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The Osceola times., 1884-08-30
The Sleeper,

He will be there. PeradventuIe he
leaneth his chin upon cane, so that
when the moment of deep and profound
slumber cometh upon him his chin slip
peth off, and with bang of his head up-
on the pew in front of him he is awaken
ed. Or the slumberer may sit bolt up
right and ned in time TO his sleep and re-
gular breathing. Only when you cast
your eyes upon him, the watchful wife,
of his bosom stabs him with her elbow,
and he glareth on the congregation as one
who should say, "He that sayeth that |
slept, the same is liar and villain and
a horse thief" Or, if he be so that he
leaneth lis head back until the lid
theI eof falleth down between his should
ers, and he playeth fantastic tunes with
his nose, insomuch that the boys in the
gallery make merry over the same, then
it is hazardous to awaken the slumberer
right suddenly, because he dreameth Of
divers things, and sayeth to the tithing
man who shaketh him up, Hey? hal hal
yes, all right; Pm up"
And thus is the congregation scanda-
lized. But if he foldeth his handker-
chief over the back of the pew in front,
and boweth his head devoutly on the
same, even in that moment when the
text is pronounced, then will that sleeper
trouble no one, but will slumber sweetly
on until the time of the benediction; and
will awake refreshed and smiling, and be
will extol the sermon and mas nifty the
preacher. He is the old timer, from
Sleepy Hollow.-BurG ette.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30
ELASTIC CONSClENCES.

A really honest lawyer and a sensibly
silent woman are creations which the
Almighty does not crowd upon the world
to any monotonous extent. Fall River
Advance.
The Chicago lawyer who wrote the
poem entitled "My Conscience" He
must have borrowed the title, for law.
yers are not supposed to possess the ar,
ticle. Perhaps the effusion is like Josh
Billings's famous milk" lecture, the lac
teal fluid W as not mentioned at all. Bos
ton Courier.
A Vermont lawyer recently read . ser
mon to the congregation Of the church
to which he belonged, the pastor beinl
temporarily absent. After addressing
the astonished organist as "your honor,
and frightening the choir out of gigglinl
by alluding 10 them as gentlemen o
the jury" he finally settled down to busi
ness, and in an hour and quarter hac
left the devil so small hole to craw
out of that he will probably never yisi
that locality again. Burlington Fre'
Press
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30
News Forty Years Ago.

As late as 1874 there was but one line
of telegraph in the world, that from
Washington City to Baltimore, and one
of the first messages transmitted was the
nominating National Convention which
met in the latter city on the 9th OF May,
1874, after selecting James X. Polk, OF
Tennessee, az the candidate for p. esident
nominated Silas Wright, of New York,
for Vice President. A telegraphic dis
patch was sent to Mr.. Wright at Wash
iDgton City, and in a short time an ans
wer was received declining. and It was
regarded as the worlds wonder. This
made teIegraphy a success. II is true that
in Baltimore at the time many doubted
after the reception ofthe telegram wheth-
er it was in truth genuine. They
could not believe in the power of electri-
city TO perform so great a wonder. One
ola gentleman from New York, who had
lived neighbor to Silas Wright, said he
knew it TO be forgery, for he had seen
the signature of Silas Wright hundred
times and had seen him write it, and
''the thing is no more like Wright's
hand write than it is like my own" But
still, with this evidence against its being
genuine, the telegram was regarded as
genuine, and George NJ. Dallas, of Penn.
sylvania, was nominated in place ol
Wright, and "Polk and Dallas" were
elected.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30
IL Was Not Hollow.
The Hatchet.

