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Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11

Ir IS probable that not moro than one
person in twenty four read the Prssi.
dents message. Ii was too voluminnus
for the business and professional man,
too plain and didastic for the women,
too deep and ponderous for the young
folks of both sexes. Tue editors, un-
happy morsais. were perforcs compelled
10 read il line alter ilne--ths demo-
Gratis to discover inconsistencies and
vulnerable points. the republicans TO
feast upon its symmetry and unasssila-
bic logic. We shall not look upon Is
Ike again for enc full year. aud hence
smile OF peaceful satisfaction illum-
iues the features OK the chief fscsotum
Of the Sanctunt.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11

to furnish ths gymnAnum win sppAr-
stns. The total number Of degrees
conferred ny the university Is II .ioe.
The number Of instructors and lectnr-
ers in lss0-sl Mas 80. The earrrnt ex-
penses during the year were sos, ,e57.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11
sTuFFED-uP FEELING

For years have teen trous'ea With shss
Terrible dIs.greesbie disease. caiGrs. itess
Heeds ssrsspsrsSss eth the very hes fesssfs
II esrea re Of that esnfins2 srerf NJ - y
throat ana staset-up feeiiss-' hks . "
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s11 sufif 50 ny feasra besifh. - fhss IN
feelfae serter fkan ser yesrs.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11

slAaoSo the Aspirants for the ofiice OF
secretary OF the hoard of trade are w.
C. Sheppard and Frank w. Ball. The
latter was =. one time proprietor OF ths
Democrat. Mr.. Sheppard would make
al admirable secretary.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11
Catarrh

sa complains - common that comparatively
few people are entirely free from It. % insicl-
OF. tlas II gains Arm hold almost before iss
victims are awsre Of Its presence. % DANGER
Gus a. to seriously threafes the general health
ana liable to dsvsisp into bronchitis or
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11

GzovEx Ess not congratulated
Speaker Crisp on lis slsclea- HIS .
not Giled with Joy over Ms political
deslak knsll.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11

IL Mills should De defeated for thu
senate there Is still one once left tna,
he might sscure-oxyor Of corNcxnA.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11

ToDAx: Fair, westerly wInds; colder
N aortneAsterni stationary mperatuIs
N soasAsesSeyn porIlon-
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11
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OHIO. NIB Be sure 20 set nesds
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11

ATTENTION 10 called to the articles
appearing from day to day upon the
Charitable and benevolent insti-
tutions OF the city. The purpose
10 10 show tho manner IN which
they are are conducted, the work
done aud the aid extended to the nn-
fortunate. Some actual cases are cited
and an effort Is made to enlist the prac-
teal sympathy and support Of those
aeundantiy able to give something to
MAINTAIN these worthy homes and
hospitals.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11

The Buffalo Times complains be-
cause persons are packed like pigs"
IN the street cars Of that city. In De-
troit some OF the papers declare that
the street cars are actually occupied by
"hogs'-rsferring to the men who ap
propriaie the seats, leaving the women
To stand. Grand Rspids Is lot afflicted
WI the porcine genus in this respect,
but the great International disturber
SENS To have An influence with the
company itself that 10 unmistakable.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11

CRY PHYSICIAN WRIGHT 10 under
gong an investigation upon the
smothersd charge Of furnishing pills
to bis private patents At :he expense
OF the city. There is no reason on
earth why the taxpayers should not
know all about the alleged charges.
Ifa city oficisI forxets or sbuscs his
duty and privileges, the people should
know II.
Telegram-herald., 1891-12-11

Opera ClasssA
A large and fine VARIETY, for Christ.
mas presents, At Hcrvey's. No. 6 Canal
street.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10

