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The Osceola times., 1882-06-17
A IO0-Horse Power Whistle.

New Brunswick, N. j., has steam
whistle whose deep bass notes are rs IA
miliar as sunrise TO farmers within ra.
dius Of thirty miles of the town. The
people Of Bay Ridge, l.. J., regulate their
clocks and watches by its accurate blasts.
On calm, pleasant days it has been heard
at the Battery. The ocean and sound
steamers have whistles, from eight to
twelve inches in diameter, that can be
heard from ten TO twenty miles. There
is a heavy toned whistle at Sandy Hook
abost fifteen inches in diameter. Many
of the coal mines of the country have big
whistles to warn miners of impending
dangers, and to indicate the time for be-
ginning and quitting work.
But the largest whistle in the world
may be seen at the store of the Eaton,
Cole & Burnham Company, 50 John
sueet. 1t was made at their factory in
Bridgeport, Conn, and ordered from
them by Manning, Maxwell & Moore, of
Liberty street, for Montreal firm. 1t
will be used by the largest saw mill in
Canada. Experts ia brass work and steam
whistles yesterday pronounced it one Of
the best proportioned and the largest of
all the steam whistles they ever had seen
1t is about the size OF a flour barrel, be.
ing - inches long and 20 inches Ia di-
ameter. The average diameter of saw
mill whistles is four inches. Its extreme
length from the bowl to the ornament on
top is feet . inches. Its spindle is b
inches in diameter, or as large as an or
dinary steam whistle. 1t is made of cast
brass and cost $500. Ii will be blown by
means of spring valve connected with
a steam pipe four inches in diameter. A
long blast upon it would almost empty a
l00-horse power boiler. The Canadian
mill that will use it has boiler of $50
/ horse power.
The mill has been totahy destroyed by
/ fire several times. The proprietors. in
order to guard against future destruction
of property, ordered the whistle In case
a fire breaks out all employees of the mill
and the various fire departments in
neighboring towns will be summoned by
the big whistle. 1t is also to be used, by
a system of signals, TO give orders to
wood choppers and employees at dis
lance.
The Osceola times., 1882-06-17
a Domestic Struggle.
VEIINWNV fFF'EFIN
pIn Is nA morn ME.

There is no more pie"
''God help us, then" said Daphne Nc
Guire, looking up to her mother with
weary, wistful, Observation-Disclosures
me.a-sealskin-sacque expression on her
oval face.
Mrs. Mcclure did not reply. Leaning
her bangless head on thin, white hand
the hand that Vivian ORourke had
called IA dimpled treasure that one
might risk bis soul to win," that night
so many years ago that she had rejected
his proiiered love and caused him to
wander away in wild despair and marry
Girohe Quirk-she thought of how had
she pnghted her troth to him, life would
now have been garden in which pretty
flowers waved their bright faces, instead
of wind swept waste, barren alike OF
flowers and verdure. She remembered
how, for the first few years after their
marriage, everything went well with
Pericles Mcclure, and how, when Daphne
was prattling infant, he had come home
full one evening and told her in proud
tones that he bad reached the summit OF
his ambition, and was a policeman. All
these memories Of the past-the bitter
and the sweet-came surglng through
her mind as she looked out through her
tears and saw the Bloc Island avenue
cars going by like ghosts IN the twilight.
"Why do you weep, mamma! SAID
Daphne, placing her soft white West
Side arms about the neck of the mother
she loved so dearly-the only mother
she had.
Il fear me, Bridget" said Mrs. Nc
Guire. using the pet name by which
Daphne was known at home, that our
future must indeed be a cheerless one;
that the coming days will hold for us
only sorrow and misery"
"Do not be so disheartened, mamma"
replied the girl, kicking the dog oil the
front steps and kissing her mother with
a warm, lingering, 1-have-come-to-stay'
all winter and part oi the spring kiss,
Things may not be so bad MS they seem.
We have still one hope, you know, one
The Osceola times., 1882-06-17
Indian wives.
Mnntrenl Star


