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The Osceola times., 1883-04-07
HORNETS IN A CAR.
A Young Man Mistakes a Hornets Nest
for a Prehistoric Specimen.

A Young Man Mistakes a Hornets Nest
for a Prehistoric Specimen.
Philadelphia Times.
A young man who lives on West Spruce
street, ventured out alone into the un-
known regions of Lower Merton a few
days ago. The young man did not know
much about the country and ii seemed
quite natural that he should wish to car
ry home to West Spruce street a memen-
to of his trip specimen from natural
history. He saw hanging from low
bush by the roadside strange object,
very much like a small balloon made Of
course gray paper. This singular thing
seemed to be just the specimen he want
ed. He broke of the twig from which
the curiosity was suspended and went to
the station. He entered well filed
car, placed his specimen in hat-rack
and sank into seat.
The car was warm. The warmth SEEM
ed very delightful to the young man who
had been out in the cold so long. In a
short time he was in a doze. The car
grew warmer. The young man slept.
Suddenly the artificial summer atmos-
pherc was rent by an uncarthly shrek
and lady rose convulsively and Just as
suddenly tainted. Before the startled
passengers had time to discover the
cause of their alarm another lady repeat
cd the performance. A third who began
it in the same manner would probably
have finished it without any change in
the programme had she not received a
sudden shock that acted like hartshorn
and saved her from losing consciousness,
FOR Just behind her man began TO swear
in style truly diabolical. And as If
matters were not already bad enough, a
baby set up yell and would not be COM
forted
The passengers soon got into strange
commotion. The men were dancing and
some of them swearing; the women
trembling, fainting and shrieking; the
children scrambling under the seats and
blubbering and whimpering. The young
man awoke in amazrment. For a mo-
ment he thought that the pesple were
crazy and that some of them would do
injury to his prehistoric balloon. Then
the conductor burst through the crowd
and stood before the young man. He
did not speak. He leaned over in front
of the young man and opened the win
dow. The young man was surprises.
The conductor seized the prehistoric
specimen and threw it through the win
dow with all his strength.
"1mpertinence shrieked the young
man, "how dare you touch my speci-
men,"
"Your specimen roared the conduc-
tor. "Why, you fool, don't you know it's
hornets nest?"
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HIGH HOUSES.
buildings of Thirteen Stories, and Still
Higher Ones Prophesied.

buildings of Thirteen Stories, and still
Higher Ones Prophesied.
New York Correspondence.
You know how radically the styles of
building in this country have changed
within the last ten years; indeed, nobody
else can know it as well by personal OBJ
servation as the people of Chicago.
New York, too, has new mode. The
square, solid, old Greek style that was in
vogue when our grandfathers erected the
government buildings at Washington,
and was later honored by Tweed when
he built the marble court house to draw
his vouchers on, has gone out entirely,
and lighter methods now prevail in both
public and private structhres-the modi-
fed Renaissance, the eclectic French, or
the Victorien gothic, adapted to modern
requirements.
All our recent public and private bull
dings Of any note are Of the modern
schools-thc granite barge Office at the
Battery, the new quarters for Fulton and
jefferson markets, the Produce Exchange
down Broadway opposite Bowling Green,
the great hay market up Eleventh ave-
nue. and Thirty fourth street, the new
Columbia college bniling up Madison
avenue. the Vanderbilt mansions, all of
them light and airy and of florescent
mood.
There are more very high buildings in
New York than in all the rest of the
country put together; and a meeting of
indignant philanthropists has been held
to protest against the tendency and pro-
cure the passage Of laws to prohibit it.
They were mostly old fellows, slow of
speech, cautious of action, into whose
brains new ideas trickled slow. These
buildings would tumble down, they said.
They would burn up. and nobody could
get out of them. They would breed mi.
asma. They could not be properly ven-
tilated. And so forth and so on.
All nonsense. There are no better or
safer buildings in the world than these
mammoth structures, capable of housing
from seventy-fve to a hundred families
genteelly. They cost SO much that the
owners cannot afford to put cheap ma
terial into them, or TO build them illy.
They have numerous stairways, hun
dred feet apart, and from one to six
elevators.
Some four or five years ago Puck had
a caricature of the high building mania,
representing "a building of the future
twelve stories high. II looked absurdly
impossible, and raised the required each
innation. But yesterday, passing the
corner of Madison avenue and Thirtieth
street, | stood in front of one of those
irnpossibilities. A pile of flats, $50 feet
square, lowered upwards. CHANGING ur
l could count exactly eleven stories.
crowned by mansard roof, and, step
ping around the corner. there was the
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President Arthur recently received a
dozen bottles of whisky, with note from
the agent Of it requesting him TO taste of
it and kindly send his opinion of its
quality, to be used as an Endorsement.
The agent received the dozen bottles by
exPrss two days thereafter, and letter
by mail from Mr.. Philips, the Presi.
dents eeretary, stating in somewhat
ss&irieA language that the President was
indifferent to the merits Of the whisky,
and declined to sample it. If Arthur's
pecretazy did this, just imagine what
Hayes would have done.
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hint of another story swelling above
them ali. The facade was quite PLAIN,
broken only by the swell front around
one vertical set of windows and nttie
trimming Of light stone setting OIL the
brick.
There is a twelve-story building at
Madison avenue and Fifty-third street.
| have not seen ii, but am told that the
exterior is somewhat ornate, and that
the decoration of the interior will be art
is.ic and elaborate. hear of another
twelve story pile of fats over on the west
side. A wealthy capitalist, whom am
not permitted TO identify, has applied to
an architect for plans for a fourteen-story
building which he will erect next sum
mer. | am told that il will be on Madl-
son square, but / don't know Of any avail
able lot there for such an oyershadowlng
invader. Perhaps just of from Madison
square. .,
1t is a fact that the highest buildings
in the city-the Tribune building, the
Western Union building, the Mills bull
ding. the Equitable building, Temple
court, and the twenty or thirty piles of
eight-story flats-have given the most
perfect satisfaction, and have proved the
most remunerative property there is.
The city is on tongue Of land extending
into the sea, and its most desirable prop
crty runs in a line only three or four
blocks wide. Hence the irresistible
temptation for lofty structures. | look
for a twenty-story building on Union
square within the next five years. II is
mere commercial question. As long as
the upper rents will pay four times the
expense of running an elevator, 80 long
will Alp be added unto Alp.
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A Faded Lily.

