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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-07-07
Wards Words.

There Is one matter relative to mortuary
resolutions or those of coincidence which
the average citizen doesn't seem to grasp
but which will permeate his mind as soon a:
l mention it again, to wit, namely: You lay
the calamity to God. They read in this
way: "Whereas, it has pleased Almighty
God, etc." Now do you honestly believe
If you believe in God-that it pledSes Hin
to remove this brother? If you do, you
must have wonderfully warped concep
tion of Deity.
When we are told that "He is kinder
10 us than earthly parents can be-" you be-
lieve that it pledses Him? You don't be
lieve any such thing. Then, in goodness
name, don't foreverlastingly say so in such
resolutions. Simply say: "Whereas oul
brother has been removed by DEATH" You
know that much, and further you know not.
l should hate to think that God was re-
sponsible for all our calamities and sorrows,
and further, l believe that such things fol-
low natural laws that are as immutable as
the eternal hills.
The 4th passed off with large crowd in
attendance and no skip saye mistake in
the management providing no chaplain for
the occasion.
The President of the day in announcing
the fact said that it reminded him of story
respecting boy of the tramp variety, who
happened to drop in on farm house at the
dinner hour and was invited to sit by and
take meal with the family. The hall
famished cub needed no second invitation
and the moment he struck the chair he went
for the victuals. 'Hold on" said the far
mer, 1--WE are i'm the habit of saying some
thing here before we eat." "Say what you
goll darn please" said the boy, "you can't
turn my stomach"
Hon. j. w. Turner excelled himself and
was the recipient of numerous congratula-
tions on his address.
The fireworks in the evening were rather
assisted in their effect by an intensely dark
and threatening night All is well that
ends well and the crowd was gratified, de-
lighted, and was simply immense.
The death of Mr.. Wyckoff, of this vii
lage, noticed in THE TINES of last week,
was a public calamity. No other one would
be so missed from our streets, no other
hand can do his work. Ever smiling,
patient, encouraging, hopeful and helpful,
he went through the duties of a true CHRIS
tian life, not as though they were burden
some, but on the contrary apleasure to him.
Words of fulsome adulation from one
who has known him intimately for nearly
thirty years pail on my unwilling tongue.
He was scholarly, christian gentleman,
whose life is his best monument, and whose
eulogium is best written by his works.
Would to God we could be like him.
"How blest the righteous when he dies
When sinks a weary soul to rest
How mildly beams the closing eyes!
How gently heaves the expiring breast
So fades summer cloud away;
So sinks the gale when storms are DER;
So gently closed the eye of day;
So dies a wave along the shore"
Laingsburg, July 5, 1898.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-07-07
Corner Stone Laying


The following is the program for the
ceremony of the laying of the corner stone
of the Evangelical Lutheran Salem church,
to occur at p. m. Sunday, July 0:
Song, by the choir,
''Let Jehovah be lifted high.
Song. by the congregation,
Praise the Lord, o, my soul"
Liturgy. Pastor T. kionka.
Prayer.
Reading of Scriptures.
Song, by the choir,
'The day dawns in the east"
German Discourse, Pastor +. Soil.
Song, by the choir,
''God is our refuge and strength"
Song, by the congregation,
''Our God is strong Tower"
During this song a collection will be taken.
English Discourse, Pastor TIL. Sauer.
Hymn, ''Nearer, my God, to Thee"
Laying of the corner stone,
Pastor Z. Kionka.
Heading of short history OF the
church.
2-The deposits in the corner stone.
.3-The act of the placing of the corner
stone.
THE entire church repeats the Apos-
tolic Creed.
prayer.
Song, by the choir, =.
when the mountains remove"
Benediction.
Concluding verse,
"Now let all return thanks to God"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-07-07
North Venice.

