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The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
The Trade in False Hair.
lIondon Lancet.

Hair is so i'll treated by fashion that
it's vitality il now seriously impaired.
What with the strain and overheating
due to the blending of the false with the
real, the binding, the crimping, the curl
ing, and the dyeing, a vast number of la
dies have prematurely lost all or a great
part of this graceful appendage of the hui
man form. Hence the unwelcome fash
ion adopted perforce, of wearing short
hair, as preferable to no hair, has gained
ground, and we hope the refreshing effect
of the scissors may repair some of the
mischief done. At the same time, the
demand for false hair has greatly in
creased, while the supply has diminished
to an extent qualified as perfectly alarm
ing by the west-end coiiieurs. Europe
ans either will not sell their hair or have
no longer any hair TO sell, and the trade
has been compelled to travel further
afield. The actual supply of false hair
for the European markets is now for the
most part imported, via Marseilles, from
Asia Minor, India, China and Japan. But
the hair imported from these countries is
almost invariably black, and fails utterly
to harmonize the auburn and golden
tints that so well befit northern com.
plexion. II has therefore been found
necessary to boil the hair in diluted nitric
acid to deprive it of its original color, and
il can then be dyed to the tints most in
vogue. This operation has, however
been attended with considerable dahgei
for the workmen engaged in this new
handicraft. Severe coughs, bronchitis
and other accidents were the natural ri.
suits of the nitrous vapor escaping from
the cauldrons used for boiling the hair
This new danger appears TO have been
first discovered by DIR. Felix of Bucharest
and the Roumanian Council of Hygiene
has issued circular TO all members OF
the trade warning them Of the danger
and suggesting the necessary precautions
These facts fail to harmonize with the
poets conception that beauty can draw
love with single hair. The demand is
for hair by the ton, and it is time TO sec
that in adapting the color of eastern hair
TO western usages the work should be
carried out under proper supervision
We should strongly object to hair-dress-
ers ihdulging in amateur dabbling with
dangerous chemicals, especially nitric
acid
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
WORD TO THINKERS.

The perfection OF a Strengthening medi
cine consists in its leaving no unpleasan
effects. whisky, ale, beer and other alec
holic beverages excite the brain and blood
vessels to unnatural activity and while tn,
whirlpool lasts, all feeling of languor ant
distress is banished. but when the reaction
comes. "the last state of that man Is wors,
than the first" Invalids should trust NOR,
to nature for their recovery and avoid the
use OF stimuants as altogether injurious
BE partial to a fruit and vegetable diet and
choose such medicines as are Strengthening
to the whole general system. To this end
no better remedies can be used than Vel
low Dock, Sarsaparilla, Juniper, Iron,
Buchu, Celery and Calisaya, each of which
have separate and distinct virtue, but
when blended in single compound excel
all otherremedies in giving health strength
and rigor to every part Of the body. such
a compound is DR.. Guysott's Yellow Dock
and Sarsaparilla, its harmonious action on
the blood, lungs, liver, kidneys and muscu-
lar system is astonishing.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
Fitting Herself to a Chair.

Says the New York correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer In a fashion
able furniture store didn't at first know
what TO make of the actions of young
woman. She was elaborately gotten up
as to clothes, and had some advantages
in the way of natural good looks, so she
was altogether thing of considerable
beauty. She was sitting in an upholstered
easy-chair, before big mirror, and strik-
ing various poses NOW lying back on the
soft stuffing, with her arms spread out
negligently; now leaning against one Of
the sides, with elbows supporting her
body: now sitting bolt upright in the
middle. All the while she regarded her
reflection in the llass with critical air.
What do you suppose she was at? Why,
getting herself tilted with chair. She
knew how hard it h to be graceful in
some Of the chairs OF novel shape, and
was bound to haverone that would help
instead Of hindcring her in posing pretti-
ly before her visitors. When a girl sets
out to be fascinator, you understand
she must use all the devices available for
that purpose. So this creature was neither
iunatic nor fool though the appearances
were little against her. | hung about
covertlv, and saw that she finally bough,
the chair, with the proviso that the sides
should be lowered two inches.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
AMUSING MARRIAGES.
A TaiI and Awkward Missourian and HIS
Petite Bride.
Omaha Republican.

