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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-07-11

Speaking of the condition of the schools
in New York City, Kate Field, in her
Washington" says, ''Ten thousand child
rem who cannot get into the public schools
of New York, the metropolis of the great
American Republic! Ten thousand parents
begging for what is their right-that their
children may be taught to be good citizens.
Will that excellent man, Heber Newton,
and his reform party. please consider this
vital matter? Instead of going to the
blessed Kindergarten, ten thousand child
rem of New York are taking their first
lesson in crime. If some of them become
sonvcts who will be to blame?" Respect
fully we inquire, if, in proportion to the
population, a worse state of things does not
exist in every city in Michigan, and IL it is
not time steps were taken to eradicate the
evil.
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NY GRANDMorHER's FAN.

It owned rot tho co'or that vanity dons
Or slend II wits choose for Il pay;
It's b.; ut fol tint was del cate bronze.
brown softly blended " tn gray.
From he" waist to her chin, spreading out with.
cut break
Twas bu 1t on generous plan:
The price o tn fore va sl,u b. ered IN ,noL.
My grandmother turkey. tail fan.
Fo- common occasions it never was mcaat:
In chest ctween Two silken cloths
Twas ke tsa ely hidden with careful intent
In camphor to keep out the moths.
Twas famed far ami wide through the vho,.
n:rys1de.
From Beersheta cen unto Dan:
And often ut meeting with envy twas owed.
My grancmothers turkey-tail fat
Camp m etings, indeed, were its chiefest a..
Light. Wv
Like crook unto sheep gene astray
II be'kon blcks!idcrs to r.-saek the right,
End eSEortt d the sinners to pray
1t always at Il ne WHO n the choir went wrong,
In rsaln,ody leading the van
OF Hun l!e1. know, was its favorite sonp-
My grandm others turkey-:aN fan.
A fig for the fans that are made rowadavs
Suite only to frivolous mirth!
dlre "ent tht1s was tn fan that DR. ,fse.
fet't s:ornea MT me good thin g o, ear,h.
Az hce aid ut uilt!ngs twas aye to be seen:
The best OF h gossip BEGAN
"hea IN at TIE doorway la OF ter I'd serene
Ny gran.mother's turkey-tail fan.
Trad ton relates Of 1t W IN rfll tales
Its Ran ! OF lenthe was b III.
TIL ug s orn Of its glory. IN now 1t exhales
An o o: of hymn books or d sruT,
us 1meval gHcs If you Ike v ~ can trace:
twas nmned for TIE fu'u e to scan,
just under y smiling gold.spectaced face,
Ny grandmo:her's turkey.tal fan.
Samuel Min:urn Peck in Canturv
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THE JAMAICA NEGRO.
A Creature Full of Legends, Stories u
Quaint Proverbs.

A Creature Full of Legends, Stories and
Quaint Proverbs.
The island negro is full of legends,
stories and quaint proverbs. 1t is a
pity that they should never have been
regularly collected and recorded, for the
race of the old time house-slave woman,
who held her audience breathless with
the wonderful doings of 'Anancy" and
his wife ''Crooky" and son, ''Tacooma,"
is now almost passed away. All of the
strange, out-of-the-way phenomena of
tropical nature are alive with sugges-
tions of the supernatural and the mys-
ferrous of the negro mind.
At various parts of the island are SUBJ
terranean rivers that here and there
make sudden appearance, to run swiftly
for few miles, and then to disappear
again in the bowels of the earth. In
places the water appears only in circular
sink-holes, always trimming but never
overlooking. even in the wet season, or
never diminishing, even in the dry. In
one of the mountain Businesses negro
pointed out to me such a gloomy pool,
with neither inlet nor outlet. To him
it was the habitation of some m1nstrous
subaqueous creature named "Croomie. :"
He told me that nobody dared even 60
near the margin, for "Croomie'' would
catch him and pull him under. could
gather nothing from him but the bare
facts, for when pressed him for further
detail concerning "Croomie's'' character
and habits, he evidently took my ques-
tions for covert ridicule, and withdrew
himself into the she'll of non-comprehen-
sion.
In their peculiar dialect the negroes
possess fund of quaint saws and prov
cribs. "Alligators lay eggs but him no
fowl" says one. "Fishermen never say
him fish t'ink," says another. Referring
to the land-crab, "Little crab-hole spoil
big race-horse." Some of these quaint
sayings show not only the keen insight
of the semi-savage into the characteris-
tics of the voiceless creation, but also a
wonderfully sly and cunning knowledge
of the weakness of poor human nature
"Duck and fowl feed togedder, but no
roost togedder." ''When man dead, grass
grow at him door," DOG run for him
character, pig run for him life" Hun
cry dog eat cockroach." "Man bit by
snake, him run away from lizard" Such
are few of the many score of the like
sayings that pass current from moth to
mouth of the merry black island peas
antry.-Howard Pyle, in Harper's Mag.
aZine.
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THE QUEENS YACHT.
Tho Floating Palace In Which Her Majesty

