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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-06
Primary W ork.

Paper read before the Shtd,Cdssee
County Teachers Associotion by Miss
Nellie PARKER.
When we use the term primary work now
a-days it covers much more ground than it
formerly did. Fifty years ago many con-
sidered the primary the least important de-
partment of school. Now some go as far
as to call it more important than the high
school. / cannot say that / think So but
rather that 10 grade can be unimportant
1t is natural and right for teacher of any
department to consider the work of that
department as of great importance. The
teacher that has the idea that her work is
of no account is likely to do ''no account
work.
Primary work today does not consist
solely of reading and numbers as once il
may have done. The children of today
practice gymnastics, model in clay, en-
brodery, weave, drawing, writing and in
some schools, read music readily, in the
primary room.
Kindergarten ideas and methods are in
fluencing primary teaching to great extent.
The teacher is learning to make study of
her pupils and to use the best methods and
freshest ideas in making school daily
pleasure to them.
Children are naturally wide awake and
active. In many schools ''busy work. is
used both to occupy and amuse the child
and as help in teaching numbers and
drawing.
A full consideration of the subject of pri-
mary work should include such subjects as
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-06
Gut Rates to the West.

Cheap tickets to all points in Kansas,
Colorado, Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Tex
as. and other states and territories in the
West, will be sold by the Santa Fe Route
from Chicago and other points along the
line. ON August and 90; September 10 and
"a and October s.
For particulars ask your ticket agent OF
write to John j. Byrne, assistant general
passenger agent, Santa Fe Route, Chicago.
The national leader., 1889-06-15

the soles of which are of metal. Then the
condemned mans feet will oe fastened to a
metal foot-reSt to which other wires will be
attached. While these arrangements are be-
ing made the electrician will, by the aid of
an ingenious contrivance concealed in the
chair, learn the maximum resistance of the
prisoner and so be able to tell just how many
volts strong the current must be to destroy
him.
Previous to being led into the death
chamber the prisoner will be allowed what
ever opportunity he desires for religious con-
ISOLATION and farewell. When placed in the
chair only. the officers and physicians allowed
by law will be present. The dynamo and
apparatus will be concealed in an adjoining
room. There will be a loophole through the
The national leader., 1889-06-15
MURDERED WITH AN AXE.
Insane Lucien Freeman Kill His
Mother and His Keeper.

Lucien Freeman, thirty years old, killed
his mother, Mrs. Orville Freeman, aged sixty
seven, and John Morgan in the farmhouse in
which Mrs. Freeman and her son lived, about
quarter of mile from the village of Meri-
den, n. H. Lucien managed the farm
He was at times insane, and, although
he was not considered a dangerous
person, he was watched closely. A brother
stayed with him on Friday and Saturday
nights, and then engaged John Morgan of
Meriden to go to the farm and take care Of
Lucien.
Early in the morning Lucien entered Nor
gan's room and struck him two blows with
an axe. Morgan was killed by the first blow.
Mrs. Freeman was partially dressed and had
left her room to go to the kitchen, when she
was overtaken by her son who struck her on
the head with the axe.
Lucien appeared at the house of Orville
Eaton, two miles away, about $50 A. NJ, and
told what he had done. The Sheriff was
notified and arrested Lucien. He showed the
Sheriff where he had left the are in the pas
ture near the house, and it was found there
covered with blood
The national leader., 1889-06-15
CAVE JEWELLERS.
explorer Schwatka Among the Wild
Tribes of Mexico.

Sieutenant Schwatka arrived at Deming,
New Mexico. In Southern Chihuahua his
party found cliff and cave dwellers, wild as
any of the Mexican tribes that Cortez encoun-
tered. The abodes they live in are exactly like
the old abandoned cliff dwellings of Arizona
and New Mexico. Upon the approach of
white men the people climb to their caves or
cliffs by the aid of lrotched sticks if the cliffs
are too steep. They can, however, ascend
vertical stone faces if there are the slightest
crevices for their fingers and toes.
The cliff dwellers are sun worshippers.
They expose their newborn children to the
full rays of the sun, and show in many other
ways their devotion to the great lurainary.
They are usually tall, lean and well formed.
Their skin is of black-red color, more like
the Africans than the Indians.
Lieutenant Schwatka says that nothing
has heretofore been known about these peo-
pie except by the alf-Indians of the Mexi-
can mountains. He estimates the cave and
cliff dwellers to number from 5000 to Il, 900.
They are armed only with bows, arrows and
stone hatchetS.
The national leader., 1889-06-15
HapRN Homes.

