The Osceola times., 1878-12-14

So"'es'hos iosb III HlRnt Dy scattering
or Indian raids.
THOSE who lancy that womans work
does not amount 10 much in The domestic
department should read the following
record of Vermont housekeeper as to
what she did in the cooking line alone
during the last year She has made and
baked l,C3S loayes of bread, 42l pies, 1872
loaves OF cake, los puddings, and 2,l4o
doughnuts. Also she has cooked 1000
pounds of meat, 100 bushels potatoes,
taken care of the milk and butter OF Fl We
cows, to say nothing OF scores of other
duties which fall to the lot of the house.
wife.
In Paris lingerie az well as dress in
clines toward division. Just as short
dresses are worn in the morning and
trained dresses in the evening, narrow
and fiat plain linen collars are used for
morning, and deep lace collars, ruches and
fichus for evening wear. Formerly a
plain.linen collar was wern with the
handsomest velvet dress in the morning
rs well as in the evening; formerly, too,
lace collars were worn in the morning.
Fashion at present more sensibly suits
the lingerie TO the dress, and regulates
the latter to suit the hours of the day.
PINE'APpLEs that ripen on their native
soil are so unlike those we get here that
they do not taste like the same fruit. A
new industry has recently been com.
menced on the island of New Providence,
one OF the Bahama Isles, which promises
to be lucrative. The pineapple is pre-.
served 10 tins when 1t is fully ripened,
and il shipped in a perfect condition.
Thus prepared, the fruit is said to be
almost as delicious as when freshly
gathered A large factory for preserving
has been established at Nassau, and large
quantities are expected TO be soon in our
markets.
GEN. HUMEs at the Memphis Thanks
giving: Seven thousand dollars in
money were sent to Memphis to its vari-
Gus societies, and OF this over 100000
came from the. Northern cities and States,
and hear 1900. 900 from the Southern
cities, towns and States. Besides this
enormous sum of money, hundreds and
hundreds of carloads aof provisions, of
clothing and medicines were contributed
by the people of the various States,
towns and cities, and brought by the
railroads free of charge. Contributions
also came from Canada, from England,
from Germany and from France, and
several of the cities of those countries.
The investigations recently made by
government officers into the adulterations
Of refined sugars have resulted in some
Surprising disclosures. Chemical analysis
has shown that the sugars produced by
many--we might almost say most of the
New York and Brooklyn refneriss are
sdultersted. The principal substances
introduced into the sugar are glucos ian
article made from starch), tin, and
muriatic acid. To say nothing Of the
fraud prscticed, these foreign articles
must be injurious to the health OF con
sumers of sugar. Refined sirups are said
also to contain poisonous adulteiations.
The matter is certainly one which de-
serves TO most thorough investigation.
r. finers who produce a pure article will
not be injured, and those who do not
shotjd he exposed for the benefit of the
public.
SINCE the shocking desecration Of the
late Alexander T. Stewart, hundreds
and perhaps we might say thousands =
of lie. ters in regard to the mysterious
robbery rave been received by Judge
Hilton and Mrs. Stewart. Some of
these appear to be written in good faith,
and offer advice aud suggestions in regard
to the recovery of the body, or
give ,ome clew considered of
value; but the majority Of these
epistles are worthless except as curiosities.
As such they possess certain interest.
Many OF them contain oilers to restore
the stolen body for specified sum, vary'
ing from $1,000 to $1,000 900. II half
of this class have any truthful foundation,
scores and scores OF miscreants must have
taken part in the robbery. Many are
from cairvoyants, spiritualists, anc
dreamers, who hold themselves r'ady to
tell where the remains may be found
for suitable col siderstion. One writer
says that bis opinion is chat the Jews
have something to do with this affair
another asserts that the cor Sc "is in the
bands Of priests" third, that certain
of the New York police" instigated this
robbery; . fourth, that "a woman tnamt