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The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
street Car Ethics.
New York Letter.

"Somo of ems made of lead,
you know" said a street car
conductor, apologetically, as he pock-
eted silver half dollar after giving
1t vigorous scrape with his steel
punch. "Some OF 'em lead and some of
'em brass; 80 we have TO look sharp. It's
easy enough to tell the lead half dollars
by scraping them with the punch but
you never know brass coin, until the
silver is worn off from the outside"
where do the brass coins come
FROM" was asked
That's more'n ! kDow-where they
ONE from in the first place. It's mostly
women that give 'em to us. You see,
when man gets hold of a bad half dol
lar he don't feel just like passing it of
himself; 80 he just gives it to his wife and
don't say anything about it. And even
if she does know the piece is bad, it
doesn't make mite Of difference. A
woman, young man, is one of the queer
est thing in the world-one of the queer
est things in the world. | often stop and
say to myself: We'll, now, what in
thunder did she do that forP' A woman
| has no idea of other peoples rights at all.
So, when she gets hold of a bad half dol
lar, she just naturally passes it off again.
Dishonest? Why, bless you, no; she
doesn't mean 10 do anything dishonest;
| it's Just her nature, she can't help It. She
don't want the half dollar-of course she
don't-so there is Just one thing to do,
and that is to pass it of on some one else.
But you have to be powerful careful how
YOU treat woman. Some of 'em want
you to help 'em on the car, now, and 9TH
ers won't let you touch 'em. So either
way you do, you're sure to make half of
'em mad. stopped the cart was only
Yesterday morning-to let woman get
of; gave her plenty of time, and she got
both feet on the ground, then the car
started but she wanted it to wait until
she was yard awa", so what does she do
but jump on again, and make the car
come to dead stop. There is no ac-
countin' for 'em no way"
"Most of them go by the elevated
road now, do they not2"
"Yes, a good many of 'em do. Be
| fore the elevated road was built | used
TO carry the girls TO the Normal school
every morning. They used to come all
at once, so many of them they had to sit
in one auother's laps. That made four
rows, and | just tell you they looked as
fresh and sweet as a basket of peaches
all ranged in rows. But ] don't see
much of them now"
"You regret that, | suppose2"
"Well, now, Idon't know" I'd rather
carry car full of men any day. They
know what a conductors business is aud
don't get mad for nothing They give
us fewer counterfeitstoo. Why, | have a
glass dollar up at the house n ow that a
womsn gave me. was fool to take it,
but III pass it off on some man again.
Whee the car is pretty, dark, they won't
notice it. You'll see they're not use to it
as am"
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
How Nncaroni cot Its Name
London Daily Telegraph.

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Macaroni is eaten with relish equally
by all civilized European peoples. A,
the commencement or close OF a dinner
in the character ofsweet or savory alike,
it Is deservedly as popular without as
within the frontiers of its native land.
But the incident which originally gave il
its name is, We venture TO believe, known
10 few Of those-sven in Sicily, its birth
place-who hold in the highest esteem,
Once upon time wealthy Palormitan
noble owned q COOK not Only accom-
plished beyond compare in the practice
OF his profession, but gifted by nature
with an inventive genius. One day, in
a rapture of culinary composition, this
great artist devised the farinaceous
tubes which oil love 90 we'll, and the
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
"Whom God Hath Joined. :"
Augu.la Moore In Id Eyangelsl


took mp a daily paper one day and
saw nineteen divorces in it. | took M
another and saw five. | went 10 a church
and found there in full communion a
woman who has two husbands. | visit
ell the house Of leading member" in a
church and found there a minister who
has divorced one wife Ia virtuous wom-
an and is married 10 another. | know a
minister who married doctor 10 won
an for whom he had divorced his excel.
lent wife. This was in Clinton, Conn.
Time would fail me to pariicularze the
cases Of this sort that know, and live
among the best people that there are in
this world. These cases are as plenty
everywhere as they are about me--in-
deed much more so in many localities.
A friend writes me from California that
it is hardly safe to say divorce, 20 many
OF the very incest people" have two or
three husbands or wives living. Now, is
not this an encouraging state Of things?
Is it any wonder that some ministers are
telling us how fast the world is growing
better, how the very millennium is upon
ns2 IL is tSJe feared we can hardly ex-
ert lust the moral influence that is need
ed over the Mormons till the states are
reformed. Professor Austin Phelps saws:
we are not half awake TO the fact that
by our laws Of divorce and our liberation
of the social evil we are doing more TO
corrupt the nations heart than Mormon
ism, ten-fold."
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
Tho Boys and Their Fun.
ALBANY iGal News and Adyertiser

