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The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
THE TABLES TURNED.
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Every Body's kstisfsce1on-

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"Jes' minute, II you please" said
a man in Western Nebraska as he came
out Of house and hailed us as we were
going past. "Did you happen to notice
the school-heuse much when you came
past il down here a miler'
"Yes, we saw it."
''School WASH called yet, I rsckonr
mo"
"Was the boys out havin' . ring
rastle an whoopin' good deal like In.
juns9"
mo, every thing was very quiet"
"School-house broke up any-wiA-
ders gone or door stove IMP"
Guess not"
"See any thing of the teacherp"
"Yes; saw him through the door sit
ting with his feet on the desk reading
a book
"Was, heye Seemed calmP" gf
"He appeared that way"
"See any thing of a big. raw-boned
boy, with long arms an big hands,
wearin' high felt hat painted red,
white N blueP"
Yes; we noticed him."
"Wa'n't he wslkin' round talkin'
loud. with his thumb under one gallus
an chip on his shoulder" r..
mo, He was sitting on the ground
near the schaol-house, with his back
against tree. His nose was all bloody,
his arms wer. hanging down, and he
looked sick. His clothes were about
half torn off of him, and one of the
small boys was carrying his striped hat
full of water to him from the creek"
well, / sw'ar if that don't beat mel
Didn't holler no slang at you or offer to
fight you?" rl ..l.s ..
Il don't think he saw us at all---onc
eye was closed up" ...s.
II expect-nothing s'prises me nowl
l reckon the plan didn't work"
What was itP"
"W'y, that feller's my boy, you see.
an he lowed to lick the teacher this
mornin', but | reckon from what you
say something went wrong somewhere.
The teacher give him longer 'rithme-
tic lesson thanhe orter, an says to
him, Hop onto the little dood an whale
him-jes' show him that you under
stand what's the matter o. Hannerr
Bill said that hs'd do it an that I'd
better see the other two school officers
an git another teacher somewhere,
cause there wouldn't be enough O. this
un left to wad gun when he got done
with him. Says he, Pap, don be scarf
If you notice small pieces of school,
teacher fallin' round here long durin'
the forenoon" One eye shut and his
nose bloodyi An Bill a'sys claimed
he was fighter, too! I'll be teetotally
chawed If he amt been trottin' in the
wrong class for two years. When he
gifts home il don't bring out the old
strap p.an' larrup him myself then you
can shoot me- A black eye an nose all
bloody! Say. wait till half-past four
o'clock an you'll see a big, lazy, double
listed fraud of a boy git pounded all to
pieces by his old father!"-F Il. Car
ruth, IN Chicago Tribune. l
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
THOMAS PETERSON.

Tho First Coiored Man to Vote In the
3 United states Under the Fifteenth Amend
ment
Z The first colored. man to vote in the
United States lives in Perth Amboy. N.
J. The man who enjoys this proud dis
tinction is Thomas Peterson, more fa-
military known TO his neighbors as
tom Mundy." The Fifteenth Amend
ment was adopted March so. 1870, and
was published in the morning papers
the next day. On March 81 a special
election was held in Perth Amboy to
decide whether new city charter was
to be adopted. Peterson was the first
negro in Perth Amboy who went to the
polls and deposited vote, and since il
has been proved beyond doubt that
there was no other election, either reg
ular or special, in any other town or
village in the United States, the repu-
tation of being the first negro voter be-
) longs TO him. As Peterson himself puts
it: "The chance Of there having been
an election prior thereto is of the most
homeopathic and infnitesimal small
kind .-...
Decoration Day, 1884, was n red-let-
ter day to Peterson. On that day a
medal was publicly presented to him
by the citizens of Perth Amboy. 1t is
large one of solid gold. On its
face is medallion of Abraham Lin
coin; on the reverse is the inscrip-
ton:
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Why Should Not Women Be Given
the Ballot

