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The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
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In NJ Eugene Chayettes witty and
curious little volume "Restaurateurs ct
Restaures' says the New York li0rid
some entertaining portraits are given Of
eccentric guests celebrated at Farisian
cafes. One Of the most famous of these
was Courier, commonly called The
Fork Of Death" habitue Of the Restau-
rant Bonva'et, who invited victim to
dine with him by the year, and slew him
with high feeding The first died of
apoplexy, after six months combat;
the second held his own for two years,
and then succumhed TO liver com
plaint'--an indigo ton brought on by
over indulgence in the liver of the
Strasbourg goose. three days after as
Courier sadly said, when gazing on the
funeral from the wiAJsow of the restau-
rant. / had treated him to new hat
Cor his birthday" A third champi n
then descended into the arena, long
lean man named Ameline, who said, as
his invariable grace when sitting down
to table with his host. "You old rascal,
I'm going to bury youl' while the host
gently replied, by way of "Amen,"
Nonsense; the other two said the same
thing The cfafty Amel ne, however,
/ TOOK OCCASION 10 pick QUdflel monthly
with his amphitryon, and retiring sulkily
to his tent. dieted himself on tea toast
and senna, returning to the encounter
Modified and refreshed after an absence
of two or three days, during which Gou-
rier lost still more ground by eating rap
idly and iniuring his digestion by soil
tary and gloomy reflections. One day,
after this duel had lasted three years,
Courier, who had Just helped him to n
fourteenth slice Of four year old Welsh
mutton. threw his head back. His com
panion thinking he was about TO sneeze,
muttered the customary benediction, but
Courier fell forward into the currant
Jelly, dead as the mutton he so dearly
loved. lie who had taken the fork had
perished by the fork. lie should have
intimated the prudent diner IT the cafe
Richie, who always had two dozen sauces
piled at his left when he sat down to ta-
Die, and wore one between his collar and
the nape Of his neck throughout the
repast, changing il as it became warm, as
a preventive against apoplexy,
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
TO SIS.
A Delightful HomiIy with Broad Appiios-
tion.

fccks sun.
Come here, Sis, and sit down beside
me, and let me give YOU little talking
to. That is right Sit clear at the other
end of the sofa 1t makes more room
for my CONT and corns, besides being a
good habit for Young lady to be ad.
dicted to. Always pauder to this habit
and you will III time find Yourself walk
ing through green madows and beside
the still waters of self respect, You may
be walking alone, to be sure. but will
have fewer lawn dresses 20 do up on
Monday morning. | wish to speak to
you of your mother. ltmay be you have
noticed the careworn look upon her face
lately. or course, it has not been brought
there by any act of yours, still it is youl
duty 10 chase il away. | don't mean f1f
YOU 10 run at and shake your skirts and
tell il to "shoo." as you would q hen, nor
do expect YOU to get on the other side
of the fence and throw old oyster cans
and pieces Of barrel slaves at it, as you
did at the COW yesterday. But ! want
you to get up tomorrow morning and
get breakfast, and when your mother
comes down and begins to express her
surprise, 90 right mp to her and kiss her
on the mouth You don't ima'ine how
it will brighten her dear face. Besides,
You owe her kiss or two. Away back
when you were a little girl she had kiss
ed you when no one else was tempted by
your fever-tainted breath and swollen
face You were not as attractive then
as YOU are now. And along through
those years of childish sunshine and
shadows she was always ready to cure.
by the magic of mothers kiss, the lit
tie, dirty, chubby hands whenever they
were injured in those first skirmishes
with the rough old world. And then
the midnight kisses with which she has
routed so many bad dreams, as she
leaned above your restless pillow, have
all been on interest these long, long
years. OF course, she il not SO pretty
and kssable as you are, but if you had
done your share of the work during
these last ten years the contrast would
not be so marked. Her face has more
wrinkles than yours far more, and yet
if YOU were sick that face would appear
to you to be more beautiful than an
angels as ii hovered over you. watching
every opportunity to minister to your
comfort, and every one Of those wrinkles
would seem to be bright wavelets OF sun
shine chasing each other over the dear
old face. She viii leave you one 10
these DAYS. These burdens If not lifted
from her shoulders will break her down.
Those rough, hard hands, that have done
so many unnecessary things for you will
be crossed upon her lifeless breast.
Those neglected lips that gave you your
first baby kiss will be forever closed, and
those sad tired eyes will have opened in
eternity, and then you will appreciate
your mother, but it Will be to late. There,
there, don't cry; she has not left you yet.
She is down in the kitchen stringing
beans for dinner, and if you feel so badly
you might 90 down and finish them, and
let her change her dress and rest an
hour before dinner. And after dinner
you might do up the dishef while she
takes tttle nap. Their You might take
down her hair and do il MP for her. You
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
LAzINr~.