The boys had fine sport one night with
a catamount skin and a pack of hounds.
Hot water was poured over the cat and
he was dragged all over town. In about
half an hour the hounds were put on
the scent and such another chase you
never saw. The deep-mouthed baying
of the hounds was heard in nearly every
street in town, and the natives could not
imagine what the din was about. II
there were any burglars they surely took
to their hiding places, fearing the hounds
were on their track. The boys enjoyed
the fun very much, and the dogs evil
IDENTIFY better.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
Journalistic Frauds.
New York special 10 Chicago II

New York Special 10 Chicago Times
Two Of the so-called newspapers print
ed daily in or near Wall street and de.
voted to financial news and quotations
have consolidated. The brood Of Wall
street daily newspapers started in the past
three years present a curious phase Of
New York journalism. There areseyen or
eight OF them, and not one prints as much
stock exchange, or mining exchange
news and gossip as most of the recogniz-
ed newspapers do. They employ smart
advertising canvassers and live ON their
advertisements, and some of them have
little orno circulation. 1t is a positive
fact that one OF them, whose advertising
columns are quite well filled, uses only
five quires of printing paper for its daily
issue. That is, about l20 copies of the
paper fll the public demand. and il is
doubtful IL the sheet has twenty-five reg
ular purchasers. 1t is not the only paper
In this town that has no circulation, and
Is seemingly indifferent to the fact. The
editpr Of one Of the Italian papers recent
y admitted to IN acquaintance that the
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
A Prize Letter of Acceptance.
Chicago Times.

Young ladies may be pratifed to know
just what is regarded by learned editor
of Washington as the very best style for
letter of acceptance. A reward was
offered for the best written letter accept.
ing an offer of marriage, and the prize
composition ran; Fresh with the breath
of the morning came your loving missive
have turned over every leaf of my
heart during the day, and on each page
find the same written--namely, graft
tude for the love of noble man, hu.
mlity in finding myself its object. and
ambition to render myself worthy Of
that which you offer. Iwilltry. Yours
hencefoYth."
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
LAWSON.
Our Continent.

"Who is that sad-looking man whom
saw sitting in the next room, as | came
through" said Mr.. Jones to the mauag-
ing editor.
That? that is Lawson, our substitute
editor"
what is a-what are the functions Of
that kind of an editor?"
why, you know, We employ lawson
to shoulder disagreeable consequences
of all kinds. When we go for anybody
until outraged nature can no longer stand
it, the injured man calls and we show
him in and let him kick Lawson"
"But don't exactly understand how"
"Why, you see, the man comes here
and asks to see the managing editor.
The boy at the door knows, from the fire
in his eye, what he wants, and he turns
him into Lawson's room. There is a
brief scrimmsge and about quarter of an
hour later lawson saunters in here with
a handkerchief to his nose TO say that
his salary really must be raised. lie is
a very useful man. BY concentrating all
the storms on him, the regular staff is
allowed to have perfect peace and secu-
rity. He is cowhided once or twice
week, and knocked down even oftener.
We have the floor in there padded on
purpose to make it as comfortable as
possible. He don't mind an ordinary
ilogring so much, but the man has
strange disinclination to be shot at pos
sibly because he has three bullets in his
legs end fwo-ounce slug encysted some-
where in his interior department.
"But Lawson don't mind his ordinary
duties as much as you think. We turn
in all the bores upon him. He COM
mands large salary because he is deaf
rs post, and bore who would set me
crazy leaves him in a condition Of nm.
ruffied calmness. All the poets who
come here are sent 10 his room. One of
them'll sit there and read to Lawsen
poem Of forty-two stanEas, and Lawson'll
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
Frightful Dinner at a French Hotel.
New York Tribune Letter.

