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The Osceola times., 1876-10-21

curscy, which bestow exclusively upon
the poor Then you have patrimony
sir p said the bishop. Now, my lord.
You speak in riddles, rejoined his lord
ship; how do you contrive TO live in
this manner?' My lord, | have a con-
vent Of young damsels here, who do not
let me want anything How you
have convent? did not know there
was one in this neighborhood. This is
all very strange, very unaccountable,
Mr.. Curate.' You are jocular, my lord.
But come, sir, | entreat that you would
solve the enigma; would fain sec the
convent So you shall, my lord, after
dinner and promise that your lordship
will be satisfied with my conduct Ac-
cordingly, when dinner was over, the
curate conducted the prelate to large
inclosure. entirely occupied by bee
hives, and pointing TO the latter, OBJ
served, This, my lord, is the convent
which gave us dinner; it brings me in
about eighteen hundred livres year,
upon which ! live We comfortably, and
with which ! contrive to entertain my
guests genteelly' The surprise and
satisfaction of the bishop may I've I'M
agined."
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
Mormon WOmen's Walls.
St. Louis Republican,

The walls of Mormon women continue
to come from Salt Lake City through
the trumpets of occasional correspon-
dents. There was once prevailing idea
that the women were perfectly content
under the domination of the saints, and
happy in the domestic circle of polyga.
my. Probably they were as happy as
married women usually are, and would
have remained so had it not been for the
efforts OF correspondents to unsettle
them. Agitation appears to have made
them as miserable as their worst enc
mics could wish them to be. Their
hearts have been educated in the theory
that woman can truly love only one
man at a time, and that a man has no
business to love as many women as he
can. This wrecks the peace of every
polygamous household. Multiply the
trouble one woman can make in home
when she sets about it by five, or twenty,
or thirty, as the case may be, and an ap-
proximate estimate of the domestic woe
of Mormon may be made. The ablest-
bodied man cannot stand that sort of
thing forever, and it looks as if polyga-
my would drop out OF the Mormon creed
of its own oppressive weight. When
the women object to becominga party to
it, and the men who know the terrible
consequences, the thing is dead. The
Mormon women are beginning to talk it
out and say that Mormonism is very
good religion for the men, but mighty
hard on the women who do not believe
any more that the old love remains Just
as strong as ever when the new love
comes into the house. That theory is
exploded and now when loving woman
is obliged to lead new wife to her hus-
band, as she is in duty bound, as a
pledge of peace in the family, she does
it without whimper, but often finds
solace in a cup of cold poison. Several
of these cases have been reported, and
they mean that women are instinctivcly
opposed to polygamy, which is its death.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
FEELING one Of the. Mammoth Trees.

Bayard Taylor, in his interesting work
entitled Home and Abroad" thus de.
scribes the telling of one Of the largest
specimens of the Sierra Nevada
"After steady labor of six weeks the
thing was done, but the tree stood un.
moved; so straight and symmetrical was
its growth, so immense was its weight,
and so broad its base, that il seemed un-
conscious of its own inhabitation, toss
ing It's outer branches derisiyely against
the mountain wind that strovc to over
thros it. A neighboring pine of giant
size was then selected and feIed in such a
way as to fall with full force against it.
The top shook little, but the shaft
stood as before. finally the spoilers sue
ceeded in driving their wedge into the
cut. Gradually, and With great labor,
one side of the tree was lifted the
mighty mass poised for a moment, and
then, with a great rushing sigh in all its
boughs, thundered down The forest
was ground 10 dust beneath ii, and for
a mile around the earth shook with the
conclusion"
The mere telling of it cost, at Califor.
MIA prices for wages, the sum of $3.50.
The smooth top of the stump of the tree
which Mr.. Taylor saw fall is floor nine
tv feet round.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
Fall Fashions In Paris.
Lucy II. Hooper.