Just before his departure from Wash.
ington, the Texas cherrybusco, Tom
Ochiltree, sauntered along Ninth Street
in search of a prayer book. Seeing in
front of hardware store an iron dog,
and being of an unnaturally inquisitive
turn of mind, Tom kicked it to discover
whether il was hollow or Of solid mater
ial. 1t happened that it wasn't an iron
dog at all, but a genuine article of the
tramp dog soecies taking midsummer's
rest.
Toms feet are heavy and the dogs
sensitiveness was acute, and thinking
that it would never get into such dis
tinguished chance again, it arose with a
howl and swiftly swapping fragment OF
flesh from the calf of his leg and large
amount of pantaloons, disappeared
around the corner Of Ninth and ID Streets
leading to New Jerusalem.
Neither Tom. the pantaloons nor the
dog, have been recovered.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30

The past gives Us regret, the present
sorrow. and the future fear.
Mothers are the only goddesses in
whom the whole world believes.
Civility is desire to receive civility.
and TO be accounted well bred.
To be happy is not to possess much,
but TO hope aud to love much.
How many could be made happy with
the happiness lost in this world.
This world is but q lottery Of goods,
of ranks, of dignities, of rights.
A woman who has surrendered her
lips has surrendered everything.
Celebrity is the chastisement of merit
and the punishment of talent.
A mans passions, tastes, and opinions
are discovered by his admirations.
In love. the confidant Of a woman's
sorrow often becomes the oonsoler of it.
Cold natures have only recollections
tender natures have remembrances.
Love for old men is sun on the snow
IT dazzles more than il warns them.
Sometimes we must have love, either
as desirable good or an inevitable evil.
The head, however strong it may be,
can accomplish nothing against the heart.
One is no more the master OF his i'm
pressions than Of coughing or sneez-
ing.
We scof at women who take us seri-
ously, and we take :ragically to those
who scoffat US
Calumny spreads like an oil-spot; we
endeavor TO cleanse it, but the mark re-
mains.
Women often deceive to conceal wha.
they feel men to simulate what they do
not feel-love.
Rivals who blow out each others
brains for the eyes of a coquette prove
that they have no brains.
Some old men like to give good pre-
cepts to console themselves 70. their in
ability no longer to give bad examples.
you would succeed in the wo,ld, il
is necessary that, when entering salon
your vanity should bow to that of others
We live with our defects as with the
odors We carry about us we do not per
ceive them, but they incommode those
who approach us.
All our opinions, sentiments, princi
pies, prejudices, religious beliefs, are re
ally but the result of birthplace: how
different would they be, had We beer
born and reared at the antipodes of oul
respective lands
A wonan's life can be divided thus
the age when she dances but does no
dare to waltz-it is the spring; the ag,
when she dances and cares to waltz
is summer; the age when she dances
but prefers to waltz-it is autumn final
ly, when she dances no lenger-it il
winter, that rigorous winter of life.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30
DE FINOD'S COMPILATION.
Flashes OF French wit, Wisdom and
Wickedness.

wickedness.
Marriage is a science.
Dignities change mems morals.
The waltz is the charging step Of love.
Our virtues are often but vices in dis
guise
Many have sought roses and found
thorns.
Agreeable advice is rarely useful ad-
vice.
Venus always saves the lover whom
she leads.
Hymen comes after love. as smoke af-
ter fame.
What the hand cannot reach as but a
dream.
Women have no worse enemies than
women.
A languid heart is tender; sadness
makes love ferment.
Masked balls are me-ciful institution
for ugly women.
Social usages: respect sincere or
feigned for absurd forms.
Man is not depraved by true pleasures,
but by false ones.
Many weep for the sin, while they
laugh over the pleasure.
lfyou wish a coquette to regard you
cease to regard her.
Absolutism is tolerant, only because it
knows itself mighty.
Women who have not fine teeth, laugh
only with their eyes.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30
4 touching Story.
Merchant Traveller.

Softly the tender touch of the June
breezes fell upon the face of the dying
youth and stirred the beautiful brown
hair in careless curl- upon his pure
white forehead. In a golden cage by the
window, a bird sang its low sweet notes.
and by the bedside stood those who low
ed him. The glorious sunlight flooded
house, and street, and park and tighten
ed the blue of heaven. 1t was such
morning as brings lie 10 the world, not
death, and the joyous face Of nature, was
in strange contrast with the sad1ened
hearts of those who stood waiting the
coming of the invisible an -els. The blue
eyes, fast fading, opened feebly, and the
silver haired minister bent over the
youth and with quivering voice spoke to
him.
DO yJu know me-. Frank
"Yes, sir," was The low response, "and
all tne others who are with You. IL 10
30 kind of them to be near me as the
shadows darken, and the mists OF the val
ley thicken and chill me with their
dampness
Are you quite ready to lie, dear bow"
"Ycs, sir; oh, yes, quite ready; you
know ever since the first robin Of spring
sang in the trees, there has been man
next door learning to play on the cor
net"
A cloud p ssed over the sun; the bird
in its golden cage stopped it's song the
blue eye closed wearily-the invisible
angels had come.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30
ESQUIMAUX Dogs.
Able To Drag sledge SKY Miles a Day
Over Ice and snow.


