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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01
Bennington.
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Hurrah for a sleigh ride.
Locals are scarce this week.
Mrs. Lena Moore, of Gaylord, is visiting
at her fathers, G. G. Stiff.
j. Chaplin, of Pttsburg, and w. w.
Parshall and wife, of Bennington, were in
Bay City, Monday, taking in the poultry
and dog show.
Why that broad smile on J. A. Arm
strong's face. No wonder. He brought home
all the first, second and thrd-also special
prizes on Cooie dogs.
''Rumor" some one at Bay City accidently
took j.. A. Armstrong; Plymouth Rock
rooster out of the coop and won first prize.
'llow is it J. Az.
w. p. Harryman and wife were in Owos-
so Tuesday and Wednesday, to sec .'grand-
ga" Salisbury.
The remains of Joseph Clandennng were
taken to Lansing Tuesday morning. Mr..
Clandeaning was visiting at his sons
II. ii. Clandcnning who lives near Hart
wellville. Caught cold and died in few
days. Deceased was So years old.
Mr.. and Miss Jubb, of Gaylord, are
visiting at ID. butchers.
Miss Clara Butterfeld, of st. Charles,
occupied the operators chair at the depot
Monday.
Sheriff Morrice was in Bennington We'd
nesday.
j. T. Walsh has bought number of car
loads of oats near Perry which arc being
handled and shipped from this point.
Harry Walsh is on the sick list.
l.. b. Phetteplace was in Owosso Tuesday.
Mrs. Stauger, OF Owosso was in town
Wednesday.
We learn that NJ. Rector Is going TO be
high kicker in Andrus show this season.
Merritt is ''good bohy."
Miss Tena Merxle is visiting friends in
Ovid this week.
Charles, commonly called Charley Bald
win, was smiling on old friends In Benning-
ton, Wednesday. X.L.C.R.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01

Geo. Rozell pounded Oliver Hall at Port
land, on Wednesday, so that he died in a
few hours.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01

Mayor Williams, James Osburn and the
city board of health called on Station Agent
Proud of the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North
Mich. Ry. ON Saturday morning requesting
him to use his influence with tho Of
fcers of the railroad to order all trains 10
pass Azalia without stopping until the
small pox patients were convalescent. In
reply to his letter Mr.. Proud received the
following from General Manager, ii. w.
Ashley:
TOLEDO, Jan. 20, 1889.
III. G.. Proud, Agent, Owosso:--Please
notify the board Of health and complaining
merchants of your station that the company
Is using every precauti0n TO prevent tho
spread of small pox along the line. We do
not stop any passenger trains at Azalia and
only such freights as are necessary TO carry
supplies for relief of the sufferers of that
village. Our agent at that point Is MEM
Der of the board of health there, and it is not
possible under the present quarantine ar
rangements for any of tho employees of the
company to be exposed to the dread disease
through any source at that point. We are
keeping careful account of the situation as
reported daily, and your citizens may bc as
sured that the company are as much in
terested In staying tho malady as them
selves. II. w. AsHLEy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01

n r. LYON, Attorney and Counsellor at
owassa Mich 26-V1
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01

nR. ANNIS s. II. GOODING, hOmeopatnst,
IL Residence and Office Williams ST., tCom-
gtock Block Owosso, Mich ONCE Hours to
4P.M. and to Pm. Calls pi omptly responded
TO. Special attention given.to Obstetrics ana
Diseases of Women and Children. Jy2Sy1
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01

IoEHCY EDWARDS, Attorney and Counsellor
/ at Law. Office, over Postofice Owosso,
Michigan. Money to loan on real estate se'
curity.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01

~ TlENTAL Encampment, No. 80, y. y. n.
~ meets on the ist and Sd Wednesday Even
I, ngs in each month in Odd Fellows Hall Patri
rchs In good standing are cordially invited.
W. MATLOCK, Scribe. G. MCCORMICK, c. r.
, 1889-02-08

