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The Morning herald., 1877-02-12
MAGIC
EFF. Kunkcl's Bitter Wine Of Iron

It has never been known to fall in the
cure of weakness attended with symptoms,
indisposition to exertion, loss of memory,
difficulty of breath ing, weakness, horror of
disease. night sWeatG, cold feet, weakness,
dimness Of vision, langnor, universal lassi.
tude ofthe muscular system, enormous APP
petite with dyspcptic symptoms hot hands
flushing Of the body, dryness OF the skin.
pallid cOuntenauce and eruptiOns on the
heavines of the eyelids, frequent black spots
flying before the eyes, with suf1uslon and
loss Of sight. want OF attention, etc. Sold
only in 81 bottles. Get the genuine. Depot
and office, $50 North Ninth street, Philadel-
phia. Advice free. Ask for T.. +. Kun
kel s Bitter Wine cfIron.and take no other
make. Genuine sold only in 81 bottles:
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
WAR NOTES.

The bomhardment of Plevns continues
in desultory way.
4 special dispatch from Shumla says
Silistria is threatened with investment, but is
exceedingly strong in delenses and full
armed. The garrison is commanded by
Salama Pasha, one of the ablest turkish
generals.
Skobelef, the Russian general, swan
the Danube on horseback to show it could be
done, and has had i've horses shot under him
during this campaign. During one of his
reconnoisssnoes near Plevna he came in view
OF a delicious spring of water, apparently
inaccessible, however, because Of the hail OF
Turkish bullets that pattered round il. The
soldiers shrdnk back from facing almost Ger.
tain DEATH till Skobeleff dismounted, leis-
urely walked TO the fountain, drank freely OF
its water and hathed his face and hands.
Stung by this implied taunt the soldiers
rushed forward to shield him; SSobeleii or.
dered them under arrest for leaving their
ranks and calmly walked back.
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
FOREIGN,

The prince of Wales will occupy halt
the space an the grand vestibule at the Paris
exhibition next year for the purpose Of ek.
hibitng the presents received in India.
News comes from the City of Mexico
that President Daz shows an infiexible deter.
minatlon tVektrSdite criminals on the Rio
Grsnde, believing extradition necessary to
preserve national decorum. Several regi.
ments of infantry and cavalry have marched
for the border. rhe Lerdistas are actively
organizing TO cooperate with Escobedo on
the lilo Grande.
The soldiers and volunteers who have
completed their terms OF service and settled
in Cuba, and the insurgents who have sub.
mltted to the government, are to be granted
n portion OF the forests belonging 10 the
state or national lands. The recipients will
be tenants for three years, when il the land is
properly cultivated they become absolute
masters. They i'll be exempt iron taxation
for five years.
A correspondent Writes from Constan-
nuplc to the effect that "the harvest is so
rich throughout the Turkish provinces that
5000 900 men and the whole of the cavalry can
he fed for a year on the tithes alone, In
Angora, last years tithes are not yet con-
sumed; and this years crops throughout the
villayet have been so abundant that the
authorities do not know where TO find room
to stow the tithes awav." This is strange.
We were under the impression that last year
half of Asia Minor was suffering from famine.
At any rate, that was the impression here
when subscriptions were raised for the suf-
ferers. ON second consideration, however,
it is not strange. Abundance of government
tthes ir Turkey and famine among the peo-
pie are quite reconcilable phenomena.
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
The Sultau's Hero.

