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The Osceola times., 1873-07-19
Great Book Sales.

Early tins month a valuable col
lection of rare old books was sold
al auction in England. Among the
number was n copy of the Mazarine
Bible, printed on velIum, between
1850 and 1455, by Gutenberg and
Faust and formerly in the library
Of the University of Meniz. This is
the first edition of the Holy Scrip
lures, and the first book executed
with mental types by the inventors
of the art of printing. DIR. Dibdin,
in his " photographed Dccam-
eron," states that five copies only
of the Mazarinc Bible are known
upon vellum, and the present one
is claimed to be the finest of the
five, being as clean as the day il
issued from the press, and having
bat one leaf which appears doubt
iul. 1t is estimated by an expert
to be worth from $4,000 to Sl2, 700.
Among other rare editions of the
Biblo in the Perkins collections
may be mentioned that of Faust
Schofler, successors to Gutenberg
and Faust, printed in l4G5, on vel
lum, with Illuminated capitals, and
valued at 81 coo; the first German
version, printed in the latter part
Of the fifteenth century, and valued
at $500; and the English version
Of 1882, said to be the first edition
Of the English Bible printed in
England, valued at $4,000. Next
in importance to the bibles are the
folio editions of Shakespeare. The
first Of these is said to be in excel
lent condition, with every leaf
genuine. A copy of This edition
sold in 1854 for about $4,000. OF
scarcely loss value are two well pre-
served works from the press OF
William Caxton, the first English
printed, Higdcn's "Polycronicon "
(l4S2), valued at 81, 800, and
Covers Confessio Aman D
O4s3), valued at $1,000. OF his
successor, Wynkyn dc Wordc, the
collection contains an admirable
example in the "Vit@ patrum
Qi95), worth upward Of $1,000
Another fine specimen of early
typography is the "Missale Vail.
isumbrosa," printed in Venice in
1903, and valued at $500.
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19
Max Adeler's Last.

When Hopkins was organist at
ST. Abednego's church, he gave o
concert for the benefit Of the Sun
day school. Hopkins would fib
sometimes, and he had told some of
his brother organist that he had
o ro1 bun'dna stop in his organ. As
several ofthcm were coming around
to the concert, Hopkins determined
to prevent them from detecting the
deception, So he engaged friend
Of his who sang tenor down at the
negro minstrels to come up and
get in the organ case and sing. 1t
was arranged that Hopkins was to
give certain signal, and that the
minstrel was to tune up and warble
an air, while Hopkins went through
the motions on the keys. When
the concert came off the scheme
worked splcndidly. Everybody
exclaimed, " How beautiful p Gel
egant, isn't it?' "Sounds exactly
like a hnman yioce." Then there
was an encore, and another air was
sung. Rightln the middle of it the
uor hamana stopped suddenly.
Then it was heard swearing and u.s.
ing the most dreadful language in
side the organ. Then it yelled for
help, and Hopkins dashed around
to the rear to ascertain wha. was
the matter. He found that his man
had been standing on the bellows,
and that the blower objected to the
extra weight, and finally began to
combat with Hopkins friend. And
now the bcllows-blower had the
tor buaana stop down on the floor,
inside the organ, and he was nib
bling at tho cor banana nose, and
rolling him around against the pipes
and amongst the machinery 10 a
manner that Threatened general de-
moralizatlon in the machine. And
the more the combat dccpened the
louder the vox humana howled.
They were separated by the war
dens, and the concert proceeded in
minor and melancholy key. But
the next day they discharged Hop
kins from st. Abedncgo's and now
ho wishes the bellows-man had
murdered the minstrel on the spot.
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19
The Value Of a Newspaper.

The following is the experience
of mechanic concerning the
benefit of q newspaper:
Ten years ago l lived in q town
in Indiana. On returning home
one night, for l am a carpenter by
trade, ] saw a little girl leave my
door, and I asked my wife who she
was. She said, Mrs. Harris had
sent her after their newspaper
which my wife had borrowed. As
We sat down to tea my wife said to
me, by aame:
81 wish you would subscribe foi
the newspaper; it is so much com
fort to me when you are away from
home"
81 would like to do So" said ]
"but you know l owe Q payment
on the house and lot. 1t will be
all | can do to meet IT,"
She replied: "If you will take
this paper, will sew for the tailor
to pay for it,"
subscribed for the paper; il
came in due time to the shop.
While resting one noon and look
ing over it, l saw an advertisement
Of the County Commissioners to
let a bridge that was to be built. /
put in bid for the bridge, and the
job was awarded to me, on which
/ cleared $500, which enabled me to
pay for my house and lot easily,
and for the newspaper. i'll had
not subscribed for the newspaper
l should not have known anything
about the contract, and could not
have met my payment on my house
and lot. A mechanic never loses
anything by taking a newspaper.
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19

