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The Osceola times., 1884-11-22
HUSBANDS AND HELPMEEr>.

"Tis madness 10 defer" said the poet.
Had he been married he would have
written. It's madness to differ. Phiiadel-
phia Call.
A Pekin. III. woman has finger-nsils
an inch long. Her husband goes creep
ing around as though walking on tacKs.
Louisville Courier Journal
Every Mussulman is entitled to four
wives and no more" Goodness gracious,
isn't tina enough? Ii sometimes takes a
muscle-man to get along with one.
Dnke's Travellers Magazine.
Wife Good by. hubby; shall be out
shopping all day.
Hnshand-Weu. | guess when YOU get
through I'll he the one who's out. Bos-
ton Post.
Wife (reading Matilda Schultz, the
Georgia muIdre>s, has asked FOR re.
prieve o. three days.
Husband lretieciiyely)- y)-Evidently she
wants TO put on her ten-button gloves.
san Francisco Post
There is a man in Burlington who will
not have q clock in the house. they are
- upicN. " 9 ultN ANls hoNtNNts lUal
the mans wi.s i act always 0f his
opinion. and that the broom'> tick i
frequently heard there. Free Press.
The London Lancet declares that for
lack of exercise fashionable ladies settle
Sev, raj inches in height after middle
aye. This may be the case with fashion
aDlr ladies, but il Is rol quite 50 with
their husbands. The husbands get short
but they do lot settle, Louisville Cour-
ier rJOurnal.
How beautiful those two ola people
look sittir together al the hreside p
exclaimed ! sentimental young LADY. Il
wonder What they are talking aboUt9"
Probably ighting their battles Ger
again" replied her mstter-otfact com
paniOn. Burhn.tou Free Press.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22
WAITING FoR HIS FACE.
Anectionats wsichfuIness of = Faithful
Dog.

An incident in the life OF a small,
oulrse colly dog vas noted with great
interest Yesterday by residents in the
vicinity o. Oakland station on the Illi-
nois Central railroad. Early in the
morning the dog followed its owner to
the station, and after a vain attempt to
board the train conveying him to the
city took his seat on bench outside the
wall.
There all day the animal remained
patiently awaiting his owners return.
The children IN the neighborhood re.
marked the little fellow and made
iiends with him. but no coaxing of
theirs could induce him to leave the
bench. Several sympathetic women
joined their efforts 70 those IF the chill
dren's but obtained only such thanks as
a dog could give for their pains. He
held up his paw to shake to several.
looked wistfully with his large brown
ewes at al his inquiry for his master.
-.t "a used t0 quit the bench.
Eyr train that PASSED tie log mount
vI On ,ue wal and closely -crutnized.
and Seeir. ul, th, familiar face he iook.
ed Q fr r.a-lEcl hi- attitude Of pat;ent
NaI-l-. Fool and water were
taken t1 .H. but he refused bl.u. The
afternoon adually narrowed and the
dog still wa ted and watched, darkness
e. and the lake breezes grew chill, still
b. G.ruc 20 ais post.
Business men, not few ofwhom their
" YES and children had interested in
the faithful sniual, stopped 10 nat him.
hu- 40 ind Icall-nt could draw him frum
the bench. Late Iast chi the dog was
$ there listening with Waaging tail
to til praise 'i man who declared he
wouldn't take a hundred dollars for such
a dog. He has been restored to his own.
er. Chicago Tribune.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22

its head higher and higher from the
ground, until il became a 81 lendid tree
and an ornament 10 the block. Collins
took considerable pride in 1t, and often
remarked that the tree would die when
he did; but this was always accepted as
pleasantly. and no one paid any more
attention 10 it than would be given to
any other odd conceit which person
might have concerning something in
which he took considerable pride.
About two months ago Mr.. Collins was
taken sick. and two weeks ago died. At
tention was called To the tree during the
latter part of Mr.. Collins illness. and it
was found to be rapidly shedding its
leaves. A little inquiry and comparison
of notes showed that the leaves had be-
gun to wlther and fall about the time its
owner took to his bed, and within few
days after his funeral it presented the
appearance of being dead, and certainly
looked so 10 a reporter OF the Cali when
he visited the place yesterday. One of
the gentlemen referred 10 above said that
"the life of the tree went out with the
life of Collins" San Francisco Call.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22
4 WEIRD STORY
The Death of a Man And Tree. and some
Queer Coineidsnces.

