
town waylaid and pounded him. He
refused to make the grocery the head
quarters of old baldheads who wanted
to talk horse and jaw about hard
times, and some one bored holes in his
kerosene barrels and started the story
that he poisoned his first wife. A
month ago he bought out a new baking
powder, advertised 1t on the fence
around the graveyard, and hired a boy
to follow funeral procession and dis
tribute bills. That night they tried to
blow him up with dynamite, and q
single on which was written, "You
are too previous for this locality" was
nailed on his house. The grocer will
come back to Detroit. Here he can
make the fur fly and the hair stand on
end and the blood of the dear public
grow cold with his fysheets in family
Bibles, and there is no one to make
him afraid.-DetrOit Free Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05
Ice Cream NIustaches.

The astounding announcement that
ioe-cream will make the mustache
grow has created Juror for the frozen
delight on the part of beardless youSg
men. 1t has also increased the bust
ness Of the average ice-cream dealer to
an extent hitherto unknown or un-
dreamed of even in his Widest flights
of imagination. There seems to be no
doubt that the cruel and reckless
report originated with some giddy
girls whose fondness for cream over
came her conscientious scruples. AS
long as she remains unknown she will
reap the harvest to which she is en-
titled by virtue of her vivid imagina-
ton and praiseworthy ingenuity. But
if the secret escapes her all her hopes
of unlimited ice cream will be blasted
forever. Though the strain on the
purse of the impecunious youth is Sc
we're, yet his desire for a capillary cli-
max to his handsome face counter
balances tho agony caused by woeful
lack Of blinking coin. The mustache
must come, even If it breaks q bank
NJ Y. Morning Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05
rne First Visitor TO the Yosemite.


l, In all that has been recorded about
the Yosemite no satisfactory evidence
has ever been produced as to the first
white mans footprints on the level
where the beautiful MERGED seeks egress
from tho rock-bound chasm. We con-
cede thathonor to Louis Sammann,
Mono County man now residing at
Mono Lake. Louis is pioneer, an
old hunter and guide in that portion
of the Sierra. and figured in many
escapades during tho Indian troubles.
He has abundant proof of a memoir
able trip into the valley in 1861. When
hunting for game he followed the sinu-
osities Of an Indian trail from the di-
rection of Coulterville and brought up
in the vicinity of Bridal Veil Fall. He
had killed q deer and, being nearly
worn out with fatigue, was seeking the
nearest water when he came unexpect-
edly upon large camp Of hostile In
dians, which had the effect of settling Gil
desire for thirst As may be supposed
his visit was Of short duration.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05

The following is from B. F. But
ler's letter OF acceptance for the nom
nation for President:
.' "Who does know that the very
fear Of the actions of the Democracy
in Congress has so paralyzed Ameri
can enterprise and business that mills
are everywhere closing, mines shut
up, furnaces blown out, and every
kind of employment so curtailed that
the mechanics and workingmen are
not e'rning enough TO support life in
comfort; so that the farmer, even,
deprived of a home market and
crushed down by discriminating rates
of transportation, finds his cora,
wheat, and wool lower than they
have been within the present genera
ton? Can the people therefore trust
the machine Democracy with power
on a shifting, evasive, and deceptive
PLATFORM"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05
AJOURNEY TO THE SUN.

AS TO the distance Of ninety-three
million miles, a cannon ball would
travel it in about fifteen years. 1t
may help us to remember that at the
speed attained by the Limited Ex-
press on our railroads a train which
had left the sun for the earth when
the Mayhower sailed from Delihaven
with the Pilgrim Fathers, and which
ran at that rate day and night, would
in 1884 still be a journey of some
years from its te Mstial station. The
fare at the customary rates, it may be
remarked, would be rather over S2,-
500, 900. SO that it is clear that we
should need both money and leis
ure for the journey. ... .t
Perhaps the most striking illustra
ton of the suns distance is given by
expressing it in terms of what the
Psychologists would call velocity of
nerve transmission. 1t has been
found that sensation is not absolutely
instantaneous, but that it occupies q
very minute time in travelling along
the nerves;so that if q child puts its
finger into the candle, there is a GER
tain almost inconceivably small space
of time, say the one.hundredth Of a
second, before he feels the heat. In
case, then, child's arm were long
enough to touch the sun, it can be
calculated from this known rate oil
transmission that the infant would
have to live 10 be man of over a
hundred before it knew that its fin
gers were burned.-Prof S. P. Lang
ley, in the September Century.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05