Apropos de bottles, J find two curious
business advertisements in my foreign
papers. One is that of an ingenious per-
son whose address is at the Batignolles,
and who announces himself, as a ''sig-
naturist" and n ''monogramist," and
guarantees signatures of any artist at
any period Of his art at a franc apiece
Only think of it! For the price of a
pony of brandy at Delmonico's one may
convert any unidentified find of the
junkshop into Rembrandt, Velas-
quez, a Millet, or whatever else one
chooses.
Moreover, this expert announces that
he identifies" pictures for his clients.
A wizard capable of transforming pic
lures could naturally identify them by
the same process. There are some "col-
lectors' in America whom it would pay
to make trip to Paris and a visit to the
Batignolles. The demand for old mas
tiers has stimulated the ingenuity of
some German genius in another direc-
ton. A standing advertisement in the
leading art magazine of Germany is that
OF competent artist" as he signs him
self, who offers to furnish copies that
cannot be identified from the originals
OF any pictures in any of the public col
lect1ons.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
AnpihiIated I'm nIidair.

About 3 o'clock, just before the heavy
shower, several gentlemen were sitting
in front Of store in West Nashville
when one Of the party observed large
turkey buzzard that was sailing males
tically across the sky, and remarked that
If the buzzard did not look out he would
get wet.
Their attention was thus called to the
bird, and all were lazily watching its
fight, when suddenly, just as it was OPP
posite to and above them, they were
blinded by fash of lightning, which
seemingly exploded on the back of the
buzzard. They were astonished some
what, but recovered themselves and
looked for the buzzard, but, alas, the
majestic bird was out of sight. All that
was left Of him was few black tail
feathers, which fluttered pathetically to
the ground.
Those who witnessed the phenomenon
succeeded in catching several of the
scorched feathers. which they exhibit in
confederation of the story.-Nashvills
American.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
The Queer End of a Snake Fight.

One Of the most exciting contests ever
witnessed occurred at the depot of the
Georgia Midland railroad
The contest was between Ernest Low
er's pet king snake and little green
snake known as "garter." The snakes
were about of equal size and length, and
it was hard to tell for half an hour who
would prove the victor in the contest.
After racing around the cage for some
time the king snake caught the green
one about six inches from the head, slip
ping himself around his adversary and
getting his mouth closer and closer to
its head. The green snake the while
kept its mouth wide open as if in an eff
fort to get its head too large to go into
the king snakes mouth and thereby
thwart its effort to swallow him. This
effort proved futile, for soon the head
and about six inches of the green snake
were in the stomach of the king. At
this point of the game another and more
stubborn contest took place.
In the cage are two wires-one run
ming perpendicular and the other hori-
zontal Twisting itself around the per-
pendicular wire, the green snake. tied
itself into various hard knots. Mounting
the horizontal bar, or wire, the king be-
gan the work of unfastening the coils Of
the other by continued pulling and swal-
lowing. rG r
When the feat was accomplished, with
the exception Of about a half foot Of the
tail, it looked like the king snake would
be defeated, but with some maneuvering
the tail was united, and the job of swal-
lowing was completed.
After finishing the task the king snake
looked wonderfully pleased, and raced
around eying the spectators for some
minutes Atlanta Constitution.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
A Poser for the Lawyers.

John Doe owns farm on the bank OF
the Niagara river. He has fine pasture
along the river, and he makes an honest
penny now and then pasturing cows fol-
his neighbors. Richard Roe has also O
license from him to hitch his rowboat
on the bank, with incidental right of in
gress and egress through the pasture.
About a week ago Richard lost his chain
and improvised a rope of hay with which
to moor his boat.
Now Ebenezer Dicks cow, pastured in
the lot aforesaid, is fond of hay, and
smelling the fragrance of the extempore
rope she waded into the river, climbed
into the boat, chewed up the rope, and
hoated down the stream over the falls,
where she met an untimely death. The
boat was also pulverized en- route to
Queenstown.
Has Ebenezer Dick any right of action
for the loss of his cow? If he has, of
whom can he recover? Has Richard Roe
any remedy for the loss of his boat, and
if so against whom?-Buffalo Courier.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
A Queer Hallucination.