Among the Northwestern tribes Of In
dians innocence is as marked among the
girls as their color. The impression thai
the red maiden does not entertain high
standard of morality is an error, for she
is taught as other girls are, and grows up
with well developed ideas Of the respon-
sibilities Of life and a firm resolution to
discharge them. Educated in the faith
that she was ordained to work, she trains
herself to undergo hard labor, and at IL
years Of age is sturdy and strong, brave
against fatigue, and perfect housewife
She may not possess New England no
tons Of cleanliness, but she takes not a
little pride in her personal Appearance
and in the arrangement of her ledge she
displays some crude ideas of taste and a
certain amount of nea ness. lfshe mar
ries white man she makes him good
wife as long as she lives with him. His
home is her sole comfort, and his com,
fort her sole ambition. She thinks ol
HIM and TOR him, and makes it her study
TO please him and make him respect her
She recognizes in him one of a superior
race, and by her dignity and devotion
endears herself to him and struggles tC
make him happy.
AT the agencies Of the upper frontier
thousands of men are employed, and il
is not an exaggeratiOn to say that the
majority of them have Indian wives and
live happily. They are not sought after
by the maidens, for the Indian girls Gus
tom is to remain quiet until after the
marriage contract is made and the mar
riage portion paid over. The husband
must have the dowry, with which he
must invest his projected mother -in-law
before the ceremony takes place. The
process is little ont of the usual run
and description may be of ofinierest.
The aspiring bridegroom must be vel
known in the tribe before he can hope tC
win wife. Her people want to thor
oughly understand him, and know il hs
can support not only her but also all hei
relatives in the event Of pinch. II,
must be kind hearted man. with tenn
per warranted to keep in any domestic
climate, and he must have good lodge
and at least half dozen of horses.
he be, and have all these, he can WOO
ing 90. Selecting the lady, he makes ap
plication to her mother, and at counc
the price is fixed upon.
If the girl be especially pretty, hel
mother will demand gun, two horses
and Il lot of provisions, blankets ant
cloth. A gun is valued at $50, horse a
$50, and he must furnish material tC
bring the amount up from 500 to $50
Then he tries to beat the dame down
and if be succeeds, he knows there il
some reason for letting the girl go, if not
he understands that he is making goot
choice. The courtship is left entirely t.
the mother.
The Osceola times., 1882-06-17
A Recollection Of lake Travel:

Our travelling companion was a Cana
dian, jolly fellow, who loved joke,
told good story, feared God, admired
the ladies, and was withal an abominable
stammerer. We hadn't been long aboard
when the captain called our attention to
a remarkable looking individual seated
at the other end of the cabin. whom he
declared was the ugliest looking man
that ever lived; whereupon our friend
from over the line offered to bet the
drinks he had seen worse one in the
steerage. The bet was taken, and off he
started to find his man and bring him up
for comparison. He found the fellow,
who was bit OF a wag, as an intolerable
homely man is apt to be, and with the
promise Of nip" readily gained his as
sent TO the trial. As they entered the
cabin, Kanuck, with an air of conscious
triumph, turned TO direct his attention
to his champion, when he found him try.
ing to insure his success by making faces
st st ST. t.st-opw said he, mo none of that
Stay just as God Almighty made you
Ygu ca ca-can't be beat" And he wasn't.
The Osceola times., 1882-06-17
How Oil-Cloth Is Made.
Bob Rnrdeitc. i'm lInMkcve

Bob Buriette, in lIawkeye.
Then | went down to the oil-cloth
mandatory and learned how TO make
oil cloth.
All the burlaps on and of which oil.
cloth is made, is manufactured in Dun
dee, Scotland. 1t is made from an India
grass. 1t is sized first, when it is ready
for painting. 1t isn't painted with
brushes, but with knife. A great long
knife. The end of the burlaps is passed
under the blade. When paint is ladled
on the burlaps by the gallon, machinery
takes hold of it and draws it between a
roller and the knife, and the blade
scrapes off all the superfluous paint as it
passes through. No brush could lay the
color on go evenly: They paint sixty
yards of burlaps in minute. Then
when it is dry, it is sand papered by
machinery and other coats of paint go
on. From four TO nine coats of paint
are put on, according to the quality OF
oilcloth. 1t dries in o week, when it is
ready for printing. This is the most
interesting process. All the blocks from
which oil-cloth is printed in these, and
with few exceptions, all the manufac-
tories in the United States, are made in
Hallowell, Maine. The block is about
eighteen inches square, and is made Of
three pieces, the inside block is pine, and
outside blocks are maple. The printing
surface is sawed across at right angles
with very fine saws, which work auto
matically and don't need any superln.
tendence after they have been started
When it reaches the factory, the surface
Of the block looks like box Of matches,
the designer then paints the design on
paper, lined out in tiny squares, a per-
feet duplicate of the block, the operator
works one block for each color, and the
copying is done with q chisel the opera
tor cutting away all the little squares
made by the saws, except those covered
by the pattern. 1t is like worsted work,
-four squares to the right, three straight
up, five to the right, three down and
four to the lsl12 he SANE U .,Q old three
greeh1 I'd then a brown" business.
The designer is limited to few colors, and
has to make the most Of his combina
tions; these blocks are then fitted with
handles, and the printers 90 to work.
The palette is a great revolving table
with pads of the different paints laid on
it. Two men work at each table, and
the operation of printing is like stamp
ing letters at the mailing table in the
postoflice. The printer slaps the black
on the pad, then strikes it on the oil
cloth. First the white, say, and there
is scattering meaningless picture of lit
tie white squares. Then the red is
struck on, mere little red dots that look
like nothing. Then the green, and you
think YOU can see something like leaf
Then another shade, and another, until
you see cluster Of leaves and birds in a
figure outlined by very distinct color,
and the printing is ready for the
"masher," block just like the Others,
only all the squares left on. This is
pressed down on the figures by hand
press.
And if you want to know any more
abolt oil. cloth, write to Salem. | can
make it myself, but | haven't time to
write any more about it,
The Osceola times., 1882-06-17
A Pioneers Eccentric VIII.

