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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01
UNCLE SANS SICKNESS.
Helpless on His Back In the Hands of
Foreign Nurses.

Helpless on His Back In the Hands of
Foreign Nurses.
Uncle Sam is in the same tender and
considerate hands during the period Of
his financial convalesence as in the
height of the fever five months ago. A
slight indisposition caused by the loss
of 50, 900, 600 gold has now been over
come by deposit of an equal amount
of the metal in the treasury by the bond
syndicate in exchange for the legal ten
ders Oh which the other gold was drawn
out. But the doctors and nurses have
been well paid and Uncle Sam need not
feel too proud to accept little extra
help from the present guardians of his
interest. He may not enjoy the sensa-
tion of being stretched helpless on his
back for so long time with the sick
chamber put in charge of strangers Of
foreign connection, but there seems to
be no help for it at present. After the
syndicate, however, what? These doc
tors and nurses quit the csse on Oct. 1.
They must be re-employed at very
handsome fee if Uncle is to receive a
continued application of their gold
cures. Judging from the rate at which
they value their present services, &c.,
000,0 will be about the figure for a
full years treatment from that date.
Springfield Mass. Republican.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01
Two Negroes snbterranean Swim.

Word comes from Tallahassee, Fla,
of a miraculous escape of two negro
fishermen from. horrible death. In
that section there is a creek that disap-
pears in the ground, then flows under a
high mound, and at a distance of over
half a mile reappears with added force,
and volume. This Is a great fishing
place, and scores of negroes are found
fishing at the upper end of the tunnel at
any time. Last week while a party Of
twelve men were there two of them,
Bill Brooks and Josh Gill, fell into the
water and were almost instantly
whirled into the underground creek by
the swift current. Their Mortified COM
panions tried to rescue them, but in
vain, and they were swept away. The
party hastily rushed to the lower end
Of the land where the creek reappears
and waited to recover the bodies.
Shortly both negroes shot through,
feebly struggling in the swift current,
showing slight signs of life. Several
men plunged in and brought them to
shore, and they were worked over for
an hour before they were out OF dan
ger. This is the first time that such
an escape has been made. The negroes
regard 1t as a special act of Providence,
and revival meetings have been started
there by preachers.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01

teen years she has been badly broken
out all over her body, causing her un-
told suffering, and frequently rendering
her unable to attend school. Her arms
and limbs would crack open and bleed,
then dry up and scale off by the hand
full, and at one time an awful sore ap-
peared on her ear, which became severe
ly inflamed and almost dropped off.
The disease also broke out on her head
and her hair was continuous mass of
scales. Her condition was truly pitia-
BILE.
"Of course we have done all we could
to relieve her, and have given her al
most every known treatment. She has
taken potash mixtures and various salves
and external applications by the whole
sale, and almost every so-called blood
remedy, all without the slightest
benefit, and year by year we could not
feel the slightest encouragement that
she would ever be well. / was advised
several times to send her to Hot Springs,
and also to celebrated spring in Michi-
gan, and was told that this was the only
chance on earth of her ever being cured,
as the disease was too aggravated to be
checked by medicines.
ga few months ago, someone recon-
mended S. S. S., and as soon as her sys-
tenn had taken on the effects of this
medicine, an improvement was noticed.
She grew better all the while and con-
tinued to improve in every way We
were delighted to see her so much bet
ter and for the first time felt that she
would get we'll. The medicine was con-
tinued while longer, and now she is
cured sound and we'll, her skin is clear
and pure, and she has been saved from
hot RI orb 1, 10 Zoe
ever. The cure is all the more remark
able because she inherited the disease,
which has been in our family for several
generations, and 1 am happy to find
in S. S. S. a cure for a diseas which
all the specialists in the world fail to
cure. 1 consider S. S. S. most wonder
full remedy, and it certainly has no equal
for deep-seated blood diseases which all
other remedies do not seem to touch"
This experience is like that of all others
who seek relief from the many so-called
blood purifiers, only to be discouraged.
1t is but folly to expect cure from this
dreadful disease by the use of salves,
lotions, or any external application.
The disease is in the blood, and
only blood remedy can eliminate it.
S. S. S. is real blood remedy, guaran-
teed purely vegetable, and for real deep
seated blood diseases, has no equal. It
cures permanently Scrofula, letter,
Rheumatism, and all of the many blood
diseases. 1t has made some truly re-
markable cures of Cancer, full accounts
of which can be had on applications our
valuable books on blood and skin dis
eases will also be sent free to any adj
dress. Swift Specific Company, Atlanta;
Georgia.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01
Eczema
All Her Life.