Ralph and Roy JVriggelsworth spent
Sunday in ennington-George Pearsol
has had the cancer taken from his shoulder
and is getting better-JVm. Gray is sick
Dwight JYhtmore's house burned up
one day last week. 1t was insured-Fred
Sanderson is able to be out-No meeting
at the M. E. church next Sunday on account
of quarterly meeting at Juddville-The
most of the farmers are very busy cutting
hay.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-07-07

For the best Goldfish and halibut go to
Hunts.
s'ClOver Leaf" cheese-Hunt sells 1t and
it is the best cheese ever sold In Owosso.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05

tate to say that they were afraid to
take anything Of much value; or, In
other words, became alarmed at the
sight of rich plumber. The biggest ana
hest piece Of robbery OF the winter was
done by boys, who blew open seven or
eight safes in downtown business
house and got away with $4,000 IN
money. jewelry and valuable papers
They we're quickly caught by the Mil
yankee police for job up there ana
are now in the house OF correction.
But how does a burglar get into your
house? He may spare your nerves the
shock they would receive If you were 10
he awakened at night bV a rasplng
noise at your easement. Should he De
So considerate he will sneak into the
house during the daytime and conceal
bimtelf in the basement or In closet
until the household has retired Tor the
night. Then the thief land this sort OF
thief works for himsel) will make d
quiet and speedy tour of the mouse,
gathering plumber as he goes. When he
has coufscated all the jewels and money
within safe reach the thief will leave
nv n convenient door.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05
THESPIAN THOUGHTS.
BILL ME REVIEWS SOME ANCIENT STAGE
HISTORY.
How lrtsmus Ward First Found Out How Funny
he Was-A Short History Of Thsspis, AID
About the Audiences Re Rad-A
Story Of Jefferson.
COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY Edqar " Nps.

1t may be interesting 10 know that
the pioneer American humorist, who
was first to study and depict the humor
of the Yankee and good naturally to at
tack the brag and buster OF the en-
thusiastic American, got his first inspir-
alton from Joseph Jefferson in "a Ter
rible Fix"
Charlie Browne (Artemus Ward had
amused his friends many times by his
look of intense sadness even while he
was in some grotesQue situation which
itself made everybody laugh, but he did
not know that be was acting. de did
not know that he was doing comedy
part without support or stage Till he
saw Jefferson in Terrible Fix"
Then his Yankee shrewdness showed
him that he might utilize this power to
his own advantage and the entertain
ment OF others. Then he said TO him
self; II need not rely wholly on my pen
to give me a living. Here's chance TO
DO better and 81 the same time TO do
something that is agreeable To myself.
So he became the first lecturer In
America and England, who could please
dlu ueIEuI III duuleHCe hlOuo Nltu Hic
humoa, heightened by the art Of the
stage.
Yet Daniel Dougherty told me once
that he and Edwin Forrest went to hear
Ward together, and Forrest especially
was disappointed. That never impaired
my good opinion OF Ward, for another
man once said that the greatest task OF
the humorous lecturer is TO work all OF
one evening to make those laugh whom
God had never intended should laugh.
Forrest belonged to time when school
children believed that the celebrated
Indian chiefs, Black Hawk and Logan,
were greater men than John Quincy
Adams and Benjamin franklin. Frank
lin used to say humorous things be-
tween times, and when worn out after
a days angling In the sky for a new
kind of lightning wrote humorous
things for an almanac. This lowered
him in the estimation Of those who wor.
shipped the solemn dignity Of Logan,
who "was the friend o, the white man,
and who dared "any white man TO say
that he ever entered LOgan's cabin
hungry without getting drink"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05

who have already been described.
They do all their work
from the outside, and take the risk OF
being shot from either side Of the bar
rier which they seek to remove. One
man is detailed in the street TO watch
the coming of an officer or Waterman.
The other two enter the building and
gather up the plumber. The most
effective instrument used by these
thieves is a druggists spatular, which
is made of the finest steel and can be
forced into the smallest crevice. With
the slender blade thus inserted the
thief is enabled to spring the lock or
catch Of door or window, and then it is
an easy matter to leap into the darkened
room or hallway and begin the search.
These are the usual methods adopted
by thieves in their work on houses. I'm
less the householder hears the burglar
at work at the door or window he had
better stay in bed and keep as quiet as
possible. There is little to be gained
and everything to lose by confronting a
burglar after he has once gained al en-
trance to your house. The burglar Is
there to kill, II necessary, and he Will
rot hesitate to use his revolver lat
tackled or even accosted while at his
work. But If you are so fortunate as
to be around ard hear the movements
OF the thieves on the outside it becomes
almost a duty for you to select an eligi-
Bile place, await the coming of the strang-
er and then, when in good range, blaze
away with all the vigor and effective
ness which strong arm and a good re-
voIver can display.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05