The will Of John T. Pantlind, an old
California pioneer, was filed in the Pro-
bate Court in San Francisco on the Sth
inst, and is curious document. After
stating that he is in sound mind and in
full use of his faculties. he adds: "Iwish
1t understood that am in my clear lev
el-headed sense and know Just what Pm
about, and | don't want any one.hone
lawyer business fooliDg around" He
then provides that his remains shall be
taken to Newark, Ohio, and that the boz
dies of his parents and brother be taken
from Fort Wayne, Ind, and buried in
the same lot with him, and one costly
monument erected over the four. He
forbids the burial OF any Of his half Sis
tiers or brothers in the same lot, and says
of them: There was a chasm during
life. Let il be even wider in death. This
death bed repentance and pardoning of
old wrongs is all in your eve and worse
than hypocrisy" His directions for buri-
al provide that he shall be buried i'm his
best clothes and by the Masons. On
this point he says: 81 don't want any
minister or preacher of any kind at my
funeral. The Masons will do the entire
work. Gospel sharps and never nocked
together nuchly."
The Osceola times., 1882-06-17
A ROMANTIC EPISODE.
John Firms Long-Lost son Found In the
Person OF n Wealthy Colorado Miner.
Boston Globe.

Boston Globe.
A romantic episode in every day life,
has Just come to light in Dedham. John
Finn resides with his wife and portion
Of his family in neat cottage, Of which
he is the owner, located on or near the
boundary line Of Dedham ana Boston.
Here he has resided for at least twenty.
five years. He has had three sons, one
of whom, john, enlisted in the army
during the "late unpleasantness" and
was killed. The other two sons were
named Cornelius and William. Corne-
lius was a lal of about Il years at the
outbreak OF the war. He suddenly left
town, and his parents hearing nothing of
his whereabouts concluded that he, too,
had enlisted, especially as during the
war they read of one Cornelius Finn, at
tached to New York regiment, being
killed. The family mourned for him as
sincerely as they did the death of John.
Last September William went TO Col
orado to settle, hoping to better himsef.
While seated in a room in the western
portion of the State one afternoon soon
after his arrival there, a miner entered
and announced to the company present
that Cornelius Finn had opened a new
mine. William, taken aback somewhat
by the name, said that he had had a
brother once whose name was Cornelius
Finn. To which the miner responded
by looking at the stranger and declaring
that he resembled Cornelius Finn, the
miner, and might be his brother. Sub
sequently the miner met Cornelius and
informed him of his encounter with Will
liam. Cornelius became greatly agitated
upon learning the name of the stranger
and that he came from Dedham, and i'm
mediately started for the town.
The meeting was decidedly affecting.
Cornelius at once recognized William as
rgrs rrr0r7-grrr, "TrrfTvrgT fTT.Tg'sT JFrrg
younger, had not so strong recollection
of Cornelius. Mutual explanations fol
lowed and Cornelius related his wander.
ings since leaving home. He had gone
south in 1861, and entered the army. At
the conclusion of the war he drifted to
Colorado, where he had interested him
self in mining and had become wealthy.
Regarding his neglect to send letter
home, he explained that he had read in
the papers of TIE death Of his parents,
and had also the report snbstantiated by
John Finn, former resident of Dedham,
whom he net. He had abandoned all
hope of ever seeing or hearing from his
folks. He at once took William with
him to his mining camp and gave him
an important position. His father has
received a check for 81 900.
The Osceola times., 1882-06-17
FAR, FAIR, FORTY AND FALSE.
How Widower Was Deceived by an Ad-
vertsing Housekeeper.
New York Herald


