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The Osceola times., 1886-01-09
BURlY WALNUT.
How Valuable and Desirable Burls are Pro
duced In Trees.

duced In Trees.
In planting trees for profit the plan.
ter should be guided by the natura,
growth of the forest. in open sparse
woods he finds crooked, branchy, knot
ty trunks which are of small value for
lumber, while in dense forests the trees
are long and straight and free from
knots and branches. Moreover, the
growth is more rapid, and the trees
sooner attain a marketable size. But
this fact is TO be taken with due allow
ance for the use Of which the timber is
to be applied. For ornamental timber
such as walnut, chestnut, bird s-eyc
maple, cherry and others, crooked
knotty and branchy trees are the mos
valuable, and the more room given the
better this object is secured. So that
thin planting and slow growth art
necessary rather than tall straight
growth produced by close planting. II
might be mentioned here that the burls
which are so desirable and valuable il
ornamental woods are produced by
gnarls and wounds in the young trees
and in the forks of the limbs. tn,
enormous value of burly walnut, sew.
eral thousand dollars having been paid
for one log of this character, is an item
of great interest to farmers who are
planting timber for proft.-N y
Times
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09
STEAMSHIP FIREMEN.
Their Hard and Constant Work In Heats d
Dungeons.

Every traveller on an ocean steamship
has observed the firemen, who, smut
covered and painting, climb up at inter
walls out Of the boiler-room to the deck
to get breath of fresh air Yet even
sight Of them does not give vivid
idea Of the heated dungeon where they
work. The descent to il, always by
ladder, is like the descent into a cavern,
There are the piles of coal, the hot boil
ers, the light that the fires give, ant
only such fresh air as comes down tn,
shaft. They work out Of communica
ton with everybody except the engi
neers, and they give less heed to cain
or stormy weather than anybody else OF
board. They keep the fires constantly
burning, but here their likeness to tn,
vestal virgins ends. except in that the
well-being of passengers, if not o
worshippers. depends on their vigilance
they have never been assigned plac,
in honor or tradition equal to the tar
who lead more venturesomc life abov,
them; but since the day when steam
ships superseded sailing craft as {,
means of travel, the engineers and fire
men have been incomparably more i'm
portant persons than the sailors, ant
they are not a whit less interesting Or
the modern ocean steamer they nut
number the sailors sometimes two t1
one.-Hdrper's Weekly.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09
LAS A CHllO."

"Motheri oh, motherl NJ, motberi
Hear the wind at the window and door.
Hear the surges of rain, aud the surges
OF sea us they break on the shore!'
"Yes. child, but the tempest Is driven
BY hands I ~ have mastered Its might,
And the lone stars remblo IN silence
Far OF In the depths of night:
Ther is One who can hold us ever
W erever the wild winds blow
There Is peace and sheltering haven
Far out where the lone stars glow"
"But mother, my motherl The stormins
Sends death to nv heart; and my eyes
Strain hard in the dark to discover
Wherever that wect haven lies.
Oh, the storm and the stress of Its passion
ii covers my soul as die,
And the lghtnings leap out and defy me
With wrath from the earth and sky.
Oh, motherl The night and the tempestl
Hear the wird at the window and door
Hear the wrath of the wind, and the surges
Df sea- as they break on the shoreF'
Then she covered his eyes, and her tender
Fral fingers his tresses caressed,
And she sang as a mother can only
Sing low with babe at her breast,
Aud the strong man WAS hushed, as the
children
Lie stiil in tie moment of prayer
while the sob of the rain was IA burden
OF passionate i'~'p everywhere.
As q child in tho evening is sheltered
And Graded and luli,d in i,s nest,
So Tbs ponr soul sought its refuge
Once more on the dear mothers breast,
And, In d on her heart, was carried
As & babe to its infinite rest.
y. H. Kennedy IN Current.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09
ANCIENT TROUSERS.
Pair of Indispensabies Made of Seven
ty-five Colored Patches.

4 Pair of Indispensabies Made of Seven
ty-fve Colored Patches.
Mayor Smith recently received from
c. Law, of Pittston, for inspection, a
pair of trousers made Of seventy-five diff
ferent colored patches and weighing
about twenty pounds. A placard con-
tanning the following accompanied the
curiosity:
These pants were fifty-two years in
actual service by North Carolina col
ored gentleman by the name of Sam
Williams, better known in his country
as Father Sam, who is now at the ripe
old age of one hundred and eight years
and still able to walk around. Father Of
twenty-three children, all living, the old
est being ninety-one years; ninety-four
grandchildren. He was slave for
sxty-four years. These were his we'd
ding pants. and six of his sons wore the
same pants for wedding pants. They
are highly priced by the old gent and
his children. They were sent to me by
a friend, who had to deposit fifty dollars
as a guarantee of their being returned.
They were in actual wear thirty-two
wears, and have been on exhibition for
the past twenty years. They have been
across the ocean four times and on ex-
hibition in all the large cities of the
United States. You are requested to re-
turn them soon, as the youngest son is
to be married and he has the promise of
them to wear on that occasion. "-Phila-
dciphid Press.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09
Bricks Made of Waste Sand.

