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Some AdEantages of a Fruit. Diet

"Fruit and fruit culture, as related to
health" was the subject Of an address
by Professor H. w. Parker before the
Iowa State Hor ticultural society, in
which working among fruit and living
with it are commended to a population
who become bilious on excess of meat.
In temperate zones, the author says,
''the dire experience of almost universal
disease, and the evidence of those who
have freely used fruit, point to this as
most needful article of dict; and when
we come to the tropics we find that men
must confine themselves mostly to fruit
diet, practice that should be largely
followed in our long, hot summers; yes,
with our present habits of unwhole-
some living, especially in respect to
confined air and cooking, must be OBJ
served in winter as well. In the warm
temperate climates there are
enough examples of muscu.
lar, long-livcd people who live
on minimum of animal food, such as
those of tho Grecian Archipelago, who
subsist on goats milk, figs, and maize
bread. Individual examples are to the
same effect. DR.. Winship began as an
Invalid, and by athletics and diet at
tanned such vigor that he could lift
twelve hundred pounds. He INDUCED,
we are told, occasionally in sardines,
and for the rest depended on fruit and
farinaceous (that is, starchy) food. The
recovery of health in grape cures shows
what may be sought in that direction;
the peach cure has lately come into no
tice, and doubtless any ripe, fresh,
juicy fruit if not of a kind too astrin-
gent or laxative in certain cases, would
do as well. / can testify that quart or
two Of Strawberries, twice or thrice a
day, soon recovered me from torpidity
of the liver and consequent constipation,
increasing for year or two; and yet
this is spoken of as not of an aperient
sort. Since then my only medicine is
fruit the year round" - Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Even cur may bark at his own gate.
Dig two graves before cursing neigh
Dor.
The silent man Is often worth listen
ing to.
Every duty which is hidden to watt
returns with seven others.
Good credit II business is often bet
fer than fat bank account.
Every lane has turn, but many Of
us get tired before wo reach it.
The consciousness of integrity gives
ease and freedom to the mind.
That what people imagine to have
makes them happier THAI that they
own.
To the cynic: if you desire to COM
pose satire write down your own do
ings.
In waiting for rich relations to die
don't wait so long as to lose all your
energy.
Grand temples are built of small
stones, and great lives are made up Of
trifing events.
He who loves to read and knows how
to reflect, has laid by a perpetual feast
for his old age.
We must not hope wholly to change
their original tempcrs, nor make the
gay pensivo and grave nor tho mclan-
choly sportive, without spelling them.
One of tho best rules in conversation
is, never to say thing which any Of
the company can reasonably wish we
had rather left unsaid; nor can there
well be anything more contrary to the
ends for which people meet together,
than to part unsatisfied with each other
or themselves.
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Virginia Oyster shuekOrA

sunday morning at tho oyster %tlass
u ls late before the pungies are opsRe9
LOT pHsIRaaa, says ths WashiREton star.
The mon oq tRs hsats, altSg putting in
hard wccks wSsE, sEs glad when
Sunday morning comes. They can
sleep late and some of them can sleep
all day, for there are captains who will
not open their boats on Sunday. 1t Is
late in tho morning when the smoke is
first seen curling up from small stove
pipe through tho cabin door, and tho
cook appears aad begins to prepare the
breakfa t. The cooking is soon done
for there is no great variety of food,
nor are there any fancy dishes to pre-
pare. Break fast over, the hatchway is
opened. Then the colored and white
shuckcrs begin to appear, to pick up
an odd job. Soon persons can be seen
Struggling toward the wharf from all
directions with tin buckets. These
shuckcrs strive to get the first Gus
toner, and frequently they quarrel
over tho first conner, but they seldom
come to blows. After an hour or moro
every shucker has had a job and has
change in his pocket.
GLOW much do shuckers mako
day" cd the reporter of one of the
shuckers.
THAT depends entirely upon the
shucker," he answered. ''If the
shuckcr is good one he can make from
two to five dollars if business is good.
When we shuck for dealers we are paid
by tho gallon. Sometimes we receive
as high as twenty cents for shocking a
gallon, and then, again, we arc not
paid so much. When VIC shuck for
persons on tho wharf, who only pur-
chase bushel for family use, VIC usual
ly charge 25 cents, but then we have to
wait some time between jobs, and in
that way we do not make as much as
when we shuck for dealers. Sometimes,
of course, we catch a customer who will
not pay more than 90 cents, and if bus
mess is dull some shuckers will take
job at even loss than that. Sundays
are usually our best days, for then VIC
catch gentlemen who buy bushel or so
of oysters and want to cat them on tho
half-shell. We pay the oystermcn for
the oysters and then charge what we
please for them. If there are four or
five men to eat them, we will charge
them, say 25 cents each. They are
used to eating oysters in restaurants,
and, of course, paying good prices for
them.
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Indian Justice.

