1891-06-25; Saline Observer

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A. J. WARREN. Publisher.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1891.
VOL. XI.--NO. 36.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PROFESSIONAL.
P   E.JONES.
Attorney at Law.
All Business attended to -with Promptness and
Care.   Office on McKay street,
SALINE, - - MICH.
Q.   R. WILLIAM
Attorney at Law,
Especial attention   aid to Pension Claims "of; all
kinds.   Jiewcomb Block,
MILAN, - - HIGH.
TT   A. NICHOLS, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SUKGEOH.
Office at Nicho     '■ ros'. drug store.
SALINE, - MICH.
•   p   F. UNTERKIRCHER, M. D.,
*     PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Calls promptly attended to at all hours.
Office in Hauser block, Chicago street.
SALINE, -        -"        MICH.
»
C   W. CHANDLER, M  □.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Bffice on Adrian Street, first door south of the
Wallace Block,
SALINE, - - MICH.
TT D. HELLER, D. D   5.
DENTIST.
Headquarters for the best Tooth Powder
in the market.
Office over Nichols Bros', drug store.
SALINE, - - MICH.
p    C. SLAGHT,
KJ.
Veterinary Surgeon.
Graduate of Chicago Veterinary College,
Ucsidence 1J4 miles east of Pennington s Corners.   Calls may be left at either of the
stores at the Corners.    All calls
promptly attended to.
MACON, - - MICH.
lVIISeELLANEQUS,
-^ATERWIAN'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
(Miss Gillett's old stand.)
Will be in SaHne every Wednesday and shall be
pleased to meet all in need of work in my line.
"JaU and see samples of our work.
P   COR DON,
The Pioneer Painter.
Oyer Forty "fears Experience,
raitfiage. Sign and Ornamental Painting, Paper
Hanging, Frescoing, Etc.
SALINE, - MICH.
Vy   M. BRiGGS,
Practical Painter.
louse painting, graining,  paper   hanging nnd
kalsomining.    All work promptly and
neatly   done,  and   satisfaction
guaranteed.
ft.yijINE, , , MIOH.
-CTANDUZER'S
Barber Shop.
stair Cutting,    Shaving,   Shampooing  and   nil
Work in the Barber Line.
Bath room in connection.   Hot or cold baths at
my times. A. B. VAN DUZER.
SALINE, - - MICH.
A. MILLER & SON.
(Successors to .1. A. Alber).
Sal© Sta"bls?
First-class rigs at I'Basonable rates
NEIGHBORHOOD GLEANINGS.
Commercial travelers and their bag-
gng» carried to and from adjoining
towns with promptness and at living
rains.
Old American House Barn,
SALINE, - - MICH.
Newsy Notes and Occasional Occurrences
Froin our Near Neighbors.
Tliere is talk of a It. O. T. M. lodge
being organized by the ladies at Ann
Arbor.
Postmaster Beal gets au increase in
salary of $100 per year, making it now
$2,700.
The high school, of Ann Arbor, held
a banquet at Whitmore take last
night.
James Monogham, near Ypsilanti,
had his barn struck by lightning and
partially destroyed last Thursday.
The Northville Record says that
strawberries are plenty, yet there
seems to he two customers for eaehand
every berry.
The Hawkins House, at Ypsilanti,
was re-opened last week, and with its
new and costly silverware and other
decorations is said to present a very neat
appearance.
Th« Dexter Leader says there are no
ties on the mosquitoes this year, which,
we admit to be true, hut he cannot
deny that nearly everything else is inhabited by them.
Ypsilanti will,celebrate the Fourth
somewhere out of town. The committee seems to be commanded by Gen.
Apathy, and has abandoned the work
of raising money.—Sentinel.
The Standard tells us that some of
the Chelsea farmers are marketing
chickens in the shell, as was proven by
one of the grocer ymen of that village,
who while counting out a basket of
eggs found several had hatched.