Much is said in favor Of the new kind
Of bricks made from the waste sands OF
glass factories, which often accumu
late in such large quantities as to occa
sion much inconvenience. For utiliza.
ton in this way, the sand is subjected
to an immense hydraulic pressure, and
then baked in furnaces at a high tenn
perature, SO as to produce blocks OF
various forms and dimensions, Of uni
form color, which are composed Of
almost pure slick. The crushing load is
from two TO three tons per square inch.
The bricks, when plunged in chlorhy
dric and sulphuric acid, show no trace Of
alteration. The produce is said to have
remarkable solidity and tenacity; il is
not affected by even the heaviest frost,
or by the action of sun or rain; it resists
very high temperatures, provided no flux
is present; it is very light, it's specific
gravity being only LIS; and, being of
fine white color. forms pleasing archi-
tectural combination with other mate
rals.-N Y Sun.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

tralian world gathers into the pleasant
capital Of Victoria, and when the lawn
of the Pennington race-course is dow-
er-garden Of colonial beauty. Till they
reach the railroad, or the seaboard.
they journeyed in their buggy. one Of
their men on horseback driving in front
"mob" of relief horses which are put
into harness in relays. During this visit
to town the squatter arranges for the
disposal of his wool, buys the station
stores for the year, that arrive months
afterwards on drays, takes his wife to
the play every night they are not at a
ball, and generally has a"good time for
a month or six weeks. Then the pair
contentedly go back to the bush again.
His life there is one Of ceaseless ac-
tivity. He rides as much as any Colorado
cowboy. There are a hundred things
| claiming attention in the routine of his
breezy, energetic life. He must see to
the systematic poisoning of the "dingo," Z"
or native dog, which, but that he u
kept down by poison, would decimate
the flocks as they spread shepherdless
over the enclosed paddocks. He must
be his own chief boundary rider.
The lambing season is full of solioi
| tude for him, but his busiest period Of
all is the shearing time. Then the sta
ton becomes village, with more hustle
and activity than prevade most villages
The shearers are engaged in the nearest
township. Every laboring man in the
Australian bush, no matter what his
| normal avocation-''cockatoo farmer,
tank-builder, sawyer. horse-breaker
"sun-downer," dravp,aDr blacksmith. -
takes to sheep-shesring in the season,
because it pays so we'll 1t is piece
work-so much per hundred fleeces
! shorn.
The shearers work in the wood-shed,
| close against one Of its faces, in which
there are openings communicating with
pens in which ready to hand, are massed
the unshorn sheep. All the work is al
high pressure. A first-class shearer will
clip over one hundred sheep in the day.
| The work of supervision is not to hurry,
but to retard, the shearers. They must
be watched, lest in their haste they leave
too much wool. or else clip so close as
to snip away pieces of the skin along
with the wool. A boy runs about with a
pannikin of melted tar and brush. and
answers swiftly to the cry Of 'TarH
when shearer has shipped the skin.
and has to dress the wound he has made
with dab from the brush, dipped in
the pannikin.
The shearers are quartered in huts,
| and one of their number is selected to
cook for them. The squatter finds the
rations. A liberal, il simple, allowance
the Australian ration is. It is familiarly
summarized as twelve, ten, two, and a
quarter" This is short for twelve
pounds Of meat (mostly mutton), ten
pounds Of -four, two pounds of sugar,
and quarter Of pound of tea, the week
ly ration all over the country. except in
| Queensland, where the meat allowance
is eighteen pounds. Contrast this with
the naked ration OF the British soldier
seven pounds of bread, and five and a
quarter pounds Of meat Uih bone!
The life is full Of exertion and emula-
ton; il arduous it is healthy, and has
the charm of adventure. - archibald
Forbes, in Youths Companion.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09
Old Tony Weller.