In front Of the house 1878 Steiner
street stands a weeping-wilIow tree. 10
all outward appearance deaf and IN the
6rsi STAGE of decay. Every leaf has fall
en- from its boushs and tWi.s. and il
forms striking contrast 10 a sister vii
loS dia sonally across the street which :
fully clothed in green and presents 4
most Vigorous and healthy appearance.
Accoriin. to those who live in the Vi
cinity the decay and dsaJl OF the tree
were marked by co,ncitent features in
the life and death oftls man who plant
ed i;, which. 20 say the least. were very
mysterious. Two centlem-n have com
nunica;ci the facts in the c.lse 70 the
Call. each being UnznoEr % the other
there5orr, each being Unacquaiuted with
the iac; hat the other had eonnuniczt-
ed.
Their story : that some fourteen wears
seo 5. J. Collins. = PAINTER by trade.
changed his reSitercp from Bar,lert
s;ree;. IN this ci.v. o. NJ 1878 S,eirer.
taking with him a small weeping willow
tree. He st the shrub rcf on the cutter
eti-e OF the sidewalk. diregtlv in frurt of
his house. He guarded and ca-si f1r il.
and il ereE and h1urishei AMI spread
its branches wider and wider, and lifted
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22
How Struggling Feels.

few days ago a yoIng German named
Anton Dresser. who had been disch re-
ed from the employ of a fruit peddler,
and who boarded on German street at
tempted to commit suicide by hanging.
Wien discovered and cut down. his
heart had almost ceased beating, and it
was two hours before he was restored
to consciousness. He was Yesterday
asked by representative ofthis paper to
describe his sensations and he promptly
replied
They were so pleasant that | may try
It again some day
Did you have the idea on your mind
a great Vhile7r
NO. From the moment it entered my
head to the tine,I swung of was not over
half an hour. tied the rope to a beam
in the barn, put my neck in the moose
while standing on barrel. and then
kicked the barrel away. The only fear
had was that the rope would hurt
me-
And did it,"
Yes; for a second or two it was like
dull knife saving at my neck"
And you must have choked terri
blyw
81 did not fully realize it. vas dim
ly conscious of kicking around and
know ! raised my hands and erasped
the rope. | suppose suffered Tor ten
seconds, and then it was very pleasant
thing
And you were conscious
Barely 80. II seems now dreamed
it ALL"
But YOU did not know when you were
cut down.
"Oh, no. The dream, or whatever
you may call it, finally faded out, and
the next thing knew | was in bed in
the house, and they were treating me-
And YOU rather like hapging2"
II would rather die that way than
any other. wouldn't like drop to
break my neck, rs is the case on the
gallows, but If they would swing me of
aud let me choke, | would face the
music any day Detroit Free Press.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22
FASHION NOTES

Brown fur Of an kinds are in favor.
Buttons are things Of fine art nova
DAYS.
Visiting. driving. walking. and even
Ing wrsps have each distinct charac.
ter this season, but there is a huge varie-
~ Of esch kind
Little girls hats and bonuets are not
so large a. those Of last winter. The
pointed tSh-Hlte poke and the turban
arr the favorite shapes.
Originality, inequality, and variety
no two things in dresses, wraps, honnats
or sJutfs alike. are the dogmis of dress
this tall and winter.
The newest thing in brass ash lcceiv.
ers ,1r smokers use is concaye cras-
cent. With the profile Of the man in tho
moon forming the inner edge.
Narrow braids, black and in dark cloth
colors, come with bright effects secured
b. metallic threads shot in. and these
braids trim numbers OF cloth costumes
jackets, and jerseys.
Military jackets Of cloth Jersey weh.
biu and velvet are braided In variety
ci l-litary STYLES with gold. silver. and
steel braid. These are the street wear
for young ladies for the passing month.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22
LILY AND FREDDIE.
II Is said Mr.. Langtry is willing to Get Out
Oft Way.