There is very good story, which has
the somewhat unusual merit of truth,
which has been told again and again in
the dispensary, as illustrating the power
of imagination. A lady, who was other
wise quite rational, was troubled with a
horrible feeling that a snake was gnaw-
ing away her vitals, as she explained it.
Efforts were made to convince her of her
error, but without avail, and it was
finally decided to humor her out of her
trouble. A small snake was secured, and
one day she was told the necessary oper-
alton would be gone through to relieve
her of her trouble. Chloroform was ad-
ministered and when she revived a
scratch made while she was asleep was
carefully bandaged up, and the snake
was exhibited as evidence of the superb
GRITTY of her diagnosis over that of the
physicians. Her joy was painful to wit
ness, and she went away thoroughly
cured.-Interview in st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10

A United States patent will be granted
TO any person who has invented or dis
covered any new and useful art, machine,
manufacture or improvement thereof,
not known or used by others in this coun-
try, and not patented or described in any
printed publication in this or any other
country before his discovery or invention
thereof, and not in public use nor on sale
for more than two years prior to his ap-
plcation, unless the same is proved to
have been abandoned. In this connec-
ton the word "art" means the process or
method of producing an old or new result
If method OF doing anything contains
one or more new steps, the process is
new and patentable. The word ''ma-
chine" means any device or thing by
means of which mechanical result may
be produced, such as pin, churn or a
locomotive. The word manufacture"
means made up article, such as furni-
ture, clothing, harness and the thousands
of things which are offered for sale.
Composition of matter" means chemi-
cal compound of ingredients, such as
hard rubber, liquid glue, medicine, etc.
Patents may also be obtained for de-
signs for manufactures and works Of art,
for three, seven and ten years.
Trade marks may be registered for any
arbitrary sign or symbol which is not
descriptive; the government fee is TWEEN
ty-five dollars. Such marks are the ex-
elusive property of the registrar for
thirty years, and the time may be ex-
tended. A ''label" is any descriptive
tag, print or impression to be placed
upon any article or its case, and it may
be registered for twenty-eight years.
The government fee for a label is six
dollars; but if it contains any special
mark or symbol, the Office decides it to
be ''trade mark" instead of LABEL
Washington Chronicle.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
CarlyIe's Opinion of Washington.

1t is worth noting that Carlyle in his
sweeping assertion made no exception in
behalf of Emerson, who perhaps bored
him more than he dared acknowledge
with his transcendentalism and illusions
of the "over SOUL" But one might have
thought that he would have spared
Washington. Far from that, we find
him pleasantly remarking at some grand
dinner to Mr.. Fields "a gentleman who,
both by his writings and from all &C
counts by the charm of his personal
presence, must have done much to re-
move the imputed odium from his
countrymen): "That CRETE mon of yours
George" c'did any one under the sun
ever dream of calling Washington George
before" exclaims Miss Milford, who re-
counts the story)-"your CRETE mon,
George, was monstrous bore and wants
taking down a few hundred pegs!"-Ex-
change.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
Murder In the Air.

AS Sixth avenue elevated train ap-
preached the Eighteenth street up station
the other afternoon a.series offeminine
yells broke upon the ears Of the passen-
gers.
With others rushed to the windows
overlooking the east side of the street.
A crowd was fast gathering on the side
walk When the train stopped at the
station a number of passengers got out
to learn who "was being murdered"
AS reached the spot the crowd was
gazing intently at dentists sign. Just
then the yells ceased, and man came
out of the doorway with this announce
ment, ''She's only having her tooth
pulled. New York Herald.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
Ticket Agents and Counterfeits.

Counterfeit money comes into the
hands of the railroad ticket agent more
frequently than anywhere else. But this
official of the great steel highway has to
become an expert in detecting it, else his
salary would suffer to the amount of
spurious coin which he took in.
The detection of counterfeits seems to
become a sort of second nature with the
ticket seller. To discover bad piece of
silver is a comparatively easy matter,
for it has greasy feeling and very sell
dom looks like good money. Even if it
possesses these requisites of good coin it
very seldom has the weight of the gen.
uine quarter, half dollar or dollar, and
the lack of weight is perceptible by tax
ing it in the hand.
But to detect bad bill is not, to the
layman who is not burdened with han
ding thousands of dollars. each day, an
easy task. The expert ticket agent will,
however, when counting a stack of bills
ranging in value from one dollar to fifty
dollars with great rapidity snap them in
both hands one after another and pick
out the counterfeits, seemingly by AN
acute sense Of touch. Some ticket agents
are marvelously clever in this way. The
method used by the majority in detecting
a bad bill is to hold it to the light and
see if it contains parallel silk threads
running horizontally through it. All gen.
uine bills contain these.-Albany Argus
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
A Bible $50 Years Old.