Plymouth Mail: Frank Park's hardware store was entered hy burglars last
Saturday night, who stole sixteen or
eighteen boxes of pocket knives, two
revolvers, a few cartridges and about
seventy-five cents iu money. The store
was entered at the back and as the
parties failed to leave their address,
no trace of them, has heen found.
After- they had loaded up with such
a stook of weapons we would not care
to encounter them.
Nine horses were smothered to death
in the dense smoke of the Kittredge
harn, at Ann Arbor, which was partially
destroyed by fire last week. Sixteen
horses in all were in the harn, seven of
which were rescued. One of the smothered was driven out but going around
to another door entered again to perish.
The Tecumseh Herald gives the following as an exterminator of potato
bugs:
A retired farmer who has time to
try experiments and not* th« results,
says that for the last three years he
has planted a bean or two in each potato hill, and has never seen a hug on the
potato tops where heans were growing
in the same hill. If this is a- protection against the bugs, the remedy is
simple and will pay for the trouble in
the crop of beans.
THE WORLD'S FAIR.
A Magnificent Offer.
John Baumgardner,
(Succusso   to Anton Elsie,)
.     DEALER Ef	
Foreign and American
Garble,
Granite  and   Building
stone.
Corner of Detroit and Catherine Sts.
ANN ARBOR, MICH.
SALINE
REPAIR SHOP.
When'in need of Repair Work in  tin-
line of
JEWELRY,
WATCHES,
m CLOCKS,
SEWING- MACHINES,
BICYCLES,
G-TJNS, ETC.
Give me a call   and I will guarantee
F.itisfaction. Respectfully,
E. H. CRESSY,
-. Wallace   Block.
The great "World's Fair Word Contest'' is exciting universal interest and
is one of tho absorbing: topics of the
day. A free trip to Europe and $800 for
expenses is offered to whoever constructs the largest number of English
words from letters contained in the
text, "The World's Fair." Additional
prizes, consisting of an Upright Grand
Piano, valued at $-100, Silver Tea-sets,
Sewing Machines, and many other useful aud valuable articles, will also be
awarded in order of merit. A speeial
prize of a 14 kt. Gold Watch, valued at
S50, will be awarded to the girl or boy,
under 16 years of age, sending in the
j largest list. Everyone sending a list of
not less than 20 words will receive a
prize. As the winner of the first prize
may not care to make the extensive
trip offered, tho option of $1,006 in cash
Is given. Send seven 2c stamps for
Complete Rules, Illustrated Premium
Catalogue and a sample copy of "Th-j
Home Fascinator." The coutcst is
open to any person in the United States
or Canada. In case of ties on the largest list the first prize will be awarded
to the .one bearing the earliest postmark, distance, etc., considered.
The "Home Fascinator" is a large 16-
page monthly journal, with cover,
printed on fine paper, beautifully illustrated and filled with, novel and delightful reading matter both amusing and
instructive. It has been making a rep-
u t-ation for itself all over the "United
States and Canada as a high-toned,
bright Family Journal; and its large
and rapidly increasing circulation is
evidencS of the appreciation with which
the Publishers have met in their efforts
to place before the public a journal
thoroughly pure in tone whilst at the
same time highly entertaining in character.
Address "Tho   Home Fascinator,"
Montreal,   Canada.
A SAMPAN DELICACY.
The  Palolo, a Queer Little Worm   That
Visits the Island Once a Tear,
The palolo is probably the most curious table delicacy in the world. It is a
worm about as thick as a strand of yarn
and from five to eight inches long. It
is caught once a year near the Samoan
islands and is eaten by the native
Samoans. Very early in the morning
of the first day of the last quarter of
the November moon hundreds of small
boats 'full of Samoans put out from
the shore near Apia to the coral reefs.
