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which the male e6dfish enjoys is when he gets salted down ana stored away in a coun try grocery. Burlington Free Press
 tfYou must be selling great many goods now" remarked McSwilligen to an Oil City merchant. "Why sop asked the latter. '' see So many ladies in your store" "Oh, they are not buying, more's the pity said i'd the merchant "What afe they doing thenF Shopping merely. y."-Oil City Derrick.
 A man in Wisconsin was reported in a newspaper as being 'tmurdered'' instead of married" When he called at the office to have the blunder corrected the editor said he thought the error was very trihing one; that there wasn't much difference, anyway but he would make the correction if he thought it was necessary. It is supposed the editor has been married at least two years.-Norristown Herald.
 Ben Jackson's Foolishness. There are some men who cannot comprehend that very frequently in life the game is not worth the candle. Ben Jackson was one of them. That makes the tenth match you have struck. What are you looking fors' asked his roommate one evening, as Ben was strik- ing match and looking under the table. q dropped match, and am trying to find it, , replied Ben.-Texas Siftings.
 Hunting Item-'Is the 'coon smart an imal!' asked stranger of old Si Jackson on Onion Creek. "Talk about 'coons being smart, I should say dey was smart" "Well, how smart are theyf' "A coon. played me de meanest trick you eber heered tell on. foun hole whar de coon went inter de groun', and I waited dar all day long to shoot dat 'coon, and when he did come out he was polecat '-Texas Siftings.
 An insurance agent applied to woman in Austin to induce her to get her husbands life insured. twill be sure to get the money if he dies right off" Certainly, madam" But will you give me any as- surance that he will die right off" "No, madam, we cannot do that" s'Well, then, what good will it be to me to get his life in sured if he doesn't die? knew that there was some catch about this insurance busi- ness. ."-Siftings.
 Johnson is lover of the truth. The oth- CT day friend meeting him said: ''Say, Johnson, that's cool hat you wearing. J 'tYes, coolest hat I ever saw. Tell you what's fact. I first put this hat on one hot day last August. Ten minutes after ward I had to put on an overcoat-had a chill" "That so?" Actual fact. I'll tell you another thing. Put on this hat one day in June and went out into the orchard. That night heavy frost killed the fruit" Yes, Johnson is lover Of the truth.
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Business is not entirely dead in this eoun- try. The labor bureau at Castle Garden re- ports that duSing the last six months it has provided employment for s,165 persons, in cluding 959 who have been trained to some
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ture of the present situation must be regard ed as significant one. It is evident that capitalists who have invested in banking are expecting heavy returns from their capital thus invested, or that they believe that they are doing as well with the capital es they could with it in any other business or indus trial enterprise. It is but straw, but it indicates that the wind blows at least from the right direction.
 : The New York civil service law provides that honorably discharged soldiers and saiH ors shall have the preference in being ap- pointed over others equally qualified in oth- CT respects. A difference of opinion has arisen concerning the meaning of this provis- ion. The Brooklyn board of examiners con- tends that it applies only to the appointing officer, who, if veteran is on the list certi- fled to him by the examining board, shall appoint him in preference to others who are not veterans. But the Grand Army main tains that, if veteran successfully passes the examination, he shall be certified to the appointing officer in preference to others whose rating is higher than his. According to the construction of the law adopted by the Grand Army, the veteran shall be preferred in all proceedings under the law, while the Brooklyn examiners contend that the prefer ence comes in enly in the last stage of the proceedings.
 The new British ironclad war ship Ben bow is a pretty serious affair. Her armor is eighteen inches thick. She carries two steel breeeh-loading Armstrong guns, each weigh ing no tons. The largest guns heretofore used in the British navy were the SO-ton guns of the Inflexible, used in the lombard ment of Alexandria. The new guns will be 43 feet long, with calibre 16 and fraction inches-will fire projectile five feet long, weighing 1,S00 pounds. This monstrous ''cannon baI, D which is not 8 "ball," is to be propelled by charge of 300 pounds of powder, which will occupy seven feet of the great cannon's bore. It is estimated that this projectile will penetrate thirty inches of armor at a distance of thousand feet. Be- sides these great guns the Benbow will car " ten six-inch breech-loaders, eight small, quick firing guns, and twelve machine guns. She has ram and torpedo equipment con-
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WORSE.

