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The Lamar register., 1894-06-02
Grover Had a Dream.

Gently. He dreamed he was dead
and his spirit took fight toward the
Pearly gates. Arriving at the portals
to the heavenly paradise he knocked.
st. Peter answered his call.
who comes ~ asked st. Peter.
"Grover Cleveland, late president
of the United States, knocks for ad-
mission to heaven" replied Grover.
Grover Cleveland president of the
United Statess" queried st. Peter,
in some surprise, 1--WE have no knowl-
edge OF him here. But wait a mo-
ment; I'll look at the books.''
Peter turned to the books while
Grover stood with fear and trembling
at tho portals to hear the result of the
examination.
NO" sadly replied St. Peter,
your name is not on the books. You
can't come In Grover"
With great disappointment and a
sad heart, Grover turned his back to
heaven and commenced the decent
down the hill he had just climbed SO
full of hope and delightful expecta-
ton.
He had gotten partly down the
hill when he met pilgrim on his way
up the hill to heaven, whose face was
radiant with hope and sunshine.
Grover recognized the face as that of
William Mckinley, and making bold
he addressed him.
is this William Mckinley %
"Yes Grover"
'fWhither bound?, asked Grover.
ITO heaven, Grover"
Il have just come down from the
gate, Mckinley, st. Peter refused me
admission-never heard of me. You
will hardly get in. 1t will go as heavy
with you as with me-"
Not SO Grover. 1 have in moth
ing wronged my fellowmen. I feel
sure of admission within. st. Peter
will l feel certain, have heard of me
and admit me-"
Cant some arrangement be made
for me to sneak in with you, Bill
Suppose 1 get down on all fours and
you get on my back and ride me up
to the gate and knock for admission,
and if you are admitted you shall ride
me through the pearly portals, and
then we'll both be in"
agreed" said Mckinley.
Grover goes down on all fours and
Mckinley mounted and rode Groves
up to the pearly gates and knocked
st. Peter called:
"Who comes?''
Mckinley
"Ah, yes; William Mckinley gov
ernor of Ohio. We have heard Of
you. Your record stands well here
I see you have ridden up the hill
Hitch your ass outside and enter in
among the blessed, governor. y
Portsmouth Times.
The Lamar register., 1894-06-02

Coxeyism and Kelleyism are imi-
tations rather than originals. In
each case the idea is a superficial de-
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-21
Common Council.
COMMON COUNCIL Rooms,


Owosso, Sent. IL, 1894. (
Regular meeting Comm on Council, Mayor M.
q. Dawes presiding
Aldermen present at roll call; II. Freseke,
j. Frieseke, Parker, Post, Curry, MaclSey
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
Aid. Parker presented the following petition,
which was referred to Sewer Board
Owosso, Sept. II, 1891.
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Council of the
city of Owosso:
Gentlemen-We the undersigned residents
and owners of property on Mason street of the
city OF OwosSo, would respectfully ask your
honorable body to have sewer constructed on
Mason street, commencing at the sewer now
being constructed on Hickory street. near the
corner OF Mason and Hickory and running cast
to Oak street. And your petitioners will ever
pray.
Aid Post presented the following petitions,
which were referred to committee on Streets ana
Sidewalks:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the city of Owosso:
We the undersigned citizens and taxpayers of
the city of Owosso would respectfully petition
your honorable body to cause q sidewalk to be
built on the north side of Main street, across
the M. c. Il. II. tracks.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the city of Owosso:
We the undersigned citizens and taxpayers of
the city of Owosso would humbly petition your
honorable body that sidewalk be built across
West Main street on the east line of Chapman
street.
Aid MaclSey presented the following petition,
which was referred to committee on Streets
and Sidewalks:
TO the Common Council of the City of Owosso:
We the undersigned residents and freeholders
do hereby petition your honorable body to
cause to he constructed on the east side OF AL
ger street sidewalk.
The following accounts were presented and
referred to the committee on Claims and Ac-
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-21
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease,
and in order to cure it you must take in
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Halls Catarrh
Cure is not quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians in this
country for years, and Is regular prescrip-
ton. 1t is composed of the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood puri-
fers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces.
The perfect combination of the two ingredi-
ants Is what produces such wonderful
monials free.
F. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-21
If NOT,
WHY NOT 3?