Here's health to the wives and the mothers
Who sit in our households to-day;
Who are glad when they brighten for others
The hours that go drifting away.
May their eyes keep the light of the gladness,
Their hearts hold the fullness of bliss
That Danish shadows and sadness,
And what need we ask more than this?
But-how can this happiness be kept? What
shall protect those we love-those who make a
Heaven of the Home-from the ravages of dis
ease that is often worse than death-that is, in
fact, lingering death? The question is easily
answered. DR.. Pierce Favorite Prescription
the standard remedy for all those peculiar
must be relied on to preserve the health OF
wives and mothers. 1t prcUentS those diseases,
and it cures them. 1t is a blessing to women
and therefore national blessing, because 1t
gives health to those about whom the hap l.
ness of home centers, and the strength of ma
tion is in its happy homes.
The national leader., 1889-06-15

A Westinghouse dynamo with an alternat-
ing current will be used. The victim will be
seated on raised platform in reclining
chair to the back of which he will be fastened
by straps around his body. A rubber cap
that will cover all of his head but the face
will then be slipped on the condemned man.
In the centre of this cap at the base of the
brain, is a metal cone perforated, to which
the electric wire will be fastened While at
tendants are fixing on this cap and attaching
the wire, others will remove the prisoners
shoes and socks replacing them with sandals,
The national leader., 1889-06-15
BRIDGES DESTROYED,
Heavy Losses on All Lines Running
Through the Flooded Districts.


list of the principal railroad bridges de-
stroyed or damaged by the recent floods has
been prepared by the Railroad Gazette.
Among those named are the following:
On the Pennsylvania road are the
Granville bridge, on the Juniata four
spans washed away, and the
Mayer and Manayunk bridges, also on the
Juniata, completely wrecked; Petersburg
Vladuct bridge, Conemaugh River, washed
away; South Fork bridge, Conemaugh River,
two spans gone; Little Conemaugh bridge
No. 6, entirely destroyed.
The Philadelphia and Erie Road lost the
Montgomery bridge on the Susquehanna.
and the Leechburg and Hyndman bridges, on
the Bedford branch. Mount Dallas bridge
was undermined and is impossible. Bolivar
bridge, on the Conemaugh, and Linden
bridge, on the Susquehanna, were swept
away, while the Williamsport bridge lost
three spans.
Of the twenty bridges south of Ralsson
on the Northern Central five are washed
away and all the rest are badly damaged
with one exception. North of Williams
port four or five small bridges across
Lycoming Creek have been swept away.
All the railroad bridges above Blairs-
vile were carried away. Martinsburg
high bridge over the Potomac River
At Williamsport (Md.) anew iron bridge over
the Potomac River was destroyed. Sinnema-
honing bridge and Keating bridge, both cross
ing Sinnemahoning Greek, are gone. Several
others have been lost, but their names are not
given.
On the Philadelphia and Reading road Sun
bury bridge, on the Williamsport branch,
lost three spans, and the Milton and Muncy
bridges, on the Susquehanna, were com
pletly destroyed. The Erie road lost several
bridges near Hornellsville and Andover, n.
Y, and the bridge at Elmira. A large bridge
on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
road was swept away at Waverly, n. Y.
The Fall Brook Coal Company lost two
bridges.
On the West Virginia Central and Pitts
burg two bridges were swept away and the
total loss of that road is estimated at $3.50 600
The Long Bridge across the Potomac, at
Washington, d. c., was Overfowed and the
draw span with one fixed span adjoining it
floated down stream.
The national leader., 1889-06-15

wall, so that the engineer can view the pro-
gress of the proceedings and be able at the
proper moment to turn on the death-dealing
current should there, through nervousness or
other cause, be any mistake in signaling. At
the last moment a black cloth will be laid
over the condemned mans face, and an in
slant later will follow the signal for the
current to be turned on. tits estimated that
these arrangements will occupy at least
five minutes time-long enough for the
prisoner to experience the agonies Of hun
dred deaths. When the current is turned on
death is expected to follow instantaneously.
The national leader., 1889-06-15
HIS MOUTH CLOSING UP.
The Strange AfflictiOn of Wealthy
Resident Of Wisconsin.