Fame and fortune await the discov-
erer of an efficient method of so con-
Stunning coal that none of its constituent
and combustible particles can escape
into the atmosphere of large cities, with
the two-fold result Of preventing pecu-
mary loss and sanitary degradation Of
the air. 1t is estimated by competent
experts that London alone loses every
winter $25, 100000 through imperfectly
burned coal, not to speak of the damage
done to buildings and the injury done
to the public health through the breath
ing of polluted atmosphere.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05

Is your system running down? Is
there feeling Of decrepitude taking
possession of you? Are the functions
Of your digestive and urinary organs
impaired? Is your blood bad? Do
sores and pimples trouble you? Do
you suffer from aches and pains:
Are you weak, and does the least ex-
ertion fatigue you? Bewarel Re-
gain perfect health by using DR.. Guy.
sott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05

The Marquis of Lorne, it seems, Is
now trying to arrange 1t SO that Amcri-
can cattle can be taken to England and
fattened there. As II Is now they must
be killed Mt once lest they should spread
disease among tho domestic cattle.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05

Tho Gillian newspapers announce
the recent death of Don jose Miguel
Herrer. at the age Of one hundred and
twenty-five years, and they aver that
his age was well attested by the official
records
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-05
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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-28
Humors Of the Stage.

Mrs. Fanny Kemble, in her journal
of Her Tour in America" gives an
amusing account of performance OF
the last scene of Romeo and Juliet, "
not as it seemed to the spectators, but
as it really was, with the whispered
communications of the actors. Romeo,
at the words, "Quick, let me snatch
thee to thy Romeo's arms" bounced
upon his playfellow, plucked her up in
his arms "like an uncomfortable BAN
de-" and staggered down the stage
with her. Juliet whispers, "Oh, you've
got me horribly! That'll never do; let
me down. Pray let me down" But
Romeo proceeds, from the acting ver-
sion of the play, be it understood:
"There, breathe vital spirit on thy lips,
And call thee back, my soul, TO life and
Lowell"
Juliet continues to whisper: "Pray put
me down; you'll certainly throw me
down if you don't set me down direct
w." In the midst of "cruel, cursed
fate" his dagger fell out of his dress.
/, embracing him tenderly, crammed
it back again, because knew / should
want it at the end. The performance
thus went on:
Romeo-Tear not thy heart-strings thusl
They break, they crack Juliotl
Juliet!
Dies.
Juliet Ito corpse)-Am smothering
youP
Corpse-Not at ALL But could you,
do you think, be so kind as to put my
wig on again formep 1t has fallen off.
Juliet Ito corpse)-Tm afraid cant
but I'll throw my muslin veil over it.
You've broke the vial, haven't you?
Corpse nodded.)
Juliet Ito corpse)-where's your dag
gerP
Corpse Ito JulieD-'Pon my soul,
don't know.
Young, the actor, used to relate that
on one occasion, when playing the he
TO of the "Gamester" to the Mrs. Bev-
erly of Sarah Sidd0ns, he was so over
come by the passion of her acting as to
be quite unable to proceed with his
part. There was long pause, during
which the prompter several times re-
peated the words which Beverly should
speak. Then Mrs. Siddons, coming up
To her fellow-actor, put the tips of her
fingers upon his shoulders, and said, in
Il low voice, ''Mr. Young, recollect
yourself" Yet probably from the
front of the house nothing was seen or
heard of this. Players will thus some
times prompt each other through whole
scenes, interchange remarks rs to nec-
essary adjustments of dress, or instruc-
tons rs to business" to be gone
through without exciting the attention
of the audience. -BoStof, Globe.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-28
Chioago's the Place Where the Democrats
Will Meet July 8.