has reading matter than any other paper Sha
county The matter is better selected and in better
shape There several more departments than any other
paper
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-21
THE TIMES

the official paper of the state of Michigan for Shawassee
county; the official paper of the county and of the city of
Owosso.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-21

VINO was on his post at the time, and
that now he fatty refused to talk about
the matter.
Garrison curiosity, it is perhaps need.
less to say, was rather stimulated than
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-21

Everybody in the county should read it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
A LOOKING. .t1Iass tor the Canary.

The following interesting story of
how canary was cured of honlesick-
ness was told by W. G. Evans: "Not
long ago my wife purchased canary
at bird store. It had been accus-
toned to companions of its kind at
the store, but at our house it was en-
tirely alone. The pretty little song
ster was evidently homesick. Itwould
not sing, it would not eat, but just
dropped and seemed to be pining away.
We talked to it, and tried by every
means in our power to cheer the bird
up, but all in vain. My wife was on
the point of carrying the bird back to
the store when 1ne day friend said:
Give him q piece of looking-glass.'
Acting on this suggestion, she tied
piece of broken mirror about the size
of mans hand on the outside OF the
cage. The little fellow hoped down
from his perch almost Immediately,
and, going VI close, Looked in, seem
ing delighted. He chirped and aopped
about, singing all the pretty airs he
was master of. He never was home
sick after that. He spends most
of his time before the glass, and when
he goes to sleep at night he will cud-
die down as close to the glass as no
can, thinking, very likely, that he is
getting near to the pretty bird he sees
30 often. st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
What Cured Him of Consumption.

Josiah Mezell, a veteran of the war
of 81 and a citizen of Waycross, Ga,
was consumptive in the second stage
when he joined the army, and at the
close of the war he was perfectly well.
Mr.. Mezell cured himself i'll a simple
way, which proved remarkable cure
in his case. He says: II was suffer-
ing with a terrible cough and was
growing weaker and thinner every day
when I entered the Confederate army.
Consumption was rapidly getting the
mastery of me. Camp life exposed me
to all kinds of weather. and sometimes
I slept on the ground with no blanket
to protect me from the cold, camp
earth. When convenient, I made a
lightwood-knot fire. When knot was
burned to pitch, the fire was extin-
guished with water. The smoke and
pitch vapor arising from the knot were
inhaled through my nostrils. kept
up this practice until 1865, when
discovered that had no cough and
was perfectly cured of the disease. I
could not recommend this remedy to
those who are in the third stage, but
in a case similar to mine, it will effect
remarkable cure in every instance.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
C!ergymcn Live Longest.

, The new tables of mortality, says
the Interior, continue to show that
clergymen are the longest lived of any
class. Representing their mortality
by 100, next to them come the farmers,
10s; then the gardeners, ia; then the
agricultural laborers, 1876; the paper
makers come next, 129, their i'm.
munity probably coming from the dis
injecting bleaches used in the process.
Next come the carpenters. 148; then
the shop woodworkers, ITS, where also
stand the ironworkers; glass workers
80 higher, 214, and earthenware
fnishers still higher, 314, because of
poisonous chemicals. At the top of
the column of mortality are the SER
wants in hotels, 397. The liquor dealers
testify by mortality of 274, and the
brewers by one of 245. 1t is some
satisfaction to know that the doctors
reach up to 202. AS for editors, they
die younger than the ministers, be-
cause they are too good for this wicked
world. New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
New Uses for Aluminium.

