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The Osceola times., 1881-10-01
The Ignorance Of Edncstsd Men
- ~. a,Nar EE..rH

Even shrewd and clear headc1 men Of
the world. who are supposed to be 0a
c0urrIi with everything, and who have
great opportunities Of picking up miscel-
lsneOus information at their disposal, ex-
hibit degree OF ne=cience upon host
of matters, certainly not wanting in
breadth or popularity of interest, which
Is little less than astounding. They have,
perhaps, correct apprehension Of the
motives and the character Of the latest
Joint stock company: hut on politics,
foreign or domestic, or any question con-
nected with literature. science art, or his
tory. they have not a single idea, except
such a. are derived from the newspapers,
which give them their sole mental pabu-
lum. II il surprising how men Of real
brains and application may climb in pro-
iessions that are learned and Intellectual
and vet how infnites;mally little they
pick up Of general culture or OF insight
into the rationale Of events, past or CON
temporary There are, Of course, IN
England. hundreds Of lawyers whose
minds are embellished With every kind
Of knowledge, Shose Intellectual trea-
ure house rics in multitude Of del
cate thoughts and fsn-ies, who have
travelled widely, seen much, heard much,
and forgotten nothing; who would have
been bishops il they had gone into the
church, and would have won for them
selves ihe highest niche in the temple Of
fame If they had taken 10 literature. Yet
lawyers, ss a rule. whether bArrsi~r- or
advocates, are not men eminent for IN
teileciual nplishments. Their con
verssti0n slternAtes between shop and
slang As much slnost may be said Of
the politicians Of the peroid. The
average member of Parliament Is one Of
the most unidead, unintellisent PEOPLE
imaginable He can talk TO the House
and be can sometimes talk over his con
s,ituenis Very likely he belongs 20
the Garrick or the Aihenelm, but in
general society he is nearly speeches
and when he trie- 10 be f.cetieus in a
country house his best jokes are mem
ONES Of tiosset's room. The atmosphere
Of the best society in the present day j.
the reverse Of intellectual
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01
Imitation Preisu. stones.
ON. F.n.lr N..sans.


The really beautiful imitation stones
made in Paris consist of very pure
Transparent and lustrous ,.2ss called
~trass. after its inventor. which : fre-
quenily colored with the sane metallic
oxides q real pTeciOls stones. Thus the
color q the t0paE i obtained from anti
monv and gold that 4 the ruby from
purple q tssEius 3 stannife 0f TN With
stauIite Of gold OF from s solution %
gold in aqua rezis nitro m1rztic sc.d
The vsllknoWn Bohemian -loy-slass IA
colorei with zold. while the ordinary
red zlsss i prld1cei By copper. AMI a
o0mrouer KIND q iron some q the
duest ysl.1x glass i cc.orei Eith silver.
The int precious stone % = sucCsss-
f1lly produced - zrrif-isl means So
the lspis lGE-lli, the sapphire q ciassiC4l
tiues, but by no means 20 - c1ut01ud-
ei Eiih the sapphire q the modern jsE-
e,er, though cl-sziy related o. It. lass
lArlii Is an opz9le stone, of a. eIeuis-
tie corn flower blue. and ED highly
rriEei by the ANCIENT Ind ans, AssyrI-
an. PsrsisEs, JeEs, Egyptians and
Greeks. Freei from impurities and
rubbed down, Il gives the ul,rznxrise
used By medieval zrtis-s for the rot<s q
their mzicunss, and in Their dzy E&s
worth iis Ss shi in sold, the p1r hEser
q picture having Alw2ys % pay extra
f1r its uss. It, rarity and the oos; o;
production makes the true ulirzuzrine
stili worth frua ten shillingS % tfty
shlllnEs the ounce.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01
Frarali,r Of N. Errneh.

