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The Osceola times., 1881-11-12
What the Blind Require.

In an address before the college 70,
the blind at Upper Norwood, Henry
Fawcett, the blind postmaster-g general
of England, said that, speaking from
his own experience, the greatest service
that could be rendered to the blind was
to enable them to live as far as possible
the same life as il they had not lost
their sight. They should not be impris-
oned in institutions or separated from
their friends. Few who had not ex.
perienced it could imagine the indie.
scribable Joy to them Of home life. Some
persons hesitated to speak to the blind
about outward objects. The pleasantesi
and happiest hours of his life were those
when he was with his friends who
talked about everything they saw just
as il he was not present, who in q room
talked about the pictures, when walk,
ing spoke Of the scenery they were
passing through, and who described the
people they met When with the blind
people should talk 10 them about and
describe everything they saw. The
speaker concluded by remarking that
there was plenty Of goodwill to assist
the blind, but what was required wai
better organization.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12
Take Care of the MInules.

The old adage, "Take care Of the
pence and the pounds will take care of
themselves" may be thus parodied /:
"1ake care of the minutes and the days
will take care OF themselves" II the
minutes were counted that are daily
wasted in idle reveric or still idler talk,
in thinking of setting about task that
is not relished, and in looking for things
that should not have been mislaid, they
would soon amount to hours, aud prove
sufficient for the acquisition of some
elegant art, or the study Of some useful
science. Almost all young persons have
something in view of which they would
liketo do, if they had time for it and,
by scrutinizing their appropriations OF
every hour in the day, they will gener-
ally find as much time wasted as would
suffice for the desired end, il resolutely
redeemed from idleness. A professional
gentleman of rare attainment, and one
who added to the laborious duties Of
his calling a great variety of learning,
much scientific research and many ele-
giant accomplishments, was asked by q
young lady how he found time for all
that he did. He replied: "There is
one rule which l have found of great
use, and therefore recommend it to you,
and that is, always do small things, such
as writing letter, copying ont some
short piece, making sketch, reading q
review, etc, in small portions of time,
and reserve whole day of leisure for
some long and important affair. Never
use up a rainy morning doing variety
of little Jobs, and think, because you
dispatch a great many, that you have
well bestowed time; leave small affairs
for half hours, and use your unin-
terrupted morning for something that
cannot be done in half hours. You have
sometimes wondered at my having time
to correspond with Sc many absent
friends; but all my letters of friend
ship are written in odd minutes, while
l am waiting for people who are not so
punctual to their appointments as am.
You would think it poor economy to cut
into whole yafd Of cloth when you
want little piece to mend with; you
would take scrap from your remnants.
Just such poor economy Of time is it to
use up whole day in little unconnected
affairs let your remnants of time suf-
fee for these"
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12
Words of Wisdom.

II is remarkable how much more in.
dignant we may become at another per.
sons faults than our own.
Happiness is always the inaccessible
castle which sinks in ruin when we set
foot on 1t.
Cheerfulness is an excellent wearing
quality. 1t has been called the bright
weather of the heart.
Impoliteness is derived from two
sources-indifferenc to the divine and
contempt for the human.
Faith has vision Of its own, but no
light in which it can distinguish objects
except the light of prayer.
Each man sees over his own expert
ence certain stain of error, whilst that
of other men looks fair and ideal.
They that will not be counseled can.
not be helped. II You do not hear
reason, she will rap your knuckles.
They say fortune is a woman, and
capricious. But sometimes she is q good
woman, and gives to those who merit.
Count up mans calamities and who
would seem happy Dut III truth ca
lamity leaves fully half of your life un.
touched.
"To acquire few tongues" says
French writer, "is the task Of few
years; but to be eloquent in one is the
labor of life."
The dishonest man gives no more
oight in the world than tallow candle,
and when he dies he leaves as bad an
odor behind him.
Considering the unforeseen events Of
this world, W should be taught that no
human condition should inspire men
with absolute despair.
Be willing to do good in your own
way. We need none Of us be disturbed
IL we cannot WELD another's weapons,
But our own must not rust.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

