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The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
Antiquity Of Man.

\ correspondent writes to the Lon
don Times: Mr.. Sydney B. I. Skertch-
ly, who is stationed at Brandon, Suf.
folk, has recently discovered some
flint implements in that neighborhood,
in beds formed before the close of the
glacial period. One was picked out
of the beds in pit at Culford, Suf-
folk, and two others were dug out of
like beds in pit at Botany bay, on
the Norfolk side of Brandon. 1t was
not untilMr. .Skertchly himself founda
other implementat Clifford and saw the
bowlder clay above the bed from which
he extracted it, that the importance
of the discovery dawned upon him.
Alongside the Cultord implement he
found deposit Of broken and scraped
mammalian bones and some fresh
water shells. These bones were all in
a circumscribed area. \ jawbone con,
tanning teeth has been forwarded to
London to he examined. Underneath
the bones the clay was found to be
burned. Mr.. Skertchly's explanation
is that we have here preserved the one
solitary instance in the whole world OF
a camp ground of paleolithic men, and
this camping ground occurred below
the bowlder clay which belonged tc
the earliest part OF the glacial period.
These remains were thus far older than
anything previously discovered. Trac.
ing the bowlder clay and the beds
beneath across the country, he saw
that the implements found at Botany
bay were of the same age. The men
who lived before the bowlder clay ap
peared to him to be more intimately
connected il time with the men of the
paleolithic gravels lying upon the bowl
der clay than were the latter with the
men of the neolithic age, who scooped
out those ancient flint mines, neal
Brandon, called "Grimes graves"
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02

"Prof. Coleman of the agricul'
tural college al Cirencester once said,
1T i not difficult 10 show that sheep
alone, apart from their influence on
the corn crops, will not pay a living
profit after all the expenses of growing
the crops are considered
an. Thiers says, The agricultural
industry of France cannot dispense
with sheep
I" ScieEce has lately made the gum
washing from feeces at the factories
contribute to the fertilization of soils.
Mr.. Hays tells Us that the French
chemists, NM. Maumone and Rogelet,
have established very recently at the
great seats Of the wooden manufacture
in France, II. at Rheims and Elbeui,
factories for putting the new industry
which they created into practical opcr'
alton. They induce the WOODEN man
ufacturers to preserve and sell to them
the solutions Of yolk obtained by the
washing of the raw iieeces in cold
water, and pay such price as encour-
ages the manufacturers 10 wash their
wool methodically, so as 10 enrich the
same water with the yolk of a number
of Heeces. These scourings the chem
lists carry 10 their factory and there
boil them down to a dry, carbonace-
ous residuum. The alkaline salts re-
main in the charred residuum, and
are extracted by liAiviation with water
The most important of the alkalies
obtained is potash, which is recovered
in state of great purity. 1t is COM
putcd that if the fleeccs of all the
sheep of France, estimated at 49,0OO,-
600, were subjected TO the new treat
ment, France would derive from this
source alone all the potash she re-
quires in the arts-enough to make
about 10000 tons of CONNER cial car
Donate potash, convertible into IL 300
tons of saltpeter, which would charge
l,S70, 900 cartridges" "
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
Sheep tor Epriching Land.

The National Live Stock Journal,
in speaking Of the value of sheep for
enriching land, says:
"Some fifty years ago Anderson
said, One thousand sheep folded ON
an acre of ground one day would ma
nure il sufficiently 10 feed one thou
sand and one sheep; 80 that hy this
process land which the first year can
feed only one thousand sheep, may
the next year as result of their own
drippings, feed thirteen hundred and
sixty-tive.
"Sprengel allowed that the manure
of fourteen hundred sheep for one day
is equal to manuring highly one acre
of land, which Is about four sheep por
year. Mech, a still more recent au-
thority, estimates that fifteen hundred
shcep folded on an acre of land for
twenty-four hours, or one hundred
sheep for fifteen days, would manure
the land sufficiently to carry it through
four years rotation, In the United
States much less attention has been
paid to this item of profit to he de.
rived from hocks. Only upon the
poorer land, and then only from the
exceptionally few close-cbserving and
calculating men do We meet with any
notice of il at all. Not so in England
aud France, where the necessities i'm
posed ON the density Of population
and consequent enhanced value of the
land compel recognition Of every min
utia Of profit by the cultivalor of the
soil. There feeding and grazing of
sheep enters into system Of rotation
with invariablc regularity. Without
the sheep Of England TODAY her agri.
culturs would he q failure. Their
yslse n Enelish agriculture il 10 he
fbnnl n their manasc, 1hoegh mol
sf shsssssivss prufabis, tisey make Il Il
NJ ~ cdr hsanchao Of aerjcul.
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The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
C0usa sasssptteu Cared.

