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The Osceola times., 1883-07-28
SCIENCE AND ART.

William Butler, a fnll-blooded Chero-
kee Indian, is a painter in oils, and q
skillhl carver.
The bust Of w. NJ. Evarts, by Barthol
-di,- il successful in features, but not In
the shape OF the head.
The sculptor Harnisch. OF Philadelphia
is busily engaged NJ work IL Rome on
the colossal statue Of Calhoun, for Char
lesion, s. c.
The strange announcement mas peen
made by foreign journal that the fail
Mall Gazette says the Suez canal Is IN q
fair way to become a stagnant sewer
The stations on its banks drain into It, II
is never flushed, there is no tide, and the
stencil Is becoming unbearable,
Oelluloid. which is combination OF
pyroxyline and camphor, is now made
into very good limitations of ivory, ebony,
coral, amber, turquoise, etc. The pyr-
oxline is prepared from cigarette paper
and a mixture of nitric and sulphuric
acids. One of the most recent uses OF
celluloidi is formaking type and engrav-
er' blocks for printing from.
Prof W. F. Barret, of Dublin, has been
making some interesting experiments to
tests thc correctness Of the discovery
Gained 10 have been made by the late
Baron Won Reichenbach, viz, that a pc
culiar luminous effect, resembling faint
electric discharge in rarified air, emanat-
ed from the poles Of n magnet, and was
rendered visible in perfectly darkened
rom. These new experiments confirm
those OF Rcichcnbach. Al
Lac, the substance from which shellac
"a made, Is an excretion of an insect
found in India, In most Of the cyclope-
dias this substance is described rs an ex-
udation of certain trees, caused by the
puncturpe Of the lac insect But il has
been demonstrated that instead of exsd-
ing directly nom the trees, lac is formed
within the body Of the insect, and ex-
creted through organs highly specialized
fer that purpose.
The amount raised to send abroad the
American contribution to the Munich
international Art Exhibition did not
meet the expenses. The members of the
committee had TO pay their own insur-
ancc t$6 IS on the thousand dollars, and
request other artists sending high-priced
works to do the same 10 the amount Of
Of fifty per cent. Neither was there
money 10 decorate the American exhibit
as win be done with those Of other ma
tions.
Professor Hill in q paper ON the
"Physical History of the Dead Sea-"
brought before the Royal Dublin Society,
says that during the pluvial period,
which succeeded the glacial period, the
So reached ias maximum elevation.
With increasing dryness Of the climate,
the water gradually decreased, becoming
first hrackish and then salt. AT great
depth the salinity amounts to saturation.
DR.. !icbenberg has found that the ger
sn:nss;on process Of many plants requires
the preeence Of lime in the soil, and that
the seedlings die without it. There are
some plants, however, which freely ger.
inmate when il is not present Ii is
known that the cinchona trees do not
require lime, and il is suggested that the
frequent failure in Jamaica of the seed
lings may, perhaps. be due to the absence
from the soil OF some more essential in
greSiient.
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, President.
Cashier.

tasnier.
The engravers were Rawdon, Wright 4
Co, New York. On the 81 bills a cattle
scene is depicted, on the S2 bills a celes-
tial chariot and on the s. Neptune taking
ride. The bank passed into the hands
Of a receiver before it had really begun
business, as it could not meet the require
ments Of the law in coin deposits, and
Mr.. Campau could never recall the bank
episode in after years without impatience.
The unsigned bills were plastered in his
cupola simply that they might be there
preserved as a monument of the folly.
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SUMNER RESORTS.
How the Lying Landlords A"'"e
Questions Of Angry Quests
na,roit Free Pres.