The often rumored Langtry- -Gebhard
marriage, tits said, is likely to take
some definite shape when the Jersey
beauty returns to this country. Before
another year is over Mrs. .Langtry VIII
be Mrs. Gebhard. This is now about
certain. The two parties most interest
ed have been within the last week or
ten days sending each cable dispatches
of fifty, 100, and even 200 words at a
time. Mr.. Gebhard has been the most
active in this expensive style OF episto-
larry communication.
PlivaIe g letters from England have re-
Gently been received in this city which
in large part explain the peculiar con-
dition Of afi,lirs " hich prevents the i'm
mediate fmcttication of he hopes ofthe
fair English woman. The point of effec-
tive force Is, in sort, Mr.. Langtry. lie
parted from his wife some three year,
ago or more, and since that time has
gone his way unimpeded, and 50 has
/ she. Mrs. Langtry has haG no comuni
cation with him whatever the last year
Through a friend he was approached
on the subject ofa divorce, as she did
not dare TO make the proposition direct
| ly. Mr.. Langtry said very coolly: Ger
tainly. let there be a divorce. But
must be the plaintiff" 1t was explain
ed to him that this would be next TO i'm
/ possible to accomplish. His wife would
never consent 10 act in the position o
defendant in such a suit, for she wonid
l have 10 bear all the odium. Then lei
her remain married till my DEATH" said
Mr.. Lan.try, "and," he added. 81 am 8
! pretty healthy man"
Lltterly, however, Mr. Langtry has
come to believe that perhaps they might
better be srpara Sd. A friend OF her.
has been work lg the mater up in hel
behalf When the friend said that h,
ought to consent to the divorce bein.
got against hi 4 in place Of against hel
he said he was not averse to il. HC
would not oppose any action she shoulc
bring If il were done decently. The only
question III his ulliu was NutTr luF SUI
should be brought He understood thai
in some American states there wer,
several reasons for divorce, and perhAp.
it would be better to bring the actor
there, and he would not appear.
This, it is said, is the cause of the sud
den cable correspondence between Mrs
Langtry and Mr. Gebhard. He is get
ting the informal on necessary in tn,
matter, snd is furnishing it by cable, 81
as to save delay. 1t l. not unlikely tha
they will, after all, appeal TO the law o
England, where actually the divorc,
laws are easier than here. The new
French law has been discussed, and tht
law OF Holland, too, Of which Mr.. Lang
try is resident. But even there /
would need that the wife 20 a..d remain
some time if she would be the one t,
bring the case. Thus they are IN sur,
perploxity, and even nov that Mr.
iaugtry's consent has been obtained
they seem to be as far from the goal a
ever.
The reason for Mr.. Langtry's consen
j. said to be that he, too, is desirous @
marrying, and that he Is tired of a sing.
w-etchedness tEat offers no compensa
ton.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22
A MISERABLE EMPRESS.
A suffering Life Masked by stately SPLEEN
dor and Royal Show.

Strange and sometimes pathetic are
the ways of those royal households of
which only the cold, stately splendor
meets the eye. How few, seeing the
Empress of Germany, fulfilling al. the
duties of her station, every inch Queen
would guess that for eighteen months
since her accident, she has been racked
with almost intolerable pain. Unable
TO walk or leave her chair, she had her.
self carried once week to the Augusta
Hospital and to the Augusta foundation
for the daughters of poor officers and
those killed in battle; both these inst.
tutions are her own work, and she dis.
penses in person consolation, advice and
commands. Every Sunday, well
or ailing, she attends divine services.
not in her private chapel or oratory.
but in one OF the public churches. En-.
press in name-slave in fact-she shirks
none of the obligations, even the most
trying ones, of her station, and a>tonish.
es the most experienced diplomats and
ablest state ministers by the readiness
OF her wit, her unfailing tact and pro-
found erudtion. Those who see her
haut pas, covered with priceless jewels
robed in her purple mantle irinCed with
heavy sable do not realize that the regal
train Intentionally thrown over her feet
hides the manned, tortured limb Is ef-
fectually as her suiferings are concealed
under the smile which she turns on the
Emperor at her right, on the mistress
of tie robes standing a little back on the
left. or on the ladies bending low before
her in triple courtesy as they pass.
She who could best reveal the truth
and tell o. noble endurance and brave
patience is the old Silesian woman who
was brought from her reasant home in
the provinces - give the sovereign re-
lief by her def man.pulations. She has
done nothing else since her childhood,
and the professional gift Of healing
friction is hereditary in her family, as
it is with many Of the Silesian shepherds
l This aged woman rlbs the Empress
twice. sometimes three Times day, ac.
cording 10 the intensity OF the pain
and is rarely away from her now. Len
don Letter
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22
Feeling coaad.ue. in tn. Future.