Old Mr.. Weller was real person
and we knew him. He was "Olt
Chumley" in the flesh, and drove tn,
stage daily from Rochester to Londol
and back again. Once when my fathe
was in town, the sister next to me need
ing the overlooking Of Sir James Clark
she and were sent up to London unde
the care of Old Chumley. We were pu
inside at our own gates, and the good
natured red-faced old fellow came regu
larly to the door whenever we stopped
to change horses or to water them t
ask the little misses If they wanted any
thing. or how they found themselves. :
Mrs. Lynn Linton, IN Fortnight!y Re
vseU.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09
A MONARCH'S FREAK.
The Latest Whim of Bavarias Crazy
King.

King Ludwig has again given an ex-
hibition of eccentricity OF very pecu-
liar kind. He had announced three OF
four times recently his intention to pay
a flying visit to the capital of Bavaria,
and all preparations had been made al
the Court theater for playing the piece
he had ordered to be given. His car
riages were actually waiting at the sta
ton at o'clock in the morning, an un-
earthly hour, chosen, according to his
Majesty's custom, in order to avoid the
curious gaze of his devoted subjects.
However, good many Of the latter
attended to catch a glimpse of him. but
their surprise can be imagined when it
was announced that the king. at the
last moment, had decided to go TO the
Bayarian highlands to his beautiful
castle of Linderhof, whittier his court
chaplain had previously been ordered to
celebrate midnight mass-a curious sub
sttute for the theatrical entertainment
which was awaiting him at Munich
Linderhof might almost be described as
a fairy palace. Among its many sights
is a grotto Of q peculiar blue color,
which has very remarkable effect.
The King recently noticed that the blue
had lost it, intensity of hue. and con.
suited a distinguished professor on the
subject. When the scientist had ex.
planned to His Majesty that the reason
was that the color was becoming IA
miliar. His Majesty replied sharply
That might be the case with ordinary
eyes, but not with those of King.
While all these peculiarities are taking
place, Bavaria is getting more and more
perpleYed as TO the best way OF paying
of the royal debts. -M9nich Cor. Lon.
don life
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

1T is estimated that there are l00,-
600, 900 acres of land on the Pacific
coast that are especially adapted to
wheat culture. OF this California has
Is, 900. 900. or one-fourth Of the whole;
Oregon has Is. 600. 900 acres, Washing.
ton Territory has l6. 900, 900 acfsa. Col.
orado and Idaho 10. 000. 900 each. Mon
tana, Utah and Wyoming 7.0v0.00e
each, and the great bulk Of ell thi.
wheat land yet remains untoushsd- -
San Eraneisco ChroMs1A
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09
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The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

"A Philadelphia art exhibition was
not financially successful OF about
$4,000 visitors only 10000 paid admis-
sion fees, the others being deadheads.
The enterprise was more an educational
than a commercial success
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

The Medical Summary thinks that
theatrical people are too much inclined
10 drink absinthe, and considers the
taste especially unfortunate, as the dip
,omania resulting from il is very vio-
lent and almost incurable. The imita-
lion article drank In the United States
. said to be made from . mixture of
essential oils and indieo-mestly poi.
soma
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

LAcoNrc patient to physician: Caught
cold. Physician: Take Red Star Cough
Cure; no morphia, no poisons. Only VEN
ty.fve cents. St. Jacobs Oh cures pain.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

A DUDE in one Of the new cape coats has
the general appearance Of persmbulstinl
pen n-wiper.-Boston Bulletin
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

A RoILER-sKATE gathers no moss, but q
roller skaters shins often get barked.-N
Y. ysra nal.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

Tho Atohison, Topeka d Santa 2.
Railroad Company has established four
teen reading rooms at points along Il
line for.the benefit Of it. employees.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

f. L. NoYEs, Revere, Mass, was cured Of
scald-head by using Halls Hair Renewer.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

3 months treatment for Soc. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

PIKE's TooTHACHE Drops cure in minute. 1sc
Glsnn's sulphur Soup heals and beauties. &c
GERMAN CoHS REMOVER kills Corns Bunions
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

Germany devotes 5000, 900 acres to
the cultivation of the potato. The yield
last year was 23, 0OO, 600 tons.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

IT is the man with the dark beard who
never says dye.-Loreu Courier.
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

A SURE cure eforobstinate coughs and cold,
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. The best remedy
The Osceola times., 1886-01-09

II joke can make horse laugh, why
can't ii make shay i-Chieago Tribune.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

