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The Osceola times., 1884-05-24
MUSINGS.
Philadelphia Can.

The secret of long life is a good and
CHEEKY wife.
After seeing Henry Irving in Much
Ado About Nothing" one cannot but
feel that the play is well named.
A recent poem entitled "An Angel in
the Household" 1t must be an Irish
servant girl who hasn't any cousins.
1t is said that Stunning" parties are
so obnoxious to some Door people that
they have actually gone to work.
When we see dude with cigarette
in his mouth, we are inclined to doubt
that che who smokes thinks like phil
osopher."
A Frenchman claims that Re has in
vented a system by which he can cause
three and two to make six. He is evil
IDENTIFY a plumber.
The trout season is now open. You
can catch more of 'em with quart bot
tie and two dollar bill than you can
with a hook and line.
Editors should be very careful of their
health. so as to hive to a ripe age IL is
their duty to do this, in order to combat
the old superstition that the good die
young.
Broadway is the principal thorough
fare in New York city, and the name is
very appropriate Residents of that city
prefer the broad way to the narrow and
straight path.
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24
Dowdiness of Married Women.
London World.

The American lady who, in last weeks
World, criticised the degrading economy
and other failings of her English friend
writes as though transatlantic dressing
was altogether above censure. So ii is
in all the American novels have ever
read; but pretty large experience Of
travelling Americans has forced upon me
other convictions. The absolute naivete
and candor of the false fringes which
have beheld tied on to American heads
at table d'hote surpassed anything an
English woman would venture on; il sur
prised me as much as the average Ameri-
can stoutness, for which | was not pre-
ared, and which ran very high indeed.
And then, granting that the transatlan.
tic girl dresses with research and dexter
ity, how about the dismal. the faded, the
how shall | express her?-,he alpaca
female that accompanies her? This
dowdiness of the married always seem TO
me bourgeois and provincial thing. AS
for English dressing, it is good and bad.
We English women have taught all fem
inine France-w hich took the lesson
humbly-how to do its hair for the last
eight ysau,
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24
pRoPPuNo CORN.

Pretty Phebe Lane and !.
In the soft May weather,
Barefoot down the burrows went
Dropping corn together.
Side by side across the field,
Back and forth we hurried;
All the golden grains we dropped
Soon the plowshare buried.
Bluebirds on the hedges sat,
Chipping low and billing;
"why." thought /, mot follow suit,
II the maid is willingr'
So I whispered, "PhGbe, dear.
Kiss mo" keep on dropping!"
Called her father, from the plow-
There's no time for stopping"
The cord was loosed. the moment sped ;
The golden charm was broken;
Nevermore between us two
Word Of love was spoken.
What little slip. sometimes.
All our hope releases!
How the merest breath of chance
Breaks our Joy in pieces!
Sorrows cup, though often drained.
Never lacks for filling,
And we can't get fortunes kiss
when the maid is willingl
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24
The Speed of II Flying Duck.
Pittsburg Chronicle.


1t may be interesting to the reader to
know the speed at which many ducks fly
down wind
Mallard. from 45 to 80 miles an hour
Black duck from 45 to 30 miles IN
hour,
Pintail. from 80 20 60 miles an hour.
Widgeon, from 65 to 20 miles an hour
Wood duck, from IS to go miles an
hour.
Gadwall, from 60 to 20 miles an hour
Redhead, from so to 30 miles an hour
Blue wingtail. from so to 100 miles an
hour.
Broadbill, from S5 to 10 miles an hour
Canvas back, from S5 to l20 miles an
hour.
Wild geese, from 50 to 80 miles an
hour.
For the above table | am indebted 10
Mr.. ID. w. Cross, an old duck shooter and
a careful student of the habits of water
fowl. have not the slightest hesitancy
in believing him right, for the expert
ence of others with whom ! have shot
ducks, coupled with my own more than
corrobora,es the assertions. When |
have held ahead of string of blue bills
say at least ten feet, and kill the fourth
or fifth duck in the string, | have been
strongly impressed that the speed they
were flying was like the traditional greas-
ed lightning, remembering that the
charge Of shot left my gun (No. shot,
say,) with an initial velocity OF | 800 to
1000 feet per second. 1t will be seen
that long experience and good Judgment
is necessary to know where to hold the
gun in order to become good duck shot.
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24
He Bought 1t.