An old Physician, retired from active prac
tice, having had placed in his hands by an
East Ipdis Missionary the formula OF simple
Vegetable Remedy for the speedy and per
msnent Cure OF CONSUMPTION, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and Lung
Affections, also Positive and Radical Cure
ior Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having throuehly tested It's
wonderful curative powers in thousands oi
cases, feels it his duty to make it known TO his
ST flering fellow. Aclua,ed by this motive,
and a conscientious desire 10 relieve human
suffering, he Will send free of charge to all
who desire IL, this receipt, with full direction,
for preparing and successfully using. Sent 10y
return mail by addressing with stamp, nam.
ing this paper, Dr. W. G. stevens, 1876 Powers
Block, Rochester, \. Y.
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02

HE had Just welded little angel
with a musical voice, limpid blue eye,
and brow on which candor had sci
its seal. They made their bridal tour
to Venice, where they went from place
TO place, watched the pigeons wheeling
round the towers of st. Marks, ex.
plored the mysterious canals in THEN
gondola. \, they are returning home
at night the young husband, whose full
heart is overilowing with emotion,
says; "Well, my love, what has i'm.
pressed yeu most of all that We have
seen in this wonderful cityY" The
young wife timidly east down her
eyes. you remember the cafe on
the Piazetta, ~ "Ies, my angel.
Well, at the third table from the
door on the left there was duck of an
officer with such a love of a mus,
tache -"
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02

STANDARD REMEDIEs.-It is a fact well
known to all our readers that few pro
prietary medicines have achieved a rep
utation as standard remedies, and occu
ry place in every well regulated house
hold, almost as universally as the bibl,
and the family almanac. Foremost
among these i the Merchants Gargling
Oil. manufactured by the well known
company of that name at Lockport, n
Va sovereign remedy for man and
beast, and one which has wrought hun
dreds OF well sttested cures. We need
hardly say here what the patrons of the
Blade fully understand-that we do moi
make practice of praisiDg indiscrimi
nately the numerou. compounds offered
TO the public, but since we believe the
"Gargling Oil to I've Il carefully com
pounded and eiiicacious remedy, we de
not hesitate to say Is much. - Iole'tc
(Ohio) Btldt
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
Farm and Household.
INDIAN SUMNER.

Dear Maud, hear across the morn
The blue-jay calling In the corn.
oh, In my heart tread, to-day,
Along our old, cool, woodland way.
And hear within the shadows still
The acorus dropping on the hill.
A hawk sails by on silent wings
The far, low whirr OF partridge wings;
Comes faint ripple on the air;
'ris restful silence everywhere
SO still, that from the naples crown
hear the red leaves cddying down.
A CLEAN Of silver far away
The river lies ssleep, to day;
The single shallop lettering by
Seems poised between the wave and sky
All haste is rounded into calm,
And earth and sky are swsthed IN balm.
--Rsr. ". ". NorA in Zion's Herald.
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
Planting Of Trees in the Fall.


The question whether spring or tall
is the better season for planting has
leen much discussed. and the conclu.
sion reached has generally been, that
western New York and simla" eli
mates, one is about n good a, the
other. My experience with hardy
fruit and dcciduons and ornamental
trees, is in favor of the fall. Ii is true
that We have an occasional severe win.
ter, when fall planted trees suffer. but
these are Of rare occurrence.
Last fall, quite late, after the hurry
Of the season was all over, ! planted
several hundred dwarf pear trees. AZ
ter planting, the earth was drawn up
around the base, say six or seven
inches above the level OF the ground, to
give protection to the roots and stifien
the trees against the force of the wind.
MAY 22d | had the earth around the
trees removed to the level, ana found
vigorous new roots, three TO five inches
in length, spreading in all direction
from the auince stock. The tops are
slso bushing rapidly, and in the whole
planting Of three hundred trees there
j. not q failure.
1t is cay to see what IN advantage
these trees have over those planted this
spring, even under the most favorable
circumstances for the latter. In
-pring planting il often happens that
long period of cold weather and
drying wind follow the planting.
and the trees get seriously dried before
lhe growing season opens, or dry or
ssrm period comes before the roots
hwvs aoguired vigor enough to sustain
~ tree mntlsr s,sch adveEpe influence:
==;;iisse5 =;;iisse5 elsh@ Aie ~ Haser EeelAy al
lneenl A...as ssszs VA s.lsi
= = &d3H6 fi1k II plAHs-
- ~ q IL xkole I
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The Osceola times., 1876-12-02

