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The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Dicks Experience at Horseback Riding
Little Margie's Many Trials,

Little Margie's Many Trials.
Once on time, long years since, there
lived boy named Dick, who was just
four years old.
His home was near the woods;-a
small brown house, with steep hill
Just back Of it to keep of the cold mort h
wind.
Dick had dark eyes, full of fun; and
he did not like to be still; that was hard
work for him.
to the cornfield where Stephe was at
work with his hoe; be liked to see
Stephe hoe the rows of corn. But on
the way he saw something else that
made him stop and think, and then just
walk past the field with his hands at his
back.
"Hi, bubw said Stephe, "Where are
you boundP"
But Dick just gave him a nod and a
smile, and went on.
odd little chap !" said Stephe, as he
struck his hoe once more. "What is he
up to now?'
He had to turn from the road then,
and as soon as he did SO Dick set off on
a run.
What had he seen? What did he
want to do? Why, old Fan, the horse,
had been let loose to crop the grass by
the roadside, and there she was, not far
off. Dick set his mind on a ride
He came up be the side of Fan. who
went OH with her lunch OF grass; she
did not mind such a small boy as Dick.
She had her head bent down, and
Dick stood on tiptoe and got hold of the
end OF the strap which was tied on her
neck.
"Ha, Old Fan p said he, "you have no
work to do; you must give me good
ride p
So he led her to the stone-wall, and
got up on top OF the wall and then on to
Fans back. He held on tight by her
name and said, Get upl Go 'longw
Dick tried to make Fan 90 down the
road; but the good old horse was wise
and kind too. She might have flung the
child off with one GOOD shake; but she
made up her mind-if horse has a
mind-that the best thing to do with
such small boy was TO take him right
home to his mother. So Dick could not
make her do thing but just walk, at a
slow pace, up the road to the house.
When the mother and Ruth saw Dick
on old Fan, bareback, they each gave a
cry and ran out to the gate.
my dear boy, who put you on that
horse?"
80, ma, got on my own self; and /
had such a nice ride"
1t did not take long to lift the rogue
off, you may be sure.
Ruth gave old Fan pat, and said,
"Good, kind Fan, not to hurt our little
boyW
And the mother said, with a kiss, "Do
not get on the horse, dear Dick, by YOUR
self; you are too small yet to ride bare
backw
We'll, ma, l won't, for must mind
you," said Dick, with a sigh; "but wish
/ could grow to be big boy soon"
you will" said his mother; "but not
too soon, hope. l do not want to lose
my wee Dick quite yet"
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
The Attraction Of Monte Carlo.

A theatre is to be built at Monte Carlo
by the architect of the opera house of
Paris, and vying with it in magnficence
and even in size. The architect was not
to think of cost. He was to make the
building as expensive as he could well
make it, and he appears to have done it.
1t is needless to say that in such build
ing there will be the best actors, the
best singers, and the best instrumental
performers in the world. The invitation
is to all nations, and the access is easy.
From every station in the Rivera the
price of ticl ct to Monte Carlo is NOM
inal. Two years ago the spot seemed
the acme of natural and artificial beauty,
but not month passes without the an
nouncement of some fresh addition in
luxury or in taste, no sooner imagined
than executed. All this is but the meas
ure of a widespread ruin. The glitter
ing pile, with its fantastic minarets
standing out of the blue sea and sky, is
but the monument of buried happiness,
honor and expectation, drawn thither to
be blasted from all lands. The march of
death and folly swels in volume. We
read that last year 100000 railway tickets
we're delivered at Monte Carlo railway
station. Past the very spot toiled up to
the awful heights above, by the mule
path still there, Caesars legions on their
way to conquer the tribes of Gaul, and
past it they returned in few years to
conquer the commonwealth of Rome.
Thurbia, 1000 feet overhead, commemo-
rates the crushed liberties of all Eu-
rope, and Monte Carlo flaunts the
subsection of all Europe to a baser
tyranny.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
CARESSlNG A SERPENT.
The Most Beautiful LATHE snake OF the
season.
Cedarvile (Ga.) Advertiser.

