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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-23
How the Turk AwOkc.

James Turk, guileless citizen Of
Detroit, was ambling around st. Louis
the other day when stranger stopped
him, offered him cigar, and said:
'YOu have frank and honest face,
and appeal to you 10 do me favor. !"
"Well, reckon l will, unless you
want to borrow money!
"Oh, no! no! You see that clothing
store over therep Well, on the left as
YOU 90 in is counter full of overcoats.
/ want one the worst way, but the price
is 500, and don't want to pay over
$15. / could have beaten him down, /
think, except that we both got mad and
l left"
"Wcll, what do you want of mep"
''Simply to 90 in and offer him $15.
If he accepts bring the coat TO me on
the corner below. If he refuses, you
will have my gratitude all the same. "
James promptly consented, and
when he had offered $15 for one of the
coats the dealer also promptly accepted.
1t was done up in neat bundle, and
Mr.. Turk carried it to the corner for
delivery and payment The other par
ty was not there. Mr.. Turk waited
half an neutrality-suspicious., over an
hour, and the idea crept through his
wool that he had been sold. He re-
turned TO the clothicr's and asked:
What is your asking price for these
overcoats9"
Eight dollars!'
''But paid you S15!'
"Oxactly. When a man comes in
und likes to pay me dot price l vhas
foolish to drive him avhay!'
Mr.. Turk reached home with two
overcoats, and he is so pale and quiet
and sad-appearing, that his friends
whisper their fears Of consumption
Detroit Free Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-23
GLEANINGS.

Three thousand men have signed the
temperance pledge in indianapolis.
There are now eighty-two national
cemeteries in this country, containing
321 1928 graves.
General Butler can get away with
four slices of New England pumpkin
pie at the end of big dinner.
The buffalo-robe trade in st. Paul
last year amounted to 10000 hides.
This year the catch will be but four.
The buffalo will soon be extinct.
A reward was lately offered in New
York for the recovery Of an account
book written in Hebrew, showing that
the language is not as dead rs it Is
painted.
The new crop OF tobacco in Cuba
has not been properly cared for and
works up unsatisfactory. Really fine
cigars are likely to be more expensive
than ever.
II. G. Wheeler, one of the vice-presi-
dents of the Iowa State Agricultural
Society. has $500 acres in cultivation.
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-23

ureau, o,vvv grains; tnilK. i,VJv grams;
potatoes, 5000 grains; butter, 600
grains; and water, 22,900 grains. His
heart should beat rs times n minute,
and he should breathe Is times min
ute. In "a hours he would vitiato II
$50 cubic feet OF pure air to the extent
of per cent. A man. therefore, OF
the weight mentioned ought to have
800 cubic feet of wcll-vcnilatcd space.
He would throw of by the skin Is
ounces of water, 800 grains OF solid
matter, and 400 grains OF carbonic acid
every "a hours, and his total loss dur
ing the "a hours would be pounds of
water, and little above two pounds
of other matter-NeU York Sun.
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err. and the papers are sent TO the
former directions, they are held re-
sponsible.
{. The courts have decided that
refusing 30 take periodicals from the
office, OF leaving them uncalled for is
b,Tma I's6a evidence Of intentional
fraud.
8. Any person who receives a
newspaper and makes use OF it, wheth'
e. be hos ordered it or not, is lreld
in the law 10 he subscriber.
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HELP WANTEp.-Females.

