The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-08-13
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A NEW PENSION BILL WANTED.


Now while our Solons are dealing out pen
sions, and spending our surplus with best
OF Intentions, present, as u bard OF the
humblest pretensons, few types OF men
whom deem most deserving.
Give pension for life to that man self-deny-
1ng-for such Spartan virtue as this is
worth buying-who can fish all day long
and go home without lying, and tell tho
straight truth without shaking or swerv-
ing
Give a pension to him who trades nags with
out cheating, and tells a good tale without
ever repeating, and Is plous at home as
he's pious ut meeting-all men of this
stamp need liberal pension.
Give II pension to him, whether married or
single, who Is never too proud with all
men to commingle; IL you have any left
then the scribe of this Jingle presenteth
lid Bits.
Philadelphia has saloon that took
in $325,OO0 last year.
In the Island of Java there are twen-
ty letter-press printing offices.
This seasons orange crop in southern
California aggregated 10000 boxes, or
l08,000,000 oranges.
John Newman, who has Just died in
have been III years old. He never was
more than ten miles away from the
place where he was born, and was one
of the first white children born in Ten
nesSee.
Charles Queen, the originator of the
pedestal clog-dance, and who held for
long time the title of champion clog
dancer, Is dying of consumption in the
Sisters Hospital at Kansas City. He
began life as bootblack.
Crystallized violets at So pound are
the very latest things in confectionery.
Candied rose leaves are also very popu-
lar. Girls like to eat flowers and will
pay as high as $40 pound for some of
the more expensive kinds. They are all
brought from France.
J., The famous full-length portrait of
President Arthur hangs on the east wall
of the Red Parlor in the White House.
At Mrs. Cleveland's last reception it was
noticed that the much-criticised red rose,
which originally lay at his feet, had been
painted out
A party, under the direction of officers
of the United States Geological Survey,
is about to make an extended explora-
tion of Crater Lake in National Park.
1t will be necessary to lower them 1000
feet down the stony crags in order to
reach water.
George La Blanche, the Boston prize
tighter, told Buffalo reporter that less
than four years ago he was conductor
on the New York Central Railroad, be-
tween Syracuse and Buffalo. He said
that he was also marine at the Charles
town barracks. Hence his name tine
Marine"
In 1875 Miss Emma Wilson, of Rose
bud, H., married her second cousin,
who died, leaving her two children.
Then she married another second cous-
in, the first cousin of her first husband,
and he died, leaving one child. Two
weeks ago she married another second
cousin, brother to her first husband.
One of the Pharaohs has been disin-
TERED ut Bulak, near Cairo The num-
my was dug up in the presence OF the
Khedive, and proves to be the remains
of Rameses iii. of the twentieth Egyp-
tian dynasty, who reigned about 1900 b.
B., and was near descendant of the
Menephtah who was probably the
Pharaoh of Exodus.
A resident of New Haven writes rs
follows of Mrs. Murray, who recently
secured divorce from w. H. H. Muir
ray: Mrs. Murray has fine practice
in this city. She has an excellent loca-
ton and many warm friends. She is
bright, energetic, hopeful woman and
deserves much praise"
A Connecticut peddler who had been
selling clocks like hot cakes" in Ken
lucky, the terms being So down and the
buyers own time for the remaining SO,
explained to an eastern drummer that
he had profit of 81 apiece out of the
first payment, and the rush of business
was to be explained by the fact that the
purchasers thought that they were each
beating him out of SO.
Twenty-six years ago Joseph 10th OF
New York City. was an invited guest
when the Putnam Phalanx of Hartford
visited the grave of Gen Putnam. AT
that time subscription paper was cir.
culated to secure fund to erect monu-
ment over "Old Puts" grave, and Mr.
heard no more about the monument un,
til last week, when he read that it was
about to be erected. Thereupon he
made good his subscription by sending
so to Adjutant Tyler of the Putnam
Phalanx.
Fred and Willie Gerster, aged 8 and
IL, tired of their homie in Cincinnati,
so they packed big basket with pro-
visions, stole So and pistol from their
father, and set out to see the world.
And they saw it for three weeks, sleep
ing in barns, selling newspapers, and
backing boots in Dayton and Toledo,
and were in fair way to become thor
ough tramps when the advertisements
of their frantic father led to their APP
prehension and return to the parental
roof They say that they have had all
the tramping they want.
The rejection of Mr.. William X. Van
derbilt by the Jockey Club in Paris has
occasioned much comment in New York
club circles. 1t is generally thought
that Mr.. Vanderbilt did not act wisely
in allowing himself to be proposed for