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The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
Musical Composers and their Habits.

Haydn, when he sat down to compose,
always dressed himself with the utmost
care-had his HAIR nicely powdered and
put on his best suit Frederick III had
given him diamond ring, and Haydn
declared that if he happened 10 begin
without il he could not summon a single
idea. He could write only on the finest
paper, and was particular in forming his
notes as if he had been engraving them
on copper plate. Amer all these minute
preparations he began by choosing the
theme of his subject, and fixing into
what KEYS he wished to modulate ID;
and he, a. it were, varied the action OF
his subject by imagining to himself the
incidents of some little adventure or
romance.
Gluck, when he felt himself in q
humor for composing, had his piano car
ned into beautiful field, and thus en-
livened his imagination. Sarti, man
of gloomy imagination, preferred the
solemn stiffness OF spacious room,
dimly lighted by single lamp. Oma-
rosa delighted in noise and mirth. Sur
rounded by party of friends he oom'
posed his operas, and a. the ideas pre-
sented themselves he seized and EN-.
bodied them. Paisiello composed his
"Barbierre de Saviglia" and ia Molin.
ara" in bed. Sacchini declared that he
never could compose except his favorite
oats were sitting one on each shoulder.
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
Twelve Thousand Glasses Of Beer.

Cornelius Rosenberg; Hollander by
birth, and wood-turner by trade who
lives on Elizabeth street, has passed the
last twelve of the fifty-two years he has
been in this world IN q way worthy of
note. He works regularly by day, but
on every night, with less than a dozen
exceptions during the years named, he
has after supper taken walk of two or
three miles. invariably stopping in his
journey at Marburger's brewery, where
he drinks three or four ''schooners,' OF
lager beer. He generally arrives in the
tap-room at nlne O'Clock and leaves with
great regularity at ten O'Clock. On week
days he seldom smokes. but on Sunday
he remains at his boarding house and
smokes ten to fifteen cigars. He is not
talkative, makes few acquaintances, and
at Aarburger's, as at his clearinghouse
takes the same place at the table on
every visit. He neither gives nor ac-
cepts treats" and his favorite beverage
never disagrees with him. Assuming
that Mr. Rosenberg drank no beer on
Sunday, but took four glasses daily on
week days ding the past twelve years
he must have iTbibed 13,029 glasses
But as 1t appears that on some rare occa.
sions he took but three glasses, we have
allowed him, in round numbers, l2,O0C
schooners Of lager, an amount of fluid
that would float fair sized vessel.
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
What Makes the Man.
ChicagO Ledger.


Many people forget that character
grows; that it is not something to put on,
ready made. with womanhooG and man.
hood, but day by day, here a little and
there little, grows with the growth and
strengthens with the strength, until,
good or bad, it becomes almost coat OF
mail. Prompt, reliable, conscientious,
vet clear. headed and energetic, when do
you suppose he developed all these ad-
mirable qualities? When he was a
boy.
Let us see the way in which a boy of
10 years gets up in the morning, works,
plays, studies, and we will tell you Just
what kind of man he will make. The
boy that is late at breakfast, and late at
school, stands a poor chance to be a
man. The boy who neglects his duties,
be they ever so small, and then excuses
himself by saving, II forgou didn't
thinkw will never be a reliable man.
And the boy who finds pleasure in the
suffering of weaker things will never be
a noble, generous, kindly mana gentle
man,
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08

Picked Tomatoes. receipt is good
for about gallon of ripe tomatoes, and
is as simple as it is excellent. Don't
wash the tomatoes, unless they have soil
on them. Wipe quite clean. Do not
use oyer.ripe fruit. With a needle prick
the tomato in two or three places. Pace
tomatoes, whole, in ja', putting IN a
layer of salt, and then lc of tomatoes
whole. Let it thus stay for week:
When ready, take out the tomatoes and
mix wi h the salt two tablespooniuls oil
mustard, four ounces of ground ginger
four ounces of roughly broken pepper
one of cloves, and six onions finely
sliced. Replaced tomatoes as before
and pour cold vinegar over the whole
No boiling OF vinegar necessary.
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
SOUND ADVICE.

