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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-16

very carefully made. You will notice In
this piece how carefully everything is made
how the stones in the wall and the little
ornaments on the temples are drawn so fine
and clear. That is because in the old
country the panorama makes plenty OF
money, and it must be fine, for the people
go in great crowds and look very carefully
at pictures of the Holy Land and the Pope's
palace, and fine churches, and all such
things They look very close at the picture,
and examine IL all over and talk about every
little thing in it for perhaps half an hour for
each one. In this country people go up to a
picture and say, Oh, a picture. We don't
want to see that Come So You see on
the otner side the painter must be very care
full and have everything good or the people
VIII say that it is bad work and complain
to the Snowman"
During the telling of the story of pam
oramic excellence In the old country, the
visitor has had time to observe the various
freaks In all sorts of repair hung about the
room. An awful-looking object which repre-
sents an. ailigator-boy was placed in one
corner Of the room. all ready for the man
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Handsomely and Substantially Bound!

Dictionary containing the
defined but 10000 additional
appendix containing
of the Principal European
Quotations. Latin French Italian and Spanish
States contains table
synonyms pages Pnouncng Vocabulary Scripture Proper
Names pages Pnouncing Vocabulary of Greek and Latin Proper
Pronuncing Vocabulary of Modern Geographical Names
and1 Illustrations
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the building was struck by lightning and re-
duced 10 ashes. The outside walls were left
standing, and one end of the building which
suffered the least damage was afterward re-
paired and is now used as an inn, where ex-
ceiient cheer is provided all travellers.
An electric light and power plant, soon to
be in running order at Ellsworth, Me-, will
be run chiefly by water power. and the
company expects to be able to furnish
power at $50 year for each horse power.
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dried specimens of the human race. This
man and others made large collection of
dried mummies, sea serpents and mon
strosities of all conceivable kinds for man,
and he carried them over to the other side
of the ocean and exhibited them in Germany,
England. Ireland and Spain. and finally re-
turned with them to this country, with net
profit it is claimed, of $4,000 for years
work among the larger foreign cities.
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THE HUMOR OF TO-DAY.

Said to Be Funny, According to Smith,
GRAY & Co.'s Monthly.
@kOLLIVER-I was looking at house
4&ey in the suburbs to-day. and | think it
LIN will suit US.
Dolliver (cautiously)-No, I'm not sure,
but | think so. 1t has eleven rooms, with
two closets in each room, all modern con-
yeniences and storeroom in the attic.
Mrs Dolliver (sighing)-Well, l suppose
Wen have to take it, hut wish it had more
closets.
"oHE, MAMMA, oHE!
Louise-Mamma, you came between me
and Mr.. Williams because you couldn't
abide old bachelors, you said; and now you
oppose Mr.. Johns
Mamma-But, Louise, no girl does well to
Louise-Wrll, then, there is nothing else
for me to do but TO elope with another
woman's husband.
AFFECTING.
81 was at the depot this morning when
the express went out, and | saw one of the
saddest partings l ever witnessed in my
life"
Eyes 90
"Yes; mans suspenders parted when he
was running for the train"
PRIZE BOY.
Dolliver-I believe | have the most re-
markable six-year-old boy in the country.
Brindle getting weary)-Full of funny
ways and smart sayings, | suppose?
Doliver-Not bit. That's what he's re-
markable for
A TRUE PATRIOT.
Miss Desmond had an awfully jolly
time in dear old Lunnon.
Mr.. Winslow-I suppose so. At any rate,
you have been furious little Anglo Maniac
ever since your return from England.
Miss Desmond-An Anglo-Maniac J Oh,
no; not /. Indeed. l think it is awfnlly
nasty of The American girls to copy the En-
glish, don't you know"
LOVES EXCUSES.
''But, my dear Alice, lie is so awfully
round-shouldered."
well, I'm sure, IL you had to carry such
lovely great mustache as Captain Dunel-
lens, you'd be nd-shouldered. too"
NO VISIBLE MEANS.
Waggs-I see Professor WaIkair was ar
rested last night while giving his exhibition
of air-walking Independent of any support.
Dumly-What did they arrest him for?
Waggs-Oh, yagrancy. Claimed that he
had no visible means Of support
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The following will give an idea Of what
Boston is spending upon some Of Its principal
perhaps, from S4.0OO,O0O to $4,000, 600; the
State-h0use extension, $1,000 900; the Public
Library, 81, soc, 900; the syndicate building on
State street. $1,000. 900 or $4,000. 600; the
Ames Building at the foot of Court street,
100000. and the Sears Building repairs and
alterations, 100000.
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WILL MAN EVER FLY2

