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Ellsworth American., 1881-10-13

PURIFYING BEEswAx.-Alnost every one
who keeps bees has more or less Of old
combs to be made into wax. The easiest
way to do this is to make a bag Of the nee
esssry size out Of some loose cloth, like an
inside coffee sack. Put your comb in this,
and sew or tie it up tightly. then put the
bag into q boiler Of hot water, and with
something press it well down into the water.
As the va, melts it will escape through the
meshes Of the bag and rise TO the surface of
the water. while the dead bees and other
impurities remain in the bag. Skim Of the
wax, re-melt, and mould it into any shape
you like.-Doytestorn Imeiiignoey.
Ellsworth American., 1881-10-13
Pauper Notice.

THE undersigned hereby gives notice that he
has contracted With the City Of Ellsworth for
the support Of the poor during the ensuing year
and has made ample provisson for their support.
He therefore forbids all persons from furnishing
suppiies 10 any pauper on his account. as without
his written order. he will pay for no goods 80
furnished.
HARRY s. JONES.
Ellswerth, Aprn Q, 1851. lyrlS
Ellsworth American., 1881-10-13

CHEERFULSEss.-It is . great misfortune
to have q fretful disposition. 1t takes the
fragrance out Of ones life, and leaves only
weeds where = cheerful disposition would
cause flowers to bloom. The habit of fret
ting is one that grows rapidly unless i, be
st@rnly repressed; and the best way to over
come it is to try always to look on the cheer
full side of things.
Ellsworth American., 1881-10-13

WEAK Hoors.-Some horses have natur-
ally weak feet, thin heels and brittle walls,
with . tendency in them to split up into
layers where the nails are driven. These
will be greatly relieved. if the feet are occs-
sionally put into good vet bran poultice
over night, taken out in the morning. care
fully washed, as soon as they become thor
oughly dry. covered with a mixture some
thing like the following: Take equal parts
Of castor oil, mutton suet and Barbados
tar melt them together over a slow fire,
and when cold apply over the whole hoof
three or four times . week.
Ellsworth American., 1881-10-13

PRIED ToxAroEs.-The season of that
delectable dish. fried tomatoes, is at hand.
Cut the tomatoes in two in the middle. and
trim of the outside. Season with salt and
n.puer. and dust -four plentifully over them;
then lay them in hot buttered pan to fry.
When thoroughly done pour in some cream,
LEI them boil up minute or so and they are
ready for the table.
Ellsworth American., 1881-10-13

RAISING TURKEYs.-h costs no more
per pound to raise turkeys than it does
chickens, and the former always sell at high
er prices in our markets. In summer the tur-
keys obtain all the TODD they want in their
foraging expeditions. but in the winter they
require to be well-fed in order to keep them
in good condition.
Ellsworth American., 1881-10-13

p.ople are constantly changing their
from East to West and from North
noSe Sa,,h or rice rusa, in search Of healthy
$50 :. 80 n they would learn to be contented
oIs's nss tbe celebrated Kidney Wort
vben sick they would be muen ~. hs.,,hx &
Ths vbole system can be kept IN sadr nssa.n
state ! by thi: simple bat snec'uAi fe"e'''
See large sdy.
Ellsworth American., 1881-10-13

Who left the United States for Liberia last
year, have lately retur ned, being unable to
stand the climate. Everybody going to
new climate should have bottle Of SULPHUR
Bitters with them as q safeguard against
diseass.-Hartford C0sraat
Ellsworth American., 1881-10-13
Reetrp.
Two Opinions.
lGIs'N

HIs'N
81 would not be y girl said Jack,
because girls have no fun;
They cannot 90 a-tishing, nor
A-shooiing with gun;
They cannot climb up trees for fruit;
They cannot play baseball.
Nor battle without bathing-dress,
Which il no fun at ALL
And when they grow up TO be big
They still have lot- of woeses,
For il they love a man they've got
To wait till he proposes"
HfRS
al would not be boy >tid May,
For boys are nasty things,
With pockets filed with hooks and knives
And nails and tops and string;
And when \ boy becomes n man
He's got TO buy girls rings.
Treat them to oyster Stews, ice-creAm,
And lemonade and thing.
And when upon girl youth
Has squandered all his money,
And she goes of with some one else,
Perhaps he don't feel flInny.H
-.Somerrale Journal.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
Travelling In Ola rimes.
L0uisvi le Journal.