syou wish to be a lawyer, John-weli, I'd not
Unless I felt quite certain that Your longings are
4 75o6' I wish 70 discourage you, but then can't
To board YOU ns I'd hev to do, and pay your
once rent,
You've got lusty set o. limbs and ordinary
And Won were meant by common toll TO earn
mn, n tSpiyins farm and pleasant home shere
Ran, an~ one horse lawyers luck rs far as you
can see.
OF, voud been born with talent, John, you'd
long ago hev shown ,..
That you had gins by stealing of to study books
Now n'VS II You've ever read a book, rally don't
r,orsh nv% "Sme ~"t % think, I blicvc you sling
somewhat legal pen.
aBc wise. my boy. the legal ranks are more than
And ba,g of them who starvc therein was cut out
p,, ,bcY mistook pure lazncss for talent, under
And helped % to nn big supply where there was
no demand.
..ro ,,sv moi educatedg You, but here let me
rba, seed that's grown in shnky soil brings forth
but little grain; - 4,
And tbis higher education TO an ordinary mind
l. like pair OF big gold specs upon aman mats
blind.
ar,e,s 4, no prouder place than 'twixt the
handles Of the plow
Though stumpy land has humbed me al 'ines'
Imust ailow), ,, ..,,. /,
And as SDr human greatness, shouiu 'hinA
II I could take the prize for hogs at our next
county fair.
"Just emulate your sire, my son, ana )us' aS sure
you,li live to be respected, though perhaps you
won't be great III, 49,.
put enter law and FIVE short years VIII clean
you out so bad
youli hev no recollection Of the last square
meal you had"
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
The Horse In England.
Richard Grant White, in the Atlantic.

Richard Grant White, in the Atlantic.
The Egyptians mummied all sorts OF
sacred brutes, including bulls, cats and
crocodiles. If Englishmen should ever
take to embalming beasts / am sure
that, notwithstanding the national name
and place which roast beef helds in
English song and story, they would pass
by the bull and swathe the defunct
horse in muslin and spices. For if the
horse be not god in England at least
the cult of the horse is sort of religion.
There are tens of thousands of English
gentlemen who have horses on their
minds during the greater part of their
waking hours. The condition of the
animal; their grooming; the cut of their
tails and names; the way in which they
stand, or step, or stride; the fashion of
their hearness; the build, the look, the
dress of coachman and groom-tbese are
matters TO them of deep concern, of un-
easy anxiety. And this is so not once
a year, or once a quarter, or once a
month, but every day and two or three
times a day; every time, indeed, that
they ride or drive. Nor do mean only
those who are called "horsey" men
gentlemen drivers of mail coaches and
the like, who are grooms in every thing
except taking wages, and some Of whom
| was told will carry their workmanship
10 far as to take "tp." Apart from
these there is very large class to whom
the perfection in the minutest point of
the equestrian turnout" is question of
the major morals. When one of this
feels sure that his horse, his trap" and
groom will bear the criticism of his
friends and rivals, the inefiable air of
solemn self.suiliciency with which he
sits the saddle or the box is at once
amusing and pitiable. These men criti-
else each others equpages as women
criticise each others dress, as pedants
criticise each others scholarship. In
deed, in England there is pedantry of
the stable.
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
A Huge Casting.
PittSburg Telegraph

Preparations are being made for a
casting in this city that, it is claimed.
will be the heaviest single casting ever
made in this country weighing, complet-
ed, $50 tons. This enormous bit of
metal is to serve as the anvil block for
the new steam hammer at the Black
Diamond Steel Works. The metal will
be run from thrse cupola furnaces into
the mold. The foundations for the new
anvil block have been laid twenty-six
&et below the surface Of the
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
''ew Trick In Tailoring.
Now York Evening Post

NtN 'orh ENtHlng fbst,
A fashionable Boston tailor has hit up-
on plan Of gratifying his customers
with as manv suits of clothes as they
may feel inclined to wear at very large
reduction from fashionable prices. He
offers to supply three suits a year for
Sll7, iour for $40, five suits for Sl62,
while for 5000 a year he will agree
to let them have as many suits as
they choose to wear, the old
suits to be returned and the customer
to have the privilege of two suits at a
time. Under the first three propositions
the cost of each suit would be S39 80 and
S32 so respectively, the costumer re-
tanning the clothes. Under the last
proposition the customer may have ten
or more suits year at cost of 500 or
less for each suit, on the simple condition
of exchanging the suits that have been
worn for new ones.
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
Messina Quail.

