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The Osceola times., 1883-02-24
The Pierce, the Fearful and the Furry Ami
NAL Which Disturbs a Countryside.


Franklin Letter in Dayton Democrat.
One of my nearest neighbors, Jacob
Apple, accompanied by his wife, was the
first to call my attention to the strange
animal which has been disturbing this
community. On the evening of Deem
her 23d it was first heard by the said Mr.
and Mrs. Apple. On the night Of the oath
it was again heard and seen by Mr.. Apple
and a party Of eight or more. On this
occasion it was heard, seen and chased
by Wilson Mears and Edward Dechant.
The animal is of a dark color, its length
about six feet. height three feet, with
long. shaggy hair. 1t seems fleet of foot,
as it was chased and closely pressed by
several Of the party.
The following Thursday night party
Of eight persons, well armed, prepared to
shoot twentv-eight times without reload
ing. started out for the purpose Of cap
turing the animal If possible. The party
secuted out toward the long pond on
Jimmy Chamberlain's farm. The party
was halting and consulting as TO the best
means of procedure when the terrifying
animal was heard approaching the party
from the direction in which the party it,
self had come. 1t was remarked by one,
''the animal is on our track The party
generally climbed the fence, the better to
see the approaching beast and more sure
ly direct our aim
To attempt to describe the noise Of the
animal would be impossible. Let it suf-
fee to say that the noise il made was
sufficient 10 make the hair stand on ends
Of the whole party, but nevertheless the
party ran the animal more than three
quarters of mile.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24
Dainty Foot-Gear In Fashion.
New York Evening Pat

Ornamental slippers of all kinds for
evening wear are now conspicnously ex-
hibited. The dainty toes of those made
nf satin. silk or velvet are in every case
embroidered in beads and silk floss, hand
painted or Otherwise; slender straps and
ornamental paste buckles are in great
voyre. The prettiest shoes are those
called the Charles TX shoes, with one
strap buckled high on the instep. The
iroit OF the shoe Is cut very low, and an
lIish diamond slide, similar 10 the buckle
above, is threaded with satin strap Ia.
iinlsh It. Another fancy shoe is made as
above described, but the pointed lacks
are Of an abnormal height, reaching above
the ankle nearly as high as a boot weuld
DO. Ecru silk boots for fancy dress par.
ties are fastened with tiny gold buttons
and lined with pale blue silk. The Louis
~ supper of flesh-colored kid. with
iirge satin bows and huge bukle on the
instep, Is very stylish, but it makes even
small foot look large. No foot covering
y 50 mach of the Cinderella order as n
satlh sandal cut very low, trimmed with
Q tiny hall-circle of flowers and leaves.
and-painted, back of The toe
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24
A Journalist Wanted In Georgia.
oconee Monitor

Wanted: A partner in the Monitor Of.
flee who can edit a paper and quarrel and
fight and play politician OF non-politician.
collect money and at the same time pre-
tend that he don't want it; who can run 4
newspaper without money as well as
with 1t; who can print a parer 50 loud
that deaf and dumb person can read it
sssss.assse i .-Ats out Of the post office: who
iiPs q sat the newspaper bust
ness than Horace Greeley did. We wan,
msn who'll fight with q big nigcer for a
subscription. In fact, we want a man
who can blow hot and cold at the same
tue, VINO can carry water on both shoul-
ders, who can bark with the dogs and
run With the rabbits. Such can find lu-
crative business with the Monitor.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

Red Cloud, the Sioux Chief. was the
guest cf Professor Marsh, of Yale College
II h related in New Haven paper that
when acisisen there held out box Of C.
Sars- saying, "iake one,' Red Cloud in.
nocentlys helped himself 10 bunch
win you have oner 90 continued the en-.
tertaincr. sddrcssing the Chiefs conlpan.
;Sr. and she ether Indian sli,,ped the
other bunch from the box into his ulster
pocket.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

A novel mechanical fan has been pat
entcd by Darwin s. Wright of Macon,
Ga The invention relates to devices
for communicating power to fan, or a
number Of ians, for the pu pose of COOL
ing the stmcsphere in houses. 1t has for
its object 10 provides construction which
shall be variously adjustable, in order
that the fans may be arranged in differ
ent positions, according TO convenience.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

Courier Journal: The Legislature Of
Kentucky, says Judge simrall, has pro-
vided thirteen grounds for divorce. The
Legislature Of Kentucky is evidently
made up of married men who hope to es-
cape some day.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