One day he con6ded In another friend, and asked him what he thought. The friend replied: "l don't think. 1 am an editor"
 Thus time passed on. It couldn't help itself. It had nothing else to do. Mrs. Bigleton underwent great change. One morning when she got out of bed she for. go, to strike her foot against the leg oi the sewing machine. This annoyed her greatly. Never before had she been guilty of such an omission. She even for got to put powder on her face. People said that she was losing her mind. The minister came to advise her and ate a baked duck. He always carried his ap- petite wh erever he went. fhe had los, it on the road he would have gone back and looked for it. When he was not eat ing he was otherwise engaged. Had ae not been a minister he would have posed as the great American eater. One of his friends, in paper read before the Eclec- tic society, solemnly asseverated that the parson could take in half of turnover pie at one bite. A lively discussion fol- loved, but it was finally decided that he could. All this, however, brought no re- lief to Colonel Bigleton and his wife. The minister did his best but could accom-. plish nothing. It is awful to be at sea with regard to the prospects of beloved son.
 One day the colonel ran along the street. People stared at him. He passed the minister's house. The minister put aside piece of souse, ran out and looked at the colonel. When the colonel reached home he burst into his wife's room and sank upon chair.
 "Why, colonel, what is the matteT2"
 "Soived at last" said the colonel.
 "Tell me, quick"
 "The colonel braeed himself and said !" Ep has gone to work"
 Mrs. Bigleton tainted.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13
4 BAD MEMORY.

How Is this Mar,hap' said woman addressing her washestAdy.
 "How's whute'
 "Why you arc short sabls-closh and two pairs ot pillow-casss."
 "ls dat sop
 "Yss, and last week you were shoss two sheets and one shirt."
 "ls dat 90 '"
 "Oi course h is."
 "Wall," rubbiag her knucklss, "lt's mighty strange"
 "l don't think 1t is strange"
 How does yer 'coun. fur l,, den ?"
 "Why, you kept them, that's how"
 "WAe, mel"
 "Yes. you; and II you doat bring them back I'll send a policeman after you"
 "Who, me"
 "You'il zee who."
 "Wall, now, heah. 1 doan mine wash. In fuf perticular folks but yessei is too hard ter pisass. l'se dun mer bes' an' heaA yer is CT blAmin' me. Oar ain' 10 sich thing ea pleasin' some folks, an' ss body mout CT well be in torment ea ter ,.y. Fee been wasAln' fur many er yeah an yesset Is de fast pusson dat wa'nt sadlsGed. Wall, l kaia' hep IL. Good day" As she passed ou. the gate sac muttered; Didat think O dem io' tow- els. Ei didn' hab no better msmbsy den dat 'omAn's got I'd quit"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13
WHY HE WAS BEATEN.

Judge Nagle was accounted the best boxer in the city. A man who knew him would not have fought him, but unfortu- nately for the judge there were men who did not know him. One day a country man, from whom the judge had bough, some wood, called the eminent boxer a liar and then proceeded to maui him. People who saw the fight were astonished at the judge. He did not seem to have any use of himself. When the fight was over, some one said:
 "Judge, don't und erssand it. You are the best boxer in town but along comes a man who knows nothing of the art and whips you. How is it7"
 "l can only illustrate it ty telling an old story which you have doubtless heard. There was once Frenchman renowned as the best pistol shot in the country. He could hit bird on the wing. He vas challenged by man and reluctantly ac. cepted. The Frenchman escaped unhurt bat missed his antagonist.
 "Why, how is this r some one asked You can hit bird on the wing but can, hit a man.
 "'Yes. monsieur he replied, for you sec ze bird has no pistolle in his hand That is about my case In boxing for amusement my antagonist has no wrath in his hand"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13
A FINANCIAL DIssENsIoN.

Two negroes met in the street." Heah bout dat silver 'skussun p
 "No, aint heard nothin' CT bout it. Whut wuz it2"
 "W'y, da tells me dat de gubmen, gwine ter stop maxim silver money an dat da's gwine ter take all de silver money CT way rum de folks"
 "Whut da gwine ter do dat fur ?"
 "Doan know, but l tell yer whu. does know. 1 knows dat l'se got fifty cents dat da didn't gwine ter get. Tse got i. EigAt down heah in my jeens, an de pas- son whut takes 1t out is got ter be CT bet ter man den I is."
 @Wall, Tse got CT bout seben.y-fi' cests at home, an I'll Der dinged ef CT man comes roun', dar nosin' alter it he1l wush he hadn't Dimocrats aint sadisfied wid turnin' all de niggess outen de pos'-ofice, but wants ter git all de money da's got. l doan blebe IT stay in dis blame coun. tzy. Blebe I'll go back ter Kaintucky.'
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