A fancy photograph seller in New York
SAYS: "The Jersey Lily seems to have
fallen overheard in the sea of popular
regard"
"How is that ?"
"The demand for her pictures has al
most entirely ceased. We don't sell hall
a dozen in week."
"What has caused this falling Off"
"Oh, the scandal that appears to sur
round her. 1t invariably proves true that
when a professional woman permits a
man who is not her husband, to run after
her, the people lose all desire to have
her picture in their homes. One of the
chief causes of the large sale of Mary An
derson's portraits is the fact that she
bears an unsullied reputation"
Have not your sales of Langry's pic
lures been goodG"
ooh, yes, very good; but they might
have been much better il more attractive
pictures had been made. When she
came to this country we had lot of ex-
cellent English photographs of her,which
went off like hot cakes. The American
pictures were good enough in quality, but
they lacked attractiveness. Mrs. Lang
try appeared too plain and commonplace
in them. The people want something
rather dashing. Gath.
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FASHION NOTES.
Mitts will again be worn.

Mitts will again be worn.
The newest parasols are in large sizes.
Cashmere shawls never go out of
vogue.
New English straws come in every
shade of color.
Classic and aesthetic styles still prevail
in London.
Partisan women wear only small crino-
lets and bustles.
The hustle or crinolet is not adopted
by the masses of English women.
Egyptian red cloth Havelocks are the
favorte wraps for little girls.
The new linen lawns are printed in
the sattcen designs of the season.
Some of the new goods have palm-leaf
designs, six inches or more in length.
Orange, fieme, daffooil, wall flower and
all yellow shades are in high favor.
Yellow corsage bows give the requisite
dash of warm color to sober suit.
The chamois underskirt remains the
favorite of English women for full dress
Glove of silk and Isle thread come in
all lengths and colors to match the new
goods.
New raglans are given buoffant polo
naise effect in the back by the looping of
the drapery.
The new black grenadines show
Spanish lace effects in the designs on gui-
pure grounds.
Gold braid, gold cord and gold effects
in millinery goods are feature in spring
hats and bonnets
The costliest embroidered yelling robes
are marvels of open needlework. They
cost $50 pattern.
Among the designs in the new satteens
are red and green pepper (capsicum)
pods, with foliage and stems.
Embroidered costumes of black CASH
mere will be still more dressy with
trimmings efthe new soutache laces.
silk skirts that cling like Jersey web
bing will replace the chamois skirt of
the aesthetic woman as spring advances.
A valentine, Christmas or Easter card
of two or three folds makes the prettiest
kind of screen for little girls doll
house.
Corn flower and royal French blue,
orange, flame and gold yellow, OK blood,
and cardinal red crop out in most Of the
new fabrics.
Large palm-leaf patterns appear in in
volved designs, covering the entire sur
f,ce of new cashmere brooches of the
finest quality.
Lady Habberton continues to wear
and advocate her divided dress skirt in
spite of the disfavor shown it by the
Princess of Wales.
The new straw bonnets are in every
shade of aesthetic and pure color ever
dreamed of by an artist or produced by a
manufacturer.
The pepper pod designs on the new
satteens come in all stages of colcring
assumed by the fruit of this plant, from
the green pepper to the full red.
New parasols of black satin, having
one or two black lace flounces, are
varied with single or double fringes of
gold bullion between the lace falls.
The Osceola times., 1883-04-07