In France nearly every peasant Own 4
bit Of land IL i truly q bit, being
often 30 small that only by the very bes;
Of Management can a living ce made.
let the most o.. the owners both live
and manage 70 save a little besides.
Nearly every one in France saves mo-
ney, and A. . Consequence Of this, nearly
every one in France Ass an income which
he makes from labor. In England men lay
BY for Old &ge. They look forward 10 q
time when they viii have 20 lezve OF
work, and when their ability - Do whz,
they wish viii be determined BY their
previous economies. The Frenchuzu
seems 70 stand in 10 need Of such -tinu-
lls- II this mAiniSiuxnce in cid age
wers assured three times over, Re Eocld
still 70 on SAVING. We. Americans. Do
not teach our children ilse hahit OF s~y.
ing. There 10 nothing easier than TO
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01
once Building. In New York.
-Gsth IN The Fnqrirer


You can imagine how great the invest
ment is 70 put a large Office building up
in New York city when Won compute the
rents Of the offices in the Mills building
which have to be thrown away for a
period of one wear while the building Is
being constructed. At the corner oi
Broad street and Exchange place was a
plain brick building OF a shackely char
acter, crowded with office. Yet the
smallest Office brought rent Of 800 =
$500 a year. Probably The combined
offices IN the different small buildings
which Mr.. Mills Is supplanting with HI
one huge building produce a rental Of
$4,000 year. This 5 ole item in the
cost OF putting up a gres; bniiding in the
busin ness quarter Of New York. de had
20 tear down iron the clrner to the
guicks2nd, evscnAie all his rents. pur.
chase additional property a; tremend-
Gus figure, and then bring in pile drivers
as II he vss building s building ont In
the sss. and ram The quickssnd If there
we're any, level, aud then put IN his
cement and be'on. not until next sprin.
as understand vii this great eiifce b.
finished. and il will. perhaps. cost with
the gro1ud 3 jpOp1. Of course those
sho take Offices afferEarl viil have t0
pay the hack rent inssnsibly. Another
enormous bCildins ! going mp opposite
the Bowling Green, at the foot Of Broad
VA. for the combined Produce. Grain
and Cotton exchanges. This Will lie The
principal ediioe Of Its kind in the word
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01

THsEE i a story gong about town tha,
there a in the employ Of the Southern
Hotel billiard rooms a young Engllsh-
man Eho x0t into this city about the
time the races opened last June. He
<as dispose 20 lay careless ESgcrs. and
a, the end Of the Week found himself
short about 81 900, with even not
enough to pay hi. hotel b.ll. The result
"a. that be turned dininz-room waiter
a, the southern. and thus began the slow
pruosr Of working out his debt Ii took
him q good deal longer 10 eEiinguish /,
than TO make il, bat he went about it in
Thoroughly practical manner, in the
meantime s. ndiug home for more money.
The remittance has been somewhat
delayed. and the young adyenturer has
drifed down llto the billiard room.
where be may be seen almost any even
ing looking after the comfort Of the
PLAYERS He i said 20 have made an ex-
oeilent waiter. and he certainly deserves
praise for his honest efforts at paying his
debls-s. L9ss .>p.-fa'0y.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01

