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The Osceola times., 1877-08-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

The commissioners OF the District of
Columbia have appointed Commodore Won
Rensaeler Morgan, late of the confederate
navy, inspector Of works and repairs on the
roads and streets of the district.
The total popular subscriptions to the
four per cent. loan is se,al9,7oo. The total
received by the syndicate is $60,OO0,000.
The total subscribed in London, reported to
date, is s10,2c0,000, making total of $76,.
5l9 700. Against this amount calls have
been issued for the redemption of s40,-
100000 of the 500 bonds OF 1865, and So
O0O, 900 gold have been paid into the treasury
for redemption purposes, leaving s3l ,5lp, 200
bonds yet to be called. It Is expected
another call will be issued this week.
Susan B. Anthony, J ucy Stone, and a
new stump speaker for female suffrage, Miss
Leila 4. Partridge, are to conduct the cam
paign in Colorado this year, to secure the
ratification Of constitutional amendment
conferring the ballot on women.
The receipts from internal revenue
during the past month were $s,764,574. 1t
is estimated that receipts were reduced at
least 100000 in consequence of the late
strike. Customs receipts during the month
were Sl0,060,s60.
The controller of the currency has
declared dividend Of Is per cent. in favor
the commonwealth OF New York city, making
in all 35 per cent in favor OF the sharehold-
ers and 100 per cent in favor Of the creditors.
Recent advices from the Black Hills
show that q party Of ninetyeight miners,
with two women, killed more hostile Indians
in day than General Sherman's i'll managed
and scattered army have killed this season.
Coofed up behind bresstworks, the band OF
pioneers rep1lsed charge after charge, and
dealt death with unerring aim among the
savage foe, who at length withdrew from the
contest, leaving one hundred and sixteen
bodies on the neld.
We are glad to learn, as we do through
the New York World, that the cotton manu-
factures of New England show encouraging
signs of gradual revival Of business, per.
ceptible, if small. Forty.nine mills, which
turn out about one-third Of the northern
product worked up, during the first six
months of the present year, eighty.nine mil
lion two hundred and ninetyeight thousand
nine hundred and iorty.two pounds of cotton,
as compared with eighty.six million seven
hundred and thirty thousand eight hund ed
and five pounds last year during the CORE
spending period. The increase is about
three per cent, but as the quality of cotton
this year was somewhat better than that oil
the fabric worked up last season, the increase
in the actual amount OF manufactured goods
is about five per cent. All the goods have
been readily marketed, there being no con-
siderable accumulation on hand while there
is perceptibe improvement of the demand
With prices at the present figures, it is ex'
pected that all the New England mills will
be kept running at their highest capacity
during tie fall and winter to meet the de
mand for cotton goods.-Appeot
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That's Business.

You should never Judge by appear
arce.. The other day weazen-faced
little NAH, wearing n $3.50 suit Of clothes,
went to one Of the big hotels, and regis
tering his name an from Texas, asked tor
room, and If breakfast was on the table.
The Olympian clerk gazed at him
scornfully for a moment, and languidly
remarked:
ANY baggage
"No," replied the guest.
I'm that case, replied the clerk, "the
rules Of the house compel me TO insist on
payment in advance"
Very WE'LL" said the guest, without
hesitation or appearing offended, take
two days board out OF this" and from q
wad OF greenhacks as big as his arm he
produced a 800 note.
al beg your PARDON" stammered the
abashed clerk, but we are 10 often taken
In, and your face not being familiar to
me l."
"No offepse," cheerfully answered the
guest Cuisines is business, and rules
are rules. II does look little odd TO be
without baggage, but rs cattle dealers
amt much on style, and
That's all right" said the clerk.
"Put up your money, we know a gentle
man when we rec him. jim, show the
gentleman to l46. Call for the best In
the house. General"
The old man slowed away an ample
breakfast, got the clerk to give him
small bills for fifty, and askei where
Billy Coolbaugh, the banker, had his
office, inquired when they had dinner,
desired the clerk TO tell Mr.. Farwell, II
he called, that he woull be back at two
o'clock. then went, and hasn't been seen
since. The clerk subsequently discov-
cred that the $50 was bad The sad event
cast gloom over the hotel office.
The Osceola times., 1877-08-11
East.