The Democratic national committee met In
Washington February 90, at the Arlington
hotel, the following named gentlemen repre-
senIing the different states: Alabama, Levi
NJ: LAWYER; Arkan,as, JohnJ sumpter; Cali
fornta, james + Farley; Colorado, T. NJ. Pat
terson; Connecticut, William ii. Barnum;
Delaware, Ignatius q. Grub; Florida, Lemuei
pasas; Georgia, George I. Barnes;
Illinois. William q. Grandy; Indiana, Austin
h. Brown, Iowa, NJ. NJ. Horn Kansas, Charles
w. Blair; kentucky, Henry ID. McHenry ;,
louisiana. Rep. Blanchard; Maine, Edmund
Wilson; Maryland, Outerbridge Hersey; Mas
sschusetts, Frederick .. Prince; Michigan,
Edward Kanter (by Mr.. Maybury) Minnesota,
:. III. Kelly; Mississippi. Mr.. Harris; Missouri,
John q. Prather; Nebraska, j. Sterling Nor
ton; Nevada, Sen. Farley; New Hampshire,
Clevelapd; New York, Abram 5. Hewitt:
North Carolina, NJ. w. Ransom; Ohio, William
W. Armstrong; Oregon, Sen. Slater; Pennsyl-
yania, w. L. Scott; Rhode Island, Mr.. Barnsby;
South Carolina, q. w. Dawson; Tennessee,
Col. Looney; Texas, +. l.. Stockdaie; Vermont,
Bradley Is. smalley; Virginia, X. j. 5. Barbour;
West Virginia, Alex Campbell; Wisconsin,
William K. Villas
A resolution was adopted that the territories
may send two delegates each To the convention,
but leaving the question of their admittance
to the convention itself.
The committee determined upon June "a as
the date for holding the convention.
The all important question was "where shall
the convention be heldn The claims OF Bati-
more, Cincinnati, st. Louis, Chicago and Sara
toga were warmly argued by Representatives
from those cities.
On the third ballot Chicago was selected as
the place for holding the national convention,
by vote OF 81 for Chicago, and IL for st.
Louis. The committee, after re-assembliu9,
changed the date of the meeting of the con-
vention from June "a 10 July s.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-28
A Bone of Contention.

The bill which caused the House to sit all
night few nights ago and to waste one entire
day In Iecuperating, proposes TO pension not
only all soldiers OF the Mexican war, but also
all soldiers" who ever fired gun at an
indian and can prove 1t by an oath OF his neigh
Dor.
As this bill is more closely examined 1t
becomes evident that 1t is "A steal of such
magnitude as TO be astounding, and IL is
believed that the northern democrats, as well
as republicans will fight its passage when its
contents shall be fully understood, That night
not dozen members in the House had read
the bill The contest was entirely political.
The democrats who had fathered the bill pro-
posed to suspend the rules and set aside a
certain day Tor Ats consideration. Members
who had not given the subject moments
thought bindiy voted with the friends of the
measure simply because the whippers In OF the
party so dictated. The republicans - notably
Hiscock OF New York, and Brown of Pennsyi-
vania-determined not to allow the subject to
come up unit properly understood The
democrats finally carried their point by drag
eing the absent men out OF bed. The portion
of the bill most strongly opposed by the
republicans proposes to repeal section 47l6,
revised statutes, so far as It relates to this bill
This st ction provides that no person OF his
heirs who fought In the rebellion shall ever be
entitled TO a pension.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-28
Tokar Surrenders.