A stitch in time saves nine" In
handling colts, as well as in handling
clothes. Commence handling the young
foals from their very birth. They are
much more easily gentled and halter.
broken during the first few months than
ct any subsequent period, and, as a rule,
the longer it is deferred the more diff.
cult the work becomes. The easiest way
in the world to break colt to
the halter is to tie him in the stall by
the side OF his dam, and to lead him by
her side occasionally when she is taken
out for work or exercise. The time thus
employed is never missed, and many
young thing that might otherwise grow
up wild, vicious and unruly, is made
gentle, kind and tractable. Stock
Journal.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12
service

PARIS has more poor than any city in
the world. The number of registered
poor who have received relief during the
present year reaches the number OF 354,-
sI2, Of whom 100000 received outdoor
relief. The number supported wholly by
charity is over 10000. In 1879 every
tenth rerson was a confirmed pauper.
The annual poor rate of Paris is ia
francs per head, or $l25 per family.
Paris supports 5000 orphans and found.
linrs, rays the expenses OF $4,000 moth.
eu too poor to defray themselves, and
has tho names of 10000 poor families on
ifa official lists.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

Thinking about piece Of corn adds
five bushels to the acre, sometimes ten.
,fhe fifth rail Of fence is generally
worth more than the other four.
Weeds in a corn and potato field are
like notes on interest at twenty per cent,
If particular production is all the
rage sell out while prices are high and
buyers are plenty.
Fall and winter evenings are the most
profitable times for mental culture, So
cial happiness and rest.
II is never best to overdue economy
by letting hogs or geese habitually eat
the grass in the front yard.
Encouraging words will sometimes
make a scythe cut well an hour longer
than it otherwise would.
Gives the boys work, and take pains
to teach them. II is to this source that
We must look for our best farm men.
Cigar smoke in a cornfeld may pre-
vent the depredatiops OF crows, but it
never fails to make the net yield less
When q mortgage on a farm is so
heavy that the owner never tries to
lessen or lift it, the sooner he finds q
small place the better.
IL is important 10 gen at the uouom
Of things, and equally so, whether done
by tough thinking or subsoil plow.
Some kinds of wood season better out
Of doors than under cover, but IL is not
so with the beam and handles OF plow.
Vegetable decay prepares for subse-
quent life. An exception to the rule is
rotten potatoes and turnips in cellar
in May.
1t is bette, Tor a farmer to eat salt on
his potatoes instead of butter, If the lat
ter is needed to pay an old debt at the
village store.
Every farmer should compete for all the
c-emirms st the annual faivn IN his line
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

One of the chief hinderances 70 tele-
graphing in Japan is the grounding of
the current by spider lines. The trees
bordering the highways swarm with
spiders, which spin their webs everywhere
between tle sarth, wines, posts, insula-
tors and trees. When the spider webs
are covered with heavy dews they be-
como good conductors ard run the
m sage, to cath The only way to re.
move the diff ,ulty is by employing men
TO sweep the wires with brushes Of
bamboo, but as the spiders are more
numerous Sua persistent than the brush
users the difficulty remains always
serious one
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12
Indian Professiops.

Among the curiosities OF the Indian
census are the extraordinary professions
which some OF her maiesty's subiecte
declare they pursue. In Allahabad nc
fewer than ga at a former census de
scribed themselves as low blackguards, {"
calling which, however, is only too
common elsewhere than in Allahabad,
but the professional "painters OF horses
with spots" and the hereditary clerks
who pray to their inkhorns" are surely
peculiar to India. In Russia, however
the progress of civilization has devel.
oped new profession which it would
be difficult to match even in India. Its
speciality is the burning of insured
premises. The st. Petersburg insurance
companies have just captured one of
three members of this profession who
have carried on this lucrative vocation
for several years. They were in the
habit ofarranging for confagrations with
the owners of insured premises. On
being guaranteed twenty per cent. of
the insurance money they set fire to the
houses, which, being mostly built of
wood, burned easily enough. They
might have been earning their twenty
per cent. to-day but Cor the astuten ess
Of the Libau police, who set a trap for
them into which they fell, much to the
delight of the insurance companies. It
is possible enough that members OF this
scandalous profession are not unknown
in other countries besides Russia.
Frauds against insurance companies are
difficult to detect even when the in
sured fires his own property; but when
the work is undertaken by professional
fire.raiser detection becomes almost i'm.
possible.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

yellow fever is still reported to the
National board Of health as existing in
Havana, bnt not to so great an extent as
in the summer. All fears of visitation
to this country are now regarded as
groundless. Every case has thus far
been stopped at the various quarantine
stations. Two fatal cases have, how
ever, occurred at Key West, Fla, one an
assistant surgeon Of the marine hospital
service
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

