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The Osceola times., 1877-04-07
Agriculture in Russia,

The board of trade annual collection
of agricultural returns gives, in the vol
ume for the year 1876 some official re
turns obtained from Russia for the first
time. They relate only TO Russia in
Europe, and TO the crops of 1872. The
area under wheat is returned as 2S,743,-
800 acres, but the produce of this large
acreage is estimated at no more than
l57 ,93S GOO bushels, which show an av-
erage yield of only five and one-half
bushels per acre, OF about a fifth of the
average yield in Great Britain. The
area under barley or bere is stated ~
10 5Il 800 acres, and the estimated yield
"a l2i, 1888, $50 bushels, or eight bushels
per acre; under oats, area 32,SlS $50
acres, and yield 5i3, go, $50 bushels or
1910 bushels, per acre; under rye, area
66, ,39S, $40 acres, and yield $40, ,S32, 600
bushels, or So bushels per acre; buck
wheat, area 1902, $50 acres, and yield
Sc, 2j6 800 bushels, or 76 bushels per
acre. The area under potatoes is stated
at 3, l69,0l0 acres, and the yield 370,-
S67 900 bushels, or III bushels per acre.
Under beet.root for sugar, 333, ,45O acres
in 1871, and the yield 1O,545, 1877 cwts.
Under tobacco, 9S, 500 acres in 1871, and
the yield S0,00l, liS lbs. Under flax,
2,247 200 acres in 1872, producing IL :.
292, 600 bushels seed, and 1897 ,2lg
cwts. fiber. Undor hemp, ST., $50 acres,
producing l4,il0,000 bushels seed and
l,934,sSS cwts. fiber. Hnere are also
l43, ,5ll $40 acres described as grass. The
population of Russia in Europe is stated
at Il 730, $50 souls. The area, exclusive
OF lakes, is put at PA ,367, ,35l English
statute acres, the woods and forests oc'
cupying 527 ,i26,jl0 acres.-Loado,
TyUJes
The Osceola times., 1877-04-07
NEWS SUMMARY,
HE SOUTH.

Mrs. Ellen Smith, OF South Carolina,
recovered judgement for 81 500 against the
Port Royal railroad company for killing her
husband.
Louisiana pays 50 1000 to have its laws
published in French and in German.
The negro Wells who murdered o. Brien,
IN Burke county, Ga, was taken from Jail
at night and hung by an armed body of I'M.
known men.
An Atlanta, Georgia, little negro was
tied up in a sack aud set in tub of cold
water for two DAYS. ID was then hung up in
the kitchen chimney day, out still lives.
Fort Worth( Texas )Standard: Georgia
paid last year s., 500 600 for material to Ter.
tillze her lands, and the average product of
her cotton per acre was less than $50 per
cent How much clear money did she
make?
Rome GA Courier: 1t is generally
believed now that there will be no grasshop-
pers in this section this spring, 1t is all a
mistake about the fruit being killed. ON
the contrary, the prospects for good crop
are promising.
Three or four years ago gentleman OF
Sumter county, Ga, began sheep raising
with seventeen ewes. His flock now num-
bers over 800, yet it has not required the
outlay OF one dollar in money. Shall such
an argument pass unheesed.
Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer: DIR. FELTON,
says that in very few DAYS he expects to
get the appropriation ofSl0,090 for cleaning
out Etowsh, and $4,000 for the Coosa. He
thinks that work will be commenced on
these rivers within thirty DAYS lie has the
assurance Of President Hayes in this matter.
The following bill has been Introduced
in the senate Of Virginia Bea enacted bVhe
Gepcrci AsscmbiH That If any person speak,
utter or publish any slanderous or defama-
tory words, with intent to njure or defame
the character of another, the person so of.
ending shall be deemed guilty of mis-
denieanor.
A novel license law for taverns il pro-
posed in Virginia. Instead Of rating the
license at so much, or classifying the taverns
according to sales the system proposed by
bill pending in the Virginia legislature is
direct tax upon the drinks There is to
be levied upon every drink of wine or spirits
two and half cents, aud upon every drink
of malt liquor half cent The bar keepers
are required to register the drinks by using
"Del-punches" and the proposed law
abounds in precautions for protecting the
revenue, and penalties for abe 'ting the
punch"
New Orleans Picayune; Some strange
rumors are anoat as T., the disposition OF the
military appropriations on the Texas from.
tier. A gentleman lately from Brownsville
informs us that during the investment of
Matamoras by Cortinas it was notorious that
the force of the Mexican chief we're sup
piled directly from Fort Brown, which was
commanded by Gen. Devens, The federal
soldiers at the fort are said to have been
badly fed and provided for, while large con
signments of provisions were frequently
sent over the river to the Mexicans. We
give the narrative as it is reported TO us.
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THE LAND OF DREAMS.