In the early history of this country,
Appalachee was for a time the dividing
line between the whites and the Chcro
KEGS. There was constant trouble be-
tween the two races that required
friendly ad judication to prevent blood
shed; there was justice on duty named
Tumlin to whom these issues were gem
orally submitted Ho soon got tired Of
the frivolous complaints OF the Indians,
and concluded that he would have an
Indian justice and bailiff to settle their
disputes. He accordingly had one APP
pointed who willingly underto ok to dis
pense justice. Some time aiterward
Tumlin met the Indian justice and
wanted to know how he was maintains
ing the dignity of the law; the old In
dian replied that he was doing finely,
but had tried but one case.
"What was your decision2' inquired
Tumlin.
Il sentenced the plaintiff to receive
fifty lashes and the defendant fifty, and
made the bailif pay the cost"
"Doyou think that was rlght9" asked
the white
"oohF grunted the savage macis-
tratc, mo more cases to try."-[Gui-
nett (Ga.) Herald.
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SAVANNAH, GA. SATURDAY. MAY l2 1883

studied com juring. After the powder
and wad were rammed home, and while
the Arab was engaged in marking the
bullet, the Frenchman had slipped into
the pistol little tube, the lower end Of
which was closed. Into this tube tho
marabout dropped the bullet. and as
he thrust down the wad with the ram
rod, tho tube fitting snugly to tho ram
rod, and polished on the outside to re-
semblc it. was withdrawn at the end OF
the stick without attracting attention,
thus giving Robert Houdin possession
of the marked ball.
The third and last of the Frenchman's
special feats for the Algerians, although
no doubt most effective when performed
before them is lie easy to describe A
young Arab was asked to step upon a
table, where he was covered with a
huge extinguishcr. This extinguishel
was then brought down to the foot
lights, when it was found to be empty
The young man had vanished. So hor-
rified were the assembled Algerians at
this most mysterious disappearance that
they jumped to their feet and began to
fly from the theatre in terror despite tho
utmost endeavor of some of the calmer
chiefs to control them. At the door
they found, to their still greater sur.
prise, the young Arab, none the worse
for his temporary vanishing, and wholly
unable or unwilling to explain what had
happened to him.
Nor does Robert Houdin explain the
secret of this trick. And we had best
follow his example. Perhaps some OF
the readers of this paper, voluntary APP
prentices in the art and mysteries of
magic, may be able to suggest an ex-
PLANTATION. - Harper's Young People.
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A CONJUROR'S FEATS.
Y BRANDER MATTHEWS

The French have ha as much trouble
with the Arabs of Algeria as we have
had with the Indians in the far west.
There are frequent rlsings and revolts,
there are constant skirmishes and long
truces, and there is rapid alienation
of hostility and friendship. Every year,
in the fall, there are feasts and enter
tainments at Algicrs, to which all the
leading Ar ID chiefs are invited. Among
the Arabs the marabouts, or native ma
giclans, have great influence greater
than that exercised by the medicine
men of our Indians. 1t was to discount
the paltry wonders these marabouts
were able to do that the French au-
thorities invited Robert oudin to go
over to Algiers and to perform his
moststartling feats before the assembled
chiefs and the most important Arabian
medlcine-men. They hoped to show the
Arabs that, best lie Robert Houdin's
marvellous feats, the pretty tricks of
the marabouts were altogether too in
significant to be of divine origin, as
the more ignorant believed them to be.
Toward the end of October, in the
middle of the autumn festival, and after
the Arabs had performed their wonder
full Fantasia on horse back, Robert Hou-
din gave his performance il the theatre
of Algiers, before all the chosen Arabs,
who came with their chiefs, tribe by
tribe, until the little auditorium was
absolutely packed. 1t must have been
a most interesting spectacle to see these
children of the desert, many of whom
had never been inside of theatre be-
fore, seated there in serted columns,
wholly ignorant of the surprises in store
for them. In the balcony, for example,
there were sixty chiefs, each wearing
the red cloak which is the sign of their
submission to the French authority. All
the military and civic dignitarics of the
colony were also present in the full pomp
of official uniform. Interpreters were
scattered through the house to give the
natives all needful explanations.
Robert Houdin records that he came
forward solemnly aud with heavy
sense of responsibility for he was not
now merely to amuse, but to astonish,
to awe, to terrify, to impress powerfully
the imaginations of his savage spe eta
tors. And they were as solemn as he;
they received him with true Oriental
gravity, giving him courteous attention,
but sitting stolid and making no sign for
long while. It was only by picking
out an Arab here and there, and paying
special attention to him, that the per-
former was able to thaw the frigidity
of the assembly, and to break the ice of
Oriental impassivenesj. The taking of
ahuge cannon-ball from borrowed hat
was the first trick which aroused gen
eral excitement.
AS the Algerians are forbidden by
Mohammeds law to drink wine, Robert
Houdia substituted for his inexhaust-
IDLE bottle an inexhaustible bowl, from
which no poured numberless cups Of
coffee, smoking hot. The first cups
were tasted most timidly, as perhaps of
evil origin, but courage sc9n came, and
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-12
Valuable Paners.