1t Is Hardly Probable That He VIII
Ever BE Able to Do So.
The giant birds of geology, such as the
dinornis, the extinct moa of New Zealand,
some of which stood more than ten feet high,
were most of them wingless, just as still
the great ostrich is a running. not flying
bird. The albatrosses and the condors,
giants among the winged fowl of the present
day, are only relatively gigantic, since the
weights of their bodies are trifiDg compared
with those of human beings, and their lofty
fl ghts, even if matched by the ascending
powers of balloons, are unsuited to the res
piratory faculties of man.
Helmholtz has observed that, though many
small birds which are eranivorous fly swiftly,
the great birds that are potent on the wing
are fish and flesh eaters, not needing extern
sive organs of digestion for their concern
trated food. He thinks it therefore proba-
Bile that in the model of the great Alpine
eagle nature has attained the utmost limit
that can be attained, with muscles for the
working organs and conditions of nourish-
ment as favorable as possible for the size of
the creature which is to raise itself by wings
and maintain itself for any timo high in the
air.
Under these circumstances he concludes
that 1t is scarcely to be considered probable
that man, with the most skilIfully c0ntriyed
mechanism to be moved by his own muscu-
lar power, would ever be able to lift his
own weight into the air and sustain II there
for any time worth speaking of. When
vessels filled with gas lighter than air are
employed to supply the lifting power, and
yet other vessels are employed with some
stored force to take the place of our own
muscular resources, the consequential In
crease Of bulk and weight in the complex
machine must indeed greatly discourage hui
man aspirations and longings for the invcn-
ton of artificial wings.
The desire involved. however little IL may
be formulated, In those aspirations, is for
the capacity to cleaye the air like merlin,
or to skim over the waters like swift, and
for ability to do this or something like it
freely ON the impulse of the moment. not
after consultation with the gas works and
fec to the electrical engineer.-The Edin-
burgh Review.
The following will give an idea Of what
Boston Is spending upon some Of its principal
buildings. The new Courthouse will cost,
perhaps. from S4.00n,O00 to $4,000, 600; the
State-h0use extension, 1900, 600; the Public
Gsy "A;
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A Canadian clergyman has advanced the
theory that the walls Of Jericho fell from
the blowing of the keynote by the horns Of
the besiegers, just as bridges have been
known to collapse from the rhythmic tread
of s0ldiers' feet passing over them.
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Not Appropriate,

Not many Sundays ago Southside Sum-
day-school WAS invited to participate in
union service with another school a few
blocks away. and formed in line, with the
Superintendent at the head, and marched
out of doors singing the Superintendenrs
fayorite hymn, "Hold the Fort" Bystand-
ers stopped. and everyone looked on the
beautiful sight of the proud Superintendent
marshaling his handsome cohorts of CAROL
ing children up the street. Their singing
charmed all hearers, too, but when they
struck the second stanza-
See the mighty host advancing,
Satan leading on
Somebody snickered, and the Superintend-
eDt dropped back to The rear to speak to the
tutor of the infant clasS.-Buffaio Courier.
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The Supply Keeping Pace With
the Demand for Copies
of Horrors.
MoNsTRosITIEs MADE TO ORDER
Sea Serpents That Are More Natural
Than the OriginaI-The Won
derfuI Freak, Half Boy, Half
Alligator-Indian Mummies From
Coiorado-Pasteboard and Paper
Are the Freak-Maker's Chief
Stock in Trade.