u.- she LYING Landlords Answer '"e
Questions Of Angry Quests
Detroit Free Press.
81 believe you advertise good ishinsf
"Yes, sir"
where is it,"
cover in the lake. We never hsh Oh
dry land here" -,
"But have been fishing over there all
dav and never had bite"
.Of course not. IL you want to hsh
% ne here in June. This is july and
,ho :, II won't bite. Sorry. but you are q
month b, o late"
.rrur , -AHnsr RAILROAD STATION
auownris. over to Rosebush LakeT
sixteen miles, 81
"why, was told IA. " II was oh'y
half mile from this sta.> 'on III anis us. ~
pretty state of affairs, de- "''e' ii'"
do you get over therer' 7 rre
Il have never been there, sr. po ~
sume you can hire 3 farmers tcA
walk IT,"
"1t'sa dead swindle -"
"Weil7"
"And I'm fool for leaving home"
Yes"
"And I'll take the down train.'
Certainly. Only sixteen hours to
wait for it. Sit down in the freight
house and make yourself comfortable
TOO PREVIOUS.
See here landlord, didn't you adver-
tise an entire absence of flies and mos
qujtos at this place p
Certainly, sir; but those advertise
tisements were prepared in March, and
assure you in the most solemn manner
that weren't troubled in the least until
the last OF May. If you had only come
up here in April you wonld have had
glorious time"
AN OFF YEAR.
"Hotl Why, it's five degrees hotter
here than ut home / thought this wa
one of the coolest places III the coun'
try?'
My dear sir this ia an off year, you
know! Every year but this we have had
TO keep up a FIRE in July, and we shall
"But where are those cool breeSes you
advertised?"
''Oh, they are on the other side of the
lake, to-day, You see this is only one
side Of the lake, and we can't expect to
monepolize all the breeze there is. We
must divide up and give the other re-
sorts some of it."
CANE IN RANDY.
"See here, landlord, you advertised Q
big, four-story hotel, with groSc foun
tains, bathing, boating, etc, and | arrive
here to find a shanty stuck in the pine
woods and the nearest lake mile away
Explain yourself, sir
with tbs greatest of pleasure. The
cut Of the hotel was one len on the prin
tef's hands, and he worked II IN to FL
out the column. l ought 10 have men
toned in the advertisement that it was Q
cut of hotel at Long Branch, but / neg
lected to. Come right in beautiful
scenery. woods full of snakes. rates dowr
to $4 per day and children charged full
prices
DOG CHEAP.
Landlord, this bill is downright ex
tortion.'
How IL that p
"why, 1 can stop al the Grand Pacific
for less than Won have charged melh
Yes, sir, but Is the Grand Pacific
among the hills? Is it surrounded by
pines? Has it boiling spring? Car
YOU walk over precipice. within 20t
feet Of the Grand Pacificf charge two
dollars a day for the precipice, another
for the hills and the spring, and If twelve
shillings a day for hotel rates are no
dog cheap then l don't know how t
please you. Why, sir, if the Fifth Ave
nue. hotel was on the brink Of preci
pice two hundred feet high, you couldh'
stop there for IS day !"
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\ short time ago, at a school in an up
town ward, during lesson on the animal
kingdom the teacher put the following
question: Can any DO, name L me an
animal Of the order edentaia--that i. a
front tooth, toothless animalgr A boy
whose face beamed with pleasure at the
prospect Of good mark, replied: Il can"
We'll. what is the animalrH "My grand
mother" replied the boy. in great giec.
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High linen collars are nSie with 4
very narrow roliel-over Iieye AZ the top
on which : nne vtne Of embroidery.
and the plain space heiov. This i cover
Cd BY meek rihlso1 Of becoming color.
This l. either ottoman o. satin ribbon.
and = passed aroani the neck and tied
in bow in front A yard og rsh,>aa l.
quite su1hcient Cor the purpose.
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wan. rarerea VITA Bans u.,ls.
ezni EsYs.s. ne-eea.

Rollers wCre rl,eed under the main
builiin of the old Csmuaa mansion. on
East Fulton s'rest-SrsTara.ory to iis re-
TnoVai to a less eo2sp;cgo,ls lcca;icn- IL.
II. IVES. who 4 nos removing the build
ins. hexea and shaped the timbers for
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htlsH MICHEL.
How She we Transformed from . Roys sl.
i.t into q faaiesI.