Wife Ito second husband, who is
rummaging in a closet: "Don't dis
turb that bu7dlo Of letters, John. l
wouldn't have anything happen to them
for the world"
Husband QondlD: "Oh. dear, then
you didn't burn those foolish love let
tiers of mine after all, as you said you
did"
Wife: eyes, John, burned yours;
but these letters are from my first hus-
band."-LEpoch.
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The Presidents Conclusion.

"Daniel, called the President sharp
ly to his private secretary this morning,
as he heard that worthy talking to al
applicant in the outer Office.
Yes, SIRE" responded Daniel, COM
ing in trembling.
Didn't hear you talking to some
oneg
ayes, sire"
"Who was it, Daaielr
she wants help. sire. lie says he IS
a poor democrat.
"A poor democrat, Danielf'
eyes, sire"
"Well, Daniel, he must be mug
wump. They are the poorest democrats
/ ever had anything to do with" -
Washington Critic.
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A Long Walk.

She was very stout, very jolly and
little sarcastic, and he was Gliding Mr..
De Dood for not speaking to her at a
reception the day before.
"Aw, Miss Laura" he pleaded, 81
wanted to, but you wouldn't recognize
me. Really don't you know, l walked
all arouad you, but you wouldn see
me-"
"Clear around me, SIR. Do Doodr
she said alphabetically. GLOW tired
it mast have made you."--I Washington
Critic.
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The Number OF Siberian ExIIes.

The chief paper of Ekaterin burg pub
fishes some interesting information
about the number of persons exiled from
Russia to Siberia for political and other
offenses. On January of the present
year the number of these prisoners Of
both sexes in the provinces Of Irkutsk,
Yeneseisk and Yakutsk amounted to
10, 900. OF this number AZ, 900 were
in fixed places of residence, 20. 900 wyse
employed on different works, and
5000 had escaped. In Western ST.
IBERIA it appears the number of prisoners
who evade their custodians was still
greater, for a census taken in the towns
and villages showed that tho enormous
proportion of sixty-sevcn per cent. Of
the prisoners were missing. The paper
throws no light on what become, of
these unfortuaates. - Pittsburg Chroni-
Gle
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Sleep, Sorrow, Sleep.
Sleep, sorrow, sleepl

Sleep, sorrow, sleepl
For have watched thee weep
Till all the purpose of my days is riven
Her quest forsaken, shall the soul be shrivcna
NV VOWS are melted with unceasing woe,
AS April rainfalls waste the winter snow.
Rest, sorrow. restl
For thee a curtaiGed nest
Of faith and truth and lulling tendernesses
Is shaped within the spirits dim recesses,
Where all the tumult of life's eddyiug stream
Sounds hollow as the rivers of a dream.
Rest, sorrow, restl
Upon thy heaving breast
White poppy leaves strew so heavily
scented
deem that pulsing heart will be contented
To droop on dull oblivion awhile,
As sinks the spent wave on tropic isle.
Sleep, sorrow, sleepl
Heaven send thee frances deep,
Too deep for dreams, till weary night hath
ending
In rosy dawn, when Love, above thee bend
ing,
AS sunshine floods the long enshrouded skies,
Shall kiss into smi e thy waking eyes.
Katherine Lee Bates.
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Trained Down Too Fine.

Landlady TO Dumloy): "You are not
looking ry we'll of late, Mr.. Dumley.
/ think you ought to take more exer-
else"
Dum!ey (stuggiiug with his steak
"There is such a thing, Mrs. Hendricks,
as too much exercise. -. Epoch.
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LnIrlng from One OutsIde.

Tramp-"W!lI the gentleman give a
trife 10 a poor mlnf
Gentleman-"IIow do know you are
poor manp
GLOW do l know you are gentle
mani It is only By the outside thar
either OF US can judge the other.
Isiltings.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-07
Court Notes.