President Vanderbilt, of the New York
Central and Hudson river railroad, has is
sued circular stating that OF the twelve
thousand employees of the company less than
Eve hundred struck, and that no injury was
done to property. In recognition of their
fealty he directs that one hundred thousand
dollars be divided ratably, according to their
positions on the payroll, among all the EN-
ployes engaged in operating the road. He
says no men who, in time Of trial, embarrass
the company can remain in or re.enter its
service, and adds that the pay will be in
creased the moment that business justifies it.
The Osceola times., 1877-08-11
ROBINS RAIN.SONG.

o Robin, pipe no more of rain
'Tis four days since we saw the sun,
Aud still the misty window pane
Is loud with drops that leap and run.
-Four DAYS ago the sky was clear,
But " hen my mother heard you call,
She said, That's Robins rain-song, dear
Oh, well he knows when rain will fall! ="
Fair was the morning, and wept
Because she would not let me stray
Into the woods for flowers, but kept
MY feet from wandering away,
And I was vexed TO hear you cry
So sweetly OF the coming storm,
And watched with brimming eyes the sky
Grow cold and dim from clear and warm
II seemed TO me you brought it all
With that incessapt plaiative note;
And still you call the drops 10 fall
Upon your brown and scarlet coat
How nice TO be bird like you,
And let the rain come altering down,
Nor mind bit TO be wet through,
Nor fear 10 spoil ones only gowni
But since cannot be a bird,
Sweet Robin, pipe no more Of rain
Your merrier music Is preferred;
Forget al last that sad refrsin
And tell us Of the sunshine. dear
I'm wild TO be abroad again,
Seeking for blossoms far and near;
o Robin pipe no more Of rainl
-ceiia 7harfe'. y. Nicholas for august
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Fashion Gossip.

Grenad ne is full dress for all but
young girls.
Moonlight-blue is the new shade for
lawn dresses.
New linen collars and cuffs have the
edges embroidered with red, blue or gray.
Pale blue batiste dresses are the novel
ty for midsummer.
Linen collars are higher aud turn
back further from the front than for.
merly.
Thin white dresses are TO be worn over
skirts of pale blue or rose colored lawns.
Black silk dresses for summer wear
are trimmed with knife pleatings ol
grenadine.
Black canvas grenadiDe made over
silk and trimmed with knife pleating. l,
the fashionable dress for summer mourn
ing.
Linen busters for ladies retain the
Ulster belt in the back, but are less
baggy than the ungainly garments worn
last summer.
An excellent novelty is shoe -battoneI
with long handle above the hook, so
that II is not necessary to stOop down Ia
button boot.
The latest style of ladies slippers and
low shoes are real lively. Among the
prettiest is the box.toed slipper Of the
finest kid, with a dainty French heel,
straps OF the kid, on each side of which ID
buckle reaching above the ankle, show
ing the bright colored stocking between.
v The mousquetaire cuffs of lace 10 be
worn outside the sleeve have been her.
aided for some time and are now found
among the importatiens. They are six
inches deep, and square, or else they are
closed in gauntlet shape for the hand to
he slipped through. Atpresent they are
only shown in the white and colored
torchon laces that are worn with summer
costumes. Accompanying these are
broad collarettes that fasten behind and
have long jabots in front.
Among the recent importations, colt
fures are black, and white Spanish, and
lama laces are among the most notable.
They are from twelve to eighteen inches
wide, obtusely pointed in front and back,
with long rounded lappets, to tie under
the chin. For out ofdoors evening wear
at summer resorts they supply, with an
elegant article. want long felt by our
fashionable ladies. A still more conven-
lent article. of larger and more compre-
hensive style, combines both a light
mantilla and,the head dress, and the effect,
when gracefully arranged. shows the
wisdom of the Spanish ladies In adher-
ing TO the rriantilla.
The Osceola times., 1877-08-11
ATOMn Of DMarfs.

A writer in the London Times de
scribes the effect of excessive intermar-
rage on the inhabitants of Brotes, little
town in the provinces of Santander,
Spain. Until eighteen or nineteen years
ago the village was quite shut off from
the rest OF the world. Its inhabitants,
from their ever-recurring intermarriages,
had become quite a race of dwaris. On
market days the priests might he seen,
with long black coats and high black hats,
riding in to purchase the simple provi.
sion for the weeks consumption, men Of
little intelligence andno learning, sprung
from the lowest ranks. About eighteen
year. ago the Galician laborers, or Gale
goes, from the mines Of Galicia, swarmed
into the town for lodgings, ETC., and since
taeir colonization the population has in.
creased in strength, stature, education,
intellect and morality. Their intellects,
also, have improved-intellects which
have been stunted. dwarfed and ruined
BY their frequent intermarriages.
The Osceola times., 1877-08-11
Opium and Its Consumers.

