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The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
Dowing him on the Mosquito Question.
Detroit Free Pr

Detroit Free Press.
The railroad station at Mississippi
City is located among pines, and the way
the mosquitoes were biting there, even in
April, was enough to keep mule NOV
ing, After awhile we got to talking
about insects, and asked native of the
country:
Are they thicker than this in the
summer"
Thicker! Why, in July theresa mill
| ion 10 onel"
And larger?"
Larger Why, sir, one of the regular
skeeters of this section could carry
twenty of these on his back and still hy
highr'
thought I'd down him at once, and
so continued:
Now, sir, answer me truthmlly. Do
you believe TINT six Of your biggest mos
quitos could kill mule If he were tied
up ont here?'
He looked at me in amazemcnt for a
minute and then went to the door and
beckoned in the man sitting on box
and watching the horses. When the
man came in the native said:
William, ycu remember that air roam
mule o. yours2'
Il reckon"
In perfect health, wasn't hc?"
"lIe was
Could run like deer and kick like
sawlog?'
He could"
"And he was all alone in ten acre lot,
William"
"He was"
"And two Of them mud swamp 'skeet.
ers got arter him one morning and run
him down and killed him and devoured
both hams and sucked every drop of
blood in his body? William, speak upn
stranger, if they didn't hope 10 be
chawed to ragsl" said William, and he
said il exactly like man who wouldn't
have allowed there were two 'skceters II
he hadn't been earnestly convinced Of
the fact, He walked out doors, and a
deep silence fell upon us two, broken
only after a long interval by the native
saying:
ave allus kinder suspected that them
two 'skeeters had assistance nom hoss.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
Out OF Debt In ~ Minute.
New orleans Picayune.

Are you the man who said | owed
everybody and paid none ?" demanded
little man ofa very tall one, as the two
met on the levee yesterday.
Wasn't it true ?" asked the tall man,
laconically. Don't YOU owe everybody
who will trust you, and have you paid
me the ten dollars loaned you year
ago ~
but that don't say can't pay"
erowled the little man, seeing that the
big one didn't weaken. THE way
heard IT, you said ] couldn't pay, and
that is untrue"
u don't believe YOU can pay cent on
the dollar" retorted the tall man, con-
temptuously.
81 can't, can't | :" retorted the little
man, enraged beyond his self-control by
the coolness of his antagonist. 1--WE got
friends, ! have and don't You forget il !
can borrow money enough in an hour to
get out of debt in a minute Understand
that !"
And the big man walked away. while
the bystanders smiled softly at his de-
feat.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04

Vanderbilt Expects to Make Better Time
DO you g<3nsider the time you made
yesterday with Maud S. and Aldine the
fastest double team can maker" asked
q reporter of Mr.. VIM. II. Vanderbilt,
yesterday.
"No, most certainly not. Why, ! have
driven them myself in ?. l5 before, an
that is half a second better than the time
made yester lay. l can beat that Dy two
or three seconds yet Why, five minutes
before the time I started yesterday did
not think of such thing as giving them
. trial. They had been driven together
hut three or four times before, and had
ut In the carriage behind them but once
before. II was magnificent to see them,
/ tell YOU" said Mr.. Vanderbilt, as he
rubbed his hands in exultation. II be-
Iieye they are beyond doubt the speed.
81 team In the world"
sDo you expect To better the time
made yesterday before the end of the
season, Mr.. vanderbilt?" Certainly.
They can do II II any team can"
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
A Wasted Opportunity.
Grit

Look yeah, Jokekiath, did you marry
Matilda Jane Huckleback ?" asked one
darkey of another.
Oats jess what | did" was the re.
sponse.
What did you marry dat old oman
furY she's ole nufl to be your mudder."
II married her fur what she's wuff
Yer see dem chillun can pick power oh
cotton dis Fall sides she owns one
eyed mule and bedstid.n
1T dat SOP Golly Dat 'onan offered TO
marry me oncet an l fused. What a
fool is."
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
The Orchard.

Before filling up vacant places in the
orchard with young trees it is best to
think whether the full-grown trees now
standing will not with good manuring
bring more fruit than a large number
would. Most of our orchards are planted
too closely, and the tree roots inierlaced
so as to rob each other Of what fertility
each should have.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
Foul Foot In Cattle.

