The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-19
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Fanny Ferns once popular books
are now out of print -i- rf -,
Miss Muloch says that it takes he
roine to be economical.
There are said. to be 1871, '217 illit
crate voters in the United States. e
Montreal policemen are required to
speak both English and French IlGur
Eighty million dollars is spent annu-
ally for public schools in the United
States. $50 - 90 -
Twelve petriiied olan5svere found ut
q depth of 250 feet while boring oil at
Purissima, Cal. C. y
DIR. Koch has received q grant Of
500, 600 for his labors in the cholera
infested districts.
Rum is made from sweet potatoes in
Louisiana Seven barrels of potatoes
yield barrel of rum. w ~ ~ s4
There are $50. 600 miles of telegraph
lines in the world. of which the United
States has 143, $40 niles OttU3 ~
The value of the butter made in the
mated at'ovsr CSC, 600, 000A " 4 F4A.
It is predicted that the volume of
telegraph business will be doubled
within the next five years. oCnC
Maiden Is the name of q young town
in Montana where all the babies born
thus far, except one, are girls III
PennsylvAnia has S.846 post Offices.
more than any other State-in the
Union. New York comes next with
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The Southern Pacific railroad COM
pany has in store in San Francisco.
1000. 600 feet Of lumber and 5000 tons
The navy Of this great ana glorious
country numbers less than 100 vessels.
but we have 1000 officers and ought to
feel safe on that account tSAt2. ,,to i,
William Henry Forman, editor Of
the Manhattan Magazine, says that the
cost of producing one number Of the
periodical is little more than $4,000.
Mr.. Chamberlain thinks the Wiscou-
sin man of the near future is to be al
most o German, while. the New Eng
lander.will be.-s least half on. Irish
man. an
There is exhibited at Baltimore q
curious Australian fish called the 60
by. 1t is said to climb out Of its aqua
rum with great ease for several hours
upon terra frma
7. C Schneider. of Baltimore, has
just finished a new micrometer, to
measure the wave length Of light It
is sAid to be the finest instrument, of
the kind in the world.
Lorillard, the rich horseman, is re-
ported as often saying he would rather
win a $500 purse with q horse Of his
own breeding than the richest stake in
the country with another's ,,,,...,.
Carrots, potatoes, parsnlps and beets
are heat-producing, while vegeta-
bles that form above ground, such as
asparagus, lettuce, peas, beans. corn,
cabbage and tomatoes, are cooling.
Strychnine and nicotine must be
among the very slow poisons, since an
old fellow in North Carolina, ia years
old, has been slave to whisky and to-
bacco for the last ninety-four years.
Sheffield, Ala, was a farmsix months
ago. A syndicate bought it for Sc. 900,
sold it in lots for $216, 600, and now. as
the Louisville & Nashville Road refuses
to build to it, the place has collapsed.
Paper is made in France from the
hop vine, and IL is claimed that the
fiber secured is the best substitute for
\ rags vet obtained, as it possesses great
, length, strength, fexibility and deli
cacy.
There is an old fellow in Hamilton
County, Ohio, who is nearly 102 years
of age, and has been. chewing, to-
bacco for the last seventy-fve years.
Nothing less than strychnine will kill
some men. n RI
Scientific men now have--a theory
that animal life originated in the arctic
regions. II it attracts attention and
provokcs discussion the result will
doubtless be more scientific expeditions
to the land of ice. ~ 49, ~ " "a
The fancy green and red bird's-eye
leather bags and pocket-books are be-
coming the rage, indicating that even
the most inharmonious and inartistic
fashion conceits are acceptable ut
Everybody wears them"
The American who took twenty In
dians to Europe for an exhibition tour
has returned,with fat pocket-book.
Every venurc of this kind should be
encouraged. We must keep even with
the opera singers in some way09 scd .
Discussing the suicide of animals a
London paper declares that the dragon
fly ''held securely by the wings curls
its tail upward to its mouth and chews
itself viciously to pulp" This beats
the performance of the Kilkenny cats.
Many people buy tea from Chinese
dealers on account Of itIbeing packed
in quaint little boxes. The package is
no proof that the article is genuine. as
thelwrappers are made and the tea
packed by a New York firm on Water
street. sbG1t bGg 9mOo ,y9n0n
In England there are but 227. 900
land owners, while under the system Of