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Telegram-herald., 1889-06-05
FOX & DAVIS,
Gucoesor 70 IL 4 IvesJ

Having bought the moving
tools and business OF II. II.
Ives, the firm Of Fox & Davis
Will make a speciality OF NOV
ing buildings on short notice,
moving safes INTO Offices, etc,
etc.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
why She Could Not Comply.

There is a spicy story of a peevish
old farmer who had married a young
wife, and, being lately on his death
bed, with his dearest beloved in atten-
dance, was giving her directions how
to go on with the management of his
estate after. his decease; when, after
some other questions, she asked him
'As you have been so kind as to
leave the whole stock Of this farm to
me, it is not to be supposed that /
shall be long without a number of
suitors; pray, my dear, have you any
desire that l should marry any partic-
ular person in preference to another,
for it is my intention to act agreeably
to your wishes2"
To which he very washpishly re-
piled:
Marry why you may marry the
devil if you like!"
"Oh, my love-" she replied, in q
very tender tone, that can't be done,
for, if you recollect, my dear, it is not
lawful to marry two brothers,
America.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
The Terrier and the Bulldog.

/ heard a good story q few days ago,
says correspondent of The Boston
Post, which illustrates not only the
intelligence of dogs and their power
of communicating with each other,
but that the same sort of experiences
which tend to develop independence
and self reliance in human beings have
q similar effect with them. a gentle
man who owns a small terrier and a
mastiff found that the terrier was in
the habit of going down road on
which he had occasion to pass a house
where bulldog was kept who hardly
ever failed to come out and growl at
and otherwise annoy him.
But beyond this exhibition of i'll
humor the bulldogs spite did not &C
until certain day, when he bit the
terrier quite severely. The next day
the terrier went up to the mastiH and
evidently had quite an interview with
him on the subject of the injury which
had been inflicted by the bulldog, for
at its conclusion the mastiH accom-
panied the little fellow down the road.
When the bulldog came out, appar-
emily prepared to renew his assaults,
both the terrier and the mastiff at
tackled him and'gave him thorough
whipping, the terrier especially dis
playing vigor and persistency which
were remarkable considering the tim
idity which he had hitherto exhibited
in presence of his old enemy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
The Effect of Thunder on Dogs.

An interesting story was told last
year of q supposed mad dog out in
Litchfield county that was killed be-
cause of its strange conduct, and after
ward it was found to have been only
frightened by thunder. 1t had run
twelve miles and then taken to a
strange house, run upstairs and re-
fused to stir, and so was shot. 1t was
a Scotch collie, and those dogs are
peculiarly susceptible to and utterly
cowed by thunder. There is one in
this city not quite so bright as the sun
shine in fair weather that becomes an
utter imbecile as soon as thunder OF
even O firecracker is heard.
Yesterday afternoon, amid the dis
tant rumble of far away storm, he
laid aside his intelligence and ran
wildly off from home without it. A
long search for him proved futile, but
in couple of hours he turned up, all
wet and muddy, at his owners office
ready to be escorted home. On the
penitential journey homeward they
met another dog, not quite SO big as
this one, and at sight of the large and
ruffled collie the strange dog dropped
fiat upon its belly and lay cringing
and trembling. the victim of AFFECT
fear, until the dog, scared by crack
of thunder, had walked proudly by.
There are all sorts of towards. Hart
ford Courant.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
Tho RepubIic--"Her Mark

Some of the newspapers are printing
a facsimile of the autograph of Abra-
ham Lincoln's mother.
Plain Sarah Lincoln signed docu-
ment in q very simple and old fash
Toned way. A friendly hand traced
her name, with the explanatory words,
cher mark, and Sarah then made the
familiar tx"
That one mark is an epitome Of the
history of the republic. From such
crude and simple beginnings have
sprung our culture and civilization.
Humble Sarah Lincoln gave to the
world son who wrote his name in
imperishable letters of light on one Of
the proudest pages of our annals.
1t is the story Of the republic-out
Of the depths to the highest place in
the temple of Fame-out of the dark
ness and into the ight.-Atlants Con-
stitution.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
The Oiling of Waters by Birds.

