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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-18
Bathing Children.

Some mothers think, when their chill
dren get beyond two or three years of
age, the frequent entire bath can be dis
pensed with. If some of the main facts
Of physiology we're well known and under
stood, every one would perceive that
cleanliness Of the skin is one Of the con-
ditions of good health. 1t happens when
bathing is disregarded that the lungs.
kidneys and bowels have more than their
own apportionment of work. IF these are
strong and healthy. they may bear the
tax with little apparent injury, but, in
most cases, a lowering of the vitality and
tone of the system ensues. Large bath.
tubs are pleasant and convenient, but
not indispensable to the proper
cleaning Of the skin. A speedy
sponging of the body in pure water,
followed by friction in pure air. is all
that is necessary. When disinclined to
use water, find thorough application
of the flesh-brush to the whole person an
admirable substitute; especially, on re-
firing. 1t relieves nervousness, equalizes
the circulation and induces quiet sleep.
Mothers. above all. should see that their
children are well batheJ. II their skins
are kept active and healthy there will not
be half the danger from fever colds and
eraptive diseases. If your little one is
cross or troublesome. and finds no occu-
patton that peases him. try the effect of
bath; sometimes it is magical: and. il
tired, he will go to sleep, and awaken
bright. cheerful and happy. Do not.
though, as have seen some parents do,
plunge child in cold water when he
screams and shrinks from it, thinking
You are doing good deed. Nature must
be the guide: if your child has nervous
constitution shock Of this kind is only
exhausting and njurious.-Agricuitural.
ist.
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say that the Office boy was deserving Of
death for playing such tricks on stran-
gers.
Then he had a mild way with agents
who were canv assing for advertisements
for weekly sheets. He would say to
them:
''Certainly, we want to advertise. We
think your paper is the best advertising
medium in Detroit. Call in at noon.
The agent would call and find the door
locked, and young John at dinner. and he
would loaf around and lose whole hour,
only to be told to come at five, when John
would be at supper. Finally, when the
agent began to grow tired. he would be
told that advertising didn't seem to be
what it was few years ago, and that it
they concluded to advertise they would
send it down. He would be asked to
have cigar, and while he was smoking
away on the street the fire would find
powder and the agents eyes would get a
dose sufficient to keep him laid up for a
week.
Young John knew the step of those
men who 60 around canvassing for money
for the heather, and when he heard one
coming up stairs he hurriedly arranged a
string running down from the top of the
door, lodged into another room. and
when the canvasser for the heather
opened the door pail of water fell upon
him, knocking off his hat and wetting
him dow like fall from the wharf.
When he heard the pail fall John would
Jump out and be greatly surprised and
-ympathize deeply and agree to have the
'sofice boy arrested within an hour
The canvassers always slid down stairs
without asking him for money, and the
pail was arranged for another victim.
And young John would be attacked
with collie when the life insurance mar
came in, and the way he would roll up his
eyes and glare at him would cause him tt
back down stairs. And he had way tt
discourage the boy with the hat-rack, thu
man with the g'ass-cutter and the woman
with pcn-wipers. and it got so at last thai
no one ever came up those stairs unless
he was full of the most earnest kind o
business.
Poor young John! His like We may
never look upon again.-Detroit Press.
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one Of the regiments Of his division. 81:
advanced rapidly in the campaigns q
Germany and Spain, and was wounde1I
twice, and severely, at Waterloo. Shoi
was then admitted to the hospitals - -
officer Of the second class. In 1880 ~
took service again and went to Algeria !
in 1888 she obtained French naturalist
ton and pension. This woman has =
glorious character to boast Of, having -
ceived letters of congratulation on heT'
valorous deeds from Marshals Berthier,
Augereau, Suchet, and Gen. Dupont, Wis
was sentenced to death for having capt.
ulated at Baylen with 10000 men.
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ExznzzvE improvements NJ - r.
made q ths voolsn mill q Cannes -
The Osceola times., 1875-08-07
Mississippi Steamboat Racing,