Pun. Docs.-A Philadelphia cd
itor thus relieves his mind on SUBJ
iect familiar to all newspaper
ofliccs--thc inevitable Pub. Doc. :
We owe our thanks to Judge
Kelly for the latest Patent Office
reports. We already have sixteen
hundred of those interesting vol
umes in our little library, but they
have been read and rc-read so many
times that we know every passage
Of them by heart. This new vol
umc came opportunely and CRATE
fully on Christmas morning, ard
that nigth VIC gathered our little
family around the fire and read it
through to them. The affecting tale
entitled Improvement in Monkey
Wrcnches," seemed TO touch every
heart, and when we came to the eli
max of the little story about "Re-
vcrsible Pieboards," there was not
a dry eye between the front door
and the stable. During the read
ing of the pitcous narrative entitled
"Gum Washers for Carriage Ak
els" the whole family gave express
sion to boistrous emotion, and the
hired girl was SO excited that she
lost her presence Of mind, and went
around to her mothers inadvort-
entity with six pounds of sugar and
a butter kettle full of -four. and
came homo at midnight IN
toxicated. We can never sufficient.
ly thank Judge Kelly for the inno-
cent enjoyment thus furnished us.
The memory of that happy evening
will linger in our minds very much
longer than that hired girl ever
fingers when she lights on lot OF
substance which she thinks will
suit the constitution of her aged
parents"
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19

The Washington Chronicle is oui
authority for the new Postal act
which went into effect on the 1st
inst. As q number of our readers
are solicitous upon the question OF
prepayment of postage on news
papers, we clip for their benefit the
following:
The law does not and will not,
after juno 30th., require full pay.
ment Of postage on all printed
matter. Trascient postage or mis-
cellaneous matter must be fully pre-
paid at the mailing Office. Rcgu-
lar publications, known as news
papers or periodicals, may be sent
to subscribers now and after the
3Oth instant, unpaid, and the post
age collected quarterly of the sub
scribcrs. Newspaper exchanges
may be paid quarterly; either at
the office of mailing or delivery.
The requirement TO-. the full pay
mont on trancient printed matter
is statutory, not departmental, and
therefore cannot be abrogatcd by
the Postmaster-Gcncral. It's made
the duty of all Postmastcrs to col
lect all deficient postage at the
Office of delivery, whether upon
letters or printed matter, more or
less Of such matter being inadvcr-
emily trrnsmittcd in the mails. II
is not shown that more is collected
at the Washington office than is le.
gally due, nor more than at other
offices, in the proportion to the
quantity of such matter delivered.
If any statement has been made
that no papers will be sent without
prepayment, then a mistake has
been made, for large numbers are
sent daily to subscribers, as pro-
vided by law. One cent will fully
prepay on any daily or weekly
published in this city, but 1t will
not carry two such papers, nor will
1T carry the larger New York week
ly or daily papers.
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19
Whv Charles Reade Won't
Visit Us.

London Correspondent Louisville Courier
journal
The avarage blue grass farmer
would starve in London. l was
talking to Charles Reade, the nov.
clist, the other day, about going to
America, and he said, al dare not
think of it,"
"Tho duce you can't" said
" Why not?"
"Wcll," said he, ain the first
place | can't drink nor smoke, and
| should not get OH very well with
the natives. Next, l have a weak.
ness for high living, and you Amer
leans have such an awfully jolly
lot of good things to eat that I'm
afraid l should cram myself to
DEATH"
What do you think of him for a
blarsted Britisher with a level
head2
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19
Endless Burning Lamp.

Among the lost arts is that ofthc
endless burning lamp. 1t is said
that in the time of Edward vi q
lamp was discovered in the grave
Of Constantine, at York, which had
been burning since his burial to
that time, period of twelve hun
dred years. Also, in the grave OF
Tulia, daughter Of Cicero, was found
burning lamp, which was lighted
at her death, fifteen hundred and
fifty years before. 1t went out as
soon as daylight was admitted
Yet it is certainly a clever device O
the ancients 20 invent a lamp which
won!1 illuminate through all .ilnt
the home Of their dead,
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19
LOVE LIGHTENS LABOR.

