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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
NEW Works. STREET ARABS.
Some of tho Schemes by which GamiIis
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Some of the Schemes by which Gamins
Turn an Honest Penny.
The shrewdness of the average New
York street gamin is remarkable. One
day last week two little boys, neither
of whom were over Is years, evolved
this scheme for turning an honest
penny: They stood in the center OF
City Hall park. with their hats over
their eyes, with upturned faces, and
heads nearly resting on their backs,
looking intently into the blue sky, as
if some one of the heavenly objects
was visible. Slowly but lsurely a
goodly crowd gathered and they, too,
looked. Some asked what the attrac-
ton was; others continued looking,
evidently for the purpose of discover
ing something wonderful before ask
ing. Some said it was Venus, but
others said it wasn't. But the two
boys who caused all this sensation
and anXiety-what of them! When
fully 100 had collected about the spot,
the young chaps announced that they
would give n circus performance. A
space was cleared for them, which the
crowd surrounded. Others rushed to
the scene, and before the performance
began crowd had gathered that
would not make n bad showing in Il
theatre. The boys gave q remarkably
good entertainment of tumbling and
breakneck maneuvers, which aston
ished the audience and produced no
little applause. At the conclusion of
.he "circus performance, the boys,
nat in hand, collected money enough
20 give them both a good time during
she day, and, perhaps, seats at the
theatre that evening.
Another trick came to the writer's
aotice, which, for genuine smart
ness, is rather noteworthy. 1t may
sc surprising to the city fathers to
Gnow that seats in the public parks
are sold nightly, yet this is q fact.
The little boys start out carly in the
evening and capture as many seats as
possible. When the young lovers pass
through the park and see Il seat in q
quiet and sequestcred place, and find
the occupant to be little boy, some
times two in number, the young man
and, going to the boy or boys, endeav-
Ors to make bargain for the seat,
which he is generally successful in
consummating, though never, it is said
for less than ten cents, and often.
times more. AS it gets late in the
evening, and the call for seats is not
SO great, one can be secured for five
cents These money making lads
must feel as depressed at rainy or
disagreeable night as the bootblack
does of a wet day,-New York Star.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
How to Stop an Express.

Suburban Resident-See here, sir!
You told me that country place I
bought of you was only thirty-five
minutes from the city.
City Agent-Yes, sir; thirty-five
minutes by express. You remember
when we went out to look at it, the
time was thirty-five minutes exactly.
But, confound it, sir, the express
trains don't stop there, not one of
them, and the accommodation takes
about an hour an a half"
You and went by express, and it
stopped for us, you know"
"Yes, I know; but it hasn't stopped
since"
ut will stop if you hire man at
your station to buy through ticket
for somewhere. That's the way I did
the day we went out. New York
Weekly.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
Cure of Inebriety.

DR.. Elliott, in recent lecture at To.
ronto, gives the four principal condi-
tons that must be observed for the
treatment of inebriates to be success
full. The first is abstinence; this must
be absolute, and on no plea whatever,
of fashion, of physic or religion,
ought the smallest quantity of an in.
toxicant to be put to the lips of an al
coholic slave. The second condition is
to ascertain the predisposing and excit-
ing causes of inebriety, and to en-
deavor to remove those causes, which
may lie in some remote or deep seated
physical ailment. The third condition
is to restore the physical and mental
tone, and the fourth condition is en-
ployment; let the mind of the patient
be kept occupied by attention to reg
ular work, and the task of reforma-
ton will be shorn of half its difficulty
New York Telegram.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
The Great "NIan NIiIliner."

Worth, the famous French" dress
maker, is a native born Englishman.
He is man of striking appearance,
with a rather Scotch type of face,
which is made more noticeable by ths
Scotch cap he usually wears. His pa
rents intended him for printer, but
he disliked to soil his fingers with
printers ink, and decided for the dry
goods trade, beginning in London,
and finally going to Paris, where he
found favor with the Empress Eu-
genie, and consequently with the
fashionable world which she led. M.
Worth has fine chateau near Paris,
where he is very fond of entertaining
his friends and customers, among
whom a large percentage are Ameri-
cans.-Harper's Bazaar.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
A Fiery Plant.