SOME Minnesotians took from her bed
Mrs. Welch, woman of unblemished
reputation, and covered herwith tar and
feathers. A Minnesota woman, on retir
ing for the night, never knows what kind
of an ulster she viii be wearing before
morning. Uaknoun.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

GREAT destitution and approaching
Wholesale starvation is reported from
portions of Labrador and Anticosii,
where the usual catch of fish failed
during the past season. They will soon
be shut out from succor by ice, and only
prompt relief can save many lives
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

TIE Chesapeake 4 Ohio and Kentucky
Central have determined to build
another bridge across the Ohio river
between Cincinnati and Covington, Ky.
This will be the third railroad bridge
and fourth bridge at that point. II is TO
be completed within two years.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

CouSr WALDBuRG, the Arctic explorer,
who has just returned TO Uammerfest
from journey to the lower Yenisei in
Brennan merchant steamer, is reported
as declaring such navigation possible
every year, despite the difnculties which
have hitherto been held to surround it.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

As A first practical result of the new
Russo German understanding. it is
stated that the conditions of an agree
ment have been already fixed for facili-
tating the mutual extradition of political
offenders.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

The Board of Education OF Columbus
Ohio, has voted unanimously to sell the
only colored school in the city. The
purpose is to obliterate the color line in
educating the young of the city. Many
of the colored children go to the other
schools at the present time.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

Or the Sils,00O000 of gola prod uced
by the world last year, nearly one-half
was mined in the United States, and
s700O0,O00 of the s90,0O0,O00 worth Of
silver produced in that year was the
product of American mines.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

Ex-SrxAroR THURMAN is waving his
red bandana among the Alps, and when
he blows his snuff-stuffed nose the
famous Alpine horns turn green with
envy and grind their teeth with rage.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

ColoREp children having entered the
public schools at Galena, many of the
white children went home, and two of
the school board resigned.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

ALos Angeles bee keeper has received
an order from Australia for several
colonies Of humble bees. They are
wanted to distribute the pollen of the
clover fields, SO as to fertilize the
aeeds.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

The flesh Of pike recently caught in
the North Sea has been found to be full
of trichin@. The parasites are supposed
to have been introduced into the fish's
body in offal eaten by it,
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

A STEAMER down the st. Lawrence a
few days ago. had in tow raft of twenty
five thousand punches Of onion crates
destined for Bermuda.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

The penalty in the Star Route cases,
upon conviction, the charge being con-
spiracy, is $4,000 fine, or two years
confinement, or both.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12
Father IL Getting Wei.

MY daughters say; "IIow much better
fhfher Is since he used Hop Bitiers.' He Is
eottinx we'll after his long suffering from .
7loos,c declared incHrahle, and We are %
~ fkst ~ ussd your B,tters.-A lady Of
-. i. Y.--Ujos NeraId.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

THKRK are about $1,000 members of
the Society of Friends in Indiana,
and 200 ministers, Of whom 81 are wo-
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

CONNECTICUT firm sends thousands
Of the red American fox skins to
Runuia.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

In Geneva, Switzerland, clergymen are
elected to the pulpit just the same as
State officials are 10 office.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

Miss Blanche Street, who looks 30
sweet, ena dresses 80 neat, says snee
never heard Of the oceans feet, but, no
matter where she may go, she's sure 70
hear of its undertoe $50 strange,
you knowl"- PHI Ideiphia Sun.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

Ar ex-slave in North Carolina owns a
plantation of 1900 acres, and has ffteen
tenants.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12
NOTES OP THE DAY.