ThE proprietors of Johnson's Anodync
Liniment, Parsons Purgative Pills, and Sher
idan's Cavalry Condition Powders, have pub
lished readable and instructive pamphlet
which may be had free my mail.
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
CHiLLS. C8ILLS.-win,ersmi,h

GHiLLS, ,CHILIS-Wintersmit Tonic Sy-
rip or improved Chill Cure, is a certain remedy for
every form II Fever and Ague Its superiority over
all other remedies Is In the fact that the cure IL
permanent onefh CAiH rhss brokea, ,does not return.
Unlike Chill remedies generally, Il requires no pur-
gativ. TO he taken with Il; the medicine itself
ting gently and asreoably upon the liver and bowels
efctiually removing the cause Of the disease, no,
merely temporarily checking it, as In the OF
quininc. -old by all Druggists
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
AwCLsARLE SAVINGS HANK.

one box Of Dr. Turr's Pin viii save you many
dollars in dS ctors bills. They will surely cure
Chill and Fever; Dyspepsia Ds0rdeIei Liver OF
Bowels; Sick Headache; jaundice; or Chronic
Constipation. Only 25 cents
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
a Cough. cole or sSr~ Thr~s,

Requires.immediate attention, aud should be
checked. II allowed 10 continue, irritation OF
the Lungs, permanent Throat affection, or
An irs,uabls Lang disesse,is often the result
"Baowss lsoyoHiAL TsocHRs, having a
direct iaas1h - o. The parts, give immediate
s.;;ss. fss leaehiis. AssAms, cssas.A. .ces-
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02

By sending 81 to l.. l.. Wood, Vineland,
y. j., YOU will receive by return mail lG
crape.vines, your choice OF the following va.
rieties Concord, Ives, Clint n, Hartford, or
he will send 100 for 81, or 50 for $3.50 post.
paid anywhere.
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
n yeAxy PALMER IL n.

OF Philajelpbia, declaring that the complete
success Of his invention for the relief Of one
of the direst forms human misfortune places
the author in the front rank Of the inventors
and mechanics of the age" All the artificial
legs hitherto made, seem worthless in com.
parison with Dr. Palmer's. No one with a mu.
iilated leg, who sees it, would be without 1t.
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02

BuRNErr's COCAINE. - A perfect
dressing for the hair. The CoCoAINR holds
in a liquid form large proportion Of de-
odorized cocoanut oil, prepared expressly
for this purpose.
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
P,Nrlrs ON the face rough skin. chan

PMrLEs on the face, rough skin, chap
pei hands, ssltrheum aud all cutaneous az.
fe items cured, the skin made soft and
smooth, by the uss of Juniper Ter Soap.
That made by Caswell, Howard Il c., New
lere, Is the only kind that can he rehtd on,
as there are many limitations, made trem
common tar. which are worthless.
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02

RUFUS CHAPMAN, of Liberty, NIaine,
had stiff leg bent at the knee, limb, a and
strengthened by the use of johnson Ano.
dyne Liniment.
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02

fall for hardy deciduous trees --Fo'd
Recorder.
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
WOODS
i'm MPR0vED|
HAIR RESTORATIVE
What It Does!

u rs-torss quickly GRAY Hair ,o ll- glossy Na;uu,
cnlr II has the effect nf Restoring the Hair pT~Ina
turrv Bald Heads. II Removes nandrun, Hunor- and
all Era1tinns irpm - anN th. S,alr. Il IN,
HAIR ! 4.
vents Irritation II Itching and Scah
Dgatss ei the skin. II kertor,,
fadaa dr., harsh and falling Hair
n r,'n-W -drcssns softens and giY.f
vigor TO tl,r growth of the Hair. II
acculBplis,,cs more i desired .h,,'t. IN
y time than any k.stnrAfiys
made, always leaving the haiI
soft, lively sud y u 4 y y u u glossy. wl-ti.i
used Dressing spon tire natural hair upon tnt
hair Ia unhealthy ooud tion thus rendering ~ the
Oid and Young artic. of Unelualed excellence NJ
preparation offered to the public produces such wonder
ful results. Try Il Try IT. Call for Woods I'm
proved as II contains no injurious qualities.
n originally inirpuced ~ years sgo hy Psoi o. j.
Wood. hut the recent change Of ingredients In this
tice Is making demand or II In all parts of tn. United
SiAl.-. InnAlias and Elraign .nlIntrl-.
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
Southern Farmer,
MEMPHIS. TENN.

