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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27

Question-When a man says that he
knows that he knows nothing, is it not an
absurdity? Answer-That depends on the
man.
English SPAWN Liniment removes all
hard, soft or calloused Jumps and blemishes
from horses, blood spavins, eurbs, splints,
Sweeney, ring-bone, STILES, sprains, all
swollen Threats, coughs, etc. Save $50 by
use of one bottle. Warranted the most
wonderful blemish cure ever known. Sold
byJohnson q Henderson, druggists, Owosso
To whom do you attribute your longevity,
asked an Investigator of a centenarian. To
the fact that never died was the conclusive
reply.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27
Rattiesnake and King Snake.

The rattlesnake sheds its skin twice
a year, and at that time it becomes
perfectly blind, is helpless, and is easily
captured. AT this stage they are assist
ed by a nurse or pilot, who guards and
protects them. This guard is the young
king snake. The king snake, however,
is the first enemy the rattlesnake has
and can easily kill it in combat.
have seen rattlesnakes fleeing from the
old king snake to the young king snake
for protection. Cor ST. Louis Repub-
lie.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27

Men strive for earthly advancement.
The poor boy, with scarce shoe to
keep the soles of his feet from contact
with the rugged soil, looks forward 30
the day when he shall sit, enthrohed as
it were, in the senate of his country;
he strives and he strives, and reaches
the point; but once there, is he
content2 No. There is craving for
greater honors-for further advance
ment. The monarch is restless under
the burden of his supreme authority.
He signs for something else-he knows
not what. No individual is satisfied
with the present; we all regard the
future as that which contains increased
enjoyment, as that which embodies
perfect happiness.
death. The vilest of the human race
feel, when the time for dissolution ar
rives, that there is yet something to
crave-something to indicate and ex-
emplify progress. 1t is the spread of
the doctrine of the immortality of the
soul to which may be attributed the
grand results of what is termed 1.-THE
grand and buoying reliance upon the
future"-upon something brilliant yet
to be achieved-that proves beyond a
mortal doubt that this life is but the
inception and the precursor of longer
and better one, in which there are no
taxes, no bill collectors, no tight shoes,
no Doodle Accommodating in fact,
except unalloyed happiness. = Texas
Siftings.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27
oatarrh In New England.

Ely's Cream Balm gives satisfaction to all
using 1t for catarrhal troubles.--G. X. 0Mel-
l0r druggist, Worcester, Mass.
believe Ely's Cream Balm is the best
article for catarrh ever offered the public
Bush & Co., druggist. Worcester, Mass.
An article or real merit.-C. p. Alden,
druggist, Springfield,
Those who use it speak highly of it.-G.
A. Hill, druggist, Springfield, Mass.
Cream Balm gives satisfactory results
w. p. Draper, druggist, Springfield, Mass.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27
More Buiidozing at the Fair Site.

CHICAGO, Feb. pa crowd of 1900 men
and boys, mostly idlers, by threats and
intimidation yesterday compelled 100 men
employed in Jackson park by Worlds fair
contractors to cease work. Two patrol
wagons filed with policemen were called
to the scene, and the crowd soon fell back
and was excluded from the park. There
was no shooting, and no. one was injured.
Only portion of the frightened laborers
resumed work after order had been re-
stored.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27

Since the close of 1887, according to
the estimates of leading New York
bankers who are connected with Brit
ish financial institutions, English CAPT
talists have invested between $500, O00,-
600 and 1875, 100000 in the United
States.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27
A Part That Didn't Need Treatment

n farI Inat Diuht Neeu treatment.
II should like to contribute my tale, -
said coffin drummer. II used to be
an undertaken in Cincinnati. One day
a German came in with Grape around
his hat and a woe begone expression
upon his face. You vos der under
takerp he asked l admitted the i'm
putation 'Mein bruder have yust died,
and l would like to send him to his
home in New York. Vot vos der besht
way to ship him?"
You'd better freeze the body and
send it on ice, suggested.
"'Vot you shasge for freezin' my
brudder2
""Twelve dollars, replied.
"'Twelve dollars2 Don't that was a
goot deal' Couldn't you done it for
tenn
81 replied that twelve was the low
est price.
"'Well, replied the German, wiping
away tear, L gift you $40 to freeze
poor Fritz aber you just freeze him to
der feet. Dey don't need it, for dey
was been frostbitten last winter any
how. '"-Exchange.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27
Still the Old Books Hold Their Own