\ good wife rose from her bed one morn,
Aud thought with Il nervous dread
or the piles of clothes 10 be washed, and more
Than a dozen mouths to be fed
There were the meals 10 get for The men IN the
fields,
And the children to fix away
To school, and the milk TO be sSimmed and
churned
And all to be done that day.
II had rained In tho night and all the wood
was as wet as wet could be
There Sc;r puddngs and pics to bake, besides
A loaf Of cake for tea
And the day was hot, and her aching head
Th-ob5od wearily as she said.
n madens but knew what good wives know,
They would be in no haste to wed!
Jennie, what do You think told Ben Brown
Called the farmer from the well;
And a flush crcpt up to his bronzed brow,
And his eyes half bashfuly fell;
''1t was this, - he said, aud coming near,
lie smied-and STOPPING down,
Kissed her check" Twas this that you were tho
best
And the dearest wife in town.
The farmer went to the field md the wife
In smiling and absent way,
Sang snatches of tender little songs
She'd not sung for many a day,
And the pain In her head was gone, and the
clothes
Were white as the foam Of the sea
Her bread was light and butter was sweet,
And as golden as il could be.
"Just think, " the children all called In breath,
"Tom Wood has run off to sea,
He wouldn't, know, II he only had
AS happy home as we :"
The night came down, and the good wife smiled
TO herself as she softly said
'Tis so sweet to labor for those we love,
It's not strange that uIaidens will wcd
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19
An Iowa editor, recently, to keep

An Iowa editor, recently, to keep
up with the styles, run away with
another mans wife. lie did not
get off so easily, however, as he i'm.
agined he would. The man follow
ed him. and overlook the truant
pair. The editor got behind the
woman, and prepared TO sell his life
as dearly as possible. He was un-
certain as to whether the outraged
husband would shoot him, or mur-
der him with a carving-knife. He
stood there, like the boy upon the
burning deck, and calmly awaited
the result. The outraged husband
camo up within about two feet of
tho editor, and said, "Cuss your
impudencc. 1 ,oant you to stop my
paper" That was all. The editor
recovered himself, and said ho
would have the matter attended to
at once. During all the trying scene
the woman stuck to the editor like
u sand burr to a girls stocking.
Some people get mad and stop their
paper for almost nothing-it beats
all.
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19

Tommy, my son, what are
you going TO do with the club 7"
I" Send it to the editor OF course"
"But what are you going to send it
TO the editor forP" "Cause he
says if anybody will send him
club he will send them q copy Of
his paper" The mother came near
fainting, but retained .conciousness
enough to ask: "But Tommy,
dear, what do you suppose he wants
club for 2" Well, | don't
know" replied the hopeful urchin,
"unless it is to knock down sub
scribcrs as don't pay for their
paper"
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19
Among tho replies to an adve

Among the replies to an adver-
tisomcnt of music committee for q
opganist, music teacher, etc., q va
oancy having occurred by the
resignation Of the organist in office,
was the following: "Gentlcmen,
l noticed your advertisement for
an organist and music teacher,
either lady or gentleman. Having
been both for several years, | offer
You my services"
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19

Ambition is like a tread wheel,
it knows no limit you no sooner
get to the end of it than you begin
again.
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19
An Irish woman in st. Pau

-NH IFIsH WOHISII III Dt. itUI
lifted q barrel of sugar from
tho ground into an ox-cart,
was delivered of twins that night,
and two days thereafter did tho
washing for family often persons.
Other States are invited to bring
out their specimen women.
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19

Docs not young mothers
heart leap 4th with joy when she
bcholds her darlings lst eth!
The Osceola times., 1873-07-19
The News.