Mr.. John Macintosh, author of ''The
History of Civilization in Scotland" who
will write the volume "Scotland" in the
STORY of the Nations Series" is in many
respects n remarkable man. He was
sent to work on q farm in his native
county of Banff at 10 years of age, and
was subsequently apprenticed t shoe
making, at which trade he worked in
various parts of Scotland for fourteen
years. In 1869 he opened a small station
cry shop in Aberdeen, land there, on the
shop counter" he once wrote, "amid all
the noise and hustle of a stirring thor
oughfare, the three volumes of my his
tory were written and the proof sheets
corrected and revised, all being done
while customers were coming in and out
and constantly interrupting me-"
Mr.. Mackintosh's shop is passed daily
by the professors on their way to the
university, and at one time several of
them were in the habit of calling oc-
casionally and having a chat with the
literary shoemaker. He was accorded
the privilege, too, of using the university
library. His history consists of four
portly volumes, the last and best dealing
with the moral and material advance
ment of the country. Mr.. Macintosh
has been in the habit all his life of rising
before4a m He says he finds the early
morning hours the best for literary work.
Pail Mall Gazette.
, 1889-02-08

This happened in Chicago once. Nat
Goodwin was at Hooley's a few years
ago, and presented a golden ball to An
son and the Chicago team who occupied
theb boxes. 1t was a gala night and every
n was in good humor. Robson and
Crane were playing over at the Grand,
Suddenly the two Dronios dashed past
Cool White at the stage door and were
upon the stage in q moment. Nat was
in the midst of a recitation when he was
tapped on both shoulders. Turning to
the right and left he saw the Dromios
grinning at him. 1t was the only time
Nat Goodwin was ever at a loss for q
word. The audience howled with de-
light. In a moment more the two come
dams were off and on their way back
to the Grand, and it was fully five min
utes before the bewildered Nat could
find his tongue.-Chicago Herald.
, 1889-02-08

A crew of men working on q road
which is being built across the bar at
Otter creek, Mount Desert Island, Me-,
discovered q hake in the sand, which had
been washed ashore in n storm. One of
the men, Peter Cornell, picked up the
fish and threw it against the wheel of a
cart. Something being seen to fall from
its mouth one of the men picked it up.
1t proved to be two dainty silver horse
shoes pinned together, and a gold nail
through the center. The finder has the
curiosity in his possession. Lewiston
Journal.
, 1889-02-08

Foremost among the sights which call
forth eNclamations of astonishment from
the tourist is that of the grotesque cactus
of Arizona territory. Like other trop-
ical productions, 1t is totally unlike any
~preconceived notions of what nature
could design. Tho plant is leafless, nav
ing n bare, flcshy stock, protected every
where by sharp and venomous barbs.
Its flowers are considered among tho
choicest, varying from white and yellow
to deep crimson or purple. These bios
SONS, capitulum, are waN like, and their
intlorcscence calls to mind Alladin's
tabled experience among the fairy plants,
with their sparkling fruits of diamonds
and other gems.
The fruit is egg shaped, with n crown
on IN upper side, and is generally de
licious, presenting as varied colors as the
flowers. 1t contains n large quantity of
seeds, surrounded by n nicely favored
juicy substance. In different species the
fruit in size Is all the way up from n
canary's to an ostrich's egg. The cactus
is almost imPerishnble, and can live
many months without water, although
it is only seen in its perfection under a
plentiful supply. So hardy is the plant
that n piece from any part will take root
and grow If placed in the ground, ever
though 1t has lain around for n time. 1t
thrives equally well on n piece of bare
rock In n scorching tropical sun as it
would packed in ice in n northern zone.
1t Is n paradox curiosity in the vege-
table kingdom. Corona News Letter.
, 1889-02-08

Mo. III. A. No. l5.-PROPOSALS
u for Army Supplies. HEADQUARTERS
Dept. OF the Platte, Office of Chief
CommIssary Of Subsistence, Omaha, Neb.,
Jan. 10, 1889. Sealed proposals, in tripli-
cate, subject to the usual conditions, will
be received at this office until u O'Clock
NJ, central standard time, and-at the Of
hces OF the acting commissaries of sub
,slstence at Cheyenne depot. Wyo.; Forts
Sidney, Neb.; Douglas, Utah; Niobrara,
Neb,; and Robinson, Neb., until IL
FLOCK a. m, mountain standard time, on
Wednesday, the Goth day of February,
1889, at which time and places they will
be opened in the presence of bidders, for
the furnishing and delivery of -four for
issue as a component OF the ration; and.
also, at this office until 10 O'Clock M, cen.
trail standard time on the same day, for
furnishing -four, family. Preference will
be given to articles of domestic produc-
ton or manufacture, conditions OF
quality and price Gncluding in the price
of foreign production or manufactures
the duty thereon) being equal. The right
is reserved to reject any or all bids. Blank
proposals and specifications showing in
detail the quantities required and giving
full information as to condition of con-
tracts will be furnished on application to
any Of the above mentioned Offices. j.
w. BARRIGER, Maj. and c. s., u. s.
"A, Chief G. s.
, 1889-02-08