Two nothing to do. in my hammock swing
And my thoughts they think-think OF anything
OH az my pipe, and then think
OF the waste I've made Of paper and ink;
Verses and prose of no earthly USE
The scribling manias my only excuse
OF the number Of times have been in love
nfexacily how oflrn I've lost glove.
Ofthe people I've met and the people I've missed;
Ofhow many girls In my life have kissed
OF how many more couldn't get
OF how many times I've been IN debt
And then 10 light my pipe pause,
And think of things with smoking for cause
think Of what I've done and seen
Ofthe man would be and the man have been
OF an aimleS man sinking into life's shade.
think Of all I have studied and read a
And think o. blind man. cripple in bed
think Of an idle and purposeless youth,
And think Have | found out the meaning OF
truih?"
How oft was angry. ill-humored and sworc'
OF how many pebbles are washed on the shore;
of how many actions I've done that are good
OF how many herrings you'll find in wood;
OF things that bore me; OF things that hate;
OF an afternoon dance which breaks up at eight.
OF how many times have wasted my cash,
And spent lots of money on nothing but trash
OF how many times have wished you were here;
OF how many wishes I've wished In year.
was smoking pipe. unless mistake;
How long have | slept and when did wakeg
london Society,
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
The Ola story Retold.

Nothing is more beautiful to witness
than the manner in which two partners
of one welded life come to understand
each o.hers nature, and to read each
othersunutteTed thoughts. For instance.
enc evening last week a husband came
home and found his wife in her most
becoming costume frying oysters in bat
ter for him aud singing cheerfully, the
cat with bow of fresh blue ribbon
around her neck. the table a miracle of
shining splendor, and everything unu
sually festal and enjoyable. After dinner
the young woman got him his pipe and
whisky deeanter, and sitting down upon
his knee, called him pet names in tone
which would have unsuited grindstone
for further bus ness, and told him that
he looked ten years younger. And he
went down into his clothes without a
word or murmer and laid his pocket
book in her lap, remarking. Dolly.
there's enough for new honno;, guess,
besides sealskin cloak~- Buffalo s,aR-
ddg Times.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
FIVE Cents.

"Well. my boy" said Johns employer,
"did you get what sent you for?"
"Yes, sir" said John; and here is the
change; but don't understand it. The
lemons cost twenty-eight cents, and
there ought to be twenty-five cents
change. and there's only seventeen"
perhaps ! made n istake in giving
you the money!
"No, sir; / counted it over in the hall,
to be sure it was all right"
Then perhaps the clerk raade mis-
Ike in giving you the changer
But John shook his head; mo, sir,
counted that, too. Father said We must
always count our change before we leave
a store"
"Thcn how in the world do you ac-
count for the missing five cents? How do
you expect me to believe such a queer
story as that"
Johns cheeks were red, but his voice
was firm; 81 don't account for it sir;
can't. All that know is that it is 80"
well it is worth a good deal in this
world to be sure of that. How do you
account for that live-cent piece that is
hlAAlllE lltfllt lpui tpdN HittNt4
John looked down quickly and caught
the cleaning bit with little cry OF
pleasure. Here you arel he said. Now
it is all right. | couldn't imagine what
bad become of the five-cent piece.
knewI had ! had it when started from
the store"
There are two or three things that
know now" said Mr.. Brown, with a sat
isfied air. know YOU have been taught
to count your money in coming and
going, and to tell the exact truth, wheth.
er it sounds well or not three important
things for an errand boy. | think III
try you young man, without looking any
further"
At this Johns cheeks grew redder
than ever. He looked down and up
and finally he said, in low voice, 81
think ought to tell you that wanted
the place SO badly I almost made up my
mind to say nothing about the change il
you didn't ask me-"
Exactly" said Mr.. Brown, "and bad
you done it You would have lost the
situation, that's all. | need boy about
me who can be honest over five cents
whether he is asked questions or not u
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