The recent heavy importations of
opium at this port have led TO consider
able comment, and various causes have
been assigned. A Tribune reporter OBJ
tanned at the custom house the following
figures, showing the amounts imported
during the present year and its cost:
The Osceola times., 1877-08-11

at bank" A Cape May correspondent
says: "The plank promenade lining the
closely by the verandahs of the chief ho-
tells. is rarely equalled in its delightful
facilities for starlight meditations, for
serious love-makipg or the coqueteries Of
evanescent firtations" There Is more
camping out than usual in the Adiron-
dacks, and the flies are more numerous
and active, too.-M Y Sun.
The Osceola times., 1877-08-11

WHAT are you driving at nowadays,
PATTI" Faith, said Pat, Pm hard at
work" That's good, Pat, what areI
you doing?" Well, I'm labering to
iocrrase the public interest in me-"
al W is that, me boy? "Well, ye
see, Mike, I'm just getting in debt
wherever can all about the town"
The Osceola times., 1877-08-11
OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS SATURDAY, AUGUST H. 1877.

arms of Great Britain. The four stones are
separated from each other not more than
twenty-five feet.
There are eight hundred Baptist
churches in Mississippi.
The Osceola times., 1877-08-11

LAST year wc paid foreign countries
$50, 600 900 for wooden goods and sli,-
O0O, 900 for manufactured goods. When
we have in the country 10000, 900 more
sheep than we have now we shall only
produce the wool we use; and yet there
Is no country on earth where sheep can
be raised 80 proftably as in the United
States. But we are coming every year
nearer to supplying our own markets
with the wool they demand. In 1875
the wool clip of the country was nearly
200, 600, 900 pounds, while in 1860 it was
only 65,000,000 pounds,
The Osceola times., 1877-08-11
An Elopement and a Vendetta.

About two wteksago a terrible tragedy
occurred on the Calcssien river, .
little above the southern line of this
parish. A young lady nam d Gunter
had eloped with young man named
Bass. Her father and brother pursued
them to the residence Of neighboriun
magistrate, where few minutes befor(
they had been m sriisd. The father
tered the house at one door and the
at another, and immediately the fof
discharged double-barrled gun,
with buckshot, into Bass breast
latter, though mortally wounj
turned the FIRE BY two shots frog
yer, both taking effect in the 4
ter's hsad. Both parties fell
and young Gunter plunged
repeatedly into Bass body
instantly. Young GunteJ
his father-who Is likely
the pistol shot in the hel
glancing shots--aud de5
BY the sheriff and q p
his pusuer with Z b
shot by the posse, dy e
q day or two after. ke
in the custody
Charles (Fa.)
The Osceola times., 1877-08-11
Summer Resorts Condensed.

The summer resorts are generally less
lively than they we're last season. Nj
sgara has Cuban woman visitor who
wears diamonds worth $50, 900. Bathing
shoes with metal soles are worn at New
port. White walters are employed at
one hotel at Long Branch, and one at
Saratoga. The talk about political
meeting at White Sulphur Springs has
helped TO fill the hotels there. The very
latest fashionable thing for young wo-
man to do on crowded Saratoga piazza
ais to start and amble along in front,
suddenly give her head a toss over her
-NchqyaldeH-- il expecting some one,
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-11-15
A Parrot Story.

Two sailors. who had o parrot with
them, went into magicisn's show, in
An upper room in some foreign city
The three constituted the audience
After each feat of the magician's, one
of the sailors would remark:
That's pretty good. Wonder what
they'll do next ?"
Finally, one Of the sailors asked per.
mission to smoke. which the magician
granted. forgetting that in the room
beneath was an immense quantity oi
gunpowder. The Jack tars and the par
rot continued to enjoy the show, ont
sailor adding the pleasure of his pipe.
and the other remsrking after each
trick:
That's pretty good. Wonder wha'
they'll do next I"
A spark from the smokers pips
chanced to drop through crack in the
floor into the powder. and something
suddenly occurred. Sailors and msgi
cisn, parrot and all, "rose above party
prejudice" and were all blown to king.
dom come, in million fraugments. al
except the poll-parrot. He landed in q
heap Of bruised flesh and burnt feath
ers. in n potato patch, three miles away
He was utterly deinoralized. 1t tool
him some moments to collect himself
and when he had partially done so, h
hoped limpingly upon fence rail ana
remarked;
"Thst's pretty good. Wonder wha'
they'll do next"
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-11-15

