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The Osceola times., 1875-05-15
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FElY&p RuUssAS:-You invite
correspondence Tor your valuable
paper, from any and all, who have
anything good 10 say. Now, !
have bad at;ccl; OF the "type-us
lover" to day. and | set about writ
ing to yun, whether can say any
good thing on not. II YOU dou't
think il good enough YOU may inst
drop the manuscript into the waste
basket;y Ga will not be hurt much
by the reading, and | shall be much
relieved. What Il the use OF having
i friend unlcss you use him?
suppose the first thing ought 10
be the Inquiry chow dye, and how's
craps" conclude from what |
can hear from You that YOU are
pretty well | thank you. And
now YOU must ask me Aow.dye,
md ! viii very promptly answer,
I'm pretty wei' ! thank you. The
isct i Mr. Editor, that am a good
deal better, than pretty vel! ! ,hank
yon. ! am getnns corpuleut, I
weigh u "whUie heap" not more,
and il things keep on tins way
very long, shall be getting too
biz Tor my clcthes, and shall weigh
ton or two. There is nothing 10
this world like satisfied and con
tented mind to got tat on. All last
season camo near starving to
death. For months grew thia-
uer aud thinner, uitil | was forced
to put on an svercOat when the sun
shoHe. 10 make shadow, and
make mySelf visible to hay neigh.
hors. That was about the timo the
Co" gresSiOual Investigating Com.
mittoe was hunting round after the
true government of Arkansas.
While they were making such care.
ful inquiries after The hoal,h OF our
New Constitution. About Ia.
time Phil. Sheridan was finding 40
many organized bands Of White.
Icagucrs in our state, About G
time when the immortal i95 were
carrying their lives in then
| hands and rom tina, down to the
time Grants message to Congress
was published, in which he sait
Joe Brooks, Z. NJ. Sss eur true
Governor, etc, a'.d if Congaess did
not do some big thing he would.
/ tell YOU what, Mr. Editor, when
read that message | grew no better
very fast ! nearly stopped breath
ins in fact I got real desperate
so mach so, that | had just rs soor
live as die, and you know that is a
terrible condition for one TO e.
into. The frat thing | found tina
relieved me IN the least WAS smal
dose OF DR.. Poland's resolution, az
offered by bim in Congress. Their
sir, whom that resolution was
adopted "a tho best remedy for Ar
kansas diseases, l recovered al
once. You never saw such very
remarkable cure. The very day
the remedy was applied ] WAS ubl.
to take abont three hupirrd l-ink.
OF old Bourbon ~hiskoy, (you
know that's strong for weak stom
aci.) and in few hours | was adj.
tp raise my vmcc and s'top, iisrra;r
fes uar'and. Pu'aa' sal Sks,-a.,
an 'o"'i that s'uld - ',,a.l q ia
~ sses liam 'ee n,l.as hrmsri;s5
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j Frightful Disaster.

The steamship Schiller, of the
Han. har.. ine. whici, sailed from
New y=.i,s % ,Aa 2siA ifv Of
Apr,i VAS wrea'. "A ~ tie cii y
is'e~. Oa, al .wo hundred aas.
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Masonic Notice.

The members of Osceola Lodge
No 81, +. & A. NJ. are hereby or.
dered to be IN strict stteL dance at
their Hail tins evening, for the
transaction Of important business.
l.. A. GARLIcK, W. II.
" Cr.pp Srn'u
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-16
The Value of Viyisection.

While the practice of vivisection can
not be defended when the torture Is in
flicted en- the lower animals, simply to
exhibit truths already fully settled and
demonstrated, its utility in original in
vestigation can not be contradictcd.
This is amply proved by the results to
which it has lead. In summing up the
benefits to practical medicine ACQUIRING
from vivisection, i'll speech recently
delivered before the British Medical As
ISOLATION, the president of that body,
Sir Robert ChristisOn, noted among
others the following:
By means of the most extended series
of vivisecuiOn on record. Orhla placed
toxicology on a scientific basis, and gave
to the world knowledge of the action
of poisons which has been directly IN
strumental in saving thousands OF lives.
To experimentation on ANIMALS as 10 tne
nutritivc value of nonnitrogenous sub
stance, the goodly fellowship of anti
vivisectionists who have tendency to
govt or gravel owe the accurate dietetic
treatment of their ailments. Sir Robert
himself discovered through vivisections
the mode in which Oxalic acid poisons,
and the means of counteracting its eff
fects; determined the rapidity of action
of prussic acid; ascertained by exper-
iment, first upon himself and subse-
quently upon animals, the physiological
and toxic effects of Calabar bean, now
largely and usefully employed in med
icine in an important medico-legal case
he established the guilt of the accused by
proving upon animals the fatal action
of Iaburnum bark, the substance adj
ministercd, the effects of which had not
previously been investigated
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Saxon War-Babes.