The fraxinella, or, as it used to be
called, false dittany, has peculiar
property seldom noted except by those
who make particular study of plants.
The whole plant emits an odor of
lemon peel and when bruised it has a
strong balsamic smell. This scent is
strongest in the pedicles of the flow
ers, which are covered with glands of
a rusty red color, exuding Il viscid
juice or resin, which exales in vapor
and on dark night may be seen to
take fire. The fraxinella has u strong
and agreeable perfume and may be
easily cultivated in any ordinary gar
den soil. Home Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
A Transition OF n Crnze2

1t is not so much a condescension
Of society To literature as it is dis
covery that literature and art, in the
persons of those who produce both,
may be sources of amusement, or per-
haps, TO be just, of the enlargement Of
the horizon and the improvement Of
the mind. The society mind was never
before SO hospitable to newtideas apd
new sensations. Charities, bNlrds of
managers, missions, hospitals, news
rooms, and lodging houses for the IL
literate and the homeiess-these are
not sufficient, even with balls,
dancing classes and teas, OF
the superfluous energies of this
restless. improving generation; there
must be also radical clubs, read
ing classes, study classes, ethical, his
torical, scientific, literary, lectures,
the reading of papers by ladies of dis
tinction and gentlemen of special at,
tainments-an unremitting pursuit OF
culture and information. Curiosity
is awake. The extreme of social re-
flnement and n mild Bohemianism al
most touch. 1t passes beyond the af
fectation of knowing persons who
write books and write for the press
artists in paint and artists in music
Charles Dudley Warner in Harper's
MnUaZinc
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
A BUTTERFLYS SOUL.

Through the field where the brown quails whistle
Over the ferns where the rabbits lie,
Floats the tremulous down of q thistle:
Is ii the soul of butterfly?
See! how they scatter and then assemble,
Filling the air while the blossoms fade,
Delicate atoms that whirl and tremble
In the slantinS sunlight that skirts the glade
There goes the summers inconstant over,
Drifting and wandering, faint and Far;
Only bewailed by the upland plover,
Watched by only the twilight star
Come next August, when thistles blossom,
Sec how each Is alive with wings
Butterflies seei: their souls in its BOSOM
Changed henceforth 10 immortal things.
IT w. Higginson in st. Nicholas
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
Introduced in Style.

Mrs. Livermore humorously tells
this about herself:
She went to town in Maine to de-
liver a lecture. A young minister,
who felt greatly his Importance in
having to introduce so large light,
announced her in these words:
Ladies' and gentlemen, you have
all heard of the illustrious man across
the water, so beloved by his people,
and who is known by the sobriQuet of
the Grand Old Man | now have the
pleasure of introducing to you a lady
beloved in Boston and known there as
the Grand Old Womanr "-Lewiston
Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
Transportation of Sulphuric Acid.

Herr Bickmann has patented in Ger
many a process for enabling sulphu-
ric acid for manufacturing purposes to
be safely transported. He takes adj
vantage of property of certain salts
of which alkaline sulphates are re-
presentatives-by which they give up
their water of capitalization when
heated and take it up again when
cool; and he does so by mixing the
salts in an anhydrous condition with
calculated quantity of sulphuric
acid. The whole mass becomes gran
ular, or may be formed into cakes;
and when heated the whole hquefies
and may be used as if it were sulphu-
ric acid, for the presence of bisulphate
of soda does no harm.-Scientific
American.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
Railroad Employees i'm India.