A Nyack man recently bought a chromo with pound of tea, but the tea was so much worse than the picture that he had the latter framed and hung up in the parlor r-Graphic.
 You will seldom see a sadder face than the face of him who wears the anxious look of one who has loaned a lead pencil and is momentarily expecting that it will not be Transcript.
 The male codfsh always takes care of the eggs and young. The only peace in life
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It is the deliberate judgment of "Bill Arp" of the Atlanta Constitution, that the Confederate soldiers will never be satisfied until they share the pensions with the Union veterans. Then they will probably die un- satisfied.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Business is not entirely dead in this eoun- try. The labor bureau at Castle Garden re- ports that du9ing the last six months it has provided employment for 8, 165 persons, in cluding 959 who have been trained to some trade.
 It is the deliberate judgment of stBill Arp" of the Atlanta Constitution, that the until they share the pensions with the Union veterans. Then they will probably die un- satisfied.
 What ventilation will do is illustrated by case in Manchester, England, where the proprietor of weaving mill put up ma chine fan to increase the circulation of pure air. The result was that the appetites of the operatives were so much improved that they couldn't live without an increase of wages The fan was stopped and the hunger and complaints of the operatives ceased. The Cuban cigar factories of New York have curious and pleasant custom of em- ploying reader to read newspapers fiction, history, etc., to the men while working at their tasks, which, being purely manual leave the mind free to give attention to the read ing. Some of the men cannot read, others are too poor to buy reading. The knowledge and enjoyment conveyed in this way is said to be surprising. The workmen who can afford it pay the reader 25 cents each.
 The people of Holland will soon be defend ed from invasion by water line from five to ten miles wide and some sixty miles long, directly barring the advance of an invader coming from the east. Above the surface of this inundation nothing will be visible but few narrow roads raised on embankments, enfiladed by Notifications bristling with can non. The water, for the most part, will be only few inches deep, so that it will not be navigable by hostile gun vessels or hotillas, while deep trenches cut in the ground below will frustrate any attempt to wade through the inundation.
 When an important division is expected in the British parliament certain members each side are charged with the duty of get ting their respective partisans to the cham Der. These members are called ''whips," and the eimportanee of the notice served is indicated by the number of lines employed in the undsrscoring always beneath the words of the message. The excuses given by the absent Liberals upon the party's recent de- feat are being published. Eight say they were i'll, four were out of the country, one missed the train, and no less than four were on wedding tours.
 The Boston Traveller gathers encourage ment from the fact that national banks are very generally renewing their charters. In fact, every solvent institution of that charac- ter has renewed it's corporate existence when ever it has expired. Says the Traveller: Not only have banks having an aggregate capital of $17O, 900, 900 renewed their corpo- rate life, but there are indications that before the close of the year quite number of new banks will come into existence. This fea-
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The Osceola times., 1885-05-09
OPIUM.
The Bengnii Legend OF the Discovery Of
the Sleep Producing Drug.

The Bengnli Legend OF the Discovery Of
the Sleep Producing Drug.
According to the Bengali legend,
there once lived on the banks of the
holy River Ganga Rishi. or sage, in
whose hut, made of palm leaves, there
was a mouse which became favorite
with the seer, and was endowed by him
with the gift of speech. After awhile
the mouse. having been frightened by
cat, at its earnest solicitations was
changed by Rishi into cat; then,
alarmed by dogs into dog then into
an ape; then into bear then into an
elephant. and finally, being still dis
cohtented with its lot into a beautiful
maiden, to whom the sage gave the
seed LADY, One day, while tending
her plants, the King approached the
Rishi's cottage, and was invited to rest
and refresh himself by Postomani, who
offered him some delicious fruit. The
King, however. struck by the girls
beauty, refused to eat until she had
told him of her parcntage. Postomani,
TO deceive the King, told him she was
Princess whom the Rishi had found in
the woods and had brought up. The
upshot was that the King made love to
the girl, and they were married by the
holy sage. She was treated rs the
favorite Queen. and was very happy;
but one day while standing by well
she turned giddy. fell into the water,
and died. The Rshi then appeared be-
fore the King and begged him not to
give way to consuming grief, assuring
him that the late Queen was not of roy
al blood. Said he: "She was a mouse,
and, according to her own wish,
changed her successfully into cat,
dog, an ape, a bear, an elephant and
lovely girl. Let her body remain in the
well; fill up the well with earth. Out
of her flesh and bones will grow a tree,
which shall be called after her, 'Posto;
that is, the 'poppy-tree.' From this
tree will be obtained drug called
opium. which will be either swallowed
or smoked till the end of time. The
opium swallower or smoker will have
one quality of each of the animals TO
which Postomani was transformed. Ho
will be mischievous, like mouse; fond
of milk, like a cat; quarrelsome, like n
dog; filthy, like an ape; savage, like a
bear, and high-tempcred, like a Queen" "
-Weekly Medical RerieU.
The Osceola times., 1885-05-09
THE CANkER WORM.
Some OF the Creatures Habits and How
Its Work Can lie Prevented.

