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The Osceola times., 1884-01-19
A NEPTUNE OF THE LAKES.
Some OF tho Hair breadth Adventures of
Professional Diver.

Professional Diver.
Inter ocean.
Rosel Downer. diver and submarine
beholder of all manner Of strange things,
has family name that fits him so neat
ly that it was not improbably made to
order for him. II have been in some
pretty tight boxes, and can tell some
things about my trade that are not gem
orally known" said M. Downer to re-
porter for the lnter-Ocean, with the
modesty of a man who is content with
his lot and knows his tools. 81 suppose
mine is iind of a risky business" he
continued, "but it isn't half so bad as
people generally think. Every hedrllng
shrinks from going on after his first dive,
for he has suffered pain that you land
sharp pencils and fore them steadily in
to your ears and you will have a pretty
fair, Idea OF the pain that shoots through
the head of diver the first time he's
lowered He gets used to it in time.
There's one thing we can't get used to
though, and that's the perspiration. You
cant wire it of. and it feels as if thou.
sand flies were crawling over and feeding
on mans face.
'I've rubbed pretty close against cter-
nifty, though, several times. ! was work
ing on the Yazoo river last year, in con-
nection with the New Orleans, Texas
and Louisville Railroad bridge. was
lowered through four-foot hole in tie
centre of casing to knock the boards off
from the bottom that had been put on
for the convenience of launching The
top of the casing Is sold, YOU know, ex.
cept the man-hole, and the bottom hol-
low. so.that it can settle down OF and in
close section of piling. When | signal
ed to be pulled mp, ! found the hole COW
cred by loosened board. | signaled
them to stop hauling, but the lubbers
kept on. There | was, bobbing from top
to bottom, and at every bob expecting
the water to rush in through busted
head piece. Ninally they quit and got
out.
Another time, when cutting the i. f.
Parks in the Detroit river, the schooner
Theodore Noges ran into the scow Hero
from which | was working and carried
away her fore and main rigging. The
men rushed from the pumps to cuss the
captain Of the Noees, aud was left for
four minutes to try air in every stage Of
contamination. Finally they returned
to the pumps aud ! was pulled up as limp
as dish-rag The stiffness of these four
minutes was simply deafening. have
been in the water fourteen hou.'s and
came up almost as fresh as | went in.
think can stand water as deep and as
long as any man on the lakes
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innate. but the guest has right 10 do 50
# she pleases.
The guest should be allowed TO enjoy
herselfin her own way, not TO be bound
down by her hostess's programme, which
NAV not suit her tastes or inclination at
all. II is tiresome work to try to find
something amusing or entertaining to
hlk about all the time, the effort TO
"entertain and be entertained tires
both parties, and each heaves a sigh of
relief at the conclusion of what might
have been an enjoyable visit to both had
not each kept on "conpany manners"
all the time.
The Bazar goes on to note a few of the
obligations of a guest, one of which is
that she should disarrangc the family
habits as little as possible. If she is go
ing out, she should tell her hostess
where and apprise her ofthe hour of her
return. She should not be late if invited
10 drive, nor should she make a servant
of the master of the house by requesting
him TO do little errands for her She
should respect all family customs, and
carefully avoid all disagreeablc topics of
conversation. A wcll-bred guest makes
no trouble in house she has an instinct
ID see that no plan fber hostess is out
ragged by her being there.
In conclusion, we are reminded that
there il no office in the world which
should be filled with such runctilious
devotion, prop-iety, and seli-respect as
that of hostess; and that if a lady ever
allows her guest to feel that she is a
trouble, o, in any way, she violates the
first rule of hospitality.
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being in its very midst, details that the
condition of the centre Of the cyclone
was that of system Of fiery balls as
large as ones thumb, their multitude
greater than any human mind could
conceive and in that apparent state OF
ignition hustling through the air. This
experience or hallucination of Mr.. Toler
is shared by others who were in It's
midst and almost seems to confirm itseli
in the fact that every one wrecked IN
the Storm at La Crosse is tattooed with
bruises the size Of quarterand hall dol
lar. which must have been done either
by mass of pebbles heated to rednes'
or by small bodies of some kind having
iorce enough to bruise but not to pene'
tratc the skin.
At the distance Of eight and ten miles
the flashes OF electricity were so inces
SAINT and the commotion of wind aDC
thunder, and possibly falling timber, a'
10 almost paralyze one with terror
Nearer at hand the sounds were magni
fed tenfold, with also an additional ac
compartment for the ears of those who
were first beyond the edge of the storm
of millions of exploding bombs and tor
pedocs
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Anderson in the buggy he drove rapidly
away, intending TO come to Eastman ami
have the ceremony performed in one of
the churches.
When Miss Mullis returned to the
house alone she was Immediately inter.
rogated by Mr.. Anderson as to the
whereabouts of his daughter, and ON
being informed OF the circumstances he
at once mounted horse and started in
pursuit.
The happy couple had reached point
about two miles from town and were
congratulating then selves on the success
of their plan when q loud whoop and
the sound of horses' hoofs from the rear
notified lheLI that they were pursued
and in few seconds the iratc father
dashed into view. Realizing perhaps
that delays are dangerous" Mr.. Rogers
leaped from the buggy and followed by
his intended bride disappeared in the
woods, leaving the horse and buggy to
take care of themselves.
Mr. Anderson follow ed in the direction
the fugitives had taken, but they had
considerable start of him and perhaps
the advantage of knowing the ropes"
and gave him the dodge. After fruit.
less search he did Just what anybody
else would have done under the circum-
stances and that is, he went home.
In the meantime the happy couple had
secured another horse and buggy and
repairing to the house of Mr. Jacob
Livingston they were duly married, c. ]
Jones, Justice of the Peace, officiating.
The Osceola times., 1884-01-19
THE SC0uRGH OF THE WEST.
Some Remarkable Phenomena During the
Recrnt Tornado In Arkansas
Llttle Rock Gaaet