N7-LT-z HE old time museum man,
]: !: ]: q: ! ! ]
SJtEs&9ssSsssTH.,;ssA who used to take store
II III EISSNSI.lf and put in five attractions
.SNElE5lRLls at a gross cost of five dol
KS&HESSNk lars day, has turned his
kIS?N3faHTS attention to making in
II s)'JIAzksE. 4 animate freaks to be eX-
LAzzEass= e. hibited as mummifed or
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17

Among the nameless heroes, none are
more worthy of martyrdom than he who
rode down the valley of the Conemaugh,
warning the people ahead of the Johns
town flood. Mounted on q powerful
horse, faster and faster went the rider,
but the flood was swiftly gaining, until
it caught the unlucky horseman and
swept on, grinding, crushing, annihila-
ting both weak and strong.
In the same way is disease lurking
near, like unto the sword of Damocles,
ready to fall, without warning, on its
victim, who allows his system to be-
come clogged up, and his blood poi
soncd, and thereby his health sndan-
gercd. To eradicate these poisons from
the system, no matter what their name
or nature, and save yourself spell of
malarial, typhoid or bilious fever, or
erupti0ns, swellings, tumors and kim
dred disilgurements, keep the liver and
kidneys healthy and vigorous, by the
use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. It's the only plood-purifier sold
on trial. Your money is returned if it
doesn't do exactly as recommended. A
concentrated vegetable extract. Sold
by druggists, in large bottles, at $l.0O.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17
Smoking pipes in England.

The Duke of Portland, who is an invet-
crate smoker, puffs ct his pipe while he
strolls arm in arm on the river terrace
with the Duke of Richmond; apd the bish-
op of London only lays his pipe aside when
he puts on the Episcopal robe necessary
for a prelate to wear while he occupies his
seat at st. Stephens. The Prince of Wales,
both his sons, the Duke of Edinburgh and
the Duke of Fife are all inveterate admir-
ers of the short pipe, and smoke it when
ever they are present at concerts of the
Lyric club or in the privacy of their clubs.
The only individual in all England who
seems to have any objection to the practice
is the little lady who rules the land. Henry
Of Battenberg was banished from the pres
ence of his royal mother-in-law once for
two months because he absently lit his
short pipe in the throne room. But it must
not be supposed that the queen has entire
objections to the short pipe; on the con.
trary, she now permits Henry of Batten-
berg to smoke his, provided he keeps we'll
away from her apartments. II is the sort
of tobacco he smokes that the queen really
objects to.-London Cor. Philadelphia
Times
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17
The biggest Apple Tree.

The largest apple tree in New England,
and probably in the world, is in the north
western part of Cheshire, Conn, standing
in Mr.. Delos Hotchkiss' door yard. It's
age can be traced by IL family tradition to
40 years at least, and it may be 90 or %
years older. 1t is at the present time of
symmetrical shape; the trunk is nearly
round. without "a scar or blemish on it;
there are large branches; 5 of them have
been in the habit of bearing fruit one year
and the remaining the next.
Mr.. Hotchkiss has gathered in one year
from the branches IS bushels of fruit,
and his predecessor had harvested crop
of 10 bushels from the same branches.
BY careful measurement the circumference
of the trunk foot above the ground,
above all engagements of the roots, is Is
feet s inches The girth of the largest sim
gle limb is feet inches. The height of
the tree has been carefully measured and
found to be 60 feet, and the spread of the
branches as the apples fall is 100 feet, or 9
rods. The fruit is rather small, sweet,
and of moderate excellence. Boston Jour
nal --f tt E,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17
A Cat Tending q Chicken.

At a farm, in the district Of Forest Hall
one of n brood Of chickens was famed.
Unable to follow the hen in it's search for
food the chick was soon half starved. The
chick was missed, and next day was found
lying with three kittens, the mother of
which gave the fiedgling every attention.
Every day the cat has carried the bird in
its mouth into the farm yard, where it has
obtained food, and yas regularly conveyed
1t in, the same manner back ollie withstie
kittens. Through the care of russ the in.
jured limb Is growing stronger and the
chicken IN thriving. -Feathered World.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17
The Second Trial.
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
1t Convenes I'm Extra Session aud Hears
Some Plain Language.