Its Work Can BE Prevented
The first warm, pleasant day after
the frost is out of the surface of the
ground the grub of the pest of the ap-
pie orchard will appear on the trunk of
the trees. II the trees have been sup
piled with patent protectors it is i'm
portant that they should be carefully
examined to sec that the troughs are
tight, and that there are no open spaces
between the protectors and the trunks
of the trees large enough for the grubs
to pass through. The troughs should
be well cleaned out and filed with oil;
If this work be properly done at the
right season there will be but little
danger of the trees being injured by the
canker worms, providing the protectors
are occasionally examined to see that
the oil has not leaked out or been
bridged over by the dead bodies of the
dead grubs.
Trees that have not been provided
with protectors should be at once pro-
yided with strips of tarred paper, at
least one foot wide. around each trunk;
this should be covered with some sticky
substance. Tree ink is usually used.
but sticky substance may be made of
linsced oil and resin that will last
longer than tree ink. Whatever sub
stance is used should be applied as
often as it becomes hard enough for the
grubs to pass over.
II there could be united action among
the people, the canker worm could be
killed out in few years, but so long as
n few will allow their trees to become
covered with worms, so long will the
more careful have every year to fight
the enemy. Until within a few years
it has been supposed that the only rem
edy was to prevent the grub from as,
cending the tree to lay her eggs, but
recent experiments prove that, even
after the worms are hatched, they can
easily be destroyed by Swinging the
trees with water that has Paris green
mixed with it, at the rate of one tea
spoonful to each two gallons; the water
is sprinkled on with small garden
syringe; the work can be done very
rapidly. The only objection to this
is the danger of such free use of dead
ly poison; it should never be used when
there is any possibility of its falling on
growing lettuce, dandelion or any plant
the leaves of which are TO be eaten. 1t
is very easy for very serious consc-
quences to occur, by very little care
lessness in the use of a poison of so
deadly nature as Paris green. When
one first begins to use very dangerous
article, there is usually caution enough
used to prevent injury, but after one
becomes perfectly familiar with the use
of dangerous poison, or explosive
compound, caution is in measure for.
gotten. and carelessness takes its place.
which is too often followed by fatal con-
sequences.
We feel it to be our duty to frequent
ly caution farmers not to become so
familiar with the use of Paris green as
to forget caution, in fact, to use it only
when It seems to be absolutely necessary.
--Asssoehssets Rorghmoa
The Osceola times., 1885-05-09