prime o life, tired OF his lonely life,
started housekeeping on a magnificent
scale in apartments at No. 62 Storm ave-
nue., Jersey City heights, three weeks
ago. A week before he concluded t.
start into housekeeping he saw an ad
vertisement that widow desired home
and, having answered the advertisement
met the advertiser in a house on Beeck-
er street. She was fair, fat and forty
appeared to be an agreeable person and
willing to work without pay so long az
she and small babe were properly cared
for. Stamm, who is engaged in business,
left his home at the usual hour on Mon.
day morning, after receiving pleasant
goodbye from the housekeeper. When
he returned home that night he discov-
cred that his housekeeper was gone, the
babe was gone, as were all the new fur
niture and kitchen utensils. There was
nothing left but a couple of trunks which
contained his effects.
Stamm, while making inquiry about
this unexpected move met Policeman
kilburn, who traced the housekeeper TO
No. l2l Hoboken avenue. On entering
without knocking Stamm and policeman
found the widow" with her babe in her
arms, directing the laying of the carpet
which bad ornamented Stamm's best
room. On seeing the visitor the man
who was tacking the carpets sprang from
the floor, and acting as if in a rage
roundly abused Stamm for DESTROYING
his home and happiness by leading his
wife astray. The police, however, had
a ri n hat hA 4 4
husband were blackmailers who made a
living by practicing this deception, and
they were arrested. AT the police sta.
ton they registered as George and Ellen
Peck. When arrdigned before Justice
Sulsing the husband was still indignant
and charged that Stamm had Influenced
his wife 10 desert her home, and after
long search he found her on Monday. In
reference to the furniture, he said his
wife claimed that the things were hers.
and he removed them. The wife also
accused Stamm of persuading her to
abandon her home. She, when anes-
toned about the furniture, said Stamm
gave 1t TO her, and when her husband
suddenly entered she feared his wrath,
and didn't dare to interfere with the re.
moval of such articles as belonged to
Stamm.
The statements of the pecks were con.
tradicted by the finding of a letter writ
ten by her to her alleged husband telling
h'n- how to carry OF the furniture. They
were committed for trial The police
believe that the Pecks are swindlers who
have been engaged in this sort of work
for some time, but have escaped punish
ment because of the success of the acting
Of the wralhlul husband"
The Osceola times., 1882-06-17
To Prevent Atheism In Colleges.
North American Revie'

Truth is lust as capable of eliciting en-
thusiasm among young men to-eay as
ever before, but it must be simple Hulh,
that is, offered in its own light. The
captivating force of the empirical sspecu'
lations OF existing philosophy is due to
the apparent proffef of fresh aggressive
truths.
III we cannot waive free discussion,
much less can we expect to huddle
Young men into sheep-folds, and to make
no provision for higher education except
in institutions of definite and pronounced
faith.
Churches of al sorts will do well to
remember, constantly, that they can not
maintain their own life except in open,
breezy conflict, nor can they maintain
the spiritual life of their own young men
on easier terms,
Veterans are made only for the open
field, The notion that the Christian
Church is TO monopolize and manipulate
education is antique for our time and for
all time. This principle is most unfortu'
nate for the Churches, themselves; we
are not 10 draw back from inquiry. sim
ply because we cannot control it, simply
because 1t is inquiry.
A confidence in truth, and free and
Quick exposure of it to all the hazards OF
war are the only aveilable and the only
sound policy. We are also not to strive
to identify morality with religious be-
lief. While within our own circle we
may constantly support action by the
whole scope of reason, it is folly to deny
or TO pull down anv of the more narrow
foundations Of society. Indeed, these
foundations are in part what the rational
ediflce of enlarged spiritual life is, in d
truly spiritual evolution, being bull
upon.
When we can not work with men by
viltue of Later and larger convictions il
is well to get back to the priminary rudi
mentary- rudimentary is human his
tory-principles at which many ways
meet We should be glad that the 80
cial world does not collapse while oul
special theory of it is under discussion
We are to d .fend ourselves in this con
fict with unbelief by precipitaiing i
rather than by postponing it.
We shall do this best in our Colleges
by providing Professors able and ACTIVE
to the pitch Of our times in their owl
departments, and men who are larg'
minded and e. IN St
The Osceola times., 1882-06-17
A Fanatic Female,n Iate.

