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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-01-01
the most timely, the largest and
tho handsomest of the reviews

The three great groups OF S c,S of the
coming year will he impartally and instruc
lively discussed by the ableSt w i,rls:
I. Political subjects growing out of the
residential Campaign.
III. Financial disturbances here am
abroad.
III. Theological Unrest with all the so
sial questions suggested by these groups OF
great topics.
There is no other way whereby one may
get the ripest Information about the great
problems of the time within so narrow a
compass or for 50 small sum-shorl
studies of great subjects by more than a
hundred of the foremost men and women OF
the world because there is only one Ameri-
can periodical for which all the great lead
ers of opinion and OF thought write, and
that is the Forum.
The December number, for example, con-
tains Degradation by Pensions-Thp
Protest of Loyal Volunteers, by Lieutenant
Allen II. FOOte, founder of the society OF
Loyal Volunteers The Meaning of the
Democratic Victory in Massachusetts, by
Gov. WIN. +. Russell French Feeling to-
wards Germany-pnother Conflict about
Alsace Lorraine Inevitable, by Camille Pei
letan, Member of the French Chamber OF
Deputies: Should the Silver Law of 1890
be Repealed by Jacob III. Schiff, one of
the most successful aud influential bankers
in New York Is Modern Education Fail
ure? by Frederick Harrison, the great
English Essayst /; Unregulated Competi-
ton Self-destructive, by Aldace +. Walker,
Chairman of the Western Traffic Associa-
toe: Womens Clubs The Volume and
the Value of their Work, by Alice III
Rhine; A Day with Lord 1ennysOn, by
ls.- n t;.I-
There are now in progress discussions OF
Our Pension System; Prison Management;
The Training of Preachers; The Louisiana
Lottery; The Next Step in the Tariff Agi-
tation Are Modern Educational Methods a
Failure
so cts. copy. ST. year. The Forum,
Union Square. New York.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-01-01
How Ia See Down % Well.

BY the use of IL piece of looking glass,
when the sun is shining brightly, you
may discover II minute object in the
bottom of n deep well. A ray of light is
thrown down by the reflective power of
the mirror. When the well is so situated
that the reflection cannot be made to
reach the perpendicular point, two or
three mirrors can be used, throwing the
reflection of on OH the other until the
desired focus Is obtained.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-01-01
spinner nn,, en-, rren..rv.

The United States treasury and its officials
have had several scares. General Spinner,
who used To have six or eight millions OF
dollars in charge, was made nervous by his
great responsibility. 1t was his custom to
see In person If the vault doors were
locked before going to his hotel. just across
the street. He would even get up I'm the
night and go over and make an examina
ton with his own eyes One night. despite
all his precautions. he found n vault door
open. The next day he moved his bed to
the treasury and slept there every night by
the side Of the millions for which he was
responsible as long as he held the Office of
treasurer
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-01-01
Telling Fortunes.

In England ring, a button and a
coin are often placed in the wedding
cake. She who secures the ring is to be
the next bride; the button, the old maid;
tbe coin secures a wealthy sutton. A
ring put in posset "infuses magic pow
err" and twill tell the fair If haply she
will wed. "-Cassell's Family Magazine
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-01-01
Sermon by Telephone in England.

The transmission of sermons by tele-
phone to those who from various causes
are unable to attend church services,
which was experimental with in Eng
land last year, has turned out so success
full that steps are being taken to extend
its use on large scale. Provided with
the receiver specially used, it is said that
invalids can hear perfectly while in bed.
In quiet room the tolling of tho bell
before service is distinctly audible, the
prayers can be followed, the responses
emphasized and every word Of the SER
mon distinguished, while solos in the
anthem are heard rs distinctly as in the
church.
Twenty-four calls were recently re-
ceived at the telephone Office for connec-
ton with local church in an English
town, and as the number of subscribers
there probably numbered not more than
sixty, it is evident that the privilege of
hearing the sermon without going to the
church for it was appreciated. In many
of the large towns in England, especially
in Manchester, Nottingham, Stafford,
Wolverhampton, the church telephone
service has come to be quite an 1nstltu-
tion.-New York Recorder.
Mirrors OF the Israelitss.
The earliest mirrors Of which mention
is made in history were in use among the
Israelites in the time Of Moses. That
gentleman, as recorded in the Bible,
commanded in certain emergency that
these articles should be transformed into
wash basins for the priests. They were
made of brass. Doubtless similar uten-
sils Of this and other materials were in
use long before that. At that same
period black glass was employed for the
purpose, as well as transparent glass
with black foil on the back. 1t is re-
lated that the Spaniards found mirrors
Of polished black stone, both convex and
concave, among the natives of South
Observation-Disclosures Star
H., Vol
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-01-01

