The Osceola times., 1875-11-13
FROM ALL SOURCES.

60. 'o'"i'uen "a witness tho mode and mr.,
anI vi con nstructing machinery. tools etc
,. au sa.syes'.s that We should learn from n,
enras,h ,ntic rivals In the arts. TO he eon,ll,
hy i, against onr secrets being dtscovn,a,
sn. ferested foreigners, Failing IN ,nls :,
.ect hitherto, there are .eyal.iipitel in som,
I."ropeah countries, according To This gentlc
,a,, Sm"' eIe u'scribcd as improvements
,, ,p"n L,li'e'ieu'. inventions and Processes, ~.
~nowiedge of which has heea oai,,.J l.,
sis''or' or by skilled workmen Mo hay.
pe"n employed In or maanMctories N,
says, TO go 10 Amefiaa ,a learn 10 manipulat,
ffosesses ~ wersssS iron aud wood is be.
c"''ii"g par, "i. The education of youn. me
r,h"Vs "hu engineers from the north n,
EUROPE, and puts his case very pcr,incntly /,
III ny ipiiow'ng qpestinn: Sunlinxe Ilhe Nal
s""" ~V.cH cuupnnv were To send over som,
Vi pe Clerkenwell manufacturers skilled
nv Al TO examine the operations at Waltham
and then furnish to these men n set of ma
chimes and tools like those in use AT Wal
tham; how long would ,hc business of ex
porting watches lnstr Speaking of the forth
coming centennial he cautions his countrvmen
hg INST the thousands of Europeans who ar,
waiting Tor raid on our workshops
The Russians have a very effective
method of collecting taxes in kbokland In
the city of Tashkent there Is a council com.
Posed OF natives. which is supposed to be an
Independent body, The Russian command.
ant, however, manipulates the whole mupici.
rai machinery, and all he has to do is 10 STATE
ihat The government needs such aud such a
sun oil money. The council pas.e. rrsolu.
uon written out in Russian, which thev do
not understand and are told TO nut their
seals to ii, which they do without knowing
tne contents OF the paper, and then the tax,
ap'e inhabitants of Tashkent have to paw
whatever sum the Russian commandapt in.
serts in the appropriation resolution. large
portion OF the money goes into the pockets of
tne Russian officials, and no tax receipts are
gwen to the natives.
About two years ago SOME ladies
IN New York, impressed With the necessity
oi anuihg TO the accomplishments of Young
ladies, establishing o cooking school. which
has, after many vicissitudes, become a re.
inarkable surtess Free instruction in cook.
ing IS gwen by experts, to girls who either
uesire 20 become cooks in order to make a
HVi'ig, or who desire to acquant themselves
nth the useful art in view of marriage and
housekeeping. Cooks who are deficient in
any branches of the noble art can be sent bv
1leir mistresses to this school and instructed
Tor small fee. The school has become SO
popular that the young ladies from several
boarding-schools are sent every week TO han
die the dish-cloth and otherwise prepare
themselves to be housckeepers.
The monument which certain entbu-
siastic frcnchmen and Americans propose
erecting ON Long Island sound, in commem.
Grafton OF French generosity during the revo-
iutlon war, IS to he copper image of the
goddess OF liberty, 81 feet high. In the head
of this tall deity revolving ligLi is IA he
Ia ia -.
way 1t would seem more IN accordance with
the fitness OF th.uys that Americans alone
should erectr monument mcmoralizng the
aiid and comfort furnished this country in the
dark days; but then, il left 10 Americans.
the monument would never be finished, il
commenced.
Our pigeon shooters pursue sport no
longer patronzed by English rovaliv. The
prince OF Wales and all the princes Of the
royal family have withdrawn from the Bur.
iingham club, and pigeon shooting is 10 be
henceiorth tabooed in the British army.
Some Aldershot oil,cerS who lately engaged
IN pigeon shooting matches are severely re-
buked. healing officer writes TO London
paper: "oifcers of the army, Of all people
an the world, ought not to patroniye so de-
naseo an amusement--if amusement il can
he called-espocially after The praiseworthy
A French agricultural newspaper
furnishes some interesting statistics in con.
nection with the number of wolves in France.
There are about 1000 ablc-bodicd animals of
that species, which destroy TO the amount of
about 900 francs year each But this 3
"o,ooo francs IN no way represents the loss
occasioned by their presence. These 1000
wolves who only dcvonr some 10000 sheep a
year, oblge the farmers to keep 20,O0o0O0
sheep in folds, and render ii impossible for
them to feed in the fields as in England. All
this entails great expense.
Crime in its most appalling shape is
constantly cropping out in the great city Of
London. What would YOU think of a small
boy who would open n cab-door for lady
and then ask her to give him penny or two
Tor the Servire? This crime was actually
committed by small London hoy recently
hut luckily he was caught in the very act,
and on being indicted and tried for " beg
ging," was sentenced to one months impris-
bninent in jail and seut to n reformatorv for
five years. Justice is thing you can't fool
with everywhere.
Judge Barrett, of New York shows
his good sense by disregarding the plea of
insanity in the case of Young Standerman,
who deliberately shot his sweetheart through
the head because she did not reciprocate his
passion. The insanity dodge is getting TO be
700 common. Standerman is to he hung in
December. II he had been acquitted, pre-
cedcnt would have been established which
would permit every young lover TO shoot
down the girl who dares refuse his affections.
Gen. w. ID. Washburn, of Mime
op'''ir, MINI, made an assignment OF all his
property for the benefit Of his creditors a
and pow tho az Signaas after ,o xi m Al,
nli debts in full, have restored 10 the general
assets to the amount of s30O000 Ii man
must fail, that's the way to do it.
Hard times are not confined to the
United States. 4 famine in Russia is APP
narently imminent this winter arising in the
main from the failure of the crops. The sit
"aiion is not much better in Germany, where
a general depression in business has caused
considerable suffering among the working
people.
The condition of the female iron
workers in England has lately been shown
by an inspectors report to be distressing.
Terrible social chaos prevails in their commu-
mites, education, moral, physical, intellectual
and spiritual life are all set at defiance.
Inhabitants of the planet Mars can
make the tour of the world there dry shod or
in forty days il they have accomplished rapid
transit. The land is not divided off in islands
rs with rs, the amount of water being barely
enough to form lakes.
Unusually large quantities of provis-
ions are being shipped from New York to
Cuba. II smacks of an active campaign this
winter on the part of the Spaniards.
Temperance, cleanliness and indus