1t Convenes I'm Extra Session aud Hears
Some Plain Language.
COLUMBUS, o., Oct l5-rhe legislature
convened in extra session yesterday at the
call of the governor, the object thereof
being to correct the situation in the Gin
cinnati board OF public works. which the
governor says is n ''bad lot" The gov.
ernor's message, which was read is an ex-
ceedingly plain-spoken document. and
"roasts" 10th the Legislature and the
board. He tells the solons that notwith-
standing "A plank in the state platform
demanded the enactment of laws enabling
cities to choose their own servants, the
legislature created boards for such cities
in the choice of which the citizens had no
voice at all, and made matters worse by
Withholding from the governor the power
to remove his own appointees. r
The Charges Against the Board.
He charges the Cincinnati board with
trafiicking their own votes, with forget
ting the principle of "honor among
thieves in the fierce struggle for booty,
and he indorses the remark of "wise OBJ
server" that Cincinnati "is cursed with a
lower tone in politics" than afiiicts any
other city in the Union. He advocates
"home rule" as remedy for the evils
complained OF. The house referred the
message to the judiciary committee. The
Republicans in the senate opposed this dis
position of it and precipitated long de
bate. hut it was finally so referred. st
Two Bills In the Senate.
After a recess both houses reassembled,
and two bills to abolish the Cincinnati
boards were offered in the senate. An at
tempt to read them both the third time
was antagonized by the Republicans, and
four Democrats voted against the motion,
which resulted in it's defeat The house
did no business, and the Democrats of
both houses held a caucus last night. 1t
was understood thata determined effort
was being made to postpone the whole
business to an adjourned session in Jan
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17
Eastern saiutations.

Nothing can be more dignifed than the
way many Easterns salute a friend Their
wishes for his welfare, of those dear to
him, expressed in few words, are to the
point, yet nothing can exceed the sublime
imbecility of some tribes of Arabs, who
seize each others right hand thumb in
their right hand, and go on through the en-
tire list of their relations, changing the
grasp as each relative is named. How is
your father "a grasps BIS thumb); how is
your mother (B grasps AS thumb); how is
your uncle grasp; how is your aunt grasp;
your nephew, your niece, your cousin, your
grandfather, etc. tgrasp, grasp, grasp, and
so on for quarter of an hour. The Per-
sian saves himself all this wear and tear by
simply touching his forehead at you, some
thing as your groom does on being told to
go home, while the Chinese, Burmese and
most other nations do something nearly as
simple.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17

VI In the uso ofsfood tho Americans are
lavish and even wastefuL In calling at
tention to this fact j. II. Dodge states that
Great Britain consumes an average meat
ration not over two-thirds as large as the
American; France scarcely half as large;
and Germany, Austria and Italy still less
The average consumption OF meat in the
United States is probably not less than
l75 pounds per annum. or other civilized
nations only Great Britain exceeds 100.
and many scarcely average fifty pounds.
The consumption Of the cereals in this
country by man and beast is three times
as much in proportion to population as in
Europe. 10
For the past ten years the average has
been forty-five bushels for each unit of
population. while the usual European con-
sumption does not greatly vary from six
teen bushels per annum. While all this is
not used as food for man, no small part of
1t contributes to the meat supply. In the
consumption of fruits the difference be-
tween this and other countries is marked.
Small fruits, orchard fruits of all kinds,
and tropical fruits, as we'll as melons of
many varieties, are in profuse and uhiver-
sal daily use in cities and towns, and in the
country the kinds locally cultivated are
still cheaper and more abundant. The
Consumption of vegetables is not excessive.
New York Commercial Advertiser,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17
Buffalo Bill and Parliament Members.

A story which is told about a prominent
politician of Illinois shows what social at
tentions were heaped on Col. Cody when
he was in London. The gentleman from
Illinois was in London, and went to call on
Mr.. Phelps, the then minister, to whom he
had letter of introduction. Most Ameri-
cans who get acquainted with their min
lister in London ask him for tickets to the
housesof commons, a certain number of
which he receives. Mr.. Phelps, in the
course of the conversation with the Ameri-
can, expressed his regret that he could not
give him ticket to the house of commons,
as he had already promised all that he
would receive for the next six weeks.
My dear sir, don't bother about it," re-
piled the visitor, II have already got n
whole lot of them from Buffalo BILL"
Colonel Cody had become acquainted with
SO many members Of parliament that he
had an almost unlimited supply of tickets
to the house of commons, which he distrib-
uted with liberal hand among the Ameri-
cans whom he met.-New York Tribune.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17
A Violin Piano.