Speaking of railroad wages in India,
| find that section men work here for
from three to five cents a day, and
that the roads can get all the men
they want at these prices. Engineers
work on time and distance, and they
are about the highest paid of the rail
road employees. They get about so a
month while running regularly, but
they can increase this by extra run
ming to $50 and 800 a month. The
Indian railways have no conductors
in our sense of the word The tickets
are collected and examined by men at
the various stations, and the guard
who manages the trains in other re-
spects has nothing to do with the
tickets. Such guards get about $25 a
month, and on the smaller railroads
they receive from 81 to $50 ~ month.
The most of the guards are natives OF
half breeds, while a majority of the
engineers are English. l don't think
the English engineers are as well post
ed as our American ones. l asked one
of them the weight of his engine. He
stammered and replied that he did not
know. The American engineer can
tell you just what his engine weighs,
how much steam she carries and all
about her.-Frank G.. Carpenter.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
Packing Eish in Ice.

The simple and obvious device OF
packing fish in ice for transportation
in hot weather was first used in Amer.
lea in the forties. From this country
it spread to Europe and is now in gen
eral use in all civilized lands. The
practice has been common in China
from early times. In book published
in Nuremberg in 1850, Erasmus Fran
discus refers to the Chinese custom
and recommends its adoption in Eu-
rope, but his advice was unheeded
and it was left for q smart Yankee to
rediscover the simple expedient nearly
two centuries later.--Deutsche Els
cherei Zeitung.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
a Use for Pugs mt Last.

A.-Ferguson is q sharp man.
B.-What did he do9
'You see, his wife never lets him
have any money, so he steals her pug"
''Stea1s her pug9"
"Yes, he has made arrangements
with professional dog stealer. Fer
guson hands dog over the fence tc
dog stealer. Mrs. Ferguson offers re.
ward of S.. Dog stealer gets reward
and divides with Ferg. Next week
dog is gone again. Another reward,
and more pocket money for Ferg.
See?"-Texas Siftings.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
From Grave to Grave.

There are two sorts of ignorance.
We philosophize to escape ignorance,
and the contamination of our philoso-
ply is ignorance; we start from the
one, we repose in the other; they are
the goals from which to which we
tend, and the pursuit of knowledge is
but course between two ignorances,
as human life is only travelling from
grave to grave.-Sir William Hamil-
ton.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05

Here is text which it will do us ali
good to commit to memory: IF n
man think himself to be something
when he is nothing, he deceiveth him
self. But let every man prove his
own work, and then shall he have re-.
joicing in hirusaf alone, and not ia
anothero
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
An Enthusiastic Maid.

A young lady whose charms are
known to all social Lewiston came
home one day with row of sixteen
little pin holes in one corner Of her
new parasol and eight similar punches
in another.
Her mother was Mortified and indig-
nantly rebuked her.
What do you suppose the dear girl
had been doing2
Scoring the runs at a baseball game.
Lewiston Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
A Snake Story.

A few weeks ago large rattlesnake
was killed on gentlemans planta-
ton in the neighborhood of Balti-
more, in the belly of which was found
three middle sized rabbits. The snake
had ten rattles, and was supposed to
be about thirteen years old.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05
When the Trouble Began.

Ibid you see the beginning of this
troubles" asked the police judge of a
witness against man who had struck
his wife.
Eyes, sir; l saw the very commence
ment of the difficulty. 1t was about
two years ago."
1.-Two years agoa"
eyes, sir. The minister said: will
you take this man to be your lawful
husband and she said: Il will. ~
Merchant Traveller.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05

There are in New York 3,65S men,
women and children who are pro-
fessional beggars, liars, hypocrites and
deceivers, and the average income of
each one is IS per week.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-05

Be rude to none; rudeness harms
not even the humblest and poorest to
whom it is directed, but it Injuries the
exhibitors.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-04-26
a WOMhN'S LOVE.
\ Pathetic Incident from the Diary Of .
Prison warden.

