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The Osceola times., 1881-02-05
Business Prospects.
Brooklyn Eagle

bi''NAs u i-obits
"These are busy times, very busy
times" said one undertaken to another,
as they grasped hands solemnly on a
Fulton street car the other afternoon.
"Ilave you felt the influence of the sea-
son YETI"
Slightly, slightly, yes, slightly. The
crop is better than we had any reason to
expect, and if We should have plenty Of
rain, think it will hold out. What are
you doing particularly"
Assorted sizes. They run pretty even
Iy; no right to complain. Are you long
or short?"
'Long, mostly. The charge catch the
adults but we do fair business inshorts,
though the market is not as good as dur
ing the summer. We harvested well
during the heated term, but you can't
expect it to last"
"No, indeed" responded the other in
dignantly, but it might have done bet
ter than it did last summer. | only did
a couple of gross"
"You don't say" calculated his COM
panion. 'On my word that don't pay
living expenses. doHbled that in shorts
and got good percentage Of longs. 1t
wasn't hard on adults, you know, but we
did fairly on the youngsters"
"For my part, don't see any money
in shorts Give me the long ones and
I'm with you. What time are you Civ.
ing now?'
"Six, nine and twelve weeks, with Sc
curity. ] hear some firms are holding
out five and eight months, but that's an
outrage. 1t depresses the market and
lets the mourners get over their grief be-
fore the bills fall due. | am not opposed
to extension for bonus, but the regular
rate of interest is too low for such long
runs lIow's hearses?"
"Way up. Sky high. Eight knobs
and silver rollers out of sight. Unless
they come down, prices must 60 up.
Whites for shorts hold their own, but
adults can't be touched. Hearses feel the
fluctuations before we do, and they 90 up
before we move. Epizootic affect you
much?'
"Not TO speak of. | had some con
tracts and didn't feel the rush when it
came. Think we're going to have much
snow"
"Hope so. Give us plenty Of snow and
occasional thaws, and we've got 'em. Do
ing any accident business?"
VERY little. Don't want it. No money
in it, and | prefer the legitimate trade.
Got any coroner work."
"Not smitch. Wouldn't touch it with
hoe handle. Poor pay and you have
to wait for your cash. I'm sorry to hear
that diphtheria is dying out"
$50 am /; but there's fair stock of
Pneumonia and the consumption quota
tions are favorable. Come up and bring
your wife to dine with u.s."
Thanks; | will I've got fellow very
sick up here and if it come Off | want
your help, for it'll be a big affair and he's
an old friend of mine"
"Glad to help you any way Just let
me know in time and you can rely upon
me- Take care of yourself"
"Good-by."
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

place. But your cousin fell into an i'll
temper with her. Well, well, the for
tune of wills is as uncertain as that OF
war! We will not lose the chance Of
friend, because we have lost an estate.
Come in, gentlemen, come in. I'll put
on my leggings and ride over with you.
Marian, my dear, Marianl | must intro
duce you, Mr.. Sharrard, to my daughter"
He threw open the door of low ceiled,
hospitable drawing-room as he spoke,
and there, seated by the fire, stately and
beautiful, her olive cheek warmed, her
dark eyes lighted with expectation, was
my companion of the stage coach!
This is Marian, Mr.. Sharrardl This is
the little girl whom you have dispossess-
ed" said the loquacious old gentleman,
laughing. "She came up from C i'll
the coach with you, last night; and felt
good deal of embarrassment, supposing
you knew her, and had natural resent
ment against her. She was so nearly the
mistress Of The Pines you see?"
/ muttered an inaudible something and
going up to her, offered her my hand.
No doubt she thought me a boorish, awk.
ward fellow. But she laid her warm,
| soft fingers in mine, for moment.
How young she was! So fresh and deli
catel
"Purvis rode past the gate, just now,
and told Mr.. Mossop that you came in
pursuit of ia Baronne," said Mr.. Ches-
ter.
"Yes. More's the pity, It's true" said
| Aiossop.
"Why, saw her, last night" said Miss
| Chester, innocently. "She came up from
C with me in the coach. | did not
| speak to her, however, as she was dis
guised. | supposed she was bent on some
strange frolic.'
Disguised" cried Mossop
"As young naval officer"
| Mossops Jaw fell. We stared blankly
at each other moment and then laugh
| ed
'She's a clever devil!' exclaimed the
poor victim. Dye mind how she drank
the stirrup-cup looking me in the eye,
and wishing me good luck? By George,
she's welcome to the money"
| | may as well state here that it was
well he bore his loss philosophically, for
he never saw the Baronne, or the money
again.
| With some difficulty, induced Miss
Chester to accompany us on my first
| visit of inspection to my new home. /
managed too, with fantastic whim,
which did not seem unreasonable 10 me
then, that she should cross the thres-
hold as | did; and standing with herupon
the hearth of the great hall, registered
a vow, silently, that, God helping me,
she should be its mistress before the year
| was over.
| / kept my vow. She has been my wife
for more than month. 1t was in May
that we were married, and it is now al
most July, and the days have gone like
| hours.
IIark! hear her step. She is coming
in from the garden. As she passes bit
of the trellis that is not yet overgrown
with vines the sunlight streams through
and envelopes her like a halo. Her lap
is full of roses. My Marian,
: She comes in bright and blooming and
| stoops and kisses me again.
"And you really were at the opera that
night?" say for the fiftieth time.
| "Ies, We were on our way to Europe
| and | went with cousin Betty"
So it was Marian's voice after all that
had dreamed of all those years, and not
| that of ia Baronne."
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Pickling Children.