The most popular man is Osman Pasha,
the hero of Plevna. The sultan, has been
pleased TO confer upon the wife of the
said Osman the sum OF $4,000 piastres,
and uEon two of his children, aged eight
and six, the sums Of 5000 and
1900 piastres respectively. Even the
servants Of Osman Pasha have received
handsome presents. In contrast with this
liberality the soldier is not paid, and the
daily piastre he is supposed TO receive
has been for months past a. myth.
Two meals day-not very sumptuous
at best--are his allowance, coarse black
bread and weak soup, TO which small
piece of mutton is added at the chief
repast. And yet the sultan can afford TO
shower presents on commander whose
principal merit consists in keeping his
men in almost impregnable trenches and
fighting them with the Martini Henry in
opposition TO the Russian steel. Oh the
pashss. Talk OF the,corruption Mt Wash
ington! The exposures Of the past years
in the United States sink into insigni-
fcance compared with the exploits in
the same line of these oriental diguitarias.
Gorged with plunder and ever graspinx
at more, they grind the faces of the poor,
and while the people groans under the
burdens laid upon it, and the hard.earned
pay OF the soldier is kept back, these
bloated officials revel in luxury and ease
palaces in the capital and kiosks up
the Bosphorus--wives surrounded by all
that eastern opulence' can devise. snd
slaves 10 forestall their slightest wish.--
Constdntinopie Cor. NeiD York World.
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
MlSCEIh.

The total registration at New Yorl
city is li5,375, against ls3,06i registered last
| year
A New York society, which calls itsel
The Crescent and the Cross" is raising
money for both the Russian and the Turkish
wounded.
Among the topics discussed by IN,
| Christian railroad mems conference at Cleve
| land Ohio, Saturday, was "ilow to use the
Bible and increase its study"
The editor of newspaper in Pitts.
burg, called The Calling Gun, has been tried
for libel, found guilty nnd sentenced tn pay
| a fine of $1,000 and undergo imprisonment
in the Allegheny county workhouse for one
year.
The owner of one of the most fashion.
able bar.rooms in Chicago is a bankrupt
Among the claims against him is one OF a
druggist for 81 900 Tor materials used in
compounding liquor>." A clergymen made
this fact the theme for an uncommonly efec.
tive temperance sermon.
There were sixty.one failures reported
in New York city during the month OF Octo
ber, the largest number of any month this
year, but the liabilities. which are in round
numbers $500 600, are not so great as in
some other months The number OF failures
has increased about thirty per cent. over the
record for the month of September, while the
| aggregate liabilities is smaller by 100000.
High taxes have began TO tell in New
York. A recent letter from that city saws:
"The fact that the registration has fallen Of!
nearly 10000 compared with that Of last
year, has given rise TO the suspicion that the
true explanation is not to be sought fer in
the decline OF political interest on the part
of the community, but in positive falling
ing of Of our population"
White sugar, the very find kind that is
affected by some housekeepers for powder.
ing the tops of cake, etc, is almost always
adulterated with -four, starch and plaster OF
Paris. The coarser grained sugars, such as
the coarse granul ited, are as a general thing
pure. -Four or five years ago number OF
eminent physicians published card in the
newspapers warning the people against the
use of brown sugars, which were declared
"totally unfit for human consumption" -
ROsOn BdlttiH.
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
CONG RESSIONAL.--Extra Session,
THE SENATE.

