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The Osceola times., 1877-10-27
Normal Institute.
SECOND JUDICIAL pisrRIcT.

sLCoND JUDICIAL pisrsIcT.
The D;stric, Institute Of the See.
ond Judicial disuiet, as published,
was TO convene ut Gainesville,
Green county. on the 2'th OF Sep
tcmbcr, and continue N session
tnrec days. Accordingly prcpara
TONS were hastily made by the pco
pie OF Gainesville, having had only
II few days notice. II is nothing
more thar is due the ladies OF SAID
town and community, to accord TO
them ,ha prtisc, which they so
Justly mcrited, Tor tho tasteful man
her in which they DECORATED the
Methodist church tor the occasion
AT o'clock p. M, the 21th inst,
tha hour appointed for opening the
Institute, large audience WAS
present.
While one looked over his as
kcmbly and scancd the anxious, but
cheerful faces, aud surveyed the
beautifully dppomlrI walls OF The
chapel. E,ergl ccps arrayed 81
,astcfully - the iorclble AMI CON
prehensirr ppkorism, "We MIST
Educate" handsomely wrought
and conspIcuously arrayed, he
could hot iorbcar 10 say th'x ne
uncul,urcd mind directed, or ur.
skilliul hands wrought here. Tins
with plenty OF yonng ladies IN
snimrrng piiire, 'rady 10 iayor The
audience with Music on pane,
seemed to say come, all things are
how ready.
But MIR. Hill did not enter an an'
rcaranc", aed disappointment en-
sued. However. profitable aidreS'
tcs were delivered 10y Professor y,
W. Spence pus Judge Mack. tbs
with music concluded tho order Of
the evening, aud ite aailience was
dismissed, to meet next evening p.
: u'eael.
Accordingly the people again
assembled, aud the lion. George
". uill met the appointment. and
lheirYc Nore duubly regarded or
our patience. It's suffice. .oi cdn
cation was discussed by Mr.. Hi
wjtb .qeb ler-P'cai'y that Us i'a,
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tx.Gov. piStDBAcK, of Ipul>i.
ana, has wiit,cn a letter 10 lion.
John II. Mitchell, chairman OF the
committee on Privileges and Flee.
tions, renewing his c'alms To the
Ssnatorship Referring to'hls ere
dcn,ials he says hTncsc credcn-
tials present as valid claim ~ Il
sea, in the Senate Of the United
States. Us those presented by e'lher
Mr.. Kcllog. or Mr. Eustis."
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poriancc must have been impressed
m the minds OF all prcs nt, and
much was advanced That we hope
may condacc to inroratlc sani'
incut OF puhllc education l.. i,oril,-
eust Arkansas,
The Tcachurs lns,iiutc was called
TO order hy the Hon. George w
Hill, Stale Superintendent OF Pub
lie Instruction, "a, 5 =, m, on th1
10Th inst. tn mutton, u Il. Rlak.
rncy was elected secretary.
Mr.. liiil stated the ohjcc, ot the
Institute m bret. The su'uer,s OF
,chpol discipline, bow to teach The
how hes, to teach spell
ing. aud the best method ol Teach
ing reading we,e discussed. Tn,
Attendance of teachers was small,
and consequently but few l,ar,ici
patcd in debating these q'Irs,ians
But wo hope ,hose prescu, wcr,
benefited.
The following gentlemen wcr'
ppoin,ed 10 report the proceed
.ngs OF this Insi.taic to lhe seier.
newspapers, viz: Corning Courier
II. $. Burgess; u npalph Sc"!pcl
u. ". Slovcnsuni. .Jonesboro Time
J. b. Blakrncs Wi,Isburg PhocniA
W. ". Spencer OtcroIA TINES,
James d. Markham.
Mcssrs. W. ". Spence aud II.
Burgess were app1inted commit
tee ON resolutions.
The meeting was l'.en adjoUrned
Tho following resolutions wei
read and adopted by the Institute.
Le IL Rs ircd B. Ms Nstrirt 10 M
hsdia'c J ne sns Jae'e II D''fr y ;
lst, That it is the sense of thu
body that our Siplc constitution,
should bo 30 amend, Il rs To allow u
larger district tax than five mills,
~, Tint We rccoHnIrud tie fay
urablc consideration Of our Con-
..rcssmcn The proposed measure o.
granting The lands bclonsiag 10 H.,
United States, in the SUu'hern
States, to thc States III which they
are si,dats :, Tor lhc rnrrose OF ite'
,r!ucaiipn.
81, That we will chrer'n1y CO.
operate will, lhe State Sppcrintrn
dent oi publc Instruction aud 9th
pr educational officers, N their el.
forts 10 render our tree school sy>-
,c,n cilirici,, aud satisfactory.
i,h, Resolved iha, the thanks OF
this Institute are hac aud hereby
rendered 10 the ciiIzens oi Gaines
vile Tor tho ho,piisbic manner III
whirh they have entertained The
teachers IA attendance.
5ih, Tha, we tciler our thank.
~ Mis- rs Mack, Mi.>,s Oncy Wall,
DELLA Gentry, aud l.izzle Camp Iot
mus e during our meeting, and alSn
10 Misses Mack ior lhG use .. ,Arir
pm.
On, rLai we tender thanks to
the laiirs who :. beautifully decor
...cd the room Tor the occasion.
". ". SptNCH,
tuuIrunnu
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Tar tide Of success In lhe Russo
Turkish war, seems to bc turning,
at last, IN favor Of the Russians.
In the recent battle near Isdyr, the
Turks lost 5000 men, killed cap
tured and wounded, to .eihcr with
immense quantities ps ammunition
and commissary aud quarternas'cr
klorcs.
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GEy. joins N. llAELAN, of hen
lucky, has been nominated by the
president, 10 the vacancy, made on
the United States Supreme Conrt
bench, by the resignation of Juag
Davis.
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a TERRIBLE explosion has recent.
ly taken place in the ccllicry a'
High Biautyrc Scotland. near
Glasgow. Nearly four hundred
men were ia the pit u, the time. all
of whom arc beloved TO have becn
killed.
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SEVERAL Arkansas papers are ad
vocating the claims oi eX.Goycrnrr
Baxter, for the neat United States
Scnatorship, ana the Governor Is
out in y curd,anaoumclng his randi.
fla,v
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psss n50NEY N