This is caused by pasturing on land so
wet that the hoofs sink into the soil.
When il once gets i'm a herd il is apt to
become infectious, and great trouble is
often found in getting rid it. Powder
ed vitrc' applied after thoroughly
cleansing the foot is the common remedy.
II is harsh, but effectual. As boggy land
is usually reserved for pasturing, il is
worth while to know that even for this
purpose thorough draining works mark
ed improvement. Again, after under
draining, such land is often the best for
grain and root crops.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
save the Feather.

To utilize the feathers Of ducks, chick
ems and turkeys, generally thrown aside
as refuse, trim the plume from the stump,
inelose them in tight bag, tub the whole
as If washing clothes and you will secure
a perfectly uniform and light down ex-
cellent for quilting ooverlets and not a
few other purposes.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
RURAL REALMS.
INTERESTING q INSTRUCTIVE READ.
ING FOR FARM AND FIREsIDE.
Progress I'm Dairying.

IN Vermont the dairy interests have
been more intelligently conducted than
in most sections. The result is that the
butter yield of cows has increased in the
last IA years an average of so lbs. per
cow. This increase is nearly all clear
profit, as the cost of keeping a good COW
is no more than that of keeping a poor
specimen. Some of the gain is due 10
better feeding; but by soiline AMI silage
the greater amount of stock may be kept,
and, If butter and milk be produced, at
less expense than under the old methods
of pasture, hay and grain.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
Care of Trees.

Where trees are not mulched the
ground about them should be frequently
hoed or spaded to keep weeds away, and
to keep the surface of the ground dry
and light. Dry earth is good mulch
but II should not be allowed to get dry
down ..bout the roots. Weeds and gras
ses am ing trees rob the soil of the fer.
tility | e tree needs, and serve as har
Dor for borers and other insects which
deposit their eggs on the bark of the
trunk.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
A Prolific Apple Tree.

There is an apple tree in Rabun county,
Ga, that is probably the largest on this
continent. II shades the greater part of
a farm yard, and in one year the owner
gathered 2o4 bushels of apples from it,
besides what his stock destroyed. He
received 25 cts. per bushel for them from
wagoners.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
Mrs. Roebling.

The inevitable women ever appears
even in so mammoth a structure AZ the
Brooklyn bridge. The New York Times
says:
"As soon as Mr.. Roebliug was stricken
with that peculiar fever which has since
prostrated him, Mrs. Roebling applied
herself to the study of engineering, and
she succeeded so well that in short time
she was able TO assume the duties of
chief engineer Such an achievement is
something remarkable. To illustrate her
proficiency in engineering one instance
will suffice. When bids for the steel and
iron work for the structure were adver-
tlsed for three or four years ago, il was
found that entirely new shapes would be
required, such as no mili was then max
ing. This necessiated new patterns, and
representatives Of the mills desiring 10
bid went TO New York to consult with
MIR. Roebling. Their surprise was great
when Mrs. Roebling sat down with them,
and, by her knowledge Of engineering,
helped them out with their patterns and
cleared away difficulties that had for
weeks been puzzling their brains.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
Plat Culture.

An Ohio farmer says that repeated ex-
pertinent and long observation have sat
isfied himrhat fiat culture of potatoes
not only requires less labor than hilling,
but produces heavier crops Of equally
good quality, and this whether the seas
on be wet or dry.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
The Quarantine for Cattle.

Prof Law, Chairman Of the new United
States Board of -mmissioners for in.
specting foreign cattl c to prevent the
transportation into this ountry of cattle
diseases, says that the cattle quarantine
station at Fairfield, N. J. i'll be ready
for use by the first of July, and on and
after that date all imported animals ar
irving at New York will be sent there for
veterinary examination.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
narrowing Potatoes.

Mr.. ]. A. Woodward and other recent
writers urge narrowing potatoes, going
in all directions over and over the field
just before the plants come up. This
seemingly harsh treatment gives clean
mellow soil for the young crop, nips in
the bud innumerable competing weeds
and enables the farmer to more readily
keep ahead of them all through the seas
on, and consequently promotes increase
Of mark etable tubers.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
Pickle Farming.

