The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-01-18
aLEANINGs.

A Cohoes, N. Y, couple were mar
ried the first day they met, and divorc-
ed on the third.
A murderer in Kansas Jail charges
cents for look, and is thus doing a
thriving business.
An Albany peanut vender discovers
that he loses 400 peanuts a day by
people taking one as they pass by his
corner.
The late j. p. Hale, of New York,
left $lO,OO0,O00, much of which sum
goes to cousin who can neither read
nor write.
Experiments in determining the
height and velocity of clouds, by means
OF photography, are being made in
England.
Florida newspapers have their joke
about the swamp lands. Some of them
say that the lands are to be sold "by
the gallon"
A Cincinnati physician has examined
140 of the best whistlers in the city,
and finds them sadly lacking in mental
development.
The engineer in charge of the gov
eminent works at Key West has fished
up a copper cannon of the fifteenth
century. 1t belonged to the early
Spanish invaders.
Dried apples are used in Kentucky
for making apple-jack, but the beverage
must be stored in stone jugs or glass
bottles, as it will eat out Of wooden
barrel
The Santa Barbara Independent ad-
v0cates division of California and an
nexing the southern part, including San
Luis Obispo to Arizona, forming new
State.
The United States has 1911 doctors to
every 10000 persons. In England the
proportion is to 10000; in France, 8;
Germany, 8 and a fraction; Hungary
and Italy, 6, and Switzerland z.
Judge Hoover, who once upon time
was Chief Justice of Arizona, is now
chief waiter in restaurant in Southern
California. Judge Sattherthwaite, also
of Arizona, is now doing tinker's jobs
for living.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Avalanche
says that census of Southern editors
shows two Captains, seventeen Majors,
Generals and 1926 Colonies. There
are no privates and no officers below
the rank of Captain.
A Mississippi paper says that while
some persons were boring an artesian
well in Lee County, that state, they
found log 1926 feet under the earth,
which was in fair state of preser-
walton and resembled poplar.
The treasurer of Carroll County,
Ark, placed $1,000 in an old boot for
safe keeping, placing the boot in a pile
of rubbish. Now he is trying to
negotiate with the man who stole the
boot.
A cane brought over in the May
flower by William White, the father
of Peregrine White, the first white
child born in New England, is now in
possession of CaptainWilliam White, of
Yarmouth, Mass.
A rose farm Is new industry in
Alabama. Two gardeners have three
sores in rose trees. This year they
sold $4,000 trees to parties at the
North, and had orders for 1000 which
they could not fill. They bring about
$50 per 100.
Kwang Lee the young Emperor of
China. devotes three hours day to
studying the language of his country,
but otherwise does nothing except
ride in the Imperial Gardens. He
will assume the reins of government
personally on the 31st of next July, his
fifteenth birthday.
The walls of Canton, China are of
sandstone, capped with brick. They
are twenty feet thick and from twenty
five to forty feet high. There are
twelve outer gates, through which
oats pass into the moat cast and west.
The gates are all shut at night, and q
guard is stationed near them to pre-
serve order.
One night in the early days of San
Francisco a party Of men were winding
up spree in a saloon, when one of the
members dashed the liquor from his
glass, and said: 81 dash it away for
ever" From this incident the Dash
away Society was formed, and 1t did
incalculable good in the cause of tempe
rance and charity.
LAh OAShouSO ONitOiy VIM hoo bOOh
keeping track of what the newspapers
have being saying about cities, states
that Chicago and st. Louis are the most
abused, New York the most talked of,
Boston the most respected, and Phila-
delphia the most praised. No ono
hears of Cincinnati, he says, except
when the McLean-Halstead fight Is
going on.
Here is copy of letter received
the other day by a firm in st. Joseph,
Mo-: II would like to travel and sell
glassware for you. I am sixteen and
. half years of age. I have got cheek
to sell goods. The way to sell goods
is to show the man your goods and tell
him your price. Write soon and state
salary that you will give and expenses,
and tell me in what section of the coun-
try you want me to work in"
Jewelry-making is the big business
Of Providence, r. /. There are 1874
manufacturing establishments, employ
ing about $500 hands, and turning out
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