Richard Chandler, prominent resident Of
the town of Irving, Wis, is on the verge of
the grave as the result of an afiiction that
has puzzled the doctors and which stands
unique in the records of medical history.
For several years Chandler's mouth has been
gradually growing together until now the
orifice is only about the size of a small mar
ble All efforts to check the strange growth
have been unavailing. Chandler is now nm
able to take sufficient nourishment to satisfy
the demands of his system. 1t is proposed to
cut his mouth open and prevent its further
closing by artificial means, and the patient
says his affliction is forwarning of his ap-
preaching dissolution and will not allow his
physician to operate upon him. Chandler
is worth $500, 900, and he has only one heir,
an idiot son. now in an asylum.
The national leader., 1889-06-15
A ROOF OF ROCK FALLS.
Four Miners Killed and Two Fatally
Hurt by n Sudden Cave In.

A terrible accident occurred at the Gay
lord mine at Plymouth, Penn, the other
morning. A number of miners were at work
in large breast, when, without warming,
the rocky roof fell in upon them. Four men
were instantly killed, viz, Reese Lloyd, Pat
Curley, William Williams and Matthew
Davies
Two Poles had their legs cut off, and were
probably fatally injured. Insufficient prop
ping to sustain the roof was the cause Of the
accident
The national leader., 1889-06-15
OUR MINERAL WEALTH.
The Chief Products of the United
States During 1888.

The annual report of Chief Day, of the
Division of Mining Statistics for the year
1883, which will soon be issued, contains in
teresting statistics in relation to the mineral
products of the United States. The gold
product was valued at $50, 175, 900, and the
silver at S43, ,O00, 900. The values of other min
erals dug out of the soil in the year were:
Iron, S2S, 944, 900; copper, SS3, S33, ,954; lead,
SIC, $50, 900; zinc 81, sc, ,OO0 The coal. .produc-
ton was 142, OBJ, $50 TONS valued at s204, ,221,
800 at the mines. The total value of miner
ais of all kinds was S591. .65S, 931.
The national leader., 1889-06-15

Two men in Salvador, Guatamala, recent
iy committed barbarous outrage in the vi
cinity of San Tecla They stripped coffee
tree of its branches, sharpened its apex and
then impaled on it an unfortunate woman,
who died shortly afterward
The national leader., 1889-06-15
DEATH BY ELECTRICITY.
The Method to be Used in Furnishing
Murderers in New York.

Electrical Engineer Harold P. Brown, of
New York, is experimenting the electrical
apparatus to be used in the execution of the
convicted murderer, who will be the first
man to die under the new law in New York
providing that hereafter in the State the
death penalty shall be administered by cleo
tricity instead of by hanging.
The national leader., 1889-06-15

THERE will be twenty-five places to fill In
the Pennsylvania Legislature next season on
account of the expiration of the terms of
twelve Democrats and thirteen Republicans.
The national leader., 1889-06-15

THE TasresU days run on recorl on a Jrans-
atlantic voyage-515 mllos-was made by the
City of Paris on recent tsip over.
The national leader., 1889-06-15

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, or Anti-bilious Granules
in vialS, 25 cents; one dose. Druggists.
The national leader., 1889-06-15

A WOMAN with a case or genuine leprosy has
been discovered at Spring lake. Wis.
The national leader., 1889-06-15

When an article has been sold for "A years.
in spite of competition and cheap INIT ations. it
trio Soap has been constantly made and sold
since 1865. ASK y0str grocer for it. Best of all.
The national leader., 1889-06-15

THE hay crop is second, if not first, in impor
anc9 OF any in the Uni ed States.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-03

:huntreds h<ing buried FROM Western
Rassia into Siberia wft1scut hsafsssg
ixnork.s Of she czase o theif street.
and hanishment. md swafe that any
sppesI Tor statement q charges val
b. utterly dizrsgsrded OF answered
with the unsatisfactory words thz:
they are believed 70 be In sympathy
with nihiIists ard their presence 81
home i rneazce 70 the safety OF The
czar and The existing government
According to Mr. KEENAN,. iateiIi-
gent, coIiere-hred Russians are i'm
prisoned for the most trivial reasons.
The expression Of abstract liberal
views, harmless intercourse with ssss-
pected individuals. the possession Of
suppressed Iiterafure. all these seem
ingiy minor offences are hefnosss II
the cyes Of . rotten bureaucracy and
persons guilty Of them are often
seized, incarcerxted and At the earliest
opportunity hurried out OF the coxsrs-
try. Unlike common felons. these
unfortunate victims Of desposic susps-
cion know not how long or for what
reason they susEsr. They are gathered
IN lordes as the collecting prisons.
badly treated, half fed. huddied to-
gether like animals in pens. crowded
into poisonous hospitals and given
scanty medical care II III, driven Ike
sheep over dusty roads and Through
mud and mire, and ~ last, II not al
ready dead through suffering and pri-
vstion. isolated in email villages 70
lead the miserable life Of a heggzr and
outcast. :.
The administration Is honeycombed
with, 1t least. corruption, and one-haif
of the money appropriated by the gov
eminent for prisoners and exiles finds
rs way into the pockets OF dishonest
officials. Neglect l. shown In every
branch OF the service. and not one
OF a hundred who are t1njustly se-
cused and wvongfuily exiied ever OBJ
tsin redress for the biunders. mistakes
and ignorant and arbitrary acts OF
government hirelings. II Is hard TO
believe that such that such STATE OF
affairs can long survive IN these days
OF human progress. civilization and
almost universal enlightenment. An
exile system. such as Mr.. KEENAN, de-
scribcs may be essential and necessary
TO the preservation OF the absolute
monarchy of tie car, bat that only
shows how unsuitable II the founda-
ton In which this despoiism rests and
how great the possibilities that, when
no longer endurahle. n maddened and
almost frantic people will rise as a
mass, overthrow and destroy all YES
tiges OF absolafi-m, demand their
rights, and out Of the wreck and ruins
Of an empire, erect constitutional
government in which the exile system
shalf be unhcard OF and unknown.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-03
THE KrrrArH or FAILURE.