the bearer of good news. That frame il
by far the most valuable frame in the
city Even miliionaires are not in the
habit of having solid gold frames fol
their pictures.
Gold" repeated Mrs. Burke.
"Yes; the frame is solid gold. Dc
you still wish to sell it?"
"Yes. more so than ever"
Very well. l have not the least idea
of It's vslue now. bet I will advance you
q couple of hundred dollars. and pay
you the rest when / have had it esti.
mated. Will that do."
Certainly" answered Mrs. Bu,ke,
who was in . hurry to get home TO re-
late the good news to her::daughter.
And thus we will leave them, happy
at the prospect Of brighter days.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-11-15

A TERRIBLE disaster occurred in q
coilierv ut High BI~ntine, near Glss.
gov. Scotland. last Monday morning.
two hundred and thirty.three men en-
tered the shaft in the morning. At 9
o'clock a tremendous explosion occurred.
and all but four men were instantly
killed. and one of the four taken ont
alive has since died. A large number
Of the dead bodies have been taken out.
fearfully bnrned and inangled. Many
more yet remain among the debris, but
it is not thought possible that any liv
ing person can be yet in the mine.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-11-15

THE following is a recipe for elo-
quence by . down east orator:-"Get
yourself chuck full of the subject,
knock out the bung, and let Mature 9
caper"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-04-19

Mr.. Watterson dons his war paint
and feathers and goes for a class of
Democratic Journals in a. vigorous
style. LIE says: "It> is about time
that certain newspapers in the N orthyl
which claim to be Democratic, should
suspend their assaults upon the fdel-
ity Of those Southern Democrats who
refused to tllibuster. The history
Of the effort to place Mr.. Tilden in
the office to which he is elected is
not creditable either to the states.
manship or the courage of Che North
ern Democratic leaders. When Con-
gress met, Northern Democrats were:
nightly afraid of Southern fndisere--:
ton. Unless Southern men chirpcd
a soft and dulcet note they must take
back seats. They did take back
seats, leaving their Northern bretkS
rem to lead. The Northren Demo-
Gratis knew they had a blank draft
upon the South; they could fill it at
will and it would be honored on
sight. They led, and led, and led;
and, finally, when they had lost, Is
few Of them fred up and world be-
contented with nothing less than a
row. Their valor came too late and
the South refused to follow. 1t is all
over now, and the best thing both
parties can do is to forget it. The
difference was not great enough TO
quarrel over at the time. 1t is GER:
tainly not recollectable enough to
quarrel over now.'
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-04-19
An important Discovery.

The advancement in science of late
years is wonderful, There seems to
bo no end to tho discoveries Of it's dis&
eiples, The latest relates to iron,
which plays most important role in
tho every day business of life. Ac.
oording to the London Times, Profess
sor Barff, an English Chemist. has
succeeded in preventing iron from
rustng, which will make that metal
perfectly firm. Rust has always boon
tho enemy OF iron in all it's protean
shapes, and the efforts that have been
made heretofore to prevent or coun-
teraet it have only extended it's du--
rability to limited extent. Painting,
galvanizing and coatings of all kinds
have only retarded temporarily tho
fatal process of oxidizing and use and
exposure for n few years at most bring
on tho RUST, that, once starfeds cats
away the substance. Professor Barff'g
experiments havo been in The way of
making this very weakness of the
iron new element of strength. He
has discovered that an iron article CIV.
posed at high temperature to tho
action of supcrhoated stoam produces
black oxide, which is harder than
the iron itselt, which adheres to tho
iron moro firmly than even tho pare
ticles Of tho iron adhere to each other,
and which cannot be affected by air,
water or even strong acids. .I
1t is impossible to estimate tho val;
uo of this discovery to mankid. The
household, the furm, the navy, work.
shops labor, society, every branch Of
industry will be benefited by it. Tho
small arms and great guns OF war
may bo made to outlast tho time of
peace. Iron ships, railways, and iron
roofs of houses, always the durable,.
will reap it's advantages. There will
be no need for copper boilers for cook
ing and leaden' pipes for conducting
water may be dispensed with. With
this improvement, iron bridges may
become absolutely safe against tho,
wear of years, and such catastrophes
as the recent Ashtabula horror ayert9
cd for all timo. En- fact therenis mo;
other discovery we can imagine that
will be of such universat nse and bene-
fit to the world as a choap and prac--
tical means of protecting IRON against
rust, such as this English chemist
seems to have found. ..r4.- .y,,. &
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-04-19
been reloaded in thirteen years.

