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The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
Better Than Gold.

II knew George WordeL, as well as ]
know my brother and a better hearted
boy never travelled" said travelling
man 10 party Of his friends who, few
evenings ago were seated around steam
register in the lobby of the West hotel.
"Of couIse," he continued, "the report
of the papers viii be read and the inn
preston viii go out that George came to
his d, alh by dissipation, and pc ,ple will
look upon him as fair representative
of the men who follow the same vocation
and never for a moment wonder if Ae
possessed a good quality. IL is strange
what full weight mans ills will receive
in public opinion and how lightly his
good traits are considered.
"Yes. gentleman, George and travel
ed over the same route for five years,
and know he had heart as big as the
world. remember We had taken sleep
ers one cold night IN the winter of 80
from Chicago to st. Paul. George and !
were seated in the passenger coach talk
ing with a friend who was going to AL
bert Lea The car was cold and it was
all we could do to keep warm with our
overccats on. Seated in front of us a
few seats away. was an old lady neatly
dressed in black. Her gray hair struggled
out from beneath her black Grape bonnet
and fell around pleasant but wrinkled
face. As the night grew on, the old lady
would occasionally draw her thin wraps
around her and try to sleep by resting
her head against the side of the car. !
noticed that George vas watching her
and pretty soon he left lis and went over
and sat down bv her. In few minutes
he got up and assisted her into the sleep
| ing car. When he came back, we at
tempted to have a little sport at his ex-
pcnse, bu. be only smiled of our jokes
and said the old lady was on her way to
st. Paul to meet her daughter. Her hus-
band ha Just died and left her in rather
poor rcumstances. i couldn't see that
old lady ride the night through boys
in this car such night as this said he
and I've given her my berth Nell
gentlemen, George rode that night in
the passenger coach; while the old lady
was comfortably sleeping in his berth
and he watched over her as if she was
his mother til We got to st Paul when
he delivered her to her daughter. In
my estimationgentleman the thanks that
that the old woman showered on George
Worden, as the tears coursed over bel
wrnkled cheeks, were worth more than
all the gold in America" and the speak
er went over and looked through tn,
window, while his friends simultaneous
" found use for their handkerchiefs
st, Paul Herald.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
A Bootiess Errand.

In the mountains the school season is
bet yacn tobacco worming time and cot
ton picking. During that limited time
very little education can be instllled in
to the youth OF the land and very sell
d IN you'll ind Il scholar that has got be-
yond Webster's blue black spelling book
During my sojourn there a beautiful
girl of eighteen; named Dolly Skaelock
went home weeping, declaring that her
teacher had severely reprimanded her be.
fore the whole school. Her father wan
ted to take his shot gun and wreak ven.
geance on his offending pedagogue, but
she begged him not to do so, and ne fin.
ally gave mp that idea, but he was deter
mined to have the teacher ousted by
some means. The next day he got few
of his neighbors together and consulted
as TO the best way of getting rid of tn,
gentleman, and finally selected me TO 20
and investigate the school and inform
the teacher that his services could be
dispeused with.
Ii was lhree miles from where | STAYED
TO the school house, and never having beer
there | was not quite certain Of the way
50 stopped at cabin on the road and
made in lury OF a woman VINO came to
the door.
"Won't ye 'lightan' come in?" said she
"No. thank you" said Lei want to fine
my way to the school house."
"Wal, 90 right downthe hill thar till
yer come ter that red ellum what's got a
holler in it Pap hid bottle O. whisky
in it once an it staid thar two years, am
when he got it cut it was better'n it was
when he put it thar; an he went an di.
vided it with old Bill Smackley. cause
they wuz raised together, an MARI ed
cousins. iou jest ought to hear old Pol.
ly SInackly scold, am her darter's Jest
like her. They live down in the bot
toms, now, an they do say that old Bill
has ma e right smart raisin' cotton,
but land knows, he's eittin' old an needs
IL
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
COUBTsHIP COOKIES.