Gan ltr -aVri II you ni,s ip lsliiThase Pisno "a
t,..n d, lfNf Y strict ~ lh" Rud h. side you
are .uf- 81 g.ttilx he g'nns ~ iientty Piano sud
DRY .u The A,s..i I,,lri trt ui''si pei ct ever
matt. lcss~ OF nal i.t' r-iHHt -tri Them ihv
M, -, nrt,l, IN oognisf rror. and IN u ivcrssl
,.rlirf ntsN - th,l tirre arr uour better aianu-
fagt tua.al / I fhs wur.i- >'ri nn irun aNe te 81
g,en days' test Iri. ant fhiN ~Hrlan,,d ar AK
, A. a. ar t-r,s-. ~ sv-ry rr-p.'i Money re-
fanl.c a.id ifri.hi paid i,pih vayr hy me y nn-
sati.iartur, Ba'sy's l'u> rat, q NEkII>tR
,,'aialo.uf Edit ~. frss ,ddrrs- DANIEL
LE.iIA, " .liasiV. Ne. yusr!
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PORTLAND, n. b, was, ON th'
20,h, again ravaged by the aTc
fieud. Two hundred and thirty
houses were destroyed, and o, or
1000 people rendered homeless.
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ions ". FoIA.y, TIE veteran
editor Of the Philadelphia Press.
after forty Hue years career, ha'
retired from the profession.
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TuE widow of tho late Hon. john
Bell, of Tennessee, died recently
et the age of so.
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ADVERTISING!
iI.l.n MnRrm INR 60.