When old DR.. Wohler way back in
1S45 succeeded in isolating a few
grammes of aluminium at great ex-
pense and at greater labor he probably
had no idea what uses the metal would
be put to in the future when it became
cheaper and easier to get at. When one
reads of things manufactured out OF
the light metal it seems as though there
was no end to them. And now there
is man who is going to sea in an alu-
minium boat; that is, provided that It
is successfully built. The enterpris-
ing individual who has ordered this,
the first sea-going aluminium boat, is
the Comte de Chabannes la Police,
and the craft, ten-ton cutter, is be-
ing built in Loire. He expects it to
be q great success, and it looks as
though it would. The hull when COM
pleted will only weigh $500 pounds.
Made of steel it would weigh 10000.
Uncle Sam is going to make expert
ments, too, and will try aluminium in
place of the metal ordinarily used on
the accouterments carried by the SOL
diers. A set of experimental canteens
has been ordered and little aluminium
department has been put in charge OF
Lieutenant M. @. Brown. He will
make thorough experiments. During
the war a private could carry only
eighty rounds of ammunition. 1t is
said that the decrease of weight is the
accouterments caused by the use OF
aluminium will allow the carrying of
200 rounds. Uncle Sans enemies will
wish he hadn't adopted the new notion.
New York Mail and Express.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
How to Prepare Manuscript.

Some years ago, London Notes and
Queries, in answer to question from
a reader as to how to prepare manu-
script for publication, published some
little verses which we reproduce below.
Our readers will find them helpful:
Write upon pages OF single size;
Cross your t's and neatly dot your is;
On one side only let your lines be seen.
Both sides filed up announce verdant
green.
Correct-yes, recorrect-all that you write.
And let your ink be black, your paper white,
For spongy foolscap, OF muddy blue,
Betrays mind of the same dismal hue.
Punctuate carefully, for on this score
Nothing proclaims practised writer more,
Then send it of, and, lest it merit lack,
Enclose stamp with which to send It back ;
But first pay all the postage on 1t. too.
For editors look blank on ''six cents DUE
And murmur, as they run the effusion DER.
"A shabby fellow and wretched bore!'
Yet, ere it goes, take Of it a copy clean
Writers should own a copying machine;
Little they know the time that's spent, and
care
In hunting "copy" vanished-who knows
where2
Bear this IN mind, observe it to the end,
And you shall make the editor your friend.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
Well Doing Makes xSfE.

Everywhere many women learn the
lesson that work we'll done and useful
occupations not despised are peace
giving, ennobling and uplifting. We
hear it witnessed by the low humming
of Mary in the laundry as she sings to
the measure of her hands flying up
and down the washboard over which
she bent before daylight this morn
ing, although the washboard is a
miles journey from the place where
Mary slept last night.
One knows instinctively that Mary's
washing will be well done, for never
does grudging laundress sing over
her work. We see it in the springy
step and bright face with which the
woman with something to do passes
the one of leisure out for promenade
for health or on her weary round of
selfish pleasure. Health even chooses
it's favorites in the world of work and
no time to think of pains or aches is
often worth whole medical frater-
nifty for driving away nervous twinges
and imaginary ills. Buffalo News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
A Beneficial Lesson.

The habits of practical econ omy
forced on the people of this country
by the hard times will survive when
prosperity comes again. Many peo-
pie have learned to make dollar 60
as far as they used to find two able to
go, because the dollar WAS the only
one they had, and it had to do. When
they are more fortunate and have two
dollars where they now have one, it
is not likely that they will continue to
live on the one, but large part of the
other will be put by.-Fort Worth
(Texas) Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
lection of Japanese butterflies and
crepuscular moths.