Here is another case showing that
there are few remedies which cure deep
seated blood diseases. Eczema is one
of the most obstinate blood troubles.
S. S. S. wipes out completely this dis
ease, as we'll as all other evidences of
impure blood whether obstinate or mild.
There are few men better known all
over DeKalb county than Mr.. E. d. Jen-
kins who resides at Lithonia Georgia.
He is the owner of quarry of
the celebrated Lithonia granite, which
is so extensively used in several
States, and is acknowledged to have
no superior as a paving stone. His
family has lived in DeKalb for forty
years and everybody knows them.
"Ever since she was a year DID," he
said, in a recent interview, "my
daughter, Ida, has suffered from Ec-
zema, and have never heard of worse
case of this dreadful disease. For thir-
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01
A GIRL HERCULES.
Five Years Old and Can Lift More Than
TNricn Her Own Weight.

twice Her own weight
UP in the hills and health-giving at
mosphere of Sullivan county lives a
veteran of the civil war named John
Fl. Laird, and it was the fame Of his
5-year-old daughter, Jessie Maud, that
dragged a World reporte rover the in
terminable hills to Hurd's Settlement
yesterday. Jessie Maud, or Maud, as
she is generally called, is child over
whose face and figure painters and
sculptors would make silly folks of
themselves. The little girl was accom-
panied by brothers and sisters who
ranged in age from IL down. The three
older girls, May, Mabel and Alice, were
sometimes tired, but Maud from the
time she could walk alone has appar-
emily never known what it was to reach
the limit of her strength in any one
days eXertions.
1t was with great surprise that Farm
err Laird learned the mission of the re-
porter who alighted at his comfortable
farmhouse yesterday, but he couldn't
conceal the pride he felt. In the barn
yard near the entrance of the barn was
a coil or spool of barbed wire weighing
slxty-two pounds.
LII II Sol, oetiN tAiN Aui iiiNi ~ iiio
oldest boy. The 11-year-old lad laid
hold of the crosspins which stuck out
at the end Of the spool, and with big
tug. which visibly frightened the cords
in the calves of his bare legs, raised it
a few inches from the ground.
"Now Maud" said the father, and the
little girl planted herself squarely be-
hind the big spool, which reached up
to about midway between her knees
and her thighs. Without any percepti-
BILE effort she raised the spool
and held it for several seconds. If
there had been any reddening Of the
face or putting out of the veins the spec
tacle would not have been an edifying
one. But there was nothing Of the sort.
Mr.. Laird then placed stones which
weighed twenty pounds on top of the
spool and asked Maud to lift it again.
The result was precisely the same, and
all evidences Of violent exertion were
missing. The combined weight of the
spool and stones was two pounds more
than double the weight of the little girl
herself. The average man weighs per-
haps $50 pounds, but the man who can
raise from the ground and hold in the
air 302 pounds of dead weight is a
great way above the average.-New
York World.
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1
heroic feats will bring the fire back to
the veterans eye surer, than the brave
little fellows who sounded the reveille
| or beat taps Bugle boys and drummer
| boys have figured often and conspicu-
ously in the annals of war. And no.
where in history have we more or
brighter examples Of this kind than in
the records of the Civil War, on both
| sides-Confederate and Union.
The story of Harry Baldwin's I'M
swerving loyalty to the old flag, and
his fearlessness OF death for the cause
he had so nobly espoused, affords a
bright example of this kind. He be-
longed to a New York reglment-I am
sorry that have forgotten its number,
though thatshardly matters as long as
l remember the main facts of his adj
ventures-and he was the life and heart
of his older comrades.
In truth, our little drummer boy was
looked upon with so much favor, and he
had shown such clear-headed ability on
certain dangerous occasions, that when
the commander felt anxious to learn
certain particulars in regard to the en-
envy he delegated Harry to go upon the
hazardous mission.
Il
know you will, and will risk you to go
where 1 would not dare send any scout
of mine, but must warn you to never
forget that you are in the enemys coun-
try, and that single mistake will cost
you your life. L shall not put you from
my thoughts until see you safely back
here with the news 1 am so anxious to
have"
Feeling, as every true soldier should,
the Importance Of his perilous under
taking, Harry started forth on his re-
connoissance. 1t was already growing
dusky in the deeper forest, and soon the
shades of night would enable him to
push his way into the vicinity Of the
Confederate army with greater safety.
He knew very well that it lay encamp-
ed behind the low mountain range that
ran for ten miles or more north and
south, with here and there broken link
affording passage to the other side.
say he knew they were there, but had
he known their exact location, this
night trip would not have been neces-
sary.
His clothes covered with dust, and
his limbs aching from the days hard
marching. the drummer boy moved
somewhat YEARLY through the noun
tain gap, while the shadows fell deeper
and darker around him. 1t was wild,
lonely place, though he gave little heed
to his surroundings other than to watch
them closely for some indication of the
enemy that he felt might be lurking UNI
comfortably near.
Still nothing occurred to excite his
suspicious, until gradual lifting of the
shadows ahead told him that he was
approaching the other side of the range,
and that It behooved him to move with
even greater caution than hitherto.
Thus his surprise may be imagined
when, as he was silently crawling
around Jagged arm of one of the foot
hills, he found himself in the midst of
a squad of Confederate infantry.
Discovered by them before he could
beat a retreat, he was captured in the
twinkling of an eye, to be dragged away
toward the headquarters of the south
ern commander, charged with being a
spy!
After seeing that he was securely
bound, hands and feet, he was placed
under a strong guard, to await trial in
the morning. A long, tedious night it
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01

