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The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
FOR The LITTLE ONES.
.Hmmie's story-Tom's Appie-biiis WI"
Brui.er-"ifI Was Only King


Nv little boy Jimmy IS SIX ieais old
and vent 10 school for the first time last
summer. The school house Is close TO
,he woo.ls. and at noon the children
have a nice time playing across th'
trees.
One afternoon Jimmy came running
i,,o INV room. where ! sat ten ing the
b,bv 20 mother said he, a got to
school just in time this morning 81,
aWrl.r ssii /. "that is right. ! IKE
- have nv little boy always get to school
in time A., 7
oh said be, 81 did not mean that, l
meant that got 10 school lust IN Time 10
SCI li,at poor little squlrrelT
"Wbat little squirrel? | asked.
Il vtl, iell YOU. You know there Is
cisf4rn near the school, where We gel
water. and there is chain pump IN TIE
ci.,ern. Wen, little squirrel had run
inlo the nose Of the pump, and Wheh
Arthur Mason came along the equlrrei
WAS tripltene1 and ran farther In; ana
the first thing Arthur heard was spiash
the poor little thing had ialieh in'o
the cistern.
"soon there was crowd of children
around the pump. In short time we
heard the chain rattle, the squirrel was
climbing up 70 the spout again. Up, mp,
he came, and looked out through the
snou,. but he saw so many little glrls
and boss. that lie turned back, and
down he went again to the bottom OF
the cisfern. ! think he felt very bad,
don't YOU, mother" -,
ayes. | think he did. But how did
YOU get him OUT or did he die IN the
water
NO. be did not die. Pretty soon the
teacher came up, and told all the chill
dren to step back, 80 that the squirrel
could not see them il he came out. linen
She took piece of cake, and laid 1t IN
the spout.
In a few minutes we heard the chain
moving. We all kept still, and by and
by out poked poor little wet nose and
tqo little bright eyes, Then the teacher
tave good smart rap on the back OF the
pump, and out ran the squirrel.
"he was so tired and wet and cold
that he could hardly walk. He wen!
slowly across the yard, and climbed
upon the fence and was sitting IN the
sun when the bell rang. | was very
glad he got out Of the cistern, and l hope
be is now up in the tree with the rest ol
the squirrels. don't youY"
Yes. Jimmy" said II hope he is
and if you ever see any little animal'
that have in any way got hurt, don't
make them feel any worse than they do
but try to help them all you can, for
God likes us to be kind to all the crea'
sures ne has made"
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
A Etr.f Raby.


The frst dsy or two after the birth d
our child j. more or less iniistinc, in
our memory. II don't seem b BE- ven
definite or fixed. fioa.iHs through Oui
Wild waste Of brain there is a chaotic
panorama. and there seems % be noihin.
tut a mixture Of events. We see in cul
minds eve an excited young msn pranc
ing wildly through the moOnli ghi do Ogr
town. Ihe solumn hush Of midnight
seems 10 pervsde everything. The
young zlan seems 70 have dressed him
self In a hurry, and one suspender is
hanging down by biz side. lie rings a
door b. Il am physician comes 70 the
door.
There is a hurried conversation and
then all Is s;Ill. Pretty soon two men
pass up the street.
tie tomorrow A beautiful parboiled
child il nesting in a roll n snowy
blankets. The fither gets magnify ing
glass and looks at the failures.
The nurse tells the father that the
child is the living picture Of him, and
the enraged parent brains the nurse
with a decorated wash bowl.
First day.-The child opens its mouth
twice, emitting a ialsetic wall that makes
the cold chills 20 all over the sdjoining
block.
Second day. The child passed 4 COM
Portable night. More comfortable than
the parents. The father goes down
town at two O'Clock A. ". for = soothing
potion for the child. Gets one for him.
self at the same time.
Third dsy.-Respirziion normal, pulse
regular, amoEnt OF laudable howl ma
terially increased.
Tenth day.-The mind begins to dc
yelop, and the father notices that his
child has no teeth, and viii have to be
fed on ground feed and bran mash for
some time.
Fifteenth day.-The child passed the
night paving the air and rehesrsinc
voluntary in q, fifth added line above.
Twentieth dsy.-Signs Of internal dis
turbance, with indications Of squalls and
the pale blue collie.
Twenty-first day.-Fell out Of bed
without fatal results.
Thirtieth day.-Began to notice the
father, and manifested a desire TO be-
come more thoroughly acquainted.
Fortieth day.-The dlssipaied flush
caused by late hours and constant atten>
ton TO vocal music began 10 disappear
No noticeable change for several
months, except the growth Of the brain
and partial disappearance Of gastric re-
bellion.
The growth Of the mental faculties
seemed then TO be more and more no.
ticesble, so that at this date the child
already seems to know more than the
old people. The mental expansion Of
the juvenile is something that is simply
appalling.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
The PARs.
water m PA.,ure-- -cream.ry Butter,