Every boat is provided with fine nets
stretched hetween bent sticks and attached to a short handle. At the reefs
a little skirmishing for the best places,
many collisions, a good bit of Samoan
cursing, and any amount of singing
and shouting precede the fishing. Then
an occasional shout of "Palolo!palolo!"
is heard as someone scoops in a netful
of worms. Suddenly the water begins
to crawl. It seems to be boiling "with
tiny water snakes. The natives throw
down their paddles and grasp their
nets. Those who have no nets snatch
np baskets, sieves, anything that- will
hold worms and not water, and begin
to scoop in the palolos. They work
with tremendous energy, for they realize that the minute the sun rises the
palolos -will he off again for another
year. Buckets, baskets, howls and
platters are filled with the tiny squirming worms, yet the natives work on
with a will which white people have
rarely given them the credit forposses-
sing. The sun rises, and all is over.
The palolos are gone, no one knows
where, and the Samoans put back to
shore with their catch.
In sea water the palolos can be kept
alive for hours. Without water they
die in a few minutes. Boasted palolos
are of dark brown color. Boiledpalolos
and raw palolos are blue, brown, light
yellow or green. Many natives eat
them raw; others roast or boil them.
The time of year at which the worms
appear near Samoa and are caught is
probably their spawning season, as
microscopic examination shows most
of them to he full of the tiniest eggs.
Eggs and worms together taste something like strong sea fish. Fondness of
them as a tabic delicacy is usually an
acquired taste. This is uot particularly
strange, as several features of their appearance are apt to suggest very disagreeable ideas to the civilized imagination. In the first place, the palolo's
body is fashioned pretty much after
the plan of the tapeworm. It consists
of an indefinite number of sections.
Each section has underneath two
"crawlers" or feet and on top a black
dot. On the head are two little horns
and three feelers, not unlike tiny warts
in appearance. The upper lip is comparatively rough and hard. Like the
tapeworm the palolo is not killed by
being taken apart. The removal of
several sections of palolo is followed
by a shrinking together of the rest of
tfie body till the worm looks like a thin
thread. When the palolo breaks itself
in two, as often happens, by its quick,
snake-like movements through the
water, the same result follows. This
phenomenon has given color to the
delusion that the palolo is a kind of
self-dissolving creature, and that the
almost instantaneous disappearance of
them from the Samoan waters at sunrise on tho day of the annual catch
is the result of the general self-dissolution of the worms. In fact, only those
sections removed from tho head and
the sections next to the head of the
palolo die. After a short time other
sections grow out of the section next
to the head, and the palolo is as good
as new. The female palolo docs not
differ from the male palolo in appearance, aud breaks herself up iu the
same *vvay and witli the same results.
The mystery of the palolo's sudden ai>-
pearance near Samoa for a few hours
annually aud its magical disappearance
at sunrise are tinexplained. Why the
palolos come to be caught bythc dusky
Samoans only at the beginning of the
last quarter of the November* moon,
where they come from, where they go
to, how they breed and where they live
—all this is something that nobody
knows.—N. Y. Sun.
The Chestnut Crop.
"Those we get here," said a commission merchahti "aro the Virginia
nuts; they are the finest and largest of
all, though possibly the ones grown in
Sew Hampshire and northern Massachusetts have an even sweeter flavor.
The latter, however, are smaller. The
great chestnut-producing area of Virginia includes portions of Rappahannock, Green, Nelson, Madison, and
Amherst counties, up to the foothills on
the south side of the Blue Ridge. The
nuts are mostly picked by children,
from whom they are bought by the
country grocers and traders, who in
turn sell them to the wholesale men like
ourselves, on commission or otherwise.
Enormons quantities of them are sent
to Norfolk, where they are passed over
long sieves, with small holes at the beginning and bigger ones farther on,
by which they are assorted according
to size, to be subsequently scaled in
price accordingly, for sale to the jo"b-
ber, who sells by the bag to the retailer."
"Is not the Alleghany region a great
producing center of chestnuts?"
"Yes, indeed. It is, from there that
the west and north are chiefly supplied.
Chestnuts can be transported thence
more promptly than from Virginia to
Chicago, which is the main distributing
center for the northwest. But when
the Alleghany crop fails Chicago sends
its buyers to Norfolk and prices rise
with the demand for the Virginia product. The crop in Massachusetts and
New Hampshire is becoming less eveiy
year owing to the reekless way in
which the trues are being cut down.
