The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17

French gentlemen have long since
abjured their own tailOrs, and have
gone over to English tailors or cutters
for their clothes. In 1875 there were
only thirteen English tailors in Paris,
who did business amounting to l.
400, 900 francs a year. Now there are
over thirty-nine English tailors in
Paris, whose business amounts to 49,
5OO,O francs annually.
Edward King thus writes from Paris
of two noted men: "Victor Hugo and
Marshal Won Moltke were both at
Raggatz, in Switzerland, recently.
think it would be difficult to find in
America two such vigorous old men of
eighty as the famous Prussian General
and the celebrated French poet. Meth
or of them seem to have any intention
of dying for the next quarter of a cent
ury."
A cable to Harvard College Observa-
tory announces the discovery of anoth-
er asteroid by the Austrian astronomer
Palisa. Position, the 22d of September,
1919 Greenwich mean time; right
ascension, 2 hours 10 minutes sec
onds; declination north, IA degrees az
minutes 33 seconds; daily motion-in
right ascension, minus "a seconds; in
declination, minus minutes. 1t is of
the thirteenth magnitude.
The manager of Brooklyn lecture
bureau recently wrote to General Sher-
man asking his rates for delivering
lecture. General Sherman wrote in re-
ply: "Dear Sir-My regular charge
for Occurring is million of dollars
for outsiders; for my soldier comrades,
once year, nothing. FOR the former
never has this fee been accepted; for
the latter my book of engagements is
full for the natural period of my life.
With great respect. William T. Sher-
man."
An electrical tooth-pulling machine
which is quick and almost painless in
its operations can pull as many as sew
en- teeth in five seconds. A pair of
forceps protrude from a nickel tube
which is connected with awire. The
forceps are applied to the tooth, the
operator touches spring, a spiral ar
rangement within the tube winds up in
a wink, draws down the forceps like q
flash and in an instant the tooth is
jerked from the jaw and cast on the
floor.
A man on the Wabash river has
built for experiment water-wagon.
He has twelve empty coal-oil barrels in
framework, three on either side, and
connected with rods and cranks. In
the rear of the boat is paddle-wheel,
and to this is rod which connects
with the one to which the barrels are
fastened, so that when the wheel is
turned the barrels will also revolve.
The boat is about 10X15 feet, and the
builder claims that one man can run it
up or down stream.
There is an old well at Anderson
vile, Ga. Some time ago the water
gave out, and it was bored deeper.
When the bucket was replaced it was
found that the water on the top was
the same as usual, but if the bucket
was dropped to the bottom it would
bring up strong sulphur water, which
very much tasted like and resembled
the water of Magnolia springs. No
reason has ever been found for the
difference in the water.
1t is II curious fact that tornadoes
occur in the afternoon, o'clock being
called the tornado hour. They move
from southwest to northeast, generally
east about 20 degrees north and their
linear movement is ordinarily from 80
to 40 miles an hour. Tornadoes occur
on Sultry days. or when the temperate
urc is very high and the air is thor
oughly saturated with moisture. Tor
nadoeS occur when the electrical con
ditions are high, or when the air is
thoroughly charged with electricity.