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The Osceola times., 1877-02-17
The JNNish RestoraSlon.

\ curious rumor is afoat, D. which
We do not vouch, that the porte, ip its
eagerness for money, has offered to Nell
the hereditary pashaic of the holy Land
to any candidate accepted by the Jews
in return for loan. The transaction
would be one OF the most singular in
history, but it is no, beyond the range
o. possibility. Palestine needs nothing
nut irrigation and trees, and though the
Jews dislike agriculture, fellahecn sufIi.
c,ent might be attiactcd from Epypt.
The restoration Of the jews, with lord
Beaconsiield for first king, woeld he an
incident romantic enongh ko satisfy
even ,ne 'maginatian af ihesa,Lor of
eAglroy- = Leldm SS,lqf.r ~ "
The Osceola times., 1877-02-17
A Mothers influence.

Another instance OF mothers power.
iul influence il given in what an Ameri.
can minister tays OF his recent visit TO
Stockwell Orphanagr, i"rdon There
were Ave spu' geons present, and all said
a few words; the 'ather, John spurgeon,
and hi two sons, Y. A. spurpeon and
Charles then the two sonsof Charles,
Master Thomas and Charles. II was an
interesting sisht. Afcr the meeting
Mr. Spurgeon introduced me TO his father,
and we conversed together, as We walked
about the grounds, tor some considera-
BILE time. OF cour-e, asked him OF his
family. He il sixty-six years of age
He has ri ,ht living children. He has
s~nt bis life in the ministry. In the
oour-e of conversation he raiJ ! had
been from home great deal, trying to
build mp weak congregations, and ielt
that was neglcct,ng the religious train
iny of nv own children while ioilcd
for the good Of Others. returned home
with these feelings opened the door,
and was rurpri.ed to find none OF the
children about the hall Going quietly
up the stairs, | heard my vlt.s voice
She was engaged in PRAYER With the
children. Theard her pray for them one
by cne by name. She came 10 Charles.
and spscislly PRAYED or him. for be was
Of l,ieh spirit and daring tmrer !
listened, said the old ventlcmsn 10 me,
carefully, listened tiil she bad ended heI
PRAYER, and I 'els and said; Lord, ]
will 80 on with Thy VIZ. The ci,itren
will &c cared fur."
The Osceola times., 1877-02-17
Had for the soldiers.

A late Havana paper announces the
return TO Spain ot the remnant, OF once
Gel, brated regiment, the Chasseurs OF
Andalusis. which has been serving in
Cuba for the las. seven year,. II says !:
These one hundred and eighteen heroes
ar. the sole remnant Of the second -
peditionary kg.ou, which arrived On
these shores as scon as Spsin lear. 81 Il
the cry Of Yara. Of the 200 sold e
with which this battalion reached Cub,
those who have survives: the fever. the
black vouN lockjaw and the steel Of the
enemy, sum up only one hundred and
eighteen" Remnants of other cele-
bratsd regiments, which all show ee12t
the same lis;s of casualtiea, sse
shipped back from Cuba to e1o1
rate Of from two TO th2n
each mail steamnII
csmpes in7i11
The Osceola times., 1877-02-17
VOREIGN.

AT the annual m eeting OF the Sheffield
chamber OF commerce, on the third instant,
the president said that the Sheffield manu-.
iacturers and workmen had only themselves
TO blame for the loss of trade with America
ana the esuccessfulA merican competition with
'''e'sn countries. Sheffield workmen mad
~. nY' .. eone up to the make and style required
by custome-x
The Osceola times., 1877-02-17
Beware OF the Sp;tk Dog.

