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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16

APRIL 5.-The motion before the house to
suspend the rules ard pass the Mexican
pension bill was agreed to to-day-.yeas 1853.
nays, 6S. The bill directs the secretary of
the interior to place the names OF all the
surviving officers, soldiers and sailors who
enlisted and served in tho war with Mexico
for any period during the years 1S45, 1916,
1S47, and 1S4S and were honorably dis
charged, and their surviving widows, on
the pension roll, at the rate OF SIS per month
from and after the passage or this act dur
ing their lives, and To make such rules and
regulations as are necessary TO carry this
act into effect; provided, that where 1t shall
appear that q discharge is lost secondary
evidence may be permitted, and where 1t
shall appear an applicant has received
land warrant that shall be sufficient EVIL
dence of ;si honorable discharge, unless the
evidence shows that he procured 1t by
fraud; and provided, further, that this act
shall not apply to persons under political
disabilities.
APRIL 6.--The post-oflice appropriation
bill passed the house to-day, after amend
ments TO increase the appropriations for
postal clerks and the transportation OF for
eign mails had been rejected. During the
debate of the measure Mr.. Phelps attacked
POstmaster-General Villas, calling him the
Pooh-Bah of the administration, who
usurped the functions OF the president and
OF congress to defeat the laws.
Messrs. Holman and Randall defended
Mr. Villas
During the consideration OF q bill to Sc
cure an equitable classification and compen-
sation of United States officers Mr. Bennett
IN. CD inquired why the Commission pro-
posed by the bill was not composed of men
of the same political party. Were not dem
ocrats the best opponents OF democratic
policy, he asked. us 1t q crime to be a
dem0cratg he exclaimed, amid an nfiirma-
tive cheer from The republican side. The
~ 90 .sf al marty I'm
1884 who lifted up their voices In one grand
chorus and pointed to the standard-bearer
of the party as an Ideal democrat supposed
that his election meant democratic victory
and that the Legitimate consequences would
follow. Laughter no the victors be-
longs the spoilsv was as true to-day as
when ,lttered by Marcy, and the gentlemen
who thought that In the sonth, that was
not Gods gospel truth had set his sights
too high for the game. Laughter.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16

CLEVELAND, O., Oct. goth, 1885,
From the time was IS years Of age.
l was almost confirmed invalid with
liver and kidney trouble. Confined
to my bed three weeks out of four.
Face covered with dirty eruption.
Never expected to get well. Have
taken fifty three bottles of Warmers
safe cure. Can do my work, market
ing, walking any distance without
fatigue. Warmers safe cure saved my
life, for l was a complete wreck
Mrs. Louisa DeMooy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that 1, John Q.
A. Cook, Special Drain Commissioner, will,
on the 27th day of April, A. d. 1886, at my
residence. in the township of Antrim, in the
county Of Shiawassee and State of Michigan,
at one o'clock in the afternoon, let contracts
for the work of improving the Looking Glass
River, in the counties of Clinton and Shia-
wassee, and opening, widening and deepen.
ing the same such work to be done accord
ing to the survey maps, and profile made
under the direction of I'll. II. Pulver, local
Commissioner, &C., with such alter ations
thereof as | have deemed expedient, and
now on file in my Office at my residence in
the township Of Antrim, aforesaid; such work
to be let in two separate contracts, one for
and in each Of said counties, and to the per.
son or persons who will do the same, accord
ing to the aforesaid survey, map, profile and
specifications, SO far altered. for the least
percentage of the subscriptions secured in
aid of such work in each Of said counties, in
addition to the lands appropriated by said
state to such county, the undersigned reserv-
ing the right to reject any or all bids.
Dated this 22d 6av of March A. ID. 1856.
JOHN @. A. Cook,
5t. Special Commissioner.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16

A New York letter to the Boston
Herald says: Theodore Moss is self
made man. He began life as the box
Office boy in the elder Wallack's
theater. A few months ago a gentle
man showed me letter from Lester
Wallack's father to the man who was
then acting manager of the theater, say
ing: You may re-engage John Lester
for next season at 800 week aud
Moss at SO week The John Lester
of those days is the Lester Wallack OF
the present time, and the lad alluded to
simply rs Moss is now the heavy capi-
talist of tho Wallacks Theater enter
prise. His early life was frugal. and
the acquaintance he made in selling
tickets to wealthy New Workers have
been exceedingly valuable to him. His
speculations have been mainly adroit,
and his fortune is estimated Mt a very
large figure"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16
Are We Losing Our Teeth?