fFl'NW v NWN Vt VN tf7sF
lLc rhsalp-i apd best wa. iu rraeh : a'lvrs
.su, tr ~ the lsr c,ir, 2. by uSinr onr nr NOR
our s'N ii-ts oi oNvf h00 new -papUrs, diNihr,'
IL rlVtt dtiiertnt ctions ui thc roaniry. Week
lv I irrulalnp over pl ,tH0. NdNer i-rtntnt- re-
eciNrdior ono ~ muir lists. tur untalt.En' e,'n
tanning names u l.ap-ts. AID other ninrmaii uO
and r,r &. imair-, au.lr,.s> HEAL X POSTER
u Park Row trimc. huii,iia-) New iorA.
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GILMAN, the notorious New York
Enrycr. is a bro,her-in lax ot Henry
Ward B:echer.
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SEECEE .s.s'.rG E.S'E &
for pemr'iie we.
With Table and fiNures. only Sac

With Table and flstures. only Sac
prrfec, and uu"gu1i,1. lnrr" sirous AVID lara
! Nachipr ron>'rn, ird cirttut aud ,uli l. iruit
he hc,t naitrtat v IN Wufltuu tcll uicci>iou.
- CONSTANT fumii, u-, ur mauufa ing pur
u~cs Away 'ea " at UppnituN- Au;.tC iu Gt
l. DAYS work ever uut e uitl' !. Sud " u 'I-t
generation wi'h wodsta'o cutv; e. y ." uigtvi
tard aud inatla-r. light -muuti aad ~ ia -t'n-
ink. lkcih v,ii-r, sul .tsl mu,r'neul of q in.
wstra SiW.l-, Hm act. brcicnl nod Ntliaii'
at.h All the vgltt his !mur tvmrits - be fuur'i
In the m. i-st fis,d NsrhWr, warranted to tln
toe sanir "a. AZ. Ig -aD.e Wsv. sHa ~ RAPID ard
.muo,l as Il 80 Macluuc. IN gckpowlrtis"d
triumph II ingenious mrchauicu skiil rSstu-
'all, the vurNinQ wu,rau'- iiirid ai,d f.r ~
IyHuc' Il I'll oriti"siy ~ hinr>. tlT al>nlu'r
>irrugth. k,la' iliiy aui g''htfai u~clurrrs.
vii llcm. Fell. lurk = an, q iil:. Bud, Braid,
ori Gsthcr. l;Dftir. hig. laii F-lf ctli"l.
va dtr ul fai4d ~, matinee .nd .st-r, .t'N- Iht
sit.u.tsi lasting stitch rqnally 9uv sd >n.ooih
ihruu.h sli ! iud- oi good. f. um rambf,e la -rN-
rrsl thichnS,rc- u' hru1.!c .uih 81 italhrr. viih
nus ~ coarse c.ito'.. Z zen, II 90 wine. Git,-
fs. fe,t satislActi. T. Ntt rgtu it, cu>t -,Nsral
lda e = guui lt IA. 81 a.. inan ~ woman Wh"
i.si- tu use u To- hat ptli pN-r, WORK ~ 'ai'b-
10 sud rs,y The ser. arts ~ chiidr u can Us 70
without inniag- l'rtrt Il MaUh with ltshi
,ati. fi', rqHi prd tor fn.ilN Naik "a. Han
CTS. tu,et. side Drawers sri taii - Sfylt H
each ai corrt- il..vl u.l ll low rates sac d-iNr
~ ctsrun frrii. sity fr-m duns.V. tNliauatufN
ramphl"l, illIsitairsi sjth ci-raNin-~ ~ the -ct
hral sit les ~ Mhctiu'.. refer nee. variety II
sewing, g. .gHilra freq. Cnuad,.iiiai iuim m-
with l!,.rs Inducements a. satcriri>Rr lrigs-
m,n, {, I,ashrf.. Eu-iursr Aes Travelling 10
cal Ny.uis. .Nc " ho ae, In, eve u.ife NsrIci,>
,rrni.h"d on application ,ddrtss John u.
hen tai 10, ;si hrpadv y, New NnTh.
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~p~

Tpto October li,h, th" Russians
have los, IS, ,43a men. in killed aud
wounded.
The Osceola times., 1877-10-27

THIS emigration to Texas, within
the past year, has amoanie to over
300, ,O00.
The Osceola times., 1877-10-27
Bankrupt sale Of lsc.l
1,~t9ir.