A careful examination Of the statistic,
OF death from hydrophobia which we
publish in the article entitled "neware of
the dog," viii convince any reasonable
>gerson oI the danger attending the in.
tMluction into this country of the Spitz
doe\ Since his advent there has been an
alarming increase in the number Of
deaths from hydrophobia. This is due
to the slNage habits Of the animal, which
render h On most undesirable nsighbor
The .spitz<dog comes from the forests OF
PomerapA, where he exists in semi.
savage Gate, aud where he is.H constant
contact With the still more
domestira'ed iha
stnf the lnuis remain.
The Osceola times., 1877-02-17
Eminent Counsel.

rhe counsel employed to repre- ent in,
cases Of the respective high intending
PARTIES lie 'ore the great court o. srbi Ia
ton are men of di.tinctiou. and yet the
charters oi the gen lemen selec'td on the
different sides are in some sort typical OF
the character OF the cases. On the dem.
ocratic side the case will be in the hands
of .Iere : Black, the ablest lawyer now
at the supreme court, democrat oi the
Buchanan school, and keen. incisive
rcasoner upon facts a. well as principles
He will he assisted by Ly man Trumbull
who has no superior ~ clear headed
C institutional lawyer; Matt Carr enter,
the brilliant but errstic lawyer OF the
northwe.t. who j. one OF the most coeent
reason rs at the bar. apazingly well
read in constitutional law, keen in logic
and severe in dernrcafion Judge Camp
bell, who has he. u himself an associate
Justice Of the snpr me ccnrt, and Ben
Butler, whose peculiar I"wsrr and cx.
crllent knowledge Of the ins aud ~
was in SDms
A y. -.
The Osceola times., 1877-02-17
CENTRAL AMERICA AND WEST INDIES.

Thus i, appears that ioi per cent. of
the railroad mileage OF the world is in
the United States, 49, per cent. in North
America, and i5. per cent. in all Amer
lea. Europe has 4sl per cent, Africa
about Of per cent, Australasia les
than per cent Rdiiroy World
The Osceola times., 1877-02-17
The Railways Of The World.

DR., G. Stuermer, of Bromberg, Prus-
sis, has cole cted statistics of the rail-
ways of the world, at the end of 1875,
and We make the following excerpt;
The Osceola times., 1877-02-17
Inc "Oead.Beaf. . Donyer.

In Topics of the Times" in Scribner
Tor January, DR.. Holland discusses the
dead beat: What are we to do with
these people? How is this disease TO he
treated ? These questions demand an
early answer, for the evils to which they
relate are increasing with alarming
rapidify. There is the general feeling
That they will take care of themselves So
soon as prosperous times shall return
hut, as we have alseady said, this is a
mistake. The dead-beat will never re.
form. The tramp will be trsmp for
life, shifting from country to city as his
comforts may demand, and ready TO he
led into any mischief which will give
him grub and grog There ought to be,
this very winter, in every state in the
union, such laws passed as will restrain
the wanderers, and force them to selc
support in some public institution. A
standing commission Of yaerancy sbould
he Instituted in every large CITY and
every county in the land and institu
tions OF industry established Tor the pur
pose OF makingthese men selfsupportipc
aud Of curing them of their wr tch.J
disease. I'VE have lunatic asylums ma,
only for the benefit of The lunatics but
for the reliei of the community. and
among the dead beats and tramps we
have an enormous number of men who
are just as truly diseased AZ the maddest
OF men in Utica or at the Boominpdale
asylum. Something must be done with
and done at once, II We are to
NY com ort ty day or Sfety by
lr men who are 20 demon, h,lizcd as
com choice and die by profession,
ase single step land in
READY they i. imida,c.
lknh1>s t'esns =?
The Osceola times., 1877-02-17

They were at the art club. She
. Yes. ii,dGd That IL sweet, pretty
~ hay field. and the girl
and the children. Oh,
l!ing ahopt N. And
le--"But, darling,
by Notions beach
f." Sbc--"Oh,
ke sue pictures.
tho ,ri,ap IL aIl
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
A. Oakley Hall Disappears Again.

Says the New York World: "Ex-
Mayor A. Oakley Hall has finally sue
ceeded in accomplishing his purpose of
disappearing entirely from view and be-
coming one of the long list of the Inen
who are in the world, but not of it. a
friend of his family stated recently that
an attempt had been made by his friends
to keep him in view-not with any idea
of coercing or interfering with him in
any way, but to enable them. should oc-
casion present, to render him any assist
ance in their power in event of his need
ing it. Not long ago, however, he left
London for Liverpool, and in the latter
city succeeded in giving his watchers the
slip, and all trace of him is now lost.
Various conjectures are made in regard
to his course-one gentleman hazarding
an opinion that he has returned to New
York and is concealed there; but this
is considered extremely improbable, as
Mr.. Hall is too well known here to es-
cape identification, whatever disguise he
might assume Nothing can be elected
to substantiate such theory. The mem
bers of Mr.. Halls family have gone to
their country seat in New Jersey for the
summer, and are represented as being
greatly broken down under their Attic
tiOns"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
Beet Sugar.