Little ROCK Gazette.
Appalling accompaniments of the cy-
clone we're perhaps never more COM
pletely illustrated than in lard county
last week. The course of the storm wGs
from southwest TO northeast, and COM
mencing one and half miles southwest
of Melbourn. The sWath cut through
the country is fifteen miles in length.
The width of its track varies from two
hundred yards 70 three.qn.rtsrs of q
mile Eight or ten miles o. av the cloud
accompanying the tornado was observed
to be of an inky black color. boiling"
aud almost necessarily Illuminated by
flashes of electricity. Five miles distant
the same character of boiling black cloud
was seen to be followed by a long pillar
of intense white cloud. Nearer al hand
the white cloud, apparently driving the
whirling black one before it. defined it.
self as pillar of fire.
In the midst of the storm the surviy.
ors viewed the cone of the tornado as a
huge ball Of Gre rolling along the ground.
Mr.. j. h. Toier, of Ia Crosse, whose
house the tornado al~u destroyed. anl
The Osceola times., 1884-01-19
TllISTLES or SILVER.
The Curious Adornment OF "a Fancy Cos
tum---Bits about the Fashions.

The Curious Adornment OF "A Fancy Cos
tum---Bits about the Fashions.
called from Several Journals.
AZ Il recent fancy-dress party in New
York lady, whose costume resembled a
silyer-hned gray cloud, wore gray silk
stocking embroidered with tiny silver
thistlcs, gray satin sandals, on which her
monogram appeared in steel bead-work,
and gray Suede SAKE gloves, on which
the device of thistles was again apparent
in delicate painting. Silver this
Ties were worn in her dark hair, and
punches of the same pugnacious plant,
gone to seel fastened back the folds of
her dress, which was of silver gray tulle
over silver satin.
Large loose clusters of pearl and JAG
qucmnot roses are popular hand bou-
qucts fer dinners of parties. Corsage
bouquets are preferred where there is
dancing for there is much less trouble to
take care of them.
Many of the new felt hats are bound
with silk braid, by machine work, Just
as the edges Of gentlemen's hats are
finished. Where this braid is used no
facing of velvet or silk is required.
The jockey shape is this season one of
the most popular styles in sealskin hats.
satin straps and leweled buckles fast
en- some of the latest Partisan dinner
GOWNS
The Osceola times., 1884-01-19
THE TRUANT>
p'stRssEE