You intrust your dearest interests TO
woman. You confide TO her keeping
your honor, your children, the sacred
Interests OF your home. Why fear To
trust her with the ballot 10y which she
can serve and defend all these inter
tercsts? You call her the quccn of
home, and so she is; but without the
BALLOT she is an uncrowned queen, and
her sceptre but broken reed. Call
this the home of the freel So long as
its wopen are classed with criminals.
idiots and paupers, it never can be
free, Oh, my brothers, do not your
cheeks burn with shame at The spec
tacle OF what you have reduced your
mothers, wives and sisters to? See
them coming like suppliants to the
polls where questions most vital TO the
interests Of home are being decided by
the votes of Tom, Dick, Harry and
Sahbo, to whom they offer coffee and
cakes-it is all they can do-begging
them to vote for the protection of your
homes! Would not the ballot be rs
safe in their hands as in those of Tom.
Dick and Harry, and could You not
count on il as the bulwark Of homci
| tell sn-,' the time is coming when
home, taat little stone which political
buil'kl1 have 80 long rejected, sha,
becos,e the head of the corner Chris
is TIE only true Republican, the on..
trio Democrat In His govcrumyr
tiege is no distlnctio of sex -nriib,
dew nor Gontilc. bond nor free. Wgh
nor female. hut all one in Cb,3si Jesu.
--INrs. Zerelda q. Waliace.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
POLITICS NOT DEGRADING.

A Able speech In Defense of Women
Exercising the Election Franchise.
The persons who take the field
ngninst woman suffrage, says Hon.
George f. Hoar. arc chiefly persons
who have very little respect for man
hood suffrage But we can not spend
our days debating with them what our
grnndfathcrs settled. We must con-
sidor that matter decided. We can
not pull down our house to see whether
the foundation is safe. The really
formidable. difficulty is the fear that
the ballot will in some way change for
the worse the character and the en-
ployment Of woman. They say that
her life is demanded for the duties Of
maternity and of the household. and
thu her strength and nerves could not
bear the imposition of this new burden
Of cfresponsibility. They say the func-
tions of active citizenship will deiile
and degrade the delicacy of her nature.
Ihey say there are many questions of
ethte which she is not mentally fitted
todecide, and many Offices which she
tsnot physically qualified to discharge.
They say that the processes OF our
e1ections are unfit for her.
] think our friends do not consider
TO how little that is really involved in
government these objects apply. They
epply hardly at all 10 what ought to
BE- involved in what we call politics.
Hlitics considered as a mere scuillc
for power, | concede. would be degrad-
Ing to women. 1t is equally degrading
a men. But politics considered as n
pans of accomplishing public re-
sults for which the forces of govern
uent are needed, have nothing de-
gyading to either. We would not buy
0e success of our cause by furnishing,
ID the slightest shade. the unsullied
O &icacy and purity of womanhood.
~ what is government What is
politics? More than nine-tenths. IN
Importance and responsibility. Is the
&C Of the schools. of tho almshouses
n asylums, of the roads and bridges
81 railroads. the legislation against
tr(emperanSe and immortality. and the
eppointment of judges and the admin
ration Of justice. Which of these
1ngs tend 20 degrade women? In
|ch of them IL she unfit to haze q
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
Sold NJ DruqGfss and Dealers Frrrrrhre,
vHE CHARLES A. v0cElER CO.. Baltimore. Nd.

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The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
a Good Oarky Story.

In these days of schools and school.
masters for the colored people the
number Of those ''who can not tell
their right hand from their left will
presumably rapidly diminish; but be-
fore the "darky' of ante-bellum times
quite disappears among the shades Of
things that are past, here is story of
"E,viry." Elvira fell sick. apd her
cole marster'' went toinquire ms 20 the
state of her health. The room where
she lay was in total darkness Qight
and air are carefully excluded from a
sick-room by many negroes), and Mr..
B stood outside the door while
speaking to the invalid. He asked:
(Which eye is it, Elvira, that is
swollen'" The voice of Elvirs replied
through the darkness: 'Marster, it's
dat eye over mex to de barn. "-Har-
per's Magazine.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