The alternative us to whether man
was created or developed can no longer
be raised, now that we are exercising
the free use of our reason. Mans den.
tition has to be judged from our ex-
periences made in the mammalian
group. Hence, first of all, it is re-
duced dentition. True, we do not know
the definite stages by which it was
attained in man, any more than we do
in the case of the anthropomorphoids,
and all the other apes of tho Old World,
but we shall not hesitate to maintain
that the ancestors of man possessed q
fuller number of teeth, us long as deduc
tons are justified from the observation
of facts Our teeth have decreased in
number during the course of our geo
archaeological development; we have
lost on either side, above and below,
two incisors, two premolars, and one
molar. BY this we transfer ourselves
back to those periods from which the
Jaw of the otocyon has been preserved.
Baume, our eminent odontologist, in a
recent work which we have repeatedly
referred to, has successfully followed
and pointed out cases of atavsm or re-
version in the human jaw, by tracing
cases of surplus tceth-and certain
dental formations met with in the jaws
III large percentage of cases-back tc
to those portions of the jaw in the ami.
nal ancestors of man which have dis.
appeared in the course of ages. From
"1he Teeth of the Coming Man. by
oscar Schmidt, IN Popular Science
Monthly for April.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16
GA true copy.
Defendants.

Send for circular. Price so cents by mail or at
druggists. ELY BROTHERS,
Druggists, Owego, NY.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16

An ounce of discretion is better
than pound of knowledge. Why
not spend twenty-five cents for a bottle
of Red Star Cough Cure, and save a
large doctors bill?
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16

STATE OF MICHIGAN, the Circuit Court for
the County of Shiawassee-In Chancery.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16

1t is all right for young man in
tending matrimony to find out whether
the young girl can cook. But it is
still more important for the girl to
find out whether the young man is
capable by education and COED habits
to provide supplies for the kitchen.
The disagreeable operation of fore
ing liquids into the head, and the use
of exciting snuffs, are being super
seded by Ely's Cream Balm, cure
for catarrh, colds in the head and hay
fever. 1t is safe and pleasant rem
edy being easily applied with the
finger. 1t is curing cases which have
delied the doctors Price soc.
An ounce of discretion is better
than pound of knowledge. Why
not spend twenty-five cents for bottle
of Red Star Cough Cure, and save a
large doctors bill?
The outrageous wrongs of the pres
ent policy of the insurance companies
was never better illustrated than in
the following from the Granite State
Free Press: statistics kept by Hon.
John M. Hill, show that Concord has
paid in the last IL years, $40, 900
for insurance; that the losses were
S3I5,o7I, and that the amount Of in
surance recovered was S2so,5o8."
Just note that for $40, 900 paid in
premiums, only S23o,5o8 was paid on
losses, aggregating S3I5,o7I. Surely
comments are unnecessary.
A single fact is worth ship load
of argument. This may we'll be ap-
Piled to St. Jacobs Oil which is more
efficacious than all other liniments,
Mr.. John Gregg, a we'll known citizen
Of Watsonville, California, found it
to be indispensable as cure for rheu-
matism. Price fifty cents.
New York Times: But as TO the
Democratic House, it has dcne moth
ing yet to redeem the promises made
by its party.
New York Tribune: When the
President gets tired of suppressing
the papers he can suppress Commits.
sioner Black. Nobody will complain
of that.
After being a victim of severe
rheumatism for three years, / was in
duced to try Athlophoros, and am
now glad to state that l am free from
pain. Mary l. Whiting, $40 Univer-
sity avenue, Madison, Wis.,, one Of
oldest residents.
Utica Observer: If Jefferson Davis
prolongs his lecturing trip the people
will for the first time regret the policy
Of amnesty adopted after the war.
Concord, N. H., Monitor: No
dwelling has been burned in the city
proper of Concord during the last
thirteen years, and in no instance has
the damage to that class of property
exceeded $1,000.
New York Tribune: Men and
brethren, the voice of an aroused
nation doth declare, verify the Gov
eminent that fosters fraud must fall.
l have myself used EIy's Cream
Balm (being afflicted with catarrh)
with satisfactory results, and recon-
mend it to all suffering with this ter
ribe disease. 1t is giving my trade
universal satisfaction.--L. +. Gack-
enheimer, druggist, Van Vert, Ohio
Read Steketee's advertisement on the 9TH
.>.xa r. A. lo..,. :e.,,o IL q. xaI;o11o NJ
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16

South Manor, Suffolk County, N. T.,
has about ninety inhabitants; Of this
number one is ninety-eight years old.
three between eighty-nine and ninety,
five between seventy-five and eighty
years, eleven between sixty and seventy
years, and twelve between fifty and sixty.
Dakota win open q state school Of
vniues near the Black Hills.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16
Geo. G. Steketee,
SO Monroe ST., Grand Rapids. Mich.

