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The Osceola times., 1878-05-11

An old lady, when she heard the min
lister ssy there would be q nave In Tie
new church, observed that "she knew
well who the party waA."
THERE will always BE- more or les ex-
element in the household that posseeses
q cat and back fence, or . poor piano
and good healthy girl.
EVERY high aim lifts you above your
sell, even Though you fail TO attain II.
No man can jump without getting away
from the earth for moment at least
GKN. GARFIELD. one oi the six oflcsrs
which composed the court martial which
tried Fitx John Porter, says that the
latter escaped the death penalty By
single vote.
A srRoLIING theatrical company was
at the dinner-table. A waiter approached
one Of the members and said: :" HoupT
"NO, SIR" replied the guest, I am one
Of the musicians."- 4 Utica Obsersef.
SHE asked the clerk II he was positive,
thoroughly convinced. the egg were
fresh. 40, yes." said the young philoso-
pher. "I know they are; Why, the
farmer said none Of his hens were more
than year DID," She bought baskst
iull on the spot
IT ID human 70 doubt. Display . sign
with the inscription Beware OF paint"
and nine men out Of ten will draw their
fore6ngers across the newly painted suR-
face to see IL the sign II mot merely "an
invention OF the enemy" The tsath
man uovsy lac rnad In rad
A Coon SuaaEsTIox.-It u well
enough to hang up chrome with God
Bless Our Home on It, but II will do
no har.l 70 help on the matter BY
little less fretting. A great many people
ssk the Lord TO do what they won't lift
their little fingers to do themselves.
RAPID CORREspoNDKNUa-When .
man goes 70 the theatre for the first time
nothing surprises him more than the
wonderful rapidity with which an actor
writes q letter-unless It may b the
suddenneM with which the receiver
ascertains Its contents. One glance and
he absorbs It all, and clasps his forehead
with hislett hand. Norristown Herald.
A R.YLEcrIoN ON The 6sx.- Jones
was always complaining Of hia wife's
memory. "She never can remember
any thing" said poor Jones. Its awful |"
my vie was just ~ bad" said Brown,
"till ! found out capital recipe"
"What is i'll" said Jones eagerly.
Why" said Brown. whenever there's
any thing particular want the missus
10 remember, write Ii down on slip ef
paper, and gum 1t on the looking glasa.
Zee I" Jones Is now a centented man.
TJudv
The Osceola times., 1878-05-11
NUMBER 6.

turned black; the gore rushed from hi
mouth and nose, and dyed the graz .
deep, dark red, - be staggered and fell.
He had ruptursd . blood-vessel, and he
was q dead man before his son oouh
raise him.
"In that corner of the church-yard," |"
said the old gentleman, after . silenee Of
q few moments, "in that corner Of tbe
church. yard Of which have before
spoken, there lies buried . man who vas
in my employment for three yeau ailss
this event, aud who was truly oontrits,
penitent, and humbled, II ever . man
was. No ono save myself know In that
mans lifetime who he was, or whence hs
came lit was John Edmunds, the ~
turned convict.
The Osceola times., 1878-05-11
Germaa TunnelinG.

The famous Rsthconbergef water au-
dit for draining the Freiberg mines has
been completed. after period Of thirty
years, and Il is said to b the greatest
work Of the kind that has ever been un.
dertaken to aid the explorations Of
mining district. This immt mo tunnel,
as described, 10 ventilated BY eight air
shafts, and lies some 400 feet bei0w the
deepest Freiberger wster audit u has
. uniform height Of nearly l6 fe<t, With
a somewhat smaller breadth, and, whea
completed. will be, with its sanilcs-
tious, SlA miles In length. The gTadtent
Of the Hooy Is Gully 0.oS N. In 100 metsee.
This small gradient may make il ntces1a
~ 70 clear the tunnel eecasionally, bat
this can be accomplished without dlli-
culty with suitable boats and dreogea
Five miles Of the tunnel b psr(eotly
straight, without curve, and along NJ
whole lins the curves are very llfAA ~
~ uhois tsisinH = - - =
The Osceola times., 1878-05-11
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