County Court was in session most
of the week, with Judge Rozell pre-
siding in his usual dlgni6cd manner.
Claims to the amoun; of %, SIC, ,85
were allowed. This includes an
item Of 100000 for , new bridge
across Crooked Lake Bayou; and the
expense Of tbe special election for
County Surveyor.
]. w. Rhodes, b. l.. Hill and DR..
w. X. Harrison were appointed
Commissioners 10 prepare plans and
specifications for a bridge across
Double Sloughs on the road from
Golden Lake TO Frenchmsn Bayou,
and ordered to report next Monday.
The contract for repairs on the
Jail which was awarded by the Clerk
TO E. NJ. Ayers, was approved.
The inquest ON the body Of, has.
Hite killed on the Coahona, cost
the County $3.50.
The action Of the Clerk in award
ing tho contract for new bridge across
Crooked l.nkc in the upper part of
the County to A. A. Rounsaville,
was approved.
Six liquor license were granted,
sll for Osceola, except one, it being
for Luxora Landing.
The Court made appointment of
Road Overseers aud apportioning
Justices, and the Clerk ordered to
send out notices to the lucky ones,
Who drew prizes.
The sale Of liquor in Big Lake
Township WAS prohibited under the
three mile law.
The Clerk reported the Seal tax
collected by him since October. His
report was approved and he was or
dered to pay over to the Treasurer.
VIM. Bailey was granted license
to run a ferry between Ashport,
Tenn, and Daniels Point, Ark.
w. S. Hayes made his Quarterly
Settlement with the Court and paid
over every dollar the Clerk had him
charged with, and more too. The
Treasurer then settled and paid into
the County Court % ,057,38; Which
the Court received and cancelled,
and the debt If the County is rcduc.
eb by that much.
Mr.. Hayes also settled for rent on
10th Sec. 7. IL N, II. IL E.; and
paid into the County Treasury t3IiS
81. That being the s'pleL 49,, r ),
due afte- .ii-s.:..v y s""",i' iou"u
= ::ehiFa. 1a!.o ing him credit for re-
a n, fencing etc.
= The court adjourned until next
r Jonday in order to allow bridge
Commissioners to report.
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A GRAND RECORD.

We call your attention to the ad.
vertisemen, Of a remedy which has
stood the test of more than a half
century with increasing popularity,
and is universally admitted to have
no equal as a remedy for the cure of
diseases originating in disordered
Liver, such as Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness, Constipation, Headache, Colic,
etc. Simmons Liver Regulator is
simple and harmless, purely vegeta-
bic. and can be safely sud advanta
geonsly used under any clrcumstan.
ccs. 1t acts mildly and eilectually
and is especially valuable as a Fam
lily Medicine, which position it holds
in so many homes. We do not know
another preparation which can bring
forward such endorsements from the
heads Of families and those holding
the higest official and social positions.
Keep Simmons Liver Regulator in
the house and it will reduce your
doctors bill aud insure for your fam.
lilies health aid happiness.
1t seems strange, but it is never
theless true that the world rontxins
people who will try to initiate, coun-
terfeit or substitute something else
for genuine, merilorious article,
even to the extent of making a spu.
rious medicine, risking life and health
aud 1t behooves everyone to see that
they buy only the genuine. Zeiin 4
Cp. have used the precaution to put
on the front Of each wrapper their
trade mark of q curved u entwined
around the mortar, and on the side
the signature Of J. II. Zeilin & Co. a.,
in red ink. Frauds should always
be denounced and the true remedies
upheld.
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COLLECTORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that | will,
in person, or by deputy, be at the
following places, at the time specified
below, for the purpose Of collecting
the taxes for 1887:
Swsyne Township-Monday Jan.
8, at l.. ID. Rozzell.
Clear Lake Tuesday, Jan. 10, mt
School house.
Canadian "Wednesday, Jan. IL,
At Rucker & Bros store.
Hickman-Thursday, Jan. ~, at
Brolaski.
Chickasa wba Friday and Satur-
day, Jan. IL and IA, at Blythe &
Triplett's store.
Fast Big Lake Monday, Jau. 16,
at John Perry's.
West Big Lake Tuesday, Jan. I
at Ike Daugherty's.
Little River Wednesday, Jan. 1S
at Andy Frazier's.
Scott-Thursday md Friday, Jan.
10 and 20, at Jones & Wards.
Dead Timber Lake-Saturday,
Jan. 2l, at Flovd's house.
Lower Monday, Jan. %,
at Friends store.
Upper Pecan-Tuesday, Jan. "a,
at Rhodes & Norton's store.
Troy-Wednesday and THURSDAY,
Jan. rs and 2o, at Furguson's store.
Carson Lake-Friday, Jan. q, at
School house.
Monroe-Monday and Tuesday,
Jan. 30 and 81, at Court House.
After which time, l will be ut the
Collectors office, for the purpose OF
collecting said taxes until.,ksnS;.b
day .s T Of April, APRIL lssos sso, a, which time
w N@NIcooxs will be closed and a
:. enaity of 25 per cent. attaches. All
tax payers are earnestly requested
to come forward and pay their taxes
ct the appointed times and places,
and thus save the Collector expense
and trouble, and themselves the ex
pense Of collection by distrsint.
w. S. HAYES,
| Collector Miss. Go.
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Rental Notice +!