to be best. Our burglars this winter,
according to Captain Shea, have darted
in here and there, picked up some OF
the most inconsequential stuff and then
Dawned it in small lots from time to
time until their pocketbook demanded
another expedition. But il this win
rer's crop of crooks has been OF the
turkey-tral order it has certainly dis
played fund Of grim humor, the like
of which has never had parallel in the
history of the town. What use
thief could have with
three kegs Of nails is something the po-
lice cannot explain. And yet burglars
ransacked big hardware store on Mil
waukee avenue this winter and took
nothing from the stock but three kegs
of nails, a case OF tape reels and some
nickel plated hinges. Some OF the work
of the horde, particularly the roboing
of the dead bodies in, the morgue, the
theft OF hall tree from the corridor
of a north side house, and the raid upon
false teeth in q Blue Island avenue
dentists shop, would seem to have been
committed in a spirit of pure deviltry.
Capt. Shea holds the crowd In such
cheap estimation that he did not hest
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05
A Story of Devotion.

They sat late by the pickering fire.
light.
Her head was nestled on his heaving
and manly bosom, and softly his arm
stole round her yielding waist.
The law takes no cognizance OF this
class OF stealing.
Nobody does, II proper precautions
are observed, except the two interested
parties.
Oh, love!
Oh, rapture!
He had told her the sweet words over
aud over again, and she had coyly cooed
them back 10 him.
A step was heard IN the hall.
That is to say, it was heard bY the
girl.
The young man heard nothing, except
the beating Of fond heart.
George" she murmured, what
would you do to show your love for
your little Ethelrida?'
Dearest" he responded fervently,
anything; everything. | would will
ingly, oh, so willingly, suffer any pain
for you"
Are You sure, George" she asked
with the insistence OF doubt.
"Sure as the stars do shine, darling"
Again that step.
Then, George" she said with a little
sob, "get ready, fer papa'e coming"
And the craven coward skipped.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05

his scenery. Ihave little notice Of the
work Of Thespis, as written by Horace,
from which / make excerpts. There 10
nothing l find that makes better ex-
cerpt than something from Horace:
"Thespis with his company played
here yesterday to small house hereto
fore used for storing oats. He played
his own play and even failed up on that
AZ times. 1t was called How Greece
Was Tried; or, Render Unto Greece That
Which Is Greasy
I'm this tragedy Mr.. Thespis dies by
his own hand, but he is too long in lead
ing up to the point. Very few people
were out, and they were not out so much
as they would have been had not Thes-
PTS made popular prices.
1--WE do not reproach him for the
money he has taken out OF the town,
for he will use IL wisely, il is said. The
Troy Laundry will get the most OF 1t,
we opine.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05
Nothing Wrong With Tho BIZ.

81 won't be home to supper, love, "
said young Mr.. Spriggins TO his little
wife, "and-and, you needn't sir up for
me, sweetness. Business" added Mr..
Spriggins with a brace-up air, "may re-
Quire me TO be absent until late hour. "
CAL right, dearest. You shall see
that your little wife can be brave. But,
Edwin, love, will you promise not 20
90 without your supper? Your precious
health must be considered, you know"
Il shall probably take a cold snack
somewhere" replied Edwin, avoiding
her eye and staring at the furniture.
"And, Edwin, oh, Edwin, promise me
something"
Anything, my own"
"Then, darling, be sure to have some
thing substantial"
Edwin promised and hied him away
TO business. A few days later Mrs. Ed
win discovered the bill for that supper
in his vest pocket. There were items
in it that caused Mrs. Edwin flood OF
tears, and she rushed to her hubby with
the bill in her hand.
"Y-o-u p-p-romised," she gasped,
that you would have something sub
stantial. You made your whole supper
of ice cream and champagne. Oh-oh!''
"Well, dear" said Edwin, shaking in
his shoes.
"Well, sir. What is there substantial
about that"
The bill" answered Edwin solemn
ly, and further proceedings were stayed.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05

by the breaking of the glass and seek
the source ef the noise with the aid OF
a light. II the house still remains
silent and gives no evidence OF life
within the thieves will then enter the
shattered winnow and ransack the place
from cellar TO garrett But II, on the
ather hand, light be displayed in the
house, the marrauders will depart with
out any further attempt so gain ga en-
trance.
This class Of work Is done by sneaks.
Even the basement or closet hermit
rises to higher notch in the criminal
scale than a widow-breaker. Thieves
who open sashes and force doors travel
In threes. These men are far more
desperate than their brethren
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05
HOW BURGLARS WORK
HINTS THAT MAY BE OF SOME SERVICE-DIF-
TERENT CLASSES Oh THIEVES
Who Inisst the City-HOw They "Pips OF"
House They Intend to Plundsr-Ths
Dangerous Gangs
How do burglars get into a houseP
Tho hest wav thew can,