Not,c l. hcrhy given that nn MnrtnN III
1 II, da, ", >oVt tmlIrs, is,s within legal hnuis
a, Che t,mu h.g-r dd'I IL lliciuNh -. o~c ella f,
uil,r inr sale ant SCI to the highcst thl''"t
Z Z rash Ia hand, the ~ In aVrciih {, rial
-sla e, ip-wis. onchtlf ~, un'"s'i,d Ia -
cst "a. and Ia ciiop IL rly.siN t'6l, ~ 60 hsl.
iouit,rn 90 NOR d hf range r.cNrh IN, q .
contain pg about thrrc hunirtd and twchi,
[ 2N acrr- If lanr ~ uqtrd ~ Mississippi com.
ty, ArAanrar, rad 'plsend ~, i. ihp ~ pal.
Of t.. u i.uzrll hanhrlp'.
Thus october -ilh. lc,i
b. \. G. ,HiICk, Nssisi e.
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r'1E5a MONTHS SF
GOOD HEALTH
FOR c5 CENTS.
NY PERSON VIVA iI,Lnt'i Ans Y 90
PARSONS FU GhllVIPILL

,nl tar, onr - each ni-ld Tor four iil ni-li
md vi | ~, inis t,rry i..iid wr,k duiihG 10
npr'h- uf Jup Jgly, Au u-t aud se,i."lH'i ,
IN rui h. tf,uib. with tcfm anl Agn' u.
Ialuii,dl- fr,rt. >tr i!HGr ever, nF any "
he ill-rlisrs Tr.riri;ir it"m N a'naiie IA ni'.
,,m,nul In MI n.ri. isi-,ipri llnisihha ~
.an.isad rNi. I'I'Nit-D = t"oA'iNl
r.rs tanno' h,' ui'i1ined ~ A"uT i's,f,ri IL re-.
.rni -, cts, 10 The uni r-,si'r'i, md o.. phi
.lrli be = uos. naid, hy return mnil PhN-l-
riIns 4tonile,, 'n.., . Sl.M PEI thousand
mia. A. ;li Is hut .!t.ic N. fe 's9n La pro-
fnr II iind4ul lills lay lhe ihvd aud Ga " M
,.,ninpany ~. nider Tn rccire wiii be Nor
fnll, srm 10 any pl., -irian on app i,'i.i"n W.
wlli sri,d .r.,n'- Pills ly mril 10 rtSponsihc
ar,ir. ~ & MNiisstlS Al - ter Il z"n, sample
lolcn. 81 VI. -. o. Il with he "r'r
WilOl EsAI.E AGENTS,
"liiNr 'r = ',..'.' '''''"'''''',1i NJ ~"
q. " danps 90 .,...t .,... Mlmphis 1"nn
u r. 4 - ...,......- NrN pi''ih-! ~
. \. ! incDln X 80 .... ......Ijillr hh'h' ark
4 ihpinli-'n H o .......t.. b. .Galics on ley
ApDaLss AL nnrts ~
\. =. ssssfstsGr,N e. 60,
BANGOR, NAME, piopgle 0rs.
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rULM0NA

j. h,yoBd comparison tho h.4i Trmriy for the
cure uf con tM!IlpN tEytN ~ re MAST Ap
NANcEp srsursl, Asihm ,, hruurhiii~. aiarrh q,
,nd All dc'nng m'ut> th the MIN otr Ni~-
TEN. \ cirt ulnrcul i1niuE prriIrnlaf ~ n,HlN
ASS ~urrrss'u.ly treated, tull advice lnT III
treatment Of the disrass- ah,yr meutiuhrd. Hn,t
rerliHeat,s nrtuai cures, will hs -rni free ~
ial 10 MI arylicani- Ad'l rss q IAk q
NOE, snH i'rullis'H Z, IS Noilandi Sir"r'.
N.w York.
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GS0L.D.