What are the fall fashions to be is
one of the interesting questions of the
hour. Very unbecoming to stout people
is the natural response to begin with.
What with princesse dresses, laced up
the back, and with the darts in front
prolonged the full length OF the skirt for
home wear and polonaises for the street,
and tied d-back skirts and next-to no pet.
ticsats at all times, it will take a flesh and
blood Venus to look well in such very
close fitting attire: There will be a Ger
tain variety in outof-door wraps, long
loose sacks, and short halt-ftting one,
being shown as well as the omnipresent
polonaise. As for colors, the reign OF
red has set in decidedly, and we are even
menaced with red ball dresses. This is
the natural reaction from the dull olives
and dusky browns and sickly blues and
pinks that we have worn go long. As to
bonnets, a lively friend of mine has
christened the prevailing style the Sairey
Camp, and certainly it recalls the head
gear of the remarkable female. A
pointed Tyrolean crown, with broad
brim nattened down at the sides and left
to stick up in front, which front is filed in
with bright.hued flowers or with full
ruchings of tule-such is the bonnet of
the period. Toques, or turban hats of
feathers, will be much worn, especially
by young girls. The feathers most in
vogue are cocks feathers, lophophore and
peacock plumage. Scarf draperies will
be extensively adopted for trimming
house dresses in fact, they form the
only silk or stuff trimming that can be
used on the gored princesse style. The
latest shade of the fashionable red is a
rich deep cherry color most beauteous to
behold. Wreaths and trailing garlands
of red flowers will be much worn on
white ball,dresses. The favorite flowers
are still the dropping iringe-like styles,
such rs honeysuckle or fuchias.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
BE Social.

Men who isolate themselves from
society, and have no near and deaI
family ties, are the most uncomfortable
of human beings. Byron says "happi.
ness was born OF twins" but the phrase,
though pretty and poetic, does not &c
far enough. Weare gregarious, and not
intended to march through life either
single or double file. The man who cares
for nobody, and for whom nobody cares,
has nothing to live for that will pay for
the keeping of soul and body together.
You must have heap of embers to have
a glowing fire. Scatter them apart,
and they will become dim and cold 80
to have brisk, vigorous life, you must
have group of lives, to keep each other
warm, as it were, or afford each mutual
encouragement and confidence and sup
port. IL you wish to live the life Of a
man and not Of Il fungus, be social, he
brotherly, be charitable, be sympathetic,
and labor earnestly for the good Of your
kind
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
Dull Boys.

Don't be discouraged. Slow growth
is often sure growth. Some minds are
like Norwegian pines. They are slow in
growth, but they are striking their roots
deep. Some of the greatest men have
been dull boys. Dryden and Swift were
dull as boys. So was Goldsmith. 50
was Gibbon. So was Sir Walter Scott.
Napoleon at school had so much diff
Guilty in learning his Latin that the
master said it world need gimlet to get
a word into his head. Douglas Jerrold
was so backward in his boyhood that at
nine he was scarcely able to read.
Isaac Barrow, one of the greatest
divincs the Church OF England has ever
produced, was 80 impenetrably stupid in
his early years that his father more than
once said that if God took away any Of
his children, he hoped it would be Isaac
as he feared he would never be fit fol
any thing in the world. Yet that boy
was tn. genius of the family.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
Indian Sweating Treatment.
letter 10 petroIt Free Press.


While coming down the Rosebud,
through the deserted Sioux villages,
noticed the remains of great many
sweat or medicine tepees, or lodges,
which shows that the Sioux must have
had great many wounded in the Rose
bud and Little Horn battles. Their
treatment for sickness or wounds con-
sists almost entirely in the sweating
process, very much like our modern
F, Turkish baths. The sweating treatment
is performed by placing the patient-no
matter what the disease may be-under
small wckerwork frame, covered al
most air-tight with skins. Hot stones
taken from fire near at hand are then
passed in TO the patient, ,lwho places them
in small hole in the ground in the
centre of the sweat-house, or tepee. A
pail of water is then passed in and poured
on the almost red hot stones. From
this an almost suffocating hot steam
arises, which soon produces proluse
perspiration. The patient is then taken
out and plunged in the cold running
stream near at hand, or in winter rolled
in a snow bank, the patient all the time
being in nude condition. This treat
meut is, Of course, az rule fatal in
smallpox or levers. II may he termed
heroic
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
The Centennial Award a Humbug
New York Sun.