ols destroy the yegetarians and the mud
eaters sxsllOE both animal and veze-
table forms and this runs ali the Esv
down the scale. from the shark and the
equally rlvenOls bluefsh to the least q
the annelids. These lAst-the sea worms
are weary, bat they cannot sseaue
their enemies II they we're 70 oonfne
themselves to the botiom-Ehere they
feed. and where many Of them grow 70
the length Of foot or tEO-they might
in measure escape, though they vould
sill Be q prev 70 the SOUP and other ssh
that know hox to dig for them; bat they
love 10 swim particularly in the night
and during the breeding season, and
then thew are snapped up In countless
numbers. They have almost every
variety Of forms, and their structure Is
narvelors-monsters With hooked JAWS
al the end Of prob0scis and with sides
of a blush green, that throE off an in
finite variety Of irridiscent hues. Some
. Of the sea worms have sc2le-, others
horns. others have soft bodies some
are sluggish and curl themselves ito
halls when disturbed. Others are restless
Particularly at night; some are round,
others fat: some build tubes 0f sand and
cement. woven together until they make
a bofy Of several hundred members the
tubes are son and flexible, and some,
when disturbed. withdraw within their
crooked czlcsreo1s tubes, and close the
orafce with a plug. One variety of the
serpuls has three dark red eyes, another
variety has clusters Of eyss on each
tentscle. The smphipods were accounted
Of no value till il was shown by the fish
commission that these small crlstacea
furnish q vast amount Of fOo3 for both
salt and fre-h water fishes. Indeed, there
i no, a creature that sy.ms or craVl .
that does not become the food oi some
other animal A beach flea i carghi up
bya g soup or q founder, squits make
terrible havoc among young mackere',
and sharks and sting rays ind some
thing appetizing in the caste rpod-
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01
Sarah Bernhardts school.
Coz TfI-llslp lIues


AT this speaks bzlly f0r art progress
IN Gaul, tut ssrah means TO mend that,
for Sarah las come back 10 US. and. nav.
ins a free foot. purposes o create 4 uew
school. She did try singing, bat Ler
teacher declined going % sf.er the sec
onj lesson from a difference Of oginiln
With bis pupil, who pretended to teach
the musician, not 70 b taught By him.
sarah start. for the provinces on Mon
1ay, and when she has startled provIu-
cisls during a iwo months tour VI I pro
Csed 70 star the continent, excepi Prus-
so. beginning with Spain and ending On
the hanks Of the NeyA, with Mr. jarrett
a. her msnsging mar. This over she
may fultN her engagement al the Van
dsyille, bat that j not certain. as VI
Lola's promised play. Renee" l. uoE
reported Ss received al the FrzncSise,
Tithin winch "Gngiaietul building Miss
betnhardt declares that not even Wild
horses could drag her. Madame Ei-
uaond Adam SAYS that the eminent ira
getieune intends to open 5 thesier Of
her own, with Nile. Sophie or suzanne
neither being her real name, either
NAV be assigned to her-Arnoux's IN
Published tragedy OF "CzrmAgnolia7 a.
The frs; item upon its b;ll Of fare; but
Madame Edmond Adam is the p4tr3-
ne>s Of Sophie, or s1zzane. ArnOuX. and
VeTlaps estimates the value Of thai;
iady's compassion more highly than tie
eminent one does, - that for choice. and
attempting 70 he prsdictive, | should
Indicate the United s.sfes a. the s.,eac
Il DSnA ssls next esH PaiSa on her osn
scr9Gaf.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01
Mhilera,hs.i RAbi.-.
faa-sa- Io1rusi.

4 U-==l1r&-y Stationed ~ one Of the
-1-ih ~ss Islands determined 70 give
bis residence q c1si Of Ehiievash. T.
obtain tbs il the absence Of lime. coral
Ezs re.1ucei 10 poSder by burning. The
natives watched the process q burning
WITH Interest, believing that coral va-
cooked f1F them g. eat Next morning
they hehs.d the Missionaries cottage
gitterinZ in the rising sun. white a.
i1ow. They danced and sang they
screaued With Joy. The whole Island
sIs in c1m1o;ion- WhiteEash became
the rz<s- Happy was the co9-e.te Who
o01lt enhance her charms by q dz1b 0f
the ~hi.eEzsh brush. Contentious arose
One party urged their supsri0r rank
another obtained possession of the
brush and vali4nily held il against all
coners : third triei 70 upset the tzb to
try - obtain some Of the precious oos-
rneiis- To quiet the hzbub, more white
vAsh Vas made, and in seek not a t1b.
4 domestic Utensil, var club or a gar
ueut b; Was a. white A. snow; not an
Inhsbitznt but had skin PAINTED with
gro,ezq1e figures not pa that rEz not
xhiisned, and even mothers might bs
seen in every direction j0T0utly. and
yelling with delight a. the superior
beauty of their rhi;eEzshsd babies
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01