BucMen's Arnica alSve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Bait Rheum, Fever
Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruption, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It's
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Geo. B. Mason, the Druggist.
A New Discovery.
Touhave heard your friends and neighbors
talking about it. Tou may yourself be
one of the many who know from personal
experience just how good a thing it is. If
you have ever tried it, you are one of its
staunch friends, because the wonderful
thing about it is, that when once given a
trial. Dr. King's New Discovery ever after
holds a place in the house. If you have
never used it and should be afflicted with a
cough, cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest
trouble, secure a bottle at once and give it
a fair trial. It is guaranteed every time,
ormoney refunded. Trial Bottles Free at
Geo. B. Mason's Drug Store. G
The First'Step.
Perhaps you are ran down, can't eat,
can't Bleep, cau't think, can't do anything
to your satisfaction, and you wonder what
ails you. Ion should heed the warning,
you are taking the first steps into Nervous
Prestation. Yon need a Nerve Tonic and
in Electric Bitters you will find the exact
remedy for restorin * yOnr nervous system
to its normal, healthy condition. Surprising results follow the use of this great Nerve
Tonic and Alternative. Your appetite returns, good digestion is restored, and the
Liverjand Kidneys resume healthy action.
Try a bottle. Price 50c at Geo. B. Mason's
Drug Store. 6
THE BATTLE WON,
No more lice ont
your    poultry     or'
about your poultry        rrstarsioasr
house, it Howard's
perch    guards   aro
used.   By simply Tilling the cup.
shown   in cut, with kerosene oil
all communication  between  the
haunts of the vermin  and your
poultry is cut oft.   It should be
understood that these pests, com.
monly called mites, orcliicken'lice-
are riot bred upon the fowls, but in
the cracks and creviqes ofthe poultry   house,   from   whence   they
reach the  fowls by iray of the
perch.   Send stamp for descriptive
circular and price list.    Liberal
discount to agents.   Address the inventor,
A. H. HOWARD,
Saline, Mich.
Bee Keepers' Supplies
We have now on hand a
full line of supplies, including Hi\es, Sections, Sniok-
ei s. Comb foundation.
Veils, Parker Machine for
fastening foundation and
the new Potter Bee Ft.cape,
(see cut above) for geiting
the bees out of the stu plus
cases. Prices at follows:
1 1-2 story hhe complete
SI.SO, without the surplus
case SI * smokers, 50c; sections. fi\e si/.es, 50c per
hundred, S3 50 per thousand: comb foundation at
48c and 58c per pound
Bi libel's net bee \eil 4nc
Parkermachine2*)C: Porter
bee escape -Oc. w ith board
complete read3* foi u^e '15c
each. Full colonies bees in
new single story hive, wilh
voung queens foi* sale at
very low rates. If you intend to buy anything in our
line give us a call.
J. H. & A. L. Boyden,
SALINE, MICH.
By Ail Odds
The most generally useful medicine is Ayer's
Pills. As a remedy for the various diseases
of the stomach, liver, and bowels, these
Pills have no equal. Their sugar-coating
causes them not only to be easy and
pleasant to take, but preserves their medicinal integrity in all climates and for any
reasonable length of time. The best family
" medicine, Ayer's Pills are. also, unsurpassed
for the use of travelers, soldiers, sailors,
campers, and pioneers. In some of the
most critical cases, when all other remedies
have failed,
Ayer's Pills
prove effective.
"Iii the summer of 18W I was sent to the
Annapolis hospital, suffering with chronic
diarrhea. "While there, I became so reduced iu strength that I could not speak and
was compelled to write everything I wanted
to say. I was then having some 25 or 30
stools per day. The doctors ordered a medicine that I was satisfied would he of no
benefit to me. I did not take it, but persuaded my nurse to get me some of Dr.
