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The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

fused to give even a nights lodging.
Poor Ho went to sleep in Tsiangs back
yard, and very mournful washe. Sudden
ly great bundle of clothes was thrown
out OF win'ow. Thinking there were
thieves in the house and not being in a
mood to protect the farmers household,
he put the bundle on his back and
trudged down the road with it. Soon he
heard steps behind him. The infuriated
farmerG Not so. 1t was only q pretty
girl. She Joined him and walked by his
side without saying word or looking at
him. On they went through the dark
night, mile upon mile, and just as the
day was breaking they reached the viii
lage inn. Then she looked at him and
shrieked. 1t was not the young cousin
who had wooed her to pack up her
clothes and meet him at midnight. II
was only poor, lazy Ho. "Well, wei, y
she said "there is no help for it. We
must get married as soon as possible. "
Married they we're; the old gentleman
behaved nicely; dowry, $500, 900 cash.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07
EAST.

The desperate war that has been waged
for the past two or three months by the
trunk lines OF railway TO the interior from
the Alantc seabord does not abate. The
New York and Erie, the New York Central,
the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio
and the Grand Trunk: Canada railroads have
reduced their charges on some of the classes
down to ten cents per 100 pounds to Chica-
go, which is said to be the lowest point ever
reached What action the New YORK Cen.
trail will take is not yet known, but il is gen.
orally expected that they will make SINH.
lar reduction.
New York is getting its full share OF
centennial trade. The hotels are literally
crammed, the various places of public amuse
ment, night after night have every seat oc
cupied, the horse cars and cabmen are taxed
to the utmost of their ability, and the mer
chants, wholesale and retail, for once, admit
that they have as much business as they car
well attend to. Many Of them are obliged
TO keep open their stores until late in thu
evening to accommodate customers. Neve
since the war have the streets and avenue
presented so busy an appearance. Broad
way looks like the old times, and the boule
wards up town, as well as the parks, are no
less full of life and animation.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07
THE TWO MYSTERIES.

In the middle OF the room, In its white coffin, Law
the dead child, nephew OF the poet. Near il, in
great chair sat Walt Whitman, surrounded NV
little ones and holding beautiful little girl in his
lap. The child looked curousiy ai the spectscl. Of
death and then inquiringly into the old man. face
You don't know what II Is, do you, my dear %,
said he, We don't either"
We know not what 1t is, dear, this sleep so deep
and still;
The folded hands, the awful calm, the cheek so pale
The lids that viii not lift again. though we may ca
and CALI
The swan g, white solitude Of peace that ,ettles
over all.
We know not what II means, dear this desolat
heart-pain
This dread to take our daily way, and walk in /
again;
We know not to what other sphere the loved who
leave us 20,
Nor why we're lsft to wonder st,Il nor why we do
not know.
But this we know: Our loved and dead, II they
should come this day
should come end ask us. What is life ?" rot one Of
US could say.
Life is mystery as deep as ever death can he;
Yet oh how sweet it is to u.s. this lie we live and
see!
ihch mikht they My-tnese Nanlsnen oDcs-aGd
blessed 3 the thought
80 death Is sweet TO us, beloved though we may
tell you naught;
We may not tell 1t TO the quick--this mystery Of
death
fe may so. tell us, II ye would, the nystery of
breath"
The child who enters life comes not with knowl-
edge or intent.
30 those who enter death must 20 as little children
sent.
No hing is known. But believe that Goi IL over
head
And as life is to the living, 50 death is to the dead
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Austria's fear of losing the Hungarian