The Floating Palace In Which Her Majesty
Makes Occasional Cruises.
The exquisite cleanliness of every
thing strikes one forcibly on board the
Victoria and Albert. The deck is laid
with cork foor-cloth, over which, when
the Queen is on board. carpet is
placed, and every thing else that is to
be seen is Of pure white, with gilded
relief work and silver mountings.
There are very comfortable little sit
ting rooms on the promenade deck, and
behind the paddle wings, and there is
deck, which has three big windows and
a skylight. 1t is furnished in green
morocco, and the ceiling is painted in
white and gold. The state apartments
below are placed on either side of the
corridor, and they are furnished with a
very pretty chintz. The Queens cabins
are on the starboard side, and her sleep
ing apartment contains large and old
fashioned but very comfortable looking
bedstead with pillars and canopy, and
next is the dressing-room, which was
formerly Prince Albert's cabin, and it
remains as he left it, his little writing
moved.
Large maps hang on the walls. The
cabin occupied by Princess Beatrice Tor
any Princess who happens to be travel
ing with the Queen) are all of her Ma
jesty's quarters, and on the other side
of the corridor are the cabins of the
Princess and large bathroom. The
breakfast room is in the afterpart of the
vessel, and it has very large windows,
and is hung with the portraits of all the
officers who have commanded the royal
yacht.
The drawing-room is forward on the
port side, and it is furnished in birds
eye maple, with piano and severa'
beautifully carved side tables. It is
hung with portraits Of members of the
royal family, and in this room is small
library. The yacht is now lighted with
electricity, except In tho Queens own
cabina-London Truth.
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A MAN who has practiced medicine for a,
years, ought to know salt from sugar; read
what he says:
TOLEDO. O., Jan. 10, 1887.
MEssRs F. J. CHENEY & Co.-GenNenen:
medicine for most 40 years, and would
say that in all my practice and experience
have never seen a preparation that could
prescribe with as much confidence Of sue
cess as can Halls Catarrh Cure, manufact-
ured by you. Have prescribed it great
would say in conclusion that have vet to
find a case of Catarrh that it would not cure,
If they would take it according to directions.
Yours Truly, L. L: GoRsUcH, NJ D.,
Office, 2l5 Summit St
We will give 500 for any case of Catarrh
that can not be cured with Halls Catarrh
Cure Taken internally
-. CHENEY Il Co Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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drst-sight love-" hs added, laughingly
''Wasn't 1t, nv dear?''