A BODY Oh' UNION CAV ALR1.
have been guilty. The stern fact of his
captivity remained and could not be
reasoned away. He must abide by the
consequence.
The sun was beginning to show it's
bright face over the crest of the noun
tain as the drumhead court-martial was
ordered, and he was led forth to be
tried and convicted as a spy.
Rather young to be caught in such
business" remarked the grim official
pray, what use have the Yanks for
such infants as you? / was not aware
they were driven to such straits for sup
porters."
81 am a drummer boy, SIR" replied
Harry, proudly, land as such. I believe.
1 have ever done my duty"
"Oh-hol so that's it? Well, you look
and act like a gritty one, and the boys
say you resisted them last night tooth
and nail. Say, it's a pity one so young
and smart should be shot down like a
dog. Do you want to live, my little
drummer boy?"
"My life is my country's, sir. If can
serve her better by dying than living
am content"
bah! You do not realize that you are
to be shot at sunset. There Is only one
hope for you. Your life shall be spared
upon one condition"
"And that?" asked the brave boy.
"Is that you will be our drummer.
Promise to beat the drum for us as well
as you have for the Yanks and your life
shall be spared"
"Never!" cried the young patriot. u
would rather be shot than be rebel"
Perhaps the heart of the Confederate
was touched by this display of heroism,
but not sufficiently for him to mitigate
his sentence, and the little prisoner
went back to his guarded tent, doomed
to be shot as a spy at sunset.
All that livelong day the little drum
mer under sentence Of death heard the
incessant hustle of camp life without,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01

A Kankakee man tried to drown a
cat by wading out into the river and
putting 1t under the water. The cat
came back, but the man took cramps
and was drowned.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01
Tax for the Widowers.

The English government taxed wild
overs In 1895. births of children and
christenings in 1888, deaths in 1888. mar
riages In 1896. and 1884, and the latter
tax, In the shape of license duty, Is still
retained.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01
HIS LAST TATTOO.
oLoNG AS POETS

o LONG AS POETS
and historians con-
tinue to weave
pretty stories OF
personal valor, and
they will do 1t as
long as a spark OF
patriotism burns in
the human breast,
no class of heroes
will find greater ia
vor among the
ma SSac ar whose
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01

Prodigality Is the vice of weak ma
ture. as avarice Is Of strong one.-H.
Taylor.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01
Milking.


