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The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-14
JOHNNY.S COMPOSITION.
He Tells All He Knows About Cats and
Good Deal He Doesn't KNOW

He Tells All He Knows About Cats and
Good Deal He Doesn't Know.
The cat is a very interesting animal
He is small fur dog that meows, anc
has whiskers and several other things
He has four paws-two fore paws and
two behind ones-and tail. He has
been known for many years. two OF
him having been said to be on the Ark,
where he must have been tied up, OF
what would have become of the rats?
Cats don't get to be cats until they are
q year old. when they stop being kit
tens, which they are born as. 1t takes
kitten several weeks to get his eyes
open. If he doesn't get drowned before
that time, and he scratches when he is
mad. MY father says camels used to
be cats, but got their backs up one day
and couldn't get them down again, and
SO became camels. have never heard
q camel neon. but suppose they can,
because they can do most any thing, hav-
ing seven stomachs and going many
days without water
The dictionary says cat is carniv-
orous quadruped, but that does not
sound like cat. The old Egyptians
used to be very fond of the cat, treat
ing him like member. of their own
family, and making mummies out of
him when he died. Some of these mum
mics still live. They used to hang peo-
pie for killing cats in Egypt, because
the cat was supposed to be sacred an
imal, being sign Of the moon. proba-
bly, because they are generally out all
night. We have a cat named Tom, and
he has six kittens, which he washes
their faces every day Just like me-
Cats never fall out Of anything with
out landing on their feet, which is why
their feet are SO soft, and they have to.
be killed nine times before they die,
and sometimes they don't even then.
They eat milk when tame, and when
wild they cry like a baby until some
body comes to see what is the matter,
and then they eat him, which is fatal,
and teaches people to mind their own
business, and not GO seeing what other |
peoples children are crying for.
a eats eye is a very queer thing, |
looking like slot machine all day and |
an agate at night, seeing better in the
dark than in the lights. like witches,
and some people don't like them on that
account, but do.
The two best cats ever lived belongedl
TO Dick Wilmington, mayor Of London,
who went out west and killed a lot of
rats at dollar head, and took the
money to his master to get to be mayor
with, and Pnss in Boots, who stole his
clothes and ate giant, there
BY making his master owner of the
Iarm and husband Of rich girl, whose
Iathcr died and left it all to her
Ny cat can't do anything like this,
but he gets there just the same, and is
Tery gentle to my little brother, who
pulls his tail and doesn't haYe to wish
ne hadn't
Altogether don't know what we
should do without cats. especially those
hat like to have them lying around
ust as we do
Yours truly, JOHNNY.
-Harper's Young People
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-14
THE MINE VICTIMS.
Definite Estimates of the Loss of Life Ne,
Vet RRprhad

Definite Estimates of the Loss of Life Ne
Yet Reached.
MCALEsTER, l. T., Jan. 10.-Ever since
the news of the disaster in shaft No II
in the Usage Coal & Mining Co. IS mine
at Krebs, 5000 people have been con
| gregated at the mouth of the mine
where the explosion occurred waiting
for further news from the prison tomb
Forty-eight dead bodies and 700 in
jured men have been taken from the
mine. Fifteen of the injured died last
night
The company ordered sixty collins by
telegraph, thirty from Parsons and
thirty from Kansas City. Telegraphic
orders to Denison, Dallas Fort Worth
and Sherman brought the response
that there were no extra collins in those
places. The local undertakers have or
dered a car load.
There was light in every house in
the contiguous mining towns of Nc
Alester. South McAlester, Krebs and
Anderson last night, and there Is mourn
ing in every family.
One hundred survivors of the terrible
disaster who are reported living are
lying at deaths door, swathed in cot.
ton and vaseline to the eyes, with their
hair and finger nails burned from their
bodies and the cooked flesh dropping
from their bones
The whole country for miles around
is given up to mining in ground which
is leased from the Choctaw Indians on
a royalty. All the mines have shut
down and the miners are here In mass.
anxious to assist in recovering the
bodies of their unfortunate comrades.
The dead as far as identified are:
Joe Corronto, Antonio Ennessat,
Tommy Cain. Joe Rocco. John Quinn,
Jim Quinn. Mattock Quinn, Mike Nc
George Russell, Ted Kfbble,
Tom McShane, George Lindsey, ST..
Russell, Mike Jacomo Ted
Blondon, Joe Blondon, John Sperra.
Joe Gennesic, Steve verzene. Gene
Campassi Silva Sierra, Bennett Moss.
Following is a partial list OF the in
Iured: George Harris, Jr, George Har.
rs. Sr., Frank Hathaway, Joe Osland.
Enoch Church, William Church, viii
lam Williams, Charles Martin. Joe
roobe, Giavanni Blesscnt Ad Franrca.
N. Recci, Antonio d. Domeco, Frank |
rozzie, Brany Bicmo. John Rossi. Loni.
roobe
Macy of the dead bodies are uniden.;-
led The seriously injured number a.
east 100, and many of them cannot
i've.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-14
How 60 Tsa f;lova.