A. NJ Vanderbilt SAYS there Is every
thing in feeling Conscience in the future.
James LAndias. Ark. used 70 De situated
in Tennessee. one night the big river
seat oR a bender. and ext morning the
landing WIS on the Arkansas shore. The
bSlf-doren residents erawled out Of bed.
70 be amazed and 3gmfounded. and
pluneed in:o despair. Ater q bit a
steamboat came alous and turned her
nose into the hank. and the captain called
oz.-
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22
L. Lnr.t.naAllU

"what in blazes has happened1"
This new cut of has moved us into
Arkansas" was the reply.
"Bad! bad! And how do you feel!
well, we did feel all broke up at hrst
but we've had meeting and talked II
over. and we've got heap of confidence
in the future Come to igger up we've
iumped Tennessee debts 10 the amount
of $500" Wall Street News.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22
IN ARCADIA.
n. 7. ". DUKE.

u. t. w. DUNE.
Because choose to keep my seat.
Nor loin the giddy dancers whlrl.
pray you do not laugh. my girl,
Nor ask me why | fnd Il sweet
In my old age to watch your glcc-
|. too, have been In Already.
And though full well know secm
Quite out Of place In scenes like this,
You can't imagine how much bliss
IL gives me just to SIT and dream.
As your fair form goes fitting by,
How l. too. dwelt In Already.
For, sweetheart. In your merry eyes
A vanished summer buds and blows,
And with the same bright checks OF rose
see your mothers image rise,
And Ger long and weary track
Ny buried boyhood wanders back.
And as with tear-dimmed eyes cast
On your sweet form my swimming gano'
think your mother used to dance
just as you de- In that dead past.
Long years ago es ty-three,-
When |, too DIV II In Already.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22

Miss Eva Mackoy is said 10 be nun
like in her dress. The fact that she has
half a million II year to spend tor clothes
is probably one reason why there are
none like her. Graphic,
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22

Thoush; is always busy. and ~hen il
move. only N a useless circle. it ia more
wear,sou1e. because more usintsrssting.
than when IL marches with steady and
elastic tread 70 ihe goal Of knowledge.
The Osceola times., 1884-11-22

De roGzhes' bark gin rally kibsrs Up lie
strsishte- srsis.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-12-04
The Exclusive Briton.

The following anecdote is told in re-
lation to the unsociable habits of Eng
lishmen who travel. An old American
gentleman was travelling from Liver
pool to London. Three gentlemen in
ali occupied the carriage, and for an
hour after the train had begun its
Journey never one exchanged syl-
liable with another. At last the Ameri-
can broke silence, and said: "Gentle-
men, am l. D.. have come
from. / have been a merchant for
fifty years, and now / am living in
ease. l am 80 years of age, and have
two eyes and one tongue, and, like a
great many of my countrymen, l take
pleasure in using them. My eyes
feel the period in which they have done
me service, and / can not read for the
motion of the train. Having intro
duced myself, l trust, gentlemen, you
will not look upon me as pickpocket. "
At this one of the gentlemen drew
out his card-case, and gave his card.
This example was Immediately fol-
lowed by the other. "Well, gentle
menu said the American, ''you do not
seem to know one another; let me in
troduce you;'' and with that he crossed
his arms and presented the card Of one
to the other. This was the beginning
of warm and long friendship. Lon
don Echo.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-12-04
THE HATRED OF THE PAST.


Under other circumstances than those
which surround the utterances of cam
didate smarting under defeat and ex-
asperated by the alienation of hope
and fear which preceded the final an
nouncement, such speech would have
stirred the country to the depths of Sec
tional feeling. But now they are un-
derstood to be the utterances of an in
dividual embittered by disappointment
without that calm philosophy which
can accept the result hereoically and
give to his competitor the fair acknowl-
edgment of his success and to the coun-
try the credit of its choice and the hope
of its honest purpose. Mr.. Blaine's
speech sounds like the calmness of de-
liberation; but its spirit is the wild pas
sion of hate and disappointment which
stands in fatal contrast to the soft words
of his letter of acceptance. The ques-
ton that suggests itself is even c0nced-
ing the truth of what he says. What
difference would Mr.. Blaine's election
make in theevils he complains of? The
solid South was not and could not be
made an issue in the late campaign, and
there are reasons to hope that, if prop
erly exercised, Mr.. Cleveland's election
will do more to break that hated solidi-
ty than all the years of Republican as
cendancy have accomplished. We
think that calm and thoughtful Repub-
licans everywhere must regret-if no
stronger words are required to express
their feelings this painful effort to em-
barrass the future with the passions and
hatreds of the past.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-12-04
yErrHrR srArEsMAN NOR PoIlr1cIAN.