"Castoris is 80 well adapted to children that
recommend it az superior 10 any prescription
known TO me-" II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
Ill So. Oxford ST., brooklyn, y. Y.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-01-01
How to Clear Moss from walks

Gravel walks in gardens and shaded
places are frequently covered with an
unsightly growth of moss. This can be
effectually prevented by watering the
walks with solution of sulphate of cop
per (blue vitrioD.
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08

know. You might cheat her once, but you cannot cheat her now. Does it em- barrass us to think she knows all about us now? If she had to put up with so much when she was here, surely she will not be the less patient or excusa- tory now. .-
 THE WATCH AFTER DEATH.
 Oh. this tremendous thought of my text-this after death watching! What an uplifting consideration, and what a comforting thought Young mother. you who have just lost your babe, and who feel that need of a nearer solace than that which comes from ordinary sympathy, your mother knows all about it. You cannot run in and talk it all over with her as you would if she were still a terrestial resident, but it will comfort you some, I think-yea, it will comfort you good deal-to know that she understands it all. You see that tn, velocities of the heavenly conditions arr so great that it would not take her half second to come to your bereft heart.
 Oh, these mothers in heaveni They can do more for us now than before they went away. The bridge between this world and the next is not broken down. They approach the bridge from both ways, departing spirits and coming spirits, disimprisoned spirits and sym pathizing spirits. And so let us walk as to be worthy of the supernal companion ships, and if to any of rs life on earth is a hard grind, let us understand that if we watch faithfully and trust fully our blessed Lord there will be correspond ing reward in the land of peace, and that Rizpah, who once wept on rock, now reigns on throne.
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08
A MAN
acoDusrtp TIE GEOGRAPHY OFT cousrrwI osrns VALUABLE INFORMATION FROM STUDY OF THIS NAP OF THE
Chicago, Rock Island X Pacific RV.

The Direct Route to and from Chicago Joliet Ottawa Peoria, La Salle Moline, Rock Island in ILLINOIS; Davenport, Nuscatine, Otumwa, oskaloosa, Des Mones, winterset, Audubon Harlan and Council Bluffs, in IOWA; Minneapolis and St. Paul. in MIN NESoTA; Watertown and Sioux Falls. in DAKOTA {; Cameron, St. Joseph and Kansas City. in MISSOURI; Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury and Nelson, in NEBRASKA; Atchison. Leavenwortil, Horton Topeka. Hutchinson. Wichita Bellcvlle, Abilene. Dodge City, Caldwell. in KANSAS; Kinghsher Fl Reno and Minco, in INDIAN TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo in COLORADO. Traverses areas of rich farming and grazi lands aorng the best facilities of inter communication to all towns and cities east and west northwest and southwest of Chicago and Pacific trans-oceanc seaports,
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08
Frances New Cabinet.

PARIS, Dec. 6.-The cabinet crisis has been ended At midnight M. Ribot sub mitted the following cabinet to the presi- dent, who gave his approval of the names presented:
 Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs M. Ribot. .. ..... .#.. Minister of the Interior and Public Wor- ship-M. koubet.
 Minister of Justice-M. Bourgeois.
 Minister of War-M. Freycinet.
 Minister of Marine-M. Burdeau.
 Minister of Finance-M. Rouvier.
 Minister of Public Worts-M Viette. Minister of Commerce-M. Siegfried. Minister of Agriculture-M. De Velle. Minister of Public Instruction M. Charles Dupuy.
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08
Cheap Enough.

There's a Detroit real estate dealer who doesn't know 8 joke from 8 sermon. A possible customer came in to see him about 2-acre tract in the suburbs last week.
 "What are your best figuresY' inquired the customer.
 "Twenty-five hundred dollars an acre" 1" he replied.
 "Come offr' exclaimed the buyer; "that's away too high"
 "On the contrary, it is dirt cheap, sir, dirt cheap" and when the buyer wouldn't tell him why he smiled he looked hurt and didn't want to talk any more.-De- roit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08
Children with Spoiled Lives.