The English Army and Navy Jour
nal prints a letter from a naval Off
Ger, who suggests that the ancients,
who knew the value of oiling troubled
waters, learned this method from OBJ
serving the sea birds. All the fish
eating birds, cape pigeons, petrels and
the like, eject oil from the mouth
when captured. In the south Allan
tic and south Pacific the writer had
witnessed sea birds floating in spaces
of comparatively quiet water when
the sea around was rough. The un-
usual smoothness of the water was ev-
identity due to considerable quantities
of oil deposited by the birds. Not
withstanding this testimony, how
ever, and occasional letters from ship
captains bearing witness to their sue
cessful use of oil in tempestuous seas,
there is certain vagueness about the
matter which is unsatisfactory. Some
attempt ought, The Journal thinks, to
be made to elict reliable testimony ON
the subject of more extended, def
Mite and comprehensive character.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
The Crocotile's Feast.

Better far to bear the ills you know
than fly to those you know not of. If
the seventy-five Kaffirs at the cape
who bolted from the May Queen reef
to rid themselves of daily toll had
borne the old adage in mind the bulk
of them would have been in the land
of the living today. Instead of that,
some of them are in the land OF the
leal-perhaps-and others in a much
warmer place. This is how il all hap
pened. When said natives bolted,
pursuit was hot Black men jumped
into river, but only four out of the
lot reached the other side. 1t was a
case of crocodile first, and natives
next to nowhere. The crocodiles had
a high old time of it with seventy-five
plump Kaffirs to feed upon. In race
for liberty policeman may be out
stripped or outmaneuvered-a croco-
ollie never-or scarcely ever.-Cape
Town Argus.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
Thick Skinned Animals.

The whale, which. belongs to the
mammalia, no doubt holds the palm
for thickness of skin. At some parts
of its body the skin is only two inches
thick, but in many places its pelt is
fully two feet in thickness. The skin
of the whale is the substance usually
known as blubber, and in large
specimen will weigh altogether more
than thirty tons. The distinction of
being the thiclsest skinned quadruped
belongs to the Indian rhinoceros'
whose hide has knotty or granu-
lated surface, and is so impenetrable
as to resist the claws of the lion or
tiger, the sword, or the balls of the
old fashioned musket. So stiff and
hard is this skin, that were it not di-
vided by creases or folds the animal
imprisoned in its armor could scarcely
move. 1t is manufactured into leather
of great strength and durability, and
targets and shields are made of 1t that
are absolutely proof against darts or
sword strokes. The skin of the hippo
potamus runs that Of the rhinoceros
very closely as regards thickness.
When dried it is also used for shields,
which are highly priced by the ma
tivcs. York Telegram.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
ITO Open Them"

One Of the ablest men among many
able men whom the state of Maine has
ever sent to the United States senate
was William Pitt Fessenden. In his
day there was no more ready or eff
fective 6ebater in the senate, although
he was contemporary with Sumner,
Seward, Hale and Chase.
He was famous lawyer in Maine
before he became famous as states
man, and appeared on one side or the
other of almost every important case
which came before the Cumberland
bar while he practiced in Portland.
His father, Gen. Samuel Fessenden,
was also a keen lawyer, and it was
not an uncommon thing for father
and son to be pitted against each other
in a case.
At one time when they were on OPP
posite sides of certain suit, the young
err man had made some points which
his father could not get around, and,
finding himself cornered, exclaimed
angrily:
young man, l did not bring you
up to pick my eyes out!'
'Oh, no, father!" was the quick re-
ply; mot to pick them out, but to
open them. Youths Companion.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02

Talking about boyish escapdes, 1T
have vivid recollection, says Mr..
Henry Labouchere, "of day wheL,
happening to have more money than
i knew what TO do with, i determined
to do tho big toff.' ] sailed forth to
the largest hotel in Etop, engaged
private room, and ordered the waiter
to bring me q bowl of punch. The
discreet functionary stared, but
brought it.; it was then my turn to
stare and wonder what on earth l
should do with the hugo bowl full of
a fluid tho odor of which made me
feel faint. At length, my eye resting
upon a good old fashioned cupboard
of antique oak, brilliant idea struck
me. / opened the door and poured
the whole of the punch into the base
ment of the cupboard. Then after
waiting few minutes to see whether
the obnoxious liquor would make in
roads upon the carpet, the pattern of
which was that of golden crowns on a
royal blue ground, i rang the bell
again, and, on the waiter appearing,
in still more authoritative tones j or
dered another bowl Never shall l
forget the expression of Mortified
amazement which came over the
mans countenance. The second po-
tation went the way Of the first-that
is to say, into the cupboard; and
Alexander the Great, after his victory
over Darius, could not have felt
prouder than I did when l called for
the bill, disbursed sovereign for tho
punch, ten shillings more for the pri-
vate parlor, tipped the waiter and
staggered into the street, fully per-
suaded that the eyes of the whole inn
were upon me, which, in my exultant
state of mind, were tantamount to
those of all Europe. / never went
there again. Edinburgh Scotsman.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
Sometimes Went.

