The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-03-26
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The old fashion of wearing rosette
OF natural flowers ON the slipper is re-
vived.
Mr.. Edison's fortune is said to have
grown like the traditional SNOWFALL in
10 $2,000,000 lump.
Since 1898, as statistician learns,
wars among civilized nations have cost
the lives of 4,470,000 men.
Aproposition has been made in Cey.
lon for the systematic observation of the
singular migration of buxerflies i'm that
island.
Edward Atkinson, the political econo-
mist, while delivering his lectures on
cheap living, wears an eight dollar suit
of clothes.
Bismarck's wife is described as tall,
aristocratic-looking woman, with de-
cided but pleasing features, and of ele-
giant, but simple taste in dress.
Senator Ben Hills life was insured
for $4,000, and at his death that sum
was paid to his wife, who invested it in
four houses that now pay her hand
some return.
How short sighted hunter, passing
through an East Indian Jungle, came to
mistake hornets nest for a sunfower
may be understood from this bit of de-
scription that follows: ''The sunflower'
was no other than fine nest of hor-
nets. The species, a large bright yellow
insect with a ferocious sting, constructs
its nest which is large and of the size
and shape of a good, big sunflower, on
some strong projecting twig of an ever
green bush, and, when the nest is COM
pleted, the whole community dispose
themselves in regular circles on it, with
all their heads 10 the center; thus they
look like the spokes of yellow wheel,
or, as my unlucky friend said, like q
suntlower."
The movement for purifying the Ger
man language from foreign words
which are used unnecessarily has Sc
cured n good advocate in the Grand
Duke of Weimar, who has issued TO all
his officials an index expurgatorius, to
which careful attention is enjoined.
The prescribed words comprise we'll
nigh all foreign intruders for which
!, proper German equivalents exist, and
as the Grand Dukes order extends to
the official language, the court, and the
theatre, it may be expected that it will
go far towards effecting its purpose so
far as the sphere of Weimar's influence
goes. Weimar, too, has lately estab-
lished German Language Associa-
tion," whose roll of members includes
all sorts and conditions of educated
men-professors, clergymen, teachers,
officers, and so forth-thc Grand Duke
giving his especial protection. 1t is
gratifying that this movement for Ger
manizing German is making such good
progress.
Judge Terrence told me the other day
that the longer he lived the more he
looked back with pleasure and pride
upon his service during the war. He
was the son of a clergyman who went
out as the chaplain of regiment, fol-
lowed by his seven sons, while the wife
and mother, with patriotism and hero
ism worthy to rank with that of any of
the women of the revolutionary period,
remained at home and carried on the
farm. Judge Terrence recites, with
pardonable pride, how the seven sons
were gathered few years ago about
the deathbed of that mother; how she
took into her own worn. and withered
hand, while life still fingered, his own
left hand, felt of it, and then said:
sGive me the other hand, my SON."
And as she felt of it with the two short
ened fingers shot away in battle she
murmured, THAT is the. one / want, !"
raised It to her lips, kissed it fondly,
and soon after sank away TO rest.-St.
. Paul Pioneer Press.
Congressman Tim Campbell of New
York, who succeeded Sunset Cox, had
penetrated to Mr. Villas inner sanctuary
in spite Of the guards, and stood at the
I cabinet officers elbow watching him us
he wrote furiously and persistcntly with
out looking up. Finally Campbell spoke
up: s'Oi am Congressman Campbell of
New York, Mr.. Villas, and Oh have i'm
portant business with yez." Talk
away, talk away" was the impatient
response of the postmaster-general us
he went on with his writing. Camp
bell looked the Wisconsin man all over,
and then bristled up like hen whose
feathers are stroked the wrong way.
.Indade and Oil not spake with yez
until yez stop wroiting and invoite me
to sit down and give me yer attintion.
Oh am used to being trated as gintle-
man, sor, and Oh have important bust
ness with yez. and" But before he
could get any farther Villas had lain
down his pen, and before Campbell left
he got what he wanted.
One of the most curiously original
collections of books in any library is
said to be botanical collection at
Warsenstein, in Germany. AT first
sightYthe volumes appear like rough
blocks of wood; but on closer examina-
ton it is found that each is complete
history of the particular tree which it
represents. At the back of the book
the bark has been removed from q
space large enough to admit the scien-
tific and the common name of the tree
as title. One side is formed from the
split wood of the tree, showing its grain
and natural fracture; the other shows
the wood when worked smooth and var
\ nished. One end shows the grain as