Ono of the most touching sights III
in connection with military matters
which have happened to notice, Is that
of the newly-enlisted men roaming the
streets during the day or two OF grace
allowed them before donning the UNI
form and beginning the long, weary ser
yitude of powder and ball. lhey are
permitted license of behavior quite eA-
traordinary either to soldier or citHen'
they are on the neutral ground pet"e1h'
and NAV have their fling for once TO
licemen are blind to their escapaues;
officers ignore them; people III general
smile good-naturedly, and PICK them up
when they fall down. For II alllios -; -
variably happens that the iiis' .. 'i'd maf
these Unborn war-babes do Is 10 GeG
DRINK II is the traditional way. OF
nassing the solemn period of incubation,
III annears to commend itself anew 10
zach successive brood. They wear green
ribbons in their button-holes, ana stag
Ger along arm in arm, grooming dlscor-
dant laws, laughing or crying, ana COM
hitting much harmless, foolish, and PIT
cons nproar. Many of them, pring
smooth. inexperienced faces from ull-
known country villages; others are
already coarse and stolid; few pear
traces of culture, but Gambrlnus lays an
alike in the gutter. Occasionally m
deed, from the midst of the beery Deu-
lam, a sane and sober pair OF eyes meets
our own, making us marVel now 'ney
came there. Perhaps the druhkilrus are
the wiser; the prospect Is 100 sorry : o aII
for sober contemplation 1t requires an
the cnchantment that malt and hops can
cast over it to make it tolerable' buI
what a rueful scene must tomorrow
mornings drill be, with its KatzenJam-
NOR It's belnlcss ignorance, and its saw
noe sergeant Julian Hacthorne,
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The Arabian Horse.

The Emir Abd-ci- kadcr, i'll his sob
Sc, vations of the Horse" says: If you
wish to go very fast, choose Il horse with
high withers and small TANKS. The tail
should be thick enough to fill the space
between the thighs. "The tail resem-
bles the vail of girl betrothed.' The
eve of horse should incline lazily to-
ward the nose, like that of man who
sauints. at resembles the eye of Il
coquet who tries to peep from under her
veil" The ears should resemble those
of an antelope, the nostrilS should be
large, the fctlock joints small, the fore
lock thick. I'm the time of danger
mount a horse whose forehead is covered
with thick hair" The cavities inside
the nostrils should be entirely black; if
they are partly white, the horse Is only
of medium value. The hoofs should he
rounded, and on the interior like the hol-
low of a drinking cup; the frogs firm
and drv; the fetlocks thick, resembling
the dark plumes hidden under the wing
of the eagle, and like them, they become
black in the heat of battle; the hoois
firm. "Thcy walk on their hoots rs on
the stones of Il stagnant water covered
with moss"
"When my horse goes for an object
he makes Il noise resembling that oi the
wings of flying eagle, and his nelgilng
resembles the plaintivc tones OF the
nightingale His neck Is us long and
graceful as that of male ostrich. iilS
eve is hlac, It's night and full of fire. In
elegance he resembles picture hanging
ON the walls of Il palace, and he Is rs
stately Us the palace itself
The old Emir was evidently poetical us
we'll rs warljke
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-16

