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The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
A Woman Sold at Auction.

American papers have often COM
mcntcd upon the fact that in some parts
of England women have been sold at
auction during the last century. Yes
teidsy the novel sight of woman being
sold under the hammer was witnessed by
hundreds of people in front Of Burrie's
auction store. When it became known
that such sale was TO be made a large
crowd gathered TO see the woman, and
many were wondering il the authorities
would allow such disgraccful scene to
go on. AZ 1890 the woman was brought
cut. Her name was unknown, but she
was recognized by some of the by-stand-
crs as a person who had worked in mil
linery establishment on G street before
the fire, and her character had never
been questioned. She seemed perfectly
composed in the presence of so large a
crowd and never moved muscle OF her
face as the auctioneer called out for the
first bid. She stood in an elevated posi-
lion dressed in plainmusln, without any
special attempt AT display. She was a
h ,ndsome brunette, with regular features.
dark hair and eyes, and a complexion as
pure Ms wax. She was finally knocked
down for IS, and, TO the surprise of every
body, the bidder was a married man. He
says the woman Is somewhat dilapidated,
but he thinks he can melt the wax and
make her up into tapers for Christ mas
trees. She originally cost $500 in New
York, the workmanship being of the best,
and was for = long time displayed in a
Broadway milliner's window before she
was shipped to the Comstock.- Ioy MA
{ Ner.) Chronicle.
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
An Indian Duel.

Omaha Herald: A citizen of Sioux
City, who has spent much time among
the agencies of the up-river Indians,
says it is amusing. as well as touching, to
hear an Indian sing his death song. :.
Our informant was at Standing Rock
a few months since, and one day he OBJ.
served an unusual stir among the In
dians. Soon two bucks came forth from
different lodges, each with a gun in his
hand. They walked out some distance
from the rest of the Indians and took
posts, distant from each other about fifty
yards. At given signal they fired.
Both fell, wounded, one fatally. They
were Immediately surrounded by friends,
who made no particular effort to bind up
their wounds, but simply stood around
talking among themselves and gesticulat.
ing, while the wounded Indians, as soon
as they fell, began their death song.
There was little music in it. 1t was a
deep-down, unnatural tone Of voice,
kept up for half minute or 10 at time
when 1t would cease, and the sufferers
would in the interim make confession
of all the evil deeds they had ever done.
They woull tell of the massacres in
which they had engaged; how many
scalps they had lifted from the heads Of
white people; the number of ponies they
had stolen, together with all sorts OF inn
portant and unimportant evil doings in
their lifetime. This accompliseJ, they
were ready TO give up the ghost.
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
The Palmy DAYS OF the Drama,

Celia Logan in the New York Dis.
patch: Sol. Smith, the founder of the
brilliant theatrical family of that name,
lived in my fathers house in Cincinnati
one whole summer.
Oh J.! those terrible long summers, how
they were dreaded Salaries during the
winter barely suticed for the current
expenses, and ii was almost impossible TO
put by anything for rainy day." con-
sequently the summer was one continued
night with the wolf al the do0r--he
would enter, he could not he kept out.
There WAS then no "job" acting,
whereby an actor might look forward to
earning few dollars, even in the dullest
time; no snap companies going out for
the fourth, or playing few nights here
and there in the cooler country towns
but when the regular season was over
the actor had to subsist until the follow
ing fall without earning a penny by his
profession. Sol Smith was a kindly
man, with great deal of grim humor
and a brave endurance of the hardest
fate. So tall was he that when he tossed
me up in his arms used to think that
he would throw me into the skies. To
my childish ina agination he seemed many
miles long. That summer his hat COW
cred all he owned His pantaloons were
of some soft wooden material, of light
color, which caused them to soil easily,
and as he was a very clean, particular
man, the pants needed frequent washing,
so he used to lie in bed while they were
rubbed out in soapsuds.
1t seemed to me such strange thing,
that Mr.. Smith would lie abed the whole,
long, lovely summers day on the plea OF
sickness, while at tie same time my In.
ther would sit by his bedside, and they
would crack Jokes together and laugh
till they both cried. And such an om-
niverous appetite! He would rise up in
bed like a steeple, and with the suspicion
of smile fitting over his lips he would
say;
"Bring me another plat, of asparagus,
sissy; poor Sol. s SICK"
1t was singular, too, that the date Of
his recovery was invariably coincident
with that Of the delivery Of his panta.
looms. washed, diied and ironed. Each
time he would unfold them he would ex-
claim with sigh, At least another inch
gone this time"
BY the beginning of August the pan
taloens had shrink 80 that they no longer
reached to the ankle bones.
81 shall save them, Mrs. Logan" he
would say, :" for pair of knee. brceches."
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
Draining n Lake.