NAIANTED-1n every town, city and county, an
" intelligent. energetic lady of good address
and some business ability TO introduce TO the trade
and consumers, MADAME DEAN CELEBRATED SPr-
NAL SUPPORTING CORSET. Splendidly advertised :
highly recommended by the leading Modistes the
Fashionable Dressmakers, aud the most eminent
Physicians Of the United Stated and Europe Lib
eral pay. Agents making SIS to SOS weekly
Address, LswIs ScrrELR N Co.,
800 broadway, New York.
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The Howard Record very truth
fully says, "Senator Belknap is one
of the most popular men in Lansing
The Democrats in many places in
the State are arranging for an Ia
auguration ball, March 4h We
do not see any good reason why the
Owosso Democrats should NOT be as
enterprising as any of their brother
Der ocratS.
Wide awake, ably edited, abreast
OF the times on all public questions
the Detroit Evening Journal. It
should have large circulation in
this city. James CoPas /, the agent.
Give him an order, only 10 cents 4
week.
Representatives Cossitt and Brandt
spent Sunday in Owosse.
On the 24th inst. the officers Of
Laingsburg grange will be installed.
The snow storm On Friday night
wrs one Of the most severe in years.
There must have, fallen in this city
fully is inches Of snow on the level.
The Michigan Sportsmsn's a5soci-
alton will hold its annual meeting 1T
Lansing, February 4d. Would it
not be well for Owosso sportsmen to
be represented?
Sunday was an Intensely cold day.
The editor of THE TINES will be
at Lansing during the session Of the
Legislature, but hopes ordinarily 10
be at the Office on Saturdays. Any
letters sent him at Lansing will re-
ceive prompt attention.
The Sunday EDITION of the Detroit
Post is now sold regularly on Sunday
morning by Ed. Wright 1t is val.
liable edition. Price S cents.
The Bohemian oat swindle seems
to be playing out in Michigan. Well,
it is not day too soon. We enter
tain the opinion that these oats have
no merits.
The Eaton Rapids Journal is IL
years old-and under the manage
ment of Bro. Schurtz grows better
each week.
The Charlotte Republican-one of
the most influential Republican papers
in Mlchigan-has entered upon its
3ISt volume. Anger knows how to
make a good paper and does it.
Livingston Republican: "Hartland-
lies have cause for rejoicing over the
early prospects of railway communi-
cation with the wicked outer world.
Rumors are prevalent that the con.
| meeting link between Owosso and
South Lyon will be built as soon as
! King Frost surrenders up the earth. "
The interior of the Jail is being
| reprinted and put in frst-class con-
dition.
The Circuit Court will open on
Tuesday. February sd.
Bishop Harris will preach next
Sunday evening at Christ Church.
The Grand Trunk company have
paid the Judgement in favor of Mrs.
George Jones, of Corunna, of which
mention was made last week in THE
TIMES. The amount, principal in.
terest and costs was about $500.
The following named gentlemen
have been drawn to serve as Jurors
at the forthcoming term, viz:
| sylvester wilson and >.
F. Bush, Hazleton.
Louis M. Woodin, James
X. Van Dyne, Middlebury.
VIM. Hanson, M. B.
Keith, New Haven
lsreal Prince, Owosso township
Justin Stone, Perry
Orson Leland, Sciota
Ward Deveraux, Shiawassee,
Gleason J. Young, Venice.
A. F. Dickey, Vernon.
Richard F. Kay, Woodruff.
Frank Pond, Corunna rst Ward.
d. w. Shattuck, 4" ed
]. j. Peacock, sd
+. Nelan, Owosso city Ist dist
J. Calkins, ed 4"
Chauncey Heath, Antrim
G.. r. Warren, Bennington.
| VIM. II. ROhrabacher. Rurns
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-23

firms in Owosso arc in a shaky con-
dition, is pronounced, by those who
ought to know, to he absolutely un-
true.
The Postmaster General has issued
a circular fixing a uniform charge for
international money orders, as fol-
lows: "For sums not exceeding $40,
Is cts; over $Io and not exceeding
$40, 80 cts; over Sac and not ex-
ceeding $50, As cts; over $50 and
not exceeding $40, 60 cts; over $40
and not exceeding $50, IS cts.
There are now some 400 Posts Of
G. A. R. in Michigan, and the mum.
Der is constantly increasing.
There should be prompt action on
part of the chosen to revise the city
charter-A thorough revision, or bet
ter still, a rc-incorporation Of the city
is in the interest of every tax payer,
and every friend Of law and order
and whatever is done must be done
Immediately as all bills must be
introduced in the first fifty days oil
the session.
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Be a Man.

Foolish spending is the father of power
ty. Do not be ashamed of hard work.
Work for the best salaries or wages you
can get, but work for half price rather than
be idle. Be your own master, and do not
let society or fashion swallow up your in
dividuality-hat, coat and boots. Do not
eat up or wear all that you earn. Compel
your selfish body to spare something for
profit saved. Be stingy to your own ap-
petite, but merciful to others necessities.
Help others, and ask no help for yourself.
See that you are proud. Let your pride
be of the right kind. Be too proud to be
lazy; too proud to give up without conquer
ing every difficulty; too proud to wear
coat you cannot afford to buy to proud to
be in company that you cannot keep uE
with expenses; too proud to lie; or steal, OIL
cheat too proud to be stingy.
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A Great Undertaking.

The vast scheme of railway route from
London to Bombay is being considerably
discussed by the English press, the project
being strongly advocated by many Of the
most eminent French and British engineers
by whom the various details of the under
taking have been thoroughly worked out.
According to the statement made, the
whole of the journey will be accomplished
by train, save the passage of the Channel
and the crossing of the Straits Of Glbral-
tar. From Tangier the railway would run
across Morocco and make a junction with
the Algerian lines, afterward continuing
by Tunis and Tripoli to Cairo; thence the
line would continue along the Euphrates
valley and the shores of the Persian Gull
to Kurrachee, the extreme westerly point
of the Indian railway system. Quick trains
would cover the distance between London
and Bombay in nine days.
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The Earth Slipping into the Ocean.