save. II il Is done Systematically. The
lad Who has some money coming 20 hlm
weekly should be taught to pat portion
Of il in q savings hank 10 remain IN
touched. Any man in Americs who has
steady employment should be able 10
live without work when age begins 70
tell on him. Expensive habits must be
KEEP. down. There are always pleasures
70 be had costing bat little. which recre-
a-es one i-s, a. well as the noe. costly
can DO. e; the children 10 saving early,
and they will be thankful for il in after
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01
Dying obscurely
New YORK Lssiesio Troy Tine. !


One Of the founders OF the coI-bira-
ton system Of Management Mr. Furbish,
who became pretty vs.l known in every
town large euOlsL for company % play
in, died unnOticet and unknown in one
Of our hospitals few weeks ago. The
police found him in the street late a.
night, and after being taken 70 the station
house be WAS removed 70 the hospital.
He vas unable TO give his name dis
tlnctiy, and for this reason none q bis
frieu1s could be communicated With.
The news that he was dead vas the IRE,
that they resolved. Furnish Was prus-
Ferrous az one time. but bis fortune
char ged, and he became, - the saving
L, a good deal Fun down. los q common
thing ;0r men supposed % be vel
known 10 die IN cu>cIrIiy IL New York
People pay bat very little attention 70
their ueiEhoors, OF what goes on about
them on SUNDAY iSst the sexton 1f &
church Was found dead IN the ve>try.
Although he hal been lying there three
1zys be had nc; been missed Il was
while the congregation was AZ service
thai the boly V2s found, yet people living
s few doors from the church knew n0,h-
inz about the matter vi they read Uf ].
in the papers mex, day. ANY man iiy-
ins IN a hotel or b0ariins-holse in New
York may = away and possibly b NOR
dered. and 10 one viii make 81 inquiry
about hin unless some special reason
for doing - ccccs.. Tbs : the czse %
= greater o. les extent IN all srge cities,
b1t pfCLably y nowhere IS there - much
q i a. here. where - many thousands
vl0 are unkn1En cone and 20 every
tzy. TIE police Eays have on hand a
lJns list q q s,l-g persons, BOT the list
q those Hl0 are rot reported 10 the
yoll-s : p-otably stIll longer.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01
The Greatest Biessiu..

A simple, pure, harmless remedy, that
cures every time. su6 prevents disease by
seeping the blood pure. stomach regular,
kidneys and liver active. is The greatest
blessing ever conferred upon man. Hop
Bi.tsrs Is ths. remedy. and It's projectors
are being blessed BY thousands who have
been saved and cured by il. Will you Try
IT. See q. other column Ea,ls
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01
rnE oKcnAEp tASp OF soSe.

Fhf nrrhsrt lsrH.s " inEg Ar1f
n tfuwsy ei-..s. arake ard 1-1w
rhe s1lrT f.r.s-1lls karE o. -
Auf al he hus. hat lssst % ls
Eir9 - sl1-lg LIE <rEszT WAgs
~ tFuaut ieCf- Ard IN N. rkre
~ sarEy sumner frul1 tse t-ee-
Ihlf fral lre.f 2 O 1-ssa- 10 t1s 50.
uf g-Ela thai -a1i and QTerrca
Ths r-rhx-yi lEn1s q IclE Ago.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01

OLIVE LOGAN SAYS that English doctors
are 20 scrupulsus about professional
ethics" that she heard considerable
comment III London recently because
Or, Austin Flin,'s baggage vas marked
conspicuously with his name and si-
dress-his Enslish professional brethren
deeming it IN indirect. advertisement.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01

iS 1885, while digging for the church
o. 81 MAryhill, London, the body Of a
woman Vas discovered. Il had been
buri@i l-5 years, and We. the skin Ess
ghoie and the Joints plisble.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01
C=-fe=. sea Inhabitants.