They told us that the table d'hote din
ner would be served at O'Clock, and at
the appointed hour we were shown 10
the salle-a-managers. Covers were laid
for large company. Gilt metal and
silver and crystal glittered in the cheer
full light. We two were the first arrivals;
but overcoming a natural desire to wait
for the rest of the guests, we took our
places and the repast went on. The
soup was succeeded by a dish of the
pretty little bright red fish, known here
as rouget; then followed hare, and some
solid roast or other, and course of vege-
tables, anda bird, and salads, and sweets
and forget what all. Still nobody else
came to eat. By and by we began to
realize that nobody was coming
There was nobody else in the house
The dinner was long, and it was excel.
lent-for the cooks of Bordeaux are
famous-but the whole affair was ex'
tremely embarrassing. This was great
hotel in fine street, and | felt as If
had TO bear the whole expense of it.
wondered whether | could afford 60
many walters, and whether | ought tc
ray foi whole cheese because accepted
the offer of a small morscl; and | fel
asleep that night trying to guess how
msny hundred dollars day they woult
ch srge in the bill.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

TnK Rev. Father Scully, of Cambridge,
Mass, is severe condemner of church
fairs. They demoralize our girls" he
says, more than do our lowest theaters,
for girls, armed with their church-fair
book, go forth under religious and pa.
rental sanction where they please and
when they please, entering even bar
rooms to solicit chances and votes. The
children think of nothing but the fair.
Home, church and school are banished.
When lager beer is sold in our churches,
where fairs are held, how can we train
our youth to look with horror on the
evils of rum?n
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
Cheaper Postage.
n. Y. Herald.

A bill before Congress provides for the
making of a postal card with flexible
flap, which shall conceal the writing on
the face of the card. This is positive
cruelty to the large number of people
including some country postmasters-
whose sole sources of information,
aside from current gossip, are postal
cards that have been addressed to their
neighbors. Still, the few must suffer for
the many, and it is lamentable fact
that large majority of correspondents
prefer that their nostal cards shall be
read only by the persons to whom they
are addressed. II is also true that one
cent postage can be made far more use.
full to the public and yet be 70 more
costly to the government than it now is
A small sheet OF paper weighing no more
than postal card can be cut in shape
that admits of folding and sealing, and if
thegovernment would supply such a sheet
at the same price as the card, the income
of the department would be as great as
nowand the expense no greater. As the
postal service is for the public accom-
mediation. and not for public revenue,
every possible increase of facilities for
correspondence should be granted.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
The safest Seat.
Laramie Boomerang.

A correspondent writes to us to know
which, in our judgment, is the safest seat
in case of a railroad collision, as he
wishes to settle controversy with some
friends. From a long aud painful study
in this matter, and calling TO our aid a
ripe exerience. we would say, without
fear Of successful denial, that the safest
seat in case of railroad collision is the
top rail Of reliable fence about four
miles in northeasterly direction from
the collision.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

GuIrEAu Gays, in recent letter to law
yer Reed, who assisted in his defe nse
II will give you and Mr.. Merrick and
Gen, Butler and Judge Magruder my
notes, payable one year hence. for $4,000
each, If you will get me out of here. !
presume could make $4,000 next
winter lecturing If could get out Of this
l have an offer Of $500 per night for six
nights, from Boston now"
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

A PATENT medicine firm notified Sir
John Macdonald of their willingness to
illuminate Parliament square, Ottawa
by the electric light free OF cost during
the session Of the Canadian parliament
privided they we've permitted to place
above tho light "a rye p,acard bearing
the name Of ths,f nvI,ine. Sir John
politely declined to allow the square to
be used for advertising purposes.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