How She We Transformed from . Roy si.
let into q faaiesi.
Pan. Cable in n. Y. Telegram.
The long mooted question as to where
Louise Michel was born is at last settled
She has been claimed, like Homer and
Saint Christopher, by nearly dozen
different places. 1t now turns out that
she was born in the seigneural Castle Of
VroncOur,.
The Figaro publishes her acte de nsis-
sance, which rms a. follows,
Number six, Michel, Louise, year 1880,
MAY twentyninth, eight O'Clock even
ing,
Appeared before us. Etiehne Demasis,
yayor Of the commune of Vroncourt,
canton de Bourmont, Department of the
Haute Marne,. and Claude Laumoux,
doctor Of medicine, domiciled at Bour-
mont, who declared that on the Goth OF
Nav, at five O'Clock In the afternoon, La
Demoiselle Marie Anne Michel, femme
de chamhre, residing at the Chateau de
Vroncourt, gave birth in the said house
to a female infant, to which is given the
prenom Louise and the name Michel.
The above declaration was made in
the presence of Joseph Benoit Giradin,
cutlar. and Of Claude Desgrsnges, pro-
prie,aire. who have signed the present
acte of naisssnce after having read the
same. DEMASls.
LAUM0UX.
GIRARDIN.
DISCHARGES.
Vroncourt is pretty little village OF
sbou; one hundred and thirty inhabi-
,ants. co9uettishly situated on the side
Of a hill. The chateau in which our
heroine was born is a large, square
building and ianked by four large tow
ers. II was formerly the property of
the Clermont-C Creveopur family, and is
and is nows picturesque ruin in the
midst Of a large garden.
1t Was under the old apple trees Of
this garden that, about the year 1850,
Louise Michel courted the muse, declsim-
Ell Henri Qus,ren with all the eloquenoe
Fl her nature, worshipped Victor Hugo,
who called her confrere, appealed 10
France 10 offer an asylum to Pho TX and
addressed to the Republicans Of the day
4 long TRADE, now published by the Fl
caro- for the frst time.
The hopes of the Anarchists now rest
upoa Nine. Paula Minck. the mother o.
the infant who rejoices in the name
Lucifer Satan Nercineetorix Minck.
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"Your Honor, the jury would like to ask
a question" Judge, "You can proceed.n
Foreman. "Well, your Honor, we would
like TO know what this suit is about"
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Compress Of cold water relieves leg
ocAA unnp and ecre chest--paace dry
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II. r. FOSTER & Co.'S
Line Of Steamers
- r (
The Iwalani, w.
The TWalani,
The @. r, Bishop.

CAMERON, Commander,
Leaves Honolulu every Monday I
at pm, for Nawiliwili, Koloa, Elccle,
and Waimea, Kauai. Returning, leaves
Nawiliwili every Friday evening.
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THE LAW OF |" ENGAGEMENTS"

engagements " have a serious
property aspect, according to Judge
Thayer, of Philadelphia, who re-
Gently laid down the doctrine that
neither an engaged" man nor an
"engaged" woman can convey
away property to the prejudice of
an affianced. In the case before
him. James Baird, widower, with
children, had, several days before
"engaging'' himself-September
2sd, lS7S-to the lady who is now
his widow, but after announcing to
friends his purpose to ask her hand
in marriage, conveyed his real
estate, worth about $4,000, to
trustees to be he'd in trust for him
self and for the children of his first
wife after his death. He was married
November 18th, 1878, and four
months later he died. His widow
discovered that under the convey
ance she had lost her third of the
estate, and contested its legality,
Judge Thayer overthrows the con-
veyancc, on the ground that it
conflicts with the equities of the
relations of Baird and his intended
wife at the time it was made. MIR.
Baird's purpose in making it does
not seem to have been to deprive
his wife of her share Of his property,
but to secure his estate from
squandering by himself. His con-
fidence in long life would have
left his widow penniless but for the
equities of the Z" engaged"
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They returned him the ring and he
solemnly blessed them, but when he
had done so they again took his ring
and galloped away with it, leaving
the poor bishop in the middle Of
the road exclailning,-
'''." acknowledgements they have
robbed me even of my blessing!"
Robberies on the Vera Cruz road
were ut that time of daily occurrence,
and, as the brigands possessed them
selves of the passengers clothes, 1
have oftenseen, from a balcony in the
Hotel Itnrbide, men and women
arrive nearly naked. An English
man said to me once,-
Il generally travel with two Or
three copies of the London " Times"
You know 1t is q very large news
paper, and in case of those confound-
ed blackguards taking all my clothes,
by Jove! the paper might be
useful"
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HOW POTATOES WE'RE popvLARIzEo.

NJ. Parmentier in 1888 introduced
potatoes into France in novel man.
ner. Having planted a considerable
breadth of potatoes at Montrculi,
near Paris, he gained an audience
with the unfortunate Louis XVI, in
the course of which he inspired his
Majesty with ideas of the value of
the potato.
"But how are we to make people
eat what they are prejudiced
against?" inquired the King.
''Sier, if your Majesty will
graciously afford me little aid,
that prejudice will be removed"
said M. Parmentier.
ITO overcome prejudice is difficult,
but how can I aid you. M. Parmen-
ticr?"
"If your Majesty will graciously
order that a soldier shall mount
guard in my potato field at Montreuil,
potatoes shall be all the fashion in
less than six months"
The King laughed and granted
Parmentier's request. Thencefor.
ward military guard might be seen
promenading with measured tread
the naturalist's potato field. How
precious must that Undiscovered
plant be, thought the lookers-on.
No more fear of leprosy-no more
dread of poisoning. The highest
people in France were proud to eat
potatoes.
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fAE WORK 81. n TRIP. HAMMER.

