The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-09
MISSING LINKS.

The last American slave was sold in
Virginia in the spring of 1865 for a
hundred head of cabbage plants.
No fatal accident has befallen any
passenger on Cayuga Lake during the
history of steamboating on that stream.
AS many as 1900 tints are used in
Gobelin tapestry work, Il great increase
in number and fineness due mainly to
chemistry.
Prince Henry of Battenbcrg recently
got n heavy fall while hunting. and
Queen Victoria has practically forbidden
him to hunt any more.
Nine. Gerster suffers from persistent
insomnia, which has so worn out her
system that two or three years will be
needed to effect restoration.
Archbishop Croke would like much
to visit this country, but at his age
above siXty-he breads the mental and
physical strain it would cause him.
1t is thought that dozen shots from
the new German bomb. charged with
dynamite shells, would destroy the
strongest Notifications in the world.
In Il letter, written as long as 1861,
and now for the first time published,
Darwin speaks of himself rs one of
those miserable creatures who are never
comfortable for twcnty-four hours.
Prof. L. w. Spring, author of kan
sas" in the American Commonwealth
series, will give up the chair of English
literature in the State University of Kan
sas to take that in Williams college. He
was graduated ut Williams ut 1868.
Oscar Wilde is contemplating another
trip to this country. He is to be accom-
panied by his wife, and is to "do" the
mining districts in New Mexico before
he goes home again. Mr.. Wilde does
not threaten to lecture during this trip.
Miss Kato Kin, daughter of Kato
Kiyoto, Il shizoku of Tokyo Flu, Japan,
has been ordered by the Department of
Education to visit the United States to
study the routine of normal schools and
nursery establishments for three years.
The beautiful red plumage of South
african species Of birds has been chem
ically examined and found to be due to
copper. When the birds are kept away
from food containing copper they en-
tirely lose the tint produced by that
mineral.
Albert Victor Edward, eldest son of
the Prince OF Wales, is described as a
shy, pale, boyish-looking young fellow,
who doesn't look his twenty-five years.
He is devotedly attached to his mother,
whom he resembles in character and
features.
There is an old superstition prevalent
among river men of the West that the
name Washington" is in every sense
an unlucky one for steamboat, and
that one so christened, whether wholly
or in part. is sure to be burned, blown
up OF sunk.
AS a curious experience in regard to
the changed condition of affairs in the
West, it is stated that buffaloes are bred
in Kansas for sale, and calves bring $50
each now where twenty years ago herds
of thousands of these cattle ranged over
the prairies without interference.
The English Mechanic says that the
V-shaped chain rope is likely to become
the driving rope of the future. 1t can
be made to fit any shape of groove, and
works well over pulloys, while it can be
put on or shortened in few minutes
and possesses four times the advantage
of the round rope.
Establishments for the manufacture of
steel nails and steel nail plate are on
the increase in this country. These
nails, it is alleged, are produced much
more cheaply than those of iron, owing
to the cheaper proccss-the Bcssemer-
in preparing the metal; but their grip is
less than that of iron nails.
In the course of conversation be-
tween w. S. Gilbert and Frank Bur-
nand, editor of Punch, the former said:
"Burnand, suppose you receive guam
titles of funny copy from outside people,
don't youp" Burnand was off his guard,
and replied, Lots" Gilbert's hard
face relaxed little as he added, why
the deuce don't you put some of it IN
Punch, thenp"
According to Mr.. Grant Allen, "Dar-
win was not, rs most people falsely
imagine, the Moses of evolutiOnism, the
prime mover in the biological revolu-
ton; he was the Joshua who led the
world of thinkers and workers into full
fruition of that promised land which
earlier Investigators had but dimly de-
scried from the Pishgah-top of coniect-
ural speculation
A Boston writer declares it to be- a
matter of fact rather than of fancy that
there is more nutrimcnt in u DARN, than
q white-shclled egg. The whit 81 he
white-shelled egg Is like mix ri mu-
water, while that OF dark ggs ha SUBJ
stance. is g.laiino,rS in ~ rgri, aud
will hold together if lifcd n icN mcles,
and, it is claimed. is ont-ihTd more
valuable for any culinary purpose,
A writer on mural pHnilr says:
"F0r ares custom mas S.uCt 7 the