An English author, writing of Oriental
matters, among other curious Arab prac-
tees, says: "a strange domestic practice
prevails among the Bedouins-not those
in villages, but those of the wandering
class. They pickle their infants after
three days old, in strong brine | learn
ed that it was a habit consecrated to
them by long antiquity, and it is based
upon the notion that the process which
extends over several hours, imparts
hardness to the tender skin. The inn
mersion is said to be fatal to delicate
babies. Be the effect of the picking
what it may, however, no labor is wasted
on the children in the way of washing
them afterward. They are suffered to
grow up in utter ignorance Of the cleans
ing virtues of water, the superstition be-
ing that the Evil Eye might be attracted
TO their cleanliness. Accordingly, have
seen them with regular crusts-thick de-
posits-of dirt on the top of their heads
and their eyes full of flies.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

place recently, was the discoverer of no
less than nineteen planets and asteroids.
and of two comets. He maintained for
years, up to the time of his death, the
existance Of a planet beyond Neptune.
and spent some years in fixing its loca.
ton by calculations His wife was always
the companion Of his expeditions, and
valuable assistant. She cheerfully gave
up her fortune TO promote his work.
Just before his death he had exerted
himself much in the work of construct
ing the new observatory, in which he put
some $1,000 of his own money. lie took
a chill, which resulted in a fatal attack
of inflammation.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

Ex-QrEEN ISABELLA is mentioned by
Mrs. Hooper as the possessor of an ex.
ceedingly sweet disposition. She never
says an unkind word about anybody, and
has charming and punctilious polite
ness. She is the most generous of wo
men, and bestows no end of money in
charity. She has been know to give
ava $40 at a time to any begger that ac
costed her when she drove out in hei
carriage, and when demonstrated with
said only: Gould queen give less?'-
Tribune. Truly not. To give away mon
ey that cost the old lady no exertion car
not be a difficult matter A common
person may be generous if others will but
do the perspiration.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

. A YOUNG man nineteen years old, and
a girl only fifteen, living in East Gains
vile, n. Y, when returning, towards
evening, from drive with an elder sis
ter of the girls suddenly eloped by
jumping from the carriage, scaling the
fence, and taking to the woods. The sis
ter drove TO the nearest house and
alarmed the occupants, and the neigh
bors turned out with lanterns, dogs, etc.
but failed to find any trace of them
The next morning the lovers were mar.
ried by neighboring clergyman, and re.
turned to the parental roof, having been
forgiven by the brides farther.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

As To Louise and Lorne, Deacon
Smiths paper says: 1t is affirmed tina,
Louise was married to Lorne, not be.
cause she desired it, but to put a stop to
her liking for another and less eligible
person. Were this the case, the snubs
which her husband afterward received
from her royal kin, and the enforcement
of the laws of precedence against him
by which he could not appear as his
wite's equal at court entertainments
would have tendency to increase her
dislike for him, as well as disgust with
her lot 1t is noticeable that she alone
of the Queens married daughters, i.
shildless. Lorne's splendid marriage
may have brought him only splendid
misery
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05
CHAPTER II.

