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The Osceola times., 1883-01-20
LEFT on An ICE FL0R.
A wounded Seaman Abandoned In Arctic
Waters by Whaler.
San Eraucisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chfohlclc.
CAPTAIN Richard Cogem. Of the whalcr
Rainbow, is charged with abandoning
Seaman Edward Lee, wounded and
bleeding on an ice foe in the Arctic on
the 18th of last June The case is being
investigated by Commissioner Sawyer.
According to the statement OF ;. l..
Jewell one of the RainIow's crow,
whale had been raised" on the morn
ing of the day in question, and fos.r boats
under command of First Officer Gillcy IN
the steam launch started in pursuit, the
witness being in Fourth Mate Wallace's
boat. The whale was not sighted and
Second Officer John Corrigan and his
boats crew waited in hole in the ice 10
see the whale spout. While thus waiting
Corrigan's boat was stove in the bottom
and the report Of gun was heard,
whercat all the boats cane up, supposing
from the report that whale had been
struck. Corrigan made known that he
had 'lost man." but the witness heard
no reply to the first officers question of
"Nhere's the man ?" The fourth officers
iNdt llltll lpbh III tph Ail' W 'i'f
the crew of which was engaged in bail
ing her ont to keep her above water.
The small breeze which had been blow
ing when the boats started ont had be-
come harder and harder and the ice was
closing in all around so rs to make es-
cape from the hole most necessary.
Reaching tho ship, Third Mate George
Neville volunteered to go after the lost
man, but Corrigan replied that it was no
use as re was dead.
The Rainbow sailed of from the dang
er from the running mass of ice and no
attempt al rescue was made. According
to the witness impression Lee was in
the bottom of the second officers boat
and he did not know that such was not
the fac. until the Rainbow was boarded.
few days after, when of Cape Hope
some Indians came aboard and one of
them said that white man, with
wound in his arm, had been seen ahoat
on an ice-cake, but whether dead or alive
nobody could tell.
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Two Mining Experts Reports.


A short time since Mr.. Ike James of
the Contention mine received from q
young mining expert, fresh from Bos-
ton" an elaborate report concerning q
Sonora property. The report embraced
thirty-seven pages of legal cap, each page
closely written. In glowing language he
described the huge quartzite and close
ore connection, the porphyry, quartz,
granite, gneiss, and malachite. He ex-
patiated on the formation, and used up 4
volume or two of geology in techanical
terms Mr.. james, who is a very plain
matter-el-foct man, was led to imagine
that there might be something in IT,
from the thirty-seven pages of report.
He accordingly dispatched Bob Rowland
a well known mining expert, to verify
the report. Bob went, looked, and re-
ported as follows;
"Boston Dip Mine, Scnora.-L +.
James, Esq.-Dcar Sir: Read at your lei
sure the following report; ! find no
quartz no 'porphyry,' no ore.
Respectfully, II. NJ. HowIAND."
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20
DOW AMERICAN GIRLS TALK.
An EngiisI,man's View of the Social Quail
iie. of Our Young Maidens.


We are told that talking is only va
riety of singing, and in listening to the
talk of American ladies that doctrine be-
comes easily acceptable.
AT first the pitch sounds somewhat
sbrill, though not disagreeably, only un-
occustomedly so. By and by You beAin
10 like it. as presumably We should like
ony keynote coming from pretty lips.
There ALWAYS seems note Of interroga-
,;on at the enu of the spoken sentences
Of American ladies', and sort of cosny
o,,arulousness. not SO much plaintive as
Svmnathetic. a splinter peradventure Of
Ike rity which is said to be dangerously
Nevorfheleaa. over the rows of lourging
chairs on deck there seemed TO brood
sort of cooling sound as of well,contented
doves The young American ladies take
,ho talking reins in their hands very
oaylv i'm life At fifteen they ease their
,nan,mos nan considerably in that respect,
and sinullarly enough, with their mann
mos, consent The English mammas, at
that age. would prefer conversatlonaAly
sleeping daughters. ,u
Abou. this early American tax there
- no pabbie. These young women risihg
sixteen speaks ~ deliberately ana natur-
ally as Mr.. Henry Irving and vii. roat tiie ne
mocking twinkle Of having sometLl ing III
reserve which renders the talk OF mat
eminent actor not unpleasantly irritatih,"'
English girls at the same age talk, as 1t
we're. with their hands behind them, as
if to conceal skipping rope.
The Yankee girl looks you straightiy
and serenely in the iace-we never our
selves shirked the ordeal-and screels oil
an easy bobbin Of conversation. You may
act as "piecer' if you please, but general
| lv she.does the "piecing" herself. You
/ have sat down to talk to your companion
rs A chsld and before the talk is over am
| interval of three years is supposed to
have elapsed and you say good afternoon
| 10 a selEpossessed woman. Should any
one run away with the idea that all this
is unnatural or precocious he should be
uhdeceiyed. ,..
For Ms IL was one of the pleasantest
pastimcs on the ship, and when the sun
was shining and the waves were dancing
there could be no more agreeable accom-
panimcnt than the llnaccustomed chant
/ of the New England dialect, with It's note
of interrogation at the end.
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The trouble with most of the writer's
about furnishing is that they make n
mystery of what should be simple, and
elevate into lofty principles of "art"
what are really but matters of convent
ence and comfort. Convenience and
comfort are the first things to be consid-
cred in your house, and if you secure
them you can get beauty, too; but you
will never get beauty at the sacrifice Of
convenience.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20
WouId Not Work,