Miss BERTHA PIPER has been elect
ed journal clerk of the Washington
Territory House of Representatives
THE Queen of Sweden is going to
England shortly. She win pass sew
eral months at Bournemouth or Tor
quay.
Miss PHGBE CoUzrSs has an
nounccd herself as an independent
Prohibition candidate for Governor Of
Missouri.
Miss ANNA DICKINSON has so far re-
gained her health rs To make il pos.
sible for her to start for Florida. where
she will spend the winter.
Miss WILKINSON, of London, is a
successful landscape gardener She
prepares plans for the laying out Of
recreation and play grounds for the
Public Gardens Association, which are
much admired for their beauty and
economy. and herself superintends
the manual labor.
Mrs. MARY A. WOODBRIDGE, of
oih', NJ Nlit iiittthS VI lhc NdllOndl
Committee Of the Prohibition Party in
Chicago, made one of the best
presentations of woman suffrage from
the prohibition standpoint that we
have ever seen. We commend It to
the special attention of DIR. Cuyler.-
HOmdRs Journal 3 ~ l III
Mrs. j. G. DRAPER, of New York.
has given to Trinity College, Hartford,
a large and valuable collection of pho
tographs on glass, illustrating re.
searches in physics, and especially in
the study of the spectrum, made by
her llus band, the late Prof. Draper, OF
the University of the City of New y ork.
LOUISA M. ALCoTT says; ut is wise
for women who have made a place for
themselves in literature and Journal
ism to cultivate not only their intel
lectual faculties, but practical ones al
so. and to understand the business
affairs of their craft. The ignorance
and helplessness of women writers is
amazing. The brains that can earn
money can understand how to take
care OF it, bya proper knowledge Of
cont acts, copyrights and duties of
author and publisher.
Miss HELEN A. SHAFER, senior pro-
fcssor of mathematics at Wellesley.
who has been appointed acting presi-
dent of that college, was born in New
ark. n. j.. but her home is in Ohio,
and she is a graduate of Oberlin. For
eleven years SHE has been professor OF
mathematics at Wellesley, and is in
full sympathy with Miss Freeman's 5
form of government. She is a
thorough disciplinarian, and is re-
markable for her executive ability.
Wellesley is to be congratulated upon
having so near at hand SO worthy a
successor TO Miss Freeman.
Miss VERA HJELr lately lectured be-
fore the Finnish Women's Union in
lIelsingfors to a large audience, on the
necessity of extending the field OF
women's work. She pointed out that,
as about one-third of the women in
Scandinavia and Finland have to earn
their own living. more kinds Of work
should be opened to them Among in
dustries suitable for women are mon
toned matchmaking, the manufacture
of children's toys, shoc-making, silver
smith work, book-binding, chemical
dycing and cleaning, all kinds of work
connected with cloth-mending and
pasteboard manufacture, glass-cutting,
photography, pattern-drawing, piano
tuning, stick and understanding.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
v.rv scr.,b,. /. J.p.."

In Japan the old-school physicians are
permitted TO wear only wooden swords.
This is a gently sarcastic way Of expressing
the opinion that they kill enough people
gist who introduced DIR. Pierce's Gold.
en- Medical Discovery into the Empire, car.
ries fine steel blade. 1t was found that
all who tried this wonderful remedy for
coughs, colds. cons umptive tendencies,
blood, skin and liver troubles, were, with.
out exception, greatly benefited. The Mi.
kado himself 10 said TO have "toned upo
his system BY It's use, and the importer was
therefore permitted the exceptional honor
Of wearing the sword Of the nobility. fl.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
A Gront Chance.

Myou wish beautiful picture, that can
not be distinguished from a water color
worth large amountof money, you should
get Demorest's Monthly Magazine for Feb
ruary II Is SIMPLY wonderful how such an
elegant picture can be Furnished in a mag
azine that only costs twenty cents III your
newsdealer has not got IL, ask him 70 get II
for you, or send TO the publisher, w. JEs-
sIsGs DENoREsr, 10 East Fourteenth street.
New York.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
For Only Twenty Cents