Still the Old Books Hold Their Own.
"Did you ever ponder over the un-
stable fancy of the average fiction read
err" inquired prominent Washington
bookseller recently. ''It is certainly
astonishing how a book, by some trick
of style or singularity of plot, will sud-
denly leap into the pinnacle of popu-
larity, and after holding the position
for few months it will sink into OBJ
security just as suddenly as it became
famous. The book which had the
greatest run in its day from my count
ers was Lorna Doone.' For a long
time everybody who came into the
store wanted it, and could not begin
to supply the demand. Nowadays
nobody seems to want it, and seldom
sell copy, but the youthful contin-
gent of the novel readers still cling to
the older romances, such Us Monte
Cristo, The Three Guardsmen' and
books of that stamp. sell copy of
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables' every
ten days regularly. Washington Post
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27
worth Hundreds Of Dollars.

My wife used only two bottles of Mothers
Friend" before her third confinement. Says
she would not be without it for hundreds of
dollars. Had not half as much trouble as
before. Dock Miles, Lincoln Parish, La.
Write the Bradfeld Regulator Co., Atlanta,
Ga. for further particulars. Sold by John
son & Henderson.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27
.Rhoumatisuu Cured in a pay.

Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and Neu-
ralgia radically cures in from to 3 days.
Its action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. IL removes at once the
cause and the disease Immediately dissa-
pears. The first dose greatly benefits. 70
cents. Sold by johnson IL Henderson,
Druggists, OwOssO.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27
The Levers Lament.

Your face Is like dropping flower,
SWeetheartl NeFF sNYF
/ see you railing hour by hour,
Sweetheart
Your rounded outlines waste away,
In vain I weep, in vain pray,
What power deaths cruel hand can stay
iaf Sweetheart, Sweetheart!
Why, nothing but DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t imparts strength TO the
failing system, cures organic troubles
and for debilitated and feeble women gener-
ally, ID unequaled. 1t dispels melancholy
and nervousness and builds up both flesh
and strength. Guaranteed to give satisfac-
ton in every case or money refunded.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27

c City Parson-I have just been appointed
missionary to the heather and Chorus
of parishioners-Yo are not going to leave
us, are You? Parson-No, they told me to
stay just where was.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27

The horse ridden by Mrs. j. w. Jones,
wife of farmer living near Carrollton,
Ark, ran away Monday, throwing the
woman and dragging her half mile by
the stirrup She was dead when picked up.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27
.zow to Cure all Skin Diseases

Simply apply "Swayne's Ointment" No inter-
nal medicine required. Cures letter. eczema itch,
all eruptions on the face, hands, nose, &C., leav-
ing the skin clear. white and healthy, Its great
healing and curative powers are possessed by no
other remedy. Ask your druggist for Swayne's
Ointment.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27

When woman falls in love You can't
make her believe all men are alike; when she
has been married ten years you can't make
her believe they are not.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27

Edwin--Aliss Packinbox-sweetA ngeline
- Angelina-Well must say you have
sand! Edwin-Let me mix it with your
sugar and we will go into business together.
papa, Eddy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-02-27

The young man whose salary isn't so
great as to astonish his friends has occasion
to bless this weather. Sleigh rides are out
of the question.
There is good deal of the wag about
dog.
Catarrh, Hay Fever, Catarrhal Deafness.
A new home treatment whereby the worst
cases of these hitherto incurable diseases
are permanently cured by a few simple APP
plcatiOnS made once in two weeks by the
patient at home. A circular describing
this new treatment is sent free to any appli-
cant on receipt of stamp to pay postage by
A. III. Dixon & Son, 345 West King Street,
Toronto, Canada.
Nearly everything that man wants to do
is bad for him.
Conversation water seems to be the latest
name for whiskey in Oregon. 1t is quite
suggestive.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, -he cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria-
When she had Children. she gave them Castoria-
A COrroboration-Sue is straight goods,
remarked Miss Blocker. Yes, replied Miss
Emerson, of Boston, she is undertaking mer-
chandlse.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-20
REAsoSING WITH MANracs.