The Age Of Steel, an American journal,
alay advocates the development of the
aset sugar industry, and says:
The industry is practicable in every
state IN the Union. A factory in Illinois
n ROW working UP forty tons of beets
ger day. It's machinery was put UP
a1th too little knowledge of the require
aneilts OF the business, and has, we be-
save, Tor that reason alone been par
Ikafly successful. A scientific test of
aSais, OF beets grown, and explicit d.
Hzetlons and proper care in their growth.
aa learned from experiments made
directly to that end, and chemical
Knowledge of the process, are necessary.
Tie rolling lands of Illinois, Iowa, Mis-
ssxri, and especially Kansas are adapted
* this industry. Maine offers one cent
= paund premium up to s., 900 a year for
taae establishment Of the industry.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
Oil On the Troubled Waters.
From the Living Age.


The effect of oil in sitting troubled
waters has been so long known, remarks
Iron, that it has constituted the basis of
proverbial phrase. A very small guam
tity of oil thus used has overcome very
powerful sea. Not many years ago a case
occurred in which ships crew was en-
abled, during severe storm, to escape
on the shore by the help of a few gal
Ions of oil. A similar and equally sue
cessful employment of the same substance
is reported to have been made off the
"Cape of Storm last summer. The
King Cenric, vessel of l., 400 tons, left
Liverpool in June last, for Bombay.
When off the Cape of Good Hope she
encountered a heavy gale from the
northwest, which continued for some
time. Tremendous seas broke over the
ship, bursting in the main hatch, wash
ing away the hatch houses and boats,
smashing in the front of the cabin, and
destroying the captains and officers
stores and clothing The gale lasted
nearly five days, and though the vessel
stood it very well, it was impossible to
repair any of the damage, as the waves
were continually sweeping over her
decks. At length the chief officer sug-
gested the trial of throwing oil upon the
water. The two canvas clothes-bags
were obtained, and into each two gal
Ions of fine oil were poured, the bags be-
ing punctured slightly, and flung one
over each quarter in tow of the vessel.
The effect was magical Athe waves no
longer broke over the poop and sides of
the ship, but several yards away, where
the oil had spread itself over the surface
and around the poop, in her wake, was a
large circuit of calm water The crew
were thus able to repair the damage with
greater ease, and the ship was relieved
from the tremendous shocks she had pre-
viously received. The two bags lasted
two days, after which-the worst fury Of
the gale having expended itself-no more
oil was used.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

And this is the story of my little Janet.
Her lover was not killed, and he was
true to her. From Lord Southwel1 he
heard of her broken engagement and SO
came over the sea to seek her, and thus
seeking met Hillyer and Jack, and they
both being young, and both romantic,
made the meeting what it was
My little Janet is very happy in her
English home. Lord Southwel1 has
stood for her first boy, who, as his grand
father remains unmarried, bids fair in
time to become an heir to wealth and
distinction.
Janet has beneath her own and Ber-
tram'sname on her wedding ring the two
words SO full of meaning to her,
yNnf gS teberIeben."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
A Brave POlander.

A good story of Prince Paskievitch,
father Of the Princess Volkousky and
grandfather of the charming Princess
Kourakine: During the siege of Warsaw
he had ordered a certain Polish battery to
be silenced by his own artillery and became
perfectly wild with rage on observing
that the artillery fire produced no appre-
ciable effect. Galloping to the battery he
asked: "What idiot is in charge here? !"
II, sir" answered an officer. Then
down you go to the ranks this very
day." said Paskievitch; q you don't begin
to know your trade; your shells Go not
explode" 81 know they DON'T" answer
ed the captain; {" for the best of all rea-
sons, that they can't explode" "That's
a lie,' said the Prince. Is it? See for
yourself, then," replied the officer, coolly
picking up a shell from the pile and
lighting the fuse, he held it up between
himself and the Marshal The Marshal
TRANQUILITY crossed his arms and watched
till the fuse sputtered and went out.
There, sir" said the artilleryman,
triumphantly, as he threw the shell on
the ground "You were right, after all, !"
growled the Marshal, and rode away to
another point of the line, but at night
the captain received at his tent the Cross
of St. Vladimir for bravery in the field.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
The HindOO PariahS.