ASoV-SABA0 AOvos NJ 00Vo0s ASuX oIHH1y
''Wasn't it, my dear?"
"Why thought you married-that 10
that you were to marry-Miss Mayner
said Melville, in amazement.
'Oh! 1 was," replied Charlie, ''bu,
she said was only boy and broke
it of. But we're the best of friends
See that pretty pin that Jennie wears:
That's from Laura"
II suppose she is still in Falltown?'
said Melville, with sorry attempt at
nonchalance: and hearing that she was
he excused himself rather unceremoni.
ously, Jennie thought, and started al
once, travelling night and day ON his
way back to the village.
Though it was somewhat late when
he reached his journeys end, he went
at once to the Mayne dwelling. As he
rang the bell he heard a light step i'd
vancing in the porch, and a never-for.
gotten voice spoke through the dark.
ness. "Father is not at home, SIRE
somewhere about the village, though,
think"
sis this Miss MayneT' he inquired,
though he knew full we'll whose voice
it was.
''It is" she replied. startled at some.
thing strangely familiar in his tone, yet
unable to see him clearly as he stood in
the shadow of a clambering vine.
He walked forward. "And do you
not know me? Have you forgotten? or
is it that you wish to forget?"
'No, have not forgotten" she said,
striving to speak composedly, though
her heart beat so loudly she thought he
must surely hear it.
II thought you were married." he
went on. ''were married to Charlie
thought so until twenty-four hours ago;
and have come q thousand miles since
them"
He still held her hand, and his tone
and actions told her plainly on what
errand he had come. Thus, with her
heart at ease, she could afford, woman
like, to be tantalizing. II am really
glad to see you," she replied. l feared,
from your sudden disappearance with.
out saying goodbye, that our friend
ship was not, after all, so eminently
successful as you had planned"
mo; confess that l failed" he an
swered, ''my friendship grew into love
long before I dared to acknowledge it,
even to myself; and now, in a wild, sud-
den hope, have come to see what has
become of yours. May not hope that
it is something more than friendship,
Laura?'
"Oh! it is easy enough to be lover,
you know you once said," she replied,
with smile. Whereupon, jumping to
a conclusion, he kissed her, and told her
number of sweet things which an out
slider might have considered the most
absurd kind of flattery-how constantly
he had thought of her, and what thrill
he had felt at the first sound of her
footsteps on the porch, etc.
IF you knew me, then why did you
| inquire if 1t were Miss Mayne?" she
asked, fancying she had found an incon.
| sistency.
because, my DEAR" he said, lit has
been so long since saw you, that I was
terribly afraid you might be a Mrs.
Somebody NJ. Cass, Jr., in Demon
est's Monthly.
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TEMPERANCE NOTES.
THE POET AND THE CUP.

He sang the songs Of nature and her folk;
Sweet throbbing chords divine within him
spoke.
He made the moments speed with homely jest
With homely pathos stirred the sternest breast;
Sometimes he scared above the haunts OF toll,
Anon he was poet Of the soil
Whate'er the theme, whate'er the poets mood
The masses, dull to classics understood.
But oft in idle moments he would sit
And hold q cup and drink his fill from it.
Unconscious Of the serpent in the dregs,
Unmindful Of the poison's many plagues;
And as he drank the venom stole its way
From cup and lip to where his genius lay,
OF reason robbed him. till unhappy hours
Told saddest stories Of his waning powers.
-Franklyn w. Leo
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Wen Acquainted WITH Hiram.

mo, Hiram" said the young sirl,
sadly; ~ can not be your wife. We are
too compatible"
"Compatible!" he exclaimed. "Isn't
that the very reason why"
"Not in our case. should probably
insist from motives Of economy on dis
pensing with servant and doing
my own housework, and you would prob
ably let me do it, Hiram. "-ChicaRo
Tribune.
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Communion Surely cnred.

C0nsumpt:0n surely Cuf6ds
To THE ED1ToR:-Pleasein inform your read
ers that have positive remedy for the
above named disease. By its timely use
manently cured Ishall be glad to send two
bottles Of my remedy FREE to any of your
readers who have consumption if they will
send me their express and post-office ad-
dress. Respectfully, T. A. SLoCUM, NJ. c.,
181 Pearl street, New York
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Customers here

The above reminds of celebrated physician whose
pete knowledge of the natural disorders Frame
bed him compound medicine that that
sought all humors from the pmp botc eup-
on to the Scrofula blood poisoning Sarheum
Eczema Bc carb1nces Hjont Disease "Wbite
conquered by this powerful purifying ngoang
medicine.
ca Discovery that it will accomplish all that claimed it,
they have long sold it, through druggists under positive
that WILL either benefit money paid
be promptly refunded.
Projectors No. e83
Main Street, Buffalo, n Y.
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Attention of those suffering with Drops
is called to DR.. H. II. Green Il Sons fair
offer to furnish free ten days. trial treat
ment to every sufferer. These physicians
have made hundreds Of almost miraculous
cures in various parts of this country, and
to-day stand as the only successful Dropsv
specialists in the world. See their ad. in
this paper.
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Knights of Pythias Biennial Conclave 1t
MllNaukee, Wis July. l8a0