Anv one. saws the Los Angeles Herald
desiring TO obtain any idea OF lhe SUI
pendous accomplishments OF railroad en-.
gineerinp should spend few days az
Tehachape Pass, investigating the 9PerI
,tions of the Southern Pacific railroad
comnonv About twenty miles OF that
rood i :, succession of GUS, nils, ana
tunnols Within this dist"nce there are
thirteen tunnels, ranging from one tnou
sand one hundred feet to a few yards III
LENGTH. For the greater portion oil tiis ,
waS the road bed is cut through soma
Granite The elevation is so great rom
The present terminus of the road at OaI-
iente TO Tehachape Valley, that tne
first mile and a half out of Cahenle II
attained bv LAYING down eight miles OF
track. Higher up in the pass oil INC
road runs through tunnel el.oi't ~
the hill, and passes a few leel apGsc t .i'o
tunnel. After completely encifclinS tle
hill. and going half round asain' .le
track doubles on itself ike closelN PuII
sued hare, and, after running stN s;Il..
miles in the opposite ulrectioii; ~
M the canon This clrcllng ana uo''p .'-
Ina, Is far Grade. Once the track crosses
the pas-, and this involves the pui'uu,S
If 4 long and very high bridge we
donbt if n more difficult and expensive
niece niece Of engineering was encountered in
the building Of the Central Pacific over Owe
tho S;orrns than that which the South
arm Pacific is now struggling in 1eiac-
h,nn Pass. Another tremendous piece
of work is the SAN Fernando tunnel
which ' When completed, will be over ',,,., a
mile and half in length and IN places
| over one thousand feet beneath the S.'i
face y Vet the company will accomplish 81
this great work, and run cars ,,. uhpo"E Inv
from San Francisco to Los Ang .' ID, ny
the isl of next July. All the io rec t Gam
can he used i kept at work on n me ., 'San
Fernando tunnel. In the lehp ilI
| Pass five thousand men are emIPloySu,
and the force is being increased at tne
rate Of one thousand 'hlhameh P'F
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-16

much admired for its purity and dclici-
cy of flavor. lis production is not
limited to any part of the state. but ut
present it is chiefly made Il speciality in
| san DcI@o county, near the Mexican
| border. The honey crop for that county
for 1873 WAS 10000 pounds. The bees
| commence working in that county about
| the first of February, and the season for
| storing honey lasts from June to Septem-
Der. The finest honey is made from the
flowers of the sage plant, which grows
there in such abundance. This is the
true sa%c, and must not he confoundcd
with the sage bush" of Nevada and the
northern counties. The fat top or
buckwhcat grcasewood also affords
excellent honey. The bloom of this
plant closely resembles that of buck
wheat, hence the name. The flower of
the sumac is another source, and TIL ice
plant, which covers so much of the
country, is likewise sought by the bees.
POLISHING SANDSTONE.
Manfred Levin has tried with success,
in his quarrics at Saxonia and at Ncun-
dorf, Il process of impregnating sandstone
The stone there quarricd is porous, and
readily ahsorhS water to a certain depth;
it Is this fact which renders it possible to
Introduce Il solution to harden the sur
face. Levin impregnates the stone with
a solution of alkaline siIicatc and of al
umina; there is thus formed an aluminium
slllcate within its pores, which gives to
the surface considerable resistance The
solutions employed are made with solu-
BILE glass and with ALUMINIUM sulphatc.
After the impregnation the sandstone
may be polished like marble, which it |
then resembles closely. Heated to Il high |
the exterior layer vitrifes |
and thus may he colorcd ut pleasure. |
The coloration may even he obtained |
simply by mixing the desired pigment
with one of the two solutions used for
the impregnation.
HYPNOTIC FRANCES
u. Richet has written an account of
some experiments in the phenomena of
that state of being which he calls ''arti-
icial somnambulism, but which may,
perhaps he better described as hyp-
His.results differ in no essen
5ial point from those obtained by many
,ther investigators, but they are of some
,alue as furnishing material for future
The hypnotic state may he
induced in some men, and in almost all
women, provided that the attempt be
repeated till success is
fdcHcu me ulilCtiltN II tne1l over. |
IN individual who has once been in the
tate of trance, can readily be made to
inter- it again. The most characteristic
f the phenomena noticed in this state are
he sensory Authorizations which may he
xcited at the will of the operator, and
he absolute aItomatism of the hvpnot-
1cd subject. Neither of these features
peculiar to hypnotic trance; but, taken
n connection with its artificial origin,
hey serve to distinguish it from all
states OF the nervous system.
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NOT ONE To SPARE

