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The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
Blind and Lame
by an
Explosion.
Charity is the Noblcst Work
Of Man.
our Hope is in Thee.

This gentleman was touched with the
lniirmity to which many ingenious men
IN all ages have been prone. He looked
on the beer when il frothed, and fire.
quently became so overcome by the
sight that he couldn't hang on to lamp
post. He had much method and order
IN his deception. He took his regular
unner recess, put away his begging
SHIELD and enjoyed his lunch. his liquor
and his cigar among his acquaintance,
and was a joyous, sociable chap, clear
IN the eye, supple in the joints and 1.-the
IN limb. When the one o'clock
Whistles sounded, he was once more u
ptable object, blind and lame by an
explosion. He is always summering by
ule river at the expense of his fellow
clllzens. Then there is small coffee
pot which was impressed into the dual
service of receiving aims and working
.ne growler," as the delectablc pursuit
VI draining the last dregs of beer kegs
iorthe means of intoxication is desig-
na'ed. And there are other cups and
ouer cards, with other inscriptions,
winch TO particularize would take up
more space than can be spared, and
would only emphasize the same story of
Ingenious deception and misdirected be-
nevolence.
In discussing the scope and objects of
ue charity Organization Society, the
Tgshlzlng Secretary, Mr.. Charles ID.
nenogg, said in substance that it was a
Clearinghouse of registration and CO.
Dperative bureau for the 206 charitable
.n9sutations of the city. and of forty out
i'ue OF the city. The society was formed
n, ~ 1851 by the State Board of Charities.
d ine constitution forbids the society to
SS,spense aims in any form. and every
department Of its work is completely
S.,',ed Ss,ered from all questions of religious
'h' %tllei' politics and nationality. 1t ex-
s.lahges information and sends records
iead 70 Boston, Chicago. and other
TRe cities, For example" said Mr..
.aciogg. there are mother and daugb-
~ ~no have successfully and success'
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
WIT AND WISDOM.

Since no one is perfect, it Is wise
to be sparing in criticizing others.
Boston maidens love flowers. 1t il
haughty-culture, don't you know.-l&.
Paul Herald.
In the great game of life the devil
pitches the ball for idleness to bat.
Whitehall Times.
The man who gives his son a toy
pistol is the one who bangs his hair.
~. y Journal.
AS one fountain is filled by the
channels that exhaust another, we
cherish wisdom at the expense Of hope.
-"If can not have the fat of the
land can take little lean,' said a
tramp, as he rested his shoulder againat
lamp post. OIL CITY Derrick.
A book has been written telling how
to write plainly. The best way is to get
some manuscript of an editor and not
write that way.-N Y. Graphic.
The Maharajah Dhuleop Singh
own 1900 acres of land in England.
He is going TO split his name into pick
cts and fence in his land.-Chicago Sun.
That's beefsteak joke. remarked
one of the boarders a, breakfast. "Whai
kind of jokes thatp" asked the man
across the table. "Too tough to be
pleasant, Merchant 7raUeter.
When a man tries hard to impress
you with the knowledge that he is well
connected. it may be taken for granted
that he feels the poverty of his own
worth, and banks mainly with borrowed
capital.-M T. Examiner.
--"What celebrated King ate grassp"
asked teacher. "Nebuchadnezzar," "
was the reply. "Why did he eat grass?"
"'Cause his mother cooked 1t along
with the turnip green's" shouted little
Tommy Wingate, who had undergone
experience in the matter. Chicago
Times.
An American who saw cockfghi
in Mexico writes: ''The bird that had
swooned was bathed with cold water, its
throat moistened by wet feather, a
cloth held over it to keep off the sun
and pieces Of smoking wood put under
its nostrils and over its comb. Thus
stimulated II resumed the fight"
Somewhere in the West sable
knight of the lather and brush was per-
forming the operation of shaving a
Hoosier with a dull razor. stop ~
cried the Hoosier, ''that won't do. "
whats the matter, boss ?' That
razor pulls" well, no matter for
dat, sab. If the handle don't break. de
beard am bound to come of. Chicago
Tribune.
Said Bass to DIR. Pelleteer, who Is
in the Homeopathic line, "How does
your like cures like work in case like
this, for instance: A friend of mine, no
matter how warm he may be when he
goes to bed, soon becomes chilled and
suffers great pain in consequence. Now,
what would you recommend in his
case ?" The doctor replied. without
stopping to take breath. "A coun
terpane, of course. " Boston 7rd,iscr,pt.
The commercial traveller of Phil
adelphia house while in Tennessee APP
preached q stranger as the train was
about to start and said: "Are you going
on this trainp" "I am" Have you any
baggage?' mo" well, my friend.
you can do me favor and it won't cost
you anything. You see, I've two big
trunks, and they always make me pay
extra for one of them. You can get one
of them checked on your ticket, and
we'll euchre them. "Seep" .Yes, see;
but | haven't any ticket" "But
thought you said you we're going on this
train?''' 80 am; I'm the conductor
''Oh" He paid extra, as usual.--N J.
Independent
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
THE GUINEA FOWL.
EIpel ience of an Ohio Farmer-A VAL
liable Bird.