To stop colt from pulling back on his
halter in the stall, take sufficiently long
piece of half-inch rope. Put the center
of it under the tail like crupper, cross
the rope on the back, and tie the two
ends together in front of the breast,
srugly, so there is no slack, otherwise it
would drop down on the tail. Put on or
dinary halter on Ia good one), and run
the halter strap, or rope, through ring
in the manger or front Of the stall, and
tie it fast in the rope on the front of the
breast then slap his face and let him fly
back He will not choke or need telling
to stop pulling back. Let him wear this
awhile, and twice or thrice daily scare
him back as suddenly and forcibly as
possible. After one or two trials, he can
not be induced to pull back.
The Osceola times., 1883-04-07
JEWISH WOMEN FL0GGED.
Recent Outrages In Morocco Not hese"'-
ed by Our Government.

Recent Outrages IN mofocco NV
ed by Our Government.
Not long ago the New York Evening
Telegram said, accounts reached this
country of an outrage perpetrated IN
Tangier, Morocco, upon the property oil
Mr.. Matthews, the representative there
Of the United States. In consequence OF
this piece of violence Mr.. Matthews SUI
fered losses estimated at $4,000. For
these he has had no indemnification and,
moreover. no action has been taken by
our government. Mr.. Matthews has
been permitted to suffer in silence and
TO make futile personal attempts to have
amends granted him, without hnger
being raised in his behalf by the power
which he represents.
Now we have details of fresh outrage
perpetrated in Casablanca, Morocco,
whereby not only were number OF un-
offending Jewish women subjected to the
torture and indignity of the lash, but
that frightful punishment was inflicted,
without cause, upon q servant ana pro.ese
of a gentleman who enjoys the so-calicd
protection" of the United States.
The facts are that as the result OF a
family quarrel in the house of Jewish
resident Of Casablanca the oplum-eatlne
governor of that place ordered the arrest
and the public fogging of several Jewish
women, accused by the head of the fam
ily of being loose in reputation. Seven
unfortunate women were thus dragged
half naked from their beds in the night
and held over for punishment mex
morning. 80,
This punishment was inflicted witt
all the rancor and malice with which the
native soldiers of Morocco are accustom
ed to chastise the male Jews. 1t was be
slowed, too, IN spite of the remonstrance'
of Sir Moses Montefiore, the earnest par
tisan of the Jews in that part of thu
world, and in contravcntion of the well
known promise of the Sultan that the
Israelite in his empire should no Longer
be bastinadoed. But appalling as is thu
barbality which could sanction the flog
ging of women, in any circumstances
whatsoever, tina. barbarity becomes tel
times worse when it lays the lash upon ;
Young and innocent girl, at the behest o
an official savage drunk with domoral
izing drug.
But since the Uiited States Govern
ment has been so shamefully inert in re
gard to the injury done to Mr.. Matthew.
there is no reason to expect that it vii
avcnge this latter scoundrelism.
The Osceola times., 1883-04-07
THE SEWING MACHINE.
Has Few Worlds Len for II to Conquer.
Sewing Machine Journal