Under the head of milking may be
comprised the cleanliness of the ami
mails and the manner and time of milk
ing. The introduction of separators
practically revealed the necessity for
cleanliness in cow stable. At the ter
mination of the process of separating,
a peculiar slime is to be found adher-
ing to the sides of the separator. It's
color varies from gray to green, brown
and even black. When examined un-
der the microscope, germs, portions of
plants, hair, SCOT, linen, have been dis
covered, and when exposed to the air
for short time it putrifies rapidly. 1t
consists in reality of dirt, and as such
must injure the quality of milk and
butter. In order to keep the milk as
free from the dirt as possible, the cows
ought to be rubbed down with a straw
whisk on their right headquarters and
udders before they are MIXED in the
morning. During the day it is neces-
sary to currycomb and brush each ami
NAL. The best kind of brush to be used
is the one rather more open than an
ordinary horse brush, but Of the best
hog bristle. The animals are first
scraped over with the currycomb and
then brushed. In addition the udders of
all cows ought to be washed and dried
before milking, and the mixers ought
to dip their hands in cold water before
milking each animal. Care must be
taken to completely empty the udder
when the cow is MIXED. In large estab-
lishments where several mixers are
employed 1t is advisable to select one
or two of the more careful persons to
strip the cows after they have been
MIXED. BY this means the carelessness
of some of the mixers may be correct
ed. Each mixer should have his own
stool and pail marked and numbered.
and should be held responsible for the
cleanliness of the same. The milk ought
to be poured from tic pail into the milk
can through double hair strainer, and
the milk cans ought, If possible, to be
placed outside the cowhouse.-R. II.
Beamish in Connecticut Farmer.
Dairy Form.--One point must always
be kept prominently in mind We may
not know exactly how milk is produced,
but we do know that it comes, some
how, from the food. The great dairy
COW must be able and willing to eat,
digest and assimilate large quantities
of food. A large abdomen is important,
as it IL an indication of health vigor,
vitality. This suggests the danger of
going to extremes in insistence on
dairy FORM" The COW must be good
animal first, that is she must have abil-
ity to well perform all the functions
necessary to preservation of life and
health. FiDeness of bone or general
delicacy of structure may be carried
too far. Another common complica-
ton in judging pure bred cows is the
difficulty In properly apportioning the
relative Importance of breed character
lstics and general dairy characteristics.
There is no reason to believe that color,
or the size, shape or absence of horns
materially affect the ability to give
milk, but such things are taken into
account by the breeder. There must be
a considerable modification of definition
Of terms in judging different breeds
That which would be called small or
fine in one might be called large or
coarse In another breed.-Ex.
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was to him, too,
though his first
and greatest con-
Germ was over the
d | s appointment
his non-appear-
ance would bring
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upon the Union
general. But Ii
was in vain for
him to berate
himself for any
carelessness f
which he may
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01

FITS.-All Fits stopped free by DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first days
bottle free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline
1893 Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
A GENTS wANTED-MALE AND FEMALE
"A in each county. State previous occupa-
tion to receive special proposition. Steady
cork. Good pay and advancement.
STAR PUBLISHING Co., Chicago.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-01
DECEASED CURRENCY.
WHAT A PROMINENT SILvERlTE'S
PROPOSITION MEANS.

Would Decrease the Weight OF the Gold
or Increase That of the Silver Dollar.
Prescriptions Of Different Ratios to BE
Continued During Life of Patient.
Evening journal., 1895-04-20
TELEeRAPHIc BRIEFS.

Patriots day was observed generally
throughout the Say state.
Two mon wero killed and five injured
by the collapse Of large derrick In the
Chicago shipyards.
J. g. WilInerding's bequest Of $500, 900
TO the California State university for q
trades school for boys is now available.
Friends Of Thomas Mccarthy OF Lewis.
tom Me buried an unknown body for
his. He IS alive and well at Lowell, Mass.
Il. S. Crocker. wealthy cattleman Of
Evansville, Wy, has been indicted for the
murder Of his partner. Harry Booth, on
Jan. "a.
The annual meeting Of the Society OF
the Sons Of the American Revolution Of
Massachusetts was held IN Faneuil hall,
Boston
Mrs. Charles H. Parkhurst was elected
president Of the MoAll mission at the ma
tional convention which closed at Pitts
field, Mass
Thomas J.. Laford, an American civil
engineer was killed near Zacatecas, Mex
leo, by another American named Gordon,
with whom he was making a prospecting
trip.
A large shortage in the accounts Of
Paul Schulze, the deposed general land
agent Of the Northern Pacific, who COM
mitted suicide last week, is said TO have
been discovered at Tacoma.
Evening journal., 1895-04-20
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Contained from Elrst faes.