A VERY sad story comes from Lancast-
er, Pa, where the Hon. r. C. Rogers has
been committed to Jail for twenty days
for vagraney. He is lawyer, and has
been master of several languages. He
was q member of the state constitutional
convention of Pennsylvania Of 1887, and
minister TO Sardinia under Martin Van
Buren, but is now in his dotage.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

REv. GEORGE c. MIN, who is making
sensation by his apoetacy in Chicago,
is fluffy. and fluent Englishman who
came from London, with credentials to
Mr.. Beecher, some years ago. He got
into a muchmortgaged suburban Con-
gregational Church in Brooklyn, and
split it with eminent success on the
scarcely theological question of his views
on the moral character of Mr.. Beecher.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

WV. H. PoPHAM, of New York, lost an
eye by the collision Of Twenty-third
street car with a Sixth avenue car in
which he was riding. In the supreme
court he recovered verdict for SlO,50O
against the Twenty-third Street Railroad
Connauv
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

ACCORDING TO the Figaro, beef stewed
In beer, and strongly odoriferous Of the
latter, is the Prince Imperial of Ger
many's favorite food, while his mother
revels in eels and carp, with beer sauce,
the venerable Emperor meanwhile lap
ping up with infinite gusto his beer
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

THERE is timber enough in Oregon and
Washington Territory and in the Cali.
fornia Sierra and Coast Range to supply
the whole coast with the best and cheap
est OF lumber for three centuries to come,
according to the San Francisco Chronicle !
but not II the monopolists are allowed 4
go on ss they have been during lasy
twenty years.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

A WHALE was sighted from the life
saving station at Northampton. Lonl
Island. Three crews quickly fitted out
and started in pursuit. The lucky boat
in the lead launched the first harpoor
into the monster within quarter of 4
mile Of the station and after half hour
Of houndering and r-cins lance thrust
finished him. tt priAsswas forty feet
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

THE new governor OF Montana has
established an original and seemingly
wholesome rule in regard TO petitions for
pardons. He requires the application
with the names Of all who sign 1T, 10 be
published in n newspaper at the capital,
and in another in the county where the
crime was committed before he will con
slider the application.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

A QUEER deed was found in looking up
the titles TO the shipyard property in
Marblehesd recently. in which boun-
Diary line is described as extending from
q pencil mark on barn toa pencil mark
on the school house fence.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

A BAPTIST minister immersed eleven
persons in FIVE minutes at Clarinda, Iowa,
wading in and out Of the stream with
each. 1t was freezing day, and he had
good reason for haste.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

The much .talked-of project of con-
structing ship canal across Cape Cod
has been abandoned, recent surveys
showing the cost to be 81 l,00o,c00 more
than was expected.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

PRIScE LEoroLD of Great Briiain-thc
young man who is about TO be married
to one OF the prettest OF German prin.
cesses--is now twenty eight years old.
He is the youngest member of Queen
Victoria's privy council; the Right Hon.
J. W. Henley, aged lightweight, is the
oldest.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

Nor a single male student attends
the coursc OF lectures which are being
delivered at the University Of Cam
bridge on the History and Science of
Education,r
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

A BED Of pure asphalt, four feet thick
and seventeen feet beneath the surface
Il is said, has just been discovered in
Vernon county, Ala, near the Barton
county lire
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

JUICE WxBB, of Maine, has declined a
banquet rendered him by one hundred
lawyers. They hope, however, to get in
the usual resolutions on him when he
dies.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

A TESSEsEE girl went out for a sail
with man who was painting to die for
her. A Asquall upset the boat, and he
painted for the shore and let another res
cue her.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

Mr.. IsIDoR BUSCH has offered to donate
40 acres of land near Buschville, Jeiier-
SON county, Missouri, for settlement for
q colony Of Jewish refugees from Russia,
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
SELECTED ITEMS.