ent proceedings. She wished Mr.. Hun
ter to hSve his own way in them.
The president having observed that
there were some questions which he
thought ought to be put 10 the respon-
dent, the following examination was con-
Quoted by the learned Judge himself;
do you understand that it is said you
were insane at the time of your mar
riage?"
"Yes; know it is said"
at is said you were mad?"
Eyes"
Do you consider that you were mad at
the time?"
"No; | do not"
Then it amounts TO this. that you, as
well as Mr.. Hunter, wished to be released
from what was then supposed TO be u
marrage?"
ayes, my Lord"
1T is said you attempted to commit
suicide; is that true?
81 do not remember it,"
"But do you remember il being said
that you had attempted suicide?"
"Yes, | know it las been said"
ut has been said that there were
marks on your throat"
"They were very slight if there were"
But you know that there we're some?'
"No; it is said so, but l did not see
them"
did you feel them?"
"Yes."
"Do YOU mean that there was time
when you were not conscious
mo, sir; | was always conscious"
"If that be so you would know wheth-
er you attempted to commit suicide?'
"No, did not"
You say you never did,"
"No. | did not"
"Who was it said You dd2n
81 am sure | do not know"
'But you heard people say you did?"
ayes"
"You heard it before TO day."
yes, heard it before to-day"
From whom did yoh hear il before to-
day?'
81 do not know"
"From some person about your
Il really don't know. People do say
different things"
But you you deny it,"
Eyes, sir"
The president said that owing to
morbid and diseased state of mind the
res 9ondent was unable to appreciate the
nature of the contract into which she
was entering at the time of the marriage
ceremony and accordingly pronounced a
decree nisi of nullity of marriage, but
without costs.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
Apples for Medicine.

Apples, in addition to being a delicate
fruit. make a pleasant medicine. A raw,
mellow apple is digested in an hour and
half while boiled cabbage requires
five hours. The most healthy dessert
that can be placed on the table is baked
apple. If eaten frequently at breakfast,
with coarse bread and butter; without
meat or flesh of any kind, it has an al
mireble effect on the general system,
often removing constipation, correcting
acidites and cooling off febrile conditions
more eflectually than the most approved
medicines. If families could be induced
to substitute apples, ripe and sound, for
pies, cakes and sw weetmeats, with which
their children are frequently stuffed,
there would be a dimunition in total
sum of doctors bills in q single year
sufficient to lay in stock Of this delic-
ious fruit for the whole seasons use.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
A BEAUTY FACTORY.
Making n ifomsly Woman's Face Daub
of Fancy Cosmetics.
n, Y. Letter in Chicago Inter-Ocean.

n Y. Letter in Chicago InterOcean.
Ny conversation with the proprietress
of the "beautifying establishment was
interrupted by lady of uncertain age
and pimpled skin, who remarked that
J ayng arrived at the conclusion that it
vas a women's datv to make the most of
her looks, she had come to madame for
assistance. That's right' said the
madame cheerlngly. "I can make you
so go)d looking your own husband won't
know you" The lady's expression grew
a trifle dubious at this, but the professor.
began. First, you must learn TO smile
frequently; | notice your face is natur-
ally grave. There is nothing men like
so much as a smile, especially when il
comes from a pretty mouth, aud mere
soupeon of my lip dew will make yours
fresh and red, and by rubbing little
extra on the middle Of the lip You can
obtain a positively voluptuous effect"
"But my complexion" interrupic the
visitor, anxiously Oh, can tx all
that just let nae show You" and she
seated the lady in front of mirror,
whipped ont piece of chsmois skin,
dipped il in creamy liquid and pol
ished Il The lady's face; then sne pow
dered it well, rubbed some rogue on the
ia led cheeks, tinted the lips, pencilled
the brows and, presto! there was another
woman.
On the stage she would have looked
sell, but near to, the cosmetics could
not conceal either themselves, the harsh
outlines the dim eyes or the lack of
youths roundness, The poor thing
hardly knew whether to be delighted or
appalled,, but when the madame went
into ecsiacy aud exclaimed, Beautiful
beautiful there could not be greater
success" she concluded TO be delighted.
What do owe you?" and the woman,
meekly as lamb, handed over gold
piece and departed with packet of
powders and salyes.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
Literature and Whiskey.