I Water m Pastures Creamery Butter,
Many pastures IN the We; consist Of 3
level piece ofprsir5e land ooTered with q
few varieties Of srsss and surrounded by
fence OF barb wire There is no water
exert that found in natural depressious
7 Of the earth sfler a heavy rain. Milch
coSs are alloEed water in the yard tEic-
a day al milking time. Calves, cll;s and
stock cattle are driven 10 pond, Geek.
OF watering trough oncs in every twenty
four hours to quench their thirst. >heep
often are not treated Is well a. this. Il
j. fayoriie idea of some farmers thst
sheep will get along Nell enoCEh on dev
They are fond Of resd snz s.ories Of sheep
. that lived for months uu ooezn isIsnds
I that contained no fresh water, or in and
regions in ID far west where there sre
no springs OF streams.
/, is true that most kinds oiiarn stock
. will exist for several months on scant
supply Of food and uzieT, and Eiih very
/ little 10 add 10 their comfort. The ami
mas viii exist, but they will rot be
rf0hisbie 10 their owners. Cows vii
give lite milk, sheep will afford bat
small amount OF wool, stock intended
Tor the butchers wall lay on but little lat,
and young snimsis " ill make very
SOW growth. Stock keut during several
generations in this way viii run out.
They vil diminish m size and pro
ductiYeness. They will be far les profit
sble % their Owners than animals that
nAve tneir maierial wants well supplied
and have bad attention paid 20 their
comfort. Some animals, Ike human be-
ines, viii only 90 their best when they
are well led ana c5red .or.
Every pasture slogld contain per
petu8l supply Of cool, fresh water, to
v hicn animals can have access al all
times. Ifike pasture l. large, then there
should be several drinking places. AM
Dais should not lie subjected to the hard
ship OF walking bali a mile = obtain &
drins IN a bot DAY in July or August. II
they are cOmpellad % do this they will
often remain thirsty for several hours,
and will then ind their way 10 the water
and drink immoderzts ly. Abstinence
from water for considerable period, or
q long walk in the scalding sun In order
10 obtain il, will result in the loss Of
milk, flesh, and fat. Water. neXi 10 air,
j. the cheapest article that is consumed
by animals, and they should have it in
abundance and within easy reach al all
times.
Many farmers are very negligent in
utilizing natural supplies Of water. They
take no pains to keep up the flow OF
water in springs, or conduct the water
they afford through pipes 10 different
parts Of large PASTURES. The fall neces-
slry to conduct water is very small,
Pipes of wood, iron or lead are cheap.
and are easily placed below the frost
line. Once in position, they will last a
life-time, and require no repairs. II is
often the case that a supply Of water can
be obtained from spring located on an
adjoining farm or on public highway
II there is no spring, stream OF lake from
which water can be obtained, resort
must be bad to wells and wind mills, OF
10 artesian wells One of these wells
will often furnish sufficient water to snp-
ply several farms.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
The E0rsEH0Lp.
r.efal Facts for the Home Economy and
Health.
tAnerican Agr8cultulis,

lAmeriean AgricultuIisl
Now that potted plants are sboBi "a
be brought into the house, whether 10
the green house or 10 the window Of the
iyelling, il Is quite important b know
he condition OF their rpOts. Whether
nO,s have been plunged in the soil Of
lie lawn or border, or have been sisnd-
ing in come sheltered pace during the
summer, il is most likely that the roots
are in a crowded, crsmped condition,
that is quite unfayorable to healthy
growth. Before they are taken in for
sinier, the roots o! the plants should be
examined. To do this. place the night
hand over the top Of the got, allowing
the stem 10 pass between the fingers; in
yer the plant, and, holding the pot with
the left hand, give its edge a sharp tap
sgains, a bench, table, or other conyen-
lent place. The pot will usually come
of the iirst tap, but should it not after a
few trials, pour some water on the earth
and let it soak awhile. In rare cases II
nav be necessary 10 run an old knife
around between the earth and the sides
0i the pot. Generally, however, the pot
will readily come off, when the oonji-
ton Of the roots may be inspected. II
the roots have reached the side Of the
pot, and are in danger Of becoming
crowded and matted, repottiDg Is neces-
slry, using new pot one size Larger
than the Old one. The new pot should
have the needed amount Of coil placed
in the bottom, first placing a broken
crock oYe the hole. and then fresh soil
should be carefully flled in between the
bali Of earth and the pot, using a thin
stick. fat like knife blade, to aid in
illing IT evenly and compsctly. This
examination Of the roots should be made
whenever plant appears to be in poor
condition, as II not only enables one to
see il the roots require repotting, but
allows angle worms 10 be removed.
Worms often do much mischief by form
ing channels through the ball OF earth,
which allow the water 10 run out before
1t can have time to soak into the ball;
though sufficient water may be gwen,
the plant NAV really suser from dryness,
as the water is not able TO soak into the
earth and reach the roots. The worms
may usually he seen, aud removed from
the ball Of sell.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
kleeplessness.