An anonymous writer in n medical
journal gives the following description
of massage: Upon the nervou system
massage exerts a delightful and at the
same time a profoundly sedativo and
tonic effect While it is being performed,
and often for hours afterward. those who
submit to 1t are in n blissful state of re
pose; they feel as if they were enjoying
a long rest, or as if.they had just returned
from a long vacation; it makes optimists
of them for the time being. An aptitude
for either rest or work generally follows.
with an Indifference to the ordinary
cares of life, and needless approximations
are dispelled. Hence, 1t has been recon-
mended by high authorities. SAN Fran.
cisco Argonaut.
, 1889-02-08
Barbarity and Common Sense.

The nations which still eat with the
fingers defend the practice on the ground
of cleanliness. A Malay gentleman re-
CARDS the use of a fork much as we
should think of the use of a borrowed
~toothpick. He is troubled by the reflec-
ton that it has been in other mouths
and that some lazy servant may have
neglected to wash it properly. The care
of his fingers are in his own charge, and
he knows that they are clean and that
they have never been in any ones else
mouth.-Popular Science Monthly.
, 1889-02-08

Many of our people see a gray haired
and bearded old gentleman walking
around tho streets with a sadness about
his countenance which, though, can only
be detected after close observation, for
as SOC as he secs you a smile lights up
his countenance in token of recognition.
BE is a German and a musician, and is
seen every night at the opera house
lei there Is an entertainment there.
His name is Professor Ressler. He came
to this country some sixteen years ago
from Germany to make his homo here,
leaving his wife behind until he could
get settled, when he would send for her.
Having secured the desired end, n letter
was dispatched home telling his wife of
his success and bidding her to come.
1t Is said that she sailed from her native
home with n glad heart, in a~nticipa-
ton of meeting with her husband after
an absence of two years. Every vessel
that came over was eagerly looked after,
the newspapers were scanned for intelli-
gence of her arrival, but nothing could
be heard Of her. The ship on which it is
said she sailed arrived in Baltimore and
the wife landed there. The professor
with a joyous heart went there, but 10!
no trace of her could be found, and the
days, weeks and months until fourteen
years have passed without his knowing
of her whereabouts. From city to city
has he gone in ythe search His head
was black then, now 1t Is white, but
there is a tenderness in his face mixed
with sorrow, and n cankering in his
heart, but he goes on and on with the
hope Of finally meeting his long lost wife
Athens (Ga.) Chronicle.
, 1889-02-08
Supposed to bo Over 1900 Years old

In the province of Canton are occa-
sionally dug up ancient copper gongs or
drums, which some say were made by
the aboriginal Laos tribes, others say by
Ma Yuan, the renowned commander who
invaded Tong King in A. d. Al and
quelled the rising of the rebellious tribes
against the Chinese, erecting a pillar of
bronze on the extreme southern border
of the ''hill country" The Nan-hai
Maio temple, at Canton possesses two of
these curious monuments, one large and
one small; the characters are mostly in
decipherable, owing to the length of time
they have been under the ground. The
larger one was obtained from the tomb
of a barbarian chief 1000 years ago, dur
ing the Tang dynasty at Kao-chow; the
smaller n at Sunchow. They are much
valued as rarities by the Canton people.
a very fine sounding one was dug up
lately and presented by the finder to the
Temple of Confucius. = Chinese Ex-
change.
, 1889-02-08

1t is stated that the prince consort first
introduced Christmas trees into England,
but this is quite a mistake, for they had
been established for many years when
the prince came to this country. They
were originally brought into fashion by
the Princess Lieven, through whom
George ~ was induced to have one
every year at the pavilion. Mr.. Charles
Greville was pleasantly struck by the
novelty when he was staying with Lord
and Lady Cowper at Panshanger, at
Christmas, 1929, and there also Nine. dc
Lieven got up and superintendent the
fete. -London Truth.
, 1889-02-08
How cenulold Is Manufactured.