Best Weekly Agricultural Journal in the South Suh-
scription per annuni $500. Specimen COPY fr'e
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02
MARK TWAlN'S new BOOK
TOM SAWYER,

l. r.adJ tot hggnts. Dent got behind hal III.
time, bat send for YOUR territory ot circuhrs 81
once. Address, AMERICAN puBLl>uIM 90
HAgTiuRp, CONN, tHIoAGu, lit, sGs'tsslTt ~
The Osceola times., 1876-12-02

-. IIIIIl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-11

Wharfmaster for not complying with an
ordinance with reference to reporting
the number and tonnage Of vessels ar
irving and departing from this port. We
have seen the Wharfmaster's books and
find that be does comply with the ordi-
nance referred to in every essential par
%ticular, and we have no doubt that the
movers Of the resolution above referred
to will set him right at the next meeting
Of the Council
William r. Comstock, of Arkansas, a
Black Fish Lake fisherman. who re-
ceived severe wounds with a Ratchet
during an alteration at the fishery with
Milton Philmot on last Friday week,
died from the effects of HIS wounds on
last Wednesday. His remains we're
brought to this city on yesterday, and
an inquest was held by Esquire Quigley
but no evidence was introduced that i'm
plicated any person in the killing.
Whisky at the fishery was the cause of
the difficulty.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-11

Liverpool Albion, February u
One gem at least in the crown which
was borne before her Msjesty on Tues
day is Of great antiquity and Of high
historic interest. The large sapphire,
the partial drilling Of which suggests
that it may have formerly figured in the
turban Of some eastern sultan, was pur-
chased, it is true, by George IN but in
the front Of the diadem, and in the CEN
ter Of a Maltese cross Of diamonds, is
the famous ruby given to Edward, the
Black Price, by Pedro, King Of Castillo,
after the battle of Nsjeva, A. D. 1861.
This ruby was worn by Henry v in his
helmet at Agincourt The gem is
pierced right through. Otherwise, albeit
each particular diamond, ruby, emerald
and pearl IN the dazzling galaxy may
have its own pedigree aud legend, no
authestio record OF the crown jewels
has been preserved, aud Queen VictoYia's
crown, %strueturslly speaking, is q very
modern affair indeed. The famous tory
crown Of Sir Robert Yyner, which the
crazy woman mutilated in 1875, had
served at the coronation OF William Nv
but as it weighed mJre than seven
pounds troy, Il was decided that the pom
derous gsWEaw should be broken up aud
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Outtiag a Dash in the Country.

WashiRnton ChrOnicle.I
A Washington girl paid a visit a short
time since to q friend on the Eastern
shore Of Maryland, and among her out
ct Tor the occasion had one of those
v~ariegated suits now so fashionable.
Upon her first visit TO the rural church
she wore it, and was the observed of all
observers. She was highly gratilied
with her impression until she happened
to hear two rustics whispering in the
seat behind her.
Why, jes' look at her, Sail" said one
to the others; shes putin on more airs
than if she had on half a dozen dresses
all outen the same piece
Yes, indeed replied Sal. 4" Guess
she thinks she's some, with that ar bed
quilt strung around her. Reckon there's
a piece Of her mothers, her gran moth
er's, and her great.gran' mothers old
silk weddin' dresses in that" Look at
the gingerbread fxin's she's got all round
her, too" remarked the other. Tell
you what, maybe she's some poor, crazy
critter out Of her mind, an they pampers
her by fxin' her up hat way" Won
der If them yerrings an things amt the
kind what Jim was tellin' us you could
get q whole bushel of 'em fer half a
dollar"
The Washington girl could stand it no
longer. She plead sudden sickness, left
the church, aud took the early train home
next morning. Now she says, sarcas-
tically, that she always thought Mary
land was civilized.
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ATToKA.
Memphis Hunters Arrested for KtlI.
ing WOOdpeekoRa.