When Senator Stewart and Edward
Atkinson made their admirable addresses
before the absurdly misnamed commercial
congress at Kansas City. they, with the best
Of motives. no doubt, fell into an error
which has become quite too common of
late. Views such as theirs-hroadly scien-
tific-and arguments such as those with
which they sustained their views. might
- well have been addressed 10 the aber-
rant intellects of an insane asylum.
But these gentlemen merely fell into
line with numerous statesmen and pub
iicists of high and low degree who have
been dealing with current; lunacies as re-
0uits Of reflection, and with the multitude
af cranky projects that are rife as though
they were well-eonsidered attempts 10 eff
1kct genuine reforms.
In view of these well-meant efforts and
eheir grotesquely absurd results. il would
be well for men of conservative i'm pulses
70 consider that 1t is not accidental that
shinss are as they are: that ii would be
dangerous 90 turn the order OF nature. and
OF civilization, aud of business. topsy.
tarvy at one sweep. There may be excep-
items, bat as rule the men who are on
top, whether in commerce, finance. rail.
roading, in the learned professions, in art,
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A LETTER FROM MR.. NEWELL.

SEATTLE, April Is, 1891
To THE EDITOR: The cat's-paws, or officials OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. seerns
TO be greatly troubled concerning the draw.
bridge which they have to construct over the
east channel OF the Duwamish river They are
appealing for the sympathy of the citizens of
Seattle In the matter. Now, I came to Seattle
on the ith OF October, 1877, with but very small
capital, as far as money is concerned but lots Of
pluck and muscle. There were seven OF us In
the party: was recognized az the leader. We
started out to look over the then very small
elty; After doing SO slapped one of my friends
on the shoulder and said: 'This is where am
going to locate" Some Of the party thought n
would not be adisabie 10 stay here as there was
nothing doing and the Northern Pacific railroad
was doing all IN its power 70 kill the place. but
knowing her water advantages, which ara ss-
ahead OF all railroads, l knew that the time
must come when Seattle would be one of the
leading cities OF the Pacific coast
went to work for the Sietson and Post Mn,
company Times Were very dull, and We were
only working eight hours a day, which was to-
SLOW process for me. could not build rnvssI,
up last enough that way, so built a small shor
ad!oining my house, and worked eight hours
more. making furniture Nv wife won,d xtai,,
ana yarnish the same during the day rso,a
SAID FURNITURE 10 the retail trade In town and
made money. then rented a shop on CONNER
car street ane pn. IN q six horse power engine
~ yen months neither building nor power wax
large enough i then started q small sswmiI
ana factory at the head OF the hsv, now kno,r-r
as south Seattle. One year after starrinv ,hs
same times were very hard, and were SIN get.
ting worse ~ sS'r
Ii was about this time that the ornha,.. ,o.s
was ouiif. but the cars were not ruuniny ,hs
Sortnern Pacific claiming that the bushes. ~
ssa'''e WAS not paying running expenses
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literatars, music Or what not ars there -
cauae they heInn0 xhere

