The Osceola times., 1878-03-30


and railway obligations. The nominal
amount given above, $475, 5,OOO, 900, is cal.
culated in Russian paper money. The
net addition on a specie basis has been
175,0O0,00O. Another campaign would
increase the debt $500, ,OOO, 600 more.
TIE Crispin strike at Lynn, Mass
lasted for six weeks, costing the strikers
$l77 900 in lost wages alone, and the
tradesmen of the town towards as much
more. The manufacturers have sut-
ere considerably, as also some rel ated
branches of industry. The Crispin order
has been broken up practically, and the
men are worse of than when they start.
ed, a. is uniformly the case.
THE Kiss in the Dark" was played
As farce by amateurs in Mount Sterling,
KY, up to the point where the young
man kisses the pretty girl. Then it was
turned into a tragedy. The girls real
lover, jealous of her stage lover, and dis
cerning that the kissing was genuine and
much re.ished, shot the offender on the
spot The wound was :rifing, but it
brought the performance to close.
IT has always heen the custom when
the acting secretary OF state presents a
newly elected pope with the white skull
cap, in the conclave where the election
occurs, for the pontiff to proclaim that
official always Monsignor) q cardinal
by placing his own red skull-cap upon
the secretary's head. Monsignor La
@gni, however, was disappointed at the
election of Leo XIII, for the new pope
on receiving the white cap put the red
one into his pocket.
MRS. Bowers, the most popular actress
in California, narrates singul 7 ex-
perience which recently happened to her
in that city. She says that she was eat
ing dinner, when some one tapped her on
the shoulder and voice said: +" am
J, w. Rover, and have Just been hanged
at Reno, but I am innocent" She
looked around but could wee no one, and
she soon learned that Rover had been
hanged at that time, though previously
she had not known of his existence.
Ir is said that the fighting Of the
future is to be mainly performed rather
by artillery than by infantry and cav.
airy, which would be in favor of such
countries m are not in a position TO
maintain great standing armies. Al.
ready in Belgium there isa very large
preponderance of artillery. At the last
review King Leopold saw on the field
200 field pieces, which is a great deal for
an army consisting of 10000 men Of all
arms on war footing, and OF only
1000 in time of peace.
FIVE steamers left New York for Eu.
rope on Saturday--the Adriatic, Egypt
and Bolivia for Liverpool, the Oder fol
Bremen, and the Canada for London
Amount Of freight taken was almost
unprecedented. Indeed, more was offered
than room could be found for 10 tn,
holds, and in some instances It wa
packed in the steerage. The shipment
Of grain aggregated nearly 1sO, 900 bush
els, and there were large exports OF bacor
and other provisions, in addition Il
quantities Of -four, butter, cheese, ant
dairy products. Another consignment
Of American dry goods went out.
On the very summit Of the Rock!
mountain range, at a spot from which
one stream rises 10 flow into the Paci6,
ocean and another to flow into the At
lantic ocean, a gold mine Of great richnes
has been discovered. A shaft has beel
sunk eighty feet, and has yielded 81, ,OOC
besides large amount OF ore still to b
worked. Three veins have been discov
cred, one of which Is thirteen feet wild
and very rich. The core is eightee
inches wide, and will assay from 81 90
to $4,000 q ton. The entire lead cover
three thousand feet, and Is the NEST va
liable mining property in Montana.
ia owned by N. s. vestal, who a mont
ago was heavily in debt, and considere
himself poor man.
The use Of long words which We q
from other tongues not only makes OF
thoughts and our speech dim and haz.
but it has done somewhat TO harm Il
morals Of our people. Crime sometim
does not look like crime when it is Q
before US in the many folds Of . lol
word. When man steals and we call
"defaloaticr," We are ut . loss 10 kne
II II 10 blundsr or . crime, II he Dc
not tell ths truth and w are to.d that
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