lection Of Japanese butterflies and
crepuscular moths.
All the specimens are interesting,
and several are both exceedingly rare
and necessary to establish kindred re-
lations between families of butterflies
hitherto unconnected with one an
other. In other words, the collection
includes 'smissing links that indicate
the evolution of one kind of butterfly
from another.
There are 10000 specimens in DR..
Behr's collection, and the variety of
color and formation presented to the
eye is wonderful. This is especially
true of the Japanese collection. The
varieties are comparatively small, but
the colorings are beautiful.
An chronological treasure in the col
lection is a perfectly preserved Leu
dolphia Puziloi. It's value is COM
prised in the fact that it is connect
ing link between two genera of but
terfies that are apparently very dis
similar. 1t is colored beautifully and
is found in Corea as well as IN parts OF
Japan.
One case contains several insect
mammoths. One specimen is nearly
seven inches in wing width and is on
chronological monster. DR.. Behr re-
lates that when Prince Nenwied, an
enthusiastic collector, was in South
America his Indian guide saw one Of
these leviathans on a tree. Dispen-
sing with the usual net the guide pin
ioned the butterfly with an arrow ac-
curately shot from bow. That is the
native method of catching the speci-
men.
One of the unique specimens in DR..
Behr's collection is the Eurylochus
CALICO, whose back presents an abso-
lutely perfect representation of an
owls face. There are the great round
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
CURIOUS FACTS,

A British peer cannot resign his
peerage.
Italic type was first made by Aldus
about 1476.
About one-third CT the houses in this
country are lighted by gas.
Jhina's national hymn is 30 long
that people take half a day to listen to
it,
Some one has figured that finger
nail grows seven feet nine inches in a
Scriptural term lifetime.
At a masquerade in New York SUBJ
urb recently a man who appeared as
Father Time carried lawn mower in
stead of scythe.
The Third United States Cavalry
rode 1S, 900 miles last year on the bor-
der, one company, Troop G, accom-
plished eighty-fve miles in one day.
A gray fox on West Chester, Penn,
farm is on terms of friendship with
lot of young beagle dogs and frequeut-
ly sleeps in the same pen with them.
An exceedingly rare animal, black
faced, black-eared caribou, was re-
Gently shot at Andover, Me. This
caribou was unusually large, with big,
branching horns.
ssThe Bachelors Ready Marriage
Club" an organization designed for
the purpose Of providing the necessary
funds for any member who desires to
be married, is in process of formation
in New York.
The monument to the memory of
King Henry the First OF England
ought to be a yard stick. His arm
was Just thirty-six inches long, and
that is where the English and Ameri-
can yard got its standard OF length.
John Thacker, of Waterford, Va. be-
ing accidently at Cincinnati, bought
at sale of unclaimed baggage trunk
in which he found property which
proved to be that of relative who had
been missing for years, and the Incl
dent has led to the reunion OF long
separated familv.
"Hear, hear" is perhaps the most
familiar interjection heard during de-
bates in the House of Commons, but
how few members know the origin OF
the phrase. It will be a surprise to
many to know that the earliest instance
of its use is to be found in Samuel Xxx. ,
76. seTben cried a wise woman out of
the city. "Hear. Hear"
Tombstone, Arizona, owes its name
to an attempted witticism. When
Schiefferlin, the discoverer of the
mines in that locality, was starting on
his most successful prospecting tour he
told friend he was 'goingto discover
mine this time sure" The friend re-
piled: "You'll discover tombstone. y
In recollection of the rejoiner Schief-
ferin named the mines he found the
Tombstone.
A German newspaper states that
the original sketch of the letter of Ma
poleon I. which he wrote In 1915 to
the Prince Regent, demanding per-
mission to make his home in England,
is to-day in the hands of resident of
Strasburg. 1t is entirely in the En-.
peror's own hand, full of erasures and
alterations, and belongs to descend
ant of the courier of General Gour-
gaud, who made the clean copy of it
for transmission.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
How to Cure a Sick Headache.

If you ever have sick headache
and want it cured quickly and efec-
lively, with none of the debilitating
effects of drugs, just takea tablespoon
full of red pepper, mix it with vineger
to thick paste and spread on cloth
cotton or Iinen-bind upon the
forehead with a handkerchief, from
temple to temple; then take about two
grains of the red pepper in q teaspoon
full of vinegar and swallow it. The
mixture on the forehead will burn but
not blister, and in the course OF ten
minutes the headache will disappear
under the stimulating effects of this
remedy, leaving the patient feeling as
if such distressing things as sick head
ache were unknown to the human fam
ily.-St. Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
Bird Against Snake.