A mighty realm is the land of dreams,
With sleeps that hang In the twiligat sky,
Md vrteiing oceans aud trailing streams,
Ihat CLEAN v here the dusky valleys lie.
But over its shadOwy border how
sweet rays from the word Of endless morn,
And the nearer mountains catch the glow,
And flowers in the nearer fields are born.
] he souls Of the hsppy dead repair
From their bowers of light to that border land
And walk in the banter glory there,
With the souls II the living, hand In hand.
one calm, sweet smile in that shadowy sphere
From eyes that open on earth no more
One warning word from voice once dear,
How they iise in the memory DER and DER.
Far OIL from those hills that shine with DAY
Aud fields that bloom In the heavenly gales,
The I7ut of Dreams goes StretchingaVay
To DINNER mountains and darker wales.
] here lie the chambers Of guilty delight,
There walk the specters Of guilty fear,
And soft low voices hat float through the night
NJ" whispering FIN in the hopeless ear.
Dear maid, in thy girlhood's opening flowers,
Scarce weaned from the love Of childish play;
The tears on whose cheek are but the showers
That fre'hen the early bloom Of May
Thine eyes are closed, aud over thy brow
Pass Ihoughtful shadows aud joyous CLEANS,
And know, by thy moving lips, that now
lhy spirit strays In the Land of Dreams.
Light hearted maiden, oh heed thy feet
On keep where that Oeam OF plradise fails;
Aud only wonder where thou u,ayst meet
The blessed ones FROM Its shining walls.
So shalt thou come from the Land Of Dreams
Win love and peace to this world OF strife
And the light which over the border streams
shall lie on the path Of thy daily lie
- lIHi0ui Cullen BrydRt
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A Paper.Making Spider.

Spiders have been noted 50 long as
spinners of the finest of silk, that it
strikes one little oddly to think of one
as a paper. maker. But hear this true
story that has just been told to me:
In the heart of the African continent,
where no other paper is manufactured
the spider paper-maker does her quiet
work. Back and forth, over fat sur
face about an inch aud half square, on
the inside wall of a hut, the square is
covered with pure white paper. I'm
der this she places from forty to fiftv
eggs; and then, to fasten the square of
paper more securely TO the wall, she
makes a strip Of paper about a quarter
of an inch sluare, and with this gluts
the square carefully around the edges.
When all is done, the spider-which is
quite large one-places herself on the
center of the outside of the little fiat
bag so carefully made, and begins a
watch, which is to last for three weeks
without intermission. Apparently the
young spiders would have many dangers
to fear, did not their anxious mamma
wage free war upon the cockroaches
and other insects that come near. After
three weeks of unremitting watchful-
ness, the mother-spider leaves her nest
in the day-tims to hunt food, but =
always returns at night, until he
are strong enough to take cart
Selves" Jdck-G ,be- Pulpit"
J.
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ton. 1t is greater than the temporal power
of all the monarchs put together
A dispatch from 1t. Petersburg con
troverts the views of the English press rela-
tive to the protocol. II says the protocol
presupposeS the conclusion of peace with
Montenegro and the rehabilitation of the
Turkish forces. The conviction still pre-
unanimously hold decided language, they
will obtain the acceptance Of their demands
by the polte and the peace of Europe will
be maintained. One thing is inadmiSsabIe,
viz, that Europe should compromise herself
a second time by failure to achieve a
result
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A Novel Idea in House Decoration
and Protection from fire.