When at Fort Albany we saw several
Esquimaux dogs, a species of canine I'M
known in civilized communities. These
dogs are very large-larger than our
Newfoundland and much stronger when
in condition. Their strength, however,
varies. In the winter, when they are
well fed for driving, they are much
stronger than in the summer, when they
are poorly fed, without exercise and Ian
guild from the heat, which is very telling
upon them, as their native climate fan
to the north is very severe. Their colors
are white and yellow-while impure
breeds are white and black-their hair
thick and bushy. and the tail long, bushy
and curling up at the end. At times
they are very quiet, at Others very saw.
age.
They are driven ordinarily FIVE in mum
ber, but often many more, before sleds
one, invariably female leading, for the
others will follow her more readily.
Each dog has separate rein, which il
held BY the driver, who has also great
long whip made of sealskin, plated as
ordinary whips, but with the heavy part
Of the lash about the thickness of a mans
wrist The lash is from six to nine faith.
oms long, and the handle. made Of wood
| A L II -. l.. ii
When dog is not drawing properly or
misbehaving in any way he or she is
drawn by his or her separate rein ont
from the rest of the pack to receive chas-
tisement with the whip, and 80 well do
they know what is coming that just as
the rein il pulled the victim begins yelp-
ine aLJ struggling TO correct his or her
wa, belize the whip oomss laundering
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30
Financial Item.
Texas Siftings.


Don't you love the smell of good ci-
gar?" inquired Gus Desmith, who is rath.
er impecunious, of a friend who has
wealth.
"Yes, ! love the smell of good cigar
very much" Sues
"If you have got a quarter about you
know where / can get inst rate ore. y
"But what will get2"
"You will get that smell you say YOU
leve 80 much"
There is nothing remarkable about
this little occurrence exceptits applicable.
ity to the stockholders OF some Wall
street companies. They put in the mon.
ey TO buy the cigars which the president
smokes, while they, themselves, hardly
get smell.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30
A FAIR ATTORNEY.

Alasi the world has gone awry
Since Cousin Lillian entered college.
For she has grown 90 learned
on tremble af her wondrous knowledge.
Whene'er dare to WOO her now.
She frowns that I should 20 annoy her.
And then preclaims. with lofty brow.
Her mission Ia to be lawyer.
Life elides no more on golden wings.
A sunny waif from ri Dorado;
I've learned how true the poet sings.
That coming sorrow casts its shadow.
when tutti-frutti lost fte spell.
felt some hidden grief impended;
when she declined q caramel.
Iknew my rosy dream had ended.
She paints no more on china plaques.
WI tfnts that would have crazed Muriiio
Strange birds that never plumed their back,
when Father Noah braved the billow.
Her fancy limns. with brighter brush,
TIE splendid triumphs that await her.
When, In the court. breathless hush
Gives homage TO the keen debater.
It's sad to meet such crushing noes
Prom eyes - blue - Scottish heather:
'Tis sod Q maid with cheeks Of rose
Should have her heart bound up In leather.
II sad 20 keep ones passion pent,
though Pallas' arms the Fair environ
But worse to have her quoting keot
when one is fondly breathing Byron.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30
A tradesman in the north of France

A tradesman in the north of France,
on opening money drawer, found scraT s
which, on examination, turned out to be
the paper of the Bank Of France. Five
notes of thousand francs each had been
apparently destroyed, and it was ascer-
tained that the culprit could only be a
mouse. A trap was set TO catch the thief,
the remnants in the drawer were ca.e
fully collected, and an hour later the nib
bier wa. taken. Immediately the mouse
vase nveyed to veterinary surgeon, put
TO death. and dissected. Its stomach
contained the undipested meal Of paper.
The pieces were matched and gummed
together.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30