The Florida Agriculturist, says lake
Okeechobee is about iorty-fve miles long
and twenty-five miles wide. This does
not include the marsh lands surrounding
ii, which must be of still larger dimen-
sions. The wafer Of the lake is very
shallow, seldom over seven feet and in
very few places ten feet deep, and in
most parts boats cannot approach with
in two or three miles Of the shore on ac-
count of the shallowness. No fish live
in the lake = not even an alligator can be
found-as the water is stagnant and very
offensive to the smell. There is nothing
to prevent the draining Of this lake into
the Caloosahatchie river. A canal about
eight miles long will accomplish Il, the
river having sufficient tall to allow of
its being done. At present the outlet
from the lake TO the river is closed up
by saw-grass and lily pads, throwing the
waters Of the lake, in the rainy season,
into the Everglades. What a grand
speculation there could b. made by
draining the lake and cutting the land
into forty.acre farms For several years
il would give the most splendid rice
crops ever seen, and then comes in sugar.
cane, which would almost rattoon for
ever. We have never heard OF any
country possessing such grand belt Of
cane land that could be ~ easily turned
to advantage.
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
A VIII and q Pot Of Gold.

In the year 1860, Just after the break
ing up of the confederate armies, a young
soldier, a member of Joe Shrlby's com.
mand, accompanied by his father. arrived
in Corsicaua. The old gentlamau had
with him large sum Of money in gold.
After providing literally for bis boy. who
was then on his way 10 Mexico, the old
gentleman, whose name was Bently Irving,
sadly and sorrowfully journeyed back to
his home in Chsll ston county, Missouri.
The son remained abroad until short
time since, whe,, upon receipt Of letter
and his fathers last will and testament,
together with the announcement Of his
death, he returned to the hsme OF his
father. tserms that the old gentleman
had enclosed brisf description OF thespot
on Richlaud creek where he had taken the
precsution 10 hide his treasure for the
bene fit Of his sh~nt boy. After noarn-
ful visit to the desolated homestead ~
Missouri, the young man came on here
and sosn found the trcssuTe--aros q ~
: amounting to nearly a Q00, exaetly y
the ppot described IL his iRthey'a dlrec<
t,ons. f7ahsstaa Rsis.
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.

In the house on the ID, on motion of
Mr.. Eden the rules were suspended and the
bill for the payment of claims, passed upon
by the commissioners of southern claims,
passed. 1t appropriates $4,000 for that
purpose. The house then took recess un
til eight o'clock this evening. Evening ses-
sion.-Mr, Field from the select committee
on privileges, reported bill to provide an
eiiectual remedy for wrongful intrusion into
the office of president and vice-president.
Mr.. Cox moved to suspend the rules and
pass bill removing all political disabilities
imposed or remaining on persons under the
fourteenth amendment to the constitution.
Agreed to lis to 81.
In the house on the 3rd, Mr.. Singleton,
from the committee on appropriations, re-
ported back TO the senate bill fixing the
signal service with certain amendments.
Passed. Mr.. Eden, from the committee on
war claims, reported back senate bill extend.
ing for two years the act establishing the
soard OF commissioners of claims; which was
passed. The conference report on the naval
appropriation bill were non-concurred in,
and the conference committee, Atkins,
Wells and Foster, was appointed. The house
then took a recess. Last day--1he last day
OF the forty.fourth congress begun at noon.
The conference report on the nostofice ap.
preparation bill has been agreed to. On the
postal car facilitesa new conference has been
ordered. The franking privilege is restored
for all public documents published by order
of congress. Al the evening session, the CON
ference report on the postofice appropria-
tion bill was agreed to, the senate having re-
ceded from the steamship subsidies, and the
house compromised on the appropriation of
S9,250,00D for mail service, instead of $500.
600, as provided by the senate. Mr.. Ellis
moved to suspend the rules and pass bill
Si,202, 600 for repairing the levee Of the Mis-
sissippi river and reclaiming the alluvial
lands OF Delta, the money to be expended
under the directions of the chief OF engineers
of the army. Defeated, yeas 73, nays rs. The
senate amendments to the southern claims
appropriation bill have been concurred in.
Holman reported the conference on legisla-
tive or appropriation bill had been unable
TO agree on the presidents salary, and moved
further conference. Mr.. Clymer, OF conferees,
moved that the house recede. Agreed TO
the yeas and nays being refused, and the
presidents salary remains at fifty thousand
dollars, and the Legislative appropriation
bill passed. Adjourned.
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
Banquet Sllghted.