A careful inspection Of the vehicles
Of former times leads us TO the conclu-
zion that our forefathers were lined with
zinc and pper.iastened-for nothing
short of 1t could have withstood the Jolt
ings and Earrings, the bouncings and
bumpings entailed upon those who used
any other method of locomotion except
that which nature provides. The chari-
OF in which General and Mrs. Washing
ton went to Philadelphia upon his elec,
ton to the Presidency, was no doubt an
instrument OF torture. To the discom-
forts of lhls rambling old carriage may
be added for the General, the incessant
wagging of Mrs. Washington's tongue
for it is well-known fact that Martha
was Of a shrewish nature, and made no
bones of giving the General her views
in very iorcible manner. The method
of travelling which they pursued gave
publicity 20 the fact that the General
had curtain lecture every night for a.
nigbt.cap. In the course Of their journes
they arranged TO stay nights at tse,
houses of the gentry scattered along De.
tween Mount Vernon and Philadelphr I,
and Martha was often heard to- ,ag
her lord and master until lopd 'snorc
announced that the General was sofe in
the land of dreams from all "" .rldlv an =.
noyanCes.
The chariot was the acknowledged
mark of aristocracy. AZ ,nrney in those
days entaled a reiinue somewhat after
the following orders
|. Marster and NJ lssis in a carriage.
2. Masters "D y" ON horseback with
led horse for ,ia, sttr 10 ride when he
Wished to etret his legs.
j. a wage containing two hair
trun%s and F.issis's maid.
lhe rate of progression was about four
miles an nour.
The habit of carrying servants even
; On neigh boring visits, obtained in Vir-
| ginia and Maryland until the abolition
/ OF slavery. A form OF entertaining,
called spending the day." was the fash
| ion. Tn s consisted in going to friends
| house early in the morning, and staying
until late in the evening, consuming the
interval in a succession of meals. Be.
sides the visitors, the coachman and
horses, thete was usually maid" who
sat on the rack behind the carriage,
swinging her legs in ecstatc delight at
the prospect of going abroad"
Cbalses were the only two seated ve-
hicIes in use, and were something like
modern top buggy, except that they had
but two wheels. Consequently, going
up the hill, the occupants were being
spilled out behind, and gong down hill
they were spilled out before
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
Life In Other Worlds.

London Telegraph.
Two interesting problems which have
long perp'exed the scientific world ap-
pear to have been at last definitely
solved by the eminent geologist. Or.
Hahn. The questions are, first, whether
or not celestial bodies, other than the
earth, belonging to eur solar system are
inhabited by animate beings, and, Sec
ondly, whether the meteoIic stones from
tlme to time cast upon the surface OF
thls globe emanate from incandescent
comets or from volcanic planets. That
,hey at no time formed part of the
earth itself has been conclusively dem
onstrated. DIR. Hahn has recently com.
pleted series of investigations upon
some of the huge meteoric stones that
leil from the skies in Hungary during
the summer of 1866. This amina OF
these mysterious bodies, subjected to ex.
animation under a powerful microscope,
nave been found to contain coralllne and
spongeous formations, and to reveal un-
mlstakable traces of the lower forms OF
vegetation. All the organisms, animal
and vegetable, discovered by DR.. Hahn .
in the delicate stone shavings he has 4,
thus dealt with indicate the condition /
oi Their parent world to be one Of whaH
is acknowledgement primary fosfna
uon, But the presence of water in that
word 's proved by the fact that the tiny
petrlfied creatures revealed by the magic
oil the lens. one and all, belong TO tho
socalled subaqueous classes OF animals.
They oonld not, therefore. hare possibly
existed in comets, at least IL the assunp'
non be correct that these are IN q sfate
Of active combustion.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
A Tiger Loose In RaDgoon.
All The Year Round,