q The trial tins consumed, perhaps,
half an hour, wien Judge Mackey
rose to charge the jury. This charge
was an argument in behalf of the
boy, the force and pathos Of. which
could not be imagined by any one
who has never heard the Judge
speak. At it's conclusion he handed
to the foreman Of the jury the piece
of paper on which the hoy had writ
ten the words "not guilty." and said:
"You will now render verdict in
accordance Herewith" @'.-.r "a'...
The jury without leaving their
seats, returned verdict ''in accor-
dance Herewith" Such is the semi
statutory, semi-patriarchal in the
Mountain Circuit of South Carolina.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-04-19
From the Washington Capital.
HAMPTON.

No blush of stain upon his name
Deny it he who can!
Fer friend and foe have but one voice
"God wot knighty man."
Through him the grand Arthurian days
Are brought again to earth,
And courtly deeds and courtly praise
Renew their golden birth.
The gorgeous splendor Of the past.
Which tabled legend tells,
Through him is brought before our gaze,
IL living miracles.
No, booted knight, in arms bedight
= E'er wore lordier name,
And glory never haloed round
. A grander, purer name. ...,
IL hattled for his own, but when
Fate crushed the fabric down
She still, that she might bless the world,
Bequeathed it his renown-
The hero whose untar nished sword
Cleans brightest in defeat, ., .n
Who turned in scorn from Fortunes horde
To rkheel at Honor's feet.
Hats off! Although no victor lie,
Tie laurols he has won
Stand peer beside the proudest bays
! The troudest brow upon. ...H..
Hats off! hero passes by,
Arose ofchivalry, I" rI~..5
Who shows the world how grand thing
{, Ayanquished man may be. '"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-04-19
More From Maokey.
THE JUDGES TALK IN WASHINGTON

TIE JUDGES TALK. IN WASHINGTON.
Hon. 7. j. Mackey, says the Wash
ington Capital, Republican Judge OF
the Sixth Chester Circuit Court of
South Carolina, at present in Wash
ington as the legal adviser or repre-
sentative of General Hampton, is a
gentleman who, in London, for ex-
ample, would become in one season
the autocrat of the English dinner
table, he was described to me by
General Calvert Butler, Senator ell
ect, as the most wonderful conversa-
sloppalist in the State, and acquain-
tance not only aftirms, but efllarges
ButIer's description. In course of a
recent conversation Judge Mackey
related the following incident, as hav-
1ngccom under his judicial OBJ
serVation in his administration Of
justice, which, owing to the peculiar
condition of societyin his Circuit ia
partly statutory and partly patriarch
M iH it's nature. The Jndee said
that some two or three years AGO
while holding Court at Winnsboro
he noticed girl of wonderful beaptv
at'the country tavern where he mt
mp, and, upon inquiry concerniuo
herslearned that she belonged to a a
family living there, related to the
tavern keeper and Of the class usuallv
termed in South Carolina "noo,.
Whites" He learned that she was
soon to bemaFried toda young man
OF her own clase, and he took so muccb rc
interest in her fortunes that he aent
hera a wedding present. About six
months aitetward the Judaa was
journeying by rail from one conrt 70
another in his circnit, and met this
girl on the cars. She was dressed IN
deep mourning and seemed in uroat
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-04-19
A Tribune Discovery.

In all article on the carpet bag ex-
odus the New York Tribune has
made a discovery which has been
apparent to all bnt violent portisans
for many years. 1t says:
''The fact is that the Republican
party has been running a political
poor house quite too long. The one
fatal defect of it's policy since the
war has been that it gave opportuni,
ty for Adventures, who were utterly
without standing or consideration in
any Northern community, and who,
it not propped up by United States
bayonets, could not have been elec--
ted to any Office by colored men OF
the South, to fasten themselves upon
the party and the country as the rep.
resentative Republicans Of recon
structed States"
Had the Tribune held to this view
years ago it might have done the
country service. AS it is, the very
excesses of the carpet bag govern
ments in the South have at length
proved their downfall The people
throughout the country have voted
their extinction. ...... .u.y ..,..
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