have a weakness for the guinea
fowls, and if their eggs were as large as
those of hen should breed them ex-
clusively, they are so much superior TO
everything else in the poultry line in SO
many important particulars. Twoyears
ago, while in the south part of the State,
bought pair of white guineas, for I
always looked upon them with the sus-
picion with which look upon a Ken
lucky mule. bought for their color,
because there were no white guineas in
my county. Last year the hen laid about
ninety eggs that we found and | hatched
seventeen of them under a hen. About
the first of July the guinea hen began to
sit. out in the edge of the corntield, on
fourteen eggs, and in due course of time,
! suppose, she brought off thirteen
chicks; at least one time | went down to
see her, and she was gone, leaving one
egg in the nest. The next time | caught
a glimse of her, she came to the house
one evening with thirteen chicks about
as large as quails, having kept every one
that was hatched, and the hen which
brought of brood lost only two.
When cold weather came | had thirty
guineas, that had cost me less to raise
than any five chickens in my flock. |
kept them through the winter, and this
spring sold all but half dozen at n
dollar apiece, and could have sold as
many more if had them. Two of them
we ate and found them excellent; the
flesh, unlike that of the pearl guinea, is
white, tender, and of a gamey flavor
that is delicious. The ones kept laid
with the hens for long time This spring,
beginning about the 9th of April aud
laying every day until they began sit
ting, about two weeks ago. Before |
got any guineas the hawks bothered me
considerably. but since that time they
have got but one chicken from me. The
advantages of keeping guineas are
these: Ii don't cost cent to keep them
from early spring until freezing weather;
they are better for the table than any
breed of chickens; the hawks don't get
them, and when find guinea hen sit
ting on fourteen TO twenty eggs ] feel
tolerably safe in counting my chickens
before they are hatched. Cor. Ohio
Farmer,
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
FRAUDS ON CHARITY,
Some OF the Artful Tricks of Pro-
fessional Aims Seekers.
Their Machinery In Trade-Exposure Mad,
by the Various Charity Organization
Societies - Some Remarkable Sta
tistics - Wealthy Mendicants.

1--WE call this our bric-a. .brac." said
an official of the Charity Organization
Society to reporter as be stood curl
ously examining the captured ''proper-
ties or paraphernala of the begging
impostors whom Officer Chiardi has
bagged in the course of his explorations
in this city. The bric-a-brac occupies a
conspicuous recess on the second floor
of the society's building, No. p Uni.
versity Place, and in certain sense re-
calls another collection of blood-curd
ling curios in the Office of the District
Attorney. But whereas in the latter the
weapons of the murderer and the "tools"
of the burglar predominate and cause
the flesh of the spectators to creep, the
bric-a-brac is solely of the "artful
dodger" kind, rather provocative of
mirth than of any graver emotion.
Here, for instance, are a couple of such
tncups as we have seen children play
ing with among the sand at the sea
shore, or the alleged wife of an Italian
organ-grinder pushing industriously be-
meath the noses of her would-be tribu-
taries, One is painted red, the other
blue, and both are properties of i'm
posture. There is an elaborate oval
card, constructed substantially of block
tin, and evidently intended for longer
service in mendicancy than 1t was des-
tined to subserve. It's inscription was
not without merit. Although it exhb-
its photographed defects, ii has nice
adjustable attachment, as witness:
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
A Rich Islander.