"Come, darling" said pretty Young
wife to her husband, the other day.
"Come, now won't you buy me one of
those lovely hats at Bringem's2 They're
only eleven dollars, and they're Just too
sweet for any use."
Eleven dollars? Why, Cinderella, |
couldn't raise eleven dollars to-day to
save my soul from gehenna !"
"Oh Yes you could" she said coax
ingly.
"No. Upon my word / couldn't"
"Oh Yes you could, now."
"But could not, Cinderella. Posi-
lively could not"
well, then guess I'll have to get
along without it, bit did want one to
wear to the theater tonight, so bad"
"To the theater?
"Yes."
"How are you going to the theater"
"Ohl Ha. ha, hal I'm going with
somebody that has money enough tc
take me He is such a dear old fellow
too, and he will give me the money, if
ask him."
"Now, Cinderella, don't make fool o
Yourself. Who are you going to The
theater WITH"
"a man, of course, and good, kint
man, too. One who will do anything il
this world / ask him to. Oh, I've gon,
places lots of times with him, when yol
didn't know anything about IT."
"Say, Cinderella, who is it?"
"Never. / wouldn't tell you, yo'
mean old thing. Pye known him eve
since was little girl, and he is SO GOO
and sweet, and | like him too much +
tell you"
Say, Cinderella, tell me who he IL
and will get you the hat
"Ohl you can't raise the money"
81 will raise it."
"You would hurt him. Pm afraid,
you will promise not to hurt him an
will bring me one of those lovely hats,
will tell you who it is, and won't go {
the theatre with him unless you are wi
ling"
"There, that's a good girl. Now VIII
is it,"
you promise all that"
"Yes."
"And you won't get mad?'
"No."
"Why, then its-its papa" The loa
was lifted and the hat came.
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24
PUGS WHICH ARE PAMPERED.
Tho Profoundest Depth of Feminine De
met.
Boston Globe.

DDstoH plobt
"Have YOU a silver dog collar" inquir
ed fashionablyd lady as she en-
tered a Washington street store. She
bore in her arms black-nosed pug dos
of good proportions. which she deposit
ed carefully on the floor as though h,
were in danger of breaking.
"Would you like collar or a harness
Harnesses are very fashionable and they
cannot slip over the head as collars are
apt to do in the case of pug dogs. Yor
see that the neck is as la &c around al
head and it is almost impossible to keei
a collar on.
"Oh, that is delightful" exclaimed the
young lady as the straps were adjusted
What is the price? Only S25? How
cheap"
The money was paid and girl and dos
went their way rejoicing.
do you have many such customers as
that?' inquired reporter.
ave have them constantly" was the
reply. Frequently we sell collars fol
dogs that are not themselyers worth hall
the price as the collar. We have fifteen
hundred patterns of dog collars. but
even at that we frequently have custom.
ers who are too fastidious to be suited
from the stock, and we have to make
something to order. The other day a
lady came in and showed silver bangle
bracelet and wanted collar made for
her dog Just like it. There is no know
ing what woman will do when she
fairly gets the dog fever. Why, wo-
man came in here the other day Juggling
dog in her arrrs, and the animal had
around his neck collar of satin orna-
mented with violets and primroses, hand
painted. One woman has bought at
least 500 worth of collars within year
past. On the other hand a sporting man
came in the other day with tine bird
dog, worth at least 81 900, but his collar
was not worth 81. 1t is the same princi-
Pile as a man carrying watch worth $500
with shoe string for chain. Collars are
no protection against dog thieves. They
rather increase the liability of theft %.
pecially when the collar lie worth $50 and
the dog 20 ceuts."
"Do you hssr many dog stoass'"
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24
LAND AND IMMIGRATION.

It is said that near the lines of the two
railroads now In course of construction
through Volusia county, Fla, Hamilton
Disston has raised the price of his lands
from 81 TO 81 per acre.
Lady Lake, eight miles from Leesbui g
ON the Florida Southern Railway, is a
promising town. An English company
have settled near there and are making
considerable improvements for the pur-
pose ofgoing into the truck business.
Charleston, s. c., shows a rapid in.
creae in real estate values, the increase
for 1883 over the previous year being
e66c 900. During 1883, 52S permits for
buildings and improvements were grant
cd, against $50 permits the previous year.
A lot of ground in the northw western part
Of the city, which Is assessed at $500, sold
ct public sale short time ago Tor S3,-
Tennessee. North Carolina, Virginia
and West virRinia are encouraging i'm.
migration TO those sections by having
agents placed ct many points in New
England, who will give foil information
shout the sections they represent; and
The Hatlyoads, BY an arrangement with
the Boston and Norfolk Steamship Line.
win give series of excursions to pros.
pecton, the average railroad fare being
only about one cent per mile.
Al Rome, the Sacred Congregation of
the Propaganda has instructed the Arch.
bi:hops Of Genoa and Naples. the princi-
pal centes OF Italian emigration to
America. to form Q committee 10 co-oper.
ete with the Archbishops of New York.
Boston and Baltimore for the protection
o. Italian emigrants. Signor Vincent
9aistola leaves Naples for New York ss
- o9bcaal conoepordent between the
- ,a'e cqunitsss end the
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.