While everybody has heard of, or seen,
or used celluloid, only q few know what
it is composed of or how it is made. The
following is a description of the process
carried out in a factory near Paris for
the production OF celluloid:
A roll of paper is slowly unwound, and
at the same time saturated with n mix
turc of five parts of sulphuric acid and
two parts of nitric acid, which falls upon
the paper in fine spray. This changes
the ~cellulose of the paper into proxylin
gun cotton The excess of the acid hav-
ing been expelled by pressure, the paper
is washed with plenty of water until all
traces of acid have beer removed. 1t is
then reduced to n pulp, and passes on to
the bleaching trough.
Most OF tho water having been got rid
of by means of n strainer, the pulp is
mixed with from 20 to 40 per cent of its
weight in camphor, and the mixture
thoroughly triturated under millstones.
The necessary coloring having been add
ed in the form of powder, a second mix
ing and grinding follows.
The finely divided pulp is then spread
out in thin layers on slabs, and from
twenty to twenty-five of these layers are
placed in u hydraulic press, separated
from one another by some sheets of thick
blotting paper, and are subjected to a
pressure of 100 atmospheres, until all
traces of moisture havo been got rid of.
The matter is then passed between rollers
heated to between 40 and 100 degs.
Fahrenheit, whence it issues in the form
of elastic sheets. The Inventor.
, 1889-02-08

Every express train running between
Berlin and Hamburg now carries a van
fitted with the network apparatus which
is used in English travelling postoffices,
which apparatus throws out from the
down trains q bag of letters or dis
patches at FREDERICKSBURG for Prince Bis
marck, while q similar bag is taken in by
tho up trains as they rush through the
little station on the S~achsenwald, which
is within 200 yards of the Schloss.-
London World.
, 1889-02-08

Professor Mulhall gives the following
figures as to the average number of chill
dren to n marriage in the chief countries
of Europe: Ireland, $50; Russia. 4.93;
Spain, 4.G5; Italy, Ash; Scotland, 4.46;
Holland, Ace; Sweden, 4.l2; Germany,
40; England, 4.OS; Austria, 4.O4; Bel
GUM, 4.04; Switzerland, 3.94; Hungary,
$40; Denmark, 3.Gl; Franco, sos
New York Telegram.
, 1889-02-08
WHAT is

What is hirtationi Really
How can / tell you THAR
But when she smiles ] see its wiles,
And when he lifts his hat
lis walking in the moonlight.
It's buttoning on a glove;
It's lips that speak of plays next week,
While eyes are talking love.
It's meeting In the ballroom,
It's whirlinR In the dance,
lis something hid beneath the lid,
More thar a simple glance.
It's lingering In the hallway,
IT'S sitting on the stair,
It's bearded lips on finger tips
II mamma ISN'T there.
It's tucking In the carriage.
It's asking for q can,
It's long good nights In tender lights.
And that is-no, not alll
It's parting when it's over,
And n goes home to sleep;
Best 5oys must end, ira Ia, my friend,
But one goes home to weepi
London Figaro.
, 1889-02-08

OfSt. Louis, Mo-, are nov pushing an
other ingenious Office Device. This time
1t is Tyler's Royal Automatic Type Writ
er Cabinet and Desk Combined. 1t is
adapted to every Machine now in use,
and said to be the finest on Earth. The
Tyler System of Bank Counters are also
attracting great attention, while the fam
Gus Tyler Desks-some 400 styles-con-
tmue to grow in public favor. Illustrated
Catalogues free.
, 1889-02-08

A cat crawled into the muzzle of a
loaded cannon in the British barracks at
Cape Colony a short time ago. When
the evening salute was fired she was
thrown a distance of 200 feet, but,
strange to say, lived for two hours after
her involuntary flight.
, 1889-02-08

The simplest way to fumigate a room
is to heat an iron shovel very hot and
then pour vinegar upon it, drop by drop:
The steam arising from this Is q disin-
%fectant- Doors or windows should be
opened that it may escape.
, 1889-02-08

How can parents allow their children to
cough and strain and cough and calmly
say: "Ohl it is only a little cold." and
medicines, until they. are down with lung
fever or consumption, when they can be
so easily relieved by Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrul? 1t has no superior. and
few equals. For sale by w. N. Hunt,
druggist.
, 1889-02-08

The Siam Mercantile Gazette says that
in addition to the existence in that coun-
try of debt slavery, ''slave hunting is in
some provinces a part of Siamese ma
tional sport, differing only in degree
from the black ivory trade of the dark
continent"
, 1889-02-08

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. Will positively cure all
kinds OF piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABlETtNE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
W. N.Hunt, at % cents per box-by mail
30 cents.
, 1889-02-08
Tho $1,000 600 Niagara Prize.