The Medical Prea and Circular con-
tains some good suggestions about the
hygienie treatment Of sleeplessness,
winch are summarized as follows Wet
half a towel. apply To the back Of the
neck pressing i up toward the base Of the
brain, and fasten the dry half Of the
towel OVER 20 as TO prevent the too rapid
e1halatioD. The effect is prompt and
charming, cooling the brain and Undue.
ing calmer, sweeter sleep than any mar
cotie. Warm water may be used, though
most persons prefer cold. To those who
suffer from over-excilement OF the brain,
whether the result Of brsin work or
pressing anxiety, this simple remedy
has proved an especial boon.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
Billy and BruiseY.

Billy is small boy; Bruiser is big
dog. They are great friends. Billy
gets on Bruiser's back, and treats him as
if he we're a horse.
Bruiser takes this as good Joke, he
likes to have Billy play with him in this
way. But it would not be safe for any
body else TO do il.
Bruser Is a grand watch dog. One day
The old dog gave fierce growl to keep
Of butterfly.
He thought the butterfly was going to
attack Billy. Billy had a good laugh at
this: for. small as he is, he thinks he is
a match for a butterfly.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19

From the ochre depths Of the surgng
Yellowstone, over alkali desert and sage.
brush plain, there comes tale of aborig.
inal degradation that must cause the
bones OF J. fenimore to rest uneasily in
the tomb. Sitting Bull and his band Of
warrior Sioux, who erstwhile beld ruth
less sway from the Missouri to the Brit
ish border and dwelt in wakiups thatch-
ed with the scalps Of their pale-faced
enemies, have, as everybody is aware,
kindly consented TO abandon the war.
path and eat government rations for the
winter. But il is not all. The doughty
warriors have played an engagement In
the role of roustabonts and unloaded a
steamer at the mouth Of the Yellow
stone. II seems that the great chief sat
on the deck with his blanket drawn over
one shoulder and q revolver in his hand
and made dozen warriors with Their
squaws lug the freight on shore. He is
said to have made very effective cap
tain Of the watch.-S. Louis Reptbi-
ss1.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
To Get Rid Of Ants.

Try water for ants. Set sugar, molas.
ses, cake, etc, so that they cannot get
them except by swimming, which they
will never attempt, A table, standing
apart with each leg set in small basin
Of water, IS a great convenience. Inc
small red ant infests only oily and greasy
things, 20 hang cooking utensils beyond
their reach. Keep closets. shelves, floor
and yard clean and well swept, wash
dirty carpets, etc, and do not allow ami
mails and fowls near the house. There
are plenty Of ants and always will be.
Their place is not in the house, but they
will come il they find attraction.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
short Life of Beep.

The extreme age Of the working bee
is about six months, and they only at
tain that age in the winter season while
living perfectly dormant When the
old bees take their first fly in the spring
not more than one in twenty returns to
the hive. If we have a colony without
queen, when the hive goes into winter
quarters, there is nothing in the spring
but old bees, and the first fly they take
they fail TO return. They usually COM
mence breeding about the middle Of
February.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19

A REPORTER OF The la, regds New
Mexico Opfic has had an interview with
a retired member OF the James brothers
gang Of robbers, who solomnly asserts
that Jesse James and younger brother
are engaged in stock raising not loc
miles from Las Vegas. "They are pros
porous and honest" said this reformed
cut-throat, "and their greatest desire is tC
live 30 that their ofienses may be forgot
ten here and forgiven in heaven"
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
Creamery Butter,