There is continual warfare going on
in the deep-a constant struggle for the
means Of sustaining life. The esrnivor.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-01

LfTrssTvEs sss never the main occu-
patton ct Asesal&y Until the iass years
Of his life.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
Historical Brevities.
lied at 81-pen in hand.

Plato died at 81-pen in hand.
The needle-gun was patented in 1881
The history of iron ships dates from
1887.
Photography was known to Leonardo
de Vinci in the fifteenth century.
Coal gas, for the purpose of lighting,
was known ages ago to the Chinese.
The idea of fertilizing land with salt
was conceived by John Napier in 1898.
Archimedes, born in Sicily 287 B. c.,
was the author of over forty mechanical
inventions.
Silk first came from China, and the
Chinese still have many important Sc
crets connected with it unknown to
Europeans.
According to common accounts, tea was
first brought into England from Holland
in 1866, and a pound then sold for sixty
shillings.
Rome was captured four times jn six
teen years, and during that time Is, 000,-
900 human beings persisted by sword,
pestilence and famine.
The idea of the Kaleidoscope first oc-
Cured to David Brewster in 1914, when
he was engaged in experiments on the
polarization of light by reflection from
plates of glass.
Over 5000 victims were executed for
witchcraft during the reign of the long
parliament. Darlington gives the whole
number of those put to death in Eng
land Oh this charge as not less than 3d.
900.
In the time of Herodotus there was
on the EgeanSea community of s'lake
dwellers," who lived upon piles driven
into the bottom of the lake, and con-
nected only by narrow bridge with
the land.
The history of bells is one of the most
interesting in the recital of inventions.
They were first heard of about the year
400, before which date rattles were used.
In the year 61O we hear of bells in the
city of Sens, the army of Clothaire, king
of France, having been frightened away
by the ringing of them. In $50 the first
peal of bells was hung in England at
Croyland Abbey. Many years ago it
was estimated that there was at least
1882 peals of bells, great and small, in
England It has been thought that the
custom of ringing bells was peculiar in
England, but the Cathedral of Antwerp,
celebrated for its magnificent spire, has
a peal of bells, 80 in number, on which
is played every half hour the most elab-
crate music
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
IN THE CEMETERY.

wandered through the city of tie dead,
Where all around the marble 81 ats arise,
10 show where rest the forms whose lives have fed
l read the epitaphs and said: &c What lies
Inc men who sleep here were like other men;
They had their virtues and their faults, as well.
Perhaps the parsonage who CHANGED to pen
Inc glowing lines which of such goodness tell
In the deceased, is very glad he's gone,
And doesn't care particularly where
BUT mad these words of praise inscribed upon
The monument because their sound is fair
mus thought 1. Then CHANGED to look around
ana noticed at new-made grave, hard by,
An Old man kneeIing on the frozon ground.
His face looked sad, 1 thought heard him sigh.
linen revulsion on my feelings came.
How cruel seemed my former sentiment!
My cheeks then tingled with blush of shame
For my injustice was penitent.
LII man has faults he has his virtues, too
And, when he journeys to the unknown bourne,
Inc memory OF his goodness stays with you:
His faults are all forgotten, and you mourn
For him and kneel beside his grave and pray
AS does this poor man. And then stopped
My thinking. He arose. 1 heard him say:
cannot find the quarter that dropped !"
Boston Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
HUNTS NARRATIVE.

My friend White has asked me to
describe what happened after we sepa-
rated. I will do SO in as few words as
possible, as the events of that week are
not very pleasant to recall.
We reached the hut on Black River
about 4 o'clock, and busted ourselves
till nightfall in preparations for our stay,
cutting wood for our fire, brush for ou1
beds, and getting the canoe out from the
place where it had been hidden. Next
day our camp began to assume quite 0
home-like appearance. When night
came and White did not arrive, we al
began to feel good deal of uneasiness
and in the morning Granger, our guide
man of few words, said so decidedly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
AN INDIAN LEGEND.
BY THOMAS 8. COLLIER.