A few days ago, in the trial of q case
before am arbitrator, ex-Judge of Pro-
bate White contrived to convey an
unwelcome idea in delicate phrase.
He was engaged to oppose the plain
tiff's case. One witness had said that
the plaintiff sometimes went to
church-a piece of information evil
IDENTIFY intended to repel some insinua-
ton by. the ex-judge touching. the
plaintiffs innate and habitual piety.
IT am glad" said tho judge, Ito hear
that he sometimes goes to church. No
body, certainly, more needs sanctuary
privileges than he. If, however, he
was ever caught out in shower Of
divine grace hetmust have had ON o
strictly water proof garment Hart
ford Times. 49,.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
substitute for Cork.

A new form of woodite, capable of
floating in water, has been brought
out as substitute for cork or cellu.
lose. 1t is even lighter than cork and
non-absorbent of water; moreover, it
will not take fire under the action Of
bursting shells; hence it is believed to
be well fitted for use in filing the
water tight compartments Of ships.
Thirteen rounds Of six FOUNDER shells
each containing half pound bursting
charge, were fired by the naval con-
struction and ornaments company at
half ton of the material. Three
rounds burst within the mass, but
there was no sign Of heating or igni.
tion Of the material. -Casselrs.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
TWO KINDS OF BOYS.
One Who Is Always Up to Mischief. and
Another Who 'Didn't Think"

We have all met the malicious boy
who is nuisance to everybody with
whom hc comes in contact. He is the
boy who ties kettles or ilrecrackers to
the dogs tails; breaks windows with
sings and air guns; rings door bells.
and in hundred other ways commits
mischief of the kind that shows plenty
of malice and very little invention.
Nobody likes the malicious boy; not
even his comrades, who are in contin-
ual fear lest they be the next victims.
Almost as great nuisance is the
boy who "didn't think" He throws
a stone over dwelling house; it de-
sends into a neighbours yard, and
strikes a child. There is a great up
roar, and the boy excuses himself by
saying that he didn't think"
The next day he explodes torpedo
or shoots off a fire cracker in the
street near high spirited horse. The
animal runs away, demolishes the We
hicle, and perhaps the occupants. But
the boy assures everybody he was not
to blanche simply didn't think"
1t never is possible to punish this
boy for his misdeeds, because he never
means to do mischief. His parents
and his comrades will tell you that he
is such good natured lad and so kind
that he would not harm fly; yet he
is continually harming somebody be-
cause he didn't think"
AS this boy grows older he grows
more and more of a nuisance. If he
goes into store as salesman, he Of
tends the best customers because he
didn't think" they would mind; if
he is clerk, he is sure to do some
thing which he didn't think" the firm
would mind, and which the firms
minds very much.
So he goes through life, never stay
ing in one place very long, making
many friends, and losing them all,
never getting rich, and somewhat in
clined to imagine that the world is
down on him." He cannot under.
stand why his services are less in de-
mand every year, when he is sure
that he never meant to do harm to
any one.
He admits that he is always making
costly plumbers, offending friends and
injuring innocent people, and he
thinks It is sufficient excuse to say he
didn't think.
Boys, as well as men, must think
that is why they are given brains
There is not single action in life that
will not bear thinking about before
the performance. Careless actions and
careless words are alike reprehensible
and bring their punishment in time.
| The boy who thinks" is the boy who
succeeds in life.-Golden Days
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
A LUCKY PARTISAN.
A French Soldiers Peculiar Experience
with Bills Amounting to $4,000.