An institutional child, bred in the tenement house region of New York, was taken into rural household, where her ignorance of all sorts of common things excited the surprise of those with whom she came in contact. She knew little more of the city than she knew of ordinary domestic affairs, and she sai9 that she had gone out but once week. Another child, brought up in a New York apartment house, upon looking down 8 well in the country at once asked whether the janitor lived down there. York Sun. -t.-
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08
Two childrea Fatally Burned.

NEW HAVEN, Dec. 6-While Mrs Levi Berkofski, who lives at 32 Madison street, was out in the yard her two-year-old child Fanny took shovelful of redhot coals and dumped them into the baby carriage in which Mrs Berkofski's six-months-old child was sleeping. Both children were fatally burned and Fanny k dead
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08
Advertisement writin.l

Advertisement writing is becoming regular branch of literature in the United States. Some of the first class writers command salaries of $f0,OO0 a year, and now young men are regularly training for the work and going to col lege in preparation.-Chicago Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08

had been caressed of fortune. With a mothers pride she looked on her prince ly children. But the scene changes. Behold her in banishment and bereave- ment-Rizpah on the rockl
 Some of the worst distresses have come to scenes of royalty and wealth. What porter at the mansions gate has not let in champing and lathered steed bringing evil dispatch? On what tes- pellated hall has there not stood the sol emn bier? Under what exquisite fresco has there not been enacted tragedy of disaster7 What curtained couch hath heard no cry of pain? What harp hath never trilled with sorrow? What lordly nature hath never leaned against carved pillar and made utterance of woe? Gall Is not less better when quaffed from golden chalice than when taken from pewter mug. Sorrow is often attended by running footmen and laced lackeys mounted behind. Queen Anne Boleyn Is desolate in the palace of Henry VIII.
 Adolphus wept in German castles over the hypocrisy of friends. Pedro among Brazilian diamonds shivered with fear of massacre. Stephen of England sat on rocking throne. And every mast of pride has bent in the storm, and the highest mountains of honor and fame gre covered with perpetual snow. Sick ness will frost the rosiest cheek, wrinkle the smoothest brow and stiffen the sprightliest step. Rizpah quits the court ly circle and sits on the rock.
 Perhaps you look back upon scenes different from those in which now from day to day you mingle. You have ex- changed the plenty and luxuriance of your fathers house for privation and trials known to God and your own heart. The morning of life was flushed with promise. Troops of calamitles aincs then have made desperate charge npcn you. Darknsas-has come. sorrows
 SeD uwueDs4 M lsassisA nlsdA ffsm
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08
Cleveland win Visit Them

CALDWELL, N. J., Dec. 6-President- elect Grover Cleveland has sent word to the citizens of this town, his birthplace, that he will visit them before xuiug to Washington in March.
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08
A Useless Accom- pIishment.

Teacher-No living being can read your writing. Why don't you try to learn2
 Little Boy-No use. I'm goin to be a doctor like apa.-Good News
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08
Four Killed by . Trai,

ELMIRA, N. Y., Dec. William Conklin and wife, Mir. and Mrs Edward Blanchard and Margaret Pett, of Southport Corners, were struck by an Erie train. All were killed but Conklin, who will die
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08
Sold by w. H. CAMP.
Reading tailroad >ystem,
 New England Division. PHILADELPHIA, REArrNa NEW ENGLAND R. B. co. Poughkeepsie Bridge Route.