Last evening, about four o'clock, the
eyes of hundreds of persons on the streets
were directed toward the top of the
spire of the new Catholic church, where
was seen fountain spouting numerous
jets high in the air.
A large iron pipe is carried up through
the steePle and up the large cro,s sur
mounting the same. The pipe then
takes the form of the cross, behind which
it is hidden, and from holes perforated at
proper intervals the Jets are sent up.
From the top of the cross and from the
end Of each arm large streams ascend to
the height ofabout twenty. five feet, and
between these are thrown up great
number of smaller jets.
The height of the top of the cross from
the ground is one hundred and seventy
feet, and last evening. the air being
calm, the numerous Jets spread out in
shape of a fan. The rays Of the declin-
ing sun fel upon the jets and spray at
just the proper angle to light up and
bring out the whole in beautiful rose
ate glow, which surrounded the top OF
the cross like glory.
This novel fountain was not construct
ed for mere ornament. il is intended
for use in case of breaking out of large
fire as a protection to the spire and roof
of the church. 1t is but the work of q
moment to turn on the water and drench
the spire. The height to which the
water is thrown above the cross shows
the great force of the waterworks of the
city.
II has been suggested that other large
buildings in the town might be cheaply
protected from fire by having large per,
iorated pipes laid along the apex OF
their roofs, as, by simply turning cock
on the ground floor, a perfect sheet OF
water might be poured down both sides OF
4 roof - EirninLn [ M. EuLcrurisc
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MAGELLAN EsblN.

The new secretary OF the navy having
been informed that there were buoys be.
longing to his department in New York
harbor, Immediately issued an order com
manding them to report to their ships with.
out delay, "Discipline is discipline, says
the old salt, if have to skin every boy in
the navy HnlrLrnc
The Osceola times., 1877-04-07

A PoRTLY Teuton in Wilkcsbarre fills
the twofold position of saloon. keeper on
week days and orgsnst o; church on
Sundays. A short time ago he had been
up pretty late on a Saturday night wait
ing on customers, and next day, while
presiding a. the organ, found it difficult
to keep his eyes open. The preacher
proceeded with his sermon to the end,
and at its conclusion the organi,t was
ias. asleep and snoring loudly. The
choir being iE -5ssdne.s to commence
,''psins, ,!sin!ss rs r. ' to play yre the
Z with start,
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Laying for HIM.

Ithaving come to the ears Of the United
States officials at this point that Big
English, boot.black, had handful OF
lead nickles in his possession, the boy was
yesterday interviewed on the subject.
Yes; I've got nineteen bad nickles
in my trousers pocket was his prompt
reply.
And what are you doing with
them"
Holding right 10 'em. You needn't
think you've got case again me, for you
haven't"
How did you get those bad
pieces"
Rich man, who shall be nameless-
black his boots every morning hands me
out lead nickel--thinks he's got soft
thing on me, but I'm layin' for him 4"
"How
"Why he's got daughter bout my
age. IN be thinking o. marrying in two
or three years moIe, and I'll shoulder a
bag Of his nickels, walk into the par, 4
and gently say; Mister man, ID ~
fair daughter, and den,apd he. 11n
: - " W.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-18
A Rattlesnake'S Attack.

When a rattlespake is disturbed it
sounds an alarm, and then, if compelled,
it will fight. When the victim is within
reach the jaws of the snake are separated
and the head thrown back so as to bring
the fangs into a favorable position to
penetrate the object. The head is then
darted rapidly forward, the unsheathed
tooth penetrates the body of the victim,
and the poison is injected into the flesh.
The same muscular acts which open the
wound inject the venom through the
duct, and into the part penetrated by
the tooth. The divergence of the fang
points when the snake bites often causes
q considerable distance between the two
wounds. The power with which the
venom is elected from the tooth depends
somewhat upon the amount contained in
the gland and it's ducts. If the snake
fails to strike the object aimed at, the
poison is sometimes projected several
feet; and q case is on record where it
was thrown into the eyes OF a man who
was SIX feet from the snake, when it
struck upward at stick held above its
coil.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-18
A Nose FashiOner.