with BILLS Amounting To Sl3O,OOo.
A remarkable incident is related Of
the finding of $4,000, lost by M.
Pages in the Northern railway station
in Paris some ten years ago. AS one
Ezelot, French soldier, was walking
with two comrades through the station
they noticed on the floor q sr1all pack
age wrapped in newspaper. They
kicked it along before them for some
distance, and when Ezelot was getting
into the train, going home on short
leave, one of his comrades, picking up
the package, thrust it into the canvas
forage bag slung at his side, Ezelot
going on his way without having per-
ceived the little pleasantly. Arriving
at Neuilly, where his parents lived,
Ezelots mother, employing the forage
bag, discovered the bundle, but think
ing it roll of old newspapers put it
on q table in the kitchen.
There il remained for four or five
days, till a married sister, calling in
and seeing thet package, was moved
by an unwonted curiosity. Opening
il she discovered documents represent
ing the e26,00 the loss of which NJ
Pages had advertised throughout Eu-
rope. The soldier and his parents,
however, had not seen the advertise
ment, and not knowing what else to
do, had recourse to the marie. That
functionary communicating with Paris
speedily brought down M. Pages, who,
gladly paying the promised reward of
81 900, went off with his oddly recov-
cred treasure. 1t would be an inter-
esting supplement to the narrative L
we could have a record of the feelings
of the soldier who thrust this unex-
pected good fortune upon Ezelot when
he heard the sequel to his little joke.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
The Shirk.

The essential nature of every shirk,
masculine, feminine, domestic, social
or civil, is selfish. The shirk thinks
only of himself, his own ease, his own
comfort, his own indulgence, and this
regard of self so fills his whole hori-
zon that he cannot perceive any one
in the world who should be consulted,
INDUCED and favored in preference to
himself. TO tear this veil of selfish
ness from the eyes of the shirk is a
task so difficult that it is often easier
to do his work for him than to make
him do it for himself.
But the willing worker should not
be imposed on simply because he is
willing. If any man will not work,
neither shall he eat, is precept of d.
vine authority. The sick, the Grip
pied, the helpless should be cared for,
but those who deliberately shirk the
work they are, well able to perform
will be benefited by being compelled
to do it, or suffer from its being left
undone.
The mother who permits her daugh-
ters to array themselves in fine clothes
and sit in the parlor at fancy work,
while she drudges in the kitchen, does
them no less than herself an irrepar-
able injury, and the daughters who
permit themselves such indulgences
are incapable Of making good wives
and mothers
Life is full of burdens to be borne,
of drudgery to be done, of laborious
tasks to be accomplished, and the
earlier in life one begins to apply him
self or herself to the tasks to be done,
the sooner does life become easy, does
toll become pleasure, does achieve
ment become its own exceeding great
reward. True Flag.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02

While the art Of the dyer is as old
as Tyre, and the colors of those of an
tiqlsty are not excelled in luster and
stability, the variety has increased and
the modes have become numerous and
cheap. Dye baths and mordants were
well understood in India 1000 years
ago, as were also one or more styles
Of calico printing, including the
chintz pattern and the resisting pro
cess.-New York Telegram.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-08-02
improved Champion Mower.

The CHAMPION the Mower which the pman never wears
out the knife the gears out break the only
Mower on gears slowly and make no nose the bar can DO
stood STRAIGHT the knife will freely even in that posn the only
which all lost motion be taken on tman gearing ana ox
inu the o Mower on which the guards three Of the cheap
guards used and break get out OF e the
Mower on which slightest forward motion the master wheel starts the
knife: the only Mower which the motion transmitted directly from the
master wheel pman without joints to wear loose and rattle
and where POWER applied to cutting the grass none being
joints fast running gen the only Mower that mas no
frame work or ptan handing into distractions interfere
grass Mower that has clutches bother by slipping
out Of gear put gear any point without backing
THE IMPROVED CHAMPION has less than onehd the amount Of
Qeao that other Mowers have the man and it's connections
warranted out This Mower novel and superior
to ali others will convince farmer that worth
much more money than any other.
The WARDER, BUSHNELL & GLESSNER CO.,
SPRINGFIELD. oHIo.-MANurAcWRERs ILLINOIS.
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Salmon and Sturgeon Fishing.