Speaking of this industry local paper
says that the business of raising and cur
ing pickles is growing on Long Island
-. has redeemed valuable land which was
thought to be worthless. Every one OF
the 25O,O0O acres that are lying waste
and valued at S5 an acre, can be made to
earn 500 year growing pickles. With
in couple of years several large picking
houses have been erected at convenient
points on the Long Island Railroad, and
another, larger than any now in ex-
istenae, Is to be built ut Huntington.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04

Prof. Tyndall says that men and won,
en- existed on the earth fifty million
years before Adam and Eve. When
Lille Deveieux Blake comes to hear OF
this she will be madder than ever to
think how mach longer back into the
past ages her downtrodden sex have
been deprived of their rights.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04
PATTY AND BILL.

FATTY AND BILL.
BERNARD BIGssy.
with manner bright and airy
She CONES tripping like fairy
From her fathers famous dairy
ON the hill.
She Is piquante and chstty,
Ia this pretty little Patty;
And she's got up neat and natty,
Fit To kill.
With her hair In curly bangles,
And her collar cut in angles,
While lockct loosely bangles
From her frill.
Her ean have trinkets pendant,
with q brooch and pin attendant
A little too resplendenI
Ifyou will.
She says she's going 70 sell her
Eggs and butter-story-telle
She has come to meet her fcller
From the mill.
II he isn't walking straightway
With slow step through the gateway
la shcepish, sbamed, Ndate way
Happy Bill
Patty simpers, smiles and gushes,
while the crimson color rushes-
We'll, we'll spare her pretty bluzhes
And be still.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04

Kallock, the man who three years ago
was Mayor of San Francisco ald aspired
to become Senator, has gons into the
stock.raising business in Santa Cruz coun-
tv, and his son, who killed Charles De
Young and was acquainted, now roams
about California, by turns preacher, edi-
ter and pot-house politician.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04

A self acting sofa, Just large enough for
two has been invented. If pr'perly
wound up it will begin to ring warning
bell Just before ten o'clock. At 1901 it
splits apart, and while one part carries
the daughter of the house up stairs, the
other half kicks the young man out of
doors. They win come high, hut people
must have them.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04

With manners bright and airy
She CONES tripping like fairy
From her fathers famous dairy
on the hill.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04

She Is piquante and chatty,
Ia this pretty little Patty;
And she's got up neat and natty,
Fit 10 kill,
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04

With her hair In curly bangles,
And her collar cut In angles.
While . lockct loosely bangles
From her frill.
The Osceola times., 1883-08-04

Her ean have trinkets pendant,
With q brooch and pin attendant
A little too resplendenI
Ifyou will.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-08-28
A Practical Joke.

Among uncultivated people Dracti-
al joking is still tolerated, notwith-
standing the harm which has been
lone in many instances by this
thoughtlcss and vulgar species of
un. A young man of thirty died
suddenly at his country home. He
was strong, hearty physique and,
his talents and character gave prom
Sc of fine future. His illness was
)ricf, and of a singular nature. His
three brothers are physicians, and he
vas doctored first for pneumonia and
afterwards for spinal meningitis. The
hree brothers acted as pall-bearers at
he funeral. 1t isnow pretty definite
settled at the young mans death
vas the result of "A joke by one Of his
companions. One day short time
)eforc he was taken i'll, he walked
lcross his fathers kitchen to sit down
in y chair near which Il friend was
Standing. AS he stopped down with
out looking behind him, his friend
jokingly pulled the chair from be-
meath him, and lie fell 10 the floor
heavily. The '.jokc' cost the young
man his life.-Ex.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-08-28

It Rested With the Court.

Have you got any family? asked a
young Austin lawyer of a colorcd
man whom he was appointed by the
Court to defend, the latter being
charged with having stolen a horse.
Ise not got 10 family yit. 1 looks
to you for dat.
Look to me to supply you with a
family?
l looks TO you an de jury.
What kind Of stuff Is that You are
talking?
Hits just what | say. Miss Mati!-
ly Snowfall says eff only gets one
yeah in the penopotentiary, she'll
wait fur me, but eff gets noah, den
she's gwine ter marry de berry fust
niggah what comes along. So yer
sees, boss, what a sponsibility dar am
restin' on yer.'
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-08-28
PEOPLE OF EoPKENsv1L1E.

