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The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
Earth from BOrneo.

In the last century a merchant vessel
came into London docks with yellow
fever, and the captain was suffering
severely from it, and no one would 90
near the sufferers. DIR. Fothergill, how
ever, went on board partly out OF COM
passion and partly from his desire to
study disease which was new to him
and he took the captain to his own house
and finally succeeded in getting him
through the fever. When the captain
recovered he inquired from the doctor
what he was in mis- debt, but Fothergill
refused to receive any payment. The
captain then wished to know how he
could compensate him for such kindness,
upon which the doctor replied that there
was one thing he could do for him If he
were making a voyage to the east, and
would pass through the straits OF Macas-
sar, by Borneo, he should be glad II he
would bring him back two barrels full OF
the earth of Borneo, which the captain
promised TO do. However, when he
reached the spot on his voyage out, he
thought of the ridicule he must ex'
perience from his crew in 80 strange an
undertaking and his heart smote him,
and he sailed through the straits without
fulfilling his intention. On his return
by the same route the same thing
happened again through his fear of the
SCOTS of his crew. However, after he
mad left the straits two hundred ol
possibly three hundred miles behind him
his conscience smote him at the non
fulfllment of his promise, and he put
the ships head about, returned to thu
spot and filled the barrels with the earth
On his return he sent it to DIR. Fother
gill, who had the surface of piece o
ground thoroughly burned, and he thel
sprinkled the Borneo earth on it, whel
il is a known fact that there came up al
kinds of new and curious plants, said u
be one hundred different sorts, som
geraniums and new flowers, which hav
subsequently spread throughout tn
gardens of England.-Pittsburg Dispatch
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
FRAUDS on THE PUBLIC.
Passes and Counterfeit Tsehes.

The travelling public should understand
that the railroads, in order to protect
themselves from frauds, instruct their
conductors to take up passes and collect
fare from persons who cannot be identi-
fed as the legitimate possessors of such
courtesies. The extension of the system
of limited tickets also makes it matter
of decided risk to purchase tickets any
where but regular railroad ticket office.
The economically inclined passenger,
with ticket bought at reduced rates at
an irresponsible scalping" Office, may
find himself at the very beginning of his
journey, caught up by the conductor
with ticket whose date has expired, and
which is therefore not valid for passage.
There would not be much economy in
that for that passenger. Besides, the
business of cornterfeiting railroad tickets
has been quite extensively gone into OF
late, and counterfeit tickets are fre-
quently offered for sale. A gang of ticket
counterfeiteIs wel e not long ago detected
at Indianapolis and a part of them
arrested. The work of counterfeitinp
still continues, and the railroads, to pro,
tect themselves, have adopted new forms
and taken other precautions to shield
themselves against loss. So far as the
public is concerned the moral is very
plain: "Never buy tickets OF outsider,
or at unauthorized ticket offices.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
Regular secretion Essential 70 Health,

The regular secretion and flow of the gas.
trio juices and of the bile, which the use of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters promotes, are
effects which conduce materially to the
restoration of health, when the system is
disordered. Food is not dlgested in the
dyspeptic stomach, because the gastric fluid
is deficient, superabundant or vitiated; the
liver becomes congested and the bowels con.
stpated because the supply of bile is made.
quate or misdrected. The Bitters reetifes
all this, and removes every i'll consequence ce
of non-assimilation and bilious irregularity.
Furthermore, it stimulates the action of the
kidneys, by which impurities are, so to
speak, strained from the blood, and any
tendency in the urinary organs to grow
sluggish and dsordered counteracted.
Whether it be used rs a means of reguat.
ing gastric or bilious secretion, and reliev.
ing the overloaded bowels, or to promote
complete, and therefore healthful, urination
Hostetter's Bitters may be relied upon with
confidence to accomplish the end in view.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
Evolution as Applied TO Invention.