N W. 70 ~ ~ -0TT NFI'sI y y NTTT
hos; ,ilas Es'ri iapiN ruti. as,pp ir ihs vurIi.
AnN Unc e.,a D,co.l,s 4 ~ .or~~iul sls'M M,
ma.f c.gtBt works f ari given tree t. su'-crih-
rrS. be price T. - tuw ltai aWrzf cIFfyhndi
.ah-crihes ON ngrut repiris mAlSina oyer : ~
in aMe,k. \ ladN agent rclaats taking ayAr 4u'
,alJ crihcri in ten daA- All wha ,ngagp maxi
Erm-y n,,t loucan devote al your inc TO tn
hu. -, ~ onii Year sparr iims YIN ne. not
~ we'll AZ otii,rs. fuil ia, iicu'ars, directions
sgd terms Zee. Ec-ani sud "ypvn.ite cat I
p.e. u YOU want profaht work send IA our
si'iress ~ uGre u c''s nothing to ny ihr hu'i
i s. 81 A,so phr engage iHi- to MAKE great
Jsv. sitifF>s - is t'enflr', -Uurrai, - Pnrt'
,una, M4tnc. s-e-
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-p rA>,Y CNan.. ten l'., win ,uu. nin.,
IN IN lit ljc i ur. NcAti Biu,., N..lrn
y Y
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Boot t&Shoe Maker
a 05cEULA --s.
o. Arkansas.
boo'r g. 3nlE SHOP

Thou d,rsisn.d, would respectfully ann.u'
- he citizens ol Go, cola .Gd Nic,dit, that
nls opened
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-14
Duels.

Many interesting stories are told con-
corning duels. The world has been ev-
Ell full of men ready to fight for fan
cied grievance at the drop of hat or,
if they had no cause, then to make one.
The nobleman who fought fourteen du-
els to prove that Dante was greater
poet than Ariosto, and on his death-bed
admitted that he had never read either,
was no more q cracked-brain than one of
Washingtons aids, who fought General
second in rank il the Revolutionary war
to prove that Washington was equal to
the official position he held, and that, as
a private gentleman, he was entitled to
consideration and respect La Fontaine
once fought duel with Captain whom
he suspected of having designs upon
his wife. The officer disarmed the poet,
and, assuring him of the righteousness
and falsehood of the rumors, said if he
was the cause of 80 much trouble he
would come to his house no more. The
officers conduct SO pleased La Fon-
tame that he Immediately declared
that come he must, and if he did
not he surely would fight him. A French
Count and naval Captain once fought
i nt lul-
ter insisted on a naval duel, and pro
posed that they seize each other and
Jump into the water The Count said
be could not swim; the Captain charged
him with cowardice, and, rudely seizing
him, jumped into the sea. Both were
rescued, but the Captains injuries were
so severe that he died few days after
Perhaps the most ridiculous story is
that told of Gen. Putnam, of Revolution
airy wolf-fame. known as "Old Put. "
During the French war he was chal-
lenged by an English officer. He proposed
that each sit on keg of powder, into the
bung of which was lighted fuse. After
the fuse got well under way, and the
same was uncomfortably near the hole,
the officer ran. Hold on, my friend;
it's only onion-seed !" cried the General
IT'S to be hoped that honor was salts
fed.
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The voice more than the words touched
Pen. She forgot to be cautious and
cool. Memory began to work, and in q
few minutes she and the doctor were ex-
changing the condolences of fourteen
years.
1t grew dusk the children trooped ii
and gathered around the melodeon to
practice their carols. The doctors voice
sank in whispers, and ut times ceased,
the pauses being filed with words that
he and Pen had often sung together in
old days.
Now they listened with seftening
hearts and chances that betrayed what
was uppermost in each mind.
Uncle will be awake and anxious"
Yes, Wen go; nothing here need be
disturbed"
1t was cold and slippery when they
got In the street. Pen was unconscious
OF how eagerly she took the strong arm
that was offered her. They walked
some blocks in perfect silence.
"Do you really think well be home
for Christmas ?" M g.
You speak as If you would rather
not, and have been doing my best to
get you there" 80
Pen sighed. ct suppose you'll stay
here forever.
You are your own mistress now"
Entirely 30.
"Then you can decide whether shall
stay here or go back to New York. My
uncle, DIR. Stuart, died last week. I
can have nearly all his practice
if 1 like to take it. / know l am
asking great deal. Still L am not such
fool as to see my happiness within
reach and not try to grasp it. Your
uncle tells me you have many admirers.
Will you take time and consider my
claim on you? AT least / have loved
the longest.
Pen laughed a merry, ripping laugh.
"Won't L hug uncle when L set
home Only for him / never would
have known what good, loving man
you've been. They'll tell you I've been
in love half n dozen times since l saw
you; but, if L ever fancied myself in
love, never really liked any one well
enough to give up my recollection of
you for him.
81 think that ought to satisfy me-"
Thus it happened that the dreaded
Christmas was to be the incest Pen had
ever anticipated. Mr.. Irving sent or
ders to have everything ready for many
guests. Nephews and nieces had in
vitations to eat their Christmas dinner
and dress the Christmas tree at his
house. DIR. Stuart prepared to accom-
pany his patient to New York, and Pen
finished her pieces to the admiration
and satisfaction of every one interested.
On Christmas day she astonished her
friends by appearing in church with her
old lover on duty. Some shock their
heads, and many INDUCED in unkind
"reminiscences few understood her,
reioiced with her, and at the church
door wished GA merry Christmas" TO
her and Dr. Stuart.
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Didn't Want to Buy.