Your deeply afflicted stranger
friend, glate of Caldwell county, has
butrecently. located among you and
he regards this as a PROPER medium
through which to express his feelings
and wishes. a.
More than sixteen years ago the
writer suffered terribly from violent
attacks of Neuralgia which baflied
all the efforts of physicians to relieve
and the result was a total aud hope
less loss of sight.
j have sought the aid of'emincnt
oculists, and have submitted to two
very painful operations on the eye
which did not result in single, trace
OF benefit. y q, .
My chief design in this article is
to inform the good people of this city
that 1 have accepted. two agencies
One for large cheap and attractive
newspaper and the other for a Book
Company in Philadelphia, and wheh
| solicit you for the Pictorial COM
prehcnsive history of the United
States by Ilon.iA II. Spephens, late
Governor Of Georgia, confidently
claim to represent not only the latest
history now before the people, but a
fair, correct clearly written and peer
less volume Of its kind. When l
present Pioneer Heroes | shall offer
Book full of thrilling interest and a
work Of real worth.
My object in this enterprise is Of a
two fold nature. FIRST | am, not only
blind, but poor and wish to do some
thing by winch TO earn a livelihood:
And second after long, patient and
.1iiHlcult study / havcI firmly be-
lieye almost if not fully matured an
! original design for the invention OF
such novel and practical combina-
ton of well-known mechanical prin-
ciplcs that the machinist orengineer
shall be able to perform in given
tine us much work with five-horse
power as can be now done with u
ten-horsc power machine or engine.
And nothing but the lack of requisite
funds. prevents my subjecting my
theory to full and rigid practical
test. Ifthe kind people here should
be willing to lend the aid their patro-
mage would afford, could soon prove
the correctness or fallacy Of my theory
and if when subjected to practical
test my design should prove a failure.
| can strike my colors and leave my
hard Tough field Of Mental conflict
+. with feelings Of -despondence but
/, witlIout any sense of shame. But il
I. on the other hand practical test
should demonstrate the correctness of
I my, design Il frankly fdedlare and
I modcshy assume that shall be able
Ito place beioie,o our country and the
world, an Improvement in both me-
chanical construction an philosophy
fof such real value that it shall fairly
earn and Justly merit the favor, con-
fdence and practical adoption oI
every appreciative and well-informed
, people. With an arden. hope thai
the people of lIopkinsville will regard
p this article in the most favorable
light aad with most benevolent feel
ings. tkltiiii.iA it.tIt..t
lam with truest respect and kind
Q est regard, f.A "
, Your blind fellow-citizen,
'NH r. ID. MARTIN.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-08-28
The OLD Mans Plant.


aN lBnl Arp, in Atlanta constitutional
I Most everybody is dead. That is,
all the old folks. There are mighty
few left of the old stock that used to
move around so lively and take the
lead in business and public affairs.
Some of us are getting lonesome
now. The ranks are filling Up, but
we don't know the new recruits Old
Father Time is conscript officer and
he won't take any substitutes nor
give anybody bomb-proof place.
There are no quartermaster nor COM
missaries nor potash getters in this
war, but it is fight, fight, fight all the
time. Fight as they did at Thcrmo-
pyla, where there were only 500
against 100000, and there was no
possible escape to go. We can't de.
sert nor dodge nor play sick nor shoot
a finger of, and there are no fur
loughs and no pensions and no dis
charge. There is not even a promot'
ion for good conduct or noble daring
There is nothing but to do and die
Well, it's all right know or 1t woult
not have been so, but it grieves me tt
hear the bell tolling all about and I,
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-08-28
Very Low Rates.


During the continuance of the
Southern Exposition, at Louisville
KY, commencing August Ist, and
continuing 100 days,) the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad will sell Ex-
cursion Tickets from any oft stations
to Louisville at one fare for the round
trip. These Ticksts will be on sale
every day, from l.. Il n. stations and
will be good 10 days, allowing ample
time to visit the Greatest Exposition
ever held in the South, and second
only to the Centennial at Philadel
phia.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-08-28

The average maidstone is about the
size of nickel; porous, and white as
ivory. When applied to bite it
barns like hot coal, and when full of
absorbed poison it drops off and is put
il a saucer of milk and water, the
presence of virus indicated by green
scum which rises to the surface Of the
flaid. This operation is repeated un-
til the stone will no longer stick to
the bite, and generally lasts about
eiyht hours,
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-08-28
The Watermelon.
Evansville Courier.