Gov. Nichols, Of Louisiana. has signed
the Moffett register bill.
Tennessee exchanges report the wheat
suffering from rust all over the state.
Two hundred different varieties OF
fruit are grown successfully In Georgia
Copies of jefferson Davis letter, read
NJ the dedication OF the confederate mona,
ment in Macon, Ca, are sold in frames OF
ten cents apiece.
Chattanooga Times The frat bar OF
STEEL ever manufactured IN the sonth wss
rolled Thursday evening at the Tennessee
steel end iron eompsay's mill here.
Asgusta (0a.) Chssslsls; Hsss'
The Osceola times., 1878-05-11
FACTS AND PANCIH.

oh tsll ne. gentle ssraph.
With those ruddy lips q thine.
Fell ne fondly, tell ne oftsn,
That you ~ mine, forever mine.
Then she soPs gsps and nodded,
1'hsa another sape was bora,
And her very silence answered,
am yawns forever yavn."
The Osceola times., 1878-05-11

WHEN boy throws stone his arm
moves in plane parallel with the plane
of his waistband. When a girl under.
takes like feat. her arm is first held up
right in line with her major axis and
then moved rapidly in downward direc-
tion. The stone thrown by the boy has
an enormous range, and strikes the
windew, the cat, the old gentleman or
other object at which it is aimed, at q
surprisingly long distance. The stone
which the girl attempts to throw descri-
bes brief arc and descends to the
ground few yards in front Of her. What
is the cause OF this difference in the sexes
is mystery. DR.. Watts took The ground
that nature had withheld from girls the
power to throw stones, in order that the
human race might have some little
chance of perpetuity. He argued that
il girls could throw stones, they would
constantly hit the wrong objects, and
that so great would be the fatality from
accidents Of this kind that in com
paratively short time the world would
become depopulated IN. Y. Times.
The Osceola times., 1878-05-11

AT indianapolis there is a newspaper
which says its mission il the emanc pa.
tion of labor. II labor is go much en-.
shaved in this country it is little sipgu
lar that 20 many poor men become rich
here. There is nothing that will eman-
cipate labor 80 soon as good morals and q
habit of saving. The mechanic who has
learned his trade well who has no pet
vice to feed, and who marries at the age
Of twenty-five or thirty a young woman
40 skilled in household economy that
she can make every cent of his wages
bring to him its full value, is very certain
of becoming a wellto do if not a rich
man. No young man can accumulate
property honestly without great self
denial in the beginning. He needs more
discipline than a soldier, Tor he has a
bigger fight to make. One of the first
things he has to learn is the Importance
o, keeping out of the society of fools and
spendthritts His most dangerous en-.
enies are his companions, Courier.
Journal.
The Osceola times., 1878-05-11

A GREATER curiosity than the Siamese
twins is on exhibition at Troy. The
Siamese twins were too nearly perfect
men united by bond of flesh, but this
visitor, the Canadian double headed
baby, has two beautiful heads, fat, blue
eyed faces, one resembling the father and
the other the mother, necks, shoulders,
chests and arms as usual, but just at the
lawest rib the bodies are united, and
from that point downward are the limbs
and members OF one child only; one
navel and one pair Of legs. Each controls
the leg nearest to il. One may be
asleep, the other awake and crying. The
child is of the female sex. The faces are
exceedingly pretty; the mother Is an in-
teresting French woman.
The Osceola times., 1878-05-11

JOHN moRRIssEY died comparatively
poor. One of his most intimate friends
and advisers, and who has had charge Of
his business affairs for many years, says
that his entire property would not rea.
lie but a little over thirty thousand
dollars, if that, aud that the estate would
not be able to settle NJ the debt against
1t,
The Osceola times., 1878-05-11

A GERMAN correspondent says that
oysters have always been considered as
forbidden food by the Jews, the law of
Moses prohibiting the eating of fish with
out scales. In consequence, however, of
MIR. Darwin's theories, learned rabbi
has arrived at the conclusion that oysters
are plants and may therefore be eaten
by the Jews. 1t is said that the
problem will be submitted to the grand
council.
The Osceola times., 1878-05-11

JOHN MoRRIssEY died at Saratoga,
New York, on the lst. He seemed quiet
and without any unfavorable symptoms
until little after the New York papers
were brought in, when he motioned for
his glasses to read enc. About half. past
five an uufavorsble change occurred and
he sank rapidly aiterward. Father
MMenomy, Catf Ollie priest was sent
for, who promptly came and admins.
Tered extreme JUNCTION. Although Mr.
Morriss.y was rapidly failing, he seemed
conscious to the last. His wife and
domestics were present. Mr.. Morrissey
died claspiug the hand of the priest.
The Osceola times., 1878-05-11