The following. beautiful pocu will L.. g..
mag I" many 81 our readers hut il will bc,,
10 ne read again and again. II tolls h.
Popf man anu ms wife refused the. offer at
iIcn trends comfortable provision if The,
"o' u give HIM enc Of their chil,lrcn.1
Whieh shall II he? Which shall il bc =,
looked at John-John leaked NJ mo
,per, patient John. who loves me yst
Vel a though my locks were ien
Mn Nhea found that must speak
a. MN Voice seemed strangely low ami yye,L.
tel me again what Robert said -
4, anu then !, listening bcut my ha.,I
u i> Is his letter | will rive
II H,,use aid land while You shall live,
- IN return fr"m out Your seven
~ .inid To- me for ave i civ-n'''
e"ke'i at Johns old garments worn;
.h"usht OF ali that John had borne
NJ, Poverty. and work and care.
Nnrd !, though willing. could not share.
tnought Of seven mouths 10 feed
~ even little chil,iren'S need
,nd then of this. Come Holm s,;J
Wen choose among them rs they lie -
lsIeeP; 50. walking hand in hand
Dear John and surveyed our brnd-
FIRST to the cradle lightly stepped
here Lillian the baby SleI,t
\ glory against the pillow white:
SSottly the father sttnfr,l to Iav
Ills rough hand down in a Iovin. WAY
when dream or whisper made her stir
,hnd hu>k1ly he said. = Not her, not her
We stopped beside the trundIr he'll
-,nd one long ray Of lanrpiight shed
-ithwlrt the hoy ish faces there
IN sheep - pifiiul and fair;
saw on JanIies rough, red check
y tear undried. Ere John could sneak
" me- hut a fsai.y, too" said l.
And kissed him hurried Iy
Iaie, patient Rohbies angel face
sun IN his sleep bore suffcrins's trace
No, tor a thousand crownS not him
lie whispered, while our ewes were dim,
Ioor Dick bad Dick, our waywar,I son
turbulent, reckless, idle one
.ouid he he spared - Nav He who rayc
I'D us hefriend him to his grave;
slnlv mothers heart can he
Iaileut enough ior such as he:
Md So said John, - would not dare
10 send him from her bedside PRAYER"
hen stole we softly up above
And knelt by Mary, child of love
Perhaps for her 'twould better be -
said to John Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that law
Across her cheek in willful wav
Md shook his head. 81 Nay, love, not thcrr,
The while my heart heat auiiblv
lnly one more, our eldest lad.
frusty and truthful. good and glad
:" ike his father. =" No, John, no
can not, will not, let him co.
md 50 we wrote, in courteous wav
We could not drive one child away:
And afterwarl toll lighter seemed
Thinking of that of which we dreanc,i-
Happy in truth that not ono face
was missed from its accustomed place;
thankful to work for all the seven,
trusting the rest to One in heaven.
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her pen. Her signature is AS unhand-
some as possible, and, under the circum-
stances, | don't wonder that she has
never attempted to write anything else.
When it was time for me to leave. I
hated to go; her atmosphere is whole
some and Strengthening; her home beau
tiful and full of peace
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A Great Helm to the South,
The New Orleans Picay1ne saws:

The New Orleans Picdyune says:
The Louisiana grange agency will ere
long be one of the features of New Or
leans. Not only does it furnish supplies
to the farmers of the state at bottom
prices, but it also induces shipments of
the produce of western grangers to our
DOORS and sends them in return the pro-
ducts of our soil. The angency has also
an Office at the stock hnding, with yard
and pasturagc for cattle of all kinds
This branch of the business has been
very successful, and the correspondence
from this state, Texas, Kentucky Get,
indicates for the future a large increase.
The saving to the planters in ordering
through their grange agent, not only
tlscir groceries and dry goods, but agri-
cultural implements, wagons, stoves, sew
ing machines, etc, on all of which they
receive the full discount, furnishes them
with Il surplus available for improving
their homes or farms.
A grange cotton factory in or near
Natchcz, Mississippi, is proposed, with Il
capital of $50, 900, in SD shares.
The oranges of Ncvarro county, Texas
are building IA large warehouse ut Corsi-
cana, the county seat, on the Texas
Central railroad.
1t is said that the Texas grangers saved
Il million OF dollars last year by shipping
and selling through their own agents, and
many have got forehandcd who never
were 50 before. Great numbers of plant
ers usually put all their profits into the
hands of storckcepers and Insurers. The
writer SAW lady at Cincinnati lately
who said that she paid 80 per cent. to a
banker of Nicksburg for money to gather
her cottoc.
In California the grangcrs seem to
have gone into banking just in time to
save some of their deposits from the
great collapse.
"Thc grangers' bank of California"
says the Pocifc Rnral Press, ''sccms To
be getting on as well as could be cX-
pccted. The oranges are now taking
hold Of business in Il more thorough
manner than ever"
All this seems healthy, and full of
promise for the country. The danger
from political and commercial trickstcrs
is evident enough, but the order is adj
mirably adapted for the repclling of MAJ
raudcrs, and it is to he hoped that the
Patrons will be able to correct mistakes
as fast rs they become generally APP
parent.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-16