Commencing Sunday, October 2s, 1892.
 ... GOING FAST. Leave Canaan $40 a. m., arrive Hartford Leave Canaan 35 p. m., arrive Hartford 5.05 m., from Millerton and way points. New England Day Express from Philadelphia for Boston. leave Canaan 4.45 p. m arrive Hartford 35 D. m.
 Leave Canaan Al a. m. CDaily Express) for Boston, arrive Hartford 4 35 Bos on 20 a. m. Leave Canaan Sundays onlyl s.55 D. m. arrive Hartford 6 2o p. m.
 GOING WEST. Leave Canaan 12 30 p. m. for Rhineclifr. Leave Canaan p. m. for Poughkeepsie aud Campbell II II.
 Quaker City day Express-R Boston to PhilH- delIhia-le ve Canaan 2 30 p. m arrive Poughkeepsir II p.m., Maybronk 455 pm Leave Canaan A. arrive Mill-rton 20 P m. Leave Hartford g 10 pm, (Daily Expr-ss) for PhiladelIhia. Baltim re and Washington Canaan II l5 ?. m., arrive Campbell Hall 1.57 n. m. Leave Hartford s.45 a. m. Sundays onlyl Ca. , naan 3.55 p. m., arrive tampbeli Hall 655 p. m.
 At Hartford with N Y AN NERR, NJ MI R, Hartford X Valley Divisions. Al Simsbury and al Pine Meadow with Y, \ H X H R R. Northampton Division. Al tuck Division. #
 At Canaan with Housatonic R. R; at Miller ton and Mt Riga with Harlem Division YC 6 H R R R l; at Boston Corners with Harlem Division N . X H R R. and X K R :: at Poughke-Isie with N Y Cd H RR K; ai Rhinecha with x c X H R R R. by ferry to Rondout with the Ulster X Delaware R R |: at Ma, brook witt the Lehigh Hudson River Ky. at Campbell Hall with NY0&N By NYLE&W R R.. PA B RR and Wallkill Valley K R. =..-.. M E. BLAINE. B. F. KESSFR.
 sni erin endant. Div Ps-!-, s.t
 Hartford, Go n.t
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08

 formed the shining sluggard into prac- tical worker-happy as princes, though compelled to hush her own child to sleep apd spread her own table and answer the ringing of her own doorbell. Her arm had been muscled for the con Hict against misfortune, hunger and poverty and want, and all the other jackass Rizpah scares from the rock. TH2 PATIENT, POLLING MOTHER. I saw one in desolate home Her merciless companion had pawned even | the children's shoes for rum. From hon. Orable ancestry she had come down to this. The cruse of oil was empty and the last candle gone out. Her faded frock was patched with fragments of I antique silk that she had worn on the bright marriage day. Confident in God, | she had 8 strong heart, to which her children ran when they trembled at the staggering step and quailed under fa- ther's curse. Though the heavens were | filled with fierce wings and the thickets gnashed with rage, Rizpah watched faithfully day after day and year after year, and wolf and cormorant by her God strengthened arm were hurled down | the rocks.
 You pass day by day along streets where there are heroines greater than Joan of Arc. Upon that cellar floor there are conflicts as fierce as Sedan, and heaven and he'll Iningle in the fight. Lifted in that garret there are tribunals where more fortitude is demanded than was exhibited by Lady Jane Grey oi Mary, queen of Boots.
 Now I ask, if mere natural courage can do so much, what may we not expect of women who have gazed on the great sacrifice, and who are urged forward by all the voices of grace that sound from the Bible and all the notes of victory that speak from the sky7 Many years | nau " rUeasfSaise stoasnus sAAStsa kfum
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08
No Guesswork Wanted.

"Can you do this piece of workr' asked MT. Trotter of an applicant for the job.
 "I guess SO. sir." "Well, I don't want man who guesses. want one who knows he can do it."-Detroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1892-12-08

Joseph Walton Dead. >PITTsBURG, Dec. G. Joseph Walton, the millionaire coal merchant. is dead
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-04-07
Opening Letters by Law.


"I noticed a short time ago." said
Washington official, 'ssthat some objec-
tion was made by Mr.. Peli, Of the San
Domingo Shore Line road, to the open
ing of private letter by the chief of the
secret service bureau. It is not generally
known that the rules of the postoffice
department empower inspectors to open
suspicious letters at discretion. The
public appear to be very much astonished
at this proceeding mentioned, but assure
you that it is carried to greater extent
than even those who know all about 1t
suppose. In fact, under the rules of the
postofiice department. almost any private
letter can be opened and read. This will
surprise some people, I presume, but it
is nevertheless true, and a reference to
the private instructions to postoff1ce in
spectors, which are in printed form, will
convince anybody of 1t. Whether such
secret privileges are ever used i1legiti-
mately would be difficult to find out. 1t
is a good deal like arresting man on sus-
picion. As matter Of fact, therefore,
you win see the United States mails are
no more sacred than the mails In Russia
or any other country SO far as govern
ment espionage is concerned. New
York Herald.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-04-07
Charles Dickens and the Dog.

