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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-25
ROGERS, PEET & w.

THREE Prince.
BROADWAY W aIr'n.
STORES. ) I'D ST.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28

Newspapers are always vaunting
themselves ns, having the Largest cir
culation" in the world. Here is a new
idea for them. The Austrian emperor's
morning paper, which his imperial mai
esty cons daily and consults over oc-
casionally, has the smallest circulation
in the world; in fact its circulation is
limited to the august Francis Joseph
himself This Chronicle believe
that is the name-is the most curious
publication imaginable. Its proprietor
is the emperor, it is published for the
emperor, and so far as ! can learn it is
only read by the emperor.
1t is at any rate issued for his sole
benefit, and the imperial news bureau
brings it out at a cost of 200, 600 guild
en- yearly. 1t contains, in q condensed
form, all the articles in foreign papers
which refer to Austria Surely this is
true wisdom-I mean this desire of be-
coming acquainted with all that is pub
licly said or written about ones self,
when that self is set in high place.
Many a word which no courtier nor
subject would venture to speak direct
may thus find its way to the imperial
ear.-London Cor. Critic.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
A Remarkable Accident.

A remarkable accident occurred at
the Penryn quarry Monday morning by
which John Z. Owens lost foot. Mr..
Owens was engaged with others in
hosting rock from the quarry with a
derrick. An immense load was swing
ing out of the pit when the derrick
cable broke and the granite fell back
with a crash. The stone did not hit
any one, but the broken rope went
Kissing through the air like a shot, and
the flying end caught Mr.. Owens
around the left leg at the ankle Joint.
The force of the blow must have been
extreme, for the foot was severed from
the leg by the stroke as completely as
If it had been cut off with broad ak.
DIR. Todd was sent for, and he ampu-
tated the leg just above the cut made
by the rope, and Mr.. Owens is doing
well under the circumstances. The ac-
cident is an odd one.-Placer Repub-
lican.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
Fire Escape Drills in schools.

The practicing of pupils in the fire
drill, in order to prevent accidents from
the alarm OF fire, is now regarded as a
most important part of school training.
In the schools of Vienna the fire escape
drill is executed iis three different ways.
In the case of a fire in the neighborhood
(signal No. y the pupils place their
books in their satchels, put on their
outer garments, and leave the class
room in groups of four. If the danger
is imminent signal No. p the books
are left, the outer garments rapidly put
on and the class room is vacated. In
case of extreme peril (signal No. - the
books and clothing are left, and the
exit is made Immediately in groups.
In the fire drill ut Hamilton, Ont,
arrangements are also made for each
class to keep its own side of the stair
way and move on independently of
other classes preceding or following.
In this school 600 pupils have vacated
their class room In less than two min
utes. The fire drill Is not only an ef-
fective safeguard against the danger of
panics, but Is also good gymnastic ex-
ercise.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiaf,r Gf+ fSt-c r..a
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28

The wild horse of Dzungaria is ar
animal tho size OF the hemione and
more robust in its proportions, in
which it resembles the pony. It's head
is large, with ears smaller than those of
the hemione, the shoulders thick,
especially in the male; the limbs robust
and stubbier than those Of the hemi-
ones and asses. The name is short
and straight, and the moderately long
tail is terminated by a tuft of long
hairs in much more abundant supply
than in the tail of the hemione. It
has warts on the hind legs as well as on
the fore legs-a popularity of the
horse, distinguishing it from the other
species of the genus, which have warts
only on the fore legs.
The hoofs are full like those of
horse, and not compressed as in the
other species, and the lower parts of
the legs are furnished with long hairs
falling to the crown of the hoof, a feat
ure which the hemiones lack. Like
wise characteristic is the color of the
pelage, pale gray, almost white, pass
ing into dun on the head and neck, and
blending insensibly on the TANKS with
the pure white of the belly and limbs.
The name, the brush of the tail and
the long hairs OF the lower legs and
hoofs are black. There is no trace of
the dark dorsal stripe running from the
name to the tail which is characteristic
of the hemione. The hairy covering is
long and undulating. especially in the
rigorous winter of that northern region.
Montreal Star
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28