The question is often asked. The an
swer is that of Captain John Shea, OF
the detective department. This has
been a busy winter for thieves in Chica-
go. Early last fall horde OF tramps
poured into th city in expectation OF
reaping some OF the harvest that the
Worlds Fair offers. The picking at the
grounds not having become remunera-
tive, the tatterdemalions scattered to
all parts OF the town and fell upon the
householders In their homes and In the
streets. During all the carnival OF rob-
5ery the hand OF an old or expert BUR
glar was seldom seen. Nine-tenths OF
the cases reported TO the police were
directly traceabf6. to this swarm OF shoe
string thieves. They were bold only
when in good numbers, and most OF
their work was done where they were
not likely to run risk Of injury or cap
ture. Hundreds of these thieves nave
been caught, and for the present al
least the epidemic which at one time
startled Chicago and annoyed the ponce
has been checked.
NOTHING NEW IN THEIR PLANS.
1t was not to be expected that burg
lars of this character would advance
any new or ingenious methods for Sc
curing their pluuder. Even high roll
ers in the craft have found old schemes
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05

sian said. ar must search the rest OF
the house, and 1 am afraid you must
put up with our company for some little
time longer. But we are not. as SAID
barbarians, and we do not wish to an
nov you; and from this moment your
own apartment is sacred"
II think, Annie" said Madame,
quietly, that you had better show
these gentlemen the rest Of the house.
l will stay with the child"
eyes, Madame" said Annie. Come
along, sirs."
'Oh, Renel Rene! you don't dnow,"
cried Madame Forester, when the
door was closed, "but you have saved
himI
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05

An old trick played by burglars of
the same stripe is 10 ''pipe Of q house
uutil they are reasonably satishee that
the family is away. But in order to be
certain that they will not meet with any
resistance one of the gang is detailed to
hurl a stone or brick into rear window.
This is an extra precautionary measure,
for the thieves reason that If people are
still in. the house they will be startled
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-07
THE SCHOONER.

Just mark that schooner westward far at sea.
IT'S but an hour ago
When she was lying hoggish at the quay,
And men ran TO and fro
and tCgged and stamped and showed and
pushed and swore,
And ever and anon, with crapulous glee,
Grinned homage to yiragos on the shore.
50 to the ietty gradual she was haulcd
Then one the tiler took,
And chewed and spat upon his hand and
bawled,
And one the canvas shook
Forth like q moldy bat, and one, with mods
And smiles, lay on the bowsprit end and called
And cursed the harbor master by his gods
And rotten from the gunwale to the keel.
Rat riddled, bilge bestank,
Slime slobhered, horrible, saw her reel
And drag her oozy flank
And sprawl among the deft young waves that
laughed
And leapt and turned in many sportive wheel
AS she thumped onward with her numbering
draught.
And now, behold shadow of repose
Upon the line of gray
She sleeps-that transverse cuts the evening
She sleeps and dreams away,
Soft blended in unity of rest
All jars and strifes obscene and turbulen.
throes
Meath the broad benediction of the west.
Sleeps, and methinks she changes as she sleeps,
And dies and is q spirit pure.
Ilo. On her deck an angel pilot keeps
His lonely watch secure
And at the entrance of heavens dockyard
waits
TIL from nights leash the fine breathed morn
ing leaps,
And that strong hand within unbars the gates.
II. E. Brown in Athen@um.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-07
MEMBRANoUs GROUP CONTAGIOUS:
Its Relation to Diphtheria-Dr. Bigg's Ex-
aminations