Jacksonville, Fla, is apitating for a
Board of Trade.
Putnam county, Ga, farmers have in
vested $4,000 in mules this season.
A silk farm has been established in
Powhatan county, Va, by number of
French families.
Over 100000 cigars were made in
Key West last year, valued at the lowest
estimate at 81 $780, 900.
There is movement for a grand Ex-
position Of industries and products at
Raleigh, n. c., in October next.
South Carolina last year derived from
agriculture. manufactures and mining
S22 100000 more than in 1880.
The largest stove factory ever erected
in the South commenced operation IN
Chattauoosa, Tenn, recsntly;
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24
WHAT HE SAW IN LONDON.
Philip de Grandlieu to Clsmenoeau-A
Comparison Between England and

Philip Dc Grandiieu 10 Clemenceau-A
Cemparison Between England and
Philip de Grandlieu, the Royaist writ
er of the Paris Figaro, addresses, through
its columns, an open letter to Clemen
ceau, who has just returned to Paris from
visit to London. He calls the Republi
can leaders attention to certain curiou
things he must have seen in England
and which, according to De Grandlieu
it would be difficult to find in France.
"You must have seen." he writes, Il
proud and liberal democracy; intelligent
and just, not Jacobiuical and revenge
full, blindly psrsecuting those that have
run counter to its wishes.
"You have sen . nation that recon
Giles progress and traditions, the main
tenance of royalty and the development,
Of liberty.
"You have seen the nation, with prac.
tical good sense. satisfied with equality
before the law, just taxation, impartial
rewarding of meritorious services in the
army or the navy and the opening of all
careers to the most worthy.
"You have seen parliamentary msjori.
ties, q free from violence as from fanat-
icism, who protect society from the in
roads Of einkering theorists.
StV~s, n ~oovs n s.akto,, s,,,hssoI sr,stI,
the spirit Of Belgium and keeping holy
the Sabbath Day.
"You have seen Bradlaugh, the atheist
who, turned out and kept out Of Parlia-
ment, though he offers now to take an
oath he does not believe in. The man.
ner and morals of our English neighbors
insist on religion in the State. The Jews
who have fought their way into Parlia-
ment believe in q god, while atheism
means destruction to society.
"You have seen Westminster Palace,
that the Emperor Nicholas called q
dream in stone Amid those architect
ural glories devotion to tradition and the
historical past overthrew the spirit of
sect or party. You have seen the throne,
with its raised dais, its mighty candela-
bra and its steps like an alter, and may
ask yourself if this be not the sanctuary
of royalty and freedom.
when you were present at debate
in the House Of Lords upon the labor
question, who moved an examination
into the condition of the working class
es? The leader of the Conservative par
ty. Who seconded the motion? The
Prince Of Wales, who spoke Tor the first
time and who thought he could not hon.
or his maiden speech more than by ex-
tending helping hand to English work.
ingmen."
After comparing the vast dominions
of the British Queen with the compare
lively small area of the French Republic
a proportion of forty TO one, De Grand
lieu concludes by asking: "Would Eng
land have attained such degree of pow
er and wealth if the unf, riunate expert
ment of q republic, tried there two GEN.
turies and half ago, had been persisted
in? Could that degree have been main
tanned if, exhausted by succeeding revo-
lutions, she had been the prey, now of
anarchy and then again Of despotism for
more than century,,
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24

"well, / should say did. Every man
and woman who comes in has a story to
tell of the wonderful doings of his or
her dog. OF course must show an in
terest in them all or fall forever in the
estimation of the customers
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24
pAsr AND PRESENT.
AlEAWla

PAsr AND PRESENT.
Adown the river bank we straysd
Among the reeds and cresscs.
Ths evening zcphyrs softly played
And wantoaed with her tresses.
rAe vioases were al sbioom.
Or aroor vines we're twining.
~ througA H. deepening twilight GLOOM
Dvske Lssa's silver shino.,-
n.gsae. vain Moon, thy pr,lns ace. III
u>de thou beyond yon mountain.
Leave us in this enchanted place
To drink OF loves sweet fountain.
There. on the bank, the Southern flower
And ver<iant moss adorning.
We entered our eequestered bower,
And drank of love till morning.
while lowly Blended starry skies,
And soft winds sighed around us,
And through Il . vines the pccrine e,cs
or fair Aurora found us.
Full many changes o'er my head
Have passed since that glad evening.
dead.
Forxotten-some are living"
hut thou ART true. my angel wife,
with all my faults thou'rt tender,
And thou canst duh the thorns Of life,
And bitter sweetness render.
n cold or silent have seemed,
Or sometimes harshly spoken.
luy gentle smiies thry' Tears have beained,
And all my pride have broken.
The moon shone Gown upon US there.
The stars were brightly beaminG,
But there was not star ~ fair
A thee, I'm heaven cleaning.
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24

