The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-18
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be made of any length and dyed any
color.
A. Oakley Hall is taking an active
interest in London politics. lie Is loi-
lowing in the footsteps OF judah +;
BENJAMIN as an American COUNSEL
and Is very successful, too.
A Catskill IN. W man has a curl
osity in the shape of lemon and
orange combined. On one side Is
perfect lemon skin and the juice sour,
while the other is an orange and sweet.
Mr.. Corson, in the Journal de Phar-
n,acie. saws that piece of borax weigh
inc two or three grains will, II allowed
to dissolve slowly In the mouth OF
singer, remove all trace of hoarseness.
The Abyssinian mountaineer war.
riors frequently banquet on masses OF
raw and steaming beef. freshly cut
from the recently slaughtered beast.
They use a seasoning composed OF SAT-
and red pepper.
Guadalupe county. Texas, claims the
honor of the first conviction for fence
cutting under the new law. The fence
cutter was tried, convicted, and sent
enced to one years imprisonment In
the penitentiary. i
The recent report of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters shows that
no fewer than 2,872 hotels In the
United States have been destroyed py
fire during the past eight years, an av-
erage of $50 yearly.
Few cities in this country contain SO
much beauty within their limits as Sa-
yannah, Ga. Twenty-four parks. or
squares, each with several acres OF
tall trees and smooth lawns. adorn dif-
ferent parts of the city, and give
breathing places for the Inhabitants.
It has been decided by tho British
courts that when person insured has
not been seen or heard OF for seven
wears, according to evidence by rela-
lions or others, the presumption Is
death, and the company must pay up.
, The streets of Washington resemble
a tulip bed in bloom just after four
: o'clock every afternoon, when the va
| rious departments have disgorged
: their thousands of clerks. Gay toilets,
new fashions, flowers, feathers and
furbelows give bright appearance to
, the crowd.
A girl living at Short Beach, Conn.,,
: broke her collar-bone while coasting
last winter. Recently the bone was
D found to have Tapped over an inch.
Had the discovery been postponed q
8 few months she would have lost the
= use of one arm. The bone was sawed
in two and reset.
Camels utterly wild may be seen on
the desert lands at the head OF the Guil
q of California, where they lind con"
i genial home and multiply steadily'
n These are remnant OF a hero whlcn
a many years ago was imported by the
}, Government to act as beasts OF burdet
|, in New Mexico and Arizona.
% There is kind of monkey in NADIA
IS gascar that throws stones so hard ant
y Well-aimed that the natives seldom tr.
g to capture specimen, but one ha
been brought to New Haven, where 1t
n fierceness in flinging whatever missile
10 it can get hold of causes visitors y
d keep at respectful distance.
70 Three tramps commanded woman
Oh at Crestline. Ohio, to cook breakfas
9. for them. She said coolly that sh
y would do it; but she brought in
q: cooked pistol instead of food, and the
ID fed for their lives. She had NOR
ST bravery than strength, however, an
Oh has since been a raving maniac.
~ ~ A number of the First Corps OF th
"a Army of the Potomac, while at Fred'
~ ricksburg, Va, recently visited til
Alsop farm. One of the party handle
". a son of Mrs. Alsop, who was present,
- IS bill, saying: ION this day twent
or wears ago L stole side of bacon fro
ne your mother, and want you to civ
at her this to pay for it."
IT Paul Morphy, of New Orleans, I'll
lg: greatest chess player of the world, is
ed Gently demented wreck. A very sma
by man, spare of flesh, scrupulously ne
"a. ne and stylish in dress, cane in hand =
-. and down he goes jabbering softly
or himself. His insanity, not always al
~ parent, was not caused from overstud.
,SeI but from the loss of lawsuit.
an The destruction of plover eggs
IN, England to crafty the greed of Il
,tio pouitry dealers and the fashionable
or appetite of the rich for these dainti
her has been so great that fears are ente
ce tanned of the extinction of the bird
the About 100000 of plovers' eggs rea'
;tv the London markets every Sprin
the The nests are robbed and robbed aga
r. until the poor birds are exhausted al
by can lay no more.
en- An English statistician maintai
the that the daily increase OF wealth in I
too United States is upward of $25,OU
emit 600, or about 1888, 600. 900 YET
ing which is one-third as much as the
an. tire increase in wealth of the whole
the rest of the world. England, wht
!. increase in wealth is next to our ov
" makes only profit on all her busin
pa. of $500, 600, 900 year, or but lit
hor- over third of our own.
lent, It is proposed that q railroad sh
ton be built along the Pacific coast to
h of extremity Of Alaska, where fe
across Behring's Strait. would conn
,sus with the Russian railway system,
ring virtually grant the traveller an oy
alth land passage into Europe. The sche
,ern is not yet clearly developed, and !
hich hardly worth the while Of seasick to
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