When the centennial exhibition started
we heard great deal about the patent
American system of awards for excellence
to be adopted at Philadelphia. This
system was the product of the inventive
brains of the officers of the centennial
commission, headed by director general
Goshorn, assisted by that eminent stats
tician, Gen. +. A. Walker.
This system has now been tried, with
results not altogether satisfactory to the
exhibitors or the public-indeed with
results absolutely disgraceful. The
chief popularity of the system is that the
awards are not made by the judges ap-
pointed to examine and discriminate be-
tween the articles exhibited, but by q
few of the officers of the commission
themselves. Another popularity is that
there is no grading in the awards, no first
or second prizes, no honorable mention
no different sorts of medals; but all ART
on a par. The consequence has been
that the judges, seeing there was no use
in doing it, have exercised little nice
discrimination. They had no encourage
ment to weigh carefully and accurately
the comparative merits of the different
exhibits. Therefore the awards were
scattered right and left with confusion
that turned the whole business into
laughing stock. The exhibitors fail t,
prize their medals, and no incentive t.
improvement has been offered. They ar
all in lump together.
Another thing the centennial com
missioners were not bound to give tn
awards as recommended by the Judge.
They did as they pleased about it. ]
they didn't wish to give a man media
he didn't get it, if they did, he got j,
If they wished TO give an exhibitor thrc
medals, two OF them on his own repor
as Judge, they did it, even in spite Q
protest.
The exhibition, therefore, in its awards
has done nothing to stimulate competi
tion and encourage excellence. Tn
whole thing has been made perfect,
ridiculous at Philadelphia.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
EAST.

1t is said that the managers of the
Forrest Home for actors, in Philadelphia
have received but one application for ad.
misson-t this from an elderly lady in Maine
Only sixty miles from the city of New
York farmers are feeding their fruit to their
live stock, there being no profit on it when
shipped to the metropolis.
Messrs. Tiffany & Co., of New York
have removed from the main building at the
centennial exhibition almost their entire ex.
hibit Of precious stone ornaments. They
comprize diamond necklace, pair OF soli
taire earrings, peacock's feather contain.
ing the celebrated Brunswick straw col
ored diamond and over six hundred fine
white diamonds OF smaller size, and many
others, all of which were valued at Sl47, 500
They were removed it is said, on account OF
the obstruction in the passage ways in the
vicinity OF the exhibit by visitors. curious to
gaze on so much value in so small space.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
The Bishop and the Bees,

We find the following good story in a
foreign journal "A French bishop,
being about to make his annual vista
tion, sent word to certain curate. whose
ecclesiastical benefice was EXTREMITY
trifling, that he meant to dine with him,
at the same time requesting that he
would not put himself to any extraordi-
nary expense. The curate promised to
attend to the bishops suggestion; but
he did not keep his word, for he eprovided
a most sumptuous entertainment. His
lordship was much surprised, and could
not help censuring the conduct Of the Gu
rate, observing that it was highly ridicu-
lous in man whose circumstances were
80 narrow, to launch out in such expense,
nay, almost to dissipate his annual IN
come in single day. DO not be unea-
sy on that score, my lord, replied the
curate, for ! can assure you that what
you now see is not the prudence OF my
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
STesting the Sense Of Touch.
Be,ns,ein's Five Senses Of Man.