DIR. Gid, an inventive surgeon OF Paris,
noticed that elderly people who for a
long time have worn eyeglasses sup
ported on the nose by spring are apt
to have this organ long and thin. This
he attributes to the compression which
the spring e1erts on the arteries by
which the nose is nourished. Not long
afterward a young lady Of fifteen con-
suited him to see if he could restore to
moderate dimensions her nose, which
was large, feshy and unslghtly; he
took exact measurement, and had con.
structed for her "tunette 1'rince-'eSS "
"a spring and pad for COMPRISING the
artery-which was worn at night, and
when she conveniently could in the day
time. In three weeks consolatory dim
mutton was evident, and in three months
the young lady was quite satisfied with
the improvement in her features. This
story fecslla Captain Marrystts phren'
oloRicsl dc~stapsr.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-18
eed and wastage {:

This season it is known that the re-
serve has been cut down to the minimum
by shipments of 10000, 600 bushels from
the West since Jan. l, against shipments
last year of 29, 600, 900 bushels from crop
40. .OOO. 600 larger. At five bushels per
capita. the home requirement would be
about 235, 900, 900 bushels, beside the
quantity needed to replenish the reserve
which figures of yearly consumption
indicate may be roughly estimated at
O,OOO,O 900 bushels. Hence, if the COM
ing crop is as much as 1926, 600, 600 bush
els, and the price is not unusually high,
consumption and replenisdhnmneannt. dnn an. OF re-
serve will take about 255, 600, 600 bush
els, leaving 100000 bushels for e1-
port. If the price rules high, both con-
sumption and the quantity taken for re-
serve will be diminished, and the sur
plus for export may then be as much as
9S, 600, 900 bushels.-NeV York Tribune.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-18
An Ant Fight.

An interesting account of an engage
ment between party OF red and OF black
ants is related by correspondent OF the
Forest and Stream: Last week, as !
was coming in the gate, says the writer,
"my attention was attracted by seeing a
stream of ants moving across the walk,
going in different directions. They were
travelling in a belt about four inches
wide, and moving very rapidly. OF
those going in one direction, each had
large ant egg in its mouth. 1 followed
the empty mouthed ones and found they
were robbing a nest of red ants. The
nest was about one foot across, and was
covered with red and black ants engaged
in a most desperate battle-the reds try
ing to defend their home from their
thievish enemies. At times the ants
would form in their little hills, sliding
and rolling over the ground. 1 observed
that the black ants that we're engaged in
stealing took no part in the fight, but
would sieze the eggs and make for their
own hill, leaving the fighting to be done
by the rest of the band. The black ants
in making these depredations had to cross
one carriage drive, two plank walks, and
climb up terrace two feet in height
the distance between the two hills being
152 feet through the grass of an ordinary
lawn. Out of curiosity I killed one OF
the black ants, and took it to jeweler
and had it put on the balance with the
egg it was carrying, when the egg was
the heaviest which shows the remarka-
BILE strength and endurance of these
interesting insects. I once noticed a
small red ant trying to carry worm,
several times as heavy as itself, up a
small mound on the top of which was its
nest. After trying several times without
success, it ran up the hill and disap-
peared in its hole, and presently returned
with quite number of companions, who
easily carried their captive into the nest
in spite of his struggles. "
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-18
Items Of Interest.