Burmah is not looked upon as great
place for sport; and many residents there
have gone after tigers over and over
again and have met with none. The
iungles of Burmah are so dense that, eX-
cept in few favored localities, four
footed game is not often seen. Old resi-
dents Of Rangoon on the lrrawadie river,
therefore, were somewhat startled to
hear that wild tiger had been shot in
Stevenson street RangoOn, about 6 O'Clock
on the morning ofthe llth of December,
1880. Stevenson streel is one of some
forty or fifty streets running at right
angles from the Strand road, Rangoon,
on the banks Of Irrdwadi river. 1t is
inhabited by Burmese principally, and
the fact that tiger should have ven.
tured into the hear of town u some
10000 souls surprised the oldest inhab-
liant One had been shot in the out.
skirts in 1852, just before the breaking
out OF the Burmese war, and tradition
said that another had been killed in
Rangoon Immediately before the first
Burmese war of 1914. The superstili,
Gus portion ofthe townspeople said that
the killing of tiger in 1880 forehoded
some further calamity, and if not war,
pestllence or famine was certainly 4
probable result.
The tiger, which measured eight a.nd
half feet from the nose to the tin OF
tine tail, had evidently swan az ross tho
Irrawadi river. He was seen about 5:9f
in the morning by a Burmese woman on
the Strand road, and she at once raised
the alarm and "Kgdi kydg (Tigerl liaeI!l
rcsounded from all sides. In few min.
utes the whole quarter was thoroughly y
awake; and men, women and children
in all stages of unCress thronged the
streets, abusing the tiger and his rela-
tions in the vernacular. The tiger, diff
fering considerably from the Bengal va
riety-seemed astounded at the number
of people he had aroused from their
slumbers, and leisurely walked under Il
low.built Burmese house in Stevenson
street, built, as most wooden houses In
Rangoon are, on piles raised about four
feet from the ground. Here he crouchcd
down, seemingly undetermined what TO
do.
In the meanwhile, a European police
inspector and another European gentle.
man, who had received information OF
the tigers appearance en- his beat, APP
peared on the scene with rifles. As the
house under which the tiger had es-
conced himself was surrounded by yell.
ing Burmese, the elders OF the quarter
begged the Europeans not to fire from
the street, for fear they should shoot
some of the bystanders. So, entering
the house, these two gentlemen were
able to see the animal through the wide
crevices of the bamboo flooring, an,
leisurely shot him through the head at
about four feet distance. The Burmese
set up shouts of delight at seeing the
tiger fail such an easy prey, and crowds
Of them pressed into aud under the
house 10 obt.in nearer view. At the
flooring gave unmistakabe signs of
collapse from the unwonted weight 1t
had to bear. the lnsuector motioned the
people away; and on their not attending
to tins, he forced them back, using his
rifle (still loaded) lengthwise. Unfortu.
nately it went off and shot poor Bur.
man in the shoulder
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
EBB AND fLGW.

Lille tbrobs with tides that ebb and flow,
With things that come and things that go
The msis thai rise when morn is fair,
That rise and loat, and then melt in air,
Are not more transient In their stay,
Than ere the hours that sped away,
For often life seems like dream
So quickly flash with glance and gleam,
A thousand things that come aud go,
And cause the tides 10 ebb and flow.
Aud sad sweet strain thst's borne along
By breath OF wind a bit OF song,
A few ford words when dear friends meet
rhe music of a laugh that's sweet
The sympathy that prompts sigh !
A winsome face that passes by;
Brief Joys. that stay their little while,
A kindly glance, loving SMILE
The e ever come, and ever go,
And Ike the tides they ebb and flow.
A lovely landscape, fair and bright,
OGe moment saen, then lost 70 sight.
The gorgeous clouds a. set Of sun,
That crowns the day when It is done,
The frosty pictures on the pane,
That fade. and come, aud fade again;
The curling smoke that floats away;
A snow wreath on winters day
An thes ike waves that ebb and flow,
With ceaseless throb still come aud.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09

with pitchforks and dog. lie did think
no man would mistake himself for per-
son called Cow-wallow; but Mr.. oxford
did so, and stood in front of the Office
three quarters of an hour, and threw
stones into the office window and called
the hapless editor to come out and be
ground against tree. The editor did
respond, as he was too busy attending TO
two gentlemen who thought they were
slurred in laughable account Of the
misfortunes Of Mr.. Beast. One was
named Lyon and the other Lamb, and
the editor whispered to each that the
other wrote the piece, and the Lyon and
the Lamb lay down on the floor and and
clawed each others clothes off, and
threw inkstands, and did S75 damage to
the place before they were taken out
And the editor inserted an advertise
ment requesting anybody who con-
sidered the name OF Daguerreotype O.
Watermelon q slur on him to respond
and as no one did he now uses that
name. And people wonder why humor-
lists give such odd names TO their char
acters.-NeW York Courier.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
The Woes of n Humorist.

II is amazing how people will imagine
that an article in the paper refers to
themselves. A western editor who
wrote funny articles had heap of
trouble on that account His first yarn
had a Mr.. Bunting for its hero, and the
day it appeared Mr.. Flagg called and as
certained that it wasn't hit at him.
The next story was about the Hon.
Egyleston Eggs, and the Hon. Darlington
Cary left word that il it occurred again
he should sue the concern. The editor
tried the name of Mongrel, and promi.
nent citizen, who was not only named
Cross, but had little Indian blood in
his veins. came into the office and tried
to take the editors scalp. The editor,
having had SO much trouble, determined
to he safe the next time, and the man
that he described as falling down stairs
into soap barrel was named "Morgue." !"
That time the unlucky humorist had to
light two men, Messrs. Graves 4 Coffin,
who chased him through the main street
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
LEE AND LINCOLN.
How tho Confederate Chief Heard Of the
Presidt nts Assassination.
Johnny Bouquet in N. Y. Tribune.