HIS CoCoANUT.-Hc had seen cocoa
nuts before, but had never had one in
his hand. The old woman sat in the
wagon and held the lines while he en-
tered a grocery and purchased one
They turned it over and over, and re-
garded it closely and curiously but drove
homeward without asking any questions
Next day about noon, the old man en-
tered the grocery, cocoanut in hand, and
inquired:
. Is this reg lar cokernut."
50 Yes, aud a good one too replied the
grocer.
oval, the burned thing has busted
me, and its a heap too much for the old wo-
man; we've turned it over more'n hun
drcd times, and blamed if we can find
the hinges. Where in thunder does she
unlock? ?"
When the amused grocer explained
matters, the old man Looked crest fallen.
and turned away with the remark:
" burned if know any morc'n Il muIcI"
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hands, directs his own planting, and i'm
proves his place Is he sees proper. These
are only few of the facts involved, but
sufficient to demonstrate the truth of all
we say, as proven by the experience of
every planter who has tried either plan
-Ruyu{ Ier0n
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TIE term ''grass widow j., said to be
Il corruption of grace widow" the for
mer expression being merely barbarism.
Grace widow is the term applied to one
who becomes Il widow by grace or favor.
not of necessity, as by death, originated
IN the early ages European civilization,
when divorces were granted but seldom
and wholly 10y the Catholic church. When
such decree WIS granted to a woman
and papal receipt stated ''Viduca de
aratia,' which interpreted l. ''wi,low of
eracc.' In the law Oft the French it would
read "Ncuvc dc grace or ''gracc widow.
"yeuve" being translated a. widow"
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-IIuTLTDttIcS-
GLOW stranger said Mrs. Spilkins the
other day, "Leander has only sent me
single line since he left for Long Branch"
"Only a single line, ma" remarked the
youthful Matiades, who is studying ge-
ometry; chats something without par
allel."
BUTTER is composed of fat and little
albumen. When the temperature is
raised the albumen acts as n ferment and
decomposes the fat, converting it into
acid-butyric. This is soluble in water.
No matter how rancid your butter, it
NAV be made perfectly sweet by wash
ing.
Go look in the banks, where mammon has tod
Where, safe from the hands OF the starving ara
Lies piIe ubon pile of the glttering ore;
Walk m to the counter-ah there you may stay
Til YOUR limbs have grown old and your hair Turns
And You'll find at the bank not of the clan
With money to lend to moneyless man.
Yesterday, when couple of excur-
sionists were strolling through the market
thn Girl looked longingly at the fruit, and
the Young man, after struggle with him.
self purchased several large plums and
divided with her. "Do you doubt my
love. Milly?" he asked, as they chewed
at the fruit. ''Noap," she replied, nor
mouth ''plum" full. because ne con-
tinued, eff didn't love you l wouldn
he around buying boss plums at five cents
apiece, would I?' She seemed satisiied'
Detroit Free Press.
NOTWITHSTANDING that an honest
man doesn't generally object to paying
a hotel bill in advance if the hotel Is a
good one, the following conversation Ga Is
reported to have taken place at a tnl-
cago house: "You will not opJec! 20 20
paying before you go TO your your room t%e biIIv
&c For how long. sirY' "Well," says the
stranger "you may charge me for about
ten minutes, on the European plan. by
the end of that time | think shall be at
a hotel where the clerks wear smaller
and have more commence III
human nature"