When boy of eighteen runs away
with girl of the same age the proceed
ing may be called verdant slope. Bos-
ton Budget.
Eyes. Adolphus. there is terrible gap
between u.s." said Susannah when her
pailor young man gave yawn at l:3) a.
IN. Hooser.
Quinine has not been so low in price
for years and fellow can better afford
to have his glrl give him the shake this
year than at any other time. Arkansaw
Traveller.
When Clara was asked what she would
do if nice young gentleman would ask
her hand in maria ge, she naively re
piled: 81 don't think I'd no. Yon-
kers Statesmen.
Jacob served Laban seven years fol
the hand OF Rachel. If the old man had
kept 4 carriage and let Jacob in as coach.
man, he would have made the rifle in
six weeks. New Orleans Picayune.
George, dear, give me your other
arm"
Certainly, dearest; both arms, if you
like"
"No, but have always been accustom-
ed to the gentleman's right shoulder ,
San Francisco Chronicle.
They were very tender:
"Your liquid eyes intoxicate me. dear
est"
II am so glad, for, when you want to
get drunk you can fill up out of them,
and 1t will be so economical" San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
"Will you help me to press some
lcaves% the maiden asked her lover.
"Ifyou will fasten them in your waist
belt III see what | can DO" he answer.
ed; end thus popular method of press
in z Autumn leaves was invented. Som
erville Journal.
4 young lady in st Louis recently
doused a young man with a pailiul of
water, while he was down on his knees
begging her to be his bride 1t is always
the custom. we believe in some parts
OF the West, to wet new suit. Burling-
ton Free Press.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
BARRIERS. BASEBALL AND BABIES,

Nights of Labor-Those on which YOU
carry crying baby around the room
from II p. m. to . a. m. Oil City Der
rick.
II is easier to get your landlord to put
the range in order and paper the house
throughout than it is to umpire game
of ball Puck.
Chinese BARRIERS shave without lather.
ihls.reminds us that our schoolmaster
used to lather without shave. jamestown
Sun.
The barber is fond of shaving other
peoples chins, but he doesn't like TO
have his own chin cut short. Ycnkers
Statesman.
young man who has frequently acted
as umpire for baseball games is SAID to
have lost all sense of right and wrong
Burlington Free Press.
"Will you shave my chimp asked a
younester as he stuck his head through
the door of a barber-shop.
NO; don't shave urchins," was the
short but pert reply. Boston Times.
The managers OF baby asylum at Col
umbus, o., are criticised for ha, ing vast
ed money in frescoing the walls of the
chapel, since the inmates cannot enjoy
the decorations. Ifthe idea was to furn-
ish fun for the youngsters, the managers
should have bought lot of plate-glass
and give the babies hammers. Philadel-
phia Call
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
Baden-Bauen Beauty.
Haynie's Foreign Letter.

This is a place resplendent with natural
beauty; evidently spot on which a part
of Eden fell when the angels were carry
ing it back to heaven. 1t takes about
fourteen hours to reach here from Paris,
and once arrived you feel like remain
ing the rest of your days. 1t is a lazy
life we lead here-that is, lazy as regards
work, but active enough in sight seeing,
an entertainment muck more fatiguing
by the way, than real labor. At 7 o'clock
in the morning fine orchestra com
m,nces to play in front of the Conversa-
tionshaus, from which early moment
sleep is impossible to those who live in
hotels overlooking the actual watering
place part of the beautiful town. When
people are up they go to the Trinkhalle
to take the hot waters or to the Cowshed
to drink whey or goats milk.
The waters are "hot'r'n blazes" and
the lacteal diet is not to my liking. Af-
ter this, a long promenade in the avenue
from the Badische- hof, where Cupucbin
monks lived in 1881. out to the old con-
vent of Lichtlnthal, distance of, say,
five miles, through as pretty road as
YOU ever saw. Then comes the first
breakfast of coffee and rolls, with butter
and honey, and love to spread it on
thick, too; which light meal ended, you
read the Paris papers of the day before
and then start off on an excursion. The
chiefpolnts of attraction for TIE visitors
are the old castle, the ruins of Eberstein-
bura, the avenue and old Lichenthal
church and convent, the tish-breeding
establishment, the castle of Eberstein,
the Geroldsau waterfall, the Cros. of
Fremersbure, the Castle OF Lauf, the
Devils mill, the new castle. the Russian
chapel and the Frederic baths.
Ii takes weeks to do all these places
thoroughly, and can only remain few
days, more's the pity; but ! shall 90 away
with the conviction that Baden. Baden
fully deserves its reputation for being
first class summer resort, place where
Americans and other foreigners have
Just as good treatment as the beer-drink-
ing natives of the town. Ii was a great
gambling place along back Wonder in
1910 and afterwards, but there has been
nothing done at trente ct qaarante or the
roulette table since 1872 when the Ger
man emperor, hacked up by Herr Lasker
drove the - oney changers from out the
temple. The entire grand duchy has
been the gamer by the adjustment of
gambling. At least that is what town
residents, people who have lived here
all their lives, tell me.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
Is SHE MRS. HULsER?
Face to Face Ia Court with Mr.. Huiser'
who says he Never Saw her Before.