A New Hampshire lady has worn one
pair Of earrings night and day for forty
year," About time, we should say, to
lake en- o. and have 'em cleaned. Bat
~ q euuss = n xsw Hanpshsss
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24

Golden wire bonnet frames, covered
with golden net and trimmed with gold
en- wheat, dandelions ana pale blush
roses, and tied with coprer colored vel
vet strings, ere high novelties for opra o.
yeoeptIou wear,
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24
LIFE IN MEXICO.
How People Move About in the Capital
Of the "Sister Republic

Street Cara and Public Carriages Om-
nibuses r Porters- Money and the Chang
Ing Thereof.
The Osceola times., 1884-05-24

II we have no inpediments We will
take TO the traIaway, Tue street car
lines In this city radiate in every direc-
from the csBtral plaza. Trips are infrs.
Qusl, say oaSs IL half IN Acss, not u
Bridgeton pioneer., 1884-10-09
The Value of a Voice.

New York Cor. Albany JournaLl
To-day | saw woman who had made
severe sacrifice to art, and had not
been fairly reco9pensed for it. She
was Clara Louise Kellogg, and she had
just returned from Europe. She is a
good-looking woman, and not too ma
ture to be Marguerite in Faust some
more, only she hasn't the voice for it.
1t is said that out of the many suitors
which a successful prima donna is sure
to have she selected one to love, but that,
believing the theory that matrimony
and motherhood were destructive of a
voices best qualities, she sturdily re-
fuses to wed. Nevertheless, her vocal
organ has given out, and she is neither
singer nor wife. She has fortune
enough to live luxuriously, however,
and comeliness sufficient, should say,
to win husband if she still has any
desire for one. She was then going to
Saratoga to wear a number of fine
dresses that she had brought from
Paris
Was she right about her avoidance
OF a wedding as a protection to her
voice3 No. Experts say that she in
jured it by false method of singing;
and as for the marrying, look at Nils
son, who is a widow, Gerster and AL
bini, who have husbands and babies,
and Patti, with two spouses Highly
hazardous property is an operatic voice.
Campanini had tenor worth 81, 900
for every performance. He brought it
to America, and zealously guarded it
against the changeableness of our er-
ratio climate. But he incautiously ex-
posed it to tho rigors of our whisky, and
it has sustained serious and possibly ir-
reparable injury. He is one of the few
Italian singers who are Italian. He
was blacksmith before he became
public singer. He is a whole-souled,
winsome fellow in private life, and
speedily made boon friends among New
Workers, who are ready to begin drink
ing, bat are reluctant to stop. Most Ital-
ian artists who come here stick to mac
caroni and red wine. Campanini found
delight in doing as certain Americans
did. Consequence: His singing last
season was marked by several disas-
trous break downs.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1884-10-09
Edison's Now Photograph.
New York World.1

Mr.. Edison has grown somewhat stout
these last three years, and is no longer
the bony alchemist he was when he held
his midnight vigils, wrestling with the
obstinate battery at Menlo Park, and
lunches of fortuitous pastry summoned
the Demon of Indigestion. asked him
if he should go to Philadelphia to wit
ness the fine electrical show there.
eyes," he said, probably; as soon as
get my new phonograph finished. 1
have now in the works far the finest
talking-machine ever made. 1t is double
grooved, and will receive and utter two
voices at once, and, as it runs by cleo
tricity and is regulated to the desired
speed, it will deliver its message exactly
as it was spoken. One prime trouble
with the old machine was that the pitch
and accents could not be preserved, for
the message was sure to be turned off at
a different speed; so that, in singing es-
pecially, there was a constant iatting
and changing of pitch, which produced
horrible discords. This is quite remedied
in the duet phonograph, and will give
some important results not attained
before
Bridgeton pioneer., 1884-10-09
"Givc the Old Man a Chnnce.o
EDetroit Free Press