Mark Twain at Montreal: / came here
TO place myself under the protection Of
the Canadian law and to secure a copy
right. have complied with the re-
quirements of the law. | have followed
the instructions of some Of the best legal
minds in the city, including my own,
and SO my errand is accomplished, at
least as far as any exertions Of mine can
aid that accomplishment. This is a
rather cumbersome way to fence and
fortify ones property against the literary
buccaneer. 1t is true, still, if it is effect.
i've, it is a great advance upon past
conditions, and one to be correspond
iugly welcomed. II makes one hope aud
believe that day will come when in the
eyes Of the law, literary property viii be
as sacred rs whisky or any other Of the
necessaries of life. (Uproarious laugh
teri In this age Of ours, if you steal
another msn's label to advertise your
own brand of whisky with, you will be
heavily fined and otherwise punished for
violating that trade mark. Hear, hear)
If Won steal the WHISKY without the trade
marx you 90 to jail-(laughterl-but if
yop could prove that the whisky was
literature You could steal them both, and
the law wouldn't say word. Cheers
and laughter.) 1t grieves me to think
how far more profound and reverent q
respect the law would have for literature
ifa body could only get drunk on it.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
THE BsTHETg.


have deckcd my dim III bower
with The peacock plumes love,
And the daho's dark below,
And the iricze is faint above
have decked my dim rich bower
In the last sweet style 0fart,
With pale plants in row
have made my chamber smart
The slender tables stand
ON waxed and matted hoor;
The convex mirrors CLEAN.
The horse cloth drspes the door.
Twas Boiticr'lis hand
Drew Venus there, 50 sweet
Vt As IN dream,
Close huddled at her feet.
oh. let me he intensel
/ pine yearn, iade.
Aud my hair hangs DER my brow,
And my neektic's disarrayedl
My soul is SO intense immense,
My Gu tiirc Is 50 vast
! sometimes fsncy-who knows howl
That ! shall burst at last
--Pncl
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
Ieard H.
an for 81. Panl,.

IeII Tor St, Pauls, London
tons, and will be the biggest
Teat Britain. To give an idea of its
ize he following comparisons are made.
The first big Bon" at Westminster
weighed Is tons cwt, and the second
two tons less; Great Tom at Lincoln,
81; the former big bell at St Paul's
weighed 5tons - ewt; that at olmutz
weighs Il tins IS cwt; that at Vienna,
II tons II cwt.; that at Erfurt IA tons Is
ewt; that at Sens lS tons; that at Paris
u tons.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

The number of scales made by the
Fairbank Scale Works at st. Johnsbury
during the past twelve months has ex-
ceeded $1,000, 5000 more scales than
were sold in 1880. The company has
made 1000 hay scales and 400 iron frame
scales. The number of postoflice scales
made under contract with the United
States government the current year was
$500 In the manufacture OF a hundred
variety of scales there have been used
the past year 5000 tons of pig iron, 500
tons Of bar iron, 10000 pounds of steel,
25,000 pounds of brass castings and
100000 feet Of lumber. The Fairbanks
Scale Company. employs 600 men, to
whom it pays in wages SS50,000 per an
mum. The business done by the COM
pany approxima.es the sum of s., 100000
year.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

The Duke Of Marlborough, the sale Of
whose valuable library is making such a
stir in the bibllogical world, has at this
moment more than five thousand acres
of land thrown on his hands
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

WATER courses were left out of the
reckoning when grants were made for
the 200,000,000 acres of land reserved by
Texas for use in developing her resourc-
es, md now, though the books indicate
that there are l60,45o acres still left
there is deficiency of over 1000 600
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

A BosroN lady who has gymnasium
for girls, cures curvature Of the spine by
p'ling bean-bags on the heads of the
patients, and having the latter walk
around the room so straight as not to
Iron fhan
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

BfCENT experiments in underground
..'a-mphy aud telephony at Philadel.
ed very satisfactory. The new
ore expensive than that OF
1t random on poles, hut
the public is sure to
rye city. 81 far as
raph company can
ycuse for disfgur
e money fast in
was ON his way
mother; that all
hihted; that for
with a rebate Of
1uis; an' would
him the lacking
omptly return by
ss 50 well told and
it deceive nearly
heard H..
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