Austria's fear of losing the Hungarian
! rSrtion OF her not well cemented empire
leads her object to the crowning Of Milan as
king. The act would look TO the Magyars
on the other side OF the Danube, in Hun.
gary, as the much talked of Solavic empire
was really in process OF development, and
they would, with their ant-sclavic procliv.
| tiles, undoubtedly prepare for death.strug-
gle with both Russia and Austria, both OF
which powers they dislike, although permit.
ting themselves to nominally incorporated
in the Austrian empire.
The Jewish Herald states that the last
four or five years have witnessed return of
the jews to Palestine from all parts, but
more especially from Russia, which has been
altogether Unprecedented. The Hebrew
population of Jerusalem is now probably
double what it was ten years ago. Great ac.
cessions will continue daily; and whereas,
ten years ago, the Jews were confined to
their own quarters in Jerusalem, the poorest
and worst, they now inhabit all parts of the
city and are always ready to enter every
house that is to be let.
Work was begun in August ON the fair
to which the city of Paris invites the nations
for May 1, 1873. The edfce is to be com.
posed Of the now generally accepted mate.
rials of glass and iron, with the exception OF
the two extremites, or two grand facades,
will be constructed in dressed stone, on the
grandiose design, ornamented with statuary.
1t is to be erected on the grand Champ de
Mars, of which it will occupy two hundred
and forty square metres or nearly thirty
hectares. One Of the facades will look to.
ward the Seine, the other toward the militia.
ry school, and there will be the shorter sides
of the parallelogram. There will be no res.
taurants or cafes, theaters, concert hals-in
short no establishments whatever of catch.
penny nature within the limits; but every
enterprise of that nature may spread itself
on the Trecadero just over the river.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07
Ten Brock,


The great race yesterday of Ten Brock
against time will in all probability not
be equaled for many year to come.
Not only was the time of Lexington and
Fellowcraft beaten by several seconds in
the wonderful time of seven minutes
l5} seconds, but Ten Brock surpassed
his own former time, and that of all
other horses, on the fractional parts of
his distance, excepting, of course, the
first mile. The first mile might have
been run faster, and the total time pro
portionately reduced. 1t was intended
that it should be made in 1:49, but the
rider managed his horse cautiously, and
brought him round in l:523, ard the re-.
mainder of the distance was therefore
made in less time than had been calcu.
lated upon by Mr.. Harper. The second
mile was made in l:45l and the third in
l:46}, making together 1921, the fastest
two-mile time on record. The fourth
mile was made in l;502, making the last
three miles in 5:23 which is 81 seconds
faster than Tsn Broeck's three miles on
Saturday, which was itself | seconds
better than any time ever made before
As to other pointsot comparison between
Ten Brock and his ilustrious grand
sire, it must be remembered that Ten
Bloeck is four years old and carried one
hundred and four pounds weight, while
Lexington was at the time of his famou
race five years old and carried one hun
dred and one pounds. Ten Brock 5
average in four miles, made in 7:l5l, was
one mile in los 1916 seconds, which is
at the rate of about thirty-three miles
per hour. Those who have noticed the
fences and trees dash past them as they
are whirled along on the lightning ex-
press train, can form some idea of the
tremendous pace at which this noble
animal passed over the course. Yet,
notwithstanding this great speed and the
effort necessary to keep it up for such a
distance, Ten Brock came down the
homc-stretch and under the string with.
>out any over-eaort, and afterward walked
about without any signs of distress
| The knowing ones were very confident
many, indeed, so confident that they
backed their Judgment by three to one
that Ten Brock could not beat the time
against which he ian. The management
of the race, well as the merits of th,
horse, came into his calculation, but il
both grounds of judgment they made
serious mistake, which they are nov
doubtless repenting. The management
was entrusted to Mr.. Lewis Clark, tn,
president of the jockey club, and hi
arrangements were admirable, and serve,
in no small degree TO as ,ure the favorabl
opportunity which the splendid anima
only needed to place himself foremost il
the list Of great racers.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07
FOREIGN.

There are seven hundred working
mems clubs in England, with an aggregate
membership Of 10000. They are said to be
the most powerful adversaries of the gin
shops thus far discovered. The club rooms,
of course, are kept open on SUNDAY, and thus
meet the licensed victuallers on their own
ground.
News from Panama states that an en-.
gagement, Aug. 81, at Laschaness, in the
Canca between the rebels and the govern.
ment forces, the rebels lost more than a
thousand killed, while the government
forces lost two hundred killed and three
hundred wounded. The rebels engaged
numbered sixty-fve hundred men, and the
constitutional forces ihirty-two hundred.
The London Times says the wheat
crop OF the United Kingdom this year is fai
from abundant This arises chiefly from the
fact that the land devoted to wheat is now
$4,000 acres less than the average acreage
of 1874 and the seven preceding years. An
eminent English agriculturists says that The
gross product of the present .crop is l0,6oO,
O0) quarters. Deducting $4,000 for seeC
will leave 10 $4,000 for consumption. Thi
will be the fourth year in succession il
which America viii be called upon to sup
ply wheat for English consumption.
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"Girls, Don't DO IT,"