For this great occasion excursion tickets
will be sold from all principal points in tho
United States and Canada to Milwaukee
and return via the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St Paul Railway at half rates.
AS its name indicates the Chicago, MIL
waukee st. Paul Railway is the direct
route to Milwaukee, and as the camp ground
for the Uniformed Knights Ito which point
cars and trains will be run through without
transfer) is located directly on this line, it
Il st Paul Railway has a great ADVANTAGES
over other routes which are unable to fur
nish such facilities and visiting Kniehts,
their families and friends should bear this
in mind when purchasing excursion tickets.
A circular giving detailed information
A. V. 81. CARPENTER, General PASSENGER
Agent, Milwaukee, Wis
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HARSH purgative remedies are fast giving
way to the gentle action and mild effects Of
Carter's Little Liver Pills. If you try them,
they will certainly please you.
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Not only shortens labor and lessons pam
attending it, but greatly diminishes the
danger to life of both mother and child if
used few months before confinement.
Write to The Bradtield Regulator Co. At
lanta, Ca, for further particulars. Sold by
all druggists.
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No SOAP has ever been initiated as much as
Dobbins' Electric Soap. The market is full
of limitations. Be careful that you are not
deceived. ~. B. Dobbins, Philadelphia and
New York." is stamped on every bar.
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A MARRIED couple may be one but that
one can not travel without two railroad
tickets Rome Sentinel
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Those who wish to practice economy
should buy Carter's Little Liver Pills
Forty pills in vial; only one pill a dose.
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THE THRoAr-''Bro,Un' bronchial Troches''
act directly on the organs of the voice
They have an extraordinary effect in all
disorders of the throat.
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The position of Minister to Greece Is
looked upon as fat off1ce.-Yonkers States
man.
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WHERE Is the boosted liberty Of the press
II paper may not indulge in the luxury Of
grammatical errors without being hauled
over the Goals for it?-Bine hamton Leader.
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THERE are plent Of banks upon the sea,
but they have nothing to e. with the ocean
rayhounds.-Boston Globe
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The "Mother's Friend~

MANNERS make the man-which explains
why some men are only half done. The
force was too small for the iob-Puck.
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1T is a very strong minded man who can
have bad cold and not have the influenza.
Syracuse Herald
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The average waiter holds tray, but the
boarder generally finds him playing the
deuce.-Binghamtou Leader
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WHEN Prohibitionist goes out to paint
the town he does it in water colors.-Bing-
hamtOn Republican
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WHAT nonsense it is to say man is Gin
clined to be bald" When man is becom-
ing bald it is qui to against his inclination
Boston Transcript
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CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
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"Fair Play"
Is all that is asked for DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, when taken for catarrh
in the head, or for bronchial or throat af-
1ectons, or lung scrofula commonly known
as consumption of the lungs) and if taken
in time, and given fair trial, it will cure
or the money paid for it will be refunded.
1t is the only guaranteed cure.
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DIME museums that advertise for midgets
are in mitey small business-Texas Sift-
ings.
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that large percentage Of ''good ivers' are
"going to the dogs" neutrality-suspicious.
Mirror.
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WE often hear Of man being carried
away by his ideas: this must be when he
GET into train Of thought-Philadelp
PreSA
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THE best cocgh medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. Csc.
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CLEANSE the liver, stomach, bowels and
whole system by using DR.. Pierce's Pellets.
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We recommend s'Tansill's Punch'' Cigar.
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A MOcker in Disease.