Petite Bride.
Omaha Republicap.
The Wabash train from st. Louis yes
terday morning had among its passenger
a young man and a girl from the back
woods of Gentry county, Mo-. who came
all the way TO Omaha to be joined in the
holy bonds of matrimony. The man was
p years of age-a tall, lank, awkward
bashful man "a thorough backwoods
Missourian, while the girl was quite pret-
~, and rather small, and aged 10. II was
evidently runaway match, for it was
learned that they had driven in wagon
nearly all night in order to reach Rose
berry station in time to catch the train
for Omaha. The other passengers soon
| had their attention attracted to the cou-
pie by the green appearance Of the man
and his awkwardly ahectionate attention
to his intended bride, and their actions
on the train caused great deal of amuse-
ment.
Upon reaching Omaha they walked up
town, the tall Missourian holding his
little sweetheart by the hand, and almost
at arms length from him. Thus they
entered the Willard hotel, and walking
up 10 the office counter, the man said 10
| the clerk:
"Do YOU live here?"
"Yes, sir" was the reply; edo you want
a room"
"Well, not Just yet. We want to get
married first. Can you tell me how Ia
get the business done in this here town ?'
80, yes" said the clerk you'll have
TO get a license from the county Judge
and then get him or some other Judge, OF
preacher, to tie the knot"
The MiSsourian then started off with
| the girl in search of the county Judge, but
soon returned and said to the clerk, "See
here, friend, what'll you ask to go and
get that license for me-"
81 haven't the time. You better get il
yourself Anybody will show you the
way said the clerk.
The couple then left the hotel, and
finally wandered up Farnam street tow
ards the court house. As they passed
the Wabash ticket office they attracted
the attention Of the bystanders, among
whom even bets were made that the girl
would get away from him. Some one
now ran up to the man and asked him
whether he wanted to buy railroad
ticket or get married.
We want W fNt Iidill'h' hdlu Nlit
Missourian.
"All right" said the friend in need,
come right along with me and I'll fix
you out all right" thereupon he conduct
cd them up stairs to Judge Anderson's
office. The judge was summoned from
the sidewalk, and the case was stated TO
him. A license was procured from the
county judges office, and in a few min
utes Judge Anderson joined the couple
in holy wedlock in the most approved
style in the presence of number of the
members of the Chalk club, all Of whom
desired to kiss the pretty bride, and no
doubt would have made the attempt had
not the threatening looks of her tall Mis-
souri, liege lord put a quietus on any such
proceeding. Judge Anderson says that
the bride was "a nice looking girl, plump
and fresh as a peach" The happy couple
took their departure hand in hand, and
last evening they left on the Wabash
train for home.
Judge Anderson was obliged to spend
the three-dollar fee which he received,
in setting 'em up for the boys Of the Wa
bash corner.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
Peaches aud Hay Fever.

The business manager Of the Philadel-
phia Ledger, and an authority on hay
fever, advances the. theory that the dis
ease is caused by eating peaches. He is
confirmed in this impression by the fact
that in his own case, and in the cases of
all with whom he has compared notes,
the violence and duration Of the disease
has been in exact proportion 10 the'ex-
tent of indulgence in peaches. More
over, the period of hay fever invariably
occurs simultaneously with the peach
season, and when peach time is over hay
fever departs. Besides, he has noticed
that in seasons when peaches are scarce,
and therefore little eaten, there is an al
most utter absence of the fever. The
scarcity of peaches this year. and the alb
sence of the affection seems to confirm
the theory.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
The Singing Tree.

The "stinging tree" of Queensland is
a luxurious shrub, pleasing to the eye,
but dangerous to the touch. II grows
from two to three inches to ten or fifteen
feet in height, and emits disagreeable
odor. Says a traveller:
Sometimes while shooting turkeys in
the scrubs | have entirely forgotten the
singing tree till | was warned of its close
proximity by its smell, and have often
found myself in little forest of them.
! was only once stung, and that very
lightly.
Its effects are curious; it leaves no
mark, but the pain is maddening; and
for months afterward the part when
touched is tender in rainy weather, or
when it gets wet in washing, etc. have
seen a man who treats ordinary pain
lightly roll on the ground in agony after
being stung, and ! have known a horse
so completely mad after getting into a
grove of the trees that he rushed OPEN
mouthed at every one who approached
him, and had to be shot. Dogs, when
stung, will rush about, whining piteously
biting pieces from the affected part.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
A Bird Dlspute.