Cedarville (Ga) Advertiser.
Mr.. II. T. Poole, well-known as one o,
Polk county's trustworthy citizens, has
little boy near the age of 8 years, that
has been unusually backward about
learning to talk, but has acquired the art
of endeavoring 10 be understood BY
means Of signs, such as pointing his
finger at such objects as happen 10 gain
his attention. About two weeks ago,
while a lady friend was calling upon
Mrs. Poole, the child's peculiar actions
led his mother to believe that something
unusual had been receiving hisaitentien.
and as soon as her company had dIsap-
peared she was led to maze an invesii-
cation. Following the child in the yard
and to the corner OF the house, she
watched the little one stoop low and
crawl under the floor, where its atten-
ton was soon seemingly drawn to some
object well back in the corner of the
of the brick underpinnine.
Led now by deep curiosity, the mother
herself crawled beneath the floor sufii-
GENTLY to acquaint herself with the stu.
alton, and the sight that met her gaze
almost froze her blood. In perfect coil,
as though prepared to combat some
formidable foe, with head erect, lay a
huge serpent, with the little child rub
bling its hands gently over its body. The
serpent, as though apprised of the
child ignoarnce of fear and intending no
harm, would gently move its head aside
when the hand of the child passed near
it. Mrs. Poole, as quick as possible after
realizing the awful situation. drew the
child away and directed some negro
women to drag the serpent out ahd kill
il. With hoe they soon brought it out,
but it quickly began to show fight, once
jumping its full length at those seeking
to STAY ii. 1t was dispatched. however,
and proved TO be of that dangerous spec.
linen known as the highland moccasin.
1t was more than half as large as mans
wrist and measured nearly three feet in
length.
1t is supposed the child had been fond
ling the snake for some while, aud who,
possessing knowledge of the reptiles
dangerous character, will attempt to
an answer to the query. Why was he
spared the poisonous faDgs?
Mr.. Jackson Fountain, near Butler,
Ga, recently killed rattlesuake which
was found to measure seven and half
feet, containing eighteen rattles and a
button, and about the size of an ordinary
stovepipe. 1t is thought there are others
in the same vicinity.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
How Girls Are Made Straight.

The Hindoo girls are gracefully and
exquisitely formed. From their earliest
childhood they are accustomed to carry
burdens on their heads. The water for
family use is always brought by the girls
in earthen jars, carefully poised in this
way. The exercise is said TO strengthen
the muscles of the back, while the chest
is thrown forward. No crooked backs
are seen in Hindostan. DR.. A. Spry
SAYS that this exercise of carrying small
vessels of water on the head might be
advantageously introduced INTO boarding
schools and private families, and that it
might entirely supersede the present
machinery of dumb bells, blackboard,
skipping ropes, &c. The young ladies
ought to be taught to carry the jar as
these Hindoo women do, without ever
touching it with their hands. The same
practice of carrying water leads precisely
to the same results in the south of Italy
as in India. A Neapolitan female peas
ant will carry on her head vessel full
of water to the very brim over a rough
road and not spill drop of it, and the
acquisition of this art or knack gives her
the same erect and elastic gait.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
Sensible Advice.

You are asked every day through the col
umns of newspapers and by your Druggist
to use something for your Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint that you know nothing
about, you get discouraged spending money
with but little success. Now TO give you
satisfactory proof that GREENS AUGUST
FLOWER will cure you Of Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint with all its effects, such as
sour stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual
Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heart
burn, Water-brash, Fullness of the pit Of
the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue,
Indigestion, swimming of the head, low
spirits, ETC., we ask you to go TO your drug
gist and get q Sample Bottle o. GREEN' q
AUGUST Flown for 10 cents and try II, or {
regular size for 10 cents. Two dosss will
relieve you.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23