AT Amity Church, Clark county, Ala,
pine tree groans like human being in
distress or dying. Numbers of persons Of
both colors visit the place to hear the
doleful sounds. With colored people the
interest in the mysterious sound is en-.
HANGED by the fact that the tree stands
kard by large graveyard and Is also
near the place where a man of their color
was killed by lightning year or two
ago.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-31

From the Indianapolis sun
The Nationals hold the balance of pow.
er in the next Senate of Indiana, if not al
so in the House. This devOlvcs upon the
Senators considerable responsibility for
the legislation of the next session and at
the same time cOnfers upon them Il power
commensurate with that responsibility
There is crying need of reform in this
State and the National party is the party
of reform. II has been fashionable for
politicians of the old parties, especially
during the last four years, to prate to the
people great deal about the necessity of
reform, but their professions have all
come to naught The cry of reform has
uniformly ceased with the clamU of the
campaign, and abuses and extravaganza
still flourish.
Now why would it not be proper for the
National members of the legislature to
get together in this city or some other con-
venient point, say within the next thirty
days, together with the wisest and most
discreet leaders of the party from various
parts of the State, to consult and if pos
sihle map out a course to be pursued upon
one or two vital measures to be brought
before the legislature?
There is one point in which II change is
imperative. That is the fees and salaries
of officials. They must be reduced. The
people demand it. Justice demands it.
Every consideration of sound policy and
public morals demand it. The fees and
emoluments of public officials are out Of
all proportion to the earnings of labor and
the rewards of legitimate business. These
vast perquisities are not only grievous
burden upon the taxpayer, but what is
worse perhaps, a source Of great corrup-
ton in our politics. In many of tho
counties Of the State the emoluments of a
few officers are sufficient to furnish almost
princely fortunes to the holders in sin.
gle term and these emoluments constitute
the temptation to corrupt voters and de-
bauch the public service. 1t is needless t
enlarge upon the evil. 1t is known and
felt in nearly every county in the State.
This is the work Of heyoung and risipe
National party. II must distinguish
itself from the other parties by acts ant
not by words only, In order to presen
the matter squarely to the legislature ant
to the people, and to fix the responsible
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-31

ity for nOn-IctiOn or failure, if failure is
to occur, there must be concert Of action.
The Nationals are comparatively few in
number, but they have It power in the
next legislature, equal to, if not greater,
than either of the othcrparties. The few
ness in number of the Nationals will
make them all the more efficient as a leg
islative factor 1t will be all the easier to
arrive at unanimity IN counsCls.
When the legislature meets it i, alto
sethcr probable that the cheap dcma-
gOgues of the other parties will each have
his little bill TO offer for the correction OF
abuses, and will present 1t with great
flourish Of trumpets, in order TO furnish
him Il little capital in another campaign;
but he will ut the same time take care to
SEQ that it never becomes 4 law, or, il it
does, to sec that it is impracticablc, UNI
constitutional, or for some other reason in
operative. All these spccious electioncar-
ing lodges can he brought to naught and
exposed by the Nationals il they will.
Let them survey the subject carefully
beforehand and not wait until the hurly-
burly OF The session. Let them seek wise
and reliable counsel in advance aud agree
upon u simple, practicable and effective
measure and method, give that measure
the force of Il caucus measure and then
press it steadily and pcrsistcntly. 70 Ia
this consultation and concert are essen
tlul.
\ step OF this kind would bc the rnun-
citation Of an affirmative and aggressive
policy ofrelorm, and the National party
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-31
WHAT IS 1T?