NEITHER STATESMAN NOR POLITICIAN.
E lBostsn Herah-Ind.I
In his speech at Augusta Tuesday
evening he made fitting end Of cam
paign full Of dodges by raising the
Southern question " the first position
in the issue between the two parties.
Mr.. Blaine Is not q fanatic or an illib'
eral man. He does not care a rap
about the Southern question. He be-
lieves, If he really believes anything,
that the Southern States should have
self-supporting governments, and that
Leadership is gift, not a device"
Therefore his change of tone on the
Southern question is merely an express
sion, in very bad taste, or his disap-
pointment. 1t is the same piece with
his claim of fraud i'm New York, when
there were no indications Of fraud, and
for that matter, with his course all
through the campaign. Mr.. Blaine is
no statesman-he is not even n good
politician.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-12-04

Answers for the anxious: r. LII
your rhyme was as good as your poll
tics you would lay Tennyson out cold.
Calypso.-We have always sympathiz-
ed with your prototype; but. if she got
left for boring ULYSSES with bad jokes,
we think she got just what she deserv-
ed. r. B. H.-Your lode on Being
the Possessor of Prize Pumpkin" is
touching and tender; but why give over
the golden joys ofrural obscurity for the
garish triumphs of the tinsel-spangled
fields of poesyp Mellow in Fremont a
while yet, R. B. H. Coachman.-We
have no objection to your marrying the
fair young heiress of your love-not the
slightest This is free country, and
native worth is better than plutocratic
rank. But when it comes to pouring
out the Joy of your soul in verse, we
elevate the brogan of determined re-
monstrance.-Puck.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-12-04
He Went.

"Beg your pardon, MISS" remarked
a neutrality-suspicious.
the-big- -sirls-looking sort of man, as
he sat down beside a young lady who
was wiping her eyes with her handker-
chief; ''beg your pardon, miss, but I
see you are in trouble. / offer you my
assistance. Nothing pains me more
deeply than to see woman in distress.
Women were made to be happy, and it
makes me sad to see you weep here
with no one to comfort you. 1t always
grieves me grieyiously to see tear in
a pretty woman's eye. l was drawn
toward you by the magnetism of SYM
pathy. Can do something for you?"
"Yes you can," the young lady re-
piled, withdrawing her handkerchief
and showing one red eye and one
saucy one; perhaps if you will SO in
the next car and sit there for an hour,
the nasty, mean cindcr in my left eye
will be attracted by your magnetism
and follow YOU
He went.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-12-04
ADrin That seemed Easy.


From the ''Recollections of a Pm
vate," in the November Century, we
quote the following; "After enlisting
/ didn't seem of so much consequence
as expected. There was not so much
excitement on account of my military
appearance asI deemed justly my due.
/ was taught my facings, and at the
time thought the drill-master need
lessly fussy about shouldering, order
ing, and presenting arms. The mus
ket, after an hours drill, seemed heavs
ier and less ornamental than it had
looked to be. The first day went out
to drill, getting tired of doing the
same thing over and over, said to the
drill-sergeant: Let's stop this fooling
and go over to the grocery His only
reply addressed to a corporal: Cor
poral, take this man out and drill him
like h-r; and the corporal did. l
found that suggestions were not as well
appreciated in the army as in private
life, and that no wisdom was equal to a
drill-master's Right face Left Wheel
and Right, oblique, march 1t takes
a raw recruit some time to learn that
he is not to think or suggest, but obey.
Some never do learn. | acquired it at
last, in humility and mud, but it was
tough. Yet 1 doubt if my patriotism,
during my first three weeks drill, was
quite knee high. Drilling looks easy to
spectator, but it isn't. Old soldiers
who read this willremember their green
recruithood and smile assent. After
time had cut down my uniform so
that could see out of it, and had con-
quered the drill sufficiently to see
through it. Then the word came: On
to Washington!'
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fears already excited at the South
among the colored by the claim that
''the negro will be compelled to work
for just such wages as the whites may
Decree" he goes beyond the bounds OF
all patience in his reckless and wicked
appeal. Mr.. Blaine's attitude Is mainly
OF interest to the men who have lately
been supporting him for President
They are to be pitied. Their humilia-
tions are grievous. They were COM
PEELED to support a candidate whom
they despised. They were not vindi-
Gated by victory, but went to sore de-
feat on every hand. And now their
plague returns to torment them and
threatens to demand another trial OF
their support four years hence. Mr..
Blaine has ceased to trouble the country,
but he is a very troublesome problem
to the Republican party. They will
have to begin to tell the truth about
him again right away.