Mr.. Cleveland win go out OF Office
with the credit OF having performed
some worthy acts, but. 80 fsr Is keep
ing in accord with the magnificent
professions made by him prior to his
election in 1854, he viii be put down
a. one OF the most colossal failures
this country has ever seen. Perhaps
the most gigantic fixzle OF his admins
tration was the civil service reform
movement conducted under his
auspices. As projected il was
prophetic OF revelation in aiminis-
traiion methods and thousands
Hockca to the standard OF the new
leader Four years, however. have
shown that the confidence was mis-
placed. for civil service reform under
the Cleveland administration has
proved 10 be one Of he most stu
pendous shams OF the decade. SO
much OF sham. in fact. that the
president OF the Indiana Civil Service
Reform Association feels called upon
10 remark:
Fur our Part We are nag disposed 10 ex-
ense the outgoing executive fof his fall
nre. With as IL Is neither the temptations
of Office nor the approval Of his political
associates. neither the desire Tor second
tefm nor the sdvoeacy Of any other wise
OF i,enefeent measure has been sufficient
90 condoae or pallIate the abandonment
OF this reform. rpen the grave OF the pres
ent administration, % ias at least as the
civil service is concerned. history viii
write The epiisHh OF failure. aud every pc
iisscai party which may snceeed 10 power
win be the better for the warning there IN
scribssI.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-03
NOTICE.

NoIICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
~ stockholders Of The seattle Transfer
Company. CO rorstion organized under
TIE laws OF Washington Territory. and hay-
ing It's PRINCIPAL place of bsisiuess at seattle
in said territory. that meeting OF the stock
holders OF said corporation viii be held on
saturday, the 9Th aay Of February. A. ID.
iSsz, a. . elcek p "a Of said day, at the
Merchants National Rank IN Seattle. ". T.
I2e object Of said meeting Is to authorize
the increase 0f the capital stock. from
sIseo to s.pe0sa
NOAH ARMSTRONG.
A. MACINTOSH.
j. p. MEfCALfE,
CHARLES ARMSTRONG.
r. y sHAUBUI.
Trustees 81 The Seattle Transfer Co.
seattle Der e, lSsS ssY
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-03