Il. l.. Brewer sells the best pure Gum,
Crack-proof, Rubber Boot in the market,
for only $3.50
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16
WANTED--IMMEDIATELY.

rs 600 MEN, who use cross-cut VS., 10 send to us
for free descriptive circular OF oua New Combined
and accurate tool ever invented for the purpose,
with highest Testimonials Its Jonting Feature
Alone Is worth more than the price of the entire
tool Price of tool postpaid, with printed nstruc
tions for Jointing Setting Filling and Straghten.
ina Saws. only S1.00 Address CHALLENGE
SAW-SET Co. Meadvie, Pa
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-04-16
Order Of Publication.

STATE OF MICHIGAN. the Circuit Court for
the County of Shiawassee-In Chancery.
John A. Farnsworth, Treasurer
of the Vermont Academy,
Plaintiff,
William Ruddock, Walter Rnd-
dock, Howard Ruddock,
Myrtle Ruddock and Henry
Woodland,
Defendants.
1t satisfactorily appearing by affidavit that the
Bill OF Complaint herein has been duly filed, and
that the defendants, Howard Ruddock and Myrtle
Ruidock are non residents of this state, and are
residents of one of the United States: On motion
of Lyon and Hackleman, solicitors for said conf
plainant IL Is ordered, That said defendants, How
ard Ruddock and Myrtle Ruddock, respectively,
cause their appea rance to he entered in said
within four months from { e date hereof according
TO the rules and practices of said Court and in de-
fault thereof, that the said Bill of Complaint be
taken as confessed by said defendants, Howard
Ruddock and Myrtle Ruddock. And it is further
ordered, That within twenty days said complainant
cause copy of this order 10 he published in THE
TIMES. newspaper published and printed in the
County of Shiawassec Michigan. and said publica-
ton be continued once in in each week for six
successive weeks that copy of this order be
personally served upon the said defendants, Howard
Ruddock and Myrtle Rnddock, at least twenty days
before the time prescribed for their appearance
herein.
FRANK ii. WATSON.
Circuit Court Commissioner for the
County of Shiawassee,
CA true copy. Michigan
The Iola register., 1886-11-25
THE REDINGOTE.
A Popular and Useful Garment Which Il
Again In High Vogue.

A Popular and Useful Garment Which Is
Again In High Vogue.
Plush redingotes, fitting the figure
very closely and reaching nearly to the
foot of the dress skirt. are to be in high
vogue again. The backs of the coats
are exceedingly full and arranged in
deep organ plaits behind to admit tho
very pronounced misnomers call ''im.
provers," which are added just below
the waist. DARK Venetian red. deep
myrtle green, golden brown and even
heliotrope plush is made into redngOtes
or French surtouts. Many ladies, how
ever, prefer tie more jaunty- looking,
tight-fitting marquise jacket that IS
trimmed with bands of blue fox, Grecian
lynx or natural beaver. These are GER
tainly very becoming to trim, youthful
figures. The coats are made of r. ugh
cloth of every sort and color, and also
of the English mixed suitings. There
are shown some stylish jackets of dark
blue cloth trimmed with mink fur and
fastened with bronze buttons in old
medal, designs. These are charming.
In velvet they are of course more dressy
and likewise more expensive. Friezo
coats are more popular than ever this
season. An effect We jacket recently
noted upon the promenade was made
of dark blue frieZe cloth. trimmed with
blue-fox fur. 1t was worn above a vel
vet and camel s-hair gown of the same
color; and as the day happened to be
chilly and bleak, the jacket looked most
comfortabie.-N. y Post.
The Iola register., 1886-11-25
Number of Alpine Glaciers.

According to Prof. Helm, of Zurich, the
total number of glaciers in the Alps is 1,155,
of which 249 have a length of more than
1880 meters. OF this number the French
Alps contain IA, those of Italy IS, of
Switzerland Al and Of Austria 46o The
total superficial area of these glaciers is
between 5000 and 1900 square kilometers,
those of Switzerland amounting to 1889
kilOmeters. The greatest length is reached
by the Aletsch glacier, which is "a kilom-
etSrs long. As to thickness, it will be re-
membered that Agassiz, when measuring a
crevass in the Aar glacier, did not reach
the bottom at $50 meters, and that he cal
culated the depth Of the bed Of ice at GER
tain point of this glacier at 400 meterA-
Geographical Bulletin.
The Iola register., 1886-11-25
FATTeN,No SWINE.