A small, dapper, bilious-looking man,
with little eyes, long nose, and point
ed chin, rushed into wholesale book
store on Court avenue, and asked one OF
the clerks if he had book entitled "Rev-
cries of Bachelor" The clerk, who
was very obliging, as all the clerks in
that store are, began to look for the de-
sired article. He went over every shelf
where it was likely to be, but could not
find it upon any of them. Then he went
down in the basement-the bilious-look-
ing man following him and dove down
to the bottom of several boxes of books
that had been laid by for want of de-
mand for them, secured the leaves,
searched the drawers, but found it not.
Then he went up to the second floor and
resumed his search among more old
books, unpacked several boxes, and
overturned large quantity of goods.
He was about to give up the search, and
told the man that he didn't believe the
book was in the store. But the man
said he wished he could find it if posi-
bic so the clerk went up into the third
story and prowled around again for half
an hour, and finally fshed it up out of
the dust in little box away off in one
corner of the top row of shelves, after
search of over an hour. He brushed the
dust from the cover, and said: eyes,
here it is; $1.50; you can have it for
$1.25."
ooh, I don't wan to buy it." said the
bilious-looking man.
Don't want to buy it 2" said the clerk;
"why didn't you say so an hour ago?
Why did you make me search so long
for an article you don't want to buy
My time is valuable, and my employer
expects me to put it to profitable use.
=, "Well, you see" quietly remarked
the man, 81 made bet with JEFF Gran
dali. He said couldn't find the book
in Des Moines, and bet him 50 could,
and L have won the bet. That's all.
Sorry to trouble you so much" And
the man wended his way down stairs
again. When he had gone the clerk
thought how happy he would be to get
an invitation TO thatman's funeral.
Moines (Io,oa) Register.
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Christmas Carols.