- Beinstsin's rive scnscs OF Man.
- For this experiment two persons are
required, one of whom tests the sense OF
touch of the other. For this purpose a
pair of compasses is taken, whose points,
somewhat blupted, are placed at Ger.
Tain distance from each other on a part
of the skin of the other person. The lat
ter must then say, with closed eyes,
whether he feels the contact of two sep
arate points, or whether both seem to be
merged into one. The result of this ex-
pertinent upon the less sensitive parts Of
the skin is very surprising. If the points
are placed on the forearm in the direction
of its length at the distance of 1.5S inch
the sensation is a double one, but 20 soon
as the distance is reduced to LIS inch
the contact is felt as single point, and
the person experimental on feels consid-
erable surprised on opening hiseyes when
he sees that two points have been
touched instead of one. The tip of the
tongue is found to be the most sensitive,
the two points being extinguished when
only 1884 of an inch apart. Ifthe points
of the compass be placed on the cheek
near the ear, so that both can be clearly
distinguished, and then brought slowly
over the skin to the lips, sensation is
experienced as though the points were
being separated from each other. The
skin of the back has the dullest sense of
touch, since when the points are at a
distance of 236 they are still perceived
as single touch. 1t is quite astonish-
ing how greatly The distance between the
two points must be increased on the back
before we are clearly conscious of a
double impression. Weber explains
these facts by assuming that the termi-
nal limits OF a nerve fibre are much
smaller than sensory circles, so that the
latter always contain great number OF
isolated nerve fbres. If two terminal
limits are excited, and if a certain num-
Der of isolated fibres unexcited lie be-
tween them, the impression is only a
single one. A curions illusion of touch
is seen when the fist and second fingers
and pea is picked up between them in
this unnatural poison. The impression
is particularly strong that the hand
is holding two peas, and tine Illusion
is especially powerful when the pea is
rolled back and forth between the fin GERS
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
LESSON TRUSTING.

Ny friend went over the sea one day;
My thoughts were full Of the saddest tales
Di sudden storms in the little bay,
OF roaring tempesis and rushing gales
| could not look at the smiling sea
But thought of an enemy's fair false isce,
And all the summer II seemed 10 me
A cruel thing, and devoid of grace.
But prayed to the God OF the sea and land
To keep my friend from Its hurtful might,
To care for the little sailor oand,
Nor once forget II by day or night.
Yet feared to trust him ! thought my love
Was more than his aud strove and prayed
With strong wild words TO God above,
And all the time was sore afraid.
lie was not angry. He bore with me,
30 patient Is he In tenderness
He kept my friend on the far of sea,
He showed us both how the Lord could bless.
And think when | see the faces sad
those who are anxious and fall of care,
Ii they trusted the Lord he would make Aem RI
For ne loves TO answer his childrcr's prayer.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
FOREIGN.

1t appears from a compilationrec
made by an Edinburgh journal that one-sev
enth of the land in the United kius dom, ex.
Guiding that contained in the metropolis, is
held by five hundred and fitty.four peers,snd
the aggregate of the land so possessed is one.
twelfth OF that in the kingdom. One peer
has estates in each OF the great divisions Of
England ireland and Scotland, and more
than onefourth have estates in two Of. the
three divisions. Nearly all those peers in.
cluded in the five hundred and fity.four
have respe ctable incomes, ana several have
upwards OF S1,0oo,0oo.
The Paris exhibition may not be held
after all. Paris tradesmen are by'no means
as anxious as they might be to have 1t take
place, for the reason that'those not already
well established and advertised, would have
to do the latter at great cost. One well
known firm on the Rue de la Paix considers
that they lost $4,000 francs at the exhibition
in 1857. They sent several valuable and
beautiful specimens of their work, which,
not being sold, had afterward TO be remade,
andthe expense consequent thereon involved
the above loss.
The dispatches indicate that Russia il
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
THE UTES.
= General Uprising Feared In the
Southwest.

A special from Lavenworth to the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat says reports re-
ceived there indicate that there are fears
of general uprising among the Ute In
dians in Colorado, as the warriors of that
tribe have been for some time in Coubt
tul attitude, and some fear of an out.
break has been felt in New Mexico. The
Indians of that section have made sew
eral warlke demonstrations, and have
collided with the United States troops
more than once. From information re-.
ceived from New Mexico, it is extremely
probable that the Indians will indulge
in general insurrection as soon as op-
portunity offers, as they are without
doubt one of the most treacherous tribes
on the continent. Sheriff Richard Coles,
of LaPlatte county, telegraphs from
Parrott City to Gov. Routt, asking for
assistance, saying that the Utes
number fully two thousand. and are
about to make raid. Col. Hatch, com
manding the New Mexico district, also
telegraphs to Gov. Routt from Santa Fc,
saying that if he so authorized him he
would issue arms to the citizens as the
inhabitants of LaPlatte, Las Animas and
Parrot City were afraid of an immediate
outbreak. Gov. Routt telegraphed Gen.
Pope at Fort Leavenworth, informing
him of the state of affairs, and asking
him to authorize Col. Hatch to issue
arms to the citizens, but received a reply
to the effect that only the president could
authorize him to do so, Gen. Pope stated,
however, that Col. Hatch had enough
troops at forts Union, Wingate and Gar.
land to suppress the outbreak should
any occur. This is the way the matter
stands at present.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
To What Base Uses.
Burlington Hawkeye