Honest Moncy"--"Iionc>l Icgi,laiiom"
From the s., Tous Dispatch.
The leaders Of the old parties, who have
long since sold themselves and their re-
spective parties out to the moncycd inter
est, OF the cOuntry-ior "mcss of pot
tagc, talk ilipgMtly Of 'honcSt money
and honest legislation, just as though
gr2cnbacE3 were not "honcst currency
and the law that brought them into CX-
istenc- was not "honcst '-jslation, reg
uIar and legitimate IN every respect and
every particular
Honest money, and "honc,l lrgislu-
ton The old party leaders advocate
national bank paper, and vet national
bank paper has no intrinsic value at all
no rcdecmahility except that which the
government has given II hy making il r.
cciyablc for taxes and rcdcrmablr in
grcenbacks The Old party leaders aud
press advocate the same line Of policy
are chcck-hy,iowl, and loud-mouthcd for
resumption, though it is a lie, and does
not provide for the resumption Of a dollar
issued by the national banks in gold or
Sllvcr-nO, not dollar.
These national banks, the pet Of the
moncycd uristorracy of the land, and the
curse of the people who have to sustain
them, can not be- forced 10 redeem their
issucs after the lnst Of idnuary next, in
anything except ggcmback--and grrgn-
backs cant be- redeemed in any less sum
than fifty dollars. The resumption act,
therefore, is not intcndcdanl will not help
labor OF business. twill help the mon
eyed aristocracy The bills Of the national
bank will be- Just :. iTcjrrmabI. after
the resumption law goes into cllccl as ever
-hcnco all this talk OH the pan OF the
leaders of the Republican and Democratic
parties about "hOncst money, money of
intrinsic value, is a fraud.
The government must, therefore. from
necessity keep the grccnbacks in circula-
ton that, the national banks may bo able
to redeem their issucS-ior there /, not
gold and SILVER enough IN the world,
much less in tins country. with which to
redeem all Of the outstanding dues Of the
American nation. And yet the leaders Of
the old parties talkabout honest money ~
the meaning Of which j. that gcmbocks
are "dishoncst money, and yet honest
legislation provides that national bank
issues are rodc"mahlc in grornbark and
they call il presumption Of specie pay
mcnts, Was ever more giayinG neon
ai,tcncy ever attempted t0 hr pllmal oil
upon any people;
The simple question is-thr plain qoes-
| ton Isis j, better 70 have currency is.
sued byd private corporation, like the
national banks, rcdrpmgblr only in. gTVpu-
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-31

Rev. ac'ah Drava IN the Troy Time.
just hplore smdown We found ou..t.ye,
on the brink OF an awful chasm. It
seemed as if the earth had sunk across
our pathway. We were ON Prospect
Point, looking down into the wonderful
Yosemite Valley. Now, while the guide
is arranging orr saddles Tor the descent,
come close to the edge Of the cliff, and if
Your brain he steady enough, look into
the ylwning gulf, Stand still and let the
scene penetrate you. lou are looking in
to grand ami beautiful canon, seven
miles long and from half mile to u mile
wide, the two sides formed by vast per-
pandicular granite walls, from 1000 to
5000 feet high. Above and around this
tremendous abyss are the inaccessible
peaks and domcs of the loItiGst mountains
in North America. The Rio lie la MCrccd
(Rivcr of Mercy, seventy feet wide, rolls
through the valley, but it looks from this
dizzy standpoint like a narrow silver RIB.
bon. 1t drops into the valley at its end
and leaves it at its west through Il canon
20 deep. narrow and PERCEPTIONS rs to be
absolutely inaccessible The bottom of
the valley is nearly level, and is filed
with green meadows, fields OF wild flowers
and groves of grand old pines, oaks and
nOnlnrS. But these great trees, with an
altitude of 200 feet, look like little green
shrubs from where we stand. Another
grand view of Yosemite is from lnSpira-
ton point. There you stand on the verge
of the terrible prccipice, with the whole
o.,,,,,l ,,,oy,,,,o of tbo vp1lpv ytrat chin ~
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-31
NEw HEADING OF POTr.

Lo, the lean indian, whose bewildefcd mind
Sees nausht of God, either cloud rr wind
His soul proud science never taught 10 stray
It -traycd itself, and now has lost its way.
Simple naiu 10 his hope has given,
Beyond some cloud capped hill, a sensual heaven
Some place where science can not gTupg tie way
Nor learning cast In one feeble ray;
No whites disturb, no Christians 'stahlish laws,
But he can rest while work Il done by squaw.
10 loaf contents his natural desire,
He asks no angels wings TO z mp ghrI
And If he did, no angel from the sky
WOuld think taking 10 NJ very high,
But grant The burden Of his Indian song
GOwhcrc he like and take hi dorg along
oil CHy Darrirk.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-31
THE ELECTIONS.
Grccnback Gains-Thc Future nf the
Party.


From the st. Lopls Dispatch.
The organs of the old parties, both
Democratic and Republican, have indulg-
ed largely in the misrepresentation and
ridiculc of the National Grecnback Labor
party since the result Of the recent elcc.
tions IN Iowa, Indians, Ohio and West
Virginia has been made known. The
Republican papers have