Has Few Worlds Len for II to Conquer.
Sewing Machine Journal
There are few conquests left for the
sewing machine of the future to make in
the line Of variety. So various have been
the uses to which our present machines
have been adapted that little is left the
hand needle 10 do. There are machines
to sew the heaviest leather, and others to
stitch the finest gauze lace. Machines
make button holes and eyelet holes supe-
rior to the best hand work, and at a
speed that would asphyxiate an ordinary
seamstress; while buttons are sewed on
by modern attachments faster, in both
senses, than can possibly be done by the
needle with the "eye in the other end"
There are overseam machines that sew
carpets, others for glove work, and SINH
lar ones for fur sewing, and these leave
seam that fattens out neatly, and the
stitching is as smooth and regular as can
be desired by the most exacting. Other
machines sew books and pamphlets,
while still others, with wire for thread,
se'y biooms and brushes. Sewing ma
chimes with the shuttle concealed in the
end of long and slender arm sew tho
soles on shoes and boots with a speed
and rspidity that make two pair cost less
than one pair would otherwise cost, while
outlasting four pair Of the old-fashicned
ready-made foot gear.
Dash machines will sew around the
dash Of carriage almost in the twink
ling of an eye, and such Is their capacity
that they will stitch to the center of an
eight-foot circle. Writing and embroid-
cry of various kinds may be done on al
most any OF our modern machines with
out any attachment, and some of them
will darn and patch in manner to de-
light tired mothers Of housefui of romp-.
ing boys. Two or more parallel rows OF
stitching may be done on the twin
there may be triplet-needle machine,
and one Of the latest achievements Of
this machine is TO sew the fat seam in
flour bolt cloth, a feat until recently con-
sidered impossible. Cordage is sewed by
machine and 50 is straw braid for hats
and bonIets. The scope of the sewing
machine seems limited only by the vari.
ETY. of work the needs Of mankind-and
womankind-may demand. The sewing
machine inventor, as class, may soon
have to sit down, as did Alexander, and
cry because there are no more worlds to
conquer. He will doubtless regret that
he was not born little earlier in the
sewing machine age, before all the great
inventions had been studied out and
perfected. There is little left for him to
do except in the direction of perfecting
the present machines and cheapening
their production. But even here he will
find ample and profitable work for in
ventive genius and mechanical skill.
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since he has been at the stud he has be-
come savage. To remedy this the 5orse
was chloroformed and his eyes taken
ont well-known veterinary surgeon,
who until very recently maintained
racing stable, denounced this deed as a
dastardly outrage. Il never heard OF
sncb inbuman cruelty. II was altogether
unnecessary, as they might have put Cog
gles on him or leather eye coverings.
Besides, the horse will grow altogether
morbid in his disposition, and. being un-
able 10 see. will lash out indiscrlminate-
iv New York Mail and Express.
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Wonen's Ways.
Women's Ways.
What weeds are briefer in their lives
Than even JoDahs gouri7
"rhe weeds put on by widowed wives. -
Was the only answer heard.

Wnat Weeus are Driefer IN tnelr lives
Than even JoDahs gourd7
"rhe weeds put on by widowed wives."
Was the only answer heard.
The woman who will jump on chair
and scream at the sight of a mouse may
gaze unmoved upon stage tragedy or
even burning school-house.
When Montreal beau recently tried
to kiss his grocer's daughter, she poured
n can of molasses over his head.
George Eliot said; "We look on the
one woman's face that we love as we look
on the face Of our mother earth, and see
all sorts Of answers to our hearts yearn-
ings"
There is one fire that the burnt child
never dreads-the fire of love.
The uglier the husband the more
beautiful will the wife appear--see Scar
ron and Nine. de Maintenon, or perhaps
some Of your own acquaintance.
There is no compensation for the vo-
man who feels that the chiefevent Of her
life has been no more than a mistake.
The deepest secret of human hlessedness
has half whispered itself to her, then for
ever passed her by.
1t is source of constant regret that
playful kittens grow to be demure old
tabbies, just as joyful school girls develop
as severely proper women or acidulous
old maids.
Margaret Fuller Ossoli, who was
drowned off Fire Island, said that in or
der to give her hand with dignity wo-
man must be able TO stand alone.
Hammered silver buttons are used ON
gray, pale blue and se-colored costumes.
bronze buttons on olive, green and brown
suits, and old gold on tan, brick and ter.
n Gotta dresses.
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Ewes ought to be grained six or eight
weeks before lambing time to give them
strength. Above all, keep them from
among the cattle and horses so they will
not get horned or trampled on, for they
will not mix anyways profitable to the
owner. If possible give them the range
of the whole farm. The next essential
thing is good shed or house for them
to sleep or go into out of snow ard rain
storms but be careful that it is well ven-
tilated, or it will breed consumption as
much as exposure to wind and weather.
Salt and water them regularly.
The Osceola times., 1883-04-07