A. T. STRAIT ion, secretary of the Y. M.
G. A., brought into our Office a Bible
printed in London in 1910. This Bible
was bought soon after it was published
by John Stratton, and has been handed
down from John to John till it came
into the present owners hands. A part
of the family record remains, some en-
tries being made in 1862. As this Bible
appeared one year before the King James
version it is difficult to determine what
translation it is. though it differs very
little from the authorized version. The
book is evidently in the original binding
and is in fair state of preservation. The
page upon which the date is found needs
protection or the most valuable part of
the book will be lost. 1t is a rare relic
and is highly priced by the owner
Dover Republican.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
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How Some SeStis Travel.

The most curious provision possessed
by seeds for self dissemination is the
microscopic avn. In the wild oat (avena
fatua), for example, there is attached 10
the glumelia "a small, leafy structure
connected with the seed), spiral avn
covered with humorous fine hairs, and
this avn has the power of expanding
when moist and of contracting when dry.
Thus the attached seed is constantly
on the move with the changes in the
weather, the hairs clinging to any object
met with, until termination or destruc-
ton puts an end to its motion.
The seed of barley, too, is provided
with a similar avn, which is. furnished
with minute teeth that point toward its
apex. The seed, when lying on the
ground, naturally expands with the
moisture Of the night and contracts with
the dryness of the day, but, as the teeth
prevent its moving toward the point of
the avn, all motion must be in the di-
rection of the base of the seed, which
will thus travel many feet from the parent
stalk.-Knowledge.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
New Rules of Politeness.

In certain private schools of Brooklyn
new rules of politeness are enforced. II
Is no longer proper for the little pupils
to say: Eyes, SIR" mo, SIR" Eyes,
ma'am," and "No, ma'am," to their
elders. Now the correct thing is: eyes,
Mr.. Brown" ''No, Miss Smith," and
so on.
If the child happens to be addressed
by strange lady or gentleman the child
is instructed to reply, "Yes, mister" or
eyes, lady"
At first this strikes the uninitiated as
an unpleasant innovation, but it has OBJ
tanned strong hold on the children
and they are rapidly making their pa
rents converts to the new system. New
York Herald. ~ "a
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10

David Robertson, the Scotch natural
ist, had, when a boy, rather an unusual
experience in clothing himself, and the
method he adopted seems amusingly
different from that of boys in our own
day, who when they want new jacket,
ask for it or go without.
David was early apprenticed to farm
er to herd the cattle, and one day he
went to fair with his master and there
gained a prize of twenty shillings by
running q race. When he reached home
his mistress offered him for the pound
enough OF homemade wooden cloth for a
coat, but though David joyfully &C
cepted it, he was disappointed at finding
that the tailor would not make his year.
ly visit to the house for some time.
With the impotence of youth he
begged his mistress to let him make the
coat himself. At first she refused, but
when David persisted, she agreed to the
wild project, STIMULATING, however, that
he should take all the responsibility and
ask help of no one.
The boy began by carefully ripping
his old coat in pieces for a pattern, and
by this he cut the new one, first num-
bering the pieces in chalk that he might
know how to put them together. AS all
his time belonged to his master he was
obliged to take his sewing out into the
pasture, and there after a month of
laborious work the new coat was COM
pleted. Its buttons came from an old
coat which had been discarded by his
master, and the thread with which it
was put together had been spun and
dyed at the house.
When David showed his mistress the
new coat she was loud in praise of it,
and declared that not even the tailor
could have done it better. One thing,
however, it needed, and that was a care
full pressing, which he was allowed to
give it at the house.
The hardest task of all remained, for
he was obliged to remake his old coat,
and as the seams were frayed and deli
cate he had to exercise great care in join
ing them again. Another month and
this task also was done. Then was
David the proud possessor Of two coats.
Youths Companion.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
A Boy freed by a Wild Cat.