Forty-six years ago David Lewis, then
a handsome, round-headed Welshman,
was driving from Utica, Oneida county,
TO Hamilton college, having a load of
lads returning, after a spring vacation, to
their studies. As he neared Middle Set
Element attention was called 10 farmer
maltreating colt which could not and
would not keep up in his work with an
older horse harnessed beside IT. David
dispIeased at the unreasonable farmer.
murmured "Tu-ra .lu-ral" (but did not
swear, and stopped for the farmer to
come TO The roadside. and the two COM
menced talking in Welsh. We college
boys bad no Welsh professor, and were
Ignorant Of the language. The tongues
of David and his countryman had a
short spat. As we started on our way !
asked for translation of the Welsh di-
alogue. SAYS David: The man asked
me to tell him how to break his colt,and
! told him to 90 into the house and first
break himself" No man can master a
colt properly who cannot control himself
There is no mystery in education. The
whole method is according TO law. Re-
wards and punIshments underlie Just
government. Beware of an improper
punishment of colt as you would of a
human being; for You must command
respect if you would educate either.
Never trhe nor deceive. When you
must draw the whip to compel attention,
remember to reward obedience with
sugar, or some pleasing gift. First make
your colt your friend, and then educate
without Impotence or severity. Conde-
scend to talk to your horse and be clear
in your language, for he can hear and is
glad TO be coolly and intelligently di-
rected. $50 on Steady Whoa p are
three magic words which should be
used to start, TO moderate, or to stop the
movements of a colt. Repeat them clear
ly, as you have occasion to use them;
and the colt will soon obey them
and be proud of his knowledge. Be at
all times considerable, kind, fair, firm,re-
membering there is limit to every sem
sitive organization. 1t does no harm to
tire colt, but never exhaust one.
Groom well after work rather than be-
fore. If you hate colt let come one
else educate him.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

TO frigid. The animals were caught ont
of their latitude, frozen and buried in
ice. A recent traveller in Siberia relates
that, happening TO drive in sledge
along the base of one of the monstrous
ice cliffs that overhangs the estuary of the
river Lena, he came upon pack of wolves
devouring the frozen flesh of man.
moth.
The breaking of preserved meat, and
at the hands of nature the wolves were
helping themselves. So nature brings
recompense for her freaks and takes care
of her own. The meat mines of Siberia
have not been developed, and no one
knows what riches they may contain or
how they may yet be utilized in the
economy of the world. The search may
discover the delicacy of filet de nam
moth, warranted fresh from Siberia.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
Ants as Fruit-Growers' Friends.
prairtp Ear1npr1


Many of the leading orchard proprie.
tors in Northern Italy and Southern
Germany are cultivators of the common
black ant, which insect they hold in high
esteem as the fruit-growers' best friend.
They establish ant hills in their orchards
and leave the police service of their
fruit trees entirely to the tiny coionists
which pass all their time in climbing up
the stems of the fruit trees, cleansing
their boughs and leaves of malefactors,
mature as well as embryotic, and de-
scendiug laden with spoils to the ground,
where they comfortably consume or pru-
IDENTIFY store away their booty. They
never NEEDLE with sound fruit, but only
invade such apples, pears and plums as
have already been penetrated by the
canker, which they remorselessly pur-
sue to its Businesses within the very
heart of the fruit. Nowhere are apple
and pear trees so free from blight and,
destructive insects as in the immediate
neigbborhood of large ant hill five or
six years old. The favorite food of ants
would appear TO be the Larvae and pupe
of those creatures which would spend
the whole OF their brief existence in de-
vouring the tender shoots and juvenile
leaves Of fruit trees.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

man No. . owes end man No 50, and
hands the dollar he has Just received to
him and pays the half he owes. Three
dollars in debts have been paid, and end
man No. | has his dollar back. Then, as
he owes the dollar to the middle man, he
passes it over, and the middle man in
turn pays his dues TO end man No. .,
who in turn squares himself by passing
il back to end man No. |. Thus debt
aggregating 50 is paid of by 81, and the
first man has his money back. There is
a good lesson in this.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

EMILY MILLER.
My beautiful Evelina,
Come listen TO me, my dear;
want 10 tell you secret
That nobody else must hear:
We're going away 10 the country
Mamma aud baby and |.
And grandmamma doesn't like dollies,
Now please, my darling, don't cry.
Oh. don't you remember last winter
she called you an image, my pet
Just think, like those usly old idols:
I'm sure shall never forget.
She's the loveliest grandma, my precious;
But some things are not to be borne:
I'm sure that my heart would be broken
If she should treat you with scorn.
I'll put on your very best bonnet,
Your pretty pink shoes on our feet
And you shall sit up by the window,
And look at the folks in the street.
Oh, dear but never an leave you
A whole summer long on the shelf
II you are an image my baby,
III just be heather myself.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
Pilesi Piles! Piles,-A Sure Cure Found nj
Last-No One Need Suffer.