Johnny Bouquet in n. Y. Tribune.
Being at Point Lookout, MARYLAND
during the week examining the new rail,
road from Washington CITY TO that point
its protector S. Taylor Suit, once the
Ariel OF the Gold Room in New York
later a Maryland planter, told this rem.
iniscence:
There lived near me in Prince
Georges County, at Upper Marlborough,
a cousin and favorite OF General Robert
f. Lee named John F. Lee. He was
Judge Advocate of the United States
Army, and when the war broke out was
absurd enough to resign this comfort
able place, and his rank Of Major to 20
ever TO the Coniederacy. My intimate
relations with him led me to know Col.
r. +. Lee slightly. At the close of the
war. about April II, 1865, made visit
to Richmond, Va. with the United States
Marshal at Washington, Ward II.
Lamon. On Saturday night l went to
his room at the Spotswood Hotel, and
found him lying on his bed weeping. /
inquired the cause, but he sobbed that
he could not tell me then. Being myst-
fled and excited, pressed to know his
grievance, and he finally said: Il am GO
ing of in the morning to Washington,
before 20 | will tell you,' He informed
me at Rockets, as the steamer was about
to depart, thai President Lincoln had
been murdered. i came ashore again,
and filled with the weight of such in
formation, which was known to but few
in Richmond, thought it would justify
me in calling on General Lee, who had
arrived a day or two before, and was at
his dwelling. There | was told that
General Lee was about to attend religi-
Gus service, but he would be at home
about 1890 o'clock. called again, and
he received me cordially, and inquired
particularly for various friends, places
and interests about Washington, Bilti-
more, and Maryland. | finally said to
him:
General Lee, have piece of private
| information which | came here to give
| you, sir. The President of the United
| States, Abraham Lincoln, was assassi-
mated night before last in Washington
| City"
''lle turned suddenly, his face being
| but half turned toward me before, aud
| looked into my eyes with an expression
| | shall never forget. He looked me
through and through.
General, SAID A, there can be no
/ doubt Of it. The Presidents Marshal,
| Colonel Llmon, told me of it, and it has
been fully confirmed in cipher messages
/ TO the military authorities. What do
| YOU think about it, General LeeY"
lie raised his head and chin, as
sumed a positive expression, and ex-
| claimed:
"The South has lost her best frieDds
before | came away ! remarked
| General, | would like to have your opin-
ion as to who is the best OF your Gener-
| als?"
"iIe ans yered, still little stunned
and preoccupicd:
"a man never saw. a man named
| Forrest
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
Tho Original OF "Mr. Venus"

While drawing the illustrations OF
"Our Mutual Friend" 1t happened that
Marcus Stone had the privilege Of sug-
gesling a character to Dlckens-or per-
haps 1t would be more accurate to say,
investing a character with strange exter'
nal attributes. Dickens required Mr..
Venus for his story but was in doubt as
to what occupation to give him. 1t must
be something strange, weird, or grotes-
que-an uncommon calling; if glmstly 50
much the better. 1t was reqiifed to
dress" Mr.. Venue, so to speak. The
question was put over Dickens dinner
table, and his young friend at once sng-
gosieJ a man who prepared skeletons
and wired up" dead animals for artists,
Dickens Jumped at the idea at once, and
the pfeparer OF skeletons could not think
who the quiet gentleman was who came
in with his customer, and waited so long
while his friend showed himself very
difficult to please. Only the other day
Mr.. Stone paid a visit TO the prototype
Of Mr.. Venus TO get some doves wired
MP" to paint from in his picCure Married
for Love-" but found that Mr.. Ncnus's
own skeleton had been underground for
some time-the clever naturalist was
dead. His name was Willis, and he lived
in Seven Dials.
The latter part of this story will tell
how earnestly MIR. Stone goes about his
work. His doves must be killed, and
wired up while yet warm, into the
natural attitudes which a dead and col Id
bird or beast can only be very rarely
made to assume. This habit of taking
pains is m old one with Mr.. Stone, and
is perhaps one of the secrets of his early
success in l.painting. lie was only
23 when he made a decided hit with
From Waterloo to Paris"-a picture
suggested by Beranger's Souvenir du
ppunlpn
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
Two Pictures OF Welded Lifo-suBshine
and shadow.
London Queen,