The equanimity of the Mexican
people at the invasion of their ter
ritory by Col. Mckenzie, when in
pursuit of the KiciSapoos, is fully
established by newspapers from
the City of Mexico. They refer to
the "raid" as mere matter OF
news, and chronicle the absence of
any bitterness of feeling on the
subject among the people.
--O'Kelley Is said to have ar
rived at Madrid. md obtained his
! liberation under guaranty Of NE
British legation. :;
This remedy for Group in one
minnie is simply alum. Take y
knife or crater, and shave or crate
off in small par rticles about tea
spoonful Of alum; mix il with
about twice its quantity of sugar,
to make it palatable and administer
as quick as possible. Its effects
will be truly magical. as almost in
stantaneous relief will be afforded.
"A water spout burst in Beaver
creek canyon on Sunday evening
last and flooded the stream, wash
ing out the Colorado Rail Road
station at the junction of Beaver
and Clear creeks, and destroying
everything in it.
Mary Carleton, the woman who
pretended to have been beaten and
robbed by ruflians on the railroad
track near Suncook, New lamp.
shire, is believed TO be a fraud. 1t
is thought she was principal or ac-
ccssory in obstructing the track.
TRUE love is grounded on esteem.
Il Buckingham.
II fun is good, truth is still bet.
ter, and love best of all.-GThack-
cray.
LOVE me little, love me long
lMarlow.
LOVE seldom haunts the breast
where learning lics.--CGoethe.
In love we are all fools alikc,-
[Gay. la
LOVE, one time, layeth burdens;
another time, giveth wings.-[S [Sir
P. Sidney.
LOVE is the virtue Of woman
lDudcvant.
In love, the deceit generally out
strips the distrust.-[Rochfoucauld
LOVE is an affair of credulity.-
fOvid.
LOVE at two and twenty is ter
ubly intoxicating draught.-[Ruf
fni.
WHERE love dwclls Is Paradise.
-[Richtcr.
LOVE IS precisely to the mortal
nature what the sun is to the earth.
-[Balzac.
WORDS of love are works Of love.
-[Algcr.
LOVE rs if you should hereafter
hate, and hate as IF you should
hereafter lovc.-[Chiio.
WHEN we love we live.--[Con-
5reve.
GOLD does not satisfy love; it
must be paid in IT'S own coin.-
Madame Deluzy.
SHE that is loved is SAFE
Jeremy Taylor.
How shall ] do 10 love? Believe.
How shall / believer Love-
Lexington.
LOVE is an cgotism of two.-A.
dc La Sale.
/ COULD not love thee, dear, so
much, loved / not thee morc.--
Lovclace.
WISH chastely and love dearly.
-[Shakspeare.
LOVE sacrifices all things TO bless
The thing it loves [Bulwcr I-yt-
ton.
Ia n
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-04-12

Almagrcs, the future home Of fOrwarder>
and traders in cedar and mahogany timber
RATS of which continually float down tho
CoatZacoalCOS river is IA good specimen OF
the Mexican villages of the Atlantic side OF
the Isthmus of Tehuantcpec.
! Glorying in about thirty dilapidatcd huts
| it parades the names of its ninety-cight voters
on IA dirty piece of paper pinned TO post in
a CONSPICUOUS part Of the town. As usual in
Mexico it is teteday. All the natives, not
overcome by Chinguirito-a kind of horrible
whisky made from II black and coarse sugar
obtained from FL Barrio-indulgc in what is
called the Dance of MonteZuma," IA very
complicated performance, preserved by ira
dition since the days of the Empire. The
dancers impersOnatc MOntezuma his wife
and daughter, Malnchc, of whom the Indians
preserve II revcrent and loving remembrance.
Courtiers and warriors have their place in
the dance, which is both allcgorical and
herioc. Men and women sing by turns verses
in the Mexican language, accompanied by an
instrument resembling IA harp, played in
minor key, with an extremely plaintivc
effect.
There being no priest in this town, the
church is without IA floor, and falling into de
cay. 1t is used as a store house for mahogany
and cedar logs. The few inhabitants of this
squalid village give very good idea of the
Mexican tribes on the Atlantic side of the
isthmus.
They are descendants of aboriginal MeXi.
cans, who were driven from the north by bar
barous tribes making incursions from the
upper countries, just as the Nandals, Goths
and Nisigoths descended in hordes upon the
Roman Empire in the early centuries of the
Christian era; and they are the poorest, least
civilized, and most stupid of all the inhabi
tants of the isthmus
Generally, the Mexican Indians are intclli-
gent and somewhat civilized, but these are
not. Their very dress, or rather the want of
it, bctckcns the absence of everything that
suggests civilization.
a broad pair of pantaloons constitutes the
gala costume of the men, who at other times
prefer to bask in the sunshine almost unat-
tired. In the street the women hang mar
row strip of blue hOmespun cloth from the
waist but in their houses they are apt to dis !
pense with all clothing.
Calling one morning at hut, and asking
for an embcr to light IA pipe, the fire was
handed to the party by girl of Is summers, |
who had nothing more upon her than Eve in
the garden before the fall and yet her mod |
esty was only equaled by the grace with !
which she complied with the request The |
resident population of five or six large towns
on the isthmus wear clothing; but with that
exception there is very little demand for dry
goods ScriJRer's Hohttly
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-04-12