justice OF tina peace for Baltimore
hundred, Sussex county. was laid over
for one day by the House because, when
1t was called up for passage, there was
not . sufficient namber of members in
the ball to give It the rsooisits two.
thirds msj Drity required by the consti.
tuition
Colonel I c Horsey, Of Laurel. was in
Dover yesterday
Harry Emmons and Peter L Cooper,
Jr, Of WilmiogtoD, wers In the State
House yesterday
State Chsirmsn l.. Irving Handy visited
the State Houss yesterday
A House bill Incorporating The White
Clay Greek Manufacturing Company
pssaed the Senate.
Representative Barton introduced a
oill to divorce Seymour and Mary b
Downes.
Lilburn Chandler, Of Wilmington, ar :
lived yesterday and secured r. recommittsi
II the new mechanics len bill In which
pe is interested. aud which has been
reported unfavorably.
Hou George n Bates was in Dover
yes erdAy.
Ore Of the Smyrna visitors was J.
Wesley Dennry
TIE Senate passed the Senate bill
4nthofizlog The South Prong Ditch Com
oAny, Of Mispillin hundred, to cut 3
branch ditch
Evening journal., 1895-04-20
QUITE ANOTHER THING,
Whsreia a Common Cold Ia worse Than
the ContaKfon we Dread

Wher@ia a Common Cold Ia Worse Than
the Contagion we Dread.
man once over typhoid OF scarlet fever
has the consolation Of knowing that the
chances are against recurrance Of the attack.
It's different with the common nuisa ce we
call csching cold;one ft of coughing. sniffiing
and sneezlnR is no guarantee against another
One may have indefinite colds unless he takes
proper precautions, and each attack leaves
him little weaker than he was before.
What then, Is the safeguard against cold at
this tickle and treacherous time OF year /?
Science and common sense reply; Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey. whyG Because IT warns and
strengths. 1t retards the decay OF tissue. In
creases the power to assimilate food and over
come weariness Of the nerses. It stlrs the
energies OF tho body, 80 that cold can no more
get hold. than horse with dun shoes can
get firm footing on Ice.
10 matter what tho almanac says about
Spring. It is the season OF colds because a
few suniit hours tempt even prudent people to
be reckless about their health. Keep the couu.
sci just given in your memory. and keep bot
tle Of Duffy's Pure Malt whiskey on the shelf
where you can get IL when a little shiver or
tickling cough warns you that colds are lurk.
Ing In the "Springn ei-
Evening journal., 1895-04-20
THE MlNcHoN CASE.
Counsel For the Prosecution Explodes lie.
gal BombshelI and Rests.


gal BombsheiI and Rests.
ROME. y. ", April s0.--Distriet At
torney Klock exploded bombshell for the
people IN the Doc Minehon trial when he
called Robert l. Getty Of West Troy for
the people. Getty is "A lawyer, and at the
time o Brien was held IN e1O 600 bail at
Albany in the Peck case, which he for
feited and fled to England, he arranged
for the bond with Dennis Maloney Of West
Troy and Samuel Nelson Minchon and
d. A. Dishler gave Maloney 81, 600 for be.
coming surety, and afterward the party
went TO New York, where Nelson mort
gagged real estate there for $40, 600 to Ma.
loney to insure the bond. Anne Hunting
ton, who at one time offered herself as a
surety for O'Brien, was present at the
transaction.
on cross examination Getty swore that
he acted as agent for Attorney f. ]. Nee
gan of Albany, who told him there was
81, 600 in 1t for the surety The money
was handed by Dishler to Meegan, who
handed It TO Maloney. O'Brien introduced
the witness to Minchon as his personal
friend Detective Sergeant Eyenhoe Of
New York testified to seeing O'Brien and
Minohon and Reed Waddell together fire.
quently In that city.
Detective MoKeough of Chicago who
arrested Minchon and who will claim the
$500 offered for his capture by the state
told OF the circumstances. Minchon did
not deny his identity and told the witness
that he had loft o Brien IN South Amer
lea about five months previous to that
time. At this point the people rested
Attorney Rayhill made the usual formal
motion for the discharge Of the defendant
on the ground Of insuff1oiency Of proof
This was denied after Mr.. Rayhill's open
ing argument