The nest of pair of ravens, in which
the hen was sitting, was nearly destroyed
by storm. With strenuous efforts the
birds repaired the damage, and the hen
continued her incubation, when a second
storm arose which again assailed their
rudely constructed domicile. For a few
days the ravens were missing, after which
they returned, but conjugal disagreement
finished what the violence of the winds
had begun. The work of notification was
recommended, but one bird was determ-
ined upon repairing the original, while
the other began building a new nest.
For time the divided labor was pro-
ceeded With, when, as if by mutual com
promise-their affection being too real TO
permit either of them to stand out" any
longer-both abandoned their separate
undertakings, and finally completed a
new and substantial nest, in the shelter
of which a vigorous brood was reared.
The moral" can be read without specta-
clcs.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
dangers of the Gold Hath.

Abiding to a recent case of death of
an old gentleman, caused by morning
cold bath, the Medical Press and Circular
says: THE great mistake that is usually
committed in regard to it is the error OF
never raising the temperature of the sur
rounding air. In very cold weather the
bath, even when exposed over night in
the bedroom, will often be lower than
forty-five degrees; and where water is
brought straight from the main or well it
may be even ten or fifteen degrees lower.
Only the strongest constitutions can de-
rive benefit from the shock produced by
application of liquid sixty to seventy
degrees colder than the body TO its sur
face, and it is very questionable if it is
ever attended with permanently good re-
suits. Reaction may be afterward COM
plete, but there is always the risk of sud-
den danger from the condition of the
body being temporarily such as to pre-
vent immediate reaction. In such cases
very serious accidents are possible. and
this last instance Of death may perhaps
be regarded as an example in point. A
temperature of from forty to fifty degrees
is quite cold enough for any person to
submit himself TO; this allows for diff
ference Of between forty and fifty degrees
in the heat of the body and that of the
bath-amply sufficient to produce all the
benefits desirable from it and it would
be well for all if these extremes were
never exceeded
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
A Consumptives Fight for Life.
Reno New Journal.

a. II. Barnes, of Reno, Nevada fights
off consumption by wearing silver tube,
which passes between the ribs into the
lungs. In 1919 Mr.. Barnes, then living in
Sycamore, De Kalb, county, ILL.,, was de-
clared an incurable consumptive. The
lung was tapped and he recovered. In
1868 he was again taken down by the
disease, when he once more resorted TO
the tube and has worn it constantly ever
since. There is daily discharge of mat
ter. Mr.. Barnes is man Of very regular
and temperate habits, does not use to-
bacco in any form nor stimulants Of any
kind hardly ever uses any medicine,
excepting sometimes little iron for the
blood is always feeling well when the
hole in his side is open, sometimes feel
ing a heaviness there, but has got used
TO that. This case is certainly worthy
of the special attention Of medical men.
Ii seems to give man a new lease Of
life, even when apparently as good as
dead
When Mr.. Barnes conceived the idea
of tapping his lung, all the physicians but
one secuted it as thingthat would prove
fatal. However, he persuaded DR..
Woodman to perform the operation. In
1868 Mr. Barnes was in Honey lake val
ley, and was on the brink Of the grave
Now, again, the resident physicians were
opposed to the idea of an incision, and
after repeated appeals for an operation,
which was refused, Mr., Barnes borrowed
a lance and cut his side himself. He then
inserted a catherer, and drawing off
nearly quart of matter immediate re-
lief was found. The cough and expecto-
ration stopped almost instantly and Mr..
Barnes was soon upon his feet again.
Thus has he prolonged his life over thir-
ty years.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
MAN WHIPPING IN CANADA.
Joseph saycrs Receives Twenty-Five Lashes
with "a Cat-o'-nine tails.
Toronto Globe.