The philosophy of evolution is illustra.
ted by the development of the germs sI
invention. A worthy gentleman living
in Washington, Pennsylvania, recently
invented an oscillatory washing machine.
The elementary idea was hardly formula
ted in his mind before it took new and
higher shape, and patent was issued
for an oscillstory churn. Another change
in the process of evolution rendered pos
sible the invention fan oscillatory cradle.
Here the ingenious man has paused but
has he indeed reached the perfect type
Can he not invent an oscillatory baby
that may be rocked in the oscillatory
cradle, fe6 from the .oscilatory churn,
and washed by the oscillatory machine !?
There are strong grounds for believing
that he can do it. for during his busy
career he has not only illustrted the YER
satility OF his talent by scores of useful
devices, but has paid special attention to
the conditions of infancy, inventing,
among other things pneumatic mixer.
helm for children's sleds, and a dental
snesthetic applicator.
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aution to the Public.

To avoid imposition, purchaser, Of Walthsn
Watches will observe that every genuine Watch
whether gold or silver, bears our trademark OF
both case and movements.
Gold cases are stamped "a, W. Co.. aud Ruarsn.
tee certificates accompany them. Silver ar,
stamped Am. Watch Co, waltham. Mass, Coin
silver" or Am. Watch Co, Wsltham. Macs. .ster
ling Silver according tc quality, and are accom-
panied by guarantee certificate signed Il. Il Rob
bins, Treasurer. The name " WALrHAN " IL plainly
engraved upon all movements. irrespective Of al
other distinguishing marks.
This caution is rendered necessary by reason o.
the fact that our cases are frequently separated from
our movements and put upon worthless movement. t.
OF other makers, and rice resa, thus affecting inlu
riousy the performance of the Watches, and viii,
ating our guaranty, which isintendea only to coye
our complete Watches, wholly made by N.
~1-Eyery buyer should make a close inspection a,
Indicated. AMERICAN WATCH co.
Rooutsa Tr.a.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
About Rings,

To person OF sentiment, no gift con-
fers the pleasure or touches the feeling
that does he gift of ring In England
the plain gold ring is universally reserved
for the wedding ring, and whenever an
Englshman sees such an one on a
woman's left hand, he of course supposes
her to be married.
1t is pity we do not observe the same
custom. Marriage is such a high and
holy and awfully solemn relation, that it
might well have its own peculiar badge
all to itself But with us, young girls
constantly wear plain gold rings, and
that even on the wedding" or third
finger of the left hand.
The diamond ring, too, is almost by
common consent the engagement "
ring, and in the solitaire" form GER
tainly it ought to be sacred to this Office.
At least unmarried women under 35
ought not to wear the solitaire diamond
ring, nor should they ever have the bad
taste to purchase themselves one. If
they inherit such a ring from their
mother let them wear il, il they choose,
when they consider themselves hope
lessly welded to the single estate But
in general this most beautiful of all
rings should be reserved as the gift of
happy love. There are varieties enough
of splendid gems to choose from, and
diamonds may surround. or be set them
selves in rows or in clusters. Let, then,
the young girl beware how she assumes
the solitaire diamond ring, lest, having
placed one on her finger herself, she will
find no future lover who will place a
second there On the other hand, a true
lover will not be satisfied with giving
her whom he has chosen before all the
world any symbol less precious than this
of the truth aud purity of the faith he
has pledged her.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
Death In Hls FnyOrite Robe

The mortuary statistics of the whole civ.
ilized world show that about one. fifth of all
mankind die Of consumption alone, and the
number of deaths due to consumption bears
a greater ratio to the whole number than that
of any other three diseases together. More.
over, investigation proves that this ratio is
steadily increasing. Its increasing prevalence
has led to the popular belief that consumption
is incurable. Every year hundreds of these
sufferers seek, in the sunny retreats of
Florida or the dry atmosphere OF Colorado,
for health-and find only a grave. The in.
fuence OF the atmosphere-the only re.
medal agent that either Florida or Colorado
can afford the consumptive-is at best only
pddidtte. The cure OF consumption depen Is
| upon two essential conditions: lst the ar
rest OF the abnormal breaking down Of the
tissues, which prevents emaciation, and %,
the restoration of healthy nutrition, in order
to stop the formation of tubercuous matter
Fulfill these conditions, and consumption is
as durable as fever. To fulfill these con
ditions the required remedy must increase
the appetite, favor the assimilation of food
and enrich the blood, thus retarding the de-
velopment of tubercules. 10 accomplish
this, more powerful alternative than Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has never
been discovered AT the same time it soothes
the Irritation OF the nervous system pro.
duced by violent coughing, which in 1t.
tu-n so often leads to more serious results
The use of "expectorants" in consumption
is absolutely suicidal. For while removing
the tubercules already formed, they produce
yet more serious results by infaming and
destroying the sound and healthy tissues
Consumption requires a remedy that will
soothe while it relieves; harsh medicine,
but add fuel to the flame that alre ,dy threat
ems to consume the system. The Golden
Medical Discovery fulfills these conditions
and has been pronounced the best remedy
yet discovered to allay and arrest consump
| ton.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12

