The Osceola times., 1875-11-27
FROM All sOuacHl
The spectsscoPs hAs SO Gps proved

its value m tc1restral nWters-fW ~ aslru
nomical matters all that Is claimed for 10 !
the result of an unavailable hypothesi
which in turn is founded on nothing bu
anaiocy-that Il mghtbe seriously worth thu
trouble 10 set aside number pf scientific
men whose duty II should be to investigate
nature with this mkhty Instrument, In
other department OF scientific research-a'
in photography, the desideratum Of which IS
tleubtedly pay to employ men whose only
work shon1d be experimentation and investi-
cation but for long tine most Is to be
hoped for from the spectroscope, with which,
MS with infinitely delicate eyes and fingers,
man searches into the inmost secrets of the
inorganic world. A new metal called gal
lium has lately been discovered by its means
in France, and there is reason 10 believe that
il can be obtained in quantities sufficient for
use In the arts, whereas without the spectro-
scope it must slways have remained hidden,
though existing everywhere around It's. The
salts Of many OF the new metals are used in
medicine and the various arts, and there is
no limit, save that Of mature iaeif % the
discoveries which may yet be made, provid-
ing we shall go to work wisely in the matter
The Spiritual Scientist grasps the
sword by the edge in asking the world to
Judge Of spiritualsm by Its fruits. What
those fruits are is commonly known-the
breaking up Of families, the flooding of the
world with slop, aud the general mental and
often moral disintegration of all who have
much to do with it, II has occasioned the
insanity OF Robert Dale Owen, and later still
the utter overthrow of Gerald Massey's
mind. Massey was known, as q fair poet
who possibly had q future before him. lie
became interested ia spirtua,isnl, and when
he leciured in this country year or two ago
his friends began to fear for his sanity.
Since his return to England his intellect has
utterly broken down and he is an undoubted
innatic. Thdse are specimen fruits from
which the spiritual Sciehtist would have the
world judge Of spiritualism, and It is from
these that the world will undoubtedly Judge.
The French government has, curl
omsly enough, refused to recognize titles OF
nobility which have been conferred by the
pope, on the ground that Plus TX. Is no
IoRyer a temporal sovereign, and has no
right 10 cUnfer temporal digpites Az the
pope has all his life made Frenchmen SUI
premeiy happy by comforting on them the
resonant titles, the decision Of the govern
ment has been received with very bad grace
by both the pope and aspiring frenchmen.
The pope by no means comedies that he is no
'icnger temporal sovereign. z 2 = ~ I
Admiral Fsragut once, remarked
al would never "a INTO battle m I'm iron-
clad. | could not handle my men, nor in
spirit them. II ball strikes wooden shin
II sends few splinters around two or three
poor fellows aro killed or wounded hut the
hole is soon stcpTea, the deck cleared and
the fight goes on. But in an iron-clad the
men feel from the first that they are in their
coffin, for they know that il hole is knocked
in her side she must sink, and II is much
harder to get up their spirits for the fight
Give me good ship Of oak and put the iron
into.the men," f-fftl Il W
NJ. Emile de'Girardin's opinion that
crime is the result of disease, and that there.
fore capital punishment should be abolished
for who would execute sick man for his
symptoms-is Just nos revived in Franc.
Of Course il does not touch the quesi IN
vitality, for that question is not one Of medi.
cine simply, but of the mixed medical iuris
prudence. Another Frenchman, Aiphonse
karr, made an excellent mot on this subject.
by all means he would have capital punish.
mentsabolished, but said he, "let ncssicurs
'es ossossi'as begin thereform." r. ~
MIR. Samuel Plimsoll, the English
statesman, who created such stir through
the world last summer by his denunciation
OF Disraeli in behalf Of seamen is man
who-2ractices what he breaches. He is now
visiting European seaports 10 see if the Eng.
lish eonsuls execute the act passed by parlia-
ment against the overlooking Of vessels. Mr..
Plimsoll will extend his philanthropic re-
searches to the Black sea. His constituents
IN Derby have reason to be proud of him.
The introduction of the postal card
system has become so almost universal that
the monthly issues are constantly ON the in
crease During the month of October. %.
lSs,OO were sold. This is more than five
millions more than were ever before made
within the same space of Time. Fxperie,,t,e
having now satisfactorily demonstrated the
praetiesbihty and value of the system. the
use OF the postal card must become still more
general. t" f.'AA- fT'-
There are about two thousand wolves
in France, which destroyed to the amount OF
about one thousand francs year each. But
this two millions francs in no way represents
the loss occasioned by their presence these
TWO Thousand wolves, who only devour some
thirty thousand sheep u year, oblige tn,
farmers 70 keep twenty millions sheep in
folds, and render Il Impossible for them ts
feed in the fields as in England. All thi,
entails great expense.
Stanley Is in one sense bringing dis
credit upon his native land, for in the hear
OF beautiful Africa he has made two discov
cries which surpass what we have been won
to bcGst He found there body of fresi
water larger than lake Superior and a mar
with more wives than Brigham Young has.
III The Pharaoh of the period, the
Khedive, wants an honest man who can tel
HIM how much he is in debt, and has sent "a
England Tor experts. There are number OF
men IN 'nis country who are engaged in
banking under Pharaoh's auspices Who would
be glad atany time to tell him how much bt
is IN deb, bat they are not all honest.
The Nieerov of Egypt, who has
earned by repeated acts Of magnanimty q
place among the noblest of modern rulers
has lately shown, in striking manner. III,
greatness and unselfshness of his character
The sum OF s65,0o0 having been approrri
nteu 10 erect monument 10 him, he used III,
money 10 found public school at Alexan
'dria.
= On the first trip of the new fast
mail from New York the train made the hith
erto unprecedented time of sixty mile IN on,
hour and five minutes. And the unfortunat,
traveller II still compelled to content himsel
with dragging along ut the snairs pace q
iorty, or at most forty-five miles an hour.
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