every one remembers Dan Brosna-
han, the old sexton of st. Patrick's,' %
said Mr.. 81. A. Preston. "Dan had a
little dog, homely eur, with the most
plebeian blood in his veins, but a re-
markably clever animal. He would fol-
low the sexton everywhere, and the only
way to restrain him was behind closed
doors. One night about twenty-three
years ago Charles Dickens gave read
ing IN Carroll hall. Dan was on hand
to look after the hall, rugged in dress
coat out of Difference to the great occa-
sion. He had forgotten the dog, but the
dog was on hand.
"In one of his readings the great nov
elist came to this passage, 'Bow-wow-
wow" barked the little dog He gave
1T realistic rendering, and almost with
his words came responsive and hfelike
echo, 'Bow-wow-wow.' There stood
Dams little yellow cur, directly in front
of Chief Justice Chase, and before the
great men of the nation, mocking their
guest. Dan dragged the dog out, terri
bly, mortified, but Dickens said it was
one of the finest compliments he ever re-
ceiyed. Washington Post
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-04-07
Mrs. Astor,s Lingerie.


The cedar chests in the Astor mansion
which contain the superb underwear of
the queenly Mrs. Astor are perfect house
hold ornaments in themselves, with deep
engraven gold lockers with the initial
"a" wrought in finest carving upon its
surface. Inside the chest, neatly folded
in webs of choicest linen, are the dainty
garments of society's queen. Each week,
rs they leave the ironing sheet, they are
Laid within the chests to await the bid
ding of the owner. Every article of this
superb wardrobe is stitched by hand.
and no materials but the purest and
finest of linens and cambrics are used.
They are all elaborately trimmed with
lovely point and duchesse 1aces, and the
initial SAP is daintily embroidered on
every article.
In the same orderly manner Mrs. As
tor arranges her footwear, which is
equally as exquisite; only the cedar
chests have apartments nodded in which
each slipper and boot fits perfectly and
keeps its shape.
By the way, Mrs. Astor has a very
pretty foot for an old lady. Her ankles
are small and d.shapely and her toes are
extremely narrow. Her daughters, Mrs.
Coleman Drayton and Mrs. Orme Will
son, have neither of, them such pretty
feet, and they are eternally envying their
mother her beautiful feet and adorn-
ments.-New York Cor. Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-04-07
no E.cuse for Late Hours.

There would seem to be no excuse for
the late hours which society prescribes
for its ceremonies. Late evening par
ties for children are admitted to be in
furious. But we are all children or
ought to be, so far as the laws of health
are concerned. We do not, as many
think, by age earn right to violate the
laws of health. Nature takes pay for it
In one way or another.
One difficulty at the foundation of our
social life is that we do not admit
amusements as necessary to our lives.
We do not set apart time for them, but
insist, if forced into them by fashion,
upon taking them out of time that ought
to be given to rest of mind and body.
The day must all be given to business,
up to its. latest available hour, and then
we take from hours that should be given
to sleep time for social duties.-New
York Ledger.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-04-07
NAEOnen.


The common afaictions of women are sick-head-
aches, indigestion and nervous troubles. They
arise largely from stomach disorders. AS Joys
vegetable sarsaparilla is the only bowel regu-
lat1ng preparation, You see why it is more
effective than any other Sarsaparilla in those
troubles 1t is daily relieving hundreds The
action is mild, direct and effective. We have
scores OF letters from grateful women.
We refer to few:
Nervous debility, Mrs ]. Barron, 142 7th ST., g. F.
Nervous debility Mrs. Fred. 10y, s27 Ellis St., IF
General debility, Mrs. Belden, $40 Mason St, ST,
Nervous debility, Mrs J. Lamphere, 7s5 Turk St.,
St, s. F.
Stomach troubles, Mrs. R. L. Wheaton. 7o4 Post
Sick headaches, Mrs. NJ. B. Price, 1s Prospect
Place, s. F.
Sick headaches. Mrs. NJ Fowler, s27 Ellis St., ST.
Indigestion, Mrs. C. D. Stuart 1921 Mission St.,
Constipation. Mrs. C. Melvin, 126 Kearny St. ST.