DR.. Hermann M. Biggs, Chief Inspector
of the Division of Pathology, Bacteriolo-
gy and Distinction of the Health Depart
| ment, has made discovery which will
be of great interest to the medical pro-
fession and of Importance to the commu-
nifty. Psychological examinations have
been made in number of cases of So
majority OF the cases the secretions were
found to contain the Loeff1er bacillus,
tending to the conclusion that mem
branous crup is laryngeal diphtheria and
that it is contagious. This discovery
was made by DR.. Biggs while pursuing a
course OF experimentation authorized by
the Board of Health some months ago to
esta blish , if possible, certain and ex-
peditious method of diagnosis in dipth-
liberia
Psychological cultures were made of
excretions taken from many cases, and
it was established beyond doubt that
most of the cases of so-called diphtheris
were due to laryngeal affection not at
all dangerous or contagious. During
the past four months psychological ex-
aminations have been made in thirty-siX
| cases of membranous Group. In all of
these the membrane was either confined
entirely to the larynx, or at most only
| slight deposits existed in the throat,
while there was very extensive emulation
in the larynx. In thirty cases the
Loeffier bacillus of diphtheria was abund-
antly present. These cases were, there
fore, cases of laryngeal diphtheria. In
six cases no Loeffier bacilli were found.
These, therefore, were cases of catarrhal
pseudo-diphtheritic Inflammation of the
| larynX, and are to be considered anala-
gous to similar pseudo-mem braneous in
! foundations (non diphtheritic) in the
pharynx
In five of the cases in W hich the
Loeffler bacillus was found cases of
pharyngeal diphthelra both preceded
and followed Within a week in the i'm
mediate vicinity. In three other instan-
ces the cases of Group were preceded by
| cases OF true diphtheria, and in seven
instances cases of true diphtheria fol-
| lowed. During the last four months,
therefore. nearly ~ per cent. of the cases
OF so-called mem branous Group examined
by DR.. Biggs have proved to be diphthe-
ria.
Before declaring membranous Group
contagious and CHASING it among the
transmisSa BILE diseases, which must, I'M
der the law, be reported to the Board of
Health. the Board desires to have tabu-
lated the results of the psychological
investigation Of a large number OF cases
of membranous Group, in order to base
it's action ON irrefutable premises. The
Board, therefore, requests physicians to
report cases of the disease in the same
manner that they report contagious dis
eases. DR.. Edison thinks that the results
ing to warrant this request of the profess
sion, that is, to advise isolation ana DIS
Infection, as in case of diphthefla IN.
Y Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-07
WIT AND WISDOM.

Young Reginald at the age of five. had devel-
oped ''penchant' for horses, and naturally a
fondness for the building of stables. This ne
cessitated the use of boards.
One day the young Reginald was playing
with his twin sister. Presently the building fit
seized him.
.'Rena." he said, "get me a board.''
They isn't any boards" answered the twin.
Reginald looked at her solemnly.
"Rena" he said. 'you must say they is a
board"
His sister is an obedient creature.
They is board" she responded
Then get it," said Reginald.
Boston Budget.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-07
Business PRINCIPLES.

Customer-Why do you take the trouble
of sending the gloves, small parcel, away
with the money? l might be putting
them on while waiting for my change.
Salesman-Ycs, and have them half worn
out. We don't do business in that way.
We mean that all goods shall leave the
store in first rate order-Boston Tran
script
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-07

st. Louis Man-Been rusticating, have
you? Well, there is nothing like getting
away from the noise and hustle of city life
tor few days. Where did you go2
Kansas City Man-To St. Louis
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-07

W7ANTED-Agents on 1.-THE Worlds Co.
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ton, 100 pages. 500 Illustrations, endorsed by
Worlds Fair officials; also Americas Won
derlai.ds." Headquarters for holiday subscrip-
ton books. Now is the time to make money.
Call or write for particulars. GATELY &
O'GORMAN, At and 40 Middle street, Port
land. s-4
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-07

FOR sALE-I have for sale lots of wooden
duster dresser, broad looms, fine shoddy
picker and 80 barrel copper kettle, good condi-
ton, 1 screw press and other things too numer-
Gus to mention. 1 also have fine business
chance for the tight man to begin at once. G..
j. FOSTER. g. i
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-07

DO you want to know what is going on
in the world Take thePREss.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-07

NOR SALE-At Deering for $1,000, a 21h
Il story house of 10 rooms, arranged for two
families, lot 5Ox1O0, building in good repair.
a very low price. Easy terms. Z. G. S. RICK.
Err, First National Bank Building, Room /,
Basement. 81