A Few Timely Hints For Those Who Arc
Preparing Hogs for Market.
Swine should be pushed forward in
mild weather as fast as possible, as they
will gain flesh more rapidly on the same
quantity of food than in freezing
weather. During the fattening process
it has been found highly beneficial to
feed q moderate quantity of pumpkins.
for when this is done they assist the di-
gestion of the grain or meal given tho
swine, and enables them to more per-
fectly and economically turn it into
flesh, thus saving q considerable per-
centage in the consumption of food.
Pumpkins, or, what are richer and bet
ter, winter squashes. ought to be grown
especially for this purpose by all swine
keepers. Aside from this. they are ex-
cellent for the store stock, as they
will do well if fed alone on these-that
is, provided they are of good, quiet
breed.
When pumpkins are not on had few
roots may be given raw. of which beets
and carrots are better than potatoes,
Il
last are very poor feed for this purpose,
being better for cattle. Grass, and es-
pecially clover, is an excellent substi-
tute for roots, so long as it remains
green and growing in autumn, but when
turned out to this, the swine ought to
have a warm shed, into which thev can
come when fed and to protect them
selves from dew and frost during the
night, as well as from storms
To make superior hams and bacon,
corn should be mixed with cats or bar
ley, or perhaps rye might answer. at the
rate of One-half to third of one of the
latter to the former, and ground thus
together. Such feed increases the pro-
portion of tender. juicy, lean streaking
the fat, which is essential to produce .
fine quality of hams and bacon. If fat
pork for sailing and barreling alone is
wanted, then pure corn, whole or
ground into coarse meal, is the best
feed, joined with some pumpkin or
roots, barley or rye, as recommended
above.
Canadians occasionally substitute bar
Lev for corn, as do the English and
Scotch also. Formerly, before our corn
was imported into Great Britain, the
farmers there fattened their swine al-
most entirely on barley, and their hams
and bacon, in consequence of tn S. were
quite nice. especially when made from
the Berkshire breed. When not run
ming on grass lot, give the sw ne a
few Jumps of charcoal or chunks of rot
ten wool to gnaw. 1t is said that the
former is preventive of chOlera, be-
ing an antiseptic, but whether SO or not,
both of the above are very healthful.--
american Agricuiturist.
The Iola register., 1886-11-25
ere close at the mothers knee

7
ou. ,le ii'tic oro"n noaso os 'ns roao
For f,obln is dead. ana Alice Is wed,
ANA Louie must Dide al the mill;
fatner Is gray ana silent,
| ana 'he mother ioot is SLOW,
ANA you near the clock, with its faint tick-toci
AS you couid not long ago.
|
me niue pfoW,i house oy ,iie ROAD
watch 1t stand in the quiet Land,
Under the quiet Sky;
From the time OF the golden daisies
To the hour OF the falling leaves,
From the time OF seed TO the waving mead,
And the flush OF tho ripcned sheayes.
,n,,
ne iie'iv oio"n nouee oy 'nc roao'
nnen p'sseu ~ yester en-
The Iola register., 1886-11-25
SMALL BRIDGES.
Suggestions of Interest to Every DwelleP
in Country Districts.

Suggestions of Interest to Every DwelleP
in Country Districts.
The construction of bridges is one Of
those labors which at times fall upon
the farmer, and every farmer should
know something of the business. A
Kansas farmer who has had to build
more than once to bridge stream ON
his farm gives the following: "Stone,
if you can get solid foundation, Will
last the longest, but up this way the
creek bottoms are so sOf that, after re-
peated failures, we have fallen ack on
posts altogether. At present we are
using hard pine, and it will last twice
as long at least. l use string-p;eces 3
by II, 16 feet long. putting five or six in
bridge, using four posts at each end
and covering with 14-foot planks. On
the inside of the posts we saw in one
and half inches and make a notch at
the top extending 10 inches below tho
top of the post; in this we spike a one.
foot plank, and that holds up the string
ers. The stringers are notched at the
ends about two inches. SO they fall be-
low the top of the cross planks; that
keeps the ends from falling in when
the dirt is thrown against them. Four
of the stringers are spiked with heavy
spikes to the post also. Our truss
bridges are fastened to the posts in the
same way. This is the general plan.
but is varied more or less according to
the situation. Bridges should be raised
some above the level of the road, 50
that when a team comes to the bridge
they will naturally slack up and go
slowly over the bridge. and when high
water comes it will run around. For
the last eight years we have put in
bridges in this manner, and have never
had a bridge wash-out or lost plank
that know of. Culverts should be is
feet long and not less than 2 feet wide"
N Y TTm>e
The Iola register., 1886-11-25
Why q Thief Returned Two Express Pack
ages which He Had St0lens
TCh,cauo Herald