The singing of canticles Mt Christ
mas, now called carols, and which are in
tended TO remind of the songs supposed
tohave been sung by the shepherds at the
birth of the Savior, dates, it is thought,
from the time when the common people
ceased to understand the Latin language
and the modern italian was beginning to
take distinctive form. The Bishops of
the church and others of the lower order
of the clergy frequently Joined with the
populace III singing these rude songs,
whether of religious praise or worldly
glorification, while they were enlivened
by dancing to the music of tambourines,
guitars, hautboys and other instruments
generally found in the hands of the peas
antry in European countries. Fathers,
mothers, sons and daughters" says a
historian, mingled together in the
dance if in the night, each bearing a
Lighted wallpaper in hand"-this also an
out-cropping of the idea from which the
Yule festival was called 1.-THE Feast of
Lights"
Up to the present date, during the
last few days which precede Christmas,
it is the custom of the Calabrian min
strels to come down from the surround
ing mountains to Rome and Naples,
saluting with their wild, rude music the
shrines Of the Virgin Mary as they pass,
under the poetic and kindly notion of
cheering and sustaining her until the
birth of the expected infant on Christ
mas day. The usual pictorial repre-
sentation of Christs nativity shows an
infant in the manger, the Virgin, st.
Joseph and the eastern nagi or kings,
with their offerings around, and oxen
and asses in their stalls but Raphael,
the prince of deineators of the event,
in a certain picture introduces shep-
herd playing upon sort of bagpipe.
Bishop Jeremy Taylor was under the
impression that the "Gloria in Excelsis,"
the well-known canticle supposed to
have been sung by the angels to the
Judean shepherds on the plains of Beth
lehem, at the time of Christ's birth, was
the earliest Christmas carol. It may be
so; there is really no means from his
torical record of refuting the statement,
and the idea is sufficiently pleasant to
entertain it.
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The First Greenback.

The first IS bill issued by the Gov
eminent, known as greenback money.
turned up not long since in deposit OF
the Third National Bank of Nashville,
being letter A, No. /, dated Washing
ton, March 10, 1868. j. Z. Goodwin,
the teller, called attention to the fact,
and the note was sent to the Treasury
Department for Identification as the orig
inal So issued. The bank was answered
that it was, and the officers and direct
ors immediately decided to present it to
the Tennessee Historical Society. T..
ID. Hicks, the Secretary of the Com
mercial Insurance Company, had the
note put in an elegant frame, with glass
on both sides, showing the back as well
as the face of the note, and the bill, thus
secure from wind and weather, will be
presented to the Historical Society
Nashville (Te'un.) american.
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CHRISTMAS COMING.
ny MARY n. popox.j

.,>e.thcry flakes are dancing, dancing
In tbe gray morn's frosty glenn
,yIarsAds they OF reindeer pranolng
eros. the gardens of our dream
s,s,,m the bright land Of the eh-nng.
whore the bon-bcne gayly grow
INST uke sweets OF summer gardens,
when the tulips smile In row
pe.tsesy fakes are falling, falling
Nom the skies in softest way,
Add between are voices CALLING
S~sn IL tsiH be Christmas ddu."
yse.t YOU know how in the spring time
Wgntry SHOWS are scattered wide,
3sre the lovely purple blossoms
Dare TO peep from where they hidef
,knafhery flakes are sitting, sitting
Through the chill December air.
.SIfre, aud there, and yonder drifting.
Making everything more fair,
waving whittier folds than linen
ON the houses and the treee,
softer than the richest damask
Spread our dainty guests to please.
a.,on the bcn-bons wIii be falling
As the fakes have fallen to-day,
And the children will be calling
10 their patron saint 80 gay:
~ Al we knew when came the snow-nakes,
You would come, dear Santa CLAUS;
Nor we always (you remembeI1
Know the winds way by the strews."
ssaoa the trees, IA fair as any
mat the elves have wreathed with snow,
viii be planted-ohi 30 many
N our many homeland loi
Something better FAR than snow-hakes
Shall be hung about their green
eSucies. toys, and fairy-tapers
Lighting up the merry scene.
4nd the children dancing, dancing.
Tdl. all tired their little feet,
shall, with half-shut eyes up-glancing.
Wonder. "wny IL life 80 sweet ?"
And some tender voice shall whisper
Plake-like falling from above
Christi ss is so sweet my darling,
Just because is King is i0vs ~