The following is good description of
the Messina quail now being imported
into many of the States by sportsmen.
The habits and appearance Of the bird
are ae follows: In size il is about one
half ~ large az the European partridge
(Perdix einerea) and three.tifths as
large as our "quailp- partridge-(Ortyx
virginianus); is very compactly built,
with great speed in running and a pow
erful and long-continued flight, enabling
it TO cross large bodies of water in its mi
grafton. The bill is longer and more
slender than is our 0rtyx virginianus.
The color is brown, striped with reddish
yellow on the upper part of the body;
the head 10 darker than the back, the
throat reddish-brown and the region of
the crop reddish.yellow. Apale yellow
ish line passes from the base of the up
per mandible over the eve and down the
sides of the neck across the throat.
where II is bandeo by two narrow dark.
brown lines. The blackish.brown pri.
mary Quills are spotted with reddish
yellow in such a manner as to form
stripes. The first quill has also narrow
yellow boruer. The reddish-yellow tail
feathers have white shafts, and are spot
ted with black at their edges. The
length is y inches, and expanse or wing
Is inches. The tail is Il inches long.
This is the male. In the female all
these colors are comparatively indistinct.
The bird is very hardy. These have
been three months in the packing crates,
and none have been lost. All seem to
he in n yipOrous condition As food
bird it is excellent, and in Europe es-
teemed great delicacy. 1t laws well be-
fore the dog and gives fine sport for the
sportsman, and he who kills them on
the wing must be quick and true. The
species is very prolific, and. under favor.
able conditions, it is expected they will
become one Of the bird features OF this
locality. The nest is made on the ground
like the partridge, and fourteen or fifteer
white eggs are deposited.
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08

A REPORT has been started that Theo-
dore Thomas has returned from his Eu-
ropean trip in extreme ill-health. and
that he will be obliged 10 withdraw from
professional activity for at least two
months. This is not true;and it is equally
untrue that, as the same paper informs
its readers, Thomas was coldly received
by Wagner Wagner has been spending
the summer At villa near Naples. and
Thomas has not been within seven or
eight hundred miles Of him.
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
A Trap to Catch u Polar Bear,

The natives of the polar regions have
most ingenious method of trapping
bears. A thick and strog piece of whale
bone, about four inches broad and two
feet long, is bent double. While in this
state some pieces ofblubber are wrapped
around it, and the contrivance renders
1t hard and compact; tits now ready for
nse. The natives, being armed with
bows and arrows, and taken the froven
mass with them, depart in quest OF their
prey, and as soon as the animal is seeu
one of them deliberately discharges an
arrow at 1t. The dear feeling the result
pursues the party now in full retreat:
but meeting with the frozen blubber.
dropped expressly for IT, swallowed the
lump. The chase, the exercise ofthe in.
side soon cause the dissolution of tho
blubber. The whalebone, thus freed
from encumbrance, springs. back TO its
old position, and makes such havoc
with the intestines thai the test
dlscontinues the chase and 500 n dies.
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
PROF. A. G. BELL. the inventor of tb&

PROF. A. G. BELL, the inventor Of tbS
telephone, is described as handsome
ana courtly man. still young, and the
possessor OF very black eyes. He is a
scotchman, and was educated in Edin-
ourgh. The Volta prize, just awarded
10 nm as having made the best cleo
trical discovery of the past fifteen years,
nnngs him the pleasant sum ef $40, ,0c0.
lie Is about 10 sail for Europe, and will
receive the prize in person.
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
A Brave Lad.

Among those patrolllng the beach for
the recovery Of Willie Stimson's BODY
wasa boy named Connell, l3 years Of ace.
Itwas this boy and his father who dis
covered the body last Wednesday morn.
ing, which, when first seen was about a
quarter of q mile from shore, drifting
northward. No boats being anywhere
near, and realizing the danger of 1t being
carried our further into the lake, youne
Connell determined to swim out and re,
cover It. This he tried to do but failed
being unable TO swim 90 far. He ther
returned TO shore, procured horse from
his fathers farm neay by, and tried "a
swim the horse out, but when near the
10 body the horse became unmanageable
he was again forced to return. He
colt which he had ridden
and succeeded in swimming
Rpf The body, and grasping
=: \: =. =. I. y VI heroic thing to
S 8 q 4 !: 4 81 : - by only thirteen
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
nOusEHOLD RECIPEs.