philadelphia Times: The editors and
reporters Of the Brooklyn Argus were
treated to the funeral baked m eats the
other day at such short nctice that they
had no appetite. Mr.. Demas Barnes,
the proprietor of the Argus, who is quite
rs well known a. rs. T. 1S60-X," has
spent about 5000, 900 on the paper, and
being weary of acting az sole commits
sioner of the sinking fund, sold out to
the Union, which, thanks to liberal city
patronage, has begun to pay. He gave
gave the staff no notice, but invited
them over to lunch On Saturday after
noon, and askcd bis managing editor TO
take the chair. Mr.. Maverick did 10 re-
luctantly, saying that the staff could not
feel that they had been fairly used in
bavipg no notice of a change that must
affect them. 90 seriously. Mr.. Barnes,
without responding called the waiter TO
bring on the wine. hut while the cham.
payne was yet sparkling, the editors and
reporters arose from their seats, pleading
other engagements, and went out, leav-
ing Mr.. Barnes at the table with a dozen
glasses sparkling before him, and proba-
bly wondering 81 psople heing such fools
as to refuse.a glass Of wine.
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
knights OF the carter.

Prince William, OF Prussia, has re-
ceived the highest honor which II is in
the power Of the queen of confer ON q
foreign prince-an honor, too, which is
sometimes coveted in vain by reigning
sovereigns. Guizot mentions how glad
Louis Philippe was TO receive the garter,
which he only did upon his visit to
England in 1855, when he had already
been fourteen years upon the throne Of
July. He is said to have expressed the
feeling that now at length he could no
longer be called mere king Of the bari
cades, but was formally received into the
brotherhood of monsrchs upon equal
terms. Napoleon III. was equally pleased
when, in lS55--less than four years after
the coup f etat--hc was invested with
the blue ribbon by her majesty In person.
On the other hand, we find Lord Pal
merston (in Lord Dalling's life) writing
to his brother, Sir William Temple, and
telling him that "Rcrnadotte has been
flying kite for tine Garter" adding
that his Swedise majesty was not to get
1t. AT the present moment decided
majority of the kings are entitled to
wear this highly priced decoration, but
the kings OF Spain and Sweden are as yet
left out in the cold. The only foreign
princes, not actually reiyning sovereigns,
who are knights Of the Garter, are the
crown prince of Germany and his son,
prince Louis, Of lIesse, and prince
Christian, OF Schleswick. IIolstein. Three
out Of these are heirs to crowns. The
Duke of Cumberland has worn crown,
aud is, moreover, lineal descendant Of
George H., and by a statute passed on
the l7th OF January, 1905, the order is
to consist of the sovereign and twenty.
five knights companions together with
such lineal descendants Of king George
III. as may be elected, always excepting
the prince of Wales, who is constituent
part OF the original institution. Special
statutes are passed for the admission Of
foreign sovcreigns or princes as extra
knights. Mall Gazette.
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The Pass Neash's Allowing Of thc Csads-
tiom OF the National Ex~heguer.

sien or the National Ex~hegwer.
The following is a statement Of the
public debt: Six per cent. bonds, 1884,
S77 $50; five per cent. bonds, $7l2,820,'
45O; four-and.a.half per cent. bonds,
$50. .00O, 600; total coin bonds, $1, ,697,-
G97 500; lawful money debt, I4,08O, 900;
matured debt, $s,629, $50; legal tenders,
1894 304, ,S51; certificates Of deposit, t3i,-
445. 900; fractional currency, $24, ,434..
420; coin certificates, $50, 146, 200; total
without interest, SAFE, $50, 81 I; total debt,
2,l95, ,65s, 1882; total interest, s26, ,954.-
iJ6; cash in the treasury, coin, $780,
263.77l; cash in the treasury, currency,
50, i22, ,S74; special deposits held for re-
demption, certificates Of deposit, x34,-
445, 900; total in the treasury, $l33, ,s3l,-
6i5: debt less cash in the treasury, 81
OSS, ,7Sl ,1i3; decrease Of debt during Feb
ruary, 5000, ,429; decrease Of debt since
June 30, 1876, $l0,65s, POI; bonds issued
to Pacific railroad companies, interest
payable in lawful money, principal out.
standing, $6i,623,512: interest accrued
and not yet paid, s646, 235; interest paid
bv United States, s64,0ls,923; interest
repaid by transportation OF mails, etc,
81. .e0i, 6s2; balance of interest paid by
United States, $27 7.0l4,370.
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
MuSCEILANEOlIN.