ages Which He Had Stolen.
IChicago Herald.l
"Talking about express robberies," said
City Superintendent Stump. of the Ameri-
can Express Company, 1--WE had q good
joke on a thief about six weeks ago. On
Van Buren street we have branch Office,
at which our traffic from the wholesale dis
trict is handled The men ara at work
there till late at night and the doors arc
sometimes left open SO that any body could
walk in, though Of course our employees
ask every man his business, and il he have
none invite him to walk out One evening
Misunderstanding chap was seen peering
in one Of the windows, watching the men
getting goods ready for shipment His at
tention was particularly directed toward
sealing some largo envelopes. The fellow
gazed awhile and then sneaked into the
outer Office unseen, got down on all
fours and crawled up to the desk.
When the clerks back was turned
for moment he grabbed two Of the big,
thick envelopes, all sealed and addressed,
and skunk out without attracting any at
tention. The loss was not discovered for
about ten minutes, but even then there
was no excitement, and the police were
not notified. Tho thief meanwhile had
probably ran a mile or two and secreted
himselfin lumi'er-yard for the purpose
Of counting the currency which he sup
posed was in the envelopes. Just before
the men got through work that night they
saw q package lying on the floor in
the outer Office. It contained the
missing envelopes. They had been opened
but their contents were intact. On the
paper in which they had been wrapped
was this inscription:
The Iola register., 1886-11-25
Poultry Versus Beef.

To bring an OK to weight of 1,2OO
to 1.4OO pounds. fit for the butcher, re-
guires four years or longer in the point
of time. The beef will pay or 6 per
cent. upon cost of food and outlay
never over per cent. if bred in the
Eastern States. In six months from the
shell the same value in poultry (say
800 to Sl25) can be produced, grown
and marketed, at one-third the cost for
feeding and investment. = Poultry
World,
The Iola register., 1886-11-25

dOg-his own weil-trained and beloved
cur, who, with dogful fidelity, had tracked
his masters footsteps. Every fowl in the
yard rose in revolt, and filed the air with
q squal1ing clamOr, and one fierce old
hen few into Sanford Stiles face and near.
" knocked him breathless. The tempest
subsided nearly as soon as it arose, and
then Mollie laughed heartily at her lovers
discontinue. He did not respond, but
dropped on his knees and began to search
for something.
"What have you losti'' she inquired,
when she could talk for laughing.
"The ring-your ring. That confOunded
hen knocked it out of my hand"
my = our engagement-ring! Oh, San
ford and have not even seen it YETI
'That was what came so early for.
only got it marked last night. went ta
town on purpose. 1t must be hero some
where" and he began groping over the
ground.
This was no laughing matter. Their mo-
tiOns attracted the attention of the whole
family, each member proffering help in the
search. Was there ever such an awkward
climax to love AFFAIR." Their engagement
had not yet been openly announced, and
here the youngest child had to hear the
story how Sanford Stiles had bought ring
for Mollie and lost lti
"Don't believe he ever had a ring" said
her cousin Sam, who wanted her himself.
'He's just pretending to get out OF buying
One."
'Tll make him eat his wordsH retorted
the irate lover, stopping long enough to
glare at his rival.
''Was it dimont wing!n asked the
youngest tot of the tribe.
Father and mother joined in the search.
Mollie, red and distressed, at last gave it up
ats such bad luckr' she suggested to
her mother, in fearful voice.
Very good people are given to supersti-
ton, and there are few who will not SYM
The Iola register., 1886-11-25
ONE wear ago last June Mrs. Warren Cas-

well, Of Herkimer, while at the Thousand
Islands, left her handbag, containing about
twenty dollars in money and several small
articles, on the boat. Search anu inquiry
was made for the missing bag without
success. The other day Mrs. Caswell re-
ceived an express package containing tho
missing bag and contents with five dollars
added TO the money. The package came
from New Jersey, and letter accompanied
it. This is clear case Of ''consciencAn-
OgdnsbSrV Journal