To Set Coiors in Ldwn Dress-To set
pail of water and a tablespoonful of sugar
of lead. Let it steep an hour, then wash
it out in bran water; hang it in the shade
TO dry.
Broun Brodd.-Two cupfuls of New
Orleans molasses, two cuptuls of sour
milk, two cupfuls Of boiling water, small
tablespoonful of soda, little salt; mix
with two cupfuls of corn.meal to one OF
middllngs, stiff rs cup-cake; steam four
hours in three-quart tin vessel with a
cover.
Rrklsd Ndsiurtiums.-l used picked
nasturtiums, planting the vine purpose
", preferring them TO capers. When
plucked. scatter coarse salt over them
remain in a cool place "a hours; boil
good wine or cider vinegar in porcelain
lined pot, adding two dozen whole black
pepper corns, and about as much all.
spice; vinegar sufficient to cover the
nasturtium pods. They will keep for
years.
Apple Charlotte - Butter, then -four
lightly. your pudding-dish. Line it with
thin slices of bread, buttered on both
sides; put thick layer of apples, cut in
thin slices; sugar, and little cinnamon,
and few small pieces of butter; another
layer of bread and butter, apples, sugar,
| cinnamon, and butter last. Bake slowly
for two hours, keeping the pan covered
until a half-hour before serving; then
add wine-class of sherry wine, and let
the apples on top brown.
To New Tomdtoes.-Take ten large to-
matoes, put them into pan, and pour
scalding water over them to remove the
skins easily; peel them and cut out all
the hard or unripe portion; then cut
through and take out the seeds. Boil
an onion and mash it fine; add IT to the
tomatoes, with pepper and salt to your
taste, and piece of butter as large as
hens egg. Put them on to stew in an
earthen pipkin, and let them simmer
two hours. A quarter Of an hour before
dinner is ready add tour or iive table,
spoonfdis Of grated bread, and let il stew
I'LL ready 70 serve.
The Osceola times., 1881-01-08
MIXED TOILETS.
ire of plain with fl
prevails in all tC
tastes of those Y
, and of those "

The mixture of plain with figured ma
terials still prevails in all toilets, rs it
pleascs the tastes of those who prefer
plain tissues and of those who admire
figured fabrics best. This mixture is
bpcoming more and more intricate. 1t
no longer suilices with the most fashion
able people to wear figured tunic over
plain skirt. The whole dress is formed
of combinations of both styles of mate
rial. 1t requires no small amount OF
artistic taste to harmonize these mate
rials and colors perfectly. There is an
immense variety in brocades, damasses
and moircs to choose from. Among the
first are very beautiful chined and flori-
ated patterns, and also spot silks of two
distinct shades, all of which are to be
combined with plain silks and woolens.
-New York Epening Post.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ~, 1881.

In THE OFFICIAL BULLETINS of yester-
day IL was indirectly implied that the Presi-
dent had received no nourishment during
the day except by enemata; but THE CRITIC
is informed by prominent medical gentle
man Of this city, who learned it directly
from DR.. Reyburn, that at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning the President was given
lime water and milk, which remained
upon his stomach until halfpast / o'clock,
when it was voided in precisely the same
condition as when swallowed. This clearly
demonstrates that the digestive organs OF
the President arc dormant, and have lost
the power of assimilation for the time being
This is the most alarming symptom of the
Presidents condition, and, unless speedily
remedied or changed, leaves very little
room for hope.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

The ATLANTA Constitution, without
knowing it, is most generally right. For
instance, it says that the Postmaster General
has offered another insult to Brady by in
stalling jerome j. Kinds in Office. Jerome
knows all about the crookedness of the Star
route gang. In fact, Jerome has been there
himself To which VIC have only to add
that he should be there again--behind the
bars; which is where mono of tho Star
route" gentlemen can be found, or ever
will be found.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

GUITEAU HAS AGAIN MADE A BREAK for
fame. This morning at an early hour he
attempted to kill one of the keepers at the
Jail with knife. This monster has an in
satiable thirst for blood. This is the second
case of assault with intent to kill credited
to the account of this wretch Ifthe Presi-
dent recovers (Which all devoutly hope) the
law will entitle Guitcau to sixteen years,
eight years on each count. He may thus
expiate his crimes if the almanac holds out.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17
Practical ReIigion,

Deacon Stiles-I have request to make
of you, Brother Potts.
Brother Potts-Happy to oblige you IL ]
Deacon Stiles-You kissed Mrs. S. behind
an elder bush at our last Sunday-school
Brother Potts--Yes $3.50
Deacon .Stiles-Well, don't do 1t again
please. as 1t might breed a GOODNESS between
the families. My mother-in-law objects
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17
About the Size OF IL.

