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The Osceola times., 1882-09-16
weather Facts and Probabilities.

As we are passing through period Of
very accentuated and trying atmospheric
changes, the following ten short rules by
the use of which a person can stand be-
meath his own vine and fig tree, in any
part of the northern hemisphere, north
of latitude Is, and for hundreds of miles
around him, form an accurate opinion of
how the wind and weather are progress
ing, NAV be of value. They were sup
piled some time ago to the Farmers
Club of the American Institute by a SCI
enlist of New Jersey.
|. When the temperature falls sudden.
ly, there is a storm forming south of
you,
.. When the temperature rises sud
denly, there is q storm forming north of
you.
g. The wind always blows from re-
gion of fair weather towards region
where storm is forming.
L. Cirrus clouds always move from a
region where storm is in progress to-
wards region Of fair weather.
g. Cumulous clouds always move from
a region of fair weather towards region
where n storm is forming.
g. When cirrus clouds are moving rap
idly from the north or northwest, there
will be rain in less than twenty-four
hours. no matter how cold il may be.
T. When cirrus clouds are moving rap
idly from the south or southwest, there
will be a cold rain storm on the morrow
II il be summer; and il it be winter, there
will be snow storm.
S The wind always blows in a circle
around q storm, and when it blows from
the north the heaviest rain is east of you;
If it blows from the south the heaviest
rain is west; il it blows fro m the east the
heaviest rain is south; if it blows from
the west the heaviest rain is north of
you.
9. The wind never blows unless rain
or snow is falling within 1000 miles of
you.
10. Whenever heavy, white frost oc-
ours storm is forming within ,000mile les
north or northwest ofyou.
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Old Fashioned Court Reporting.

The following is a specimen of court
reporting taken from the New York Sun
of May g 1884:
Police office, yesterday morning-Eph-
rain Barker was brought up this morn
ing on charge of committing an assault
and battery on Abraham Nathan.
Mag-Barker, it is strange that you
should always wish to be fighting.
Pris-l can't help it, sir. He called me
liar, and / won't take liar from any
man. Cause, sir, arst him what place
Col. Crockett came from. He said it was
Kentucky, but told him it was Missouri
Then he called me liar, sir, an | knock
ed him down.
Mag Ito complainant)-And he beat
you after you had fallenP
Comp-I guess he didn't, sir, not he
| should like to cotch him doing sich a
thing as that. No, sir got up onto my
feet an squared off to him, did-yes,
| did, and says l, "Pll tell you what 1t is,
Ephe Barker, | should just like to see
you do that ar thing seven times more
may be wouldn't lick it into you, eh."
Mag Ito prisoner)-Barker, you must
give security for your good behavior, or
90 to prison.
Committed.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16
Farm Notes.

Give free circulation of air in the sta
bles at this season.
Corn is just what hogs should not have
at the present time.
Two small hogs, maturing early. are
more profitable than one large one.
A good hog may be produced by cross
ing Suffolk and Chester White.
Feed vegetables TO stock freely, and
keep fresh water always within reach.
A COW should have a large muzzle,
large paunch, large milk veins and large
udder.
The best butter from grass is further i'm
proved by feeding the cows little corn
meal.
Strawberries are usually much more
prolific when several varieties are planted
together.
Disease does not shorten wool. but
causes irregularities in texture, and les
sens its strenth and value.
1t is said to be more profitable to dis
pose of cattle at 2 years old than to keep
them until they are years old.
Rubbing the horse morning and noon
with q handful ofsmartweed will prevent
the flies from troubling him during the
day.
When worms infest flower pots they
may be driven out by mixing an ounce
of ammonialin gallon of water and
sprinkling it over the earth.
Chicago is getting more sheep than
ever before. They are arriving at the
rate Of $1,000 TO 10000 per week. and the
demand is also the best ever known.
Startling as the statement may seem
the destruction of crops by noxious in
sects in the United States has reached
the enormous sum of Si0O,OO0,O00 in a
year.
Statistics show that disease and old age
KILLED per cent of the sheep of Georgia
during the year ending June | while the
dogs destroyed nearly 10 per cent of the
flocks.
One Georgia farmer has 24,Ooo sweet
potato plants set out in three and a half
acres of ground, and says that the product
will be more valuable than that oftwenty
acres of the best cotton.
Out of l57, ,2Ss, ,521, the number Of cattle
estimated TO be in the world, 35.9O7. .79l,
including all kinds, were in this country
at the taking of the hast census. Out of
3S2,763,Ol5 sheep we had 81 ,lS3,9O3 head.
II is estimated that there are now on
the Colorado range about 100000 head of
cattle having n total yolup of over Sl5
100000. The shipments of cattle to cas-
tern markets for 1881 were 5S,245 head,
and the number slaughtered in the state
3S,0l2 head.
The Prince of Wales has been reelected
president ofthe Smithfeld fat stock show
for 1888. The heir TO the English throne
has been constant and generous patron
of the show, and has been repeatedly
awarded premiums for his exhibits of fat
cattle, sheep and hogs.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16
Arab Pasha ~ Confectioner.
. New orleans Picayune.