On the 25th day of April Joseph
Sayers, a shoemaker, aged - years, was
sentenced 10 six months imprisonment
at hard labor in the Central prison, and
to receive at the expiration of the first
three months Of his time twenty-five
lashes with an instrument called the
"cat," for an outrage on girl aged 8
years. The later portion Of the SEN
tence was carried out yesterday morning
at half past in the Central prison. For
the past fortnight Sayers has been in
great distress at The anticipation Of the
impending punishment, and has repeat
edly appealed to the warden with the
purpose Of having bis tlogging remitted.
1t is the warden's experience that pris-
oners who are to be whipped actually en-
dure more torture from the time they are
sentenced until the dreaded time comes
then during the time itself when the de-
mands of the law are being complied
with. BE that as it may, Sayers did not
exhibit any signs Of faltering as he was
led from the shocmakers' workshop to
the end of a corridor in the prison base
ment. He looked sullen and uncon-
cerned. as he was bound ankle and wrist
to the triangle, after having previously
stripped himself to the waist; a collar
made Of stiff canvas protected his neck.
All being in readiness, the warden
read out the sentence by virtue of which
the castigation was to be administered,
and as the deputy warden uttered the
word "One," the cat welded by one OF
the guards, circled itself up snakewise in
the air, then shot out strnight with a
Kissing sound, and, decending upon the
right shoulder-blade Of the wretch, left as
a mark Of its passage eighty-onc roseate
spots, obliquely dotting the back 10 the
wrist, BY the third stroke the skin had
become uniformly deep crimson, as if
blistered, and after the sixth the flesh
began to quiyer and undulate under each
stroke. Every lash caused the color to
deepen until it turned 10 a somber shade
of purple at the eleventh stroke Sayers
sunk slightly, this being the only evil
cence that he was feeling pam he braced
himself up during the twelfth stroke, but
numbers thirteen, fourteen ard fifteen
again caused him to sink;at the sixteenth
stroke the nine times knOtted nine whip
lashes flew from the stock, and fresh
cat was substituted. BY the time the
twenty-iifth and last lash was applied
the prisoner bore evidence of the instru-
men 3 cruel effects, his back being dotted
with glistening drops of blood. Not a
groan, not a cry, not a sound Of any kind
escaped from Joseph Sayers while he
was undergoing torture. On being un-
tied after il was over he quietly dressed
himself and walked back to his work
shop, apparently quite unmoved. His
face bore the same sullen expression it
did when he first found himself face to
face with the triangle.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
An Eccentric Ninn.

One of the most curious Of eccentric
men il dead at Fontainebleau in NJ.
Auguste Baird, who has passed away in
his eighty-fourth year frsm an attack of
bronchitis. NJ. Biard was an artist of
some renown in France, and the only
one of renown who at one time could be
induced to make the long voyage to
Brazil to paint portraits of the Emperor
and Empress. 1t is said that nearly forty
years ago he quarrelled with his wife, a
noted blue-stocking, and has since lived
alone in sort of castle built by himself,
and in which he has been surrounded by
tomahawks, stuffed skins, pataghans and
other relies of his early travels, for in
youth he travelled much with his father,
a merchants agent in Syria the Levant
and South America. On the side of his
dwelling, which stands near the road, he
painted very life-size and life-looking
pictures of Oriental beauties gazing out
of the windows. 1t gave him great pleas
ure thus to startle and deceive the
passers-by, a thing he often did, especial
ly if they were strangers to the spot.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
NO DIFFERENCE.
A Man Upon whom the Cotton Crop
has No Influence.
Arkapsaw Traveller

ArkaHsaw TraNeler.
A man with a kind of some time ago
appearance. entered the Merchants Ma
tional bank the other day, and approach
ing the president, said:
"You are some high official Of this in
stitution, suppose"
"Yes, sir, am the president"
"Ah, | am glad to meet you. No, hav-
ont time to sit down" he added, although
there had not been the dimmest outlines
ofsuch an invitation. 81 suppose that as
president of this bank you are more or
less acquainted with the cotton prospects.
Now, sir want your candid advice. Do
you believe that it would pay me to re-
main in Arkansaw until the cotton crop
is gathered ? Do you think that trade
will justify me in remaining lfyou do
not think so, have no hesitancy in advis-
ing me to travel"
what is your business?'
81 have no business
"Then why do you think Of staying un-
til the cotton crop is picked ?"
Nothing, only | thought that money
would be more plentiful"
"But what difference will it make to
you?"
That's a fact. | hadn't thought OF
that. Since think of it, the cotton crop
won't help me any, will it2 1t never
struck me in that light before. Why you
are an elucidator. Say, can't you give
me the price of couple of drinks regard
less Of the staple"
Eyes, ] can give you the price"
"Thank You"
Twenty-Five cents is the price of two
drinks"
"But give me the money"
"You only asked for the price. Twen-
ty-ilve cents. Good day"
That's sharp old COON" unused the
stranger as he stood on the steps. "A lit
tie too eccentric for my game. Well, I'll
walk around, let the air blow on me
awhile, turn my coat and strike him as a
a circuit rider weose horse had just died"
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
Rescued From DOath.

j. Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass, says:
ain the fall OF 1876 was taken i'll with a
violent bleeding Of the lungs, followed by a
severe cough. soon began 10 lose my sp-
petite and flesh. was so weak at one time
that could not ledre my bed. In the sum-
mer of 1881 | was admitted to the city hos
pital. While there the doctors said had a
hole In my left lung as big as half dollar.
1 expended over a hundred dollars in doc
tors and medicines. ! was so far gone at
one time that report went round that
was dead. gave up hope, but friend told
me of DIR. VIM. Halls Balsam for the Lungs.
laughed at my friends, thinking that my
case was incurable, but l got bottle TO
satisfy them, when to my surpried and graf
ifcation I commenced to feel better. My
hope. once dead, began to revive, and to-
day feel in better spirits than have fol
the past three years.
/ write this. hoping you will publish It,
so that every one afflicted with diseased
lungs will be induced to take DIR. VIM. Halls
Bassm for the lungs, and be convinced that
consumption can be cured. | have taken
two bottles, and can positively say that il
has done more good than all the medieines
have taken sincc my sickness, my cough
has almost entirely disappeared and I shall
DON be able to 20 to work.
Sold By all druggists,
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
Very Rough.

While enrapt with thesuperb sea seem
cry during recent visit to the Bonita
light says the San Francisco Post, the
writer beheld, seated on an overhanging
ledge near at hand, the figure of middle
aged, corpulent citizen, who was weeping
bitterly into a large red handkerchief
and anon casting sinister glances at the
surging flood below. Taking our stand
on one ofthis bereaved party's out-spread.
ing coat-tails, in order to prevent the ex.
ecuiion of any suicidal intent, we inter.
rogated him as to his grief.
ado you know Jim Skinderson?" in.
quired the weeper, sitting his sobs.
Think not"
"Well, you don't want to. He's lust
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
Fali of Monster Clock Weight.
Albany Express,


Sunday morning the worshippers at st.
Peters Church, Troy, were startled by a
heavy crash and the falling of plaster,
lath, boards, and other materials, some
jumping at the conclusion that the heavy
tower had fallen down. A regular panic
ensued, and what followed was exciting
in the extreme Men ran eageraly here
and there, looking for place of egress /;
children cried, women screamed, and
many of them tainted away, and were in
imminent danger of being trodden to
death by the throng in their haste to get
outside of the building. When the crash
came first many of the congregation
started for the door, but the pile ofdebris
in the vestibule made them fancy that
escape by that way would be exceedingly
dangerous. Accordingly they returned
and made for the windows, but wire
screens barred their way to the street. A
strange priest from Ireland was conduct
ing the services, but when the panic COM
menced, Rev. Father Ludden, formerly
of this city the pastor of the church,
with great presence of mind, assembled
the pulpit and spoke encouragingly to
the people and tried to calm them, rs it
Nseo alpdi'u d palit Npuiu 'Houc. pooh
the people listened to him, and being as
sured they were safer where they were
than in attempting to get out doors, they
sat down and quiet was again restored.
An examination was then made, when it
was found that one of the ropes, not over
an inch in diameter, that held the bucket
containing one of the S00-pound weights
had broken, letting the heavy mass fall
IS feet down, back of the organ. The
rope had been in use twenty years, and
had rotted by time and wear Notwith-
standing the audience was large one
and the excitement great, no one was
seriously hurt.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-09
AsHBuRNHAM, Mass, Jan. IA, 1880.

] have been very sick over two years
They gave me up as rast cure. tried
the most skiful physicians, but they did
not reach the worst part. The lungs
and heart would fll up every night and
distress me, and my throat was very bad.
told my children that | never should
die in peace until | had tried II Jp
Bittera. have taken two bottles. They
have helped me very huch indeed.
am now well. There was lot Of sick
folks here who have seen how they
helped me, aud they used them and was
cured, aud feel as thankful as / do that
there IL 30 valuable a medicine made.
MRS. JULIA q. CUSHING,