Cuba has been fighting for freedomfor
nine years. 'h.m >fh iiFf,
The first newspaper in England was
issued in 1888. l, 81
The wealthiest farmer in Ne0raska' is
Isham g. Chicken. he certainly should
always have full crop. =
In Bath Abbey is to be seen the fol.
lowing epitaph: Here lies Ann Mann;
she lived an old maid and died an old
Mann" r .'st io o. usf -.
Hall Russia and all Turkey should
come to engage in the strife, there would
be 81, 600, 600 Russians fighting &,oOO.-
600 Turks.
ASpanish proverb says: "The man
who on his wedding day starts as
lieutenant in the family viii never get
promoted" a--s .ag
Itis question worthy Of careful in
vestigation, whether q person whose
voice is broken is not all the better COM
petent to sing "pieces." "a
"A young lady in town, who does not
pride herself particularly on being q
political economist thinks the. sooner
greenbacks reach "pa, the sooner she
viii be able to invest in q new fall bon
net. Herald. 'H a-7ssa
The following is all the space given in
Texas newspaper to q. lynching
"Dudley Hansford was hanged BY Q
mob of forty men this morning, near his
home, two miles from Perry, In this
county. Too much cattle." '1'@ nap
Such is the glut Of money on'the Lon
don Stock Exchange that any man in
good credit can obtain the loan OF Almost
any sum for, say, fortnight, at the rate
OF II per cent. per annum. Yeteven on
these terms there is scarcely any de-
mand. '''' .'>-'' q - s''''
John Taylor, the president,hof the
"Twelve Apostles" and acting presi-
dent of the Mormon Church until q new
president is elected, was shot at Nauvoo,
Ill, at the time when Joseph Smith was
killed, and is most bigoted and bitter
fanatic. - ;s % s.isIi isgpo ed' i4.
The war correspondent of the London
News says, that at the battle near Kaze-
| leyo, where the Russians were defeated,
ga Russian officer, who was observed
gailantly endeavoring to rally The men,
was killed, and the body when lsubse-
quently discovered, proved to be that
Of woman. She was buried where she
fell"
An Englishman who has made bet OF
ESQ, 900 that he will'iin six. years walk
through France, Germany, North Rus
sia, and Siberia to China, has started
from Calais on his journeying. His bet
obliges him to return through Persia,
and Southern Russia, and from there
over Greece and Italy to France. He
must be in Liverpool by July !, 1883.
According to a Louisiana paper, most
desirable lands in. that State, fronting on
navigable streams, and capable of pro.
ducing from 2,000 to- 6,000 pounds Of
sugar and 120 to $40 gallons of molasses
per acre, or crops worth from 500 TO
$500 per acre, can be purchased for the
low sum Of SIS to $50 per acre. Further
inland, and within few miles of naviga-
BILE water courses, land can easily be
bought for So to $l5 per acre 7 Excellent
sugar lands can be bad at very much
lower prices than even the above IN
Texas, says q Galveston journal -
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ct could not be the lilly maid OF
Astolat if did not smile on Lancelot.
"But cannot paint you, for have
rarely seen you smie-have never once
seen you look glad and care-free. And
yours" he added, in lower tones, "is
the face of all in the world that I most
wish to see happy and bright"
Involuntarily the listener started at
the words, and quick heart-thril dis
turbed the even answer.
"Like most of the race, I am neither
very happy nor extremely miserable"
"But is not happiness possiblsa Let
me make you happy by the effort of my
whole life. Miss Cuthbert, why will
you not understand me? I want to tell
you that I love you"
The last leaf of the blossom she had
ruined fell on the grass. The hand that
had held it was prisoned in two others,
and the moonlight shone on the earnest
dark eyes that were trying to see her
face. Amy Cuthbert's resurrected
romance, warm and glowing with life,
stole back into her heart and fred her
pale cheeks with bushes. Half incred-
ulous, she listened, as the voice went on
passionately:
CT love you. Ny darling, my rose OF
life, what will you say to me because
I love you?"
Reader, what do you think Amy Cuth-
bert answered? On the one hand lay
the desert of life, unsunned and un-
varied; on the other waited love, Joy,
light, and beauty. Could she turn away,
when
"From lands Of bliss enchanted, over wastes
of sunset sea,
Snowy-sailed and crimson-tinted sped a Won
drous argosy?"
In the waning moonlight, amid the
dying year, she read another page OF her
idyl-an idyl destined to grow fairer
and dearer through many coming year.
So ended Miss Cuthbert's birthday
Harper's Bazar.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-10-18
School Population Of the United States.

White males, s, ,264, ,635, colored males,
s14, SIG; total, 6,Os6, ,S72, white females,
5,157, ,929; colored females, SO6, 4o2; to-
tai, 5, 1868, ,561; grand total, IL, ,O55, 443.
Attending school-White males, g.
326, 797, colored males, SO, 594; total, 3
415, ,391; white females, 3,0S7, ,943, col
ored females, 81, IT'S; total, 3.179, 721; /;
grand total, 6,595, 1l2. ~
Not attending school-Whites, 4,0O7,
S24; colored, 1880, ,606; total, 5,45S, ST..
From the above it appears that of the
white children of the whole country, be-
tween the ages of five and eighteen
years, thirty-eight per cent. are not at
landing school; of the colored children
eighty.eight per cent. are not attending,
while an aggregate of forty-fve per
cent. of both classes are not under in
structiOn.