You can get q beautiful picture ga Mes.
sage of Love'D that can not be distinguished
from q fine water color worth SIS. A full
size paper pattern worth 25 cents-design
and size of your own selection-besides the
finest magazine published. Send for the
February number that contains this won
derful picture and pattern orders Price,
10 cents. Or ask your newsdealer 70 get
it for your inspection. Tell him II he sends
for it for you 70 see. he will probably sell
hundreds Of them. Published by w. Jen.
nings Demorest Is East l4th st, New York
Now is the time TO subscribe and get ten
times the value OF the ~ perry year. 'f
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

that catarrh will in time wear out. The
theory is false. Men try to believe 1t
because it would be pleasant If true,
but IL is not, as all know. Do not let an
acute attack of cold in the head remain un.
subdued II is liable TO develop into ca.
tarrh. You can rid yourself of the cold and
avoid ali chance Of catarrh by using DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy II already af-
fiicted rid yourself OF this troublesome dis.
ease speedily by the same means. At all
druggists. rf.I. .l.t i. :, ~.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

EVERY person is interested in their own
Affairs, and If this meets the eye OF any one
who Is suffering from the effects of torpid
liver, we will admit that he is Interested in
getting well. Get n bottle Of PiiclSly Ash
Btters, use it as directed, and you will al
,yays be glad you read this item.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
CO-SCUCATiON.

fstern College which Propnste to
Pdon Women Probably iNnied
lissioD to Its Halls
bert College, of Wsste'e Re-
B University. at CleYolan" o. is
be on the point o, doning
PATTON, and eithe clcsing It's
. women altogether or relc-
Them to an "Alnef." With
Dor, Cornell 5oatSn and a.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
How the proceedings In divorce case re-
minds ono OF the moaning of the tiedlr %
westward, the Cour., OF Empire. Es.


We all know the quotation, but many emf
ter that invisible foe Of the frontiersman-
malaria. They should take an ample sup
ply Of Hostetter s Stomach Bitters along
Not only is it certain safeguard against
every form Of malarial disease, but IL eradi-
Gates liver complaint, constipation, dyspep-
sia, nervousness and rhcumatisln.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

The presentation speech was made
by William Patterson, now Judge of
Court of Errors and Appeals, in the
city council chamber ex-Mayor Chap
man, Of Perth Amboy, presiding.
Peterson was born in Metuchen, N.
Y, in 1924, when his father lived at
service in the Mundy family. He is,
therefore, sixty-three years of age. His
mother is still living, being over ninety
years of age. Peterson is now man
of some prominence in his town. He
has many times served on the county
grand jury. A brother was recently
elected justice of the pence in Plain
field, n. J.-Philadelphia Press.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
A PhvsioloRicnl Fact,

n you put two persons in the same bed.
room, one Of whom has the teothache
and the other 10 In love, you will find
that the person who has the toothach will
go to sleep first
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
ytvn s0aat HE best garden yoa haze
epr, had, you ,snst-sow asA
MAULES SEEDS.

There is no question but that
Maule's Garden Seeds are nnsur-
passed. Their present popularity
in almost every county in the
United States shows it, for l
now have customers at more than
22,50O post-ofices, When once
sown, others are not wanted at
any price. More than one-quarter
of a million copies of my new
Catalogue for 1888 have been
mailed already. Erery one pro
,aounees it the most original and read
able Seed Catalogue eeer published. 1t
contains among other things cash
prizes for premium vegetables, etc,
to the amount of S2500, and also
beautiful illustrations of over 500
vegetables and flowers (f5 being IL
colors). These are only two of
many striking features. You
should not think Of Purcha-
sing any Seeds this Spring
before sending for it. 1t is
mailed free to all enclosing stamp
for return postage. Address
WIN. HENRY MAULE, d
~, r;ns., e. pr,l auEl pHlA. PA.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

FoR cleansing, preserving and beamtify,
ing your teeth aud gums, use Longs Pearl
Tooth Soap, used and endorsed by the medi-
cal profession. .lHa .i1f IN. HH AZ
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

NOTHING will turn woman's head so
completely as bonnet that has passed by.
Puck E. F.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

"A mortgage dated 1910. which af-
fects the title of one-sixth of the real
estate Of Shamokin, Pa, has been
found.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
The OYSTER and the Coon,

