The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-31

more, Colorado, it is said, are given,
among other supplies, bottle of
whisky as an antidote to rattlesnake
bites, from which the pupils often suf-
fer in that locality. One teacher there
has her desk ornamented with rattles
takea from these poisonous reptiles.
General Sherman went to circus in
st. Louis. Not satisfied with the ami
mails and the circus he took in the
dressing tent and the side-show. In
the dressing tent he did not offer to
kiss any of the young ladies, but told
one of them she was pretty. He also
added: YOU'RE pretty, and you know
it,"
Feggokilt, on the island of Mois,
Denmark, is for sale. The owner
guarantees that it was the birthplace of
"that remarkable man Hamlet" and
that on it is "a hill with the grave of
King Fegge, who was the identical in
dividual slain by the young Prince to
avenge the murder most foul of his
father"
The public schools of Anita, Iowa,
have taken new departure in substi-
tuting weekly newspaper in place of
the usual fourth and fifth readers. 1t
is believed that the change will be tried
in many schools of the Ssate, inasmuch
as the last Legislature failed to pass
law for uniformity and permanency of
textbooks.
Ell Mehdi's flag, captured at the bat
tie of Tamanieb, has reached England.
The groundwork is red, the lettering
is worked In with blue, and two cres-
cents and two stars are on the side
nearest the staff. The inscription, in
Arabic characters which read from left
to right, consists of praises to God and
Mahomet as his messenger and apostle.
Breaking Up Boy.
This was the way he told it, after
wiping away his tears and shaking his
head in q heart-broken manner:
"You see, she is leetle girl, and her
pa he up'n died, and her ma she up'n
died, and she was left all ALONE in
the world"
Eyes"
"And the family next door, they
adopted her, and the man he pounds
her, and the woman she boxes her
ears, and the little boy he pinchcs her
in the most drefful manner
Eyes"
"And she hadn't any cats or dogs OF
birds to play with. And they made her
wor-uk like slave; and they don't
care how Lonesome she was. 'Scuse
my tears, but allus shed tears when l
cry"
"Woll."
"Well, 1 LATED at her over the back
fence, and she LATED back, and it was a
case of goneness. Guess you've bin
there? Wonderful bobbing of the
heart-heap of lynn awake nights.
And her name it was Nancy, and her
hair it was b-a-n-g-e-d.
go on"
''And had grasshopper. And he
was socker. And his name it was
Sam. Had him more two weeks, and
he walk on his hind legs, dance clog,
turn q handspring, and play dead
when / whistled. And-and he'd pick
his tee-eth just like dude"
"And?"
"And I lent him to Nancy to play
with, and she thanked me in the most
| dref1ul manner. / told her to keep
him tied up in the back yard, and she
was so glad that she cried. Sam he
kind of hated to go, and l kinder hat
ed to have him, and boy he offered
to trade me knife and one skate for
him, but l felt so bad for Nancy that
] led my grasshopper around by the
alley and lent him to the po-oor Or
FUN"
yes"
"And what dye spose? 'Scuse my
cryin', but / allus cries when sheds
tears. She tied Sam to cherry tree,
and he walked around Us pe-rOud as a
lord, and he stood on his head and
played circus till Nancy was tickled to
death. Took right to her. Must ha'
known she was an orfun. Hadn't bin
there fifteen minits when she tried the
trapeze act. And now-ow he's expi-
ired and d-e-a-d!"
"Now
'Strue as you live! The old man he
came out and diskivered him, and the
old woman she came out and diskiver-
cd him, and they were mad because il
was Nancy's pet. The old man he got
the ah-ax, and the old woman she got
the crow-ba-ar, and they pitched in
and knocked my grasshopper out in
fourteen rounds, and he was so know
ing! And | had such fun with him
And Nancy had dotted so much on 9
pct! Wasn't it wi-wicked? Wasn't il
s-h-a-m-eful?"
at was.
"And they boxed Nancy's ears and
shut her up down cellar; and they
wouldn't give me Sans body to have
funeral over; and the man he said
was a vagabond: and the woman sh'
said l needed bird-shot, and the en-
gagement is declared o-off and I'm al
broke up!"-Detr0n Free Press.