saw two trusnis on their way IN school,
To whom the ripple Of the brooks
Was more enlicii t,sn the rigid rule
Laid down by edsgoeues aud oss
on maay winding devious rill
Stray chips and i,an boats they css',
And watched th'm, gle' hily, fuldl
Their owners wishes - th.y ptss..'l
some took the curren's : c'utral Tile,
And some went slow AMI some weHt faster
And some were soon woshe aside
Aud overcome " tn dire dia tr.
And some went on ylnd heir Scn.
And some were siran 'ei IN ~, ir sight.
And then mused " lis 81 With meu
And we but mi mic their delight
We cast our hops upon the tide,
Despite exp rience's tuition
And some are rudely washed aside
A few float on toward frul.ion.'
That evening hen my sork wa pts'd,
wandered by n distant poo',
And found those boats tn chi DR. ucAst
As plsythings on their way tu school
And many an idle dream ! wrourh'
Upon Lifc's dou stfIl destiny.
Tis 30 with human souls, thought
They sail to seas of mystery.
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up. After while he felt himself slowly
freezing to death as lie recognized the
symptoms, and he felt a sort Of JOY. that
he could at least die painless death al
ter the suffering he had been enduring.
But he pushed on in spite of the drowsl-
ness that was rapidly overcoming Nun.
AT length he reached the shore, when
he for the tirst time thought of new
danger in the rough characters that be-
long on the river front. Thus sumulat-
ed he tried to make his way up town.
Fortunately he ran across a policeman,
who literally dragged him to the express
office. lIe was able only to hand the
package to the receiving clerk, and sank
to the floor inseDsible. He had been
two hours IN making the distance, and
more than two-thirds Of that time had
been spent in crawling over the ice. lie
recovered, but his shortened, stubby TN
gers of both hands tell in part the story
of the terrible suffering of those two
hours, and the subsequent days OF tor
ment while under treatment.
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~ q VI D.

oh what IL home That sweet companionsh'
Oili'e the better pait
The happy smile of welcome on the lip.
sfringiug from the heart.
II ia the eager CLASP OF kindly hands,
The long remembered one.
The re Idy sympa'hj which unders'snis
All feeling by IT, own.
The rosy cheek OF little children pressed
To ours in loving glee
The place OF our dearest snd our best,
No matter where we be.
And, failing this. prince may homeless live,
Though palace walls are nj h;
And, having 1t, desert shore may give
The JOY wealth cannot buy.
Far reaching as the earth's re.notest span,
Widespread as ocean foam,
One thought is 'acred In the breast of man
l. is the the thought of home.
That little wo.d his human fate shall bind
With destinies above,
For there the home of his immortal soul
Is in Gods wider love.
The Osceola times., 1884-01-19
How to Treat "A Guest,

Under the above head Harper's Bazar
gives some advice and directions, which
though more applicable to fashionable
city and Country house" hospitality
contains some Sound doctrine" for host.
esses in all ranks OF life. The author
says: "A hostess should remember that
when she asks people TO visit her she
has two very important duties before
heroine is, not to neglect her guest the
other, not to weary her friend with too
much attention. Never give your guest
the impression that he is being enter
tanned ); follow the daily life of your
household duties as you desire, seeing
that your guest is never in an unpleasant
position or neglected"
"Very many guests are invited TO a
friends house only TO be made supremely
miserable during their stay they have
to rise at unusual hours eat when they
are not hungry and eat what they do not
like drive or walk when they are not
inclined TO do so, and give up their leis.
ure and their privacy for pleasures which
they do not care for
The questioner may ask "What do we
invite people for unless we wish TO see
them We do wish to see them--a part OF
the day, not the whole day. The lady OF
the house should have the privilege Of
retiring TO her room for a nap, 10 write OF
read, and so should the guest"
In fashionable society guest and host
ess often have different invitations: the
host and hostess may 20 out to dinner.
and the guest be left at home, or the
guest be invited out and the entertainers
remain behind. In our ordinary society
this would not be felt to be quite tho
proper thing" especially if the lady of
the house were to leave her guest at home
when she went out. But certainly the
hostess should have no feeling at finding
her guest Invited where she is not, and
should leave her at her liberty TO visit
friends with whom she (the hostess) is
not "on speaking terms" Some women
have the idea that il ID not good form"
for inmates of their house to visit people
with WHOM they themselves are not iu
The Osceola times., 1884-01-19
Makes no Difference.

'See here" said waiter In It -, .i.
addressing an lrishman, u told ,uio.
fore that this luEch is not foreycrvbodv. -
"An' who is it fur"
Customer
"An' amt a customer"
NO, you are not"
Don't ! eat lunch?'
II should say you do"
Then Pm a customer"
"Yes but the lunch is thrown IN with
the beer"
An is that so?' Wall, if We throw in
the lunch wid the beer, jes' throw ia the
beer wid the lunch, av you place. Av
course II makes no difference which
man takes"
The Osceola times., 1884-01-19
on THE hALf-SHELL.
Washington, D. c. Tornado.