John p. Hulser now employed as
superintendent in Strange's silk mill in
Paterson, left his wife in Holland twen-
ty-five year ago, and came TO this coun-
trv with his little daughter, who is now
married and the mother of several chill
dren in this city. For years Hulser has
been living with woman in Patersoa.
She became the mother of several chill
dren, and passed as his wife. They live
at 90 Pearl street, and are regarded by
their neighbors as an exemplary couple.
The daughter many times demonstrated
with her father for living with this WON
an. but Mr.. Hulser always replied that
his first wife had died and that he was
legally married TO his second wife.
The daughter, however, discovered
that her mother was alive in Holland.
The latter came to this country with evil
dence of her marriage.
On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Hulser
made complaint before Recorder
Greaves ofPat rson against her husband
for non support and desertion. Mrs.
| Hulser occupied rear seat when her
husband was brought into the court room.
Hulser said his first wife had been dead
ten or fifteen years.
Are YOU sure she is dead?"
| 81 am sure" was the reply.
Suppose your first wife should now
appear before YOU, what would you say?'
II sho1ld call her an impnstor. |
should say it was case OF blackmall.
My first wife Is dead"
At signal MIS-. Hulser appeared. Her
husband did not notice her until she
was close to him. Then he jumped back
as if he had seen ghost.
Don't you recognize mel" asked Mrs.
Hulser in Dutch.
Il never saw YOU before" replied he
in the same language.
Il am your wife" said she.
"You are not. | never saw you be-
fore"
"You deny that am your wife"
"Of course do. You are crazy wom-
an. | never saw you before"
At this point Hulser's married daugh'
ter stepped up. He seemed to be sur
prised TO see her there.
"Do you deny this is your lawful wife2'
she asked.
Certainly do. | never was married
I TO that woman. don't know who ht
is. This is conspiracy"
You are my father, areyou not?' ask
ed the young woman.
"Well, what if amp"
"That woman is my motherl'
"Well?"
"And she never was your wile?'
Never"
"Then-then-" said she breaking int
tears, then am illegitmate?"
at makes no difference" said tlulser
| repeat that that woman is not my vii,
and never was. She is crazy. 1t is
case Of backmail
Hulser was held under bail to appea
for trial. His case will probably com,
before the present Grand Jury on
charge If bigamy or adultery.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
WRINKLES FOR THE WIDOW.

General Batter smokes fifteen gars a
day. No wonder he is at home on the
stump. Yonkers Statesman.
When Ben Butler vas boy he didn't
have much fun, But he's getting even
now. Rochester Post Express.
Butler still has his eye on the Presi-
dency, though you wouldn't believe it to
look at the eye. Philadelphia Press.
There are some workingmen who
think Ben Butler is looking at them. but
he isn't. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Butler rides in palace car on free
pass. A hefty anti-monopolist and work
ingman's friend is old Ben. Boston
Post.
Ben Butler says that he is willing to
give New jersey to Cleveland. This is
kind in Ben. He should now offer Geor-
gla. Atlanta Constitution.
When Butler, during the campaign.
kisses baby he keeps one eve on the
mother. But he really spoons over the
baby. san Francisco Post.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
Putting "a Driver Gin IA Pocket"

Enquirer Interview
"Are there any tricks in the trade of
stage driving"
81 should say so. Let new driver be
put on, and let him at a little disagreea-
bly, toward the old hands, and h will
not get passenger. The others will
put him in a pocket and keep him there
an entire trip"
whats that"
'One of the stages of his own line will
get in front of him and hold him back
until stage from another line swings in
alongside of the disagreeable driver, and
the two steer the victim into the curb
stone, where hecan't escape. They COM
pei him TO lag so that nobody will ride
in his stage. The tormentors keep this
up until they get a chance to get couple
of other stages to take their turn at the
pocket racket, when they go off about
their business, and the substitutes man
age TO get relief few squares further on.
Thus the thing is worked ali alor q the
route, it being part of the code for the
drivers of all the lines to stand in with
each other against driver in a pocket.
An unpopular driver can't last long 1t
is wonderful TO see stage-driver keep
ing in front of vehicle he doesn't want
to pass him. He will never look to the
right or left, but keep staring straight
ahead, and yet he can tell by the sound
just what course the party behind is pur-
suing. In order to prevent the vehicle
in the rear from passing him the stage
driver darts from one side Of the street to
the other, like shuttle-cock.'
"Don't such antics lead to trouble?"
Certainly. saw fellow once tell a
stage-driver that if he would get down
off his box he would lam the life out of
him. The driver got down and invited
the other fellow TO come and fight him.
Il haven't got time to lick you now, but
can thrash the daylight out of YOU, res
ponded the fellow who first PROPOSED to
light. Here's half dollar said the
stage-driver. IN pay you foi your time
if you will come and whip me- But ;he
man didn't 60"
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
BORROWED WITHOUT STINT.
A story Showing What Great Gall viii do
for u Man.