Racing was royal fun. The public
always had an idea that racing was
dangerous; whereas the very oppo.
site was the case-that is, after the
laws were passed which restricted
each boat to 50 many pounds To
the square inch. No engineer was
ever sleepy or careless when his
heart was in boat race. He was
constantly on the alert, trying
gunge'cocks and watching things
The dangerous place was on slow,
popular boats, whero the engineers
drowsed around and allowed chips
to get into the doctor and shut of
the water supply from the boilers
In the "fush times" of steam
boating, q race between two motor
iously fleet steamers was an event
of vast Importance. The date was set
for it several weeks in advance, and
from that timc forward, the whole
Mississippi was in state Of con
sumlng excitement. Politics and
the weather were dropped, and peo-
pie talked only of the coming race.
As the time approached, the two
steamers stripped and got ready.
Every incumbrance that added
weight, or exposed resisting sur
face to wind or weather, was re-
moved, if the boat could possibly
do without it. The 'spars' and
sometimes even their supporting
dcrricks were sent ashore, and no
means left to set the boat afloat in
case she got aground. When the
Eclipse and the A. l.. Shotwell ran
their great race twenty-five years
ago, it was said that pains were
taken to scrapc the gliding off the
fancyfal device that hung between
the Eclipse's chimneys, and that
for that one trip the captain left off
his kid gloves and had his head
shaved. But | always doubted
these things.
III the boat was known to make
her best speed when drawing five
and half ieet forward and five feet
aft, she was carefully loaded to
that exact tigure-she wouldn't en-
ter dose of homeopathic pills on
her manifest after that. Hardly
any passengers were taken, because
they not only add weight but they
will never trlm boat They al
ways run to the side when there is
any thing to see, whereas II con.
scicntious and experienced steam
boatman would stick TO the center
of the boat and part hs hair in the
middle with spirit level, - Mark
Twain, in Augusta Atlantic. g- ...
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Love, the Groundwork of our
Existence.

1t is shrewdly said, "At three we
love our mothers, at six our faith
crs, at twelve our holidays, at
twenty our swectlrearts, at thirty
our wives, at forty our children
at fifty ourselves" Still, in one
form or other, love is the ground
work of our existence. gf.-
SO at least thinks the passionate
boy or sentimental girl who has
fallen under its influence. For, l
suppose we must all concede the
every day fact that most people
tall in loye some time or other, and
that good many do 1t even in
their teens. You may call it 'cali
love- and so it often is, and il
comes to the salutary end OF such
Il passion r
(which docs At once, like paper set OF Ire,
Burn-and expire"
But gives Il certain amount OF
pain aud discomfort during the
confagration, and often leaves an
ugly little heap Of ashes behind.
Also, it is WELT be cautious, as
the toollshest of fancics may devel-
op into a real love-the blessing or
curse of lifetime. -e
"Fond Of her 7" | heard an old
man once answer, as he stood
watching his wife move slowly
down their beautiful but rather
lonely garden-they had buried
eight of their nine children. and
the ninth was going to be married
that spring-"tond of hcr| with
Il gentle smile "why Pve. been
fond Of her these fifty years."
But such cases are very excep,
tional. it is seldom that one love
"A happy lovc-runs like a gold
en thread through the life of either
man or woman chat we ought to
be patient even with the most fran
tic boy or forlorn girl who has
"ialicn IN love-" and is enduring
ts-frst sharp pleasure, or pain, for
both are much alike,
When they come and tell you
that their hearts are broken, it is
best not to laugh AT them, but to
help them to gather up the trag-
ments as soon as possible. AT
first, Of course, they will not agree
that it Is possible. "This or moth
ing." is the dcspalring cry; and
though we may hint that the world
is vide, and there may be in it 9th
er people AT least as good as the
one particular idol, still we cannot
expect them to believe it. Disap-
pointed lovers would think it trea-
son against love to suppose that
lite is to be henceforward anything
than u total blank 1t is so, some
tunes, Heaven knows. | confess
to being one Of those few who IN
this age dare still to believe in
love, and in its awful consequence
for good or for evil, at the very
outset of life. But it IS not the
whole of | fe nor ought to be-
[ Miss Mulock. .-as a ,,.
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A Duel Without Danger.

There is comical story told of
two Americans who settled their
quarrel in fashion which would
have made the hair on a Partisan
fenclng-master bristle with horror,
but which, nevertheless, had an IN
spiration Of common sense IN it.
They were both in love with the
same lady, and it became necessa-
ry to their feelings that they should
fight for the possession of her.
One of the two must clearly be
put out Of the way. Yet why
should they kill each other? They
bore each other no malice /;
each would be glad that the other
should speed with some other fair
one they only insisted upon be-
ing left in solo possession Of the
lady in dispute. The question re-
solved itself TO simple issue
which was the better shot. And
they determined to settle this
question by shooting, not at each
other but at tree. The tree was
shot at; the inferior marksman
perforce admitted that lie would
have been annihilated by his rival
and agreed to vanish, not by giving
up the ghost, but by leaving the
country. Here were all the results
OF duel obtained without its mock
heroes, and without more tragedy
than belongs to all renunciation--
London World. aro55..5 al i I.'. y. ,oi
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A New Misfortune.