do YOU know who Arab Bey is?''
asked Mr.. +. of his friend Mr. A., as
tl.ey stood on the deck of the new
steamer New Camelia last Sunday,
bound for Manderville
Arab Bey is no other than Dunno onteil
who used TO keep a confectionery estab.
lshmeut at the corner OF Bourbon and
Canal streets Dumonteil was major in
the Orleans artillery and a gallant soldier
an adventurous young fellow After
the war he engaged in business, succeed
ing Bellanger at the corner of Bourbon
and Canal. He ran into debt for SAC. 900
or $4,000, and went TO France about
1869. Dumonteil fought in the Franco.
Prussian war, and was distinguished for
bravery. IT eceiyiDg the cross Of the Legion
Of Honor. The next heard about him,
from a mutual friend in Paris, was that
he had gone 10 Egypt. Several years
ago tie vague rumor reached me IN 4 the
irresponsible Dumonteil had entered
the srmy of the Khedive and risen to a
pusiti' Of rank. Ii ia said that he
stood in high favor with the amy. and
was regarded almost in the lizAt of
native. Il recullect him" continued
Mr.. F., "as a tall, swsrthy fellow, with
large features, but clear. brilliant ewes
and heavy black mustache. In fact
he Lad a rather oriental cast % cuun-
tenance, snd ten years residence in
Africa would have certainly increased
the resemblance. Dressed 10 W., Eyvpt
ian garh can imsgine that Dumonteil
would make fine looking Arab"
The other day / saw picture Of
Arab Bey, and was startled al his
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16
was a pound and quarter a week., y,

was a pound and quarter a week"
What did that tobacco cost you ?"
''Ten years ago Durham was shipping
his tobacco in barrels instead of bags, as
at present, and paid 81 per pound TO 70
cents, and then 60 cents, but averaging
the price at 70 cents, the 400 pounds cost
me $500 for the eight years, or $3.50 per
veal"
"How much whisky did you drink in
eight years"
"Sixteen barrels. / drank quart per
day. | was paving Sl2 per week at a GER
tain hotel in Florida, and the barkeeper
has boasted on several occasions that for
many and many week | paid him "a
per day for whisky, ginger, brandy, ETC.,
which makes with the board just $40 per
week Now, sixteen barrels at 500 per
barrel is just 81 900, but that does not
cover the cost to me, as paid % cents a
drink for lots of it. / calculate that my
whisky for the eight years cost me fully
$4,000, if not more"
The nervous system of this gentleman
does not seem to have been impaired by
this excessive use of tobacco and liquor
He holds that but few men could stand
it, and when his hands commence to
tremble he will cease to smoke.
This is remarkable case, and we need
not point out the moral. 1t is apparent
TO all.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16
Plantation Philosophy.

De eel is de politician among fish.
A oman is happiest when she's uneasy
about suthin'
would ruther tell lie ter cause pleas
ure den truth ter cause pain.
Nature favored de niger in many ways
but | doan see why she put a kidney foot
on him.
Doan ledge a man by de fuss he makes.
In fiyin' de hummin' bird makes more
noise den de hawk
My advice ter all men is, doan' rassel
wild guinea niger, case de chances is
dat he'll fling yer,
De object what is most difficult ter gain
is de most priced. The hardest nut ter
crack has de sweetest kernel.
Many dollar what has passed through
de shame stained hand OBJ fallen oman
is used in spreadin' de gospel.
Between de fear ob de debil an de ioy
oh redemption de ignorant niger doar
know which way to turn. Howeber. de
chickin amt altergedder safe.
'Mong all libin creatures dar is a love
fur de scenes oh early life. De deer will
leave rich country, and 90 back Ter
de sandy hill whar he was born.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16
Lemon-Juice And Longevity.
Boston Journal of Chemistry.