"Oh by .he way" he said, as he sud
denly halted and wheeled about on a
tall, slim, side-whiskered man with a
melancholy look, shave you got a match
about your
The other fumbled ia one pocket and
another, and finally admitted in re-
gretful voice that he hadn't carried such
a thing about him for the last ten years
"Oh. wei, !" said the other, rs he re-
turned the stub of cigar to his pocket,
"you can lend me chew of fine cut
The melancholy man removed hand
kerchief, gloves, keys, and lot of silver
change, and after hunt of five minutes
acknowledged that he had never used
the weed in bis life.
Don't happen to have cigar handy,
eh?" Quered the other.
The melancholy man ielt in his coat
tail pockets, hip pockets, pantaloon
pockets, and got one hand down to his
boot leg when he remembered that he
didn't smoke.
Don't, eh? Sorry stopped you Beg
pardon and hope you won't take any Of
fense, but-that is-ahem-you might
lend me your knife and lead pencil and
half dollar until i see you again"
The melancholy man did not hesitate
an instant He passed over the articles
mentioned, or, rather, placed them in
his straw hat aud handed the whole bus
iness over.
Thanks thousand thanks. See
you later-eood morning"
And he tossed his hat into the gutter,
placed that of the melancholy mac on
his head, ana marched of with the bear
ing of man who could ride six blocks
on street car and then have money
enough left to pay his way across the
ferry. Detroit Free Press.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
\ Prose Poem.

Softly the moon shed its silvery light
upon the evening air.
The difference between a goose and
the moon is tlat the goose sheds feathers.
This is less romantic, probably, but goo
goose feathers are worth seventy cents a
pound more or less.
They stood beneath the silent stars,
Arthur and Evangeline; not the goose
and the moon. She in the glory of young
womanhood, and he IN titty dollar suit
of clothes
II is astonishing what trust tailors put
in manhood.
"Oh, Arthur" she sighed, "let us fee
from this place; from the wrath of an
angry father and the torturing taunts of
a mercenary mother"
At this season, she should have said:
"Let us mosquito from this place, etc, {"
but young woman in love can't tell a
flee from a mosquito, and we must not
censure too severely.
"Ah, Evangeline, would that it were
possible"
"But it is possible, Arthur. We can
fly Ueyond the sea, the deep blue sea,
which lies between us and happiness,
and beneath the sunny skies of Italy in
the dolce tar niente Cf that lotus land,
we may build about us beautiful palace
whose foundation shall be love, and
whose supeistructure shall be the per-
feetion OF earthly bliss
The girl had spent all her chewing gum
money on ten-cent novels, and all her
time playing Pauline in an amateur
dramatic club.
"Ah, darling, the picture you paint "
too lovely for realization" he walled.
OF course he knew she painted. Any
fellow can tell that when he gets close
to q girl.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
Watering a Watch.

Ma" suddenly demanded Pinder,
where's your watch and chain?"
Your father has got it at the store"
answered Mrs. Fitz.
A silence of few moments ensued,
then Plnder again asked:
Ma, is il necessary to wet your watch
and chain often?"
"No, of course not. Why2"
"oh, nothing; just heard pa tell Mr.
Plunkett that he'd had your watch and
chain in soak three times since you gave
it to him, anl that he'd better go around
to the laundry an get il before YOU ask
ed for it."
What did he say them" snapped the
lady.
"They didn't say nothing but grim y
answered Pinder, dimly realizing that
he'd got his father into row. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
The Brag Family