A>s@S"oOe
The question of the administration OF
alcohol in our hospitals continues to en-
gage attention. The success of the
London Temperance Hospital, which for
sixteen years has carried on its work
successfully without having once pre-
scribed alcohol in any form or for any
purpose, has arrested the attention of
those conducting our hospitals as we'll
as that of those who literally support
them; and it is seen that the faith in
alcohol as an essential in the mitiga-
ton or cure of disease is becoming a
rapidly vanishing quantity. Even med
ical men are not 50 enthusiastic in its
favor as they once were. Alcohol is as
much mocker in disease as it is in
social life. The physician who deems
1t essential should just be held as being
Knocked and deceived. by 1t, and consid-
cred too much of aquaok to be entrusted
with the lives Of patients. Re-
former. .
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social pOSltlOn as compared with the so
cial position of others. He claims prac-
tically to occupy station of the high.
est possible eminence, and desires that
every body shall approach him or his
family that in hand" 1t is worthy OF
note that his punctilio in this matter
grows more exacting in the precise ratio
of the increase in the number and mag
nitude of his drinks"
The assistance of alcohol is often
sought by public men for the purpose OF
adding to the luster of their eloquence.
Orators Of true merit can not, of course,
address the public without saying some
thing worthy of attention. But even
these mar their best efforts by mingling
with them the empty assumptions and
exaggerations of tho alcoholic style.
Speakers who are in the habit of drink
ing generally keep on hand for instant
use strings of verbiage consisting of
words sonorous and lofty, but usually of
little meaning. With these they beguile
themselves and others into the belief
that something of extraordinary signifi-
canoe is being said. Expressions about
A1'O' 's"S' Doo tUS''ty, "so htt1yHty, 6Au
the like, are apt to pour in mighty
stream from drunken lips. Drinking
orators seem to be on terms of great
familiarity with the Deity. They
speak of the Almighty" in a manner
half patronizing and half con temptuous,
like small boy when he alludes to his
father as 1.-The old man," Not a scintilla
of rational sense can be discovered in
drunken fustian of this sort No more
definite idea or mental picture can be
drawn from it than from the hidden re.
cesses of an impenetrable fog-bank; yet
there are persons who admire with bated
breath and wonder what it all means.
Nothing is more deceptive than alcohol
in the role of orstorv. 1t is, however. q
universal liar. To search the eloo uence
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nary were tho themes Of their eonve-a.-
taon' That, BY tacit understanding.
sney usually changed the subject on the
approach OF others-came down tn thu
laughing, frivolous level of the oav
young people summering in the village.
GRADUALLY 1t began to dawn ON Mel
vile that the morning seemed long and
tedlous in which he found no oppor-
son1ty to chat with Laura. OF course
ne could read or write letters, or talk
WIN other well-informed guests of the
motel; he could do these things II he
wished to; but the trouble was that he
someway didn't feel like it-found him.
sell more inclined, in Laura's absence,
10 take solitary ride or ramble, in the
course Of which his meditations were.
Tor the most part, about his last or his
next meeting with her: He knew she
was engaged to Charlie. and assumed
that she loved him; and, knowing this,
he would not admit, even in the DEPTH
OF his own heart; that he was or would
ever be any thing more than her loval
friend; while as for her frankly scknowl-
edged friendship ever deepening into
any warmer feeling, he had too little
vanity to give such possibility seri-
Gus second thought.
SO the month went by, and the cooler
autumn evenings became an unwelcome
reminder that he must soon leave the
village; and with this began to come
sudden 'pangs, sense of impending
loss, which somehow robbed the future
OF hope and incentive to action. Re-
volvlng this one evening as he paced to
and fro on the deserted porch of the
hotel, he for the first time looked the
matter squarely in the face. What did
1t all mean? All! he could deceive him
self no longer; his FOOLS paradise was at
an end; he must pay for it now with q
long struggle to forget. Yes, he was
in love, though he had been calling it
friendship-had thought that the new
name he gave it made it different
thing.
He loved woman who loved another,
who was to be welded in less than a
month; and, moreover, he had known
all along that such was to be the case.
He must leave her, must go away i'm
mediately; nothing could be more evil
dent; but should he not see her again
once more before he went? All! there
was the rub; and if he saw her, how
should he say: "Good-bye?"
After long doubt, he resolved that it
would be wiser not to meet her-to he