Notice is hereby given, that as
Sheriff and Collector of Mississippi
county, Arkansas, I will, on the 10Th
day of January, 1883, at the main
door of the Court House in the town
of Osceola, Arkansas, within lawful
hours, proceed to rent at public out
cry, to the highest and best bidder,
for the year 1888, the School Sec
tion l6, in Township l2 North and
Raoge II East, in Mississippi ooun.
ty, Arkansas Terms: one half OF
the rent money to be paid in cash in
advance, and the balance at the end
Of the year. w. S. HAYES,
Sheriff & Collector.
BY J. A. Lovewell, Deputy.
December u, 1887.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-07

The first prize offered by Mess.
l.. A. Morris i Co., . 6ne Double.
barrel brsooh loading shotgun to
any one who guessed nearest the
number of beans contained in a glass
jar, was won by Mr.. r. X. Thomp-
son, Of Big Lake, whore guess was
5,255. The next prize single bar
rel h,eech loading shot-g gun WAS won
by Mr.. James Anderson, supposed
to reside At Clear Lake. The jar
contained 5,267 beans. which were
counted by Mess. Ben II. Bacchus
and S. S. Semmes.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-07
Cut This Out!

The most miserable being in the
world is that person suffering from a
Shaking Chill or Burning Fever
To day there are hundreds yearning
for health. Reader why will you
suffer, day after day, with Chills and
Fever, when CUBAN CHILL
TONIC, TIE GREAT WEST INDIES
FEVER AND AoUE REMEDY, intro.
duced into thi. country from Cuba,
'hc greatest and bes, Chill and Few
er Remedy in the World, will cure
you and restore you to health? Gu
BAN CHILL TONIC, cures Chills
and Fever of every type; 1t purifes
the Blood, it rcnovates the Liver;
it makes The sick well, and the mis-
erable happy. 1t cares enlarged
Spleen; it cures Hypertrophy of the
Liver. Two doses will stop chill,
and one bottle breaks them up for
years. If you do not believe what
we say, CUT TINS OUT and take il to
your druggist, Ben u. Btcchus. alI
ask him about CUBAN C1.LL
TONIC, InE GarAI EST fSpl,s
FEVER AND AGUE REMEDY TIM
WORLDS GREAT Chill AND FEvRR
King.
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This Book, a perfect wade mecum, is
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in 1887 will receive a copy Of the
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duction of this work we are compel
led to withdraw all our offers of dis
count.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-07
AUCTION SALE!
ONE MILE NORTH OF ELMOr, AT
OUR CAMS.

We will sell, for CASH IN HAND,
On Thursday, January 18TH, 1898,
to the highes, bidder, the following
articles. to-wit: 40 head of Mules
aud Horses; 4 yoke of Oxen, one lot
Of Scrapers, Plows, Shovels, mattox,
Axes, Cane Hooks, Brush Scy:hes,
Cooking and Heating Stoves, Lam
terms, Lamps, Cross-cut Saws, Bed
ding, Blankets, &c; also general
stock OF Boots, Shoes, and Clothing
A general assortment OF harness and
gearing. and many other things toe
tedious to mention.
Private sale from day to day until
everything Is sold.
SERBIAN, WRIGHT & Co.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-07

MExPHIs had . magnificent dis
play of FIRE. works as closing scene
Of the old wear, furnished by the
burning of the large Wholesale house
OF Porter & Mscrae, on Shelby Street; |;
aud the clothing and dry goods
house Of Ottenheimer & Schwartz,
on Main. Cost cf fire. works sume.
thing over 100000. 1t is hardly
nrccssary to say that this display
was not on the regular programme,
aud that the most heroic efforts If
ile fre.'n-n were required to prevent
jts b'ing a very expensive affair.