Hannibal Hamlim relates the follow
ing:
The day after my arrival at Vittoria |
went to shoemaker's to get some re-
pairs done TO my boots. There was no.
body in the shop; the master was on the
opposite side of the street smoking his
cfgaratte. His shoulders were covered
with mantle full of holes, and he looked
like bcgglr, but a Spanish begcar, ap-
pearing rather proud than ashamed of
his poverty. He came over to see me,
and explained my business.
"Wait a moment" said he and imme-
diately called his wife.
How much money is there in the
purse"
Twelve picettas" fourteen francs,
forty centimes).
"rhen shan't work"
"But, said /, twelve picettas will not
last forever"
"Who has seen tomorrow :" said he
turning his back on me.
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dly away. The carriage stopped before
a splendid house in the best pert ui
Frankfort. They were received by a
number of domestics, who conducted
them to apartments decorated in the
most costly manner.
"This is your mistress" said Trait to
the servants, "and her commandsyou are
hencoforth to obey. My darling wife,
said he then, turning to Bertha, 81 ain
Karl Trait, one Of the wealthiest men OF
the city ~
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Mr.. Moody will map out Paris in dis
tricts for evangelical work, giving to each
district two weeks service. If French
versions of the hymns sung in the rcvi-
walls in English speaking countries are
used. fancy the effect of "Ninety and
Nine" turned into ''ll-y-avait quatre-vin-
gt-dix neuf" shouted by two thousand
excited Gauls
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20
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Shocks from a street Wire.
Nashville American.

Last night the electric light wire over
an iron shed on Church street became
displaced and touched a metallic rod CON
Meeting with one Of the posts leading to
the ground. An cd gentleman, whose
name was not learned, in passing along
happened to touch his hand to the post
and was shocked almost senseless. Two
bystanders, in attempting to relieve the
victim, also came in contact with the cur
rent and were likewise treated.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

NJ. Alphonse Pinart, who last year
visited the populous tribe of Aklinan,
who inhabit the town Of Huehelta, Vera
Cruz, Mexico, is creating some interest
abroad with a study of their language,
which differs from those of the surround
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Representative Robinson, known to
fame rs "Richelieu" and as the tail-twis-
ter of the British lion, told Washing.
ton reporter the other day that "the for
eign policy of the United States is film
sy farce" with which he is everlastingly
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

David Littlefield, of Kennebunk, Mass,
over 20 years of age, took his first ride in
the cars the other day, when he went to
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Mr.. ]. Hatton has four separate novels
appearing in four separate English coun-
try journals. London Truth says the
payment for an original tale written by
q popular novelist and published in
newspaper averages from $500 TO &c. 600.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Two ninety foot lathes, said to be the
largest in the world, have been made by
the South Boston Iron Works. Each
lathe contains 100000 pounds of iron.
They are to be used to bore out cannon.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20
Firing on a Gun Loaded with Rattle
snakes.
Milford Dspatch.