Rudolphe, the biliardist, has gone
into the hands Of receiver with single
pair of studs, worth fifty cents, as his whole
assets.
The sale of prize packages will likely
be prohibited by the Michigan legislature
under a penalty f'hve hundred dollars fine
or years imprisonment.
The diamonds of the French crown
which belong TO the nation, will be among
the objects exhibited at the Paris exposi.
ton in 1875.
Tho new sultan of Turkey is the hus.
baud OF one wife who is said TO he a Belgian,
very pretty end very clever
The prince of Wales has determined to
visit Austria and New Zealand, but the date
of the projected tour has not yet been de-
sided
The grand duke Alexis and Constan
tine will visit New York with the Russian
fleet toward the closc of March. Their sees
ond visit will paitske more of an official
character than the one just ended,
The new family at the white house
will consist OF governor Hayes, his wife and
three children Webb c., nineteen years old;
tsnnie eight, and Scott Russell six. OF the
two older sons one is at the Cambridge law
school and the other is junior in Cambridge
university.
Bartholdi, the sculptor, telegrapbs
from Paris that he has completed sll his plas'
ter casts for the statute OF "Lberty Enlght.
ening the World" lie will Immediately be.
gin to mould the remaining portions He ex.
peots to have the sta'ee complete Had ready
10, sAlpmsHl v!lhia yssr,
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
7lIE WEST.

The narrow gauge roads are gaining
favor rapidly, Several are being built out OF
Cincinnati, and ever ninety miles are al
ready surveyed and will he built this year
TO Indiana.
The ewes of San Joaquin valleys, Cal,
are refusing 10 suckle their lanbs large
number of which, the Sacramento Bee says
portends severe drouth, and that the
beasts have an instructive knowledge that
there is to lie a short crop Of food, and thus
save themselves the trouble Of frutlessIy
rearing their young only to die Of starvation.
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
FOREIGN.

The duke d'Aumale is the owner OF
Rcmbrandt's " Resurrection OF Lazarus" for
which the cnr offered, about fifteen years
ago, $4,000,
The two hottest days ever known in
Australia were the 18th and 10th Of January,
when the thermometer registered i05 degrees
in the shade in Melbourne.
The English society for the prevention
of cruelty to animals obtained during the
year 1876 2,69s convictions This does not
include convictions obtained by the police.
Nj. Herold's bill for repressing dueling
in France, makes it misdemeanor punish
able by period of imprisonment ranging
from a month to year, and fine ranging
from twenty to two hundred dollars. When
wound is inflicted the penalty will be in,-
prisonment for from three months to three
years, and fine of fron forty to four hun
dred dollars. II the wounds result fatally,
the minimum period Of imprisonment will
he one year and the maximum five years,
and the amounts of the fines from two hun.
dred to two thousand dollars. Any provo.
cation to duel, or an insult having that oh.
iect in view, will render the person guilty OF
it liable to from six days to three months inn
prisonment, and fine of from twenty to two
hundred dollars and the same punishment
is applicable TO those who make any accll.
sation in public charging man with having
refused challenge or failed TO propose u
duel. The seconds fare nearly us bad as the
principals.
The Times dispatch from Vienna says
that il seems formula for an answer to the
Russian circular has been found, and that it
is one on which all the powers can agree so
that their answers will lie identical in essence
il not in form, and far from containing any
thing that might induce Russia TO consider
the harmony which existed at the confer>
enec at an end, and thus inducing her to
take an independent course. The answer is
to he in the form of n European recognition
Of all efforts and sacrifices made by Russia
for christians in Turkey. II these efforts
have not quite the desired effect, the powers
seem willing to take their share of the i'll
success of The conference, so there is no rea>
son for Russia to consider her dignity more
compromised than that Of the rest of Eu-
rope. 1t will be- pointed out that, despite
the failure of the conference, the efforts
have not been fruitlcss. There is peace
with Servia, aud il may be hoped with Mon.
tcncgro also. The Porte has recognized the
necessity Of the reform advocated by the
powers, and has been aroused from its torpor
and lethsrgy. The lions share of these sue.
cesscs is TO he awsrdcd To Russia in the an
swer of the powers, so that Russia will he
able to point to the recognition OF her sues
cesses by all Europe to obviate domestic
pressure. How far the satisfaction, coupled as
il will be with the refusal to take any further
steps, will 90 to make Russia Withdraw, seems
very doubtful; but it is TO be hoped that il
will serve as u thread for those further nego.
tiations with which the present tour OF gen.
eral lgnatiefl may he connected.
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
Historic Junk.