Many are the ways that have been sug-
gested for postponing old age, but appar-
emily with small success in avoiding this
i'll that flesh is heir to, unless it sue
cumbs to other ills that attack it earlier
The only sure rule for escaping the regri-
lar approach of senility is that of persons
whom the gods are said to love, namely
by dying young. To live long without
growing old is the dream of psychologists
and philosophers, but its realization is
very slow and gradual. The average
duration of life is increasing, and with
the advance in hygienic and sanitary
science we may hope that the gain will
be accelerated from generation to gener-
alton; but we cannot hope that it will be
come very marked in our time.
The latest method for securing green
old age is that of Dr. William Schmole
professor of pathology at Bonn, who has
written a book, the title of which, being
translated, is "a Scientific Method o.
Prolonging and Making Comfortable HUI
man Life He bases his method upon
the hypothesis that the condition known
as old age is produced by a mispropor
ton between the organic framework and
inorganic constituents of the human
body. In order to prevent this condition
and preserve the elasticity ofyouth, it il
only necessary t. introduce some sub.
stance which will dissolve the excess o.
mineral matter and allow for its absorp-
ton and excretion. Such substances are
the inorganic acids, and chief among
these, citric acid, the next in value being
Tactic acid. Citrc acid is best taken in
the form of lemonjuice, and is recon-
mended that a person swallow the juice
of from two to eight lemons daily, yeal
in and year out Such a practice alsc
secures one against the attacks of rheu
matism, which afllict old age. 1t alsc
prevents the degeneration of the arteries
and the calcification of the vascular sys.
TEN. Our author also avers that many OF
the fevers and intiammatory diseases OF
old age are due to reflex and sympathetic
processes. He states that treatment
which benumbs these refexes will tend
to ward off complications. For this pur-
pose he advises small and frequently re.
peated doses of acetate of morphia. The
number of cases illustrating the effects OF
this new elixir vitae is small as yet One
person who fed himself on lemons as di-
rected, died at the age of 10, and then
his death was an unnatural one.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16
ANDY JOHNSON.
An Interesting story About Him and Pet
Dog.

A Washington dispatch to the Ceve-
land Leader says: Representative Petit
bone, of Tennessee, who has just been
renominated for Congress by acclama-
nation, is a native of Bedford, o., and
formerly attended Hiram College, and
was pupil of the late lamented Garfield.
Since the war he has resided in Green
vile, Tenn, the late home of President
johnson. He says the old homestead
looks very much as it did during the life
time of the tailor President, and is now
occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Patter-
son, who presided during his admlnistra-
ton as the lady of the White House.
The little tailor's shop where Mr.. John
son used to work at his trade still stands
almost unchanged from its former ap-
pearance. "The last time l saw Mr.
Johnson" said Mr. Pettibone to me,
"was on the Sunday evening before his
death. often called TO see him, and he
always expressed himself freely during
NV visits. | had little dog which l
had, in my admiration of the great
soldier of the war, called Grant. But
johnson disliked Gen. Grant 80 much
that he could never bear to hear his
name. and he always called him Prince.
The dog was quite a favorite with the old
statesman, and frequently found his way
alone to Mr.. Johnson's office, where he
was always treated with the greatest con-
sideration. On this Sunday evening Mr..
johnson was much depressed in spirits.
He had felt of late that his vital forces
were rapidly leaving. We walked TO the
spring near his house, and l tried as best
as could to cheer him up. Prince, as he
called him, was with us, as usual. The
animal was getting along in years, and
gray hairs in mis- eyebrows showed that
he was approaching the limit of canine
existence. Looking intently at the dog
few minutes, Mr.. Johnson stopped
down. and patting the little fellow on
the head said, in tone that shall never
fail to remember, Prince, you and ! will
be going to our home before long / left
him that night quite depressed, and the
next morning went to Knoxville to at
tend to some court business. While alb
sent | received the intelligence that Mr..
johnson had been seized with fatal i'll
ness and had passed away. He had
started on journey of forty or fifty
miles TO his farm in Carter county, whith-
er his daughter, Mrs Patterson, had
proceeded but a few days before. He
had told me that he wanted to be buried
by our Masonic Lodge, of which he was
a member The remains were expected
in Greenville early Wednesday morning
following, and had the lodge drawn up
in a line at the depot to receive the body.
Just as the train was coming in little
Grant, or Prince, attempted to cross the
track, but was caught by the locomotive
and crushed"
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
A Few Points that the Boy did not Under.
stand.