"Don't do what?' our fair readers
will ask. There are great many things
you ought to do, and still greater mum.
Der that you had better not do. Fore
most and prominent among the latter il
to reform a drunkard by marrying him.
Depend upon it, if you cannot keep
him sober during those days II the
average womans strongest influence
over wayward men, the season of court
ship, the chances will be against success.
Some women have succeeded in this
labor of love, but there are 10000 fail.
ures to one success. II is field of mis-
sionary labor that few ofthe sex are fitted
to enter. If John gets drunk once a
month while he is billing and cooling,
depend upon it he will require semi.
monthly seasons of Eacchanalian recrea-
ton when he becomes a benedict. A
man who gets drunk is necessarily bad
or foolish man when he isunder the in.
huence of liquor, and is very apt to sosn
become bad man whether drunk OF
sober. The romantic idea, that woman
who can reform a drunkard is deserving
of a crown Of glory, is all tho veries'
bosh. They would he she ckcd by the
sug yestion that man who msrrics 1
f,llcn woman and restores her 10 III,
of virtue would be deserving the pri.is,
of all mankind. The latter woi!d be .
much easier t1sk than the former, an'
more likely to succeed. The dcba c
ment in one case is generally incurable
and scorns the influence Of kindness o
affection, while in the other the op
| portunity toesc'pe from alie OF desrada
| ton would in most cases insure heart,
cooperation with the missionary in sucl
a field. But the drunkard, as is gcner
erally the case, may be addicted to
number of other vices, each one Of whicl
ought to be considered as repulsive a
that Of drinking.
Still, the experiment is tried by ne'
votaries, who think they can succce
where Others failed. 1t is terrible d'
lusion. Love and devotion are powel
less on drunkard. Nothing but a
iron will and firmness that few wome
possess can check the career of ma
who has once taken hold of strong drinl
He must become subject 10 her will, an
be restrained from his evil courses by
power stronger than love or kindnes
There are enough men who becsn
drunkaids after marriage for all reasol
able purposes of experiment, withot
taking them fully trained in a career I
vice and debauchery. Therefore, "
say: "Giils, doa't do it,
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

The largest and handsomest specimen
of corn at the centennial was grown in one
of the river bottoms of Walker county, Geor-
gia. 1t weighs, bone dry, twenty-four
ounces. Both kernel and cob are white the
first deep and considerably dented; the sec.
ond comparatively small and not remarka.
BILE for its density or strength. 1t would be
quite a contribution to agricultural litera-
turc if the growers would furnish to southern
corn growers the particulars of the soil, ma.
nunng and cultivation of this most surpris.
ing exhibit Of Georgia grown corn.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07
The Planet Saturn.

An examination of the planet Saturn
at the Dearborn obser, atory. with a
rather high magnifying power, resulted
in the witnessing of very interesting
and somewhat rare phenomenon. On
the western limb of the planet. in lati-
tude 400 to 450 north from his equator,
there was an enormous protrusion, or
bulging out, from the generally elliptic
outline, and corresponding one, though
not 80 large, on the northern hemisphere
was very easily noted, even by an un-
practicod eye, when compared with the
contour of the southern half Of the
| planet.
The phenomenon is described in the
books as the quare-shouldered aspect
of Saturn. II appears TO have been first
noticed by Herschel in the early part OF
the present century; but that eminent
astronomer was so much puzzled by it
as almost to doubt the evidence of his
own senses. But it has been observed
on several occasions during the last
seventy years and astronomers, or some
CT them, now think they know what it
means.
Such change of form would be i'm
possible without a general disruption, il
what we see of the planet were solid
crustss like that of the earth. But we
have very good reason to believe that we
see only his atmosphere-very much
more dense or cloud-laden than our own.
Comparing his volume (70O) with his
power to disturb the other bodies of the
system (92.4), that Of the earth being
unity in each case, we find that his aver
age density is only about one eighth part
that of the earth, or three-fourths the
density of water. The difficulty of con-
ceiving how solid body so vast in size
could be composed of such light material
vanishes if we suppose that the planet
itself is very much smaller than the disc
we see, and is surrounded by very deep
atmosphere. This is the view now gen
orally adopted by those astronomers who
reason on the subject; and it furnishes a
sufficient explanation,of the phenomenon
known as the square -shouldcred aspect.
We do not find it necessary to believe
that these occasional changes in the shape
of Saturn, great enough to be visible at
distance of 100000, 900 miles, are
anything more than vast tidal move.
ments in his atmosphere, to which the
rise and fall of the waters in the tides of
our oceans furnishes faint parallel.
And truly very faint one. Our
ocean tides nowhere range more than a
few yards above the mean level while
the change in the outline of Saturn last
Tuesday night indicated an atmospheric
tide OF not less than six hundred miles.
The magnitude Of the forces at work on
that planet to produce such tremendous
results, even in his atmosphere, can
scarcely be imagined, much less de.
scribed.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