Cosmus Eckenrode, who lives on the
Blue mountains, was out hunting on
Monday last. As he was crossing small
clearing he laid down his gun for a
while to gather some Blue mountain tea.
Shortly after he picked it up again and
was startled TO hear very close TO his ear
the peculiar whirring of rattle,nakc,
and saw the tail Of the snake protruding
from the muzzle Of his gun. He dropped
the gun quickly, but instead Of coming
ont his snakeship crawled into the bar
rel again. After fruitlcss efforts to dis
lodge him, Mr.. Eckcnrodc resolved to
fire the gun, which was loaded with
powder and shot. This plan was very
successful, and the snake, after taking n
trip in the air, came down badly used
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

The Marquis of Lorne and the Primo
ess Louise, as it is understood at Ottawa.
intend to make tour of four or five
weeks in the United States, visiting the
prominent cities of the Union.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

To prevent the hair from falling out out
use a mixture composed of two ounces
of spirits of ammonia, two ounces each Oh
civcerine and rose-water, one half ounce
~ contharides and enough alcohol to
clarity.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20
TIE THIN Doc.
A Drama in Five Acts, Translated from
The German.

A Drama in Five Acts, Translated from
The German.
Dramatis Pcrsonie-We Wehmcier, Iiol-
zapfcl, a Dog.
The scene is a country inn; the persons
of the play artis,ically grouped around a
table. After each act is pause Of fifteen
minutes.
Wehmeier Say, who does that dog be-
long to?
IIolzapfel. What?
w. Who does that dog belong TO?
II. Which dog?
w. That dog therel
H.. That dog there?
w. Yes
II. That's my dog!
They drink
W, Say, why is that dog there so thin ?
If. WHAT
". Why's that dog 5, Thin?
II. Which dog?
w. That dog there!
II. That dog there?
w. Yes!
II. lie doesn't eat anything
They drink
ACT III.
w. Say, why doesn't that dog there cat
anything
ii. What?
w. WHY doesn't that dog eat anything?
II. Which dog?
w. That dog therel
IL. That dog there?
W. Yesl
II. He doesn't get anything!
They drink
ACT ".
w. Say, why doesn't that dog there get
anything?
II. WHAT
W. Why doesn't that dog get anything?
II. Which dog?
w. That dog therel
II. That dog there?
w. Yes
II. We don't give him anything!
W. Oh.
They drink
ACT V.
w. Say, why don't you give that dog
there anything?
II. What?
w. Why don't you give that dog any
thing?
II. Which dog?
w. That dog there
II. That dog there?
w. Yes!
II. We haven't anything
w. Oh
They drink out.)
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Governor-elect Cleveland of New York
has rendered the appointment of aide-de-
camp on his staffto Samuel j. Tilden, Jr.,
Of Columbia county, "A nephew of Ex-
Governor Tilden. The appointment has
beop accepted
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Alexander Faribault, who died at Fair
bault, Mimi, recently, was the oldest set
tier in that State, and the founder of the
city that bears his name
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

James Gordon, who has been in charge
of the Peoria, Ohio, Post Office for fifty.
two years, has been postmaster longer
than any other man in the United States.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

De Neuville, the celebrated painter OF
battle scenes, has received a commission
from the English Government to paint
Me taking of Tel-el-Kebir.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

The Danish Minister of Justice will
introduce bill in the Legislature pro-
viaing for the use of the guillotine, and
that executions shall take place within
the iails. as i'm England.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20
Adulterated Beer.
Il. Louis Republican

The brewers fall back on the high
price of hops as the reason for raising the
price of beer. A Chicago paper, com
menting on the fact, that hops do still
enter into the composition Of malt bevcr-
ages, notwithstanding the discouraoing
reports of chemists who profess b have
analysed samples Of beer and found the
soporitic hop wanting. But the last issue
of the Druggist has Il suggestion which
rather tends to discredit the value of
this evidence all around. II says the
rise in the price of certain bitter drugs is
to be directly ascribed to the failure in
tina hop crop, the drugs being supposed
bly, bought by brewers. The same point
has been made by the British Medical
Journal, in which attention has been
called to the advance in certain bitter
drugs having tonic properties, such as
calumba root, quassia, chamomiles and
chiretta, and the same cause is assigned
for it, namely, heavy purchases by the
brewers. All these insinuations have
been vigorously repellcd by the English
brew ers, who enter point blank denials
that such substances are ever used by
them. Still there is difference in the
quality of beer produced in different
cities. The use Of the drugs named, il is
said, would not make the amber fluid
any more dangerous to take, but would
deprive il Of It's finer favor and the pc
cuiar soothing effect which comes from
the hops would be wanting.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20
MONROE, Mich, Sept. 25, Is