|
Arkansas Traveller.
pa" asked the Rev. Mr.. Mulkettle's
son, what made the whale swallow
Josiah ?"
Jonah, my SON."
"Jonah," repeated the boy. what
made the whale swallow him? Cause he
was bad ?"
yes, God told Jonah to 90 to Niniveh
and tell the people that He would destroy
the city within forty days, and Jonah
attempted to run away from the Lord"
But the Lord caught him, didn't he? ?"
"Yes."
"And if Jonah had took off his shoes
and run all night the Lord could have
caught him couldn't he?"
"No man can get away from the Lord
my SON"
'And the old whale took Jonah down
at one sup, didn't he"
yes"
Did he hurt Jonah?"
"No."
"Would it hurt me if whale wuster
swallow me?"
81 don't know"
"Why don't you know"
Hush"
Jonah didn't stay in the whale all the
time, did hep
"No, the whale went to the land and
spewcd him up|
How spewed him up"
Threw him out"
Did it hurt Jonah?"
"No."
''Would it hurt you?"
81 don't know"
"Why don't you know"
Il won't talk to you if you don't stop
being so foolish
"IIow foolish ?"
asking so many silly questions"
Jonah made the whale sick, didn't
he?"
"Yes."
For time the boy remained quiet,
evidently in deep thought.
pa" he said at length. did God
destroy-what was the town."
"Niniveh"
Did God destroy Nineveh ?"
"No."
"Why didn't hep"
Because the people were sorry for
their sins"
"But God said He was going TO destroy
| 1t, and he oughter do it. God made
Jonah tell a story didn't he?"
Go away now, you are enough to run
a man crazy. I'd rather have the itch.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16
RIGBY'S FUTURE.
How Tom Hughes's Colony Failed for Lack
Of Pioneer Energy.

The Rugbeian.
The future of Rugby will not be assured
until the lands around il are cleared and
cultivated. There is no fault TO be found
with the soil, for it is adapted to most
farming operations and all garden pur-
poses, but there has been singular alb
sence of agricultural colonists, and the
Board of Aid has been most unfortunate
in the past in not securing suitable per-
sons for the pioneer work il is so neces-
sary should be placed in the hands of
men of grit and staying powers. The
feeble colony started with an amazing
amount of steam and laudation and pro-
miscuous circulation of promissory notes,
with poisonous support, though we'll
intentioned, from the newspaper press
of the country. By some untoward mis-
fortune, those who would have made the
true builders up of a colonyin new land
stayed at home or went elsewhere, while
a host of "Will Wimbles" and hangers-on
to an industrious society flooded the place,
and never having been trained to work,
and having no inclination TO labor and
TO wait" gave the colony such setback
that it can only recover through the in
sertion of new and vigorous blood
In consequence of false start, with
much promise of success, Rugby has fall
en- back into the ruck, and has not as yet
Secured place in the running" but
there is no fear of the colony's ultimate
failure if those who have care of its lands
now will adopt few of the sever ways
open to them of getting rid of their lots
to the right men. A waiting, inactive
policy will not do this side Of genera
ton, but a narrow-gauge railway, man
uiactory, an extraordinary liberal treat
ment of the first new corners and an agent
or judicious advertisement Of the Boards
lands in the centres of overcrowded or
less advantageous farming districts would
so operate as to bring to the pockets of
the shareholders of the Board that which
is now, we are afraid; the thing that will
be kept the longest out of them.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16

striking likeness to Dumonteil. Indeed,
no one who knew the latter would
hesitate in identifying the picture as
that of the quondam confectioner.
There was peculiar expression about
Dumonteil's mouth which is closely re-
produced in the picture. This resem-
blance, coupled with the fact of Dumon-
tells presence in Egypt, assures me that
he is the Egyptian leader who is just
now giving the English 30 much trouble" !"
The above conversation was repeated
to the writer yesterday, and is repro
duced as nearly as possible from MEM
ory
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16
School Girls Sufferings.