The watermelon has been vindica-
ted. 1t is not so very many years ago
that this luscious fruit, was much
ma igncd. 1t was charged that in the
watermelon there were seventeen
;ases of cholera -morbus to every
spare inch of rosy fruit, while in the
very sight of the verdant rind death
itself was lurking. The melon-cholic
pun was u favorite with the para
sraphers and the eating of watermel-
IN was accounted the height of in
discretion among the elder. portion of
the people, while small folk were
warned against it AT Sunday school
and at home, as against the snares OF
the devil. The colored portion of
mankind, however, seemed to have
)een born with an innate appetite
md predisposition for watermelon,
which could not be frightened away
)y the ISLANDERS against the luscious
product of Georgia. The taste of the
negro has been vindicated and the
watermelon is triumphant. DR.. Tan
ler was the first who demonstrated
the utility ofthe then maligned melon
After fasting forty days and forty
nights in the interests of science--and
DR.. Tanner,-he was hungry. To
The horror of the world his first meal
lftcr the long fast, was on watermel-
on. He did not Immediately double
up with gripes nor did he die on the
spot, but thriyed, prospered and grew
fat. The verdict has been since then
growing in favor Of watermelon. II
is demonstrated that the fruit has
other uses besides the tea made from
the seeds and used by wise old wom-
en- in family epochs. Watermelon is
a fruit cheaper than apples, more
lucious than peaches and less harm
ful than any other vegetable eXtant
and more prolific than wheat. II
may be eaten in any quantity with
out prejudice 70 health, and even
when on ice is not as insidious a'
.mince pic or ice water. 1t is soda
tive, laxative, diuretic-a positive
cure-all for. the sick, preventive o
disease for the well. Its cheapness
makes it the common luxury of man
kind. 1t is found on the dry goods
box in the alley, as the lunch of th'
oot-black, as well as on the silvcl
salver of the rich mans dinner table
1t is as phosphorescent as beans o
fish for an intellectual diet and excel
especially in promoting prohibition
bill of fare. Too much can not b.
said of the once despised watermelon
1t has become an article of summe
trade in the south and is the prelimi
nary staple Of the cotton season
Special cars have been devised t
carry the watermelon and specia
trains are run to transport it. Yer.
recently fifty thousand of the luciou
products were brought to Boston
] showing that commerce, science, al
and learning are beginning to patro
nize the watermelon. Long live wa
termelon Let the glory of the costl
strawberry wane! Let the watermel
Oh be the glory Of the church festivi
and continue to promote the menta
moral, physical, religious welfare
this great people. Give us anothe
slice of watermelon on ice!
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-08-28
A New Constitution.

There are indications that major-
ity ofthe'qualitied votes Of Kentucky
have voted atilrmatively on the prop
,osition to hold a constitutional con-
.vcntion, through complete returns are
necessary to definite decision.
Taking it for granted, However, that
proposition las been favorable COR
sidered, there are other important
steps to be taken. The Secretary Of
,ate,ccrIilies the. result to the Cen
erd ,Assemblyyahd that body must
within twentydays after it. organi-
zltion, aSsecond time submit to the
people whether or nptthey will have
tae constitution changed. This can
only be done in August, 1885, when
members of the General Assembly
are again to be chosen. Supposing
au affirmative vote to be a second
time cast, this fact is certified as be-
fore to the General Assembly. which
body orders the election of a consti'
tuition convention, compnsed of equal
numbers with the Legislature, and
chosen at the same iime-August
1887. Rcoeivingtheir certificates oil
election, these delegates win assembly
ut thecapital fort tieperIormancc OF hi
duties to which they were chosen
These perfected, it will be submittct
to the people for hcirapproval at tn
next general election-August, lSS'
-andif adopted by majority oftht
qualified voters ofthe State, the ncV
I constitution becomes the organi
llaw. 1t will be observed that, 'unde
the most favorable circumstances,
change can not occur within less tina
six years, and thatais good deal soor
or !, than the men who framed til
g present Instrument desired that
should be changed. The restriction
i and red-tape processes thrown fabo'
\ the sacred instrum mt were for u
i protection..of slavery, and, havir
o happily falling in that purpose, il
y desirable that they may as speedi
/ as possible be removed from the sy