A regiment of Russian Dragons rode
from krechevitsky TO Yamijora, by the
order of the Inspector-General OF the
Cavalry. who wished to ascertain the
condition in which the regiment would
arrive at it's destination after long fore.
ed ride. The distance is 105 miles, and
was covered in thirty-eight hours. AS
the riders rested eleven hour at nlght
and made two halts of seven hours all,
they we're only twenty hours ON the
road. The frequent change from Walk
TO trot, with occasional dismountine'
wa recommended by the riders as the
best means of keeping their horses fresh'
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30
A PORTRAIT.
EDtTH I.APHAh-

Madame, at sound Of Gabriel's trump, q
Would give no vulgar start nor jump,
But slowly rise with tranquil grace.
Lay ali her pinion-plumes in place,
Make them secure With safty-pins.
Account to Heaven for her sins.
And take the Paradise road.
A charming angel q 10 mode.
August Century.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30

In France they scald peapods, then re-
move the silicious skins with which they
are lined, and make quite an edible dish !.
of them. They contain sugar, and II
properly treated. should be as palatable
as string beans. Nothing "gets len IN
culinary matteu in France.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30

The Poverty Of Garfield aud Lincoln.
Youths Companion.
When General Garneld was ON his way
p Waahington 70 b insusurstedas Pres.
The Osceola times., 1884-08-30

coin.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-17
The Bedouins Light Drinkers.

Gen. R. E. Colsbon, late of the Egyptian Gen.
eral Stat, says in the September Century: "ln
the 'Waterless Land water is the paramount
question. II it be asked how q large, body Of
Bedoufns like the 10000 who nearly destroyed
the British squares at Tamai, manage to sub
sist, the reason is plain. In tho first place,
they do not need the enormous trains required
for a European army. They areths most alb
stemious of men. Each man carries a skin Of
water and a small bag OF grain, procured by
purchase or barter from caravans, Theix
camels and goats move with them, supplying
them with milk and meat, and subsisting upon
the scanty heritage and the foliage OF the 1orny
mimosa, growing in secluded .wadies. AS to
water, they know every nook and hollow in
the mountains, way from the trails, where a
few barrels Of water collect in some shaded ra-
vine, and they can scatter, every man for him.
self, to fill their water-skins, Besides, thu
Bedouins, accustomed from infancy to regard
water as most precious and rare, use it with
most wonderful economy, Neither men or
animals drink more than once in, forty-eirbt
hours. AS to washing they never endulge in
such wastefnl nonsense When Bedouins came
to my camp. water was always offered them.
Their answer would Frequently be: mo.
thanks; I drank yesterday They know too
well the Importance Of keeping up the habit Of
abstemousness. No wondor they can subs;st
where invaders would quickly perish.
E HIL
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-17
Take Rest and Recreation.