The business of this little cluster Of
islands which lie in the Pacific Ocean
lust off the southwest coast of Patao onia
is sheep-raisng and selling, and is near
w all in the hands of one man, Mr..
Kerr by name. who is the Governor.
He went there many years ago poor
man. and is now worth more than
100000 There are no bushes or
trees of any kind on the islands. and
the entire surface is covered with a bed
of peat many feet thick and of good
quality. There is sufficient fuel to sup
ply the world for an indefinite length of
time. Covering the peat is a thick
growth of short, but very nutritious,
grass, upon which the sheep thrive won
derfully we'll. The number of sheep on
the islands is about 100000. These
islands are very high, the hills rising
many hundreds of feet, and are covered
with points of sharp rocks that some
times rise 200 or 800 feet above the sur
face of the peat II rains nearly every
day in the year, and as thep peat is water
soaked the water stands in pools every
where. II seems to be unable to run
down the hills, and the hill-topS are
nearly as wet as the valleys. Cor ~
T. Hrald
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

-One OF the walters at Q Saratoga
hotel Is in reality German Prince.
who was cut of from his estates and
title By his fasher simply because he
wanted TO marry common peasant
girl Love was not thus TO be over
come. however, and the faithful lover.
bidding good-by to his sweetheart,
worked his way to this country and to
Saratoga, where he is now trying to
earn enough to send for his sweet
heart. Troy Times.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
Concerned About Her Looks.

"Malinda, I'm astonished at you
standing at the telephone with your hair
in papers and your collar crooked"
"Why. mother, don't see why that
should matter"
80, of course you don't! You never
did care how YOU look. How do you
know who's at the other end of the
phone. v. Philadelphia Cal.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
A REMINlScENCE OF WEBSTER.
How He saw the ses-serpcnt and Refused
to Speak of IL.

B. NJ W tells me that he learns
from pretty good authority that Web
ster once saw the sea-serpent. II seems
it was first seen in the bay between Man
omet and Plymouth Beach by perfect
ly reliable witness (many years ago,
who was acustomed to look out on the
sea with his glass every morning the
first thing, as regularly as he ate his
breakfast One morning he saw this
monster, with head somewhat like a
horse $, raised some six feet above the
water, and his body, the size of cask.
trailing behind He was careering over
the bay, chasing the mackerel, which
ran ashore in their fright, and were
washed up and died in great numbers.
The story is that Webster had appoint
ed to meet some Plymouth gentlemen at
Manomet and spend the day fishing.
After the fishing was over he set out to
return to Duxbury in his sailboat with
Peterson, as he had come. and on the
way they saw the sea-serpent which
answered TO the common account of this
creature. 1t passed directly across the
bows only six or seven rods off, and then
disappeared. On the way homeward,
Webster having had time to reflect on
what had occurred, at length said to
Peterson, For Gods sake, never say a
word about this to any one, for if it
should be known that | have seen the
sca-serpent, | should never hear the last
of it, but, wherever | went. should have
to tell the story to every one met" So
it has not leaked out until now Tho
rfnn'S iSnnlmer
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
SMALL POTATOES,

why am like potatoes, Kate2"
Remarked the little beau.
s-Oh. dear Because they're small and late.
She yawned; you ought to know"
al do. I'm like the kind you eat,
Because by you I'm mashed,
And you are like the kind that's sweet"
He murmured, not abashed.
well. mashed once they are soft indeed"
She laughed. Perhaps you mean
That like potatoes, sir, you need
A dose Of paris green"
@Not yet, unless get the sack"
He grinncd, like 'taters do:
But then guess you'll take me back
And pare me, wouldn't your
Yves, II you brought n hoe" she smiled.
What for, Miss Kate" said he
"You might hoe 'em then, my child,
And-stay there" answered She.
". Y. Morning Journal
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
Ny cup dog
Leads me
Blind.

This gentleman was apparently led by
awhile French poodle, and was himself a
antiye of Gaul. He was a most ingen-
ious fellow, sound in sight, hearing and
speech, and unsurpassed as an extrac-
tor of soul-harrowing dscords from .
violin. He is exceedingly well of. Sat.
isfactory proof was obtained by the So
eiety that he was worth $4,000. His
wife is said to be an ambitious woman.
and his children carry their heads high.
He pursued his mendicancy for the pur.
pose of amassing sufficient TO return to
Europe and live on their income. There
is another big begging card, with the
following elaborstely false appeal;
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

"THAr Miss Jones is a NICE looking girl,
isn't shey"
"Yes, and she'd be the belle of tho town
IL IL wasn't for one thing"
"What's that?"
"She has catarrh so bad It Is unpleasan mt
10 be near her. She has tried dozen
things and nothing helps her. am sorry,
for like her, but that doesn't make IL any
less disagreeable for one to be around her.b
Now II she had used DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, there would have been nothing Of
the kind said, for it will cure catarrh every
time.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