A Philadelphia mother writes: The
young men who complain that the mar
riageable girls are lacking in knowledge
of housekeeping have not got to the root
of the trouble. What our girls lack is
not knowledge of any kind; it is health.
The great trouble with most of them is
that they know too much-except of one
or two things that would be of most value
TO them. There is nothing in the news
papers more distressing to a thoughtful
lover of his race than the accounts of the
graduating exercises" at girls schools.
The girls are commonly graduated" at
about the age when their brothers are
beginning their serious studies at college,
and into the few years during which
they need the tenderest care they have
had crowded an amount of work that
would appall a vigorous adult. The re-
suit is that those of them who are not
killed out right enter upon life with no
other endowment than backache.
A well known physician has lately
said that when young woman comes to
consult him he always asks whether she
stood high in her class, so constant cor
respondence has he found between the
graduating average and the poor girls in
feeble health. And this is easy to under
stand. A boy might stand the amount
of application and excitement to which
girl is subjected in her school years, if
any boy could be found to submit to it;
but no parent would expect of boy what
is exacted of the daughters at this early
age. And yet nothing is more certain
than the period of life during which our
girls are having their heads crammed
with all sorts of possible and impossible
learning and accomplishments, their
minds upset with public exhibitions and
their bodies wearied with perpetual un-
rest, is Just the period that determines
whether they shall grow up healthy wo-
men or helpless invalids
There may be some girls who pass
through this ordeal unframed, but it is a
mystery how they do it. And the worst
of it is that it is upon the women Of hum
BILE means, who cannot afford the luxury
of invalidism, that the curse of this per-
nicious system falls. Well-to-do people
usually take better care of their girls
nowadays. They encourage them in out
door exercise and give both body and
ment. But the girls who, if they have
no health, will have no dowry whatever,
are those who are ground down to this
terrible servitude in the schools, in the
vain delusion that their education" will
be of value to them. 1t could never be
of much value anyway, because a system
that Grams all the study of life time in
10 four or five years. is fraud on the
face of it, but being almost inevitably
purchased at the cost of i'll health, it is
very much worse than useless. If wo-
men can wait and take their learning
leisurly it may do them no harm; as it is
their school life is to four-ffths of them
an enduring curse.
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club will be the instrumentalists."
"How ia Nilsson'a yoice9r

club will be the instrumentalists."
"How is Nilsson's voice?"
'Not as girlish as it was ten years ago,
of course, but rounder and fuller. l
heard her in London. She appeared in
deep mourning, on account of the recent
death of her husband, and will do the
same here. The black was exceedingly
becoming along with her light hair and
delicate face"
"And Irying?"
"He doesn't come until the fall of 1888
He has given up his contemplated pleas.
ure trip to New York this summer.
have taken the Lyceum theatre, London
to manage while he is here, and during
his subsequent tour in the English
provinces. My plan is to introduce
American stars and companies to Lon
don. That is about the riskiest Of my
proposed ventures: Don't you think SOP
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16
ONLY A HEADACHE.
Living with Bullet I'm His Brain, and
Apparently Benefited by II.

Apparently Benefited by 1t.
George Foulty of Bellefontaine, Ohio,
the young man who shot the bullet into
his brain Sunday, July 9, has so far re-
covered that he is considered out of dan
ger. The case is one of the most peculiar
on record, not only because but few re-
corded instances have been given us of
even partial recovery, but from the strange
absence of ordinary symptoms in cases
of this kind. Foulty had cause to shoot
himself. He had been married but two
months, and had trouble with his wife
and mother-in-law, and was drunk when
he committed the deed lie lay on his
back, shot himself in the exact centre
of his forehead, and expected to die in
stantly. Instead of that he did not lose
consciousness for moment, but SAYS he
he felt the ball strike his forehead, pass
clear through his brain and strike the
bone at the back of his head. As soon
lac shet himself he got up from the bed,
walked into another room and sat there
until neighbors assembled and induced
him to lie down. Notwithstanding the
fact that brain Las oozed from the bullet
hole, and attending physicians have
probed the wound for a distance of three
inches, he has never felt much inconven-
fence, and has never been unconscious
for single instant. 1t is said that his
faculties are better and his reasoning
powers clearer now than before he tried
to shuttle off. On being questioned as to
his sensations, he says that he feels all
right and has never had any i'll feeling
excepting slight headache" He is so
far recovered that he walks about the
house, smokes cigars, and makes himself
generally comfortable.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-16

The four officers of the Austrian army
highest in command in Bosnia are Irish
men. The Governor of Lvino is Maj
Gen. O'Reilly. The second in command
of the cavalry is Col. O'Herlihy, and
there are two Capt. O'Sullivans under
him. One Of the generals of brigade is
Rudolph Oliver swanston, who comes of
q West Cork family. 1t seems that still
In far foreign fields, from Dunkirk to
Belgrade, the Irish soldier is foremost in
ths paah Of honor, glory and small pay.