Two winters later, ! was travelling
alone through West Virginia, and having
stopped for a day, in the town of c..
at the foot Of the Alleghanies took pas
sage by stage-coach to penetrate into
Maryland through the mountains. My
errand was most novel and agreeable
one to me. | had fallen heir to a consid-
cradle property, the estate of distant
kinsman, whom | had never seen; and /
was on my way TO take possession.
An old friend, Perley Mossop, who
lived in c., enlightened me as TO nv
good luck. "Nol Sharrard had no
nearer relative than yourself But it was
not any family instinct which induced
him to leave his property to you Ii was
sheer ill-temper. His intended heir was
younger daughter Of John Chester, his
lawyer, you know. But Chester offended
him somehow, and he made a new will.
making you his heir"
Chester should have played his cards
better" | said, laughing. Il am sorry
for him. But il is fitting that the Shar-
rard property should stay in the family
l will make his little girl present. if he
il deserving, and not sharper"
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05
THE VETERAN.

Come up. come up, o veteran old.
And order what you viii,
ForyOu were once soldier bold
And bred to fight and Kill,
And We were valiant soldiers, too,
And each can show his scar
Come up. q hero Of the blue
And join MS AZ the BAR
The cripple camc-an empty sleeve
Hung dangling al his side,
Nhercat did each bchO.der grieYo
And sympathy provide.
The cripple came with bcndel hCaa
As II deplOnng fate,
Aud In a husky tone he said
He'd take his whisky straight
Now tell us, since we here are met
Secure from wars alarm,
Where flowed your gore IN rivulet-
when you, sir, lost your arm
Was IL In Corinth's bloody tight.
Or at old Nicksburg wall,
or AT Bull Runs disastrous hight
Where panic seized US all.
speak out, old man, the scars you bear
Are worthy of all fame
Are such as heroes learn 10 wear
Without regret or shame.
And then the veteran raised MS head
And slowly broke his peace
i lost my arm, he proudly said,
"Last spring while hunting geese
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

HERMAN RICE, ranchman of north
western Texas, was attacked by robbers
-half-breeds, and white men in disguise,
he thought-and supposed it would go
hard with him, when a mad bull sud-
denly charged upon them, overthrow
the horses of two of them, and put them
to such confusion that Rice escaped
The next day the carcass of the bull
riddled with bullets, and that Of one OF
the horses badly gored, were found near
the place where the ranchman was at
tackled
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

Miss BIRD writes that the japanese
students who are educated by the gov
ernments in Europe and America assure
their countrymen that no one of any
intelligence or position now believes in
Christianity, and that it is exploded sys-
TEN, only propped up by the clergy and
uneducated classes"
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

JoHN MOONEY, employed in factory
at Weehawken, n. j., was caught by his
hair-which he wore long-in great
leather belt that girdled an immense fly
wheel, and being instantly drawn to the
wheel, his head was severed from his
body and rolled upon the floor among
his Mortified -workmen before they
had time to see how the catastrophe oc'
currpd
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05
Gypsy superstitions.
Chicago Times.

For a class Of people popularity sup
posed to live by working on the super
stitions and Credulitios Of their fellows,
the Gypsies are themselves singularly
superstitious some Gypsies set their
boots Crosswisc before they go to bed,
fancying thereby to keepaway the cramp;
a female Gypsy carried the skeleton of a
mOle's foot, which she called a fairy
foot, because she believed it good against
rheumatism and it is a standing truth
amongst them that babies in tcething
should wear necklace made of myrtle
stems, which, for boy, must be cut by a
woman; by man for girl An adder's
slough, or bit of mountain ash, is GER
tain to bring good luck; and with the
same object some of the children wear
around their necks black bags containing
fragments of bat In order to hurt an
enemy, you have only to stick pins into
a red rag and burn the same; others for
the same end resort to the cruel practice
of sticking pins into toad till II looks
like hedgehog, and then bury it with
certain observances. The sight of
water-wagtail, 1T does not fly when con-
iured in certain rhyme TO do so, is a
sign that strange Gypsies are to be met
on the road. OF an old woman. "ghost.
seer" we are told that she carried in her
pocket a little china dog dressed like
doll. 81 mind, ," says the Gypsy that tells
this story, "she lost il once, and she was
in an awful state till it was found: and
she used to fancy that it would talk to
her when she was all alone smoking her
pipe in the wagon. You should have
seen pack she had of very old fortune
telling cards, which was painted in differ
ent colors. She used to select the differ
ent ones for each day; sometimes she
would have those with the devil and SER
pents on them, then other days would
have those with birds and palaces"
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05
THERE was remarkable scene at