In South Africa the secretary bird
pursues every snake, even the most
venomous. Warned by instinct OF
the terrible enemy he has met, the
reptile at first seeks saftey in fight;
the secretary. follows him on foot, and
the ardor of the chase does not pre-
vent him from being constantly on
guard. This is because the snake,
finding himself nearly overtaken,
suddenly turns round, ready to use
his defensive weapons. The bird
stops, and turns in one of his wings
to protect the lower parts Of his body.
A real duel then begins. The snake
throws himself on his enemy, who at
each stroke parties with the end OF his
wing; the fangs are buried in the
great feathers which terminate it, and
there leave their poison without pro-
ducing any effect. All this time with
the other wing the secretary repeated
ly strikes the reptile, who is at last
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
A Terrible Reptile.

The Connecticut River Valley and
many other portions of New England
were inhabited in past ages by gigan.
tic species of two and four-footed rep
tiles. At one of the brownstone quar-
ries near Portland tracks of these ter
rible reptiles have Just been found,
and geologists are now eagerly await
ing the further working of that LEDGE,
for it is quite possible that petrifed
remains of these saurians will be
found. Some of the tracks are twenty
inches from heel to toe and almost as
broad. Figuring on this basis, the
reptile must have been at least twelve
feet high. st. Louis Republic. IS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21

eyes apparently deep set, and stolid in
expression, the curved beak-in fact
the physiognomy Of the owl is per-
fectly etched on the wings of this
wonderful creature. Strangest of all,
the CALICO seems to know that in this
resemblance lies it's safety in time Of
danger. Unlike other butterflies, the
CALICO does not attempt to escape by
fight when pursued by bird. 1t
simply drops to the ground, turns its
back to the enemy and the frightened
bird sees a malevolent owl staring out
from the place where the butterfly
was. The deception always succeeds,
and the CALICO is blessed with longer
life than most of it's fellow butterflies.
San Francisco Examiner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
A Huge Turtle.

A big sea turtle WIS brought into
Portland, Me, the other day by the
swordfshing steamer Thomas ".
Knight. The turtle WAS sleeping on
the water off the Georges Bank, and
was harpooned III the neck and cap
tured. It is a monster and when put
on the scales was found to weigh over
1000 pounds. It is five o. six feet in
length from nose to the tip of the tail,
and is covered with Il hard, black
shell, curiously ribbed. Its fiippers
arc long and powerful. In spite OF
tie harpoon wound in the neck the
turtle was alive and vigorous. st.
Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21

That is seldom reached, but when salzer's
Extra Grass Mixtures are sown this is possible.
over fifty kinds of grass and clover sorts.
1.arzest growers Of farm seeds in the world.
LAlsike Glover is the hardest; Crimson Glover
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hast fertilizing clover, while Salzer's Extra
C,rass Mixtures make the best meadows in the
world. ." "A
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T
with 11c postage to the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse. Wis, you will receive eleven
packages grass and clover sorts and his mann
moth farm seed catalogue; full Of good things
for the farmer, the gardener and the citi zen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
Assassination OF Pontiac.

In 1859 Pontiac, the noted Indian
Chief, visited st. Louis and was kind
ly received by the commandants.
Some time after, and while at Caho-
kia, Pontiac WAS assassinated by
Kaskaskian Indian at the instigation
of an Indian trader and for the con-
sideration of barrel of whisky. The
dead chief was buried in St. Louis near
the intersection OF Walnut and Fourth
streets. The exact spot, however, is
not now known. n.-St. Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21

As far back as 1854 Hamburg EN-
broidery was imported from Switzer-
land into the United States. The trade
has grown steadily until now Switzer-
land exports $12, 100000 WORTH OF
these machine embroideries annually.
The work WAS first started in Switzer-
land in 1927.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-21
Best of All

70 cleanse the system in gentle and truly
beneficial manner, when the Springtime comes,
use the true and perfect remedy, Syrup of Figs.
One bottle will answer for all the family and
costs only 50 cents the large size 81. Tryit
and be pleased. Manufactured by the Califor-
mia Fig Syrup Co. only.