Ayer's Pills. About two o'clock in the afternoon I took six of these pills, and by midnight began to feel better. In the morning
the doctors came again, and after deciding
that my symptoms were more favorable, gave
mea different medicine, which I did not use,
but took four more of the pills instead. Tha
next day the doctors came to see me, and
thought I was doing nicely, (and so-did I).
I then took one pill a day for a week. At the
end of that time, I considered myself cured
and that Ayer's Pills had saved my life. I
was then weak, but had no return of the
disease, and gained in strength as fast as
could be expected."—F. C. Luce, Late Lieut
56th IJBgt. Mass. "Vol. Infantry.
"Ayer's Pills are
The Best
I have ever used for headaches, and they
act like a charm in relieving any disagreeable sensation in the stomach after eating."
—Mrs. M. J. Ferguson, Pullens, Va.
"I was a sufferer for years from dyspepsia and liver troubles, and found no
permanent relief until I commenced taking
Ayer's Pills. They have effected a complete cure." —George "W. Mooney, "Walla
■Walla, W.T.
Ayer's Pills,
PEEPA-KED BV
DR. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass.
Soksby ali Druggists and Dealers in Medicine.
SUMMER   SALE !
&   GO'S.,
AT
E.  F.   MILLS
20 S. MAIN STREET, ANN ARBOR,
Beginning Saturday, June 29th. and closing Saturday,
July 25th
FOUR WEEKS OF BARGAIN OPPORTUNITIES.
1,000 yards Dress Ginghams, worth from 8c to S|c, at 5c.
2,000   "     usual quality Challies at 2|c.
Small lot 10c and 12">c Lawns at oc.
1,5( 0 yards 12c Angora Suitings at 6|c.     ,_,
Best I2ic American Satines at 6Jc.
Fine 25c French Satinos at 12ie.
Large Line of Wool Dress Goods, usual price -12c to 60e, at 83c.
25c Broadhead Suitings at 17c.
Argyle Cotton, worth 8c, at 6c.
White Goods, Checks and Stripes, one-fourth off.
Hundreds of other equally desirable Bargains during the
Four Weeks' Sale.
E. F. MILLS & CO,
Dry Goods.Carpets and Gents'JfurnisMiigs. 20 S. Main st. ,Ann Arbor
The J..T. Jacobs Co
The greatest Slaughter Sale ever seen in Washtenaw county.    Owing t bihv col d
backward spring it makes our season limited, and regardless of
profit, we make this great sacrifice.
Note Carefully Each Department.
AU thin, fancy summer Coats and Vests atone-half the price, which is less
than the raw material can be produced for. 200 prs. Pants at one-half former
price. 200 Men's Suits one-third off. 100 Boys1 Suits (12 to 18 years) one-third
off.   200 Children's Suits (4 to 14years 1-3 off. All Children's Waists at half price.
Working men take advantage of this and avail yourselves of this golden
opportunity. 200 Overalls, Pants and Jackets at only 42e each. 200 prs. cotton
pants at only 64c a pair.
FTJR.NISIIIBJGrS.
Great cyclone in Neckwear. All 25c and 30c Ties at only 17c. All 50c Ties at
only 88e, 300 Men's Alpine and'Domet fancy Shirts 42c. The finest line of
Outing Shirts in Negligee, Madrass. Sateen, etc. Do not fail to see them. _ They
range in prices from 75c upward. Everything in Head Gear goes at seventy-
live cents on the dollar. Do not miss the opportunity to avail yourself of a nice
hat.    We are headquarters for Trunks, Telescopes and Traveling Bags.
THE J T. JACOBS CO.
27 and 29 S. Main St.
Ann Arbor.
as. MOWERS
Rochester Hay Carriers and Slings,
BINDER AND WOOL TWIN
ALSO
Walker's well-known Buggies.
At same price as in Ann Arbor.
Oomplcts Xiiras; of Farm Implements
All tiie above and more, too, at
E. W. FORD & SON'
BINDER TWINE,
MOWERS,
HARROWS,
PLOWS,
Get onr prices before buying.
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