In the senate, on the Goth, the following bills
were introduced and referred To fx the
date OF meeting of the regular session of the
torty-hfth congress upon November lst
Providing Tor the coinage OF silver dollars
and for making same legal tender. To es-
tablish the territory OF Lincoln and provide
temporary government. To authorize the
secretary of the interior TO declare forfeit
ures OF railroad grants in certain cases.
The senate then went into executive ses-
sion and after sitting three-Quar,ers of an
hour adjourned till tomorrow.
In the Senate, on the 3lst, Mr.. Gordon
presented a petition praying that congress
take action in regard to the Freedman's saw.
ing ana trust company so as TO restore To
them their deposits. Referred. The follow.
ing is the special committee To consider the
subject OF ascertiininc and declaring the
vote Tor president and vice president OF the
United States: Messrs. Edmunds, Conklng,
Howe, Mcmillan, Teller, Davis, Ill. }, Bayard,
Thurman and Morgan tAla.). The follow
ing bills were introduced and referred: By
Mr.. Burnside-To remove all restrictions re-
gardiog the enlistment of colored citizens in
the army by Mr.. Ingalls-To provide
building for the postoffice, courts and other
public Offices at Topeka, Ks A number OF
unimportant bills were introduced, when
the senate went into executive session, and
after session OF ten minutes, adjourned.
In the Senate, on the ist., Mr.. Arm
strong presented q memorial of the Kansas
City board of trade favoring the repeal of
the specie resumption act, and remoneti1a-
ton OF silver. Also a resolution of the st.
Louis Merchants exchange favoring a repeal
of the bankrupt law. Referred. A number
OF bills were referred and the senate then
went into executive session. When the doors
were reopened the senate adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 3rd the death of
Senator Morton was announced by Senator
MDoDald. A resolution submitted by him,
providing Tor the appointment OF a committee
OF six senators to attend the funeral, was
agreed to, and the vice president appointed
Senators MDonald, Davis [Ill.l, Burnside,
Bayard, Cameron Penn. aud Booth. The
senate then, as further mark OF respect to
the memory :.of Senator Merton, adjourned
till Tuesday next.
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
FORESTS Challenge to Fitzpatrick.

In n sketch Of the late Gen. Forrest
the n. Y. World says: .
Gen. Forrest was not an educated
soldier, but hc had that within him
energy, dash and pluck-which goes tq|
make successful cavalryman. That H.
was successful, his remarkable mantU y
and NUMEROUS victories fully
More than one unwary sedersl NGQI
went into camp in fancied security thihkit
ing the enemy a, hundred miles awsy.
and before morning was awakeDed BY an
attack In force, against which he was
poweriess. His excuse at headquarters
would be that it was Forrest who had
made the attack. Tho cavalryman's
movements were as rapid aud eccentric
n those Of guerilla, yet he carried with
him always . large. and well organized
force. Some one asked him just belors
the close Of the war, when his victories
made him particularly conspicuous, what
was the secret of his success. In his own
honsely way he said that il was by
"eitting the most men thar first," Buni,
mer, before last, when Gen. Judson XII.
patrick was canva.sing Indiana for the
republicans, he spoke Of Gen. Forrest In
such a way that the latter chalIesRea
him 10 fight duel. As soon a. tho
challenge was sent Forrest wrote 10 Gen.
Basil Duke, Of Kentucky, that, in essc
his invitation ras accepted-which he
did not doub. for a moment.,-hs would
call on Duke 10 be his second. The let.
ter further said that in the necessary
arrangement he would like Gen. Duke
to insist that the duel should be fought
on horseback with sabres, a. that was the
way for two cavalrymen to meet. Gen.
Duke a. once engaged for his principal
steed for the encounters horn
recommended by his owner TO 70 over .
church steeple, il necessary--.and awaited
Gen. Kilpatrick's reply. Klpatrick,
however, declined to fight, on the grsund
that he and Forrest "did not move in
the same social sphere" Had this duel
taken place, il doubtless would have beeu
conducted in style delightfully."-
dramatic. r. .si
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
How Prairie Dogs Get Water.

1t has always been a subject of curios-
ity and inquiry as to how and where
prairie dogs, living on the prairie far
away from any river or stream, obtain
their water. F. Leech, formerly of Mer,
Ger county, Pa, and a frontiersmsn ol
experience, asserts that the dogs dig theil
own wells, each village having one with
a concealed opening. II matters not how
far down the water may be. the dogs will
keep digging until they reach it. HI
knows OF one such well two hundred iee'
deep, and having circular staircase lead
ing down to the water. Every time !
dog wants to drink he descends this stair
case, which considering the distance, i
no mean task. In digging for water tn,
animals display as much pluck as in re
sisting the efforts of settlers TO expe
them IRON the land Of their progenitor-
'--4saa Efaaessco Chyoaie!s,
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
The Diary or q Siege.