SrRs-l have been taking Hop Bitters
for Inflammation Of kidneys and bladder.
1t has done for me what four doctors
failed to do. The effect of Hop Bitters
seemed like magic to me.
W. l.. CARTER.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Ex-Marshal Henry says that he shall
resume the business of stone qnarrying,
which he left TO accept Office under Mr.
lorfiold
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Mrs, Rae lel Freeman, ofSheepcot, Me.
is in her l0lst year, having passed her
Tooth birthday on April II, 1882. She
has never worn spectaclcs and her sense
Of hearing is acute.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Henry Willard has presented the Port
land, Oregon, Home for Destitute Chill
drcn with one of the best blocks of land
l., that ritv
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

General Bidwell has built an lnaian
chapel and school house on his ranch
near Chico, Cal.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20
Cabby's Pair and Fare.

\ Montreal cabby, who was the proud
father of a pretty daughter, refused a GER
tain young man admission to the house.
The certain young loan acquicsccd in the
decision, but when he soon thereafter
got "nll, he stepped into tie said proud
fathers vehicle MS it stood by the high
way and commanded to be driven to thc
house of his inamorata. The cabman re-
fused to start, and the certain young man
had him arrested for ref sing n fare. An
interesting law suit is expected.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Lewis Baker, the editor of the Wheel
ing Register, aspires to the seat of Henry
G. Davis, of West Virginia, in the United
States Senate.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

A bit of cotton batting sprinkled with
black pepper and wet with sweet oil in
serted in the car will cure earache.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Some are born sleepy, some acquire
sleep, and those whosi under iheprcach-
ing of drowsy dominic have sleep
thrust upon them.--N Y. Commercial
Advertiser.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

General Lew Wallace has just received
$4,000 for services rendered the Rcpub-
lican cause in Mexico in 1862.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

The Bishop Of Winchester has declined
the Archbishopric Of Canterbury, owing
10 his advanced age.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

JIG. Crawford, a wealthy Londoner,
has given a statue of Robert Burns to be
erected on the Victoria Embankment.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Ex-Governor English, of Connecticut,
rays that he is "out Of politics"
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Representative Morrison, of Illinois,
says that the Tariff Commission report is
a fraud and cheat"
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Mr.. Edison has contract to light the
city of Mexico by electricity.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Sergeant Ballantine does not UNDER
stand why some Americans lionize Grim
inals,
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Mr.. Havcrly is said to be negotiating
for the Standard Theatre, in London.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Robert Morris, the first colored man
admitted to the Boston bar, died the 9TH
or day.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

President Arthur, with his son and
daughter, will 60 to Florida early in the
spring.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Running your business is very much
like courting girl-no one can boss the
job but yourself.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

John b. Cough had an audience of
5000 people in Cincinnati the other eve
ninr
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Common fishing cord is now used for
coarse crochet instead of Macreme lace,
II makes pretty table cloths and hand
bags.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

New Haven, Conn, has voted $4,000
for a monument TO Union dead.
The Osceola times., 1883-01-20

Congressman J. Hyatt Smith will re-
turn to the pulpit at the end of his term.
The Osceola times., 1883-10-06

and though am a Hbllander, can now
converse with these people on any ordi-
nary matters in seven langua ges.'
In the female department of the in
sane hospital several women each clad
in blue checked suit, were working in
the laundry. One tall woman paused
with a shirt in her hand and gazed
sternly and fxedly at the visitors while
they remained in the room. The dining
rooms, the wards, the outhouses of both
this and the male departments were
scrupulously, almost painfully clean, and
the floors and benches were white with
scrubbing.
"Tlere is where some more of our lun-
atics labor TO good advantage" said the
orderly. "The men in their department
and the women in theirs do the scrub
biny and cleansing of the rooms and the
women do all the laundry work"
IL frequently meet with strange in
stances Of misdirectcd genius among my
works" Mr.. Nos said. "One prepared
an elaborate plan of bridge from New
York to Berlin, not only drawing his
plans carefully. but figuring the weight
the gross amount of each material con-
sumed. its cost, the number of days re-
quired to make the trip with teams. He
also figured the cost of several hotels
which he would erect in connection with
the bridge on the route. Another figur-
ed very elaborately the cost of tunnclling
the ocean. These men had been teach
ers.
"There are some old graves on the hill
south of here which | have left undis-
turbed for many years. Several of them
are ma. ked by stones. One day one OF
my workmen disappeared, and ] found
him with pick trying to pry up one OF
these stones. What are you doing? !
said. What is that to you? he replied
angrily, though he had always been re-
spcctiul to me, this is underground road
to Paris | could not satisfy him, and
several other occasions, had to drag him
forcibly away"
The Osceola times., 1883-10-06
Looking Tor Joseph,