Iowa Creamery butter stands very
high in this market. j. =. Rose, Of De
Witt, Iowa, gives the following briei
statement OF his process in making a
preslium lot. This butter sas manu-
fsctured in the Glen Rose Creamery
The milk was received from about forty
dairies Of native cows (abOut i0Ol and
put into cheese watts in the morning, then
heated to eighty-six degrees as the
milk was TO be made into cheese the
same afternoonl; six hours afterwsrd it
was skinned and the cream placed in
pals or cans, surrounded BY water oi
about sixty degrees temperament. where
il remained twenty-iCur hous, or until
it (the cream became slightly acid; then
cburued in q square box chum untll
the butter g,obules became about the
size Of kuckshoi; the buttelmilk Wis
tutn drawn and the butter rinscd in The
churn With cold water, placed on worker,
ss!icd Il ounce per pound, lightly work
Cd. put away for eighteen or twenty
hours, then worked again and packed In
the tubs for market.
Mr.. james ;. Grinnell, writing 70 the
Springfield Republican Of bells on sheep
as a protection against dogs, gives this
illustrative experience: "A good farmer
in Leyden, who keeps about dozen
excellent S1uthdown ewes, always bell-
ed, was grieved and surprised one morn.
ing TO find that dogs had ralded his
flock, killed two, mangled Others, and
scattered the rest. On collecting his
little flock into the yard after a days
search, he found that the tongue was lost
from the bell. This was replaced, and
never since has his reep been worried.
The experiment is so simple an? cheap
that it is worth trying"
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
The Grent salt Lake.

Four barrels Of water of the Great
Salt Lake will leave, after evaporation,
nearly a barrel Of salt. IT was discov-
cred in the year 1920, and no outlet has
yet been ascertained. -Four or five
large streams empty into it, and the
facts ofits still retaining its saline prop
critics seem to point to the conclusion
that there exists some secret bed Of sa-
line deposit over which the waters flow,
and that thus they continue salt-ior,
though the lake may be the residue Of
an immense sea which once covered the
whole of this region, yet by its contnu-
ing so salt with the amount of fresh wa
ter poured into it daily, the idea Of ex-
istence Of some such deposit from which
it receives its supply seems to be only
too probable For the past fifteen years,
until last year, the lake has been gradu-
ally rising; but in 1879 it receded two or
three feet-a most unusual occurrence
owing to the exceptionally warm
weather. There are no fish in the lake,
but myriads Of small flies cover its sur
face. The boyancy of the water is so
great that it is not an eaiy matter at all
to drown in it. The entire length of the
salt lake is eighty-fve miles. Com
pared with the Dead sea, the great Salt
Lake is longer by forty-three miles and
broader by thirty-hve miles.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
Total.-........................... .lO450l loOo

From this table it will be seen that
America leads in great fires. Chicago,
with her two hundred million blaze,
taking the lead. Moscow and Paris
come next. Constantinople is the cham
pion city on the number of her great
fires, and taking her ten great fires, she
takes rank over all with total loss of
three hundred and thiriy-six millions
of fdollars and ninety-six thousand build
ings. Almost half this loss l6l0. 600, 900
occnrred in the last six years Of the 2l0
wears included in the list.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
Ieprory In Baltimore.

Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
A report comes from physicians in
Baltimore that a case of genuine leprcsy
has been brought to attention there.
The patient is a lady, the mother of
several children, and her case has ex-
cited considerable attentiontion among
the physicians of that city. She was
born in Baltimore, where she lived un-
Ill her sixteenth year, when she re-
moved to the Eastern Shore. Dr. j. f..
Atkinson, who has attended the patient
and on one occasion exhibited her TO the
members of the Clinical Society of Balti-
more at its rooms, speaking of the Ease
in the medical record of the society Of
March ~, 1881, states that about eigh-
teen months previous lin 1879 symptoms
OF this horrible disease became mani.
fest yellow spots appeared on the
limbs,and gradually spread to the trunk,
chest, back, neck, face, and finally to
the arms. DR.. Atkinson Immediately
brought the case to the notice of the
Clinical Society, and on two different
occasions read papers before medical
bodies ON the subject The only reason
assigned for the atlliction Of this lady is
that she resided near another leper, and
il is supposed by this means contracted
the malady. 1t is generally believed
that leprosy is contagious, a belief which
In this instance seems to be attested, rs
the woman has never in her lifetime
crossed the borders Of the State of
Maryland, thus making ii impossible for
her TO contract the disease by breathing
air which was previously contaminated
by the presence Of lepers. The patient
has now about the face leonine appear
ance, or resemblance to the lion caused
by plobules growing over it
There Is no cure known to the physi-
cans for leprosy, the afflicted one being
slowly consumed, the arms, legs, toes,
ETC., Becoming disjointed and falling of.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19

HARRY GEsEr's term Of imprisonmen,
will expire in e few days He is the
only prominent member Of the Tweed
ring now lefi. All the rest are dead or
vanished. Peter b. Sweeney is said 10
be living In seclusion omewhere In the
south Of France.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
When stonevaIi wa. Frightened.