The Loadon Times of lat'
date giveSa graphic sketch of the
great eruption in Iceland. 1t be
gan on Easter Monday, with low
rumbling sounds, which seemed tc
follow the course of the ranges o
hills. Soon the heavens became
dark, and showers of ashes began
to fall, while the clouds OF smoke
swept down from the mountains
in such volume as to turn the day
into night, and force the inhabr
tahts to light candles in their
houses at noon. The accumulation
OF electricity was very great, and
seemed to be discharged in con
tinuous streams. For several hours
during that day tho thiclSest dark.
ness prevailed, and when the smoke
cleared away the ground was Gov
cred with ashes from one to eight
Iinches deep. Vegetation was total
ly destroyed, and the islanders OF
the volcanic districts were forced
to flee into another part of the is.
land, where little vcrdure still
remained. This has produced an
over crowding there, and lack OF
provisions and grass, so that the
island is threatened by general
famine. The Icelanders have sent
to England for help, and subscrip-
tions are being taken up by many
Of the larger cities for their relief.
The number of calamities which
have lately befaIlen the world by
the understandable forces of natur e
have been both numerous and re-
markable. Twice has Chicago been
almost destroyed by fire, and Bos-
ton has suffered once by the same
fearful scourge, Large dis ,ricts OF
country in the North have been
desolated by mountain fires, while
much larger in the South have been
laid waste by overfows. More
terrific storms and whirlwinds have
been known this summer than ever
before in the same length OF time,
while earthquakes have held high
carnival. Foreign papers are fill
ed with the accounts OF floods IN
France and England, while a pop
ulous city in South America has
Just been leveled by violent
earthquake shock. Returning to
our own land, we find portions OF
1t almost ruined by plaques Of in
sects, each contemplate in itself,
but when united in the vast armies
that are sometimes seen, more ter
rible than regiments OF hostile
troops. Whatever be the cause,
| it is certain that the disturbances
of nature, the effects of which we
sec, are being much more frequent
and active than has ever before
been known. To what they will
lead-whether they are due to
PLANETARY equinoxes, or to some
other whether they will
increase in intensity or diminish IN
violonce--are questions which the
public would like very well to have
solved.-[St. Louis Globe-Demo'
crat. E..
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Too Much Marrying.

There is altogether too much
marrying, by form Of law, those
who at the most are only third or
half married in other ways. And
there is altogether too much urg-
ing and coaxing, and allurihg
young people into the most impor-
tant and sacred of all human rela-
tions before they are prepared or
moved to assume its burdens, and
by those who ought to know bet
ter and act with more cons;dera-
ton. We make too much marry
ing and being married, until it Is
thought by many people, some
what Of q Disgrace for q woman to
pass through life alone; when in
lact, the lie of many single wo-
man is poetry romance rapture
even, in comparison with that of
many a wife. 50 there IS a vast
deal of marrying with very little
of real inarrymgj vnst deal Of
discomfort, iheartaebe, misery, hy-
pocritcy and unmarrying at the
last, What we want is not a mere
stringent, divorce law, which for.
bids the marrying OF those not al.
ready one notiess marrying, but
less marrying where there is no
real marrying. And, above all,
let there be no melting or bfibiHg
those to marry who are not drswn
10, each other, and held iDscpars-
bly, together by qualities Of inipd
sOul.IyAl I1uh1 III uLL..
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Eggs and Financial Wisdom,

She said she'd take q dozen eggs
but while the grocer was counting
them out she asked the price. He
told her and she shrieked:
Seventeen cents!"
"Yes ma'am." Il q,
"Why that's outrageous"
She sat down on sugar barrel,
sighed several times, and asked if
eggs were likely 10 be lower or
higher. "'t
81 don't claim TO be a prophet"
he replied, as he twisted a sheet of
paper into the shape Of tunnel,
but / dare say they will be down
to sixteen and a half cents in less
than Il week, and perhaps go lower.
Trade, which is naturally depress-
ed during July and August, is
looking up a little. Our exports
of gold are now oqualled by our
imports. The calling IN OF bonds
puts more ready money anoat, and
capitalists are much more hopeful
this week than last. The crops
are about ready to move, naviga-
ton prospects are brighter, and
public confidence in Financial meas
ures is rapidly returning. One
thing moves around another, you
see, and though, AS | said before,
| am not u tinancler, and my pre-
dictions are not entitled TO any
great weight, it seems clear to me
that eggs have got 10 come down.
A great current of eggs is setting
toward this point from a, dozen
different directions, and even if the
calling in OF bonds and the salc of
surplus gold don't produce lower
prices, | cannot SEQ why figures
should go up"
She reached into the pickle bar
rel, nipped cucumber, and went
away wondering why her husband
never knew anythlng.-[Detroit
Free Press. M
The Osceola times., 1875-08-07
The Long Branch Hotel Clerk,