A new invention in musical instruments
has been brought out in Austria by a
manufacturer living at Pressburg. which
is causing "A good deal of interest This is
called bowed piano, but is really case
resembling Il pianoforte frame, and con-
tanning six violins, two violas and two vio-
loncellos, the strings of which are tuned to
different notes. The instruments are con-
nected by circular bands, which are brought
into contact with the strings by means of
the keyboard, the hammers of which bear
upon the bands with varying pressure
The instrument is said to produce fine
tone, soft or powerful; but the principal
difficulty in bringing it into practical use
would be the tuning of the gut strings re-
quired, as wire strings could not be univer-
sally employed, and it is to be feared it is
only to be a musical curiosity. 4sR
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17
some Odd Manuscripts.

To the student of old manuscripts there
is nothing astonishing about the materials
upon which they were written. The great
Mohammed, the founder of the Mussulman
religion, is said to have jotted down the
brilliant passages of the Koran upon the
shoulder blades of sheep while he was a
poor herder The Tliad was first written in
characters of gold upon tie great gut of a
dragon, the scioll being over 100 feet in
length. AS far back Is the time If Job
authors wrote upon sheets of lead. The
great writer's of the North wrote all their
books upon bcachwood or bog" from
which our word "book" is derived At
The Strozzi Palace, in Rome, there is book
made of marble, the leaves being of MAJ
velous thinness. Cleanthes, the philoso-
pher, first inscribed his immortal work
upon the white sides of bleached sea shells.
st. Louis Republic "N
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17
Microbes I'm HaiIstones.

The British Medical Journal states that
DIR. Fontain, a Russian observer, has re-
Gently demonstrated the existence In hail.
stones Of pernicious microbes or micro
scopic organisms. The water resulting
from the melting Of the stones used in the
experiments yielded an average of 126 bac.
terra to the cubic centimeter "a volume
about the size of n small marble). Nine
different forms Of bacteria were discovered.
including the bacillus mycoides.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17
Panama Hats.

The best known palm leaf hats are the
Panama ones, made from the finely plated
fiber of the leaves Of u South American
screw pine. The tree occurs only on the
slopes of the Andes. About POO, 900 dozens
of these hats are made in Ecuador and
different states Of South America, and
they are distinguished from all others by
consisting only of a single piece and by
their hghtness and flexibility. They may
be rolled up and put in the pocket without
injury. The plating Of the hats is very
tedious and troublesome. The coarse
ones may be finished in two or three days,
but the fine ones take as many months to
plat. They vary in price. according to
fneness and quality, from s. to 500
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-17

Scion tho Wise and Croesus the King.
There lived in Athens some SIX hundred
years before the birth Of Christ "A very wise
and generous man namSi Scion. Hewas
q rich merchant as we'll rs great scholar,
and on account OF his wisdom'is consid-
cred as being the most noted Of the Seven
Wise Men of Greece. Scion proposed good,
wholesome laws, which his countrymen
gladly accepted, and under which Athens
enjoyed a period of peace and prosperity.
There lived in Lydia, IL country in Asia
Minor, a very rich king named Cresus,
who invited Scion to visit him. When So
Ion had beheld all the beauty and splendor
of the palace he was asked by Cr9sus if
ever he had known happier man than he.
The answer was, Eyes, an honest man,
who had good children, and died bravely
in battle for his country" The king was
disappointed, and asked If he knew any
other man more happy than he. Scion
answered that he had known two loving
brothers who were kind to their mother,
and had died tranquil death while pro-
viding for her. Croesus was much dis
pleased, and asked why he should not be
considered happy. To (which Scion replied
that no mans life could be judged whether
it be happy or not until the end of it.
CresIs was afterward conquered by
Cyrus, king of Persia, aud sentenced to be
burned to death. When on the funeral
pyre he cried ont in agony, go Solohl o
Solonp King Cyrus asked why be called
on Scion, and when Cresus had related
what Scion had said Cyrus freed Crosus
and honored him as long rs he lived. Thus
Scion was the means OF saving one kings
life and of instructing another. School
Visitor,