An Aneedo,e by GOV. Jackson, Of West Virginia
recollect asking Stonewall who was
my cousin, if he had ever been fright
ened in war. lie said yes, once he had
been considerably under a sense of fear.
II was in the City of Mexico. A chest
containing large sum of money had
been put in Lieutenant Jackson's charge,
and 10 be perfectly secure of il he or.
dered it carried to his headquarters, in
an old abbey or convent, and laid down
there alone in the room with it to sleep,
a sentinel walking the corridor outside.
lie had been there in bed only a few
minutes, and was getting drowsy, when
he distinctly heard something under his
bed, which lifted up as ifa man was Sc
creted there. Jackson said he leaped
out Of bed and drew his sword, and ex-
amned the bed and room in vain.
jackson then supposed he had been
possibly dreaming and resumed his bed.
Just AS he was thinking it was all a mis-
take his bed lifted again, plainly and
with some force. He started forth a
second time, sword in hand, and behold
nothing was there. This time,n said
he, ~ was scared, indeed. till my atten-
ton was called to shouting outside in
the street, and then found it was an
earthquake passing under the City OF
Mexico that had lifted my bed up and
given me such apprehension"
FIRM is partnership, but many a
a. l.. -
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19

CoNGKn-NAs 5 s. Cox is delighted with
his visit 10 Norway. He writes that he
sees there no beggary, no poor-houses or
jails and no locks upon the doors. This
leads an exchange to remind him that
there Is no Republican party there eth
err. II there was, all the above things
would soon be required.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19

WnKx the directors Of the Mechanics
National Bank Of Newark, n. j., saw
Cashier Baldwin with a screw driver
preparing to remove the counter and gas
fixtures from the bank they began to
feel loss Of confidence. 1t is estimated
now that Baldwin got away with $1,000
600. He seems to have transacted bust
ness in his Gown peculiar style"
The Osceola times., 1881-11-19
Not "a Modern Romance.
New York Graphic.l


Pogoma-My dear, must go out ON
business again tonight.
Regim-My dear, you didn't find it
necessary to 90 away from me on busi-
ness almost every night before we were
married.
Pho, my dear, but my busines. then
was to marry you.
R-And you enjoyed my company
then?
P.-I did, my dear. ! wasn't so sure
Of YOU as am now, my dear.
R-Well, you're candid enough, at
any rate.
P.-I am, my dear; let rs be honest
With each other. You sec we've talked
each other out. Iou know me all
through, and know you,
R-And home is a ,ull place, sup
pose And Pm not as interesting as be-
lore you married me.
P.-You put the case disagrceably
plain, my dear. There's no need OF
serving up the truth raw in that lash
ION. Bat that's the size Of it when you
take the trimmings Off.
too; may be out till . A. NJ; possibly
till 3.
P.-Where where are you going, my
dear?
R. To see a person on business.
PA person, man or woman.
But it's woman, of course. And why
50 late?
R.-Its a person, my dear, And it's
business. Business is business, you
know.
P-But respectable woman has no
business to be ont with person at such
an hour. Above all, wife.
R.-And why wife any less than
husband, my dear?
P-Because-bcc use II ain't the
thing, You know. A mans business
keeps him out late. At least some mems
business does. Mine does.
Il. And hcnceforth mine does, my
dear. Sauce for the gander is sauce for
the goose, my dear. I'm going 10 see
something Of life. flome is duh, You're
right, my dear. You were Interesting
before | married you. But now We kuoN
each other ali through, you know. We
see too much of each other, you know.
/ Come, let's be honest with each other.
Sauce for the gander ought to be the
coosc's uUe, hadn't il, ms dear? Sauce
| p'quante. Good-by. Pm of for green
er fields and pastures newer.
Pho YOU don't, my dear.
R.-Yes, / do.
P.-You go out of that door and you
don't come in again, my dear.
RI don't want to, my dear.
What
RI don't want TO, INV Gear, I've got
a housand dollars of my own, and if
your door is locked when return ! shall
hire a door of my own and lock YOU out,
my dear. Sauce for the gander is sauce
Tor the goose.
P.-O come now, my dear; this is all
nonsense. You won't do any such thing
Come, be sensible now.
RI am sensible, my dear. In TACT,
We Just got possessian of my senses, as
MIR Fresh says. can do it and will.
Iou know me well enough for That, don't
y0u, my lelH
P.-My dear, I think won't 90 ont
tonight.
R.-Neither will l, my dear.
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