Washington, D. c. Tornado.
On the half-shell-the freely hatched
chick.
Annie Mostly has met with Miss For
tune.
The older the dog the more cur-agc he
has.
"You are nuisance. IN commit
you," said an offended Judge to a noisy
person in court. you have no right to
commit nuisance" said the offender.
Jones who had been lawing over a
WALLER dorg, says his lawyer is a woman,
being fee-male.
Perry's pie ard cake wagon upset on
Pine street As pious turnover it
took the cake, we should tartly remark
When the editor asked a woman if
her butter was clean, it suddenly oc-curd
to him that he sutter cheese that whey
of talking
An exchange says that putting heels
upon slippers is injurious to children.
We suppose it refers to their mammals
slippers.
A Chicago paper tells of man who
was complaining that he had invested a
rather large SUBJ OF money in Wall
Street and lost it all sympathizing
friend asked him whether he had been
a bull" or a bear He replied, "Nei-
ther; was donkey
The Osceola times., 1884-01-19
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.

De firmes' man amt de bes' pattern
fur de young. De green apple is de hard
es', but it amt half so good fur de st"m-
ick
II amt al'ers de crookedest man whut
gifts hurt de quickes. De partridge is de
easies' bird to shoot case he flies de
straightes'.
De man what is quickes' in BODY is
ginerally de slowes' in mine. De canoe
turn quicker den de steamboat, 3ut it
KANT toat nigh so much.
IL hurts man wuss ter tell him q a
fault kin'ly den it does roughly, fur
yer tells him kin'ly he kaint say nuttin
but ef yer tells him in rough way he
ken fight yer ar git satisfaction.
Oar is some hope fur de unedycatcd
man, but dc natral bon fool is past dc
reach o human ter improbe. De wise
man reconnizes his lack o. edycation
but de fool neber does. Ignorance ebel
has been full o boast.
Some foxes is Altered ter spank d,
chile case da is afeered dat it will die
an in de years ter come da reaps dc sor'
rowful benefit o. sich a mistake. Ef q
chile won't do right, spank it. an let dc
futur tell whuder er not yer's done right
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IN THE LAST PEW.

She sits. bent eer with wrinked face.
Poor and forlorniy old no grace
smooths the sharp angles of her firm,
Long buffetted by lies slow storm.
All else around is fine and fair;
The stained light falls golden glare,
In seeming mockery on her loose gray hair
The preacher, faultlessly aIrsyed
Tells how our hearts afar have strayed,
And how all souls should be content
with these good blessings God has sent,
And one OF all that sci ( poised throDg
Hangs Oh his words nor deems them long,
And humbly thinks only her heart is wrong.
She meekly mumbles DER the hymn,
Her eyes with age and tear. .drS ps dim
What can their gay world hold for her
This worn and weary wonhipper?
Now, rustling down the sisles in PRIDE
They toss bright smlles on every side
Nor Goes she know IN, hearts such fair look 8
hide.
And still she sits with tear.wet face,
Aslo;h to leave that sacred place;
The organ with quick thunders riven,
Lits her sad, trembling soul to heaven:
She feels sense OF blissful rest
Her ebony hands across her breast
She clasps and slowly sighs; "God knowe,h
best"
oae day, within some grander gate
Where kings and ministers must wait,
While she hopes humbly for low place
Far nom the dear Lords shining face,
Above the chant of heavenly choir
These words may sound with gracious fire
'wcll done, good, faithful servant, come up
higher
The Osceola times., 1884-01-19
THRILLING ADVENTURE.
An Express Messengers Two Hours Ter
ribIe Experience on the lee.
NlrrlnnaIl NnM. Innrnal

C,rcinnsu News journal.
The following adventure, although hap
pening some time AGO, has never appear
ed in print. The hero, a resident of Gin.
cinnati for by that title he deserves to
be known, was a messenger in the en-
ploy of the Adams Express company,
and running on the o. and NJ. railroad
between Cincinnati and st. LOUIS. One
intensely cold night in midwinter, in
1866, the express train from Cincinnati
reached East st. Louis several hours late.
The magnificent bridge over the Nissis-
sippi had not been constructed, and pas
sengers and freight had TO be transferred
by ferryboat. At fhe time referred TO the
river was frozen over and teams crossed
over without difficulty or danger in the
day time. But at night, owing to the
treacherous airholes in the ice, no trans
fer could be made. The messenger,
when he reached East st, ouis, had 800
600 in currency with him, and bad been
instructed TO deliver it to the st. Louis
effice that night, the east side of the river
not being regarded as very safe at tha t
time. A little after 10 o'clock at night,
equipped with a lantern and carrying
his valuable burden with him, the mes
senger started across the river. The
mercury was below zero, and the wind
blowing a gale added to the discomfort.
There was NILE Office between him and
his destination, vith hundreds Of invis-
ible airholes to look out Tor and avoid,
but he coJuted upon making the shore
in half an hour at most. He made good
progress for the first half of the distance.
when a slip on the ice and a fall extin-
guishcd the lantern. In such wind
match could not be made TO burn, and
there was left no other course but TO re-
trace his steps or push on. lie chose the
latter. because he could be guided by the
street lamps in the city. Getting down
upon his hands and knees, he commenc-
ed his journey anew. Every few feet he
would encounter dangerous place, and
must crawl around IL, sometimes dis |
tance OF only few feet and often sever. |
al rods. Not a single foot of the distance
could be travelled upright Many times 1
he felt discouraged and tempted TO give !
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A Poet Sharply Censurcs Church Pc. pic