The denominations in human CONVEX
sation are many. but one has come in
Of late that Is peculiarly tiresome.
Whenever you say anything that agrees
with the opinions of the person with
whom you are talking he answers,
That's right" When anything Is ex-
planned to him he says. That's right. {"
In fact, on the slightest opportunity,
he will say, That's right" In every
conversation OF twenty minutes there
will be fifty That's rights" 1t would
be just as we'll If he would occasionally
say. That's true" or That's So" or
II think so, too" or II agree with
you" or even You're mighty accu
rate" Anything would be better than
the ''nauseous iteration" of That's
right The constitution cannot pro-
vide against such outrages. but every
man with the good of his fellow citi
zeris at heart can avoid using one ex
preston necessarily. Louisville Cour.
ier-Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
What Arc National Airs.

There seems to be rather mixed
idea with the average American as to
what particular pieces of music are ma
tional airs. The majority of them are
familiar with "God Save the Queen"
set to the words of my Country, tits
of Thee" and 'gThe Red, White and
Blue" which is an English air, but
when an original American air is
reached there are many who fail to
recognize it. When the Strauss or
chestra reached that stirring national
hymn, 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" a
rather pretty lady in the audience
nodded her head with a smile of appre
citation and said: 81 do think those
Strausses compose such pretty music.
I think that last piece was the best of
the lot" It looks very much as II
yankee Doodle" would remain the
national air for some time to come in
the face of such convincing evidence.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
ACROSS THE WAY.

.
Across the way there u a window lattice
That peeps out shyy through the city trees
All futfering with lacy curtains, that Is.
Susceptible TO summers scented breeze
And as gazed without one morning early
And OF the sunrise sweetness drank my Ill
I saw, as Ia a mist Of dew, all pearly
yellow bowl Of daisies on the sill
I pictured TO myself my prefiy Deighboc.
Who placed with gentle baDds the howrets
there.
Who smoothed each stem In shape with loving
labor.
To flourish In the bamy morning air;
] wondered was she sinall--or tall or slender
And did she boast of brown or golden curs;
Her heart knew was kind and good and tender
queen OF all. the daisy wreath of girs'
fnnced her sweet face within bonnet
Dressed her in dainty muslin gown of white
With sprjgs OF lilac scattered all upon 1t,
And knots upon her breast of ribbon bright
Her eyes, thought, rare Ike the sky above
NE;
Her voice just like ripping summer rill;
How nice 'twouhl be II she would learn to love
me-
Just az she does the daisiesson the sillv
Just then the lazy rbboned curtain parted,
And Jones--you know him-forty II a day.
Looked out and grinped, while slniled back, half
hearted
To think twas Jones who lived across the way
To make my viaion bright so sad and solemn.
And all my mellow morning dream to kill,
man who writes jokes at so much column
Who'd think that he'd have daisies on the sii
Kate Masterson In New York Herald.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
The Water wheel ut Night.

For years the question as to whether
water wheels run faster at night than
during the day has been catalogued
among the things that will never be
settled" Surely the answer is: They
do; that is, If they are so geared as to
be affected by the varying fullness and
speed of the current in which they are
set. There is no doubt that all springs
are fuller and all streams carry more
water at midnight than they do at noon.
In the first place, the increased cool
ness of the air prevents evaporation and
drying up of the small tributaries; and
in the second place, the condensation
of the moisture in the air, in the shape
of dew, is always sufficient to add
something to the stream and its
branches; heavy dews are often so
copious rs to be equal to slight shower
We often hear dew drops falling
from overloaded leaves, and find ev-
cry exposed object loaded with drops
of water. A large part of this gets into
the minute channels, which conduct it
to the streams. Often the effect upon
shallow river is very noticeable in
deed, and therefore wheel turned by
such a river would go appreciably
faster by night than by day.-St. Louis
Republic.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
Did lob Use SIanr2

Job has usually been considered q
pure and godly man, untainted by any
thing but boils throughout his whole
existence. Job, however, must have
been somewhat of q sport, else he never
would have been guilty of using some
of the slang phrases accredited to him.
For instance, when his three friends,
Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar, came to
visit him at the time of his sore
affection, Job opened his mouth and
said: "Ye are the people," Job could
never have learned that phrase at any
other place than at a baseball game or
horse trot. Buffalo Express.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
superiority OF American Humor.