The Rural New Yorker says "if farm
ers would now pay more attention to
breeding good mutton sheep and largely
increase their flocks Of these they would
lessen the injury to themselves from the
curtailing of the demand for their hog
products in Prussia and France. 1t would
also be much better for our own popula-
ton If VIC lessennd the consumption of
pork among us, and ate more mutton
FOR the latter is much the more healthfil
and even palatable as one gets accustom-
ed to it. In fact, there are hundreds of
people who will never touch pork"
The Osceola times., 1883-04-07

Atno other time of the year more than
at the close of winter and during the ear
ly part of spring win j. pay to give spec
ial attention to the brood sows. litter
of pigs lost now cannot be replaced until
next summer, and even then only with
young things too late to be fattened I'M
til the following year. Early spring pigs
usually make the best returns, whether
intended for fattening or to be sold as
breeders. Owing, however, to the alb
sence of grass or other succulcnt feed at
this season, sows will not usually do well
unless special care be taken in their feed
ing and management.
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The relict IF the ill-stsrred Colonel
Flatten will soon be led to the hymeneal
altar by a general of brigade. To become
his wife she will sacrifice the handsome
pension Gambetta obtained for her. 1t
il not generally known that Louis Phil
ippc, regarding Colonel Flatters as his
son, paid for his education and settled
ON him about e6.OOO.
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The Countess De Bardi. niece of
Chambord, having urged her uncle to re-
enter Paris ON horseback, surrounded by
Legitimist cavaliers, and wearing the
white plume of Henry w., said: "My
niece. you speak like heroine; but it
would never do for the King of France
to be arrested by policeman and taken
N the lork.u,n
The Osceola times., 1883-04-07

Senator Bayard started in life," writes
. visarious Washington correspondent,
-as clerk in q Philadelphia hardware
store; Senator Beck began as a farm hand,
Conger as lumber hand; Davis, of West
Virginia, a. brakeman; Dawes as a
scsool teacher, Fair as bartender, Far
~ = coach driver, Goman as a Senate
-, Jones, Of Florida, as a carpenter,
Acpiia . department clerk, Morrill, as
: country store keeper, Plumb as q print
srs devil, Sawyer as laborer. Sherman
- surveyor, and vest Is a reporter"
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A Horseman's Barbarity.

Racing men throughout the country.
and particularly in this vicinity, will be
shocked TO learn Of the villainous opera
ton performed on that magnificent young
stallion Onondaga, who carried the Dyer
colors so well in his two-year-old form.
The horse, it will be remembered. was
bought by Milton Young last fall and
placed at the head of his stud in Ken
lucky. Onondaga, like all the Leaning
tons, and particularly the recent ones,
had anything but good temper, and
The Osceola times., 1883-04-07

Advices from Fort Benton, Montana,
are to the effect that notwithstanding
there having been much cold weather
and snow, the cattle and sheep of that
section are in excellent condition, and no
loss worth mentioning has yet occurred.
The stock interests Of the Territory are
in very prosperous condition, and stock
cattle cannot be bought for less than S35
per head. Everything indicates that the
sheep and cattle interests Of Montana
will show a rapid increase in the next
few years 10 come
The Osceola times., 1883-04-07

The use of coal ashes has not bcen rec
commended by agricultural chemists, but
practical tests show that they have more
value than is popularity supposed, espec-
tally on heavy soils. Probably ss good
use of them as can be made is to throw
them in the henhouse or the vault. They
win absorb the ammonia instead of lib
Grating II. as in the effect of wood ashes:
The Osceola times., 1883-04-07

How to take off warts on cows tcats:
Touch each wart daily with sharply
pointed stick which has been dipped in
nitric acid (aquafortis), being careful that
the little drop on the point of the stick
vets nothing but the walt. DO this for
week, and repeat In four weeks, If any
are left.
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Mr.. Gladstone thoroughly enjoyed hi,

Mr.. Gladstone thoroughly enjoyed his
holiday in France. The aromas of the
iir. paraeol pine and eucalyptus tree; the
sea air, the bright blue of sea and sky,
and the warm sunshine, have powerfully
stimulated and braced up his nervous
system. The burrows are not so deeply
marked in his cheeks and forehead as
they were at the time Of his arrival.
Extreme pallor has given way 10 fresh
or hs,o