Manitoba bachelors are advertising in
in the Canada papers for wives. And
they will continue to do so, the Brooklyn
Eagle thinks. as long as they base their
Judgment of American women upon the
sine OF a Chicago girls shoes.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

A visitor to the St. Bernard morgue
writes that in the wondrous air Of the
Alps, 5000 feet above the sea level, putre-
faction Is unknown, and the bodies of
those lost in the snow are perfectly pre-
served from change.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

II may console Herr Most to learn tSat
Otto Goolknecht, who was once a Rus
sian nobleman, and the prospective heir
of a great estate, Is now the driver of n
smallpox ambulance in Chicago.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

William II. Vanderbilt has just added
100000 to his 81 900 endowment Of
Vanderbilt University. The late Ms.
Atkinson, of Memphis, left the same in
stitution $4,000.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

In Maine they are finding diamond
pins in the old oak trees, which makes
the Louisville Courier-Journal think the
New England hotel clerk has begun to
attend picnics at very early period.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

o6rnclins ). ysnderbiis's unpaid bills
for 1pxnries neccssarie= and borrow ed
money! make quite long lis, in the
Hersfsrd papen Among the items are
''cFeckery and cash" cleaning snow. .
snd scatAsh,' Msny Of these Claims are
for bills contracted before Mr.. Wander
~ usnt through bankruptcy in 1865,
- = eevsea isaasnoas have since been
= xssts1es'ss pss.as.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

Al an auction sale Of old government
medical supplies. at =. louis. among 9th
q things oEe man bought SOS pills for
thirty cents. A lecal paper says: The
books and instruments sold have been
used tesore. nus the pills were eniircly
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

"A Lowell. Mass, mill girl, has been
awarded the first prize offered by the
Boston Musical Society for the best criti-
cisrn: of vocal faad Instrumental music.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

General Haren was so intent upon the
SHOWS OF the future that Washington
police court fned him 81 for neglecting
to clean the snow from hisown sidewalk
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

The Washington Post suggests that Mr..
Langtry is the only gentleman who has
o good right to revise Mrs. Langtry's list
of aonuaintances.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

A Washington letter in religious pa
per says that General Sherman goes
every night 70 the theatre. and also that
he swears some. The General is evi-
IDENTITY good dramatic critic. s4
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

General Grant Is hearty in his denur-
citation ofthe Mexican war and said that
he felt Il was unjust while he, as a young
officer, was taking part in Il.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

A Brooklyn editor has undertaken to
explain why France has so much more
money than the United States. He says
the ebonnets American women wear come
frpm France
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

H. NJ. Alexander, Of New York, one Of
the Princeton trustees, poch-pcohs the
report started that DR.. McCosh is about
10 resign the Presidency of that college.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

In the University Of London women
have been more successful in securing
honors IN the study of the modern Ian
ruages than in the scientific branches.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

John j.. Astor has just paid 81 900, 900
for the Guaranty building, on Broadway,
New York.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

The latest wrinkle of fashionable arch
itecturc is sitting room especially for
the daughters of the family.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

Congressman Abnm s. Hewitt is quite
III and does not know when he will be
able te resume his congressional duties.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

The man who looks forward TO benefits
through the will of relative, sails
through life on a dead reckoning.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

nad revere attack of gravel and
iIu5.y hiuiiey no lole was unable to Get any
MEDICINE or doctor to cure mo nnt;i /
used HOP Bilters, and they cured me- in
short time.-A DIsriNeuIsurn I.wvrn uV en-
'F WAYNE Co., NY. ''
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

Emperor williams gift of si25,oco to
the food sufferers will make Queen Vic
toria think the old gentleman has gone
daft.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24
A FUNNY HOLE IN THE GR0JSD.

Nevada Miners Undertake to Fight Tun-
mel. which Comes of Victorious
Nirsiais Clgy Chronicle.
In Castle district, at point about five
miles north Of this city, is tunnel that
lnay Be called sn eS-tUnnel. II IS a
tupncl that demonstrates against being a
tunnel. II was ran about four years ago
into the side of steep hill and was orig
inally about forty feet in lea-th. When
i'm about fifteen feet the tunnel cut into
. sofk swelling day. veu dificnlt "a
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

Miss Mary Dickens, eldest grnndchild
Of Charles Dickens, aged nineteen, is
about to become an actress.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

Editor watterson will be the orator be-
fore the literary societies of Vanderbilt
University next May.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