Charlie Heath, Of Brooks, boy six
teen years old, was attacked in that
town the other day by a strange animal,
probably wildcat. The boy saw the
animal in a tree and threw stone at it.
Thereupon the animal sprang down upon
the boy and they had quite a fight, in
which the clothes Of young Heath were
torn, his head and face and parts of his
body badly scratched. The boy then
managed to climb a tree and with his
heavy boots would kick the animal down
as it tried to get to him. After some
time the beast became tired of this and
skunk away.-Lewiston Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
Mr.. Sears, Imported Razorbacks.

The Tamworth hogs, which j. Mont
gomery Sears has imported for breeding
purposes, are an old English breed char
acterized by the large proportion of lean
meat to the fat in its make up. Ithas of
late been overlooked in the effort to breed
for fat, hence has seldom been mentioned
or heard Of. Mr.. Sears has called public
attention to the breed by his importa-
tions, and still others now have them
under trial. They are medium in size,
light in the shoulder, deep sided, and
rather fat as compared with the modern
models, and "red" in color. Their recon-
mendation is that they are unlike the
rounded balls of fat that have been fur
nishing us our models.-Bangor Com
mercial.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10

The brusque and fussy i'm.
pulse Of these days of false
impression would rate down
all as worthless because one
is unworthy.
AS if there were no notes
in sunbeams
Or comets among stars
Or cataracts in peaceful
rivers!
Because one remedy pro-
fesses to do what it never
was adapted to do, are all
remedies worthless?
Because one doctor lets his
patient die, are all humbugs ?
1t requires a fine eye and
finer brain to discriminate
to draw the differential line.
"They say" that-Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton have cured thousands.
They say" for a weak sys-
tenn there's nothing better than
the Discovery" and that the
i" Favorite Prescription F" is the
hope Of debilitated, feeble
women who need a rcstora-
tive tonic and bracing ncrvine.
And here's the proof
Try one or both. If they
don't help you, tell the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton SO, and you get your
money back again.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
How to Clean a Plaster Cast.

A correspondent of leading scientific
journal says that bust or statue can be
most thoroughly cleaned, provided it has
not been painted, oiled or waxed, by in
verting it and filling it with water free
from iron. The water is then allowed
to filter through the plaster. After the
filtering has been kept up for sufficient
time and the outside surface occasion
ally washed with water and soft brush,
the plaster is allowed to dry. 1t is then
found that all the dust has been wiped
out of the pores of the cast, which is
thus restored to its ORIGINAL whitepees.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
Legal Expenses Over One Sovereign.

The Textile Mercury calls attention to
recent bankruptcy case in which the
liabilities exceeded e40,O0O, and there
was an item of e33S for legal expenses.
Asked by the official receiver to explain
how this was incurred, the. bankrupt
stated that the costs arose in connection
with dispute over sovereign, as to
which he denied his Indebtedness. The
myrmidons of the law were thereupon
set to work, and after the litigants had
had their fill the gentlemen by act of
parliament" who had been conducting
the contest presented the debtor with a
bill for c33S.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
Millions In Sawdust,

A we'll known mechanic Of Portland,
Me-, is about taking out patent on an
invention for converting the sawdust
and other waste from mills into wood
pulp of peculiar strength and quality
that he says can be utilized for nearly
every purpose in which wood is used. II
half his claims prove true his invention
is q most valuable one. One of the
largest business houses in Portland have
offered the inventor the free use Of one
Of their factories for year for expert
menting purposes. New York Telegram.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-10
A Domestic Hero.

Thank heaven, am safer shouted
the boy hero as he ran into the woodshed
pursued by his chum disguised as an
Indian.
"You are, indeed, me boy!" said his
father as he caught him by the slack Of
his trousers and ran him into the house
TO take care of the baby.-Detroit Free
Press.