One Of the most startling consri.
buttons TO current literature il found
In the series OF papers ssow being pub
lished In the Gsafsay Magosine by Mr.
George KEENAN, on the Russian exile
System. No presentation OF facts has
ever approached this work In range,
thoroughness and trmihtulness OF de-
tail, and, although phases Of the exile
system have from time to time been
presented TO the world. the statements
and descriptions Of Mr.. KEENAN, are a
positive revelation.
The journey To Russia and through
Siberia was undertaken with The ex-
pressed intention of making a cora
plste and impartial examination OF the
system Of hanishment now IL vogue
throughout that empire, and Mr.. Ken
nan. from the fact that he occupied a
peculiar position. was able to study
the subject thoroughly and gather in
formation which would be anobsain-
able 10 the ordinary traveller His
preconeeiyed opinions oil the exile sys-
tenn, formed from casual OBJ
ssrvAticns made while form
eriy iourneying through Russia. w.re
extremely favorable 10 thai system.
and be did not hesitate 10 sag that the
evils bad been greatly exaggerated and
that tfse stories Of arbitrary banish-
ments and widespread Official cruel
ties were mostly fabrieaiions which
grossly usisrepscseated the real state
Of affairs and caused the world TO
form mistaken IDEAS OF what was in
reality very humane method III pun.
astmenf.
EntcrinF Russia in ISIS with these
IDEAS and having the reputation al
being defender OF the Russian exile
system innumerahle privileges and
smmunisies Nsre accorded which
would under no consideration have
bsea allowed other foreigners. Per-
Hisslen MAS granted to visit the
exile districts 10 inspect the convict
barges. examine prisons. associate
with sxises, in fact. 10 gain a com,
prshensise insighs into the zystsna
from the srEessing OF suspected Per
s0Ds 20 their transportation AMI lode,
meat ia t:ae mines aud ehecrless
villages which are scattered over the
Wild and sterile plains If northern ST.
IBERIA. These obsesyat.ons. together
with mass OF statistical laso a,atlos..
Mr.. KEENAN, has utilized In pre- airing
his latest literary work aud the ressls
Is the nnst accurate and reliable pic
lure OF Rus ian exile lie that has eysr
been published.
How the enoFmis cs and crueliies I'll
the exile system. q. set forth hy Mr..
KEENAN,. can he liberated Ia a aatsan
that pr fes ses TO he sisi ised. and i
supposed 10 have emerged fEam bar.
harlan darkness. Is inensnprs kenslh BILE
- any one who has lived an eY a cun.
stitnsional government and heen III.
lowed 10 breathe the air ot Liberty ard
freedom. How thousands Il aen sfssl
wonaefl. at tie arbitrary no-i OF The
minister Of the intosiar. can for 30
crime or even slgAt VIZ ngsi' ings he
torn from their loraes ard hsni he'd
thousands Of miles 70 the sas.
scorched plains ol the Irish. q sle
snowy sildsrness Of fasssssk ?ss~esa
the nnlers,andiag OF any ane hagsi In
land where evesy ,ama has iste in.
aiienahle rights II life. liberty ard ne
pursais OF happiness. such ssssug. a.
exist, however, aud to day there arr
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-03


Aenin We must remind the people Of
6cattls OF the urgent and paramount
necessity Of the time. namely, the
nor,essity Of house-room forexpsndins
business. Before this imperative de-
msnd al osher demands fall % insis-
ni6canee. Every day rnen OF
capital ana business easrgy who
wouA s. glad 70 cossnect them
.elvcs viii and add TO the for
times Of cur city. are turned away
heca,,.e they cannot End house-room
for businexs. II Is not one case. bat
many n which Ne now speak. Within
sfx months. no less than one hundred
instances ii this kind have come 70
oar personsI knowledge, some Of them
Involving small things to be sure, but
- important In connection with the
businsss prospects Of the city.
ms tide that turned this way last
summss and fall Is stu swelling. and
apulicstions for business space are
fuore numerous than at any former
tin,e. The incoming grows greater
wsek BY week, and 1t Is evident that
ul,eys scores are coming now. there
WI b hundrsdr by midsummer. II
b also evident that the buildings
manned for erection during the spring
and summer viii not answer the press
Ing and growing call for room. We
must hare not only the buildings
already planned but others II We are
70 msetin any sufficient way sheneces-
afty. Of the time
This necessity Il .Eeettle's great OPP
portunity. II we meet II promptly
sud fully We can easily retain the trade
supremacy upon which the present
furtunes Of the city are based and 10
which We look ~ the source
1t yst greater things in
a. future. And If this
supremacy IL to be retained. We mus
meet Il. We cannot afford, through
neglect. to allow any other point to
esin advantages which could not be
1atned in fair commercial eompeti-
iion.
Once more Seattle Is called upon to
fight for her birthright. This time.
the terms sre easier than ever before.
All that Il required Is to make room
for those anxious to come aud
strengthen our forces and II we don't
do II We don't deserve 10 prosper
Every man who puts up a business
block Tals yEAE win do public ser
vice; and every man who. owning eli
CHILE business property. does not build
y Standing in the path Of public prog
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-03

Statistics show that the production
OF precious metals west Ct the Miss
issippi river In the year isss amounted
10 sii2. ds5 .5na - against sos ST ia
in 1887. California still produces
more than one-third ot the entire
yield OF gold. little over si0.o0.fs.l.
and Montana ranks next wish sa,tts,,.
COO OF silver and the baSer metals
Montana produced an amount valued
at SGT ,01 ooo. against ssss0o.oso for
Colorado, The value OF this heavy
output, however, sas sian o,o eo less
than the value nf the hituminoas coal
mined in issT. little less than the
value Of anthracite coal. and So ,osl. :
COO less than the value OF the pig iran
produced I'm that wear.