Our esteemed contemporary, the New
York Times, Is pleased to speak of the men,
bers of the convention which nominated
Hon. John w. Daniel for governor at Rich
bons.n We presume this is owing to the
fact that they cannot forget that honesty
Is the best policy, nor accept the doctrine
is wise statesmanship.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

A BOURBON EDITOR in Tuscaloosa, Ala
bama who edits ga patent outside" says
"Garfeld ought to have as in his Cabinet
if he wants TO know all about intimidation,
thieving and lying" We have no doubt
the editor knows all about these things, but
why does he want to impart his accomplish
ments to Garfield? He is not q Bourbon
editor
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

II never tire of reading Paradise
ing with u dreamy languor. Don't you
admire II, Mr.. Crab?n mo, don't, i re-
piled Crab crisply. "I used to read 1t be-
fore | was married, but now''--casting q
look toward Mrs. c., "I know what
Paradise Lost Is without reading it." No
wonder Mrs. Grab says Crab Is o brute.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

The USE of the editorial 1--WE is at times
likely to mislead. For instance, the Augusta
Chronicle states that; ave have 81 ,43O, ,OOO,-
900 of money in circulation, of which $780,
100000 is gold, $l72,00O,0OO is silver, and
over 500, O,ooo,O 900 in paper, convertible into
gold" All persons holding claims against
the paper will seize this opportunity to step
m
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

A NEwLy-ELEcTED MAYOR in a town in
Sardinia ordered a tax in consequence OF
the Misrepresentation of funds by the out
going official. That very direct people did
not go to law about it, but with character
istic promptness tore the ex-mayor's house
to pieces and left him lying dangerously
wounded. They flatter themselves that the
town accounts will foot up right for some
time TO come.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

McGINNIs, of Missouri, comes to tho
front. He has written an open letter to
the Postmaster General which by mistake
he addressed to Thomas L. James, instead
of to Gibson Woodward Kinds Cook, the
actual p. NJ. G. McGinnis has found some
more star-roate frauders. Filley Is the man
who did it all, and McGinnis knows it..
Who is McGinnis anyway? ~
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

The LOUISVILLE Couricr-JourraI, in fit
of despair, predicts for us as nation both
the Communism Of Paris and the Nihilism
of Russia. Either is really enough to stagger
under. 1t is too utterly utter to scare us
with both at once.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

THEY CALL IT vendetta in New York
when twomen get angry at each other in a
tenement house and nearly kill one an
others wives. The women are in the hos
pital, the men escaped unhurt. Vendetta
supplies lOng-felt want.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

TELELoeUE is proposed for the approval
of the public as word needed to supply a
serious want. The phrase telephone mes
sage proves to be so clumsy and inconve-
nient in common use that such a substitute
will be welcome.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

THERE CAN HARDLY be an uglier form
of public casualty than the collapse of q
temporary staging at festival Such an
incident has just occurred at Marseilles at
the peaceful entertainments of bull fight.
The seats broke down, and twelve spectators
were killed outright and $50 seriously in
jured
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

THE ENGLISH GovERNTMET declines
politely to answer questions about Egypt
The demand was unreasonable; who ever
did say anything explicit about the mystic
land of the Sphinx?
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

IHE ENGLISH LADIES, grown tired of
keeping shady, have now broken out viru-
lently into spots. The fault is excused by
the popular delusion that spots make the
human form appear more slender. Fortu-
nately, our delicate American ladies need
not therefore follow the example.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

RossETTI CoNrEssEs that when the pre-
Raphaelito artistic boom was started, about
thirty years ago, the chief conspirators
were four lads between the ages of Is and
%. This is only another proof of the Sc
rious mischief that can be done by mis-
guided bows.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

WOODWARD AND GIBSON have been tax
ing in the watering places. If there are
no Star-routo frauds elsewhere, there were
two great Star-route frauds wherever Gibson
and Woodward were,
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

THE Hon. William Dennison hasn't ex
hibited signs of activity this year. Mr.
Dennison was formerly chief engineer of q
sherman Observation-Disclosures Enquirer
We also learn that John Sherman is pay.
ing an undue amount of attention to his
garden fruits about this time. Can it be
possible that John wants Foster to paddle
his own canoe?
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

HIlave you Watts ON the Mind ?'n sol.
emnly asks a clerical-loolSing old gent OF
the roguish damsel behind the counter.
mo, sir, she answered "but have nine
on one hand and two on the other Arc
you q wart doctor, sir?u
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

PERHAPS IT IS just as well that ono How
gate was not made the successor of General
Myer. The country might have gone into
bankruptcy on telegraph bills and never
known the cause.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-17

CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS are still en-
deavoring to settle their relative status
The only point now left open for dispute is
which city must rest content as sodom, and
which as Gomorrah.