Hteraturo, music Or what not. aro there BE-
cause they belong there.
But the frightfully prevalent lunacy Of
the period seems to be proceeding on the
theory that Survival Of the unittest, "
rather than the reverse, has been the con-
trolling Law Of nature, and Of civilization,
and Of all human and political affairs for
al these centuries that our race has been
working itself up from its primitive to its
present condition. And as . result of this
way of thinking the civilized world is
chock full Of self-constituted ''reformers."
By some process they have become con-
WINGED that things are as they are through
some pernicious accident or nefarious de-
sign. But however it may have come
about, whatever is, is wrong. Rules that
by long and successive experience and by
observation have become crystallized into
laws regulating commerce. finance, cur
rency, revenue and the like, and from
which those who have obeyed them most
strictly have most largely profted, must
be reversed. Those who have succeeded
In any walk of life by observance of ac-
cepted rules in relation thereto, must
accept new rules at variance Herewith,
and this at the hands of those who have
succeeded in nothing.
In word, they are for disorganizing re-
organization: for disorganization certain
ly; for reorganization If luck shall so win
it. On one point they are all agreed, that
the rules which have governed must be
abrogated, that the men who are on top
must come down, and new rules or no
rules, those who are ut the bottom must
by hook or by crook be placed on top. And
men who are as ignorant Of commerce,
finance, currency, revenue or any element
Of political economy as Hottentot Is Of
the differential calculus, assume to be and
are accepted as competent instructors, not
in one or few, but in all of these and
every intricate principle that has been
adopted as . result of ages of experience
and observation.
With such abundant manifestations
there 10 but one sensible way of dealing.
The lunacy must take its course. Like
must sort with like. Sound argument is
thrown away upon them. Sound princi-
pies must not be yielded up, compromised
or modified in their behalf. If lunacy
unites and organizes. sanity must unite
and organize against it and for self-protec-
ton. Such men Is Stewart and Atkinson,
Sherman, Evarts and Edmunds must
not descend to the level of the commercial
Majors, Colonies, Generals, Speakers Of
the Indiana House and Congressmen-elect
who compose conclaves Of maniacal states
men such as was recently convened in
Kansas City. If the top will keep its head
it can easily hold its own.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-20

tsblished between The papacy snd fed
ersi republic. The moral efEsct of this fact
upon people Of the Catholic faith. both in
Italy and abroad. cannot but add enor-
mously to the revolutionary tendency that
crushing taxation, without hope Of ameIi-
Grafton, were alone sufficient to provoke
It therefore seems that there is abundant
reason for believing that the government
which Of late has been 20 imperiously
boarding the United States about the fate
Of two of its escaped bandits, il in more
danger Of falling to pieces Of its own rot
tenness than our country Is in Of being
assailed by Italian ironclads. Neverthe-
less the United States will be as just to
Italy a. though she were ten times more
powerful. but Humbert and Rudini would
do well to examine their exchequer, and
feel the pulse Of their people, before going
much further in their efforts to bully this
country.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-20
SEEDS OF LAUGHTER.

Thespis-I have the shrewdest manager in New
York. Ranter-In what way. Thespis-well,
he has connected the seats with wires under the
floor, and turns on a light current of electricity
during the heavy parts The audience mistakes
the electricity for thrills.-New York Sun
Elder am afraid Hunkersons conversion il
not genuine. Deacon-Whyf Elder-He asked
me the other day II there was any chance of his
getting a rebate at the end Of the year on
preachers salary in case he wanted to haul out
of the concern before the year was up.-C Chicago
Tribune.
show old do you take her to be. doctorr'
"Ah, madam. let me guess-surely not "A years ?''
"Twenty-four years. You make me laugh. She
never was as young - that In her nfe"-
Flseg1sde BiGtter.
.'What's that, Helenai You want thirty marks
more to spendi Wife. do you know what that
sort Of thing leads tor "Certainly-to the
millinery store."-Fl iegesde Batter
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THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SEATTLE, April IS. 1891.