A contributor to one of the leading
English magazines describes American
humor as 1.-The result of shrewd and
for the most part half educated minds
acting upon matters of every day in
terest." and speaks of American humor-
lists generally in somewhat disparag-
ing vein. and of their productions as
inferior to the pure humor" of English
scholars
Now we understand legitimate humor
to be that which compels men to laugh
without causing women to blush; and
no people on earth are so prolific OF
such hunor as Americans
Highly refined facetiousness, which
the English too often mistake for
humor. is not side shaking. Ii does not
make people roar or endanger the in
tegrity of their blood vessels 1t is
rather wit than huInor. A pun that
satisfies the taste may not tickle the
fancy. An epigram that is a model of
completeness may nevertheless fail to
provoke a smile.
The most irresistible jokes we have
ever heard have been perpetrated by
Americans of ordinary education.
There is hardly village in the union
that has not its genuine huinorists,
who can easily ''set the table in roar. {"
The truth of the matter is. American
humor is seldom finical ard never
stupid, but always humorous.-New
York Ledger.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
A Remedy for tho Smoke Nuisance.

A correspondent of Indian Engineer
ing suggests an original scheme for
smoke abatement by asking whether II
has ever been proposed to have a
smoke duct running through town
connected with the different furnaces.
He suggests that such duct might be
carried outside Of the city to a con
densing station, an exhaust machine
being employed to force the draught.
At the condensing station the SCOT laden
air might be made to pass through
water, and thus deposit the solid mat
ter, the air passing away comparatively
pure, while the SCOT thus deposited
might easily be collected, caked and
sold as fuel. The size of the duet would
have to vary, as in water and other
mains, according to the work to he per.
formed.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
DEATH OF The MASCOT.
Comedian Goodwin's Pathetic Story o
Little Jack. the Lucky Pup.

Comedian Goodwin's Pathetic Story of
Little Jack. the Lucky Pup.
Years ago." said Nat Goodwin,
"when / was member of the old
'Evangeline' company, one night there
was a great grievance among the mem.
bers of the big company. The cause
of this wholesale sorrow was the death
of Little Jack, the pet of all the COM
pany. The sadness perrneated the soul
of every one connected with the com
pany and made life a mere nothing to
them. Ed Rice, erstwhile rosy in face
and jovial in manner was pale faced
and melancholic, and George Fortescue
lost his customary buoyancy and talk
ativeness and instead became spiritless
and pauciloquent
Little Jack became n member OF
the company one cold, blizzardly night
as we were about to take a train to
make q jump. He ran into our car in
quest of refuge from the wintry blasts,
and found things so much to his liking
that he sought out snug little corner
and built himself suitable home near
the stove. He remained steadily with
us until his death. He would go into
town, go away in the morning and
somehow find the theatre in the even
ing, always at the same hour. He at
tracted little or no attention. l was
playing La Blanch, the Secretary, and
saw genius in the youngster. So he
acted every night after that but one,
the particular night of which speak.
'Evangelines' receipts dropped off.
"All hands, true to the instinct of
show people in such cases, began a
search for the JONAH After various
and fruitless explorations into the sub
ject the discovery was made that Lit
Ne Jack was not in his accustomed
place, and straightway the falling off
of business was attributed to his alb
sence. The next night the little fellow
was on hand, and the receipts jumped
to normal size as suddenly as they had
fallen off. This was conclusive evil
dence to all concerned that Little Jack
was a mascot 1t was then that his
pethood began. He was looked upon
as an idol, and honors untold were
heaped upon him, including the high
one of being named Jack, after Jack
Richardson, our treasurer. To speak
lightly of him meant a fight, and to
harm him meant utter humiliation.
Little Jack was the tiniest speci-
men of Scotch terrier you ever saw.
After the night I discovered his talents
I used to tie a big threerinch rope,
which was about thirty feet long, to
the little collar on his neck, and tug him
out on the stage as though trying to
pull an elephant. After had pulled
thirty feet OF the rope Little Jack
would toddle out with this big rope
tied to him, which would set the au-
dience into commissions. The night
that such a gloom was cast over the
company Jack had been found dead
on the stage behind a big property
trunk, and the next night forty mem
bers of our company stood silently by
while Ed Rice, with q spade and his
own hands, dug q little grave a little
ways from the theatre, in which Little
Jack was cuddled down in his last rest
ing place. Minneapolis Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
Saves Lots or Time.