81 have been told" said Mr..
Dubious, watching the great steam
hammer in the rolling mill, that
good Zimmerman can break the.
crystal ola watch with that thirty
ton hammer. "Yes, sir" said
the Zimmerman, " it can be DONE"
CT should like to see it," said Mr..
Dubious, eagerly, feeling in his
watch pocket. II can do it, sir"
replied the man. "And will your"
replied Mr.. Dubious, drawing out
his watch. "Come, ] am anxious
to see it tried" He laid his watch
on the great anvil place. The ham,
mcr rose to its full height, and the
next instant all its ponderous weight,
with crushing force that shook the
ground for an acre round, came
down on the watch. 's'rhere, sir"
said the Zimmerman, quietly, eff
you don't believe that crystal is
broken, just stoop down and you
can see it sticking to the hammer"
Mr.. Dubious swallowed a whole
procession of Jumps and gasps before
he could speak. But 1 forgot
say" he exclaimed, I" that it was to
break the crystal without injuring
the watch" "Oh, yes" said the
Zimmerman; Eyes, l know, 1 have
heard that rubbish myself but it's
all CANNON. 1 don't believe it can
be done. But you can break the
crystal every time" Burlington
Hd'ckeye.
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Mr.. Charles Wyndham, who is at
present in New York, appears from
the reports IN the papers to have
been taking cruel advantage of the
unsuspecting innocence of the pro-
fessional interviewer. Being ques-
toned as to the accuracy of the con-
vict costume in which he figures in
the comedy called Fourteen Days,
he is stated to have given the follow
ing statement, which is well
calculated to convey an imposing
idea of the zeal and enterprise of
London managcrs:-'I was anxious,
Of course, to know precisely, how
'fourtecn-day' prisoners are dressed
so that I could make up in proper
fashion. The privilege of exploring
the cells was denied, and an applica-
ton to the Governor of Coldbath-
fields met with no greater success.
In this dilemma a plan occurred to
me. Going to part Of London
where l was not likely to be known,
! for a. moment stood there obstuct-
ing the tloroughfare. Move on,
please quietly said a policeman.
How dare your cried I, although
he hadn't done anything offensive,
and at once ! pitched into him.
A sentence Of fourteen days was the
result. An hour after I got out the
costumier had an exact description
Of the dress the prisoners worc."
This is a very strange story, as
many people will say that Mr..
Wyndham might have got look at
some prisoners without undergoing
fourteen days himself. 1t beats
Mr.. Greenwood's workhouse- casual
experience all to nothing.
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the grand stand, and Pythias is on
the platform cheerfully taking off
his coat.
Near by stands man with
broad.a ak.
The Syracuse silver cornet band
had just played TITS Funny When
You Feel That Way" and the chap
lin had made long prayer, Pythlas
sliding trade dollar into his
hand and whispered to him to give
him his moneys worth. The declara-
ton of Independence had been read
and the man on the left is running
his thumb playfully over the edge of
his axe. Pythias takes off his collar
and tic, swearing softly to himself at
his miserable luck.
1t is now the proper time to throw
in the solitary horseman. The
horizontal bars of golden light from
the setting sun CLEAN and glitter
from the dome of the courthouse,
and battle the great plains of Sy-
racuse with mellow splendor. The
billowy piles of feecy bronze in the
eastern sky look soft and yielding,
like Sara Be.nhardt. The lowing
herd winds slowly DER the sea, and
all nature seems oppressed with the
solemn hush and stiffness of the
surrounding and engulfng.
The solitary horseman is seen
coming along the Albany and Sy,
racuse tell road. He jabs the
Mexican spurs into the foamy flank
Of his noble Cayuse plug, and the
lash Of the quirt as it moves through
the air, singing merry song.
Damon has been delayed by road
agents and washouts and he is a
little behind time.
Besides he fooled little too long
and dallied in Albany with his fair
gazelle. But he is making up time
now, and sails into the Jail yard just
in time to take his part. He and
Pythias fall into each others
arms, borrow chew of fine
cut from each other and
weep to slow music. Dionysius
comes before the curtain, bows and
says the exercises will be postponed.
He orders the band to play some
thing soothing, gives Damon the
appointment of superintendent Of
public instruction, and Pythias the
Syracuse post-ofiice, and everything
is lovely. Orchestra plays some
thing very touchful, curtain comes
down. Keno. In hoe usufruct nux
Yomica est.
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THE seLr.HELp,Se BABY.