When the first cargo of Ice was
landed in New Orleans some sixty
years ago, mob drove away the work
men and demolished the building. The
cargo had to be rcshipped to the West
Indies, while the health officers and
other physicians came in for sound
abuse for abetting practice certain to
produce disease. o. Picayune.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
"How's Your Liverf"
In the comic opera of "The Mikado" his
imperial highness says:

Au JIG CoInic cp-fh OF luo mikhuo uAa
imperial highness says:
ITO make. TO some extent
Each evil Liver
A running river
or harmless merriment"
A nobler task than making evil livers
rivers OF harmless merriment no person,
king or layman, could take upon himself.
The liver among the ancients was consid-
cred the source of all mans evil impulses,
and the chances are ten 10 one to-day that
If ones liver is In an ugly condition Of dis
content, someone's head viii be mashed
before night!
"How's your liver?" is equivalent to the
inquiry: Are you bear or an angel to-
dayr
Nine-tenths of the "pure- -cussedness, /"
the actions for divorce, the curtain lect-
ures, the family rows, not to speak Of MUIR
ders, crimes and other calamities ara
prompted by the irritating effect of the In
activity of the liver upon the brain. Foth-
srgill, the great specialist, says this, and
he knows. He also knows that to prevent
such catastrophies nothing equals Warm
er's safe cure renowned throughout the
world, a. q maker of
"Each evil Liver
A running river
OF harmless merriment"
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

The adjustable portion of the appeal
was in the word "lame.m Some times
she wife was 'dead. sometimes ''sick, :"
sometimes diving This property"
belonged TO fellow whose hearing and
sight were acute as most peoples, but
he had slight impedimentin in his speech.
To have seen him on the Jewish Sabbath
day tripping along Hester street. elab.
orately betogged and gay of carriage,
was a revelation in the art of imposture.
At present he is in the country at the
city's expense. Here is another tin dial
similar to the last, but with a different
attachment. At the top of this disk
there is cleverly inserted a cup to receive
the aims of the charitable, evidently the
wo"k of n skilled mechanic. The APP
peal reads:
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
-ALake Keuka trout was sold

A Lake Keuka trout was sold at
Penn Yan recently, the weight OF which
was thirteen pounds. Soon after it was
left at the market ir was opened, and a
Quantity of gravel and stones was taken
from its stomach. They had been
forced through its mouth and added a
pound and half to the weight OF the
iish. Buffalo Express
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
-"Tbe case of William Brennan Is

THE case of William Brennan is q
remarkable one," says the New Haven
Register. "For the past five years he
has been totally blind. He was a ped
der of notions, and he and the little boy
that led him from door to door were
familiar figures on our streets. Last
Thursday, while walking in the strong
sunlight, his vision suddenly returned in
measure to him. He could see. The
world that had been so long shat out
from his gaze is his again to look upon.
His eyes. which were for so many years
of no use to him. are now believed to b.
rapidly becoming strong again.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

A woman always shades her eyes
by turning her hand over--the palm up
ward-so that the back will not sun
burn. During the civil war woman IN
the army. ia male attire. was discove'' q
hv this gesture. boston journal.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

An Arkansas paper says: "A girl
who can carrya coal oil can to the store
in one Of our cultivated towns. and carry
Il home again without blushing, is one
OF the advance guards. From sucli
stock is to come the hardy energy that
5 to conquer. Arkansas for true civil.
aa,inr
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

Nervous debility, premature
decline of power in either sex, speedily
and permanently cured. Large book: three
letter stamps. Consultation free. Worlds
Dispensary Medical Ass'on, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

ir 10 said that In England lovers remain
Engaged from three to five years. The
English lover, however, doesn't have TO
buy ice.cream every week for his girl
Chicago 1iibune.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

BosroN maidens love flowers. Il 10
naughty -culture, you know.-N. T. Mlss
pendent
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

MAJOR GENERAL PLUME 10 the com.
mander Of the New Jersey soldiers. 1t 10
very appropriate to have . plume at the
head.-1erds SJtings.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

PIXIES TooTHACnE DROPS cure In minute, &c.
Gtenns sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c.
6ERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

You can not call sailor q slugger bs.
cause he boxes the compass.-OI Citv
.;rL
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

Foor notes.-the patter of the mules
hind legs on the hired mans ribs.-Chi.
cdoo Tribune.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12
Bartholdi's Statue OF " Liberty Enlighten
Ing the World''

will be reminder of personal liberty for
ages to come. On just as sure founda-
ton has DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis.
covery" been placed, and it will stand
through the cycles Of time as a monument
TO the physical emancipation Of thousands,
who by its use have been relieved from
consumption, consumptive night-sweats,
bronchitis, coughs, splitting of blood, weak
lungs, and Other throat and lung affections.
The Osceola times., 1885-09-12

WHEN WHITING TO ADVERTISERS
please say you saw the advertisement b
this paper. Advertisers like to know
when aud where their advertisements are
paying best.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-04-18

- -. III :. lsss.