The silver wedding of Frederick Will
lam, Crown Prince of Germany, has been
duly celebrated.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24
A BITE BETWEEN TINES.
How TO Make a sandwich that viii Tickle
the PSiste for an Hour.

the Psiste for an Hour.
To make wonderfully sppetiEing sand
witches proceed in this way;
Take equal quantities Of the breast o.
n cold boiled chicken and Of cold boiled
tongue. Chop them very fine; so fine,
in fact, that you cannot distinguish the
separate particles. Add q good large halt
teasr oonful OF celery salt, pinch of cay
enne pepper and four tablespoonfals of
Msyonnaise dEesing. This quantity Of
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Mayor Of Michigan City thinks
that Chicago is Jealous Of that town.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

Ex-Iieutenant Flippcr is now Briga-
der General in the Mexican army.
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24

sonh Is. Davis, of Lime Branch. Ga
ss e' . co'lard that il nina Spet hish' I
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24
An OHIO JABBERW0CK.

a have extended the time" "
The Osceola times., 1883-02-24
A Few Big Things.

A shaddock that fills a bushel basket is
exhibited at Orange City, Fla.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-10
PRISON AND pAupgR LABOR.

The New York Legislature passed law
prohibiting prison labor. On the other
hand, the Cook county, Illinois, Commits.
sioners, propose to establish paupsr labor
in the aims and poor.houses near Chicago
But if the Cook county legislators are right
the New York legislators were wrong
There can be no sufficient reason shown
why both criminals and paupers should
not, by labor, be made to contribute to
their support. Neither poor.houses nor
iails should be Injuries for the indolent.
Some States denominate the poor-house
the work.house," and unquestionably it
is the proper name. Labor is not de-
graded by anything paupers or criminals
may be made to do, says an exchange, and
the sentence is sermon. Our poor-houses
and poor.farms, which in California are SO
seldom work. houses and work-farms, were
intended to engage in labor those physically
fit to work. Many employments may be
introduced into poor-houses that are light,
suited to the women and children, and vo-
cations requiring greater strength for the
men able to work. Work in our county
almshouse, of the proper kind and prop.
erly superintendent, would do very much to
solve the problem now puzzling the local
authorities how to make cost of mainte.
nance less. Work in county jails as well
as in State prisons is feasible. There
would seem to be no reason why the
thirty odd prisoners, boarding at the
county expense, should not be made to do
some daily labor that viii bring the county
some income. The argument that such
labor interferes with the trades need not
be considered; for that matter, the field of
labor is broad enough to employ the lazy
criminals without injury to trade laborerp,
whose taxes would be lessened by the mar.
rowing of the net expenses of maintaining
prisoners.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-10
CONFUSING TERMS.

Mr.. Conkling is reported to have spoken
bitterly at the Saturday Night Club din
nsr of the spirit that condemns all leaders
as bosses. $40 be leader" he said, sis
to be boss" and that is a term of ap-
probrium nowadays. If Mr.. Conkling is
correctly reported-which we doubt-he
mistakes the application of the word
"boss when used as an epithet. Mr..
Conkling is too sagacious public man and
of too broad experience in politics not TO
realize the distinction. Parties have
leaders, and psrtisans accept them as the
legitimate growth and result of party
organization but the boss is a very differ
emit personsge. The leader, by consent,
leads, the "boss" seeks. to drive. The
leader convinces the " boss threatens.
The leader invites his following; the
boss " cracks the party whip and com.
mands the men he would enslave. The
leader carries the banner the boss u
yields the lash. Backed by the spoils
system, the "boss" dares the hireling to
disobey. Fortified by reason, the leader
appeals to the independence of the man
and voices the will of the organization that
deputies him to that high function. There
should be no confusion of the terms, for
the boss can never become the leader. u
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-10
WISE UrFERAEcEs.

The new Postmaster.G General, General
Gresham, is not only talented and elo-
quent speaker, but he is far-seeing, wise and
patriotic. One of the sentences he uttered
at the reunion of the Army Of the Tennes-
see in April, 1881, deserves to be written
in the hearts of every true American citi-
zen: "The struggle for the maintenance
of popular government, to which men
have given their lives and devoted their
best faculties, has greatly degenerated,
aud ceased to be edifying to the world
when it shrinks to the dimensions of q
petty and pitiful quarrel about what is
miscalled the patronage But it is the
good who must unite, and it is reasona-
bly, assumed that they will unite for the
common veal and against the downward
tendencies of their own political union or
party. By their doing so, and only by
their doing so, can our parties be made
useful and effective instruments for the
promotion of the general good and become
agencies for the perpetuation of our Gov
eminent and institutions.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-10
CLASS. CLAN AND RACE.