THERE was remarkable scene at a
funeral in Canada recently. James Dy-
kes undertook to read a panegyric over
the grave of his wife. Read he: AL
though rocked in the Calvanistic cradle,
she abhorred with all her heart and soul
that infamous doctrine Of foreordination
She could not believe that the mother
could be happy in heaven and look down
upon her little fair-haired boy writing
in the red-hot agonies of hell" At this
point murmurs of dissent broke out vio-
lently. Some OF the by-standers went
np to him and snatched the paper out OF
his hand and tore it to pieces, vowinp
that such sentiments were intolerable in
In Christian community. After this
interruption the burial was proceeded
Yi<h.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

A GERMAN named Rubner has been
making some interesting experiments to
determine what proportion of the several
Ingredients of various foods are absorbed
in the body. 1t was found that with car
rots and potatoes no less than 80 per
cent. passed through the body, leaving
81 per cent to be retained. 1t was
proved that far more of flesh is retained
than of any other food.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05
CHAPTER III.

had always been 4 taciturn, diiTident
man; but it was easy TO talk now. From
the scenery of the Aleghanies, we
crossed the continent, and touched on
Europe. Ny companion had visited lit
tie hooks in Spain and Portugal, which |
thought my own discovery; she had left
Madrid the very day | entered it,
What a tic was here, Then as to books
She preferred Wordsworth to Tennysoh;
held precisely my opinion Of Trollope,
George Eliot and other noyelists. From
novels we diyerged to philosophy; and
when | quoted favorate passage from
Goethe, and hcsitated, she finished the
sentence. What strange coincidence of
ideas and deep sympathy was herel 1t
seemed unnatual and marvellous to men.
| felt myself flushing and cooling like an
eager boy. Did she note this strange
accord between us? Why, it was like
my own mind answering me again Add
to this bewilderment of Sympathy, the
influence of a voice, the richest and most
womanly, had ever heard, and the intan-
gible. subtle atmosphere which surrounds
a delicate, refined woman, and it is no
wonder that ! forgot | had never even
seen the face of my companion, but con-
tnucd to pour out flncics and feelings,
which ! had never before put into
words.
Two, perhaps three hours passed.
The coach stopped, at n wayside inn, To
feed the horses. The young lieutenant,
much to my chagrin, opened the door,
and sprang in, chattering and Shivering.
He was gidly feather-headed lad; and
the lady drew her shawls more closely
about her, and sank back silently in her
corner.
"Whew how cold it is" cried the
young officer. "You are warm enough
here. Do you go through to Cumber-
land, sir?'
NO; only to Gray's Ferry"
"Oh, forgot, | heard all about you
and your crrand at c. persisted the
lad. you are Mr.. Sharrard, and You 90
to take possession of that pretty estate,
The FinesN | congratulate you
know every foot of this country, and
there is no better arabic land in this
valley
Now, | was naturally curious about my
new possessions and why should | not
avail myself of the loquacity of this lad?
The buildings are in tolerably good
repair | said with assumed indifference.
"Oh, excellent! A quaint, old gabled
mansion. with barn, etc; and grand old
oaks, which it has taken one or two CEN
turies to ripen. Old Sharrard meant To
make comfortable settlement there for
Chester's daughter"
"Yes, | heard that some little girl had
prior claim to mine. have some cur
iosity to see her"
Did you meet la Baronne at c.?
She is all the talk there now"
NO." | said. "Why?"
The lieutenant laughed, then laughed
again, maliciously. "They will find out
their Baronne before long, Well, well,
'It's rough world, my masters Are
you quite comfortable in it, Just now,
madam" suddenly addressing the veiled
figure opposite. Can | open the win
dow, or do any thing for you?"
Nothing, thank you" Was | mis-
taken, or did her voice tremble? What
had she to do with this Baronne, who.
no doubt, as the lieutenant halfhinted,
was an adventures, after all? A silence
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