Board met IN SECULAR session This
day. Present; " D. Mearns. Pres
ident, pro ten.; John I'll Poe. serre-
iary, a. Kigmailen, ]. w. BRYAN, ].
,. Isyies, e. a. Perkins. John MeNeese.
inmates Of special meetings Of Feb
rRary g and %, were read and aP-
proEed.
The Trezsurer's report mp 10 March
5, 1885, showing balance due each
ward, was read, and on motion, was
referred 10 the committee on aadits
and accounts, VIZ J. w. Bryan, John
MeNeese ard John II. Poe.
The petition of citizens of 4th ward
at Sulphur Mine Station, resentment
ing Mr. II. ]. Perkins for teacher, was
read, and on motion Of Z. a. Perkins,
was laid over.
Petition Of citizens OF 5ih ward, al
Minis Settlement, recommending Mr..
W. B. Pcarcc Tor teacher, Mas read.
and on motion, the president was au-
thorized 10 contract with Mr.. Pearce
for same, be holding a primary grade
certificate.
Petition of citizens of LIST ward,
at Soileau Prairie Settlement, recom-.
mending Mr.. Il. Durio for teacher, and
asking a continuance Of said school
for three months, was read, and on
motion, was laid over, there being no
funds to pay for same.
Petition of colered citizens of 3rd
ward, English Bayon Settlement,
recommending Mrs. Dilts for teacher,
was read, and on motion, was indefi-
nitely postponed.
Application of citizens of 7th ward,
Settlement, recommending
Mr.. 3. J. Ford for teacher, to begin
frsi Monday in June, was read, and on
motion, the same was granted, pro-
Eided there is money due said ward to
pay said teacher at the time.
On motion, Mr.. Jas. Nevis was ap-
pointed sub-director in ward !, vice
Eych Clement, who has removed from
The ward.
On motion, bill of Jos. Voltz, for
and repairing stove, amount
ing to $3.50, be paid out of Bird ward
school funds.
On motion, bill of Lake Charles !
Lodge for two months rent, amount !
Bg TO $34, be paid out of Ord ward |
school funds.
On motion, the Board adjourned. |
WILLIAM j. MEARNs, Pres.
JOIN II. Poe, Secretary.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-04-18

n l. n Touehey, laie Of lake
Charles. but nos = resident Of Rayne,
81. Landry psrish. called on rs last
Saturday. n spssking Of Rayne and
her enaerprisiBg business men, he ius
formed rs that the merchants aad bns-
iness men generally Of that town,
closed their door last Sunday, and
propose 70 sell no more goods on the
Sabbath. This is ce44ainiy move ID
the right direction, morally, mentally
and pbysieally, and shows mp much to
the credit and good Judgment Of the
business men Of that fionKishing little
village. This action affords their en-
Ployes q chance to rest one DAY in
seven, and viii materially assist in
filing mp their churches on the Sab
bath dag, and will encourage the min
listers ID their work, thereby enabling
them TO do more good We hoPethat
every town and city in Louisiana will
follow this praiswortby example of the
good people of our sister town, Rsyne.
And we ask, viii the merchants Of
Lake Charles ever do this I
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-04-18

LAKE. CHARLES, La, April 10, '85.
AT a called meeting held this day
for the transaction of special business,
tine following members were present,
and a quorum: VIM. Meyer, Mayor;
a. Rigmaiden, John Burnett, ThOs.
Kleinpeter, aldermen. Absent: Geo.
W. Ryan and WIN. Athens.
On motion, the reading Of the min
utes of the last meeting was dispensed
with.
On motion, J. c. Gibbs, Attorney
for the State TO aid State Tax Collector
in the collection of these taxes and
licenses, was elected Attorney for the
town for the same purpose.
The following accounts were read,
examined and found correct, and the
Mayor authorized TO warrant on the
Treasurer 10 pay them:
Julius Frank, horse feed, etc .........$ 13 %
Vim. Meyer, Treasurer's Stamp. ..... 5 90
AdOiph PujO, repairing bridge ........ 90
On motion, the Council adjourned,
subject to q call.
Approved: WV. MEYER, Mayor.
Attest: JACOB RIGMAIDEN, Sec'y.