The crowd and rush of the farm is
about over. The small grain is safely
secured, and the corn is now beyond
your help for a season, and the delight
full season Of the year for visiting is
near at hand. Go somewhere. Leave
for a season the interminable round OF
farm life. By some process change to
some other hands the care of stock, hoe
ing and Rdelving and other necessary
drudgery Of the farm. Manage to let
some person do the milking, cooking
and washing so the wife and daughters
can go to some neighborhood, lake or
city for rest, recreation and amusement.
Too many farmers constantly labor and
toll dragging themselves about in a
weary existence, until they sigh for the
rest Of Heaven, which o wearied mind
and body will imagine that the greatest
pleasure there will be in having nothing
to do. You will be like the city drudge
who had been wearied through q long
life with the crowd and hustle Of never
ceasing toll, signing for the pure all
and green fields, and a lodge in some
vast Wilderness"
Leave the farm with all its cares and
get out of sight of it. If you cannot
study any place to go. and cannot pos
sibly screw up your mind to go some
where. why not just start early in the
morning and go out to some grove,
where there are singing birds and flow
ing streams, and scream and roll like a
horse released ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Any
thing to throw off the blues, and the
desperation felt within. Suicide is be-
coming epidemic, from a feeling that
the pleasures Of life are not worth liv-
ing for. Try and get up something be-
sides a picnic, with its detestable ice
cream, dvspeptic cake, refreshment
stand with a lemon peel soaked in a
gallon Of luke warm water, which are
a humbug and o caricature on pleasure
and recreation. q
Il Get out of these deep worn ruts.
But if nothing else, go to the thickest
woods you can find, and commune with
nature in its divine simplicity aud puri-
ty.f Seek the grand old hills, or in n
other way get Ia close communion With
Mother Nature, and from her pure
breast WOO rest and repose.
Orif you a possibly spare the means
- clAAlcS A1C ulCG AWAY Wleu SSlSCt
ones of the family to the lakes, the
mountains or the plains-somewhere as
different as possible from your own i'm
mediate surroundings. The sight needs
change of scene-the lungs demand
change of atmosphere and the heart
yearns for association with long parted
friends, or new and congenial sompan-
ions. Go somewhere. Do something
to break LIES. dull mopotonv, Wake
up the almost dormant aspirations OF
your soul. Re-kindle the fires Of youth.
Feel that the earth is full of pleasures,
and that life is glorious. And after q
season. of rest. and recreation return to
your farm, and yon Will see new beau-
ties in the world about You, find new
pleasures in attending to the reasonable
duties OF life.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-17
a Russian rrick.

A Cossack rode up to the door of .
little inn OF Braile, dismounted, drank
q succession of glasses of brandy, and
then made q show Of remounting his
horse. The landlord reminded him
that he had not paid for. his drink. The
Csoasach withga heavy sigh, drew OUT
hiis dirty purse, and began .umbling
for Eeoin, when his horse gave a sud
ken snort and fell to the ground. The
Cossack was in despair, he did every
thing he could to raise the beast upon
It's legs, but all was in vain. "He is,
deadl He is dead!" cried out in chorus
. number of bystanders, who had been
attracted to the spot by6ehs accident.
TIE peor gpesack wouldsnot bsslieve it.
Tue crowd knowing tilt a Eossack's
haorse is his3 own psopefty, Ma, that
The loss ofsyhe animal wodld Strike
a terrible blow to the owner, be-
gan to makea collection, in order to
mitigate his sufferings as far as possible.
Even the landlord was touched, forgot
his bill, and presented the bereaved
man with another glass Of brandy, re.
fuaing any pay The Gosaack lifted ur
his saddle, slnng hhiis lance, over his
shoulder, dropped farsWe11 tear over
the faithful beast, and walked sorrow
fully awaYs When he was about one
FJAousap3 4Ypaees distant he suddenly
stoppedss tnrned round and gave q long
shrill whistle. At the sound of the
well-known signal, the horse sprang mp,
lx1x5y iltsEIEisnfdaStGn We II hdssdSrted
A4 Viii aaiigghtniihlig speed to bis grim
EniAgsoMners Ire Coasack was soon on
his back, inakiug significant symbols Of
thank to.athe assembled crowd Tor their
generosity and sympathy. Ina few
minutes he was out of sight, and the
landlord Of the krottchma was loudly
registering his vow that hsswould never
again trust CoSi4ets
s&ssSssks8s
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-17
rnr OLE orng uuanAxp

When old Mother Hubbard
Vent to the cupboard
Her, costume was modest though queer;
as the ham-bone she sought
Twas little she thought
How the future would deal with her gear.
When first her old fashion
e Became . strong passion, Is
They truthfully copied her gown
Offancies the oldest,
Short-waisted and modest,
Long-slocyed, narrow-skirted, and brown.
Bnt the late innovation
That's shocking the nation
Leaves her rms, like the cupboard, oil bare
fe OF the puffy high neck I
Thereis left not a speck,
And too much il revealed OF the fair.
The gRnzy confusion g1 !.
OF 1ace and Illusion %
, Would shocksMother Hubbard outright :
Shed never indorse it,
Nor own to the CORSET
Aayhap she would die Of the fright.
New York Morning journal.