Tho project to give n prize of 500, 900
for the best plan for harvesting Niagara
river and putting it into the traces L do
the work of steam 10y the power of its
mighty current is not dead.-Bufralo
News.
, 1889-02-08

Kellner wishes to state that he is soon
to wind up his business here, and will
therefore close out his entire stock of dry
goods and millinery for less than they
cost at wholesale.
, 1889-02-08

A Norwich Conn minister announced
from the pulpit Of q Sunday that he
would give S1.50 if the young men in
the gallery would take seats down stairs.
They did so and the money was paid.
, 1889-02-08

George r. White, a farmer residing
just north of Franklin, Ind, has a pig
that is quite a curiosity. The animal
has four front legs and feet, all perfect,
and twelve toes. 1t is alive, three
months old, and weighs forty pounds
Cincinnati Enquirer.
, 1889-02-08
BuekIen,s Arnica saIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter. chapped hands, chilblains.
eorns and all skin e%ruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by DR.. w. n. Hunt.
, 1889-02-08
ADVICE To M

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums. allays
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhea. Twenty five cents
a bottle
, 1889-02-08
advice 90 M

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup should
always be used for children tecthing. 1t
soothes the child ,~softens the gums, allays
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
r%efnedy for diarrhea. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle.
, 1889-02-08

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader Office.
, 1889-02-08

Job printing at the Leader office.
, 1889-02-08

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & Hist
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
Changed Their Tune.

Referring to the assertion sometimes
sneeringly made by coarse-minded men,
when my wife goes to the polls and
votes, she can wear the breeches," the
Glenrock (Wy.) Graphic says:
1--WE have known men to make such
a remark, and afterwards, after having
resided in Wyoming a few years, and
witnessed woman suffrage in operation;
after observing the quiet and orderly
influence of women's presence at the
polls; after noting the courtesy and re-
spect with which they are treated; after
becoming convinced that a woman is
capable of casting her ballot at least
as intelligently as the average man,
and realizing that lady may exercise
the right Of suffrage and be lady still
after having studied all these things,
we have known these men to regard it
as their duty to see that their wives
were furnished with conveyances that
they might 60 to the polls and VOTE"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
THE BODY PoLlTIc
4 Diseased System That Needs Doctor
ing.

| 4 Dissased System That Needs Doctor
ing.
| It is said that women should not vote,
because they have avenues enough now
| to serve humanity, in the various
! philanthropies, etc, ETC.. writes Mrs.
HelenP Jenkins, in Woman's journal.
The work that women are doing for the
poor, the miserable, the sinful. the GRIM
inal, is noble work; but these efforts do
not reach the sources of wretchedness
and poverty and crime. and thus diminish
them. Good as they are. much needed
as these efforts are, they are but sooth-
ing applications to the sores of q dis
eased system. Would it not be well to
doctor the system and have less of the
disagreeable dressing of the sores to
do? To care for the wife and children
of drunkard, kind as it is, is not so
good service as to make it possible for
that husband to take care Of them him.
self. To nurse a girl who has gone
astray is good work; but still better
work is some healthful subsoiling which
will make inlquity less frequent
think women would make excellent
doctors OF the body polite as well as
of the individual body.
The women who are working for
woman suffrage see (they think they
are not mistakenly that with the ballot
they may be able to strike at the roots
of much of the wickedness and wretch
edness and poverty in the world. There
are signs of such things already on the
earth. For instance:
In Oskaloosa, Kan, one year ago,
women were elected to all the city
Offices. Those women did not seek
those offices; they shrank at first from
filling them. Men nominated them
and helped to elect them; then they
bravely consented to take the burdens
OF Office. One year of service has
proved so satisfactory that this year
they have all been reelected. The
Jail. which formerly had many occu-
pants, has none. The debt, which
has hung over Oskaloosa ever since
the war. has been paid off, and the city
treasury, which was empty. has now
surplus of one hundred dollars; and
meantime those women have not
neglected their homea Is there any
significance in this? 1t seems to me
there is something well worth the
study of our people-and our legisla-
tors-in this simple but significant
story. This ballot for women" is not
a question OF whether we women want
more responsibility or not; it is ques-
ton of duty, religious duty, national
duty. We have a nation to save and
not our own comfort to consult. We
have race to rescue, and fne-ladyism
must not restrain US from doing our
work.
The spirit which prompts some wo-
men to engage in the various philan-
thropies in order to help their fellow
beings is the same which encourages
others to work against all obstacles
and obloquy for woman's power in the
State; and all things shall work to-
gether for good.