a glove usually wears out first at the
end OF the fingers. This is because the
nails are too long and push through the
kid- The first part to wear through ii
the nat part Of the left thumb. Most
people put on the left glove and fasten
it before drawing on the right glove.
and then they use the left thumb and
fingers as buttoners That Is what
runs the glove. Use . glove buttoner;
they cost nothing, the wire ones. bent
Ike hairpin, and joined with 4 little
chain ending In = lat pendant, and
tney are the salvation OF q good pair OF
gloves Get into the habit of using the
ou.tonsr, and the gloves viii last twice
n iePR' - Minneapolis TFshRas' 'ss
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-14

MILWAUKEE. Jan. 1.-THE Trinity
Evangelical Lutheran church was de.
stroyed by fire last night The church.
was a large edifice. surmounted by =
steeple fully $50 feet high. The steeple
fell while burning and = panic enAued.
hundreds Of people running for blocks
The FIRE was finally sub5ued and ouiet
restored Loss. SO o00
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-14

Boise CRY. Idaho. Jan 1L-At Chal.
us. Custer county, Monday. in o quar-
rel over 81. l. Kes'ler stabbed George
Jacooy. The latter then Ghot Kestlsr
dead. Jacoby afterwards died Both
men were pToasueat
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-14

peared, and since that tine |
" have never had the first sigofE
| can eat anything without he
least fear of distress. / wish all
that are afflicted with that terrible
" disease or the troubles caused by
it would try August Flower, asI
: am satisfied there Is no medicine
equal to it." o
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-14

-Hanks-'I am particular about M
razor. and l don's wan: it used on
second party" Barbsr-'I never too,
that razor 20 no pahty. boss N 7
Herald.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-14
August
Flower

Mr.. Lorenzo F. Sleeper Is very
well known to the citizens of Arple-
ton, Me-, and neighborhood. He
says: Eight years ago Twas taken
" sick, and suffered as no one but
" dyspeptic can. I then began TAX.
ing August Flower. At that time
II was great sufferer. Every.
Z" thing ate distressed me so thntI
had to throw it up. Then in a
few moments that horrid distress
" would come on and I would havs
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
lin with the Tim s.

In an East Ninety-6rst street fiat there
lives a West street business man and his
family.
at is queer fancy" he remarked;
"it's funny superstition, but we've all
got it: every member of my family feels
the same about it.
at was this way. In the year 1871 we
moved to New York. We lived in Sew
enty-first street. Next year we moved
up to Seventy-second street, and in an
other year we, moved still one more
street up town.
"This we continued to do for several
years During the time was prosper
ing wonderfully in my business Our
children were bright and healthy. We
got to thinking about our even fortunes
one night at Christmas time, and it sud-
denly occurred to my wife that we were
literally keeping pace with the time
that we had lived, since first coming to
the city, in the street which correspond
ed to the year of the century. Well, we
come to grow superstitious about it, and
kept on moving up one street each year.
We are nearly ready now to move to
Ninety-second street. If anything should
delay us we would not be able to sleep
until we had caught up with our Gen.
tury. New York World.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
A Big Hole in Arizona.