The California way of disbarring
shyster lawyer is to take him out on
the commons and tar and feather him.
and then tell him In vigorous English
that II he doesn't hunt some other
locality the next performance will be
"a hanging. It isn't legal, but il is
very effective. Detroit Free Press
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
News from Home.

Italian Guide-Yessa, mees; all our
cities have patron saints, same rs in
America.
Fair Tourist-Samc rs in American
Guide-Yessa. / heara ALA bout
America from my bruzza. He keepa
fruita stand in New Yorka. New Yorka
hava patron sainta-Sainta Patrick
Life.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28

There arc never less than 60, 600 able
bodied, willing, unemployed men in
New York. These are the disappointed.
OF women the surplus is simply fright
full, for there are $4,000 more women
than men in New York, according TO
the last estimate.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28

The call ''Boss. boss" to cattle is
pure Latin apparently. since the Latin
word for n beef creature" il hos. :"
1t seems to have been In use among
English speaking people for several
generations, though boss" and "bossy"
are more often heard in America than
in England.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28

1t is now more than 500 years since
handful of patriots in the Alps estab
Iished the Swiss league OF free repub-
lies, and founded government that
was destined to reach the climax Of
democracy In the Nineteenth century
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-11-28
Very Odd.

Here's a paragraph about striking
coat makers.
Anything about striking trousers
makersr
NO"
That's odd; there are more striking
trousers made than striking coats. =" ..
Munsey's Weekly.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-28
Waiting for tho venite.

Correspondence Washington Evening Star.
Having lately arrived in your beauti-
full city. a stranger and lady, i went
out to church Sunday. hoping to find
the same hospitality at your places OF
worship that | had received at your
homes. / went into fashionable
church. When | entered | saw a self
important usher, OF whom l asked If l
could have a seat "Not till after
the Fenighty, madam" said he with q
grand air. / waited some time-long
enough. as thought, fort the "Fenighty y
to come in and get seated-when l
asked another solemn swell Of an usher
If could now have seat. Not TIL
after the Fenighty, madame" he re-
sponded. with condescending wave OF
his broad hand. / still waited, but saw
nobody come in who was at all consplcu'
Gus above the rest or resembled my idea
of "Fenighty," and then went back to
my hotel.
Dear sir, what and who is Fenighty,
and when [ 60 to Heaven will / have to
wait for the Fenighty before | can he
admitted, as yesterday at st. Somebody's
church l.. II.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-28
TO DIE BY ELECTRICITY.
Joseph Wood VIII Probably he Executed
at Sing Sing Next Week.