Mr.. Frank @. Wheaton, Of New York,
telling of how the raccoons catch oysters
at Cat Island, near New Orleans, says that
one night he saw an old coon crawl up 10
big oy ster that had his shell open and
stick his paw in to scoop out the meat.
With snap the shell came tcge ether. and
tho coon was caught. He squaied and
tugged to ges the oyster out Of the mud q
his paw from the oysters clutch, but to
no purpose. Then the tide began TO rise,
and pretty soon the water was running
about the coon's feet. He saw what was
coming, and, after a vain effort TO get
away, deliberately gnawed his own paw
of and hobbIed Off on three legs.
N,rpprvr lfterat.,ve---recinaa Tor md
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

ACCORDING to an English botanist, ".
Elves, there ars seyenty-one species Of
lilies known.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

SOME one has invented q pocket rife.
Pickpockets consider ~ an invasion OF their
righta a. aHn.stn IIfr 1l 3f'
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

WHEN photographers asks II the negative
suits you. eyamine 10 closely before answor-
ing In the affirmative. DO -
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|.H NH
DO Not Think for n Moment

A SERIOUS refiection--a solemn bore's i'm
age in mirror ra
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

MAxfT diamonds and rubiss be correctly
'called strats-gems? Il nj Ia .al
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28

ayes, Lizzie, ] like to do fancy work, but
haven't felt like trying that pattern-or
anything ese-for week These awful
dragging; down pains are Just killing mel"
81 know how you feel, and can tell you
where to look for relief DR. Pierce's Ia
vorite Prescription is a certain cure for all
those peculiar weaknesses and distressing
ailments. Why il even cured me OF pro
lapsus, aud many of my lady friends have
been cured of various grave maladics pecul-
lar to our sex by this wonderful medicine.p
1t is the only medicine sold 10y. druggists,
under a positive guarantee FROM the manu-.
facturers. that II will give satis faction in
every case, or money refunded. Read guar
antee on bottle-wrapper ..
The Public Awards the Palm to Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs. !,
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
Sfamnlnp and EInhraIdcrY.

MEN who are q great deal run after-fugi-
tives from justice Boston Courier. T-
The Osceola times., 1888-01-28
THE MARKETS.

CuRREsT literature--recipss for pud-
dings - Brooklyn Sfandard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-16
BELGAGURED BOSTON.
News from the Isolated City Brough
by Way of London.

NEWS from the JSOIaled City Brought
by Way of London.
CHICAGO, March Is, IL A. MA special
from Boston via London says: "The storm
has now ragged necessarily for two days all
over New England. As far as the scanty
communications could ascertain every rail
road out of the city is blockaded COM
pletely, and the only telegraphic communi-
cation is by the Commercial Cable Com
panys cable to Lockport, Me-, and thence
by cable to London Never before was
there was such complete prostration of busi-
ness, and the damage to property must
amount to an enormous sum. 1t is fifty
years since Boston has been so affected by
astorm. The morning and afternoon papers
i tuesday were devoid of all telegraphic
information. No trains arrived in the city,
and those which have been sent out were
practically lost. Along the coast a terrific
sea Is reported, particularly on the north
shore. Every telegraph wire is down with
the exception of one between Worcester and
south birmingham. There is no telegraphic
connection wes6 of West Millville, thirty
h'e miles from Boston, and but for the re-
Gently constructed long distance telephone
boston would be as far removed from the
rest ot the world, as far as telegraphic com
~ !niluhlcatlon goes, as if it were situated in
the dessert of Sahara"
PITTsFIELD's POSITION.
r, ,PITTsFIELD, MASS, March l5-ll A. M
Inc snow storm, now prevailing here, is the
worst Of the century. Not even slelghs can
pass on any road in this county. Net a
ram has moved on the Boston and Albany
;oal between Springfield and Albany dur
.us the past twenty hours. One passenger
'. uuh is stalled twelve miles east Of here
WIN WIN Saventy-two passengers on board, who
aid fuel.
~ lae Fltchburg road, at both ends of the
iooSac tunnel, is blocked.
p;a.. tTucklnan, named John O'Brien, of
tM,Sheld, cannot be found, and it is sup
PVsed that he has been frozen to death