THERE have been several serious rail-
road accidents in Germany lately. 1t is
estimated that since the government has
been running the railroads it has, for
economy, so reduced the staff that the
employees cannot exercise the heedful
supervision under the new regime.
switchmen get from 81 to 43 cents a
lo,.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

OLD wine, says Macagno, owes its mel
lowness more TO the increase of glycerine
than to a decrease of tannin in the liquid.
The keeping of the wine, he maintains,
depends upon the proportion the alcohol
bears to the tannin.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

DIR. A. SrRANDlNo, a young English
physician at Pernambuco, caused him
self to be bitten by rattlesnake in Or
der to discover or test an antidote.
Fortunately his experiment was sue
cnuuf,1
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

Ir is interesting TO note that the rail
way on Mount Nesuvius is lighted by
fourteen electric lamps. The illumina-
ton of the crater and the sides of the
volcano, is grand in the extreme.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05
ARKANSAS
TIMELY TOPICS.

GEN. GRANT is said to have been paid
$4,000 by the United States Govern
ment since he entered the service.
The Osceola times., 1881-02-05

THERE is one thing that every man puts
off from day to day, and that is his neck
tie.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-15
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-15
Stand Up, General.

Gen. Brady, the postof}l official
who manipulated the star route
steals, is requested to stand up and
answer the following pertinent
questions from Jesse d Carr:
Take your fingers out of your
mouth, General, and answer like q
little man: What was the use of
putting up tho route from Redding
to Yreka, via Scott Valley, from
tri weekly to daily service, and
increasing the pay from $4,000 to
$4,000? 1t is out Of all propor-
ton. Pro rata increase OF pay
would be only $9,S3s. What was
the use Of paying $7.O00a a year for
q daily mail route between Red.
ding aud Weaverville. when 1t was
originally let for $4,000, and for six
days. service? Pro rata carriage
would have made the cost only
50. .333 instead Of 81 900. What was
the object of paying the coast road
from Soledad to Newhall $50 600 q
year when it was at first let for
$2o 600 o year, and for the same
service? Then, too, the merging
of the Los AIsmos route into this
added over $4,000 to the profits OF
the ring. 1t might also be asked
upon what system Of figuring Gen.
eral Brady found 1t necessary with
in thirty. five days after the service
had been commenced on the route
between Fort Worth, Texas, and
SAP Diego. Gal. "a daily service), to
In In kn fen ~
$1S5 900 to S299 600 =? This is where
ex-senator Dorsey, Of Arkansas,
figured. d.-San Jose Meroury.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-15

Columbia river, and is sold for S3
per sack of $50. The greatest enemy
or the oyster, next to man, of
course, is the stingray, and this de-
structive pirate has to I've fenced
out. AS all nsturalists know, this
fish has q very wide, fiat body, and
consequently can be kept from for
aging by widely separated pickets.
Ifhe was possessed of a little "horse
sense" and would turn up on his
side, 1t would be next to
impossible to keep him from
raiding on the tempting fields.
Armed with powerful Jaws, the
etingray can crack open a young
oyster as easily as q uutcracker can
demolish an almond. The flavor of
the transplanted oyster, 1t is claim.
ed, II grown in this bay, is equally
as delicious as that of the imported
article. Few oysters are brought
here from the East for immediate
sale, the high rate Of freight pre-
venting this. A dozen or 80 small
oysters for planting will weigh a
pound, while q single large oyster
will often weigh as much. AS the
freight on pound of oysters 10
from three to four cents, it will be
seen that it would be impossible
for them to be sold here without
large loss. In shipping oysters
great care must be taken with the
boxes in which they are packed.
The animal lives by absorption
only ami in twenty four hours, If
packed Ina u white pine box. would
have all the undesirable flavor of
pine wood. For this purpose
spruce pine boxes we'll seasoned are
used. The oyster trade on this coast
is variously estimated at from ST.
900, 900 10 SO. 600, 200 per year, while
there is proUably $1,000 in CAPT.
tai employed. The business, which
is increasing. gives employ ment to
q large mum Der of oyster gatherers,
not to mention the grand army of
those who handle the bivalve in |
wholesaling and retailing 1t.