~ i"'' NharpiN ttnsUrcs thuroh Pee pic
Gerald Massey in the Brooklyn Eagle
" Is Liberalism having much effect up.
on the church?'
81 should think SO. At present the
decadence Of the church is more shown
in indifference, laxity and hypocrisy
than in any other way. Those who have
been in the habit of going to church con-
t'nue to do so, but many of them are
men who have lost all faith. Many do
not 90, but consider is respectable to send
their wives and daughters.
You cannot serve two masters, saihl
the Lord
But satan nudges MS and whispers
CANNON
lou lend your wives and daughters TO
the Lord
And give yourselves to serve and wor-
ship Mammon.''
The Osceola times., 1884-01-19
Good Manners at Home.

More c)olness and arrangements, if
not more absolute quarrels and separa
tons, grow out of a disregard ofthc com.
mon rules of courtesy in married life
than from any other cause. The wife gets
up and goes off to give direction to Il
servant while her husband is in the mid
die of a sentence; if he were anv other
gentleman she would say, as least excuse
me moment. The wife comes into the
room and her husband sits still in his
chair; if any other lady enters he rises
and offers her one. II guest is coming
to the house, the lady of tie house is
dressed and ready to receive him; if it is
only her husband she has no welcome
If lady is at the table as guest, the
gentleman brings up some topic of social
conversation to entertain her with her
tea and berries; if the wife is the only
lady he sits silent, orcren whips a letter
or a newspaper ont of his pocket and
reads to himself Madam, no gentleman
is entitled to such distinguished consld.
Grafton as your husband. Sir! no lady is
entitled TO such def rental treatment as
your wife. The truth is with most of us
manners are like dress suit-put on on
special occasions; whereas it ought to be
like our skin, put on from within, and
never to be taken off while we are alive
The Osceola times., 1884-01-19
PEOPLE IN THE STREET-CAR.
A Philosophers Observations that Are
Good In ANY Latitude.

Good In ANY Latitude.
C. y. Warner in ST. Nicholas.
To person not much accustomed TO
travel there is mild excitement in get
ting on board Of n street-car; il is in the
nature of an adventure. The roar of the
wheels in the iron track. the cheerful
jingling of the bells, the effort to attract
the attention OF the driver, who, with
one hand on the brake and the other
controlling his fiery stecds, is always
looking for belated and hurrying pas
senger up the wrong street; the scant
courtesy of the conductor, who watches
with his hand on the bell-pull, the plac-
ing of your foot on the step in order to
give YOU the little shock necessary to
settle your ideas-this mere getting on
board has its pleasing anxieties and sur
prises. And then there is always the
curiosity as to your iellow-passengcrs
ana the advantage IN studying character
in a vehicle where people usually think
il unnecessary to conceal their real ma
lures. have noticed that the first
corners in car seem to think that they
have sort ofproperty in it and they re-
sent with a stare Of surprise the entrance
of the last-COmcr, as II his right to a seat
depended upon their courtesy. In no
other conveyance, | think, does one SO
perfectly realize how queer people are
Nowhere else, perhaps, are uglIness and
oddity end eccentIicity in dress such an
oflensc And then the passengers, ugly
as they may be, are so Indifferent TO your
opinion. 1t is something amazing, the
conccit of ugly people.
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His Boots.

What are you doing with my boots
en-" Indignantly asked high state off.
cal Of colored:msn.
as desc here yer boots boss"
"Of course they are
Oats mighty cuis.p
Not curious at all.you scoundIel. You
found them in my room when YOU clean
ed up"
"Wall, dat's mighty cuis. Yer ken hab
de boots, sab, ef das yersef's."
II wouldn't have them now"
Den whut yer wanter make all dis
great 'miration 'bout2 White foxes git-
tin wuss edery day. De blame boots too
little fur me nohow. Heah, boss, war
,en er while longer an brake 'em fur Inc.
Huh, dat man acks like Use fool"
The nlrTat usnalIy talta In p,1ly-s