On the Path of next September there is
to assemble in Washington Gty Conven-
ton of "colored citizens" to promote the
cause of negroes rights in society, business
and politics" The venerable Frederick
Douglass has given countenance to tine
scheme. We do not know what this class
of citizens propose to do about the matters
named in thecall. Douglass, in his years, has
lost the good sense with which he has been
credited, else he would never have advised
the holding of the proposed Convention.
We dislike the spirit of clannishness, in
whatever form it presents. It
should be enough, it is enough,
to be an American citizen. There
is no reason to be advanced for drawing
"artifcial lines" SIS the Boston Adrertiser
some time ago aptly termed these race
and class distinctions. The next we know
the Irish, and then the Germans, the
Scotch or the English who have foresworn
allegiance to foreign princes and poten-
tates and taken the oath as citizens of
this republic viii be converting and de.
manding their rights in society and poll
ties Now, in truth, they have no rights
whatever in their class or race relation.
Every right these enjoy is the right of an
American citizen, irrespective OF color or
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-10

nationality. These OF them who exclaim
that they are excluded are fanatics,
short-sighted or foolish. American citi-
zsns stand equal before the law, and when
ever one class or race sets up special claims
for recognition it may be suspected OF
Offering its political support to the dema-
gogue who will promise most. If races
and classes could only be brought to real
ize it, they would see that they do them
selves infinite injury by all such demon
strations. The negro in America has been
the victim of wrong and oppression. He
was for long years chattel and thing OF
bargain and sale; he was kept in the
bonds of slavery and ignorance, and it
was all the fault of the nation. 1t should
make him all the reparation in its power,
and it has done this by making him a po-
litical equal with all other citizens-unless
we except the possible obligation to pro-
mote his education. But there is no obi.
CATION TO give him Office, to advance him in
business, or command his admission
into this or that circle of society. All
these are private rights, to BE attained, if
at all, by personal merit, and all conven-
ton demands and class denunciation will
but retard the very ends aimed at. Nei-
Their color, place of birth or condition in
life can be rightly pleaded as reason for
business, social or political recognition.
That they are now used in the form of
menaces is one Of the evils of the day that
need correction. We want a broader com.
prehension of what constitutes American
citizenship; we need the cultivation of
enmity to clannishness of every kind. and
an especial adherence of the classification
OF American citizens, such as colered citi-
zens, Irish Americans, native Ameri-
cans, German voters, etc. All such
designations are offensive, and bring into
contempt and disrepute the one ALIEN
bracing and only proper designation
American citizens,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-10
BEAUTY SHOWS.

The telegraph is used to advertise a
beauty show in Chicago. Prizes were Of.
fered for the most beautiful women, and
when two dozen applicants had been Sc
lected they were ranged upon a platform
and the public is now being admitted to the
room. Each spectator is given blank
ticket, and before retiring places upon it
the number designating the number he or
she deems the most beautiful, and deposits
the ballot, and these ballots are to decide
the contest. We can conceive of scarcely
any exhibition more debasing or immodest
to which the general public may De lawfully
admitted. Some idea of the character of
the women may be had from the necessity
found for a rule prohibiting any contestant
from appearing in short clothes. One of
the essential elements of beauty is mod.
esty. 1t matters very little what the per.
lection of feature and of form, if womanly
modesty is not written and may not be
read in the countenarce. 1t is a
glory that transfgures; it is coin
that cannot be counterfeited. But
what stretch of imagination is demanded
to picture any modest woman contesting
in such an exhibition as that held in Chi
cago. Before the woman can consent to
appear on such a platform she must be-
come callous to pure influences, shameless
and brazen. The bald announcement OF
such an exhibition is debasing. It tends
to lower the standard of esteem in which
women should be held by men. 1t is
not only vulgar, but the tendency of
all such shows" and Z" contests is to
violate the common decencies OF life. The
self-respsct of man is upheld and strength.
ened just in proportion as he respects
woman and has faith in her purity and
modesty. We do not believe that man
with spark of manliness in him can con-
template such a want of sensibility, and
not feel self.reproach for being present.
To set up twenty-five handsome-faced
women of hardened front in a row, to be
stared at and commented upon by the
mixed crowd like prize cattle at fair, has
something in it extremely revolving, and
even the hardened man, and the libertine,
the coarse and the brutal of either sex,
must feel that it is an indecency that
amounts to an abuse of liberation.
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