.Jt.abe Il.;,.. N.v.,.a,,,.r mon should now br
"a
|F' par'd /" ne ''"il"'" ""'' Nc'N' We W.
tcryc that the tone Of the London f""cS mas h''h
greatly modified since the above important fact
y,.- made known.
..,.,,,,,. .i.i,,,. r,,.,, l,,,r,,,,,. find. ,h,r.
-o,,, very odd Int agreeable things. For iu-
stance she says: \, a general rule, walters and
chamhIr iha'u' arc I''n, III "',I ",,, , ,
saw was man. He did everything; swept and
brushed and cleaned my salon, made my bed,
cared for my drcssin@.rOom, served my break
fast, and always AT n-hl' ao3ul t'-ll 'io'h' ne
|mnthcr doe, for her children, lay out my night
dress, and bow himself out with "Hood night
mademolsIII'. puy I''oI,' d, ,Uo,"''''" -" "'''
."r,.-nt Thr youmr Iody should be credited
with iranhncs' ana most "lI"cSuo"'p'c SIN
Icorlty
/ 4, we. Bccmu,, are about To be cNtcrminatcd
from, tIo riitori,l profession by a pupnacious
..,..I,.. ~ u,rris u,Inss ,,o initiate
rG,,,,.,., mar scroto and 70 ,ror,.nt ,y
,,i,',. ..,,.,, o.o ave.. anon for a .;,,,otio, d.
IIody,. maid 10 some handsome and amiablc Young
l.1,. ", ,,,i,,,i,.,. ~ ,,oin,, 70 Enron, ~, ,
| '""N' w ''J'' VIZ -
pressure '""''
writer in the Chicago J""'na' promising that
nGTc - G,rGo ~ fnod t tat ,
STATE Assembly, donow adjourn tin next fall, and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-04-12
The Teeth.

Soap is an excellent preservativc for the
! teeth. Indeed for the prevention and remov-
| al of this tartar we know of no dentitrice
equal to it, There are many people, however,
who never think of such "a thing as cleaning
their teeth OF all such we ask, how can
you have anything but poor, miserable, de
! caycd teeth? What right have you to expect
anything but untold dental torment and
agony: Would you expect always to have II
| clean face if you never washed it? Have
they ii selfprcscrvsng and protecting power
Of their own so that they need no voluntary
care exercised upon them? Nay, verify On
the other hand, like every other portion Of
the human body, if left to themselves, they
have a wonderful and remarkable selfdcsroy-
ing and decaying tendency, and not only do
they possess this detcriorating power in them
selves, but they have innumcrablc aids and
helpers in this work of destruction. The
very elaborate and richly cooked indigestible
food with which our American tables are so
heavily ladened, is by no means IA lazy assis-
tant in their employ. But there are many
minor causes and OF some of these we pro-
pose to speak. First, we would mention that
of using pins in connection with the teeth.
Nothing should be allowed to remain on or
between the teeth after eating; everything
should be carefully removed. Never, howev-
er, use pin or needle for the purpose, A
regular tooth pick Of broom.corn, or some
thing of that kind, is the best thing we know
of. We have sometimes seen person so rude
and barbarOus as to take a fork with which
they ate their food This, however, is tool
serious violation of all good breeding and
decorum to need special denunciation here.
Drawing back and forth upon "A fine white
thread between them will ottentimes removed
what may have lodged there when other
means fail. Some persons seem to have al
great propensity to put and keep pins in their
mouth, q dozen or SO at time. Without
speaking of the great danger which arises
from this practice, Of swallowing and becom-
ing choked by them, we pass on by saying
that everything made of steel or brass should
have as little contact with the teeth as posi-
bic. Carpenters often hold nails in thicr
mouths, especially when engaged in lathing.
Very convenient this may be, no doubt, but a
very bad practice Notwithstanding. Most, i'll
not all metallic substances, except silver and
gold are very injurious to the enamel of the
teeth, and there is really not often any valid
reason for Fastening on their premature decay
by such reckless habits as these.