Does love pay? Yes-and again no. 1t
all depends on the kind of love and the
mental strength of the lover. A mar
riage which has in 1t every element Of
misfortune, discomfort, of future disin-
tegration, as the Arguments against, and
only the personal passion of two young
people for each other as that for II, is an
inyt stment which will scarcely glvo
very large dividends OF happiness. To
he sure there would be n stretch of barren
years to be passed through-an arid
waste Of sighs and tears and blighted
Hopes and misery generally-were COM
mon sense to step in and forbid the
banns. But which is better-this pitt.
ful passage through the Valley of the
Shadow, to come out into either the liv-
ing sunshine or the mild placidity Of
the moonlight when you have gone
fairly through or marriage which be-
gins in q Transport Of deli d., and ends
IN whirlpool Of disappointment and
despair? Frcnds could zee that it would
never do. She was incapable, he was
extravacant, and the two ends, which
she could not make meet by clever man.
agcment, he still further drew apart by
waste. She was light and pleasure low
ing, he was serious, home-slayinp, too
grave for her frothy youth, too blase for
her keen enjoy ment, Onc or tie other
must give way, which will il be? To
either the sacrifice will bc great, and
one which time will only render more
intolerable. To her society is her charm,
because here she scores her triumph; TO
him home is his delight, because here
he conquers his difficulties and advances
IN his chosen career. To force her to
share the solitude of his life Is to cage a
skylark and chain a squirrel; to make
him give up all his studies, ms precious
time, his grand aims and high endeav-
ors is to degrade the highest qualities of
the human mind and to be fiithless TO
the noblest trust that can be given unto
man. All this cool on-lookers could
ioresee, but the man aud woman them
selves-her eyes aud winsome ways fas-
cinated him; his repute, his gentlcness,
his handsome face, aud the poetry of his
love fascinated her. And they married,
despite the difference between them. to
find that WAS not quite the kind of love
which pays. But tue love does pay, IL
is the best investment of all, save con-
science and the sentiment OF duty. These
are the treasure houses of life, the great
market wherein the shares are always
rising. And when one is faithful TO the
law of ones own conscience, when one
is lo--ing and beloved, one can then say
empAatically: "rhe investment has been
good, the game is worth the candle, ii
pays, yes, IL pays"
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09

a slave boy he has often played It be.
came noised about among the negroes in
the neighborhood that Douglass was
there, aud a number of the descendants
Of the old slaves came to see him.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
Grateful Women.

None receive so much benefit, and non e
are 20 profoudly greatful and show such
On interest in recommending Hop Bite S
q women. 1t is the only remedy pecu-
Marly adapted to the many ills the sex is
olm0st universally subject to. Chils and
eysr. indigestion and deraDged liver, con-
= e p0riodical headaches, week.-mrs. in
1Hek y kidneys, pain in the shonldtr n
TT Rez1s q e. body, . tssainG Of
es.ss, = = sssdiiy
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09

SECRETARY WINDOW has trade. He
is tailor, and partly supported himself
while at the Martinsburg (ohio) Acad.
emy, by making coats for the village
tailors. He is also Son Of Temperance,
and was grand worthy patriarch of the
order in t4l
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
True merit Will always be recognl,

True merit Will always be recognlz'
cd. A circus manager lately went fish
ing in certain brook, and found out
there wasn't a fish in it. And the next
day he heard poor young man say that
he had Just caught 29l trout in three
hours. And the circus owner at once
saw the worth of the lad, and hired him
at $40 per week TO write circus advertise.
ments.-Boston Poa.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09

FREDERICK DOUGLASS has been visiting
the estate Of Mr.. Edmund Lloyd, in
Maryland, which he left as slave fifty.
Six years ago. The present owner OF tie
estate, the great-grand son Of the master
Of Douglass, received the ex-siaye with
great kindness and ente. tanned him at
table in the hall Of the house, where M
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
-four Jourdan glycerine barometers

are now in use n or near London. One
is at Kew, one IN the Museum Of Practi-
cal Geology, one at South Kensington,
and one in the Office of tho London
Times The enormous scale ii the
barometer enables changes scarcely visi>
bic in the mercuria, instrument tn he
detected with ease.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-09

Simple and tasteful table cover for
bedrooms may be made OF paleblue Can
ton flannel trimmed with antique lace, OF
with velvet ribbon feather-stitchcd on,
ard finished will; fringe made u biue
sp!it xep.yr Or Shetland wool.