Mr.. T. Mellard Reade, in his presiden-
tial address to the Liverpool Geological
Society, "On the Denudation of the Two
Americas" showed that 250, 900, 600 tons
of matter in solution are annually poured
into the Gulf of Mexico by the river Mis-
sissippi. This, it was estimated, would re-
duce the time for the denudation of one
foot of land over the whole basin-which
time has hitherto been calculated solely
from the matter in suspension-from one
foot in 5000 years to one foot in 1900
years. Similar calculations were applied to
the La Plata, the Amazons, and the st,
Lawrence, Mr. Reade arriving at the result
that an average of 100 tons per square
mile per annum are removed from the
American continent. This agrees with re-
suits he previously arrived at for Europe,
from which it was inferred that the whole
of the land draining into the Atlantic Ocean
from America, Africa, Europe, and Asia
contributes matter in solution which, If re-
duced to rock at two tons to the cubic
yard, would equal one cubic mile every six
wears Nature.
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BY CHARLES T. WRIGHT.
The sky is ablaae with wondrous glow
Of blending crimson and gold,
Whose glories, thrown back by the columued cloud
matehless beauty unfold.
The sun, from his poise in the zenith blaze,
Like conqueror seeking rest,
With burning breath and "a binding glare,
Has swept to his home in the west
The glowing gates whose golden bars
Divide the night from the day,
As if by the touch of invisible springs,
Swing back from the flaming way.
The dazzling form of the day-god's ear
In flood of light glides through,
While a thousand beams from the radiant wheels
Flash back the days adieu.
A few pale stars that have reached the gates
Ere they close for the coming night,
BY the mellowed light of the SUMS last rays
Pass in and are lost from sight.
But higher up in the spangled dome
Expands the milky-way
And far across nights jeweled arch
The glittering r-beams play.
With graceful sweep of her gorgeous robe,
The sky droops all around;
And tenderly kisses the dewy tears
That rest on the dark ming ground.
There's changing flush on the days fair face,
There's deepning hue in the sky;
There's solemn hush in the sultry air,
AS a sobbing moan goes by.
The day is catching his last faint sigh,
AS it falls from the zephyr's wings;
While the plying night-wind fans his face
With the cooling breath she brings
The deep'ning shadows are gathering round,
To curtain his dying bed,
While the ieecy cloud-forms tenderly fall
And cover the face of the dead.
The softened beams of the rising moon
Play round the snowy pail
And the sky, like mourner bowed with grief,
Bends lovingly over al.
The last bright flush of the twilight fades
The sentinel stars come forth
From the burning zone of the sun-gods home,
And the ice-girt pole of the north
Like martial sentinels, silent and Slow
In their moon-s1lyered beats on hlgh,
With a stately sweep and steady CLEAN,
They move through the studded sky
From their star-paved paths in the armament
These tireless watchers keep
Their sacred vigils over the day
That lies i'll its endless sleep.
As the wasting sands of the glass of time
Are dropping one by one,
They number the shadowy years that fit
Across the face of the sun.
Yet all these hours that come and go,
These years that pass away,
When gathered in Eternity
VIII make one deathless day.
Stetuartstolon ACADEMY, Noe. 10, 1885.
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AS to luck and laziness When luck
knocks at the door, it often finds the man
inside too lazy to lift the latch.
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A hardy, free jovial fellow, who took his
six bottles after dinner and went to bed
under the table. Ahl' the good lady
would sigh, 1--WE have no such men nova
days" Yet on hearing of my escapade
she retired to her room with Young's
"Night Thoughts" and declared her heart
was broken with the disgrace.
Where's their consistency? Why is
everything always wrong for me and right
for other fellows? Why does our family,
which has the reputation of being the oldest
and most quarrelsome family in Philadel-
phia, become unanimous in sitting on me ?
It's the only thing they ever do agree about
1 don't blame the Wigginses for being
down on me. 1t was little rough on
Tommy, and got him in a good deal of a
row. But the whole city need not have
fallen foul of me. Somebody might have
been just. But what's the use of reason
ing? 1t was simply my luck. Circum-
stances, as usual, were too many for me.
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Original pOetrg.
THE DEATH OF A DAY

Written for the Democratic Advocate,
BY CHARLES T. WRIGHT.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-10-07

in the part Of the State where he is
best known. He received 1887
while his Democratic opponent got
but 1888 and the prohibition can
didate 1.246-leaving a plurality Of
1910. In the same district the
vote for Blaine was 1881, or 466
less than that for Mr.. Davenport.
He is still a young man, being but
"A years of age.