Didn't Prof. Richardson lecture here
last night?"
Oh! What should do if recognized
Is the impostor!
n don't know" was tho answer. II
heard he did. though"
well. here Is message to the
Judge, from him, which saws he
couldn't come. count of the storm
Something funny somewhere. I'd
better get this up to him as soon as
possible"
So off he started to find boy to
carry the message. Whatever | did
must be done quickly. found that .
train left In twenty minutes. | rushed
back to the Judges house, got in with
out being seen, grabbed my valise. and
was soon on my journey to New York.
from whence | telegraphed for my
yalise. My heart smote me for treat
ing my hospitable host so; but felt the
worst at not being able to bid adieu to
Miss Lily. As soon as arrived at my
hotel | sent the following note to the
Judge:
DEAR Sir - Unexpected circumstances
forced me into assuming the character of one
ing than myself. | shall renew our acqunint-
ance IN proprid persona in a way that ! hope
Will entitle me 10 your confidence, and excuse
the deception have practiced. With much
esteem and respect, Yours
CALEB S. ROCHESTER,.
heard afterward what excitement
followed the delivery of the telegram
and the discovery Of my absence. Tho
Judge and his wife were furious, but
Miss Lily was confident it would come
out ali right. Somehow, when my note
was received it tended somewhat to-
ward softening the Judges anger; but
it was mystery for some time to them
all. The Professor made trip to the
place to investigate the matter, and
was invited to lecture. am vain
enough TO be pleased with the fact that
the people declared the false Professor
was the more eloquent Of the two.
Later, called upon the Professor and
told him the whole story. He laughed
heartily at my adventure, and proved
to be a whole-souled man. Our ac-
quaintance ripencd fast, and it was not
long before | was in S--again with
cordial Endorsement from him. Miss
Lily answered my ring herself, and the
look of astonishment upon her countc-
nance shall never forget The read
ing of the Professors letter made every
thing satisfactory. The Judge laughed
loud and long as told him how felt
upon my former visit / called again
and very often, and one night there
was a wedding in the pleasant parlor,
at which Miss Lily became Mrs.
Rochester The Judvo declares that
our boys have Grecian countenances,
and he calls one Phidias and the other
Praxiteles, although their real names
are George and Rufus. G. Randall. in
~ y. Independent.
The Osceola times., 1885-05-09
A LITTLE CHILD.

rcvn from the hill, up from the glen,
Win waving flags and warlike din.
They rushed-two troops Of mounted mon
.he boys in blue. the boys in gray;
.nd they had almost met that day.
Men. lol a child stood in the way.
"a. hands were filled with flow'rs; its eyea.
~, Clear and soft as summer kies.
Mere opened wide in grave surprise.
rr,on the pretty baby head
Mo sun a golden blessing shed.
81 want mamma" the sweet voice said.
Moth Captains shouted: Halt" The men
poined in their eager steeds, and then
The blue leapcd down and up again,
And galloping like mad, he bore
1'he child he d grasped mile or more
Raek TO il s mother cottage door.
foud rose the cheers from blue and gray
AZ smingly they turned away;
There was no battle fought that day
-Harper's Weekly.
The Osceola times., 1885-05-09
sELF.PREsERvATI0N THE FIRST LAW
OF NATURE.

In these degenerate days when ennui
or a morbid craving for excitement
alternately depresses or enliyens the
animal pulse of unfortunate humanity,
q word, blow, a pistol shot, too often
ends the chapter OF life and darkcns
with gloom and soIrowing regret muir
derers future. Truly self-preserva-
ton is the first law of nature" but this
In its fullest and grandest sense should
include preservation of ones equanin-
ity of temper, q preservation OF happy
consciousness of living and doing right
", a preservation of that disposition
which shows regard for the lives and
feelings of others, all Of which makes
life endurable to our associates and tn
joyable to ourselves. Again, knowl-
edge of that which promotes and thas
which impairs the harmonious action Of
natural bodily functions is essential To
the best preservation OF all there Is In
life worth living. To this end judi
cious selection of remedial agents
should unerrlngly be made when lic
wheels of perfect health begin to run
slow, when the stomach grows weak,
when the liver feels sore, when the kid
neys give pain. VIXEN natural functions
cause distress, and gloomy forebodlngi
become constant companions. Tao
wisest selection of a medicine for coun-
tcracting such evidences of i'll health and
restoring robust strength to all parts Of
the body is Or. GUYSCTTS YELLOW
DOCK AND SARSAPARllLA. Remem-
Der this and do not let your druggists
sell you In its place anything of differ
ent name, for the writer, who was HIM
self an invalid for years, knows this
remedy to excel as health restorative
all other preparations.
The Osceola times., 1885-05-09
HITTING A NAIL ON THE HEAD.
A Practical Illustration Of an Important
Principle.

Papa, what is meant by always hit
ting the nail on the head, in daily life?"
1T simply means, my son, that you
come directly TO the point in all your
dealings with the world"
but how. papa"
"Well, let me see. Hum! All,
have it! Run out to the shed and get
me nail, hammer and pine block. :"
Here they are. papa.
Every good. Now | will place the
block on my knee-so. Then ! will
hold the nail all ready for being driven
into the block-so. Now take the ham,
mer and strike the nail directly on the
head and it will enter the block. Hyou
strike all around the nail, without hit
ting it, your blows will be wasted. Are
you ready, my sonP'
"Yes, papa.
Then-go!"