A sure cure for the Blind, Bleeding, Itch
ing and liberated Piles has been discovered
by DR.. Williams ian Indian remedy, called
DR.. Williams Ointment. A single box has
cured the worst chronic cases of IS and 80
years standing. No one need suffer five
minutes after applying this wonderful sooth-
Ing medicine. Lotions, Instruments and
Electuaries do more harm than good.
Williams Ointment absorbs the tumors,
allays the intense itching particularly at
night, after getting warm in bedl, act rs a
poultice, gives instant and painless relief,
and sprepared only for Piles, itching Of the
private parts, and nothing else.
For sale by all Druggists, or mailed on
receipt of price, Sl.00. Henry & Davis, Pro-
prietors. Cleveland. o.
RICHARDSON & CO., St. Louis. Mo.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
That Great Comet.

The vast comet in the northern heavens,
which has been seen by everybody, has
naturally attracted much attention, and
there have been many speculations as to
who will receive the $500 prize which Mr..
II. II. Warner, the well-known proprietor
of the celebrated Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure. the founder of Warner Observatory,
Rochester, n. Y, has made. Whoever re-
ceives the reward, one thing is certain the
cause Of science has received great impe-
tus by reason OF this immense comet, and
the interest which has been taken in ii.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

When you visit or leave New York city
save baggage and expressage and carriage
hire, and step at the Grand Union Hotel
nearly opposite the Grand Central Depot
450 elegant rooms, single and in suits fitted
up at an expense of one million dollars.
Rooms reduced to 81 and upwards per day,
on European plan. Elevators, Restaurant
supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages
and elevated railroad to all depots.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
A Lesson in Debt Paying.
Charlottesville journal.

A pretty good thing on debt paying
was got off by a minstrel company in
this city recently. One dollar is made
to pay debt of six dollars, by the fol-
lowing manner: End man No. ] owes
the middle man 81, but says he can pay
him but 81, and crossing the stage hands
him dollar. The middle man owes end
man No. 2$2, but as the dollar he has
Just received from end man No. 1 is all
that he has, he hands that to him. End
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
The Meat Mines Of Siberia.

1t has often been stated that the inhabi-
tants of Polar Siberia feed their dogs on
mammoth meat, preserved in natures
ice house, sliced off at the convenience Of
the dogs. How these tropical animals
came to be so near the pole is an I'M
solved problem of the earth's history.
There are various theories intended to
explain the conditions, but none of them
are quite convincing The most reas-
enable one is that countless ages ago
there must have been q sudden change
of temperature at tho poles from torrid
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
He suffered for Thirty-Five Years.

GuILfoRD, IT, May 10, 1865.
For thirty-fve years have been the vic
tim of that terrible disease, Dyspepsia, have
consulted eminent physicians, and tried
almost every remedy. NY family physi-
clan finally told me could not be cured.
The first dose of Goes Dyspepsia cure help
ed me, and to-day consider myself cured.
and am ready to affirm that il is the most
valuable medicine ever placed before the
public. q. II. RICHARDSON.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

There are about fourteen grains troy
OF gold in each ton of see water, ana a
varying amount of silver, while sea
water, and all water. in fact, contains u
of alcohol, fifteen and one
half grams being found in ton of rain
water. This alcohol, found in vapor in
the atmosphere, and in abundance in
rich humus, is supposed TO result from
vegetable decomposition.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

DR.. TOBIAS VENETIAN LIYIMENT
has been warranted TO cure Group. Cole, Spasms,
Diarrhea and Dysentry, taken internally, and
matism. Old Sores, Pimples, Blotches and swell
lngs externally, and not bottle has been re-
turned many families stating they would not be
without 1t even IL 1t was $40 a bottle. Sold by
druggists at 25 and 80 cents Pimples and
Botches immediately eradicated and gray hair
turned to its natural color by its use. Depot, a.
Murray street, New York.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
f,,om fale-Tbree eggs one CID ,