The Hindoo pariahs throughout Brit
ish India continue to endure the con-
tempt which for ages the other castles
have thrown upon them, but in the
French Territory of Pondicherry they
have united 5000 in number, in an adj
dress to the government demanding the
same rights as the Brahmins. eve
drag after us" they say, the heavy
chains, not only of bodily slavery, but
of moral slavery. We are regarded as
impure beings, not only essentially UNI
clean in our natures, but as cursed by a
communicating power which commune
Gates itself by touch to any one encoun-
tered" The petition concludes by de-
manding that the children of parlahs
shall be admitted into the College OF
Calvi-Souppraichetty on equal terms
with the sons of Brahmins, or that an
especial college shall be founded for
them, where the instruction shall be the
same.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
FIR EFLIES
BY EDGAR FAwCETT.

l saw, one sultry nigh above swamp
. ne darkness throbbing with their golden pomp!
ana q, long my dazzed sight did they entrance
win Inc bright chaos of their dizzy dance
Quicker than yellow leaves, when gales despoil
4u1yered the brlliance of their mute turmoil,
n " lthln whose light was intricately blent
Perpetual rise. perpetual descent
AS though their scintiant fickerinos had mot
In the vague meshes of some airy net
ana now mysteriously l seemed to guess
" nile watching their tumultuous IoyeIiness
W nat feryor OF deep passion strangely tbriyes
Lib the warm richness of these tropc lives
nose wings can never tremble but thew show
The hearts of living fire that beat below.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

Are they but soldiers who enlist
When peril shocks the nations heart?
Who leave the maiden's lips unkissed,
Or kiss the wife and child, and part?-
But soldiers then, when calls the drum
And calls the flashing bayonet; :. Comet"
And batteries challenge: C II you dare! -
When all the standards wave unfurled
And other clouds than Heavens are hurled
To dim the beauty of the world
And death floats free in air?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

They most are soldiers, who shall keep
That climax of their manhood yet
Who stand on guard when others sleep,
And bear in mind what all forget!
Not in the clash of steel is found,
For them, the only battle-ground:
Equipped and armed, through life they go,
Their hearts best blood resolved to spend,
Where Honor shows some grander end
For whom each true man is friend,
And each false man foel
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

A TOWN in Western Nebraska, contain
ING eighteen families, has had nineteen
burglaries since April. In the last burg
larry the man who was burgled got back
all his own things, and the citizens have
tacitly agreed to preserve their statu quo.
= H0opkene
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

IL knaves beguiIe, by felon art,
The shifting favor of the hour;
1t civic rule from right depart,
And brazen impudence has power;
IF low Ambition buy his place
While Merit waits in half disgrace,
Still undecided sways the fight;
The bugle still to charge commands;
There is no truce Of tongues or hands.
No quarter while one foeman stands
To mock eternal Right!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
XII.

The idle blade is gnawed with rust,
Though meteor Of a hundred fields;
The lance, unhandled, falls to dust,
That proved its grain on shivered shields.
And Manhood that has learned to dare
Should as sword his courage wear,
His honor as a flag defend :
Should stand, amid the needless host,
A lifelong sentry at his post,
HIS soul devlcc and knightly boast;
To break but not to bendl
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

What once IN 1iery test OF war,
So proved itself, must ever stand,
TO make the land worth living for,
Since others died to save the land
Take from their lips the parted breath
Make Life as glorious as In Death
To them the triumph when they fall
Still bid the phantom squadrons throngs;
Their purpose and their will prolong
To guard the Right, repel the Wrong,
And giving, gain their all
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
9(ul glSieberlehe

Down the now dark drawing room
as one half dreaming, came my Janet.
She stood one moment only, within the
dark draperies at the door, wistful look
on her fair sweet face; then "Bertram 7"
she cried, and fed to his open arms, lost
to all sense of those about her in the full
ness of her love.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

PARsNIPs are now used as food for
horses in France.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

One holier sun aval>es at last
For North and South the blithe bright hours:
No more upon dead are cast
The once divided gift of flowers;
But where the live oak hides in moss,
And where the plumy larches toss
Their arms above the ayfower's bed,
And where wide waves of prairie crawl,
To meet, far west, their mountain-wall,
The Peoples voice says g Peace to ALL
We honor equal dead
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
SOLDIERS OF PEACE.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.