Stop right dar," said old Jack. aris- ing, "Yers dun said es nuh. Come rum beshine dat pulpit an femme gi, at yer"
 "G'way rum heah l" exclaimed the preacher, "G'way, tells yer. Look out, yer Il turn dis pulpit ober et yss doan' mine. Look out Come heAh, some- body"
 Old Jack had jsrked the preacher from the pulpit. Jack was active. He pounded the preacher with hts fist and the congregation arose and. with delight, witnessed the conflict Old Oscar vas getting the worst of 1t when a happy thought occurred to him. He reached down. took up a bench leg and popped" old Jack over the head. Jack could scarcely realize the change in the situa- ton, but knowing that something had happened, he looked responsibility at Oscar. Oscar cracked "him on the head again. Jack fell. He couldn't stand under such treatment. As he tell he knocked down a lamp which exploded and @, the house a6re. When the roof had fallen in, and while the Chris tians and sinners stood looking at the ruins. old Jack, whom some one had dragged from the house approached the preacher and said l.:
 "Dis wuz CT bad klamlty, Bruder Os- car"
 "Yas, awful"
 "Brudet Oscar, l hAb been CT lhlnkln' whut yer said ter me an hab come ter de 'clssioo da. Is CT sinner an is plenty bad fur CT Iample. mus,'ve changed my mine case yer hi, me wid de leg O de mourners' bench. Say, Tee gwine ter be CT better pusson an Is gwine ter line do church. hid CT bottle O whisky out heah in dc woods an l'se gwine ou. dar an flung it CT way"
 " Hole on, Bruder Jack, m go wid yer an hep yer fling 1t. A, fisgin' das sorter stuff nebes wuI CT slouch. Come e long. pfeachin' is all right, but ticker ls flicker"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13
WANTED HIA.

The general superintendent of a greal railroad was sitting in his office when ( we'll dressed man entered.
 "This the superintendcntT ~s @Yss." @ ~Giad to see you. sir. My name il Bakers and ! want job"
 "I h what department ?"
 "Want position as conductor of q passenger train."
 "Do you understand your business D. ~Try me once."
 "I suppose you would turn in every cent that belonged to the company" No, sir, but I'd whack up."
 "About how much would you take per day y5"
 "Oving to business" "You'd always make it point to bring in some little money, wouldn't you p "Well, I'd help myself first and then" "My friend" said the superintendent, (" want you. You have told me the first truth thas have heard fos years."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13
oARLAND's CASE.

Look heah, Ant'ny," said old Sol omon, whut's dis 1 heah ergin Torney Gin1 Gayarian'2"
 |" doan know. Whus did yer heah 2''
 "Wsll. l couldn' meek 1t out rackiy, bu. eE near CT 1 could gi, ter de subjeck un'er 'skussion IL 'peefed like Mir. Gayar- Ian had tuck some cattle dat 'longed ter CT tillyphone man"
 "Yer doan sayr
 "Dats whut does. l couldn' meek out rum whut hearn whuther de gin1 ven, inter de 6el an driv de stock out us whudes he found 'em in de road an penned 'em up. but at eny rate da foam de cattle in his place."
 "Whut da gwine ter do wid him '"
 "Doan pesE lack da ken do no,hin' wid him. Wy. hsah 'em say dat he won't gin up de cattle"
 "Yer doan sesso 2"
 "Heahed me, didn' yer 2 Wall it's jes lack tells yer"
 "Wy'nt da sen' CT policeman alter him ?"
 "Doan kso~, but 1 tell yer whut do know. Fl he wur CT nIgger dad take dem cattle CT way rum him an hTst him fore dc graa' jury quieksE'n CT goat ken bat his eye. Let CT man git sp ter bs suthln' big an he's safe Look, fur in- stunce, at Tom Anderson. Sent him ter jail wuass fur steAiin' CT middlin' O meat but nov dat he's es jsstics Q ds peace he ken % out an steal CT whole haag an d. woat do nothin' wid him. Doan Ike no sich onia'rness sz dat. Da oughtss meek de gin1 dsibs dem cattle homs.S
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13
ouKsTfoNs ANswKRRD.

LC. Yes, ve think you can writs that l., we think you can write youi name.
 KIT. You ask why So-and 50 l. DO, regarded as good actor. The reason is evident. He has just Gsishsd aa sn. gagsmsnt at Little Rock theaser. .
 L. C. Yss, wolves are frequently sssn h the ssresss of Listis Rock. They come tn from the countsy and ssii cord wood.
 PC. We don't think that yoas troupe can secure aa engagement h Lissis Rsck, as several of yosr actors are nsn of abil. fly. ustls Reck wants poos shows, asd every oss agrees that she gses then. Il you saiss yoar repststien. ksep away.