Cream Cdke.-Three eggs, one cup OF
sugar, one cup of flour, one teaspoonful
of baking powder, one half cup Of sweet
cream. Bake like jelly cake. Put one
cup of pulverized white sugar into one.
halfcup of very thick sweet cream, and
spread bSwetn the cakes; flavor both
the cake and cream to suit taste. This
In deliCioua.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
MrSsMAN's PEproSrzEp BEEF TOXIC is the

MFSsMANs PEProNIzED BEEF Tonic is the
only preparation of beef containing its en-
tire nutritious properties. 1t is not a mere
stimulant, like the extracts OF beef but
contains blood-making, force generating
and DEMONSTRATING properties; is nvalaable
in all enfeebled conditions, whether the re
suit Of exhaustion, nervous prostitution,
overwork or acute disease, and in every
form of debility, particularly If resulting
from pulmonary complaints. CAswELL,
HAZARD & Co., Proprietors, New York.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

Messrs. J. X. Bennett Il Co, Muskegon,
Mich, thus speaks: st. Jacobs Oil is the
best liniment aroHnd here. We sell more
Of it than of any other proprietary medi-
cine We have in our store Our customers
are continually praising its effective quail
ties; and, we think, that it is the best rene
dy for rheumatism, neuralgia, ETC., we have
ever had in stock.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

THE editor of the Hackensack Repub.
Hcan went TO call on his girl, when he
saw on the front steps sign which said,
Beware of the paint" He went away
signing, 81 never before knew that she
nainted
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

Or the 100000, 600 acres of cultivable
land in the United States, only III per
cent are used. The 1855, 46S 1920 bushels
Of wheat, corn oats, barley, rye, buck
wheat and potatoes raised last year were
produced on l05, 9s3, sos acres.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

The Baptists in Scotland report that
in the last five years more Baptist chaps
els have been built ana more old debts
paid off than in the previous forty.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

Thousands of lives are destroyed by dis
eases of the kidneys and liver. Kidney
Wort would save them. Tell the sick Of it,
and that 1t is for sale by all druggists in
either dry or LIQUID m.-London TiBes.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

PARASITES prey one upon another, and
we should study as much as possible
their habits in order to know what to
destroy as well as what TO protect. The
parasite known as the notherus destroys
millions of the eggs of the canker worm.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

II was this "Trust in God and keep
your bowels open" For this purpose
take Kidney Wort-for no other remedy so
effsctuslly overcomes this condition, and
that without the distress and gripping which
other medicine causes. Try box OF bottle.
49, Telegraph.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

WRITE to Mas. LYDIA +. PINKHAM, No.
1913 Western Avenue, Lynn Mass, for
pamphlets relative to the curative proper
ties Of her VEGETABLE COMPOUND in sll fe-
male complaints,
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

OVER 100000 pounds of wool has been
sold at Bolton, Texas, of this years
clip. The prices ranged from % cents
per pound for Merinos down to 13t
cents for low and course.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
A Popular Hotel.

The Messrs Robertsons are making the
Grand Pacific Hotel of st. Louis n popu-
lar resort. Travellers should bear in mind
that it is within three blocks of the Union
Depot, and convenient to all parts of the
city. Rates 50 to 81 80 per day.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

CORRECT your habits of crooked walking
by using Lyons Patent Metallic Heel Still.
feners.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

The African Methodist Episcopal
Church claims that it has 1857 ,566 men,
beers and practitioners, against 2l5,0O0
reported in 1879.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
Editorial Approval.

Troy, y. H. frcss.
Mr.. ]. W. Melvin. Editor Warren, Mass
Herald, was cured of severe Neuralgia by
the use of 81. Jacobs Oil.
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23

AN Irish member of parliament re-
marks $50 long as Ireland was silent
under her wrongs, England was deaf to
her cries"
The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1881-07-23
Chi|dren's Pad Cures Bed.wetting,

Our book, show a Life was Saved,s
giving the history Of this new discovery and,
large record Of most remarkable cures, sent ia
one stamp Address,
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