Memphis Hunters Arrested for Kali.
ing WOOdpeekeFs.
Yesterday Messrs. MerrimAn and
Briggs we're out at Attoka, some twenty
FIVE miles on the Paducah road, on q
hunting expedition. While waiting for
the train at the depot Of the city of
Attoka. a village composed Of half a
dozen houses, the hunters turned loose
their breech.loaders at a couple Of wood
peckers that we're flying by. An intelli.
gent constable who was neal by al once
arrested both gentlemen and marched
them Of TO a squire Office on the charge
Of shooting within the sacred corpora
ton of Attoka aud killing two wood
peckers, the sacred birds of the Attoki.
ans, who regard them as household gods,
just as did the Romans regcrd geese,
The majesty of Attoks could not be sp.
peased by a 6ne diamond ring as secu-
rity for an appearance, but a valuable
breech-losding gun vas gobbled up by
the Attokian constable and held as Sc
curity. Messrs. Merrimsn and Briggs
had to miss the return train and attend
the court Of justice. On hearing the
case the magistrate Of Attoka fined each
OF the gentlemen, who had to pay the
sum Of 81 80 each for killing the sacred
woodpeckers> The Memphians who en-
gage in bird-hunting Will steer clear Of
the city Of Attoka hereafter. When the
AttokiauS come to Memphis they are not
treated so unneighborly. 1t would be a
good plan for the boys to purchase the
site of Attoka for a few dollars. turn it
into a woodpecker pasture end give the
constable and the magistrate the privil-
ege OF roaming ana shooting within the
sacred enclosure.
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what is Genius.


Temple Bar.
II is neither patience, nor coucentra.
ton, nor common tense working at q
high level; but genius is an ineradicable
native bent, that may be obeyed or dis
oOeyed under penalties, and whose ulti-
mate achievements will depend in great
MEASURE upon the force OF character with
which it is allied. Absolutely rigid de-
6nitions are impossible, even in abstract
science, and formal demonstrations in
matter Of generous speculation are weari-
some. But may we not now regard
genius as an ersdicable native bent for
nergIzing in one of certain exalted and
we'll recognized spheres ef thought or
sction2 The '~ineradicable native bent
is the real substance Of the matter, the
remaining words being necessary only
BY way OF cautions qualification against
possible objection. Genius is q quality
so highly esteemed that we naturally do
not wish to bestow it on those who,
though they msy have an iu~eradicable
bent in some direction or other, have ii
in a direction not exalted or e~nnobling.
! can imagine a person putting the cues
ton: But about hat very numerous
class that have the bent apparently, but
not the aptitude, who persist in imagin-
ing they are going to be great painters,
great poets, great musicians, but who end
by achieving nothing which men reeog-
Dize as art, poetry, or music. Does the
bent without the aptitude make them men
Of geniusY' trow not; and | likewise
suspect that the apparent bent in them
is not ineradicsble, in fact is not a bent
at all, but only a twist which they have
given to themselves in early life. These
are the "hentes in limine primo who as
boys are sentimental scribblers, and
probably in later life very successful tea
merchants. NE homme, mort epicier,"
is not a very satisfactory epitapb. But
what il there be no help for til Sainte
Beuve, who spoke feelingly on the sub
Ject, says that most persons Of middle
age are dead poets when the man has
survived, and Alfred de Musset has some
smart lines on the obsel% walton. Where
there was a real bent. depend upon it the
bent is felt, it not as q force then as a
twinge to the last, for there is no getting
rid Of it, and it is want of will or charao-
ter which has made it a plague instead
Of a solsce2 But in most of the cases
we are considering there is no real bent
at all. and the feeble Imitation Of it
rights itself before long. When one is
young 1t seems so sweet, so attractive,
such a fine thing to have genius, that the
hopeful soul may we'll be pardoned for
enrolling itself in the sublime ranks.
But the great touchstone, Time, will show
whether he be a real conscript or not.
The discovery may be painful, and many
men have had to make it, but once made
the sooner il is acted upon the better.
But the outside world cannot make the
discovery, or help the young heart to
learn its own secret.
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10 the Crimieal Court to-day the a
of the State vs.. William Anderson
(uegro), indictment for grand larceny,
the defendant was found guilty and sem
tenoed 10 three years Imprisonment in
the penitentisry.
Sandy Anderson and John Smith,
both negroes, convicted Of petit larceny,
we're each sentenced to six months i'm
~prisonment in the Presidents Island
wOrk.hsuse.
Ben Dunlap (negro). a petit ~lareeuist,
was sentenced to twelve months impris-
onment in the Presidents Island work
house.