One OF the most remarkable episodes
of the present war-whicb, however, has
not as vet received all the attention il
deserves--is the defence Of the Fort of
Baysxid in Armenia by Russian gar
rison, 5000 strong, against a Turkish
army numbering 10000 men. The Mos
COW Gazette gives the following interest.
ing extracts from the private Journal Of
one of the officers of the garrison;
June l0.-The enemy has blocksded us
on all sides, and intercepted the aqne-
duets. Our cistern and a few bags Of
biscuits is all we live on. Az night, by
the light Of the burning town beneath us,
we saw the atrocities perpretrated by the
kurds on the helpless Inhabitants. II
was horrible beyond description. Wo-
men and children were thrust alive into
the flames and carried about the streets
on lances, horribly mutilsted and Shrek
ing with anguish. The sight was 30 sick
ening that one OF, bur officers was quite
overcome by il and had an attack Of brain
lever that night. June 1S.--GeneraI
asanlts of the Turkish forces, which We
succeeded in repulsing towards nightfall.
Our rations have been reduced to half a
pound Of biscuit and one glass OF water
per diem. June 20.--A parliamentary
came with summons for us 10 surrender.
Our commander answered that, being 10
much stronger, the Turks could well try
and take the citadel by storm. ~ y
June 26.--Our ration has been further
diminished To a quarter Of a pound of
biscuit and. two spooninls of stagnant,
rotten water. We suffer terribly from
hunger and thirst. After days hard
fighting ] am utterly PROSTATE and
scarcely able to write these few words.
Jnne 2s.-For two days and two nights
we have been exposed to a terrible can
nonade. On the Goth a general assault,
which we repulsed, followed by repeated
injunctions to surrender, 10 which our
answer was the same as before. July !.
Our ration to-day is eno.eighth pound
biscuit and one spoonful OF water. Star
vaton is approaching rapidly. 4 have
secn come of our men cut slices Of flesh
from the halfputrified carcass of horse
and eat them. July 4.-Again a sums
mons ~ surrender, this time written in
Russian by Pole in the Turkish service,
Col. Komaroff. or course our answer
remained unaitered. July I'VE have
repulsed one more assault. II is the last
one. We can not hold out much longer.
Mines are laid out TO blow up the citadel
and the garrison. 1t is better 40 than To
starye. July l0.---The cannon! Never
has any music sounded 10 sweet to our
ears. 1t isGen. Tergnkassof', who comes
to save us am 80 weak that feel utterly
unable to write or move finger. But
we are sayod." After the siege had been
raised there remained of the garrison
about 1000 men, who were mostly GO
utterly worn out that they had To bt
carried ont Of the citadel. The name ol
the gallant commander of this equally
gallant garrison is Capt. Stockvitch.
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
Egyptian Self.Nutllst,on.

The Egyptian troops have iousht
bravely for the sultan, but some Of t6Sm
evidently DO not Hike the smell Of powder.
Two hundred and ffty-four Of then Ara
in the hospital at Adrianople with he
tops OF their right thumbs missing. TLls
self-mutilation win prevent them hand.
ing easily the breech- -loadina suns
Menemet All, the founder of the ptssent
Egyptian dynasty, once had imIlsr
Ok periencs In conscripting an srmv in
Esypt. Hundreds Of tho conscriuls y,eve
Ioand 70 have only one eye, ard 70 H.
without the right fovrfinger-- The tfisrsr.
iinger. Mehemet Ali at oucs o,SsssJ Z
certain nnmher of seSimenfs ssS.S
- ~ ~ ssItss ass ~ - p
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10