My dear nephews and nieces: You
have heard Of the Smith family, have
you not? They are sail to be very
large family; but there are, | think. some
families still larger. The name of the
family think of now begins with b.
meet them everywhere, and ! am very
much afraid am closely related 20 some
of them. See if you recognize any sf
them.
II can do better than that" said lit
tie boy when his playmate jumped
across the sidewalk. 81 jumped twice as
far as that yesterday"
"Poh! can't you do that easy sun? /
could do it fore | was half as old as
your
any dog can do lots of things more
than your dog"
81 am going to have ring, and a brace.
let, and a muf, and maybe a piano, at
Christmas. My f,ther gives me every
thing ask for"
"lye walked around that square-and
that's mic-intwo minutes; yes, ] have
and more'n once, too; and I've timed It,"
81 could play croquet better than any
other fellow in our boarding place this
summer
81 didn't have any trouble in learning
to play tennis before I'd played three
weeks the young men said | played as
well as the other girls that had played
four summers"
81 never have any trouble with my
servants; they are always clad to stay
with me, and tell yoE | don't let them
humbuG me, either"
"Never saw horse yet that could get
the best of me! tell you it's all IN the
driver; and I'll undertake 10 show you
how to manage that colt"
When | hear anything like these
speeches, | know some of the B. family
are taking. They are very fond of the
pronoun |, and they have always the
most astonishing tales of their accom-
pishments TO tell. People listen to them
and then laugh at them. and different
memhers of the b. family laugh at each
olhtr' hno" solnc young pepple no
longer childien who are spoiled by this
family trait, although they are other
wise exceptionally good and clever. And
the excellent things thev do ouite lose
their good effect because we are sure to
hear about them in such way.
There is one good thing about this
family; you can leave at any time you
like; and think it would be well to in
quire whether we have got into the fam
lily by accident, and leave it at once for
the Brag family is not pleasant one to
outsiders.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
UNCERTAIN TIMES ALL AROUND.
Uncle Billy Finds II Dificult to Remsmbe,
Many Things.

Powerful sight o. pollyticks aroun' dis
FALL observed Uncle Billy to patrol.
man ON Russell street yesterday.
Eyes"
Powerful embarrassin' times, too. fur
some o. u.s."
Il presume So"
Powerful hard on an ole man like me
not to know exactly what to do"
"How's that?'
wall, when stranger takes Won ont
in de back yard an whispers dat he'll
gil. you 81 fur yer vote dats one sort o.
embarrassment When he doan' come
down wild de cash dats anoder sort
When he's dun cl'ared out am YOU can't
ulsrememDer his name nor de ticket he
wanted ye to vote dat mixes We all nm
all ye amt fit to do bizness, Powerful
orsartin times fur ole folks like meIo
Detroit Free Press.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-15
THE CRUISE OF THE AvAL.
The Mishaps of sesler m n Attempt
at Circumnsvigation

The schooner Sarah W. Hunt has been
heard from for the first time in more
than year. She sailed July 10, 1888,
on a sealing voyage, with crewof fifteen
Capt. Sanford s. Minor, master. The
voyage was to be around the world by
doubling the Cape of Good Hope and
back by way of Cape Horn. On the voy-
age out one of the seamen named julius
Jueger, when the vessel was in tie In
dian Ocean, fell from the masthead and
was lost overheard. On the arrival of
the vessel il Perseverance Pay, Campbell
Isla ad, some time about the latter pant
of November, two boats were lowered
one morning to hunt for seals. In one
boat was the mate and his crew of five
men, and in the other the second mate
and his crew of five men. They took
only lunch with them expecting to re.
turn the same afternoon. Only the cap-
tain and cook were left on the vessel
After waiting several days Capt. Miner
gave them up as lost. He and The cook
weighed anchor, and under short sail
made their way to Lyttleton, New Zea-
land, arriving there December s, 1888
Late in the day at the time the boat left
the vessel a heavy gale sprung up. On
arriving at New Zealand the master re.
ported the disaster and the Governor of
that Island sent vessel TO look after
the missing crew. On their arrival at
Campbell Island they found there the
second mate and his crew in a hut built
for castaway sailors to live in. They
were in very exhausted condition.
They were taken on board ana placed
in the Demedin Hospital, New Zealand
| for treatment.
The owners have received letter from
Capt. Miner from Auckland, Rev Zealand
informing them that he had secured a
second mate and seven seamen, and
should sail on his voyage the next day
toward and about Cape Horn. The name
Of the first mate lost is Charles Strecher
The names of the names of The five men
lost are not known. Hartford Evening
| Post.