SEATTLE, April Is. 1891.
To THE EDITOR: am informed that the
county superintendent convention which met
at Olympia last week passed o resolution to the
effect that they protested against the appoint
ment OF any person on the state board OF eduea.
ton who held anything less than a first grade
certificate As believe am the only member
Of the state board who does not at present hold
q first grade certificate, presume, of course,
the action was aimed at me.
will inform the members OF that convention,
for their future reference, that the school law
permits the appointment OF two out OF the four
members of the state board Of education who
need not be teachers at all, nor hold certificate
of any kind. Did the convention act through
ignorance, or for what motive II not malicious
ness?
In the state OF Pennsylvania for years held
professional certificate" the highest grade at
tainable, apart from life diploma. never de-
sired to go through the formality of obtaining
the latter, because the former was just as good,
and at any rate / did not intend to follow the
work OF teaching. Since came to this state
never found time to make any preparation
whatever for examination, having all wished
to do In overseeing the work OF fifteen other
teachers and nearly thousand pupils In my
case, the school authorities and patrons know
ing the character of my work by inspection,
consider second, or even third-rate certid-
cafe. just AZ good as any other.
l believe county superiutendents, or Others,
who take exceptions to my appointment on this
score, and who do not know the school law as
they should, are persons themselves who have q
very limited knowledge OF the common school
branches, let alone ever having graduated or
taken q degree from a reputable college.
challenge any of the promulgators Of the
above referred to resolution to take with me
competitive examination, not alone in the COM
mon branches, but also in the sciences, ltera-
tuIe, history, mathematic, Greek Latin and the
modern languages, az laid down in q college
course.
For my present second grade certificate took
the examination under the direction of County
superintendent Pussy. Out of 100 poss.b bic
credits received i,l4l. Fer 9 seeoud-grade Ger.
tihcate 900 only are required. In every branch
/ received the requisite number OF credits to
entitle ne to continue the examination for a
hrst-grade certificate had 90 desired. This I
did not do, because was called at the time out
of the city 70 the town of Blaine, Wash, on
business vastly moro important to me than the
difference between . second aud q first-grade
certificate. J. d. ATKINSON,
Member Of the State Board OF Education.
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The late municipal election in st. Louis,
NO., was conducted under the new law
requiring full statement of campaign
expenses by candidates and committees.
There were three tickets in the field. regu-
lar Republican, regular Democratic and
Citizens Reform-the latter of course made
up of those who thank God they are not as
other men and are too good for either of
the old parties. Strange to say this party,
though it polled fewer votes than either of
the others, expended the largest amount
of money of the three.
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Mr.. Z. g. Earle, young man admirably
qualified by character and experience for
successful newspaper work, has just left
take proprietary interest with Mr.. Culver
in the Fairhaven World. Mr.. Earle has
been with this paper, attached both to its
editorial and publication departments, for
upwards of two years, and has earned by
his labors and his department the conf
dence and esteem not only of the manage
ment but, as well, of his fellow-workers.
The Posr-IsTELLIGENcER wishes him all
manner of good fortune-and does not
doubt that through his merits he will gain
at least fair share OF it,
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The Great crevasses Of MT. St. Elias.

Israel C. Russell In the Century.
Crossing the great snowfield forming the door
OF the anphitheater were hundreds OF yawning
chasms, many of them twenty to forty feet in
breadth and half mile in length. These we
had to cross by narrow snow bridges or follow
for long distances before being able to pass
around their ends. view into the blue depths
of one of these great crevasses 10 q sight never
to be forgotten. Their lips are of white snow,
festooned and overarching In . thousand fam
tastic forms; below, the color changes by i'm
perceptible gradations to the deepest blue
Their extreme depths are as dark in color as the
unfathomable sea. Many times their bottoms
are beyond the reach OF vision; again they are
ievel-foored and form q fairy-ike valley with
walls OF sculptured crystal; in other in
stances they are partly filed with water Of
the deepest indigo, in which every detail of the
fretted walls above Is reflected. Some OF the
larger crevasses are crossed by snow arches,
thrown directly from bank to bank, and resem-
bling in their grand proportions the Natural
Bridge of Virginia. Our way lay for miles
across this beautiful but treacherous pavement
along the brink Of dizzy precipices, and across
narrow bridges with bottomless gulfs on each
hand. Although we had been living on the
glaciers for weeks and had become familiar
with many of their wonders. the great crevasses
in the upper snow regions were so magnificent
in their proportions and so wonderful In color
that they called forth ordinations Of admira-
ton from every member Of our party.
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SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. "a, 1891

SEATTLE, w dsn., co. q, IcSi.
DR.. ]. Eugene Jordan: / am another
one who can testify to the wonderful
cures made by your Histogenetic medi-
cines. After taking treatment from sew
eral different physicians in the East for ten
years and receiving but little benefit gave
up all hope of being any better. After
coming west heard of the Histogenetic
system and gave it trial. was restored
to health and hope many others may be
benefited as have been. Anyone wish
ing to know more than the above state
ment can find me on Eaton street, between
McClair and Wilfred.
ELLA HUDDLESTON.