The funded debt of New York city is
%. s.9e9, ,306.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

The United States owns j,52S, 97O
acres of coal land which the land office
advertises for sale =. from $40 to $50 an
acre.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

The average age at which students
enter American colleges is seventeen; a
century ago it was fourteen.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

TwKNrY-FouR journalists were elected
TO the new Hungarian Parliament.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12
FOR THE FARMER.
Canned Fruits-Muiching Trees and Plants
Agricultural Nofes.


Good canned fruit is a stranger TO
tables of thousands of farmers when it
might as ea'ily be used. Fruit is often
left to waste and spoil, though slight
expenditure would preserve it for winter.
II they can be had, berries are among
the incest canned fruits. Peaches,
apples, plums, apricots, and, indeed, all
eatsble fruits, are worth canning. Dried
fruits can never wholly take the place
of canned fruits for family use. Glass
jars are preferred by most persons, and
are cheapest in the end. With care
they can be used many years, though
new rubber bands must be procured
when needed. In canning, sugar should
certainly be used, and it should be of
the granulated white grades, as POOR
sugar hurts the flavor of the fruit. The
rule is to put one-quarter of pound OF
sugar with one pound OF fruit, but this
quantity may be doubled if the fruit be
unusually acid. Some persons think
that fruit is good when canned without
sugar, but in that case it loses color and
firaness. The fruit used for canning
is to be of the best quality, and as
freshly picked as possible. Well-ripened
fruit, not, however, dead-ripe and soft,
is in every way preferable. In fact, q
cannery should really be located near
the orchards. for there is manifest de-
terioration in the quality of the fruit be-
tween the time it is picked and the time
it is ready for the cans. Coarse-greined
market varieties seldom cen SO well as
the more highly-favored kinds. When
the fruit has been peeled and pitted place
it in the preserving kettle and properly
cook; but if it is still boiling hot the
cans are TO be filed full, to the very
brim, the elastic put on, the jar
wiped, and the top screwed down at
once, and tightened several times after
ward. As writer on the subject said
recently: Good fruit, put boiling hot
into the perfect cans, fillod full and
sealed up at once, will be fresh and pure
when opened, though years later" Sim
ply pouring boiling water over fruit
does not expel the air. Partly filed
fruit Jars will spoil. Canned berries are
TO be put in preserving kettle, with
layers of sugar, and boiled from five to
fifteen minutes. The syrup can be bot
tied up, some of it, for other uses.
Some persons prefer to cook berries in
the jars in which they are to be canned.
In this case the jars filled up with fruit
are set in a wash boiler, on wooden Stats,
SO as not to touch the bottom. Cold water
is poured in till it comes close to the rims
of the jars, and heated until the fruit is
well cooked, when the fruit in one jar is
used to fill up the others, and they are
sealed and put away. We may add that
glass jars of fruit should be put in Q
dry, dark and cool place where the TEN.
perature is equable throughout the sea
son.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

The fortune -tellers and others of that
class who grow rich on human credulity
in paris are to be driven out.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

The Chinese are buying -four in pref.
srence TO using rice; and -four exports
from California are rapidly growing.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

Profanity IN the streets of Baltimore
is punishable by fine.
The Osceola times., 1881-11-12