q. X. Gilbert and Marcus Baker, the
former chief geologist of the United
States geological survey, with force of
men, have returned to Flagstaff from
Canyon Diablo, where they were sent by
the government to take observations and
make a map of the region where so much
meteoric iron has recently been found.
They spent sixteen days investigating
the mammoth hole in the ground sup
posed to have been made by a meteor.
The hole is $50 feet deep and "a miles in
circumference.
The theory is that from the appearance
Of the walls and the fact that they have
found many pieces of meteoric iron
around the hole, the meteor penetrated
the earth to depth of 700 or 800 feet
before it exploded, and this accounts for
the strange phenomenon. Three pieces
of the meteor, weighing 800. 600 and 800
pounds respectively, were found on the
mesa within two miles of the crater and
are now in the Smithsonian institution.
Besides these they found many pieces
weighing from two ounces upward
TOMBSTONE Epitaph.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
I'ne GuEta rercha Tree.

The steamer Cachar, which recently
arrived from Tonquin at Marseilles,
brought back M. Serullaz, who went
out two years ago on mission from
the French minister of posts and tel
egraphs in search of the Isonandra
gutta percha tree in Malaysia. The
disappearance of this tree threatened
with great embarrassment, if not ex-
tinction, the submarine cable manufac-
ture. But NJ. Serullaz has discovered
large forests of these trees, and has hit
upon practical ways of collecting the
gum without destroying the trees, as
the natives inevitably do. NJ. Serullaz
has been allowed TO transport several
hundreds of the trees from ten to fifteen
years old to Algiers, and their cultiva-
ton will be attempted also in Guiana.
M. Serullaz has left for Algiers with his
cargo, which is artifcially warmed on
board the Cachar. philadelphia Led
ger.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
n i'atnetic story.

A few Sundays ago the congregation
in Old Market hall. Richmond, waited
for the pastor to open the service. A
woman. clad in deep mourning, rose in
far end Of the large hall and steadily
pressed her way toward the stand in
front of the congregation. The pastor
saw her approaching and stepped to
meet her. AS he grasped her hand she
said with faltering voice, 81 want to
give you five cents which my little boy
handed me as he was dying, and said,
please give this to help build the Old
Market church, and" continued his sor-
rowing mother, ii want you to have it,
and | want to put it in your hand my
SELF And placing the precious coin in
the pastors hand she retraced her steps
and took her place among the congrega-
ton. Richmond Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19

Statistics recently taken Of the differ
ent church choirs Of this city and Brook
lyn make rather interesting reading. In
no cities of the country, if in the world,
are such SUNS expended for soloists Of
all kinds, for organs, choruses and music
generally. In New York there are 14l
mixed quartets, as quartets made up OF
soprano, contralto, tenor and bass are
called. Besides this number, there are
twenty-four churches which support
chorus choir in addition to paid quar-
tet
In seventy-seven churches there are
chorus choirs, and l04 churches have
congregational singing, usually led by
the organ or by salaried precentor.
Double mixed quartets are utilized by
seventeen different congregations, in
some cases there being firstand second
quartet, one singing at the morning
service and the other at night. In such
cases the first quartet usually is under
salary. Thirty-one churches have volun-
teer choirs of all kinds. Then there are
thirty-three choirs made up of boys, or
of boys and men. One New York church
has an entire orchestra in addition to the
choir. In five Jewish synagogues the
music is led by the cantor, there being
no choir.
In Brooklyn there are ninety-six mixed
quartets and twenty-nine churches with
both quartet and chorus choirs. There
are forty-seven chorus choirs besides the
above and thirteen double mixed quar-
tets. Thirty-fve congregations sing their
own music and twenty-one employ boy
soloists and choristers. Thirty-four
churches have no choirs and in nineteen
the music is rendered by volunteer sing
ers. There are two male church quar-
tets and one childrens choir. The latter
is the only example of its kind in the
country.-New York Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
A Relic of spanish Davs.

While men were digging in the flower
beds of DR.. Pacetti's residence on Cuna
street in st. Augustine an earthen pot or
water vase was dug us. The find is Of
an exceedingly old pattern-older than
the oldest inhabitants here remember to
have seen in their times. The shape is
cylindrical, about three inches in dame
ter at the top or mouth and little
larger at the base. In increases to near
ly foot in diameter in the center of its
twenty inches in height. 1t is made Of
clay, without ornaments, and is sup
posed to have been one of the crude
water jugs in use by the first Spanish
soldiers occupying this city.-Florida
Times Union. a.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
w. Richardson's
Low PRICED GROCERY.
112 s. Washington ST.,
OWOSSO, MICH.
Mortgage Sale.