visits the Constitution, and that is the
kindly, careful interest taken by the
ships officers in the welfare OF the boys.
The discipline is firm and exact, and to
the idle or vicious, severe. No time or
pains are, however, lost upon such char
acters when fonnd to be incoIrigible.
They are reported at once to Washington
and mustered out.-Phitadeiphid Times.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12

he found extremely useful in the conduct
of the operations of war. In many
instances, however, 1t will still be de.
rable that the messages sent should be
written by the instrument employed
AMI therefore the German military
authorities are now endeavoring to ar
range an apparatus which shall be able
to be used at pleasure either as a tele'
phone or as Morse's printing instru
ment, and which at the same time shall
be compact, portable and not easily liable
to derangement.-PaN Nail Gazette.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
AuRuULruRaL DEPARTMENT..
rae ssss Of the MiIA.sid.
BY .. n. = gLLoeo.

bYa u. KELLoeo.
Turn turn for my eheehs they do burn,
larn BY the vale my Hsuyi
ftil s.aili Fill, pail
Hes turned By the vale,
And there by the stlle waits Harry.
FIJI, an.- al. rail-hlii
For there by the stiis va 70 Harry.
The world may 90 round the vor'd NAV
stand sill
But I-csn milk and mary.
Oh. n We two meath yonder yew
Stood down there nov BY the vster,
knov uho'd carry me over the ford
a. brave as q scidier-ss proud as lord
Though don't Iivc over the water
"whevi whevi"- he wbis,iins through
The song Of The Fnmer's Daughter
Give down. Givs doua my crumped brown
He shall not take the road TO to~n,
For I'll meet him beyond the waie,'
30 dive dow - give down-my crumbled brown,
And o nd me 10 my Harry
The iBlks O. town may have silk gowns,
But lean milk and marry
.whevl whev ."-he's whistled through,
Nv Harry, my lad. my loverl
Sci the suns and iaii the dev,
Heishoi merry world, what's to do
that your smiling over and ever;
Upou the hill and down the dale;
over the tree-sops, ,-along ths vale.-
~ Smiling over and overf
@ world have you ever loverf
You we're 20 dull and cold lust now,
couldn't see leaf on the tree,
And now I count them-o--. Two, t..ree,
Count them over and over,
Leaf FROM leaf like lips apart
Like lips apart tor lover
And the hili-side beats With my beating heart,
And the appls-trse blushed al over,
And the May-bough touched me and made N,
stait,
And the wind breathes warm like lover.
Pull. pull and the pail 10 fuH,
And milking's done and over;
who wouldn't sit here unoer tIeef
what fatr fais thing green field 10 seei
With cattle, and shy. and cloveri
Rrim, brim 70 the rim. All me
I've ct nay pail on the daisiesi
u seems 10 light Cas- the Gun be str
The dew must he heavy,-my cheeks are wet
could cry 10 have hurt the daisies
Harry 10 near Harry Ia near
NJ hsart beats quick - II he were hero,
NJ lipo srs buruing, NY cheeks are vet,
Ne hasn't uttered q word % yet,
But the cir 10 astir With his praises.
NJ Harry 1.-The ar 10 astir with your praises.
-&ytbger,
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12