Salmon fishing is prosecuted in the
Columbia and its tributaries all the year
round. The season for taking Chinook
| salmon is fixed by law from the first of
April to the 1st of August. After this the
silverside fishing begins. This year
there has been great many of these fish
caught, especially in the CowlitZ river,
from which many tons have been shipped
here. The run of silversides is now
about over, and they are followed by the
steelheads, which are now in the river.
| A fisherman was met by reporter yes
terday in net and twine dealers, max
ing purchase of nets for the steelhead
| fishing.
In answer to inquiries, he said the
steelhead fishing would last till March,
when it would be at its best, but, unfor-
| tunately, March was a close month. He
| has been examining the Clsckamas for a
place to establish a fishery, but says it is
q hard stream to fish in, swift and shall
| low--and where there are long, deep
pools they are taken up. The steelheads
| are caught principally in the Willamette
below the falls and in the Clackamas.
They used to be plentiful in the Cowlitz,
but not many ere caught there now
The steelhead is better fish than the
| silversides, and is fayorite in the New
York market, being a firm fish and stand
ing shipping well. They used to sell
here five years ago for $3.50 per dozen,
but bring much better price now.
When asked if there was any danger
of this species becoming exterminated,
the fisherman said they were becoming
scarce, and he thought something should
be done to preserve them, as they were a
valuable fish, especially as they come at
season when there are no other salmon.
There is not likely to be great many
engaged in the steelhead fishery this
year, as nearly all the fishermen on the
river are engaged in catching sturgeon
for the eastern market. There are not
less than 400 men between Cape Horn
and Cathlamet fishing for sturgeon; some
of them are fishing in the usual way
with barbed hook and bait, but others
are using what is called the CHS
nese hook, which has no barb and re-
quires no bait, which is quite q saving,
as eels for bait cost 5 cents per pound,
and large quantity is used. The Chi
neese hooks have square bend, and are
made as sharp as needles. They are
strung along close together in lines
which are kept a short distance from
the bottom by floats. The fish come
swimming along near the bottom and
run against these hooks and when caught
on one, in their struggles get sometimes
several more stuck in them.
The sturgeon and steel heads are both
in good demand for shipping east, and
the fishermen are likely to make more
money in the winter than they do during
the summer.-Oregonian Is. i
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tion.
Was last year Secretary Of the Northwest
ern Fireman's Association.
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Seaside Lodge No. II A.O.UW

Seaside Lodge No. II. A.O.U. w.
QEGULAR MEETINGS OF SEASIDE
10 Lodge No. II, A. o. U. w. will be held
In their Hall In Pythian Castle, on
Saturday evening of each week. at o'clock.
Members OF the order in good standing. and
visiting Brothers are invited to attend. Ii
brary will be open fifteen minutes before
and after each meeting. By order M. W.
w. B. ROSS. Rec.
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Le Richau's Golden Baisam No. 4
cures Chancres, FIRST and second stages:
Sores on the Legs and Body; Sore Ears.
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Syphilitic Catarrh. diseased Scalp. and All
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Cures-Tertiary, Mercurisl SyphlIItlc Rhsu.
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Throat, Syphilitic Rash, Lumpss and Goa,
traeted Cords: Stiffness Of the Limbs. and
eradicates all disease from the system.
whether caused by indiscretion or ,abuss
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healthy. Price IS 90 Per Bottle.
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dote for the cure Of Gonorrtua, elect.
Irritation Gravel, and all Urinary or Gent.
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lection, for severe cases OF Gonorrhaa.
Infammatory Gleet. Structures, &c. Price
81 SO per Bottle. -
Le Richau's Golden Ointment
Tor the effective healing OF Syphiiisia Sores
end eruptions. Price o. 90 Per Box.,
Le Rfchau,s Golden Piiis-Nerys
and Brain treatment; loss OF physical DOW.
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Price 50 90 per Boz.
Tonic and Nervlne, -
Sent everywhere, c. o. D., securely packed
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CIRCULAR MAILED FREE.
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Temple Lodge, NO. A- r. a. M.
pEGULAR CONCENTRATIONS :
Ia firSt aud third tuesdays IN each Ny
month, at III o'clock, P. NJ, al The/VN
Hall in Astoria Members uG the order IN
good standing ar, inyiJrj - attend.
By OrIter OF the w. NJ