2aud at The Rsaaio's Of the Society Of the Army
Potomac al Providence, Il. l. on the 9th ut.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

Soldiers of Peace-in war began
Your service, and it must not cease
Until the soldier through the man
Has conquered and ennobled peaceI
Frank eyes OF youth grow bright, to trace
a spell on each historic face
That sets your lives their own above:
knG woman's homage, sweet and shy.
Not woman's pride shall dare deny,
Since he who readiest is to die
Is truest in his lovei
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
Y L L

Not sol the summit OF his deed
Is the true measure OF the man,
Though once alone he caught the speed
That every baser aim outran.
What once a moment is, assures
The certainty of what endures,
And thus its sacred law DEGREES;
So We, whom battle spared or Scared,
Sale sheltered now from disregard,
Hearken to England's blind old bard:
'sPeace hath her victoriesl"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

Oh, never from our elm-tree shades
So sweetly piped the thrush as now;
Nor mid the lonely Everglades,
The mocking-bird on cypress bough!
Nor wild-grasS woye by meadow rills,
Nor clover on the happy hills,
So soft carpet for the Spring!
Bound is each hand that fain would spoil;
The Truce of God upon our soil
Descends, like sabbath after toll,
His pensions to bring!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

Cine loyal habit summons all
From out the dus5 of old desires:
&ase spark of truth your deeds let fall
Shall fill the land with fresher fires!
Ihengh youths belief be manhood's doubt,
and generous hopes be trampled out
BY eynlc scorn or selfish will,
Vet honor stays, devotion burns,
And pride that mean concession spurns,
No man his earty faith unlearns,
And keeps his manhood still.
XIV.
This, soldiers, be your chosen fate.
our iame that longest shall endure!
lis ,:oble thus to save state
But nobler yet TO make it pure.
Cor all, whose swords were bravely crossed,
There IS no true cause that was lost
Defeat unites with victory
10 win, for each, grander aim
GGle Fatherland. redeemed from blame;
csse Past, of sadder, prouder fame;
One Future, just and free.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11
1t is the brave that first forget,

Potomac al Providence, Il. l. on the 9th IT.
L
II is the brave that first forget,
And noble foes that first unite
Not they who strife and passion whet,
Then stink when comes the need to smite,
FTis mutual courage that forgives,
And answering honor that outlives
The onset's hour, the battles day;
The hearts that dare quick to feel;
The hands that wound are soft to heal;
The blood that dims hero's steel
His proud tears wash away!3
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

The virtues, poured in lavish flood
To whelm our coarser Self in shame;
The pure infection of the blood
That burned for ioftier need than fame
Must these be lost or absent now
The song OF lip, the light of brow,
Remembering they were doubly ours?
And, though we honor both as one,
That strain OF blood, in both begun,
Say, lies it buried from the sun,
Beneath memorial fiowerS?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

All! must we then renounce the theme
That first can rouse and best inspire
The splendor OF the soldiers dream,
The ardor OF the PATRIOTS fire?
When each, TO sternest duty bowed,
Makes all, as common kindred, proud,
And blots the long reproach of Time
When Youth forgets what most is fair,
And Age assumes a nobler air.
And Manhood. as wave in air,
Heayes high, to fall sublime.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-07-11

IT'S time your bard restrung his harp,
That long has echoed in its note
The yolley's rattle, fierce and sharp,
The thunder-bass of cannon-throat;
That sang Of fields where Glory swayed,
But wingless Victory paused, and stayed
To see her only flag rnfurled;
That summoned, as bugle blown;
That challenged, as a trumpet's tone;
That quickened, as bolt is thrown
From heaven. to shake the world!