Whereas Default has been made in the
payment of the money secured by a mortgage
dated the thirteenth day of November, A. ID.
1882, executed by Charles w. Beardsee, and
Nancy Beardslee, his wife, Of the Township OF
Bennington, County of Shawassee and State OF
Michigan, to Lawrence Olsaver of the Township
OF Webster, County of Washtenaw ard State OF
Michigan, which said mortgage was recorded in
the Office of the Register of Deeds OF the County
of Shiawassee in Liber 26 of Mortgages, on page
492, on the fifteenth day OF November in the
year A. ID. 1882, at ten O'Clock and forty-fiv6
minutes a. M And whereas, the said mortgage
has been duly assigned by the said Lawrence
Olsaver, to Adm A. Bennett of said Township of
Webster, by assignment bearing date the
twelfth day of January A. ID. 1899, and recorded
in the Office OF the Register of Deeds of the
County of Shiawassee on the twenty eighth day
Of January, A. D. 1899, at eleven O'Clock a. m. in
Liber as Of Mortgages, on page 500 and the same
is now owned by the said Adm A. Bennett.
And whereas, The amount claimed to be due
on said mortgage at the date OF this notice, is
the sum of five hundred and e1ghtyone dollars
and fourteen cents of principal and interest, and
the further sum OF twenty-five dollars as an at
torney fee stipulated for in said mortgage, and
which is the whole amount claimed to be unpaid
on said mortgage, and no suit or proceeding hay
ing been instituted at law to recover the debt
now remaining secured by said mortgage or any
part thereof, whereby the power of sale con
tanned in said mortgage has become operative.
Now therefore, Notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of the said power of sale, and in pursu-
vided, the said mortgage will be foreclosed by
sale OF the premises therein described, at public
auction, to the highest bidder, at the front door
of the Court House in the city of Corunna, In
said County of Shiawassee, on the second day OF
Nav next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon OF that
day: which said premises are described in said
mortgage as follows towit: All those certain
pieces or parcels Of land, situate in the Town
ship of Bennington, in the County of Shiawassee
and State of Michigan, and described as follows,
to-wit: The west half of the southwest quar-
ter OF section thirty two, and the north half of
southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, of
section thirty.one, in towdship six north, of
range two east, containing one hundred acres
more or less.
Dated this fifth day of February, 1899.
Adm A. BENNETT,
6. F. SMITH Assignee.
Attorney.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
Just Found It Out.

Fond Mother (anxiously) - Why,
what's the matter, my dear?
Married Daughter (weeping)-My hus
husband has basely de-deceived me,
boo, hoo, hoo!
"Mercy on us! How?"
1.-TWO ye-years ago last Chris
Christmas he gave me watch for a
Christmas present, boo, hoo!"
81 know. What of it,"
"This-this morning IL tried to wi
wind it an it's nothing but IA dolls
watch, with no works inside-boo, hoo,
hooY-New York Weekly.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19

