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

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Some, hss DIS ov rca rat the
EGYPTIANS M1.e jerseys in The X a cen
Jury.
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nas nu". q lie stun rs 81 d 10 be- ex-
,elcni.
ThDS survey Gads Mount Gray
iove b. 10 BE- the h ghest point
N Mas rs.
william x. Vandcrb 1t is gradually
getting o. business acknowledgements,
and VIII "a ie easily.
Lean l. steak and hot water for
seventeen e,.s' is the latest diet that
i'h OF tn words fat who wish to get
th n are Try ng.
Those who have in private seen Mr..
Doyle's statue OF ex-senator "Ben" Hill.
i at Atlanta, Ga. are much pleased with
II and pronounce it a striking likeness.
Tae wicked story comes from Paris
thai sailSage-makcr there displays Il
placard III his window announcing:
Every link carefully inoculatcd by NJ
Pasteur."
The recent census in Bavaria has
brought TO light the following terse,
though somewhat lengthy, title: "a
b, ROYAL Bavarian railroad construc-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
The salaries of college professors are
VIGOROUSLY small. A statislician who
has devoted some attention TO the sub
, j ct says that the average salary in the
United States paid TO college professor
is $50.
A peddler of Derby, Conn, fell into
the water the other day and would have
drowned but for the timely assistance of
two young men. Glowing with graft
tude, the peddler opened his pack and
gave to each II lead pencil.
Red checks pale in contact with too
bright purple and brighten in the
fresh shades of wild rose or turquoise.
Royal blue darkens some brunettcs and
Diana Vernon green gives Il shadowy
paleness to transparent blondes.
The disarmament of the Indians after
the Riel rebellion is said to have been
u farce, the redskins hiding and retain
ing all their good guns. Theylack ponies,
however, and the settlers anticipate an
era of horse stealing when spring comes.
\ paper machine shipped from South
Windham, Conn, to Wisconsin, tho
other day, weighs ninety-iive tons, ard
is declared TO be The largest machine of
the kind ever built in the east. Nine
freight cars were required for its ship
| ment.
John Lawrence Sullivan, the pugiist,
says: ''In September next | will 90 to
Europe, under the management of John
Cannon. My contract with him is for a
year, for which ] am to receive $780,
000, which will be guaranteed me be-
fore | start"
Some interest is being excited among
biologists in Kent by the great depth to
which a boring has been sunk ut the
DoverSGuard prison for Il water supply.
The boring, which is close to the sea,
has now reached Il depth of 1000 being
700 feet below the sea level
A poultry breeder in Massachusetts
saws that it was thoroughbred black
breasted game-cock which Noah took
with him into the ark, and that it was 4
bird of the same variety which .'crowed
and announced to the world that Peter
had denied his master"
New York 7oUn Topics says that
Miss Marion Langdon, whose engage
ment to the Duke of Portland is rumor-
ed. once engaged herself to Perry Bel
mont, but. on finding that she could not
cut the figure in politics which she de-
sired, promptly threw him over.
OF the ncwly-created English Peers it
may be remarked that Charles Henry
Mills is rich banker; Henry Allsopp is
famous rs q brewer, and Edmund Beck
EFT is banker and ecclesiastical archi-
tect, and was the designer of the great
clock on the houses of Parliament.
Alongside the main Mcrsey tunnel
smaller one, seven feet in diameter, is
carried. This exists solely for the sake
of ventilating the larger one, and out of
it the air is sucked by exhaust fans with
such force that it is said the whole body
of the atmosphere is changed every
seven minutes.
Canadian lumber dealers are now
glad to buy the black walnut fence-rails
which farmers split and used as they
would any other timber twenty or thirty
years ago. The long exposure has sea-
soned the wood thoroughly, and it is
valuable rs material for chair legs,
spindles and other small articles.
Mrs. Jay Gould is rather short in
stature, though plump and comcly. Her
face denotes intelligence, and was
doubtless very pretty when she was
young. She is thoroughly domestic in
her tastes, and has devoted her time to
her home and children. She spends two
hours day with her three small boys.
and carefully inspects all the books they
read.
The general detailed map of the Unit
cd States, proposed and already begun
by the Geological Survey. will be upon
the scale of about four miles TO the inch,
with contour Inns for ovar,. t,x,a,, txr f;x,,