He was hanging around the Grand
Central depot the other day, begging
money to cray him TO a town in Massa-
chusetts.
"What do you want to go there for?''
asked one.
'To see the owner of great factory"
was the reply.
"What do you want Of him?"
"Well, | saw in the papers that he had
been running the factory at loss for the
last six months, but kept going ON ac-
count of sympathy for his employees"
"Well ?"
"Well, I've got a brother somewhere
in that State, and | reckon that's the
man that's exactly like him. The old
woman out in Wisconsin was buried at
the expense of the town, the old man is
in the poor house, and the other seven
of Us have lived on root beer and injun
meal for the last year. but it's Just like
Joseph to lose $4,000 year to keep his
employees fat and well dressed. I've got
bet of brindle calf against corn
shelter that it's Joseph, and Pm bound
10 get there. if have TO fly."
The Osceola times., 1883-10-06
A Manltooa Snake Mountain.

There is horseshoe-shaped mountain
in Manitoba which is literally alive with
snakes. A truthworthy correspondent
writes that there is perpendicular hole
in the solid rock about fifteen feet deep,
like large well, where probably 100000
snakes used to gather from all parts OF
the surrounding prairie to pass the win
ter in the subterranean passages leading
from it in all directions at the bottom
Some of the passages are large enough
for man to crawl through, but the
stencil is too strong.
In the spring they would scatter out
through the adjoining country 50 thick
ly they would become common nuis-
ance. If man left his coat ON the
ground in the field score or more OF
them would crawl under il, and they
often took possession of the large shanty
used then as church on Sundays, fright
cning the ladies out of their wits and
forcing them TO stand on the seats and
shrek for protection. 1t was finally
decided to exterminate them if possible,
after they had gathered into the pit, a
wall was built around the mouth of II
inclining little and two foxes and a
setter dog were put down to kill them.
Three wagon loads of skeletons were
taken out in the spring for bonfire.
The Osceola times., 1883-10-06

he cried out with immeasurable aconv
of mind: "Boys, pray for me-" being
the last words hc ever uttered. The ex-
ecutioner. Timber jim" was immed-
lately guarded out of camp, and was
never again seen inside the stockade.
Subsequently the regulars became as
uerciless as the raiders had been, and
inflicted the most barbarous punish
ments and penalties. In revolt against
them "Jack" Cotter pushed his way to
the front and held the position of chief
in the new police organization. He
never saws much about his services, but
they were of inestima5le value in pre-
serving order, and the protection OF life
in .he most horrible of prison pens
which the nineteenth century has seen.
The six condemned men were buried
by themselves in corner Of the Ander-
sonyille cemetery, and their graves can
be found there to-day.
The Osceola times., 1883-10-06
Too soon Too Figure.
Wal Street News.


al was just figuring Bit" he explain
ed, as he touched the pencil to his tongue
and contemplated the marks he had
made on the city park benches.
Figuring what?"
81 figure that Jay Gould has paid
enough for his yacht to buy 14.36S bar.
rels OF -four for as many different wild.
ows."
is that possible? But suppose be had
given the flour TO the widows?"
"Yes."
"Would Rlssul Sage have furnish.
ed the yeast and the coal 70 make the
bread out Of it?"
"Ah. didn't think of that" said the
other as he put mp his pencil.
"But you should, you see. Wait till
Sage buys up the state of New jersey in
order to have COW pasture and then
twill be as easy as grease to figure in all
the bread that flour might make, and
perhaps there II be trifle left over to
invest in cod fish or dried apples"