TuE following states will elect Cover
nors this year: Alabama, Arkansas, Cali.
fornia. Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massashu
setts, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania,
South Caroilns Tennessee and Texas.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

Miss WEST, the daughter OF the British
minister at Washington, is pretty and
graceful voung girl-a brunette with q
piquant face and expressive eyes. She
is a picturesque little figure as she goes
walkingin her brown dress,with quaint
poka bonnet tied under her chin.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

need not wind ii over your finger and
fuss to make little spit curls as she used
10 do with yours, but give it a.good
brushing and wind it up gently and ten
derly, as il you enjoyed doing it for her
TIE young man down in the parlor can
wait until yoa have performed these
linton
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

The elective franchise has recently
been greatly extended in England, the
Courts holding that the law, recently
amended, recognized all persons hiring a
room in a house and holding latch key,
rs being, under the terms OF the last ex-
tension of the Franchise in Towns act,
entitled 10 Nnin-
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

IS 1865 Emile Zola's mother was sued
for a debt of $50 and ordered to pay il
by the Court She died some time ago,
leaving it unpaid, and the creditor has
sued her son, but been non-suited for
emitting to prove that the eminent
authors mother was tradeswomap.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

CnIN TAN Fay, one of the Chinese
residents in Connecticut, and who was
sent home two years ago for general mis-
conduct, has been heard from. Having
murdered his father his head has been
cut off
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

"HA, ha, ha, Ou'; oh, my gracious
That limb. Well; anyway got in three
good has before the old rheumatic pain
hit me that time. Now I've got two di-
rect telegraph wires to Washington,
with operators in my office. Let me
see That. makes more work for the
Washington bureau. That is more matter
for the par er here. That is less space
for local. Twill bounce another reporter
tomorrow. IIa, ha ha." Thus did Mr..
Storey muse in pleasant way. Then he
CHANGED to pick up the plans of his un-
finished palace on the boulevard, and he
was straightway sicklied Ger with the
pale cast of thought Inter- Ocean.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

THE Baptist minister at Elkhorn, Wis,
made his tenure Of pastorate uncertain
by preaching a sermon On temperance,
in which he gave the names of five citi'
zens Of the place who had died of alco-
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

TnE total number of deaths from all
causes In New YORK during 1881, war
$4,000, an increase of 6.672 as compared
with the previous year. The births re.
ported we're 2G,i30, d less number BY over
1000 than reported in 1880.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

Mr.. GsoRoE NJ. PULLMAN, the origlna'
tor of the Pulman cars, is about AZ years
of age, and said TO be worth from Sl5,-
nnn nnn 10 SonIn00.O 600.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

Mr. JARVIS is ofthe opinion that there
is enough food wasted and overeaten in
America every year to feed the whole
population of Italy and keep it in good
working condition.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

TzE Junction Railroad Company has
purchased Wainwiights Island, extend
ing from Thirty-fourth to Thirty eighth
streets, Pittsburgh, containing about
thiity.five scres, and having river front
Of .. 500 feet BY the gradual change Of
channel the island is main land except
during high water. The price paid was
gg,o oQo
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

LoNDoN Spectator fears that before
long England will have a new form Of
oratory, tending to the native American
type, the method of more humorous
Cobbett.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

uR Sidney Lanier memorial fund
amounts to 81 PIG. Among the sui
ibers are E. c. Stedman, of New York
IA Alexander Brown, of Philadelphia,
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
gSIE OSCEOLA TIMES
ARKANSAS
@,EoLA
NOTES OF TnE DAY.

THE great strength of Gambetta in
France is attested by the fact that he is
not expected to be in hurry to do any
thing.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04

THx shops of the Wabash railroad at
oria, do the repairs for 100 locomotives,
Il run on 500 miles of road. There
some 375 men on the payroll.
The Osceola times., 1882-02-04
"WnAr do YOU think Of my article on

"WHAr do you think of my article on
the political situation?" inquired Fender
son. Everybody l have heard speak of
it," replied Fogy, praises it very high.
ly.' "Whom have you heard speak Of
it?" Nobody but yourself" replied
Fogg. Henderson SAYS he has learned
one thing-namels when he gets a COM
pliment again he shall be satisfied to
take 1t as it is given. Hereafter he shall
not ask for bill of partioulars,-Boaon
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