Sandwich (Ill.) Special to Chicago Tribune.
A profound sensation was caused by
the news of the death of Mrs. Jas. A. Lay
About year ego, while the family lived
in State Center, Iowa. her son, W. X
lay, appeared rs prophet and announc-
ed the end Of the world rs soon coming.
He has since published several pamph-
lets, alleged revelations of coming events.
Last fall the whole family came to Sand.
wich, their former home. A few weeks
ago it became known that Mrs. Lay was
expected to become the mother of an
other prophet, who was to be the Elijah.
an immediate messenger of Christ
About four weeks ago the mother thought
she received revela,i IN that she must
abstain from food until the biz h of the
child. IL is said she tasted twenty eight
days. when recently, ker brother. Hon.
W. W. Sedgwick, one of the most intelli.
gent and right thinking men in the whole
community, seeing his sister was dying,
demanded that she be given some nour-
ishment II was given against the pro
test OF the family, who seemed to share
in the delusion, but it was too late. The
mother died from the effects of fasting.
the expected infant prophet were discov.
cred, thus eflectually dispelling the delu.
sion which had already reached such q
tragical conclusion. The young Elijah.
who was expected to develop into full
fiedged prophet before he was a year old,
was a myth. The event has caused a
profound sensation. Mrs. Lay. the victim
OF the delusion, has always been regarded
as most intelligent and worthy lady.
The Osceola times., 1882-06-17
THE CITY OF ROSES.
A Hundred Varieties Growing In and
About New Orleans.
New orleans Commercial

New orleans Commercial.
don't believe there is any rigion on
earth where roses grow in such abun-
dance, variety, beauty and sweetness as
they do in this New Orleans) country.
A Mississippi gentleman, TO whom |
have been indebted for information on
various subjects, tells me that there is
growing and in bloom at his home this
moment a Lamarque rose vine so feet
long. The stem is eight inches through
in the tbickest part. 1t was planted
seventeen or eighteen years ago. II is
twined arounda versnda, and its gorge.
ous clusters OF creamtinted roses are
splendid TO behold. At New Orleans
the Marechal He'll roses cause the
Northerner TO stare n speechless wonder
| saw one of the plants that must have
been 30 feet long. have seen vines OF
the same rose that long in the North,
but they were scraggy and leaa-lookiDg
and in the florists greenhouses. At
New Orleans they run wild and revel
like midsummer nights dream. The
blossoms grow in gorgeous clusters of
half dozen or more and the flowers are
so large that they would more than cover
the top of large-sized coffee cup. A
single one Of the pale gold beauties will
ill a room with perfume. They are as
plenty down here as white top" in a
Northern meadow. And they sell for
one dollar bud up North
In some of the private citizens yards
in New Orleans there are as many as a
hundred different kinds of roses all in
bloom at once. They do not require
protection from cold at any time, either
They all stand ou. doors in the open
ground, and many varieties bloom more
or less all the winter through. The rose
is favorite flower at New Orleans
At the jockey Club races we saw dozens
Of Handsomely. dressed ladies with ex-
quisite punches of rosebuds at their
belts and elsewhere in their dresses
the sweet, lovely flower that nature
made, none Of your abominable artificial
things.
The rose the French inhabitants of
New Orleans are fundest of for decora.
ton is called the "Gold of Ophir."
Northern florists have it,. but it is not
common. The bud is especially priced
for its beauty. II is smallish rose, Of
very pale pink, shading off toward the
heart in a deep, rich gold color Faint
streaks of crimson touch the outer petals.
1t is one OF the loveliest roses | ever
saw.
The Osceola times., 1882-06-17

He ran away from home, did this prod.
igal, and spent his patrimouy in billiard
saloons and lottery tickets, and had got
down to his last paper collar. He return.
cd to his parents ont at the elbows and
bankrupt in the matter of clean linen,
and the very next day, when he met an
old nsiehbor who asked; "And did your
father kill the fatted calf?" There was
evidently . story in the ground, solved
in part by his sullen reply: "No; but he
eamo blamed near killin' the prodigal." /"