Lon Ion dispatches of the 22nd of February,
announce the surrender of the garrison at
Tokar. Suakim dispatches confirm the report.
Stragglers from the garrison are continually
arriving and present woeful appearance.
Many had been without food for several days.
ln an interview WITH al escaped officer he ex-
pressed the belief that notwithstanding the
strong force Of rebels besieging Tokar, the
garrison could have held out ten or fifteen days
longer, but ON learning that the enemy were
massing troops for determined attack the
short supply OF ammunition remaining caused
4 feeling OF discomfort and dismay among a
majority of the garrison which it was impossi-
bic for the officers to dispel. 1t was finally
agreed TO hold parey with the besiegiug
army for the purpose Of maxim < terms by
which Tokar would be surrendered conditional
that the lives OF the garrison be spared. A large
force Of marines have been dispatched from
Suakin to Trinkitat
A LairJ dispatch says: Advlces concerning
the surrender OF Tokar show that many soldiers
would have preferred active resistance to the
enemy, but tn officers favored the surrender
of the town against an attack except by bonn
bardment. The rebels were principally massed
at Jeb awaiting the advance Of Gen. Graham's
force from Suahim They promised to treat
the prisoners kindly and up TO last accounts
had kept their agreement.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-28

A COMMUNICATION signed by the
President and Secretary of the Western
Associated Press was presented to the
House few days ago and referred to
the committee on postoffices. The in
justice done to publishers rs well as to
private parties by the present rate OF
postage on third-class matter, embrace
ing newspapers, was clearly set forth in
the document and the reasons for q re-
duction, or at least the establishment OF
a uniform rate, strongly argued. Ger
tainly the postal department will lose
no revenue by making the changes ask
ed for, as the effect will be to increase
the quantity offered for transmission,
and this will result in corresponding
increase in the diffusion of information
among the people
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-28
More About the Southern Cyclone.

Information giving further particulars of
the cyclone which swept over the Carolinas,
Georgia, Alabama and tennessee say the storm
came so spddsnly the people were unable to
escape from their houses buildings were
blown into Fragments The kodies of the dead
were terribly bruised and cut. The force OF
the wind was SO great that two millstones were
moved 100 feet. Chickens and birds were
found picked clean. he largest trees were
uprooted, and smaller ones stripped OF their
bark. AT midnight the sky was dazzling red.
The killed and wounded belong almost exclu-
sively to the poorer classes, AMI there will be
suffering and destitution among survivors.
Already % dead bodies have been found in
Richmond county, N g.
Reliable reports state that on the line of
Cherokee and Pike counties, Georgia, within a
space OF three miles,22 persons were killed aud
40 wounded.
Davisboro, Georgia, on the Central railroad
was almost destroyed. Six store9 were blown
down, also the brick depot Yaripm, an
employe ~ the ralrnsd, wac Killed, aud many
dangerously wounded.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-28
An Anonymous Letter Writer Arrested.

From the Jackson Citizen.
Ever since the Crouch tragedy of
November Fl the family have received
a great many letters, some anonymous
and number with signatures. OF
course no particular attention was given
to them, but nevertheless they were an
noying. A few days since Jud received
a letter, mailed at lonia, which stated
that if Jud would send the writer 800
he would leave the country for good
and not appear against either Mr..
Crouch or Mr.. Holeomb on matters re-
lating to tho original murder. 1T re-
quested an answer to be directed to
John Wcathers," Ionia, Mich. The
writing correspondent with that of a
number of anonymous letters which had
been sent from various points IN the
state, and Mr. Crouch put the matter IN
the hands of Detective Gum of Grand
Rapids, who wrote Sheriff Toan of
Ionia about the contents of the letter
and said he (Gunn) would send mis-
sive to John Weathers," and told
Toan to look out for him. The other
morning a message was received stating
that Mr.. ''Weathers" had called for his
letter. He is now in custody and will
be given a chance to tell whether he
knows anything or not.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-28
Abuses of Justice.