The practice of using the portrait Of
the papa Of his country TO embellish all
manner of business signs has very de-
cided tendency TO lower that great aud
good man in the estimation of the rising
generation. prominent music dealer
OF this city, who lives on Columbia street,
purchased very fine steel engraving Of
&. w. and hung it in his parlor, and
when the youngest hope Of the family
came home from school he was told that
they had a new picture. The boys eyes
frightened with anticipation and pleas
ure, but when they led him TO sec the
treasure his face was clouded with dis,
appointment and disgust. "How he
exclaimed, mindful of the pictorial sign
of the establishment which furnished the
table with its fieshy viands. "Hoh old
meat market picture +" The moral is
obvious.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21

Mr., EzEKIEI.' : colossal statue of Re.
ligious liberty" is nearly finish, and
will soon be shipped from Rome to the
United States. 1t was ordered by the
Jewish order of Bnai Birth for present
alton to our government as centennial
offering in commemoration of American
.Sierance. Its principal figure is a fe-
male nearly eleven feet in height, repre-
senting America, clothed in simple and
classic costume, and bearing upon her
breast a shield with the stars and stripes
in relief Her left hand rests upon a
bundle OF tightly bound rods, suggestive
of the union Of the states, the scrolls of
the constitution, and a wreath of laurel.
The right arm is extended forward in
forbidding gesture, as il commanding no
approach from aught that would in
fringe upon the liberty of her people.
On the right, and partially sheltered by
America, stands nude boy, symbolic
ing faith, with his head and one hand
lifted appealingly to heaven, while the
other sustains vessel in which is shown
the undying flame of religion. On the
other side, and at the feet of the central
figure, is an eagle with tslons buried in
the neck Of monster serpent, Intoler-
ance, whose body is coiled partially
around the bundle of rods, and. extends to
the rear Of the group, finally protruding
from beneath the flowing garment OF
America. Italian journals speak Of it in
terms of the highest praise.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
TRUE happiness il of a retired natu,

TRuEhappiness is of retired nature
and an enemy to pomp and noise; i,
arises, in the first place, from the enjoy.
ment of ones self, and in the next, from
the conversation and friendship of few
select companions. False happiness
loves to be in crowd, and To draw the
eye of the world upon her. She does not
receive any satisfaction from the applause
which she gives herself, but from the adj
mira'ion which she raises in Others.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21

LlEuTENANT-CoLoNEL JOIN NEW
TON, who has had charge of the He'll
Gate improvements, is native of Vir.
ginia, and was graduated at West Point
in 1912. He was second in his class, en-
tered the engineer corps and was assistant
engineer in the construction of Fort
Warren in 1916. He constructed the
defense of Washington, and took an ac-
tive part in the battles of South Noun.
tain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettys-
burg, seige of Atlanta, etc.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21

A WIDOW in Poughkeepsie has OBJ
tained damages, under the civil damage
.aw, from liquor seller at whose bar
her husband became drunk five times
lust before dying of congestion of the
brain. The jury gave her $500 instead
of the $1,000 she sued for, as he was a
rather poor specimen OF husband. The
civil damage law is theoretically per-
feet law, and ought to he enforced a
good deal oftener than it is. Temper,
ance societies, instead Of wasting their
breath in singing and exhorting, could
do much practical good by finding cases
in which families have been ruined by
liquor dealers and then "going" for
damages.
The Osceola times., 1876-10-21
The Mortality of Savannah During
September,

During the month of September the
number Of deaths in Savannah from ali
causes was seven hundred and thirty.
five. OF these five hundred and thirty
eight were caused by yellow fever The
number of deaths caused each day by
the infection was rs follows;