An English gentleman, who PISSED
many month hunting among the
Rocky Mountains, says his first
genuine impression of the West came
while he was riding over an arid
plain and from a squealing baby. 1t
revealed to him the ingenuity with
which Western woman adapts her.
self to circumstances, and makes the
most of her limited resources.
'"There was nothing" he says,
every peculiar about the appearance
of this baby that saw just ahead of
me. 1t was not overburdened fashion,
to board about two feet long and
one foot broad.
"The board and the baby were
leaning against the log wall of a
frontier shanty on its shady side.
The baby seemed very happy. Its
little arms were free and kept up a
constant movement.
" AS my horse came nearer, / saw
that some strings were dangling
about the baby's neck, and that one
was tied TO the big, toe Of one of its
rosy little feet. a.. |t...t
s. l was puzzled. Dismounting, l
had the curiosity to examine the tape
arrangement. The child was suck
ing at bit of raw pork, about the
size of large walnut. This was
tied to one end of tine string, while
the other end was fastened to the
child's foot. A second piece of
Irvine, knotted to the board over it's
head, prevented the pork from falling
to the ground, should the child drop
it.
Suddenly the badly grew very
red in the face. Then its eyes filed
with tears, and its little arms beat
the air with frantic energy. AT that
moment the mother made lire appear
ance.
90 That baby is choking, madam
l cried.
"'No, he amt, and he can't"
she replied, tersely.
At this instant the infantile legs
began to work. One kick, two kicks,
and there on the bib lay the piece of
pork, jerked from the baby's throat
by string tied to the big toe.
:" Amt you ever seen this aforc,
mister"" asked the mother, obscrv-
ing the Englishman's surprised Tools.
"tN-o-o,'" he answered
slowly.
"'Then kind o. remembrance it.
Mayhaps yer wife won't go back on
it,"
Several years have passed since
that day. / have seen that baby in
a hundred different guises. From
sheer habit it has become with me a
sort of standard wherewith to gauge
novel instances of the three qualities
OF Western men-and womell- self
help, self-confdence and adaptable
ity."
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They were not one; They had
only been married short time.
The other day she slung her arm
around him and warbled iii a low,
tremulous voice; "Do you realize,
AdOlphus, that now we are married,
we are only one?" t'No," replied
the brute, ~ can't realize it. 1
have just paid SIS millinery hill,
and lot more of your bills, with
several outside precincts to hear
from, so l am beginning to realize
that, so far as expense goes, instead
OF being one, We are about half a
dozen. | can't take in that idea of
our being one just yet, not by a
large Wajogity."- zssas SVainys.
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MEXICAN BANpIrrI.

The road from Mexico city to San
Juan del Rio used to be the worst
part of the journey to the interior
when one was obliged to travel by
diligence, and was the part most in
tested by robbers. These highway
robbers are by no means extinct as
yet, but with the railroads one hears
much less of them. When l arrived
in this country for the first time,
some nineteen years ago, l had the
pleasure of being robbed two or three
times both OH the road to San Juan
del Rio and on the road to Vera
Cruz. / am glad of it now, as being
robbed OH the highway by the genuine
Mexican bandit is sensation soon
to be thing of the past, and / like
leaving the track occasionally and
being shaken up by new emotions. l
was doubly shaken at that time, re-
member, by the awful motion of the
diligence, and my fright at meeting
the +" campaneros, as they call
them. nv t.a t.e-
1t is picturesque sight to see a
band of Mexican banditti galloping
down mountain path OH magniti-
cent horses their large Mexican hats,
trimmed with gold and silver, shad-
ing their faces; their pantaloons
buttOned down the side with large
silver buttons; their pistols in their
belts behind, their swords Mt their
sides and their serapes--a sort Of
plaid of bright and variegated colors
-artistically thrown over one Shout
der and hiding their entire face with
the exception of one eye, which
glares ferociously on the unfortunate
passengers Of the diligence they are
about to rob. Their captain gallops
at their head and shouts imperiously
to the driver of the diligence to stop.
In one trip in which l encountered
them there were lady among the
panssengers who wore Il handsome
diamond ring rather tight for her
finger. In her fright she could not
get it off, and one of the brigands
said to his leader
Captain, the lady cannot get her
ring off. What are we to dor"
To this the ungallant Mexican Fra
Diavolo answered very coolly,-
"Cut her finger off,
You can easily imagine the cold
shudder that ran through us all. For
tulnately she at last managed to get
the ring off, and we were not forced
10 witness an anputation.
In another journey more anus
ing incident happened. There was a
bishop in the diligence, and they
robbed him of his ring. When they
had got through their operations, and
taken everything of value we had,
they knelt down and asked the
bishop to give them. his blessing.
He told them it was impossible to
bless them without his ring, hoping
iu that way 10 get possession Vt it.