Mulch is placed about plants to pre-.
vent the sun from evaporating the mois.
ture. In many cases it takes the place
OF cultivation. No doubt, if it were
not for the expense and trouble, it
would be more extensively used about
herbaceous plants. We have found in
our trying climate that a fine mulch
of manure, completely covering the
ground, is an excellent thing for bed.
ding plants. With trees and shrubs a
serious objection to the use of mulch is
its liability TO harbor mice, which may
injure or destroy the plants. For straw
berries mulch is used to keep the fruit
clean as it ripens, and to protect the
plants in winter and spring. For straw
berries we have had the best success in
applying the mulch quite late in su-
tumn, and in leaving the materials thin
enough over the plants to barely
expose a few of the leaves. The more
changeable and severe the season the
greater the need of mulch, and
mulch in generous quantity. There
is a great variety Of materials employed
for mulching. l have heard of the use OF
beach sand or fine gravel with excellent
results. The inexperienced gardener can
try old clover hay, as / have done, and
get a good crop Of thrifty young clover
to kill out the next spring or he can
employ rich timothy or June grass, and
soon find the ground seeded with crop
he was not prepared for. Or, again, if
he like better, in the spring he can
mulch with oat straw not half threshed,
or full of chaif containing oats still
plenty. Then he can dig young oat
plants all summer among the strawber-
ries. Digging out the young plants Of
clover, grasses, oats, etc, is healthful ex-
ercise, and stirring the soil will not
hurt the strawberry plants. l once tried
all the above methods. | also tried
crest leaves, for autumn mulch, adding
corn stalks to hold them down, and
thought had a good thing. In spring,
after an open, windy winter, the leaves
were not to be found. A few at time
they had blown away. Having tried all
these to my satisfaction, now prefer
clean straw (old or new) or marsh hay
or corn-fodder cut two inches long, less
or more. Pine shavings get into the
soil and are a nuisance. The same OBJ
lection may be urged against tan bark
or any other material which does not
decay readily and help to enrich the
soil.--Prof J. W, Beal. ..-..-.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-13
sheer On the chlease Market.

Among the heavy receipts of sheep
that have lately swamped the markets
both here and in eastern cities, we have
had sheep from Texas, Colorado, Wyo-
ming, Dakota and Montana. A good
many Of the sheep received from these
widely-apart states and territories have
been Of the light and thin kind, and
withal, the wool, a little hairy, and
some Of them have been diseased with
scab. All these conditions spoiled the
sale of many hundreds Of them for
stock sheep. The market here became
overstocked and quite a large number
Of these mixed and inferior sheep have
been shipped to the eastern markets,
some to Buffalo; some to Boston, and
other seaboard markets in the way Of
desperate effort to make them pay out
yer All sheep raisers should bear in
mind the fact that in the three spring
months in every year is the the time
that good mutton sheep sell at the
highest price that is paid during the
twelve months. The sheep that have
been coming hero Of late have been
subject to heavy freight bills and other
charges, that a good many Of them will
hardly leave, when sold, more than
half their original cost, as net pro-
ceeds.-Drouer's Journal.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-13

Senator John P. Jones, of Nevada,
was an east bound passenger yesterday.
He was accompanied by his family.
In conversation, the senator inform
ed a representative Of the LEADER
that he would not accept a cabinet APP
pointment and expressed the opinion
that it was unwise for a senator to do
50 because of the risks of permanence.
He emphasized the policy of President
Arthur In the matter of making ap-
pointments, and holds that the true
idea of a republican form Of govern
ment is to make appointments in res
ponse to the testimony of the senators
and representatives from the various
states, whom the people have selected
to represent them.
The senator thought that he would
touch up his friend Arthur respecting
his recommendation for the retire.
ment Of silver from circulation
'sThey forget" said he, "that the SO
millions of silver in the treasury are
represented by that amount Of silver
certificates, doing noble duty throughout
the CO untry.n
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-13

burning shame for the prosecution to
harp upon that word d~epravity. have
been q consistent Christian all my life,
and because I committed adultery to
get rid of q woman I did not love. and
owe . few hundred dollars, it is a burn
ing shame for the prosecution to black
en- my character.
Despite the cries Of silence, silence,
and order, Guiteau continued to shrek
at tho top of his voice: I am not
afraid to go to the gsllows il the Lord
Almighty wishes me to go there, but /
expect an act Of God that will blow
this court and jury out of the window
to protect me If necessary. 1 want to
thunder this in the esrs of the ,Ameri-
can people.
Davidge, with an air Of disgust, said:
Oh this pantomine business is getting
played out.
Guiteau. You are getting played
out. and your theory Of prosecution
100. Recess.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-13

New York, Dec, IA Washington
special says: Sixteen Of the experts
summoned on either side Of the Gut
teau trial have held a consultation at
which it was found that all agree in the
opinion that the assassin is sane and
legally responsible for tho murder Of
Garfield. This number includes prac-
tically the whole body Of experts now
here attending the trial. One Of the
experts said tonight that he did not
know Of q single expert who would tes-
tify that Guiteau was insane.