Moved, at one time, by the prevalence
of the 'motherly' minstrelsy-"R
Me to Sleep, Mother" 'Who Will Care
for Mother Now2' etc-Artemus Ward
cried out: "Give the old man a chance"
The ''old man" stands in need, at the
present day, of another friend to do him
the same kind service. The literature
of the time is full to overfowing of SYM
pathy and sorrow for the feminine
head of the house, while the mascu-
line head-if he can be called a ''head"-
gets the cold shoulder.
One OF the most persistent forms that
this discrimination takes is the picture
OF the patient wife confined to the house
from morn till night mending socks
and having no soul to speak to, while
the husband is engaged in intercourse
with the world at large, exchanging
Ideas and enjoying that communion-or
conf1ict-of mind with mind which is so
necessary to- growth and progress.
This is not a bad picture, in its way
1t has, no doubt, vast number of orig
inals; and it is truthfully drawn from
them. But it does not really give the
'old man. a fair chance. For there is
another picture equally true to life. 1t
is a picture of the husband toiling
hard from morning to night week
in and week out, wrestling with
the world to support his fam
lily, with no time for that flint
and-steel contact of mind with mind
which strikes out the fires of progress
and growth. The wife, meanwhile,
thoug h she may have family cares, has
time for society, for making and receiv-
ing, calls, and can give some portion of
each day to mental and physical relaxa-
ton and recreation. She is spared the
worries and vexation of her husbands
daily life not, perhaps, because she
wishes to be-often, no doubt she would
rather share them-but because he pre-
fers that she should be spared.
1t is worth while to remember this
when the appeal is made, as it is so
often, for sympathy with the hard
working, struggling, lonely wife. Do
not withhold the sympathy, for she
needs and deserves it. But at the same
time give the old man a chance"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1884-10-09
Singing Sand.

The phenomenon known as singing
sand, consisting in a peculiar sound
emitted by certain earthS when trodden
upon, has supposed until recently to be
very rare. The singing is a peculiar
vibratory note caused by the friction of
the dry particles against each other
under pressure. A curious geologist
has formed collection of twenty-six
specimens of musical sand from diff
ferent sections Of the United States, and
the phenomenon has been noticed in sew
eral localities of Europe.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1884-10-09
Cars,phOr for Mosquitoes

IEACHHHS6J
Some campers on Lake Winnepesaukee
got the mastery over the musquitos by
burning camphor gum. After trying
every other drug they had heard of, they
tried the camphor gum with gratifying
success. '1n two minutes" says the
one who describes the scene, 'the multi
tudinous hum had ceased; in five min
utes not one of our winged prosecutors
remained within the walls of our tent.
Then, making everything comfortable,
and carefully covering our one window
with musquito bar, we went to bed and
slept the sleep of the just, with
never bite nor a hum from our odious
foes" This remedy was tried in New
Jersey recently and did not work satisfac-
tOriM.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1884-10-09
Adulterated Leather.

Adulteration of leather is the latest,
and comes from Germany 1t is accom-
plished by soaking the tanned hides in
glucose and drying them, which adds to
their weight and apparent solidity and
increases their value. 1t was detected
by soaking the leather in water for twen-
ty-four hours.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1884-10-09
[Chicago Journal

Rolled gold is made by casting an in
got of brass, and while this is still hot
pouring upon it thin layer of gold al
10y. The ingot, when cold, is forced be-
tween steel rollers until a long, thin rib
bon is produced, of which the proper
tion of gold and brass is the same as Of
the ingot. The percentage of gold is re-
duced as low as.2 and 3 per cent. This
rolled gold is used in making cheap
bracelets and watch chains, and costs
but little more than brass. 1t wears
from one to ten years.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1884-10-09
The Deacon,s Explanation.
Robert Collyer's Notebook" "

l1NUpoI . COIIy eI 1NUUe-DUOk. ]
l once heard of an old deacon whose
minister never wrote his sermons, but
"trusted in the Lord" to help him out.
The deacon one day had a sermon re-
ported verbatim, unknown to the
dominic, who, hearing of this, wanted
to have the discourse read over to him,
and was much delighted, but said sud
denly: Stop, deacon, stopl 1 didn't
say that"
enc" the good man answered with a
touch of hesitation, "I-had-to-put-
hat-in-to-makes sensep'
Bridgeton pioneer., 1884-10-09
Paris bad Sewage.

In many quarters of Paris there is not
dwelling supplied with water, and not
withstanding superficial appearances the
Paris system of sewage is very much be-
hind the age, every house being still
supplied witha cesspool which is emptied
about once year, and from WHICH
noxious gases continually ascend to the
apartments, rendering the French met
ropolis hotbed of typhoid fever.