OF eats, with garden ground, conld be
easily managed we'll with four men.
In the southwest, and In the west fur
ther north, where produce Is, say, one
third lower than in the eastern states, il
will not pay TO farm land which has
been plowed and cropped till it will only
grow little over half yields. To enable
the proprietor to make as good an income
as the eastern landowner, the soil must
grow more than thirty per cent. over the
crops in the east. Any one purchasing a
farm in any OF the sO-called improved
districts, will find all the virgin fertility
gone, and planters who have been rent
ing out their farms can never succeed on
them again. 1t is folly to expect any
good pastures again, after the plow has
upset the genuine blue grass sward
While there 10 at least three -fourths Of
the old undistrubed grass land on farm,
the owner is safe; through OF course, II
the other fourth has been renovated, and
the fertility replaced after crops have
been taken of, it would be safer and
better.
On good grazing estate, in such
q climate as will permit OF wintenDg
the stock chiefly on the pastures, very
little labor is required, and an owner
would be wiser to do away with the
old custom st boarding any OF the help.
lie should keep them Gear OF the house
and the grounds surrounding IL, and let
them lave payment in cash, 40 they can
eat whatever they please by buying it..
There is no reas, n why farmhouse
should not be as private and free from
the nuisance of farm hands tramping
about the kitchen an merchants house
in city is free from all mixing up OF
clerks and kitchen.
BY raising calves on skim milk, and
putting an end to the ridiculous and
stupid custom Of allowing the calf To
suck the csw partially, a much better
quantity OF milk can be had than from
cows in the north, because of the beauti.
full green grass which fourisbes at all
times. There Is also better chance II
raise poultry and TO profit by their eggs
on account of the mild winters; and Il
geese and ducks were allowed TO veal
their feathen as Almighty God intended
they should, and the cruel brutes who
pick them alive could be sent to Jail fol
a year or two for every such barbarou'
oifense, there would be ten times as many
raised, and ten Zines the profit made.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
Get tIsel Genuine.

The genuine DooLEY's YEAST POWDER is
sold only in caus. Always refuse it il offered
loose or in bulk. 1t is the practice of many
grocers and dealers to keep cheap Baking or
Yeast Powder loose, and sell it for any
brandt that is called for. We, therefore
caution purchasers to see that they get il
only in cans, under the Label and Trade
Mark of the Manufacturers, DooLEY 4
BROTHER, New York.
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Careless Farmer.

II IL almost impossible for q careless
farmer 10 be prosperous. How often 40
We hear Of some unexpected failure in
the commercial worldf We look for the
cause Of this disaster, and We Rnd that
the merchant was engaged In unprofit.
able trade, or perhaps some faithless
clerk has robbed his master. The failure
is due to any one OF a dozen causes
which proper overnight might have
corrected. When the merchant has real
lied the ambitious dreams of his earlier
mercantile career, he neglects those
habits OF business which insured his
success, and failure Is the result. And it
u the same in any business or occupation.
But with an unsuccessful farmer, lack OF
success is still more directly traceable to
carelensness of the man himself. Care.
lessnew in farming Is manifested in many
different ways, each seemingly unimpor
tant.
The careless farmer il careless OF his
own personal appearance, Indifferent to
the wants of his family, and negligent
Of his stock. Personally he Is deficient
in spirit and enterprise. Az TO his lam
lily, 1t satisfies him II his wife does all
his hard drudgery, and asks few favors.
His children must not care for education,
tor society, to leave the farm, or for any
thing except to wait upon his pleasur re.
His crops are planted, cultivated, and
harvested in slipshod sort of manner
that leaves only small margin
for profit. His stock il inferior, and he
loses few head from disease every
spring. His tools (if he has improved
tools) soon decay from exposure to the
elements and negligent use. He ha,
le.s stock, lighter crops and more debt.
than li, more careful neighbor. Such q
farmer, however, does not continue con.
tracting debts and liabilities until he
can 90 no farther and there is an exten.
sive failure involving hundreds of other
business men, but he buys something
that he does not need (perhaps a top
buggy, or machine) or he hires some
one TO do work he could do himself. He
has not the money to pay down and gives
his note, which is good as cash.
However, when the note il due. his
creditor must walt few days, and this is
repeated % frequently and always by
asking more days OF grace, 80 that at last
TO secure his debts and obtain credit he
must mortgage his stock, and a chattel
mortgage is followed by a mortgage on
his farm. There are very many other
reasons why . farmer should fail. He
may have been unfortunate, perhaps he
has lost soms stock from accident or
disease. His crops may have been light
and growing lighter. He may have
occasionally sold his stock or crops in an
un'avorabIe market. These are all
apparent reasons for his failure, but back
OF all this is the man himself.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12

SroDDARD's "Poultry World, Hart
ford, Conn, should be had by all fowl'breed'
ers. 1t costs but sl.25 yearly, or only 500
including twelve superior Chromos 10 SUBJ
scribers. 1t is practical, original and always
fresh. 10 cents single number.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12

BURYETT's FLAvoRrNG EXTRACTS are
used and endorsed by the best Hotels, Con-
fectioners, and Groeefs throughout the coun'
Try. They are perfectly pure, and OF great
strength-at once the cheapest and best
and received the highest award at the Cen
tennial Exhibition.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
FArasas IL the seu,hvc.,.