The north wind blew across the land,
The great oaks cleaned with sheeted frost,
The oaks, a grim and giant band,
Their leahess boughs grotesquely tossed
When through the sunlght-haunted path,
Where brown leaves drifted to and fro,
His eyes agleam with fateful wrath,
An Indian warrior sought his foe.
Here where the trees were thick and old,
And like sleek panthers made their lalr
And through the shadows dim and cold,
Savage and shaggy strobe the bear;
With glance that pierced the distance dark
And tireiess feet that made no SOUND,
He traced by signs none else would marx
trail along the frozen ground.
Then through the wood an echo came,
The swapping of rotten bough,
The Indians eyes grew bright as flame,
He knew his foe was near him now.
And vet erect and bold he stands
No coward he to seek the shade,
His stout bow curves in steady hands,
His keen eve searches all the glade.
Up from the sunny seward slope
The Pequot chieftain wandered slow,
Like one who, lost to love and hope,
Bows TO the bitter blast of woe.
What cared he for the sharp swift dart
That waited in his foemans hand.
When he had left buried heart,
Where wild waves beat upon the sand?
Then came the warriors battle-cry-
The chieftain tossed his Bonded head,
And met his foemans flashing eye
With glance from which the fire had fed;
<fAnd you are here 2" he said in scorn,
$ Think you fear your ready bow?
All had met you yester-morn,
Then had given blow for blow.
''But now? let fly the shaft you hold,
Here is my heart !" and with the word
He broke his long robes casping gold,
And showed where its quick beatings stirred.
The bow-string snapped with sudden twang,
Yet freely pulsed the chieftain's blood,
For loud the hurting arrow sang
Amid the western sweeping wood.
:" You came upon me in the night,
When stars are dim, and pale the moon,
Your hand was heavy in its might,
Your arrows sang woeful tune.
And now no eyes grow bright for me,
No lingering steps my coming wait:
You have grave beside the sea
Why should wage strife with fate %
He turned and left the chieftain there
The sunlight paled, the wind grew high,
storm-song throbbed along the air,
And snow-cloudS darkened DER the sky
And many winters came and went,
With drifted snow and clustering wind,
And met an old chief, gray and bent,
Seeking for that he could not find.
Youths Companion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

pract1ced eyes. AT noon we came to a
stream, which Granger said was the
north fork of the Racket. Here he again
left us, and examined the stream care
| fully for a mile, returning by detour
| through the woods. He then said he
was confident that White had not crossed
and was in the woods not mile from us.
Eldridge started to shout, but Granger
caught his arm and said, "You musn I
make bit of noise Nothing scares 'em
Like a persons voice, and if he should
hear you, likely he would run five miles.
I'm going right up the river, and I'll
start Pliny and Joe down with the canoe,
and we'll have him before night
[ confess felt something m1sgivings
at being left by the man who had been
eyes, ears, and brain to us for two days,
but there was nothing to do but to obey.
We sat down on fallen tree to wait and
listen, and Granger, laying aside his ak
set off at rate which justified his as.
sertion that he could "get over the
ground twice as fast alone. For three
hours we waited in silence, save for al
occasional whispered word of comfort tt
each other. Then we saw canoe com.
ing down the stream, and Pliny Dir
landed near us. In few moments he
was joined by his brother Joe, Granger
and the queer little boy that lives will
them. Granger babe us take the canoe
and drop slowly down the stream. Sale
he. When you see me; if l hold up ny
hand you are going too FAST IF
beckon you must come ca faster" The
men then dispersed on the left bank, an(
we followed as directed Once Dix go
in to pilot us over some rapids, and sale
that the party had just united, and tina