\ Pathetic Incident from the Diary of .
Prison Warden.
There came into the prison on trl-
fling charge, which did not involve
long detention, one Of the most pitt
able-loOking beings IL was possible TO
sec, woman. young In years, but hag-
gard and wasted TO the last degree,
and with great gaping wound still
open, on her forehead, which seemed
10 have been caused by blow from n
hatchct. She made no difficulty In cx-
planning how she had received this
soeous injury; IL had been done by
her lover, with whom she mad lived
some years, though he was not her
husband. "lIo has n terrible temper" "
she said; "tho least thing puts him in
n fury, and then it's always on me he
takes revenge. He has brought me
nigh TO deaths door many n time, and
! know very well ho'll kill me in tho
end. ! know he will" Shc went on
10 give further details OF the utter
misery in which she lived. The man
spent all his earnings In drink and
starved her She toilcd beyond her
strength 10 gain n little money for
food, and when she came homo, after
n hard days work, hc snatched her
wages from hor and went Oft TO the
public house. Then, when he came
back, nc beat her because she had not
supper provided for him. There
seemed no possible element OF attrac-
tion In the life she led with him, even
apart from the certainty which was
ever present In her mind that he
would compass her death at last, somo
destined day.
Yet, when the visitor. anxious TO
rescue her from tho sin and wretchcd-
moss Of such an existence, offered TO
provide for her entirely II she would
leave the miscreant TO whom she was
not bound by any righteous tie, sho
only lifted up her hollow. mournful
eyes, and said: IL will never leave
him--ncvor. Finally, in answer TO
the strong rcmonstrances made to her
on the ground at once OF the guilt aud
misery Of her life, she answered that
she knew that IL was all true. Sho
suffered night and day. she owned,
from hunger and pain and ill-usagc,
and she could not oven pray TO God to
help her because Of her sin. She knew
she would be bo murdered in the end,
and she supposed her soul would be
lost, but still--"I can not leave him
i will not-ncvcr, ncvcr-though you
offered me 90 live IN the Quccn's pal
ace, I'll go back to him the moment |
ara free. and I'll stay with him 20 the
last hour Of my life. however it may
end and she did. The utmost efforts
to shake her resolution availod
nothing; no human power could cope
with the might Of her passion for her
destroyer, and she went back to him,
saying she would rather die by his
hands than live without him. Black
woods Magazine
-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-04-26
Americas Only Kingdom.

II is not generally known that the
only King upon the western hemis.
phcrc died some weeks ago. His name
was George Frederick Augustus, and
his subjects were several hundred Mos
quito Indians of the north coast OF
Nicaragua. When the Spanish CON
quercd Central America they found the
Mosquito Indians too powerful for their
arms. A century or so later, the Mos.
quito Coast, rs the coast of Nicaragua
was then called, was a favorite resort
for buccaneers and marooners, the ma
tives forming an alliance with the free
hooters, and carrying on u deadly and
hereditary war against the Spaniards.
From t+at period on the Mosquito In
dians had friendly relations with the
English. and in 1926 Great Britain
ca scd the chief Of the ,ribe to bo
crowned rs King aud to be placed uu-
der the protcctoratc Of the court of st.
James. The late King, George Freder-
ick Augustus, was the grandnephcw OF
the first monarch, lie was drunken,
dissolute, aud incapable of managing
his affairs. At his death the little
kingdom was in such confusion that il
was doubtful whether it would receive
another sovereign. N. Y. Ledger.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-04-26
RESCUED BY RSMlTH.
How the Gallant Colonel Game 10 General
Lew WullaCc's Relief

How the Gallant Colonel Game 10 General
Lew wnllaCc's Relief
When General Lew Wallace reached
Washington few weeks ago it 50 hap
pcnod that for somo time he walked
about the Office Of the Ebhitt House
without being sccl 10y any body who
recognized him. Finally, however,
Colonel Peter Donan spicd him and
gave him the pleasure OF an introduce
ton to several ladies who were as
somblcd in the rccoption-room. At
once General Wallace became the tar
get for vollcys of compliments for
"Ben Hur.n Every lady seemed to
strive To outdo the others in the cN-
travagance OF her praise, until il was
the commonost hind of thing to say it
was the greatest book ever written in
any language. While the ladies were
Thus piling Polions OF praise upon
Ossas OF nattcrv. Colonel Dick Win
tersmith camc In. When he had heard
enough to know that General Wallace
must have had his ill Of that sort OF
talk. somo lady asked him il he did not
think IL was the greatest Of books.
Madam" said Colonel Dick, with
grave poli,eness. lit would ill-bccome
the author of considerable portion Of
IL to pass such an opinion
What" exclaimed the lady; did
you write n part of Ben HurP"
Il did, madam
"Nfay | nsx Enlnnpl what port Vpn
wrotcp" asked the lady
"Woll. the chariot race. for one
part" replied Colonel Wintersmith.
And" said General Wallace, who
had overheard the conversation, II
think it is one OF the best portions OF
the story. too"
Some Of the ladies still think Colonel
Wintersmith wrote Washington
Post
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-04-26
PUNGENr PARAGRAPHS.