Frequently have | asked OF my.
self Gas well rs OF other persona!
friends what makes Long Branch
SO favorite a awatering-place. Ease
Of access, all reply. Now ! do not
see that this explains 1t all. The
Pit called Bottomless is proverbial-
ly easy of access, but i have nev-
err heard it claimed that this makes
il a good watering place. On the
contrary, does it not stand glaring-
ly and nakedly forth as perhaps
the worst water1ngplace to be found
in the world or out oflt-7if We ex-
cept, possibly, Concys Island 7
Ono Of the most, delightful things
about the Branch he thinks is get
ting to it. The most delightful is
getting away from it, and be pays
His re poets to the hotel clerk in
this faAhion:I'Gan ] have a room 2
| modestly ask after registering my
name. Clerk looks at me d no
mcnt, takes in the general unostcn.
tatioushess Of my apparel ut q q
glance, turns away and attendsl TO
the swells who get credit of Bell
instead of buying for cash of Porter,
chats with the young men whom
he knows for a few minutes, pauses
to tell some youag gentleman with
bald bead the Iast brlll.ant bon
mot apropos Of the Beccher trial,
and when everybody else is roomed
and he has settled the pen rlA,t
behind his ear, tlnhn he calls p tue
smallest bell boy in the Office, and
turns to me witbfShow this gen
tlcman up to, 993 7 And by this
time 1 feel so humble about it 'hni
| bow to the bell boy and look
round for his bag and wonder bow
I'm to find No. 493 10 show him
to.-[John Paul, in New York Irib
uno. .sIrgh Tsrlg ......g
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATE oFFCERs.

Govcrnor-A. II Garhnd
Scc'y OF Satc-B, i. Beavers.
Auditor Wm II. Miller
1'r, asurcr-T J. Churchill.
ATTY. Gcu'l.-r. T. Hughes
Com. STATE Lands--l y >mithcc-
C!iancellOr--J Il. Eakln.
Chanccry Clerk-A Il. Witt
chief Justice r. II. English.
Associate Justices Nn NJ. Harrison ano
David Walker H
Congressman, lst Dsulct--L. Z. Ganse.
JUDICIARY.
second Circuit Counties Of Mississippi, Gross
Crittcnden. Pointsctt, Cnighead, Greene Clay
ton .tud Randolph
circuit Judge l.. j.. Mack
Pros t'y.--ku!us H. Black.
LEGISLAIlNE
2gth Dis:rict-Cjmtc-o of Mississippi Jackson
Poutsctt and Ciaigh,ad.
state senator. r henderson
R,prcsentaiiyc-J. Euldle.
COUNTY OFFICER
County Judgr--L NJ Can isan,
Sherlh-J. u Driver. "....
Cuau,yCl rk--J. 4. Hale,
Treasurer J. L Driver.
nurycyor--Juhn II RAINY.
Asscs-or--b. Ward
coroncr-A. W Lucas. ......
The Osceola times., 1875-08-07

The indianapolis News has
found ont how the sex Of that man
in Europe who went about IN wo-
mans clothes was discovered
q He inadvertently said Thank
you when II gentleman gave up
his seat in street car" So ml
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Laws Governing Subscribers.

II subscribers order the dscoutnuancc OF their
newspapers, tie publishes may continue to send
them until all arrcaraecs arc paid.
Ii subscribers neglect or refuse to take theii
ncWSptpers from their Office TO Which they are
directed, they are held responsible untll they
have settled their bills and ordered the paper dir
con iuuc
Irsubscribcrs move TO other places without in
forming the publisher, and newspapers ale seat
. the former direction, they are held responsible
The Osceola times., 1875-08-07
Hope.