In the japanese religion, the first
Human being born on earth was wo-
man. -
1.-Two and two never make more than
four" said q public speaker. Yes they
do" cried boy In the audience, Per
bap our young friend will kindly tell us
when two and tive make more than four"
blsndly said the speaker; wbereupon the
boy cried: when there side By side,
you old stupid-then they make twenty
two, don't they"
WHEN people ask Gordon H. Gid
dins, a one-legged commercial traveller,
how he lost his leg he generally replies.
Lost il on election" and that aatisfies
the mot curious.-[Utica. Herald
Gidd,pcs seems To have got on . now
track, a he t,se,' to take pride In inform
inr his friends tiiss u was "bitten of bys
COW. ~ Roch. Unicw} The last time
he was in Rome he said be lost his leg
through hole in his pantd'oone POCKET,
Rome Sentinel. On the c6utraiy no
has frequently said that when hs ,oss y
he was going on the stump IA :.
Herald. What he really did say ~
that he wanted 10 see the boot on the
other leg. Courier Journal.
PRArRfs dogs are nuisances pure anu
simple, and they are capable OF doing m
immense deal Of damage In any country
where they permanently locate them
selves. They eat of all the gr~ss-roots,
and make desert in every place where
their towns are located. never taw 10
many as did while on my way hither {;
aud, in my opinion, it is q mcst forsu-
nate thing that the rattlesnakes eat =!
many Of the young ones, or they would
in few years overrun the whole country.
They.may do this 10 any event. They arc
pests of the worst order, aud have al
ready done great deal Of dlmage near
several Of the water courses.--Cnc. 1rs0.
Big Horn Letter. $500.
A STRICT Turk il obliged not only u
wash his head, face, neck, ears and feet,
but also his teeth at each Of tho i've
daily calls. 10 prayer. &c he very soon
wears, out his toothbrush, and those
articles are generally sold In packets Of ,
dozen. They are made OF olive sticks
about ten inches long and hall an inch
In diameter. AT one end for about half
an iuch they are split in all directions, 20
m TO form brush. II is easy TO pec that
they are. not calculated 70 endure hard
ware. The less particular Turks usc
ordinary European toothbruseaA but ~
even the most lax amsng them voOf on
the pig and all belonging 10 him a. vile
and unclean, they would AZ soon think Of
defling their mouths with a Russian
bristle toothbrush ~ Of eating a pork
chop or rasher of bacon. The shop
keepers, therefore, swears by the head
and souls Of his father and mother that
the hair OF which his toothbrushes are
made grew OF the back Of the camel, the
COW or the horee. - Marks
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
PhOtOgraphing COlOrs.

Joseph Albert, photographer To the
court has finally succeeded in inventing
photography TO render to the natural col
ors in the picture by a Photographic
steam press Of his own construction,
without the aid OF pencil. Ihave seen
some Of the proofs of such colored photo.
graphs by the Albert press. An expert
painter could hardly give the color, OF
the object more faithful in living reality
and with a distinctness To the incest
shades. The secret Of the invention con-
sists in the analysis Of the white light in
to the three colors-yellow, blue and red
and in their recovery of the three col
ors ready for the press. On a plate,
chemically prepared 50 ss IN receive but
the yellow parts Of the light, and the
tones of the colors of the object TO I've re.
fected, the first photograph is taken,
when a negative Of that plate is at oncs
put under the press, whose cylinder is
dubbed over with yellow paint. None
but the tones OF the yellow colors are now
seen in the impression. After that the
object is photographed on plate made
'toIeilect but the blue colors. The plate
HOW uuder the cylinder reflects a blue
impression, the cylinder being dubbed
over with blue paint. In the same man.
ner he receives but the tones of The red
colUrs by means Of third plate. Print.
ingsthe individual pictures of yellow,
blue.and red over each other, picture
Is produced true to nature, the colors
.intermixing by having been printed over
each other. The idea, long entertained
and prosecuted by Albert, TO photograph
colors, may no longer be considered as
not feasible. 1t is hard at present To
foretell what revolution the new inven-
tion will produce in the many depart.
nanis af art.
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
pERSOSAIITIEN.