Some time ago a lumber dealer fell
through an elevator in Woodlands furniture
works and brought suit for damages. Ut
terly careless with placard of warning
that the elevator was not for passengers and
warned by an employee to keep away; the
suit was set aside in the circuit court We'd
nesday.
The finest selection of honest clothing on
earth. See them. Buy them.
WICKING IL SToRRER.
Two flats, five rooms each, S. 90 a month.
to rent by j. j. Brockway, 613 River street.
Dress making and plain sewing at my
home, cor. Dewey and Grover Sts., Owosso.
Mrs. j. ARTHUR GRAY.
Kennedy's sweet goods, and Sears best
crackers for sale at Banister's.
A. w. Prindle Il Co. have this day dis
solved partnership and A. j. Prinde will
retire from the business and A. w. Prindle
will continue the business and pay all bills
and collect all debts.
Dated January Is, 1892.
Ex-President Cleveland will deliver an adj
dress at Ann Arbor, Monday afternoon,
Feb I'D. There will be no charge for adj
mission, and at the close of the address he
will be introduced TO the audience individ-
ually.
AS many people are DESTROYS of meeting
him, the Toledo Il Ann Arbor railway has
made sufficiently reduced rate to place the
trip within reach of all.
Train will leave OwOsso at $50 a. m.
Fare for round trip, $1.50 Returning train
will leave Ann Arbor at 4:25 p. m, or il the
meeting should be delayed will be held 80
minutes after close of address, which will
commence at half past p. m.
Brown for photos
The ST. Louis Republic gives this opinion
of ID. b. Hill i'm cold type: I'VE do not
care to discuss David B. Hill any more than
is absolutely necessary. He is disagreeable
subject to every democrat i'm whom democ-
racy means something more than means
of getting an easy living by Office holding at
the expense of people who work hard for a
hard living. But it seems to be necessary
to say over and over again that David Il.
Hill cannot force himself on the democratic
party" In the event of HIPS nomination
at Chicago, the Republic, as well as many
other democratic organs and politicians will
be compelled to partake of crow banquet
that would turn the stomach of the most
shiftless hog.-Saginaw Herald.
We mean to be, we aim to be and we ARE
the hustlerS i'm our line.
WICKING 81 SToRRER, Cl0thiers
Mr.. Perry's entertainment last evening
cannot be classified strictly as either lee
ture or concert. 1t was combination of
the two, more pleasing than either, which is
perhaps as well described by his own term,
"lecture recital" as 10y any other. Ii has
been said of Wagner that he was as much a
dramatst as musician. 1t may with equal
truth DE said of Mr.. Perry that he is as
much poet as pianist. = y Mr.. Perry's
technique is superb. His pianissimo was
equally delightful, while he lacked nothing
of power and briliance of eXecution.-Du-'
luth Daily News.
String peans, golden wax variety, as yell
low as gold, tender and sweet, only 10c a
can, at Hunts.
25c dark fine cut tobacco at Hunts pleases
all the boys. Good light tobacco for zoe.
New spring hats just in. Call and see
them, WIcKING Il SToRRER.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
Stock n otes.

j. G. Meyers, of Oxford, recently paid
$4,000 for Nottingham by NutwOOd 2:1s%,
dam Adelaide 2:19$4.
Horsemen desiring to buy cuts for adver-
Using purposes can be supplied at half price
at this office any time this month.
ClarS's Horse Review is acknowledged by
all to be one of the best horse papers pub
lished. 1t is newsy and thoroughly reliable.
The subscription price is $500 per year.
Call at this Office to see sample copies.
NewaygO Republican,: At the horse sale
in Chicago, attended by Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
inson and their son, Bert, Mrs. Robinson
purchased PAGER, son of Louis Napoleon,
seven years old without record and giving
every indication of being valuable acquisi-
ton to the stock of this county.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
A Hunting Story Founded on Fact.
EDITOR OF THE TIMES:

Your paper has been so full of wolf and
bear literature of late, so Enthusiastically fishy,
that real hunting story founded on fact
may be an acceptable innovation. OF course
/ cannot make my story as thrilling, and
perhaps not as interesting, building on cold
truth as could if permitted to draw occa-
sionally on fancy.
The purling Maple at Elsie, ripling along
with foot or two of water on its bed, is a
tame affair beside the raging river up near
its source in Shiawassec county, laundering
along with depth Of % feet of actual water
according to the historian, Reynolds. But
nobody questions Ed. He is certainly justi-
fed. There were three good stories ahead
of him and he had to do something or bust
tug. The river had to stand the pressure.
I'm fact admire the beautiful Maple more,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
WANTED.

Travelling and local statesmen to sell our
nursery stock. Will pay salary with ex-
penses or commission, and pay weekly.
Previous experience not necessary, and no
difficulty to sell our stock. Apply at once,
giving age and stating reference.
a. LORENZO Champaign Nurseries,
SO u 80 PiXley Blk, TT. Wayne, Ind.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19
Cure Yourself.

Don't pay large doctors bills. The best
medical book published, 100 pages, elegant
colored plates, will be sent to you on receipt
Of three 2-cent stamps to pay postage. Ad-
dress A. u. Ordway IL Co., Boston, Mass.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-02-19

man, the bones of the baby and the pre-
scription were all buried together deep in
the oOzy bed of a spring some two miles
south of where Elsie now stands.
Elsie, Jan. 80, 1892.
lyANHO.