A WOMAN who died in Paris recently at
the age of one hundred and two, had
been q widow eighty year,.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

MEMBERS OF congress from the valleys
of the Mississippi and Missouri have
been invited to attend conference at
the capitol to-day, 10 organize in behalf
of legislation i'r the improvement oil
those great rivers.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

Ina Robertson county, Tenn, lawsuit
over bench worth fifty cents, the cost
amounted 10 f75.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

SIXTEEN hundred American revolvers
were recently ordered for the South Aus
triau police forces.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

CESrExARY METHODIST church, Rich'
mond, Va, is to have chime Of bells to
cost 5000.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

A AMADmoS county, Va, genius has in
vented machine for taking cookie burrs
out Of wool.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

EyEhYBopY should note the fac, that the
best remedy known for Coughs, Colds, etc
is DE-. Bulls Cough Syrup. Price only 25
cents bottle.
The Osceola times., 1882-03-18

IN Dyer County, Tenn, one hollow
tree yielded eight coons and thirteen
opossums.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-27
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Oneida Community in New York
is likely to receive attention when the Mormon
question is discussed in Congress. Both arc
likely to receive lively turning over.
The National Board of Trade was in
session at Washington. They urged upon Con-
gress the passage of Reagan's Interstate Com
merce BILL the suspension of compulsory silver
coinage, and the organization Of a special trib-
unal to secure uniformity in and publicity Of
railway contracts and transactions.
A Washington telegram says the
treasury investigation has practically reached
an end. The majority report will not reflect
upon Secretary Sherman, but will recommend
that all purchases made from the contingent
fund of the treasury shall be itemized.
The Adjutant General has decided
that al, soldiers enlisted between June %,
1861, and Aug. 6, 1861, are entitled to bounty.
A number of citizens of Utah are in
Washington endeavoring to secure form of
government for that Territory something SINH
ar to that OF the District of Columbia.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-27
POLITICAL POINTS.

Senator Lamar was elected by both
houses of the Mississippi Legislature to be his
own successor as United States Senator from
Mississippi.
In the Iowa Legislature, James f.
Wilson was chosen Senator for the long term,
and Judge McDill for the Kirkwood vacancy,
j. A. Emerson, colorei man, APP
peared before the Treasury Investigating Com
mittee at Washington and testified that while
employed ID the Treasury Department, in 1880,
he was granted two months leave of absence
and sent South by Secretary sherman, with
instructions to work up delegations in
his interest for the Presidency that Fed
eral patronage was to be used for support
wherever available, and was rendered to Powell
Clayton in Arkansas Emerson found the
South supporting Grant, and he therefore went
to the Chicago Convention as a Grant delegate,
for which he was discharged on his return to
Washington. In reply to a question by SEN
ator Allison, Emerson said there must have
been 100 treasury employees in the convention.
Leading stalwarts of New York avow
their intention to nominate ex-senator Conk-
ling for Governor next fall.
IL lie said that Postmaster Pearson, of
New York, who is a son-in-law of Postmaster
General James, will shortly be removed. His
interference with some Of the Presidents
friends who bad been given berths in the Office
is reported to be al the bottom Of the trouble.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-27
FOREIGN NEWS.

Having considered the cases of the
Irish suspects who are members of Parliament
the British Cabinet has decided that the lead
ers Of the Land League have no claim to ex-
cept;onal treatment.
The rising in the Balkan peninsula
commenced in Herzegovina and is extending to
tho border district. The insurgents over
powered the military posts near Newesinje and
released the prisoners. Small encounters are
reported near Ragusa, with several killed on
each side. The Austro-H Hungarian delegations
will be asked to vote 4,OOOO 900 forms for pre-
cautionarv measures.
There are fears of revolution In
Egypt.
The Anchor line steamship works, at
Glasgow, we're destroyed by fire.
The Italian Minister of War is con-
sidering measure for increasing the army.
Vienna dispatches report the insur-
rection gradually spreading in Southern Herze-
govina. The movement Is attributed to foreign
agitators.
The Nihilists who attempted the life
Of Gen. Tcherevine at st. Petersburg have. been
sentenced to twenty years In the mines Of ST.
berla.
The first appeal from reduction Of