On thls subject correspondent of the
Country Gentleman writes, and what he
Ays being applicable to many of our
readers, We copy:
Inc great expense in getting south
western produce to market, can only be
obviated BY growing such crops as can
oe led at home; consequently grass
which nature provides In such abundance
and Of such fine quality, should stand
nst, ior 1t vii! grow beef, mutton, butter
or wool; and BY ascertaining which
cFingS the most money comparatively. il
y easy 10 produce only that which il The
n0t psofitable. Beef and mutton NAV
cost no&ly afty per cent to reach the
oeA market, butter and wool not more
snan i've per cent; In which case. LET
other people fatten your COWS snd your
sheep, after they have answered your
purpose m producing butter and wool
A farm should be entirely self-sustainino
1t may be made % by commencing on =
system which woula give much TO sell
and positivcly nothing to buy.
! II the stock consists of forty dairv
cows, ten vearling heifers, and ten beiTer
calyes under one year old, which could
he fsissd from the best milking cows in
the hePd, this plan of proceeding would
give an average Of two hundred bounds
OF butter per week, for by having them
Gems In ct diGcrent times of the wear and
always coatriviDe to have grass left for
winter. and growing some corn to helm
through the odd weather, the average Of
i've pounds per COW per week the wear
round would not be too hieh In A wen
managed farm. There would be ten
c,ws each year for sale, which could be
sold iof Others to fatten. The same
course should be taken with sheen III
lambs cell well when fat, sell all the
vethsrs; II not, raise them, and shear
once or twice, % it is found they nav
hest At any rate, IL two hundred ewes
we're kept - regular flock, there would
b. nearly two hundred sheep to sell every
year, and there would be four hundred
heeces Tor sale annually, which, irom a
well. managed dock. would make, at ~
pig Aeece. $500 for wool, 5000 for but.
~ 40 lbr cows and tl 900 for sheen
~ Esaf han6a q 30 per month.
- ~ ~ va, and tgO hofeev
- l(Nl9s sts - tUenty
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12

A LIFE SAVED FOR THIRIY-FIvE
CENrs.-A lady in Boston had diptheria and
was almost dead from strangulation. She was
instantly relieved and finally cured by John
sons Anodyne Lniment. Every family
should have a bottle ready for instant use.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12

A BosroN lady, over sixty years of
age. has collected 100000 cancelled
postage stamps, having been offered for
doing 50, by Boston man, the $500
necessary to obtain her admission to st.
Iuke's hospital. The stamps fill Sara
toga trunk, and will be sent to Europe
to be usec in the manufacture Of papier.
nache gsoda
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
COUGHS AND COLDS yield readily +

Schenck's Pulmonc Syrup, which s a most agree
phlegm and expels II from the system with scarcely
an effort the part Of the patient
For sale by all Druggists.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12

PROFITABLE INvEsTMENT.--One dol
lars worth Of Sheriasn's Cavalry Condition
Powders, fed to coop Of thirty hens, vii
yield a profit of SO, besides preventing al
manner Of disease.
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12

One box of DR., TUTr's Pills will save you many
dollars in doctors bills. They will surely cure
Chill and Fever; Dvspepsis; DisordeIed Liver or
Bowels; Sick Headache; Jaundice; or Chro /
Const ipation. Only rs cents
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
The liver being the largest and most

important gland in the system, what affects
it must affect all others to keep Its action
natural use HOME STOMACH BITTERs. Pre-
pared by the Hou Bitters Co., 81. Louis, Mo
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
A ReliahIe Savluu. n..L

Patenteesand inventors should read ad.
vertisement of Edison Bros.in another column
The Osceola times., 1878-01-12
FE r r I N E
WORK FOp AL

Use 1t for Chills. No lIumhqe ITugs'st, .e,'
1t every here aud rennd money ltthe 'pis W. r
Manufd by \. W GGUNE. irnra'st, Patl-, lr1h.