The Oldest pieces of iron (wroughtiron)
now known are probably the sickle blade
found by Belzoni under the base of a
sphinx in karpac, near The bes; the
blade found Col. Vyse imbeddcd in by
the masonry of the great pyramid; the
portion Of tie crosscut saw exbumed at
Nlmrod by Mr.. Dayard-all of which
are now in the British museum. A
wrought bar of Damascus steel was pre-
sented by King Porus to Alexander the
great, and the razor stetl Of China for
many centuries has surpassed all Eu.
ropean steel for temper and durability Of
edge. The Hindoos appear to have made
wrought iron directly from the ore, with
iout paissis~ ;n,.1,,E0 4h the furnace, from
4 !; r,a aar arc .silI f1'SS'nsfis iS"nS II
Fom the early cen.
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
THE ENST.

The Central Park mensgerie costs
New York about ! 900 a month,
MIR. Cornelius j. Vanderbilt, the prin-
cipal figure in the group that proposes to
contest the old commodores will, is COM
mcnly known in the family as "Young Cor
neel.' The sun says that young Corneel
ungodly glee; he roamed much about the
country, took hand in politics, and went in
for the chances generally. If he is not a
chip of the old block, he knows great deal
about chips: in fact, is said TO be very fond
Of them"
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
OsCEOLA, ARKANSAS SATURDAY MARCH IT, 1877

hghting of one hundred thousand furnace fires
and the humming OF a million spindlcs in the
valley, that without the canal will never be
seen or heard vi
The Osceola times., 1877-03-17
Avold ladv received a letter. snt|

AN old lady received a letter, and sup
posing it to be from one Of her absent
IONS, she called on person TO read II to
her He accordingly tegan 10 read:
"Dear mother" then making stop to
see what followed, as the writing wes
rather bad. the old lady exclaimed:
"oh. that's my pom Jerry; lie always
slutferst,n y
, 1877-07-06

prr.-ut Qucrn Il her eoFonation IN 1887.
The principal Offices Of the Govern.
meet. eprresprnsling % our Treasury,
Navy Drpartneut. lutcfior Department,
az. arr iuoatrd u - near Westminster.
Tl,s f,rtign oflice Oocupiss neu and very
splsndid l,uiliings near ~ Jsmss' Park.
and ths Wa oiIioe l. in Pail Nail. Sum-
~r.rt Huu.e, IN old semi- Fuyal building
fsrinR The rtvrr. l. al.o full It tsovgrb-
ment ofirrs. The high ufiicers of state,
eurr-.ponding % our Cabinet, are much
msfr numerals than with ~. aud have
salaries much larger.
Evrryboly kBoss that Lnbdoa j.
famous for IL fogs. which u - said are
- dense that they can be cut with .
katie and packed away In = trunk. But
the premium fcgs take place in Novem-
ber, and did not encodnier them. |
have known more atuut London rains,
and they certainly sift down after = fash.
Ion that must think Is peculiar 10 this
city. April has been particularly capri
cious, having sustained to the full her
ancient reputation, and IL May flowers do,
n fact, bear any relation To April show
ers should like a. be here tO see Lon
don In blossom for Il has not only rained
every day that have been here, but gen
orally eight or ten times 4 day. Ii the
sun chances to shine, as II certainly does
sometimes, Il looks down through 4 will
derness Of rain drops, and perhaps shines
them away for q moment, but they are
sure to come back again. Everybody
carries an umbrella, and seems to regard
such weather as not at all Extraordinary.
But there can be nothing, think, like
the bursting out of spring in our own
country. Here the winter is so mild and
the spring opens SO gradually that you
do not get that remarkable transition
which makes the spring so specially
lovely in America. have mentioned
that peaches and pears are in blossom, but
they are not common trees and there is no
profusion of bloom in the country as with
us. In America the spring bursts on you
at once. The dun grass changes to green,
the trees put forth their feathery leaves,
and peaches, pears, apples and cherries
throw out a cloud of pink which always
makes US dream of Paradise l see moth
ing like this in England. The whole sur
face of the ground here is Il soft velvet
lawn, which is exceedingly beautiful in
its way, but is not at all like that wealth
of green and bloom which the springs
call out at home, and which 1 trust
shall soon he there to see.-Buckeye, in
Toledo Blade.