-"Who are the fools Of the human
race?" This Is an easy one. II the
query were, Who are the wiser it
would be poser. Boston Courier.
-SoarandGop (grandiloquently) -
Eyes; it pays TO do right. Honesty Is
the bestpolicy after ALL" Frankley-
"Why don't you have it renewedP"-
Time.
The drama is getting more and
more realistic. Real babies, real water,
real burglars. are among the advertised
realities. We have hopes Of future
play with real actors. - Baltimore
American.
-''What IL the future Of lreland?"
exclaimed the Senator, in earnest tones
'Ireland, said the new school ma am
calmly. ''has no future; it is a noun. -
Burdette.
As the warmer weather comes on,
metals begin 20 expand. A ten-dollar
gold piece reaches great deal further
when the gas-man and the goldman
have relaxed their grip.-Puck.
--Clementine-"I / had known you
married me only for my money would
never have accepted you" Montague
-"And If I'd known you were going TO
be SO close with il / would never have
proposed. Life.
Miss Backbite (wbo has been dis
cussing several Of her friends mis-
deeds)-"Now, you know, never re-
peat scandals" Mrs. Candor -
mo, my dear, I've heard you invent
them. ."-Philadelphi Press.
Picture Dealer exhibiting n paint.
ing)-''That, sir, Is n genuine Turner"
Purchaser-''Yes, see. You have TO
turn it around good many times be-
fore you can make out what it is."-
America.
old Lady-"My dear, do you really
think you are fit 20 become a ministers 5
wife?" Engaged Niece (from the
WesD indeed. / don't mind
being talked about at all. l."-N. \.
Weehlv.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-04-26
OUR CHILpREN'S EYES.
Kindly and Wise Words written by .
Careful Mother.

hlnulN anu w INN NbiNS NFlllfh w /"
Careful Mother.
Allow me To say n few words in re-
gard TO the childron's cycs. Years
ago when the children studied tbeir
lessons from their books. we did not
hear very much about their eyes Civ
ing out. Let us consult our blackboards
and see what thoy can tell us about
this worldwide subject. Dear par
ents and guardians, all over this broad
land, how many hours through tho
day arc your little children sitting in
school, staring at u blackboard upon
which are placed by the teacher most
of the lessons for the day, many times
the lines being SO fine and pale they
could not bo easily read moro than
half or two-thirds the way across tho
room. but the children are required to
sec them all the way across and from
tho romotost corners, Many OF tho
children when first looking at tho
board do not sec much OF any thing.
but by looking very sharp FOR u
few seconds the lines reveal thcm-
StlNtSs ulNs my lIl'NhNs il'NuF
strained eyes, and strained eyes mean
weakened or diseased optic nerves.
possibly no eyes at all. it all depend.
ing upon the severity of the strain.
Even when the work is quito distinct,
for children who have naturally weak
eyes the distance many times is 80
great that the air waves coming be-
tween the poor, tired eyes and tho
board cause the lines to waver and
flicker. and especially is this the case
when the light is poor and the vontila-
tion bad. Any thing put on the board
for children to sec, whether old or
young, should have largo proportions
and broad clear lines throughout. 80
no extra effort will have 20 be made to
discover il. There is great differ
cncc in eyes; one child will readily SEQ
what another could not without tho
fatal strain. | know whereof speak,
for my own eyes were nearly destroyed
through this same practice, and |
know others who have suffered a like
fate N. Y. Tribune.