at Sing Sing Next Week.
There is every probability now that
tho electrical execution law will be tried
for the second time some day next week
in carving out the death sentence i'm
posed upon Joseph Wood (colored) for
the murder of Charles Ruiin COLOR
ed. The refusal of the Supreme
Court of the United States to In
terfere in the case Of the japanese
murderer, Shibuya Jugiro, on the issue
that the sentence of death by electricity
is cruel and unusual, and therefore I'M
constitutional has taken from the half
dozen murderers awaiting death III the
State prisons practically their last hope.
Wood, the negro confined in Sing Sing,
will be the first to sit in the death-cbalr
unless there is some unloOked-ior delay
in his case.
Governor Hill has refused to interfere
/ in Woods case. Woods counsel, Il. y.
| Hare, yesterday received q communion
ton from the Executive Chamber noti-
I fying him that the Governor must deny
the application for a respite. Mr.. Hare
will now make further application to
the Governor for a Communication from a
| death to a life sentence on the ground of
/ newly-discovered evidence. -Four OF
the jurors who convicted Wood have al
ready signed this application and Mr.
Haire says that others will do so.
The working electrician on the Sing
Sing apparatus now is q. I. Davis. who
assisted in Kemmler's execution. He
has been at Sing Sing for two days
finishing up the work Of preparation.
Yesterday Or. Carlos i. Macdonald,
president OF the State Board OF Lunacy,
and Professor Louis II. Laudy, of CO.
/ lumbia College, went to Sing Sing, in
spected the machinery, and expressed
themselves as much pleased with it. To-
dav or tomorrow a horse will probably
be killed by the Warden to test the ell
cacy OF the dynamo.
WILL CARRY IT OUT.
A telegram from Sing Sing on Tues
day night saws: Warden Brush, of Sing
Sing Prison, this evening eaid that he
intended to carry ont the electric-execu
ton law to the letter. The primary
object OF it was secrecy to prevent the
details Of the execution being published.
In order to accomplish that end he vii
give the press no facilities whatever from
now until after the execution takes place
J when, as the law directs, he will give
the representatives of the press the re
port OF the medical examination and
b autopsy.
1t was learned, however, tonight tha
the chair will be placed in the new eX
tension Of the condemned-oell building
= This building, which is situated at th,
rear of the principal keepers office, wa
, originally 80 by 40 feet in dimensions
The addition is OF the same size, AM
the door between them was cut througI
a the brick wall to-day, and the iro
. door will be hung tomorrow. n
Z one, not even the Warden, la
| seen the chair yet, az it has not been M
boxed. Ii is Just as it was received
. The final pieces OF the electric plant wer
received to-day and were inspected b
t Electrician q. Il. Davis. They will b
: arranged during the remainder OF th
, week for the dynamo work they are t
y do. The dynamo has been at the prise
Q nearly year.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-28

,ery. etc, we're taken not long since and
sent TO the Peabody Institute 10 Boston.
There wasn't much OF anything TO see
in the town Of Cumberland Gap, which
has population OF about fifteen hun
dred. There was a great deal for the
inhabitants to gee, however, while the
ducal party wero there. Most OF the
people here were Union sympathizers
during the war. and didn't have much 10
say about the battles of the rebellion IN
answer to the Dukes questions, except
that refugees, first from the Indians and
afterwsrd from the rebels, had more
than once taken refuge and lived Tor
DAYS ut time in the big cave. lie
seemed b show considerable interest IN
the opening mp of the Indian mounds OF
the neighboIhood and the search Tor
further mummies and arms IN the cav
ern..
AN INTERRUPTED woo1Nd.
Old Guido reappeared on the scene
here and for considerable time ran be-
side the carriage and greatly amused the
party. He was very anxious TO snow
his Grace wonderful lead-mIne he had
"des diskivered A" back OF his cabin.
eyer see, luke" continued Guido,
oyer ought ter buy q mine er sum sort
befo' yer goes away, yer ought fer fac,
Deys 30 many Nv 'em bout here
Dere ooal-mines, an coke-mines, an
iron-mines, an phosph'rusmines, an
brass mines. en- lead-mines, an steel
mines, an lime-mines, an zinc-mines,
an peg-iron mines Yer sholy ought
ter be able ter find sumthin' ter please
yer +"
:" You work a nickle-mine pretty well,
don't YOU" smiled the Duke in reply, as
no dropped handful Of nickles into the
old mans hand, but the aristocratic jest
was lost on Cudjo. He wanted to know
! il the "Juke ever seen feud.
EYER see," he went on, Mlsser FUR
ner's family and Misser Wise's family
Rev had feud goin on now about fli-
teen year, an evybody thot it would be
ell right betwixt them 'em when Miss
Molly Wise got ter be engaged to be
married to Mass John Turner, but, law
bless you. it didn' cum out dat way at
all. Mass Ben. Wise he dldn
lake dc match, he sed, an one
night when Miss Molly and Mass
John was a-settin' in do parloh sparkin'
Mass Ben cum to de winder wild shot
gun an blowed do whole side of Mass
Johns he'd of, an Miss Molly she Jus
got up out Oh his lap as he tumbled OIL
de soiy and went out into de kitchin an
told de folks che nebber did lake Mass
John mulch nohow, and it doan seem.
luke, as ef il we're anywhah nearer beln
settled dan it was beio' dc engagement.