Estrada, the captured president of the
Cuban republic, will be sent to Spain.
Henry Bath, newly-appoipted West
Point cadet, has become heir to $4,000.
DIR. Aida Avery, formerly physician
yer, and has an income Of $1,000 year from
her profession.
Annie Preston writes from the home
of Moody, people in Nortb6eld now.s-days
have more to say about Mr.. Moody's new
residence, servants, visitors, games, music,
dinners. toilets, horses, carriages, sheep and
other stock than about bis religion"
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
WARRINGTON,

The letter carriers have appointed a
committee to confer with postotflce commit.
tees. of the senate and house, and urge that
yearly salaries in all cities be placed at
si,2 for the highest grade, and $500 for the
lowest.
The coinage executed in the United
States, mints for the month OF October, 1877,
is as follows: Double eagles, s54ji, 500
half eagles, 5000; quarter eagles 5000
total gold coinage, S5,i79, 500. Trade dollars,
sl,075,o50; half dollars, l,225 quarter
dollars, S554,0l2; twenty cent pieces, $40
dimes, s76,i05; total silver coinage, 49,.
il6,702.
Postmasters coniirmed-Kentucky-
Mrs, v {. Thompson, Louisville Ms Mary
l.. Ross, Newort; b. II. Carpenter, shelby,
vile; Jas. 5. Linney, Danviile: Adolph h.
Hilpp. Lebanon; J. f. Warren, Stanford j.
N. Stockton, Maysville. Ieunessee-R. A.
Thompson. Memphis; VIM. Z. Jones, Nash
vile. Registers Of land ofiice-Louis Dou.
gal, Denver Col; II. S. Stewart, Sheridan,
Dakotsh; Bepj. 4, Hanna, Hays City, Kan.
sis; w j. Town, Evsnston, Wv; Henry G.
0lney Lake City, Col; n: W. Gibbs Little
Mock. Neccivers of public monies-W.
Hayan, of Grand Island, Neb.; Edwin $.
Cracker, Evantown, Wy; John Tofe, North
Platt, Neh.; c. n. Bond, Lincoln, Neb.;
Sohn +. McKenna, Sheridan, Dakota; c. b.
Hickman, Lake City, Col. George w Frost,
agent for the Iudisns of the Crow agency,
Montana; Wellington Bird, agent for the
Indians of Milk. river agency, Montana
Benz j. Lang, Of Ohio, secretary to the
president to sign land patents.
Burnside's bill, removing all restric.
lions now existing in regard to the enlist.
ment OF colored citizens in any arm OF the
United States army; provides that hereafter
tine word "color" shall not be used to desg
nate any soldier in the United States army
that colored citizens shall be entitled to 81
the privileges and rights of any citizen. (,
enlist In any arm OF the United States army
ina in Q distinction shall hereafter be made
cslor a. s,snment OF soldiers on account o
snry sisssIr ssIr,a,nsss. artillery cavsrv @ IrUS iu
shall be opan to hlm. Ib,ss9peetivs /, 9ivs OF colo
ibs president 70 all ISs xilsssr xin,ss suthsri
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10

THE window alass manufacturing in.
terest is now one of the principal in
dustrss OF this country, and is destined
eventually to check the Importation
f;om France and Belgium. In fact, large
quantities OF glass and glassware have
been exported from the United States
during the past year. There are in this
country seventy-two glass factories, of
which twenty.seven are in New Jersey,
| in which state there Is capital Of
ss,ooo,o0Q invested ip The business
The Osceola times., 1877-11-10
OSCEOLA ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1877

cavalry, rwenty.fourth and Twenty.ffh in.
iantry with enlisted men, without reference
or distinction Of color; that he shall use his
discretion in keeping these regiments above
the minimum Strength required by law, as
signing men from the general recruiting and
general mounted service, as they are required
be regiments, without regard to color II
further provides that nothing in the act shall
he So construed that the Ninth and Tenth
cavalry, AMI Twenty.fourth and Twenty>iifth
army.