At the annual meeting of the State
Association of superintendent of the
Poor, paper prepared byD Il. Waters,
warden of the Ionia prison, on the
abuses of Justice in the Lower
Courts, was read by Bishop Gillespie.
Among other things the writer said:
There are too many justices of the
peace, deputy sheriffs and constables.
These all live by fees. and they must
have business ii they have to trump it
up. In consequence there is a degree
of dishonesty and misadministration in
our inferior courts but little suspected
by the generality of the people. In at
least one town of many counties In the
state there is ring composed of arrest
ing and committing officers organized
for business and fees The alert arrest
ing officer meets needy looking stran-
ger out of money, arrests him on q
charge of vagrancy and takes him be-
fore the ring justice, who commits the
man to the house of correction for three
years. The county foots the bill.
Perhaps the seat of justice Is not
more than days journey for the round
trip, but the officer is sure to charge
two days for his services and altogether
gets nearly S25 for his per diem and
expenses, ant this one officer never
delivers 10 the prison more than one
man at a time. II he has two pen up-
der sentence at one time he leaves oRe
with the sheriff and goes with one
prisoner at a time.
The justice in his ring has his par
ficular part TO perform common
drunkard. a curse to himself and his
family, is brought up. He has beer ar
rested and found guilty of drunkenness
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-28

DOWN TO DEATH.
Fearful Explosion in a Coal Mine. A
Number of Men Killed.

The little mining village West Leisenring,
four miles north OF Unioptown, Pa, was the
scene OF the most terrific explosion ever known
In the coke region on the morning OF February
20. The Connellsville coal and iror company
OF which Judge Leisenring of Mauch
Chunk Is president, have 200 coke ovens
In that place, which have been in operation
about wear. The works give employment to
about 100 men, and quite little town has
sprung up named after the president OF the
company. Coal is obtained by means of shaft
which reaches the mine at distance OF 40C
feet from the surface. On the eventfu morn
ing part OF the force which had worked all
night left the mines a little after 3 o'clock and
~ Others took their places, making the usual
morning shift. About $3.50 O'Clock, while the
men were digging, suddenly, WITHOUT warning,
there occurred an explosion that convulsed the
mine In every department, and threw the men
into the utmost CONSERVATION. The scene of
the explosion was In one Of the apartments fully
100 feet distant from the bottom Of the shaft,
and, therefore, about 1900 feet from the sur
face OF the opening, yet the report was heard
on the outside for considerable distance, and
caused such jar that the top of the derrick
100 feet high was knocked off. Two mules
were standing at the bottom of the shaft, 800
feet from tue explosion, and the rush of air
blew one OF them through the wooden cage.
SCATTERING 1t to pieces. The other mule died OF
suffocation. The awful scene that ensued
among the terror stricken miners cannot be
described. All Of their lamps were blown out
and they were left In darkness and confusion.
They had not time to recover from the shock
until they found themselves unable to breathe.
The men lowered near the bottom, but they did
not find relief from the dreaded after-damp.
AS soon as possible the work of recovering the
bodies Of the men was begun and In a short
time 10 bodies were taken out but so horribly
mutiated as to be unacceptable. or the 20
men who went down, so full OF life and hope,
90 were killed. 1t will be several days yet be-
fore the other bodies can be recovered.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-28

"THE most unkindest cut" When
the sweet singer of Michigan retired
from the literary circle which she so
adorned, and undertook the care of a
saw mill in the Grand Traverse region,
i: was thoughtno effort would be made
to drag her into public view against her
clearly indicated desire for seclusion.
But no sooner did the Living skeleton of
the Philadelphia dime museum become
a grass widower than many of the
most pronounced family and society
journals began to urge him to sue for
the hand of the singer, not even remem-
bering the fact that the singer already
has a. husband with meat on his bones.
Exchange.