The attainment Of almost any
position or dignity being made pos
sible, a suitable talent and well di-
rected effort inspire hope. What a
blessed possession is hopel 1t is
the salt of human life that sweet.
ems all toll and. Difficulty. Phe-
nixliIe, it "springs eternal" from
the ashes of the pyrites we place
in the crucIble, as gold; 1t is the
panacca to the disappointment that
makes the heart sick it is the IA
dent orb which, after season Of
darkness, is yet to shine in MONDAY
splendor it is the bouyant element
that keeps our bark afoat Till we
reach the harbor, for without hope
there can be no endcavor.
Excelsior is only hope intensifi-
ed. Whatever a mans. position or
calling may be, he should aim at
the first rank and foremost place.
fIl can't be done" is the cry of in.
decision, ipdifferonee and Incidence.
Such a plea is a mere excuse for
not attempting at all. Difficulties
Should serve but TO reveal man s
true strength, to test his power OF
will, to tram bimg1olthe exercise
of his noblest faculties. Failure
discipline the strongs-gonly the
weak and unstable are ov erw helm.
ed. Diligence in business should
f5rn part Of map rcAgiop.TfU
The Osceola times., 1875-08-07

thought they hashed up saw-mill
in the cream she'd have felt circu-
lar saw going down her throat" >
Detroit Free Press.
The Osceola times., 1875-08-07

"A Boston editor Bushes for the
ignorance OF three young girls OF
that city who tried to get their
horses head down So that j, could
drink by unbnckling the crupper.
Probably the same girls who unI
buck.cd the breecbing strap going
down hill, beeausoit pulled against
the horse so. .s... ....ri
The Osceola times., 1875-08-07

Mrs, Clinch, Of Georgia, wants
to whistle With any man in Ameri-
ed. WHAT does she "wet her whis-
tie" With. r..
The Osceola times., 1875-08-07

---aIs Il little bird singing in
your heart tins morning." asked
Biikins Of his young wife at the
breakfast table. He had been out
late the night before, and pretend
ed to 'bc very ncrryaua amiabie.
~ you are caught going off with
tho hired girl to another danco. in
a becr-gaiden, IN set a thousand
birds to Singing in your heart or
about your ears, was the reply.
And Blifkins' whole face turned as
red "a his nose.-I Milwaukee
News. ...,. .s, ...
The Osceola times., 1875-08-07
Blood

o.. -
" From Cob j "A Lockheart, just
IN frem the Cherokee Natioh, eve
learn OF the, killing Of Jesse Forsa
lnah, at Iiishohe IN Canadian Disr
,trict, by the Sheriff Of lllinois DIS
lrict and bis posse 'oae day last
week, 8boutthe same time Dave
Dowiiihg liotnm iltllled Jack
Ddn5letu6th, aRdjn the same fra
cas- Red Bird went dead too-oniy
three murders in SO many days !
and yet The don't want Dany gov.
ernmeht, With o laws. to- protect
them. N isfearcd thato between
now andlthe aelestion, there will
be much hlooAsbed in the Chero-
kee country, fpr /. is said that the
Ross party pr6posef 70 carry the
election RM Radical, and ats all
hazards. d Thcgday Q Of retyibuti0u
wiihcome.-z[Fert Smith Herald.
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iiy Determined on HiaKIng the -exwr,-1
ment; ON this lay the sheet or ieaf. and
cover the sp0t in liz tna...o- :
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H.I uH.rs .rI
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"A Young man got into asoable,
AZ Il 'spiritnaiista woman q seanesi
last evening" lie caugbt hold Of q
'smi, terinlized" ehild ,introduced by
the peri formers, and it proved to ibe
a rag baby. For" Ais 'hasrferenee
he Vent away widfa bloody nose.
-EBoston Trav eleratssynr lm IN,
The Osceola times., 1875-08-07

'..'.h fa HasraI.J.o
'l ssa .almo.s.
t.'H G.u't l.gL
aSHyEe.,
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''' DAs . % ...H bidi-r.f..o.
'I s'1fna IIgrie uoL Lad.
.oI sr'm '-.l .t .gt.-r
%, TOT ,yfiGg 17s 900 .ed m
% iDd .ooinita nl nai.iL..s
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character phenomenon of great con-.
prxity, but it is s'aisoo one in iiiig., der
inaccessible. For, in the firs. place All
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cialfs11t,enai a,5;.es ine operation OF
sIl. sustsiIiiIig ASSURANCE eyrn
when thers y the minimum Of evidence
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OBITUARY NOTIFIES inserted at advertis-
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4 liberal deduction made on above rates ioi
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EDITORIAL NOTICES referring TO advertise
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traHsIc matter.
When no CONTRACTS are made, cash must ac-
company all advertisements. NJ DEVIATION
from the above rules.
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"a test was recently MADE OF
the buoyant power soi the ssat OF n
water fly known 'as tile lN,et9yla
Regia, 10 the Botanic garden Of
Gbents Bricks were heaped over
It's entire, area and before'it wits
submerged il, tt.ae ttae water "a weight
Of TG1 pounds w:is AoatedssIq sdi