VICTOR EMMANUEL's GUARDs.-Al.
though Victor Emmanuel is physically
vigorous, rising every morning at five
and taking stroll in his garden before
breakfast, he is not without superstition.
He had not been long in the Quirinal
palace before be discovered a trap door
in his bedroom. Itcommunicated with a
vast gallery, in which the king and his
attendlnts walked for twenty minutes
without finding an outlet. 1t seemed,
however, TO lead TO the castle of st.
Angelo. His majesty declined to inves.
tigate the matter, and ordered the trap
door to be bricked up. Soon afterwards
he discovered a secret door in the wall
which communicated with narrow
staircase leading TO the roof. 1t, too,
was bricked up, but since this discovery
we are informed that whenever his ma
esty sleeps at the Cuirinal two huge
black dogs alse sleep at the fort of the
/ royal bed. They obey no one but the
king, never bark, and would strangle
without any parleying, the first perso,
who entered the room.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07
How They Manage These Things in
China.

Chinese elopements are well managed.
None but the lazy deserve the fair /;
there is neither ladder nor trelIis TO be
scaled and the old gentleman is easily
persuaded tina. whatever is, is right.
There was Ho, the LATEST wight of Hang.
chow, who lived by odd jobs, and never
could get regular employment. One
night, while he was drinking tea at a
wayside inn, he boasted that he would
never do another days work, unless he
could find a rich employer with pretty
daughters. An old screw named Tsiang,
who overheard the remark, was so en-
ragged by it that he engaged all the labor
ers who were present except Ho, and 70
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

THAT Is THE QUEsTIoS.-What We
want to know about this tetralogy, Wag'
ner's artwork. says the Burlington
II ,wkeye, is, if the Walkure who bear-
such a prominent part where the Nibe-
lnnpen gets the Tarnhelm, on the Got
ie dammening and Brunnhilde kills the
duke, when Wotan discovers that Sieg
tried, il we catch the rat, is the uncle Of
Sieglinds, the man who played it or
Hunding by swallowing the Father o.
Wanslla while Alberick held his head
en- Fricka wattles the Mine with tn,
sw wlrd of Nothing. All this we can un
dorstand perfectly well, but what W.
want 10 know is, If this Walkure j, Yves
ton the Walkure?
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07
OsCEOLA ARKANSAS SATURDAY OCTOBER T. 1876.

be brought to understand that in order
to secure the scalp OF that one Indian it
would require the sacrifice of the ten
soldiers and an expenditure Of $500, 900
in money, they might be led to inquire
whether the scalp was really worth the
outlay.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

PROFESSOR HUXLEY, the distinguished
scientist, who lectured in New York
Monday night, is described by the New
York Herald as an elderly gentleman o.
medium height, with the stoop of an
habitual hard student and a step which
indicates want of muscular firmness-a.
man, in short, whose mind has overtaxed
his body. His face is good, hair dark
brown, unsprinkled with signs of ap.
preaching white; beard gray, consisting
only of side whiskers of the English cut
brow ample, but not immense nose
pointed and projecting. and his general
air and address more like that of not
very well fed evangelical clergyman than
ofa strenuous intellectual athlete who
is shaking the old beliefs of two con.
tinents. Huxley is not so pleasing in
manner as Tyndall. The latter has the
stronger and clearer voice, an easy erect
ness ofbearingand speaks without notes
while the former bends forward restingly
upon small reading desk, as il for sup
port, during the greater part of bii
lecture.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

NnMASN had to sing during the first
act of Z" Die Walkuere near fire which
emitted dense smoke, and dur.
ing rehearsal one day the singer COM
planned to Wagner, q cannot sing in
thai smoke" he observed; shall be
suffocsted." But you must" said Wag-
ner 81 can't put the fire out. The
smoking and singing must occur at the
same time" "Well," replied the artist
make the chimney sing and j will
smoke"
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

olsRAELI thinks that social trials
await England, so that it will take the
united patience and virtue of the country
10 meet them.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

You see men of the most delicate
frames engaged in active professional
pursuits, who literally have no time fol
illness. let them become idle, let then
tlke care of themselye-, let them thinl
of their health, and they die. The rus
! rots the steel which use preserves.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

The following anecdote of honest Thad.
Stevens Genes from the Baltimore Ga.
zette; ale was employed to defend two
bank officers indicted for conspiracy.
When the trial was opened Mr.. Stevens
rose and, addressing the court, said If
it please your honors, presuming there
are different degrees of guilt attached to
the prisoners, my clients, move they be
tried separately. The motion was
granted and so recorded. Waiting some
time for Mr.. Stevens to go on, the Judge,
at last becoming impatient, said i'm.
petuously: Proceed, Mr.. Stevens, pro.
ceed.' Stevens rose deliberately, and
said: Did your honors ever hear of one
man keing tried for conspiracy Then
%G"ing his hand to his clients, he said
'You can go home; you can 60 home.
And they did 90 home. The jury were
DISCHARGED and the court adjourned
And for this piece of legal strategy Thad
Stevens received $1,000"
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

BAYARD TAYLOR, writing to the Gin.
clnnati Commercial, says: The orthodox
element has been largely represented in
Prof Huxley's audiences here. 1t i.
more than personal triumph for him
1t IS triumph for scence-that CHECKER.
ing hall, which will seat l,20o persons,
mas been crowded for three nights at the
prices paid for the Mighty Dollar or
the Black Crook There is hope for the
future, when one OF the greatest scientific
men Of our day attracts as much interest
as the coarsest farce or ballet"
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

The yellow fever appears to be in
creasing at Brunswick, Ga, and the
destitution is becoming terrible. At
Savannah the disease holds its own, and
few cases are reported at New Orleans,
! but there is always little yellow fever
at New Orleans at this season of the
year Other southern cities are taking
the necessary sanitary precautions, and
II we should have good frost, not an
improbable thing at this season, the
ravages of the scourge would be arrested.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07
TIMELY TOPICS.

:, ia sad story that Terry's march
m'en' have been traced by empty cham.
pague bottles.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

poffALo BILL, the Indian scout, who
nas cached his home in Rochester, n. Y,
leaking of Gen. Crooks and Terry's
difference in temperament, said to a re
porter few days ago: "Gen. Crook
slept on his blanket, made his own coffee
and boiled his own bacon. Gen. Terry
had bed brought with him, a portable
cooking range and an extension table.
we could not travel fast enough to
catch the Indians, as we would break
the dishes"
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

THERE is gratuitous and OBLIGATORY
instruction in nineteen of the Mexican
schools, sen "as They have s S.los schools, and
ao''ooo pupil. TIE instruction con.
s,'.S o' read'ng writing, Spanish, aritb.
ue'''' nna s'a-Amar, the system of weights
' I :" ASSURES, morality and politeness.'
" addition, they teach in nearly all the
SCHOOLS the duty and rights of citizens.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

,hro. -hazon river is navigable for
:. thousand miles by vessels of large
~'s, 1t has four tributaries, which are
.n''ed by a network of natural canals
Two thousand miles from its mouth its
channel has depth of three fathoms
ana for two thousand six hundred miles
'nere occurs no fall to interfere with t.,e
smooth passage of shipping.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

IN the recent outrage on the French
Catholic mission in China several
priests and attendants were murdered.
ana property to the amount of sixty
thousand dollars destroyed. The French
minister is taking active steps to punish
those concerned in it ; and between that
ana the difficulties with England the
'hlna outlook is somewhat grave.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-07

A REMEDY for ivy poison, which AM.
people contract from handlir ha"y
IVY at this season of the yep il niron a ~"
an agricultural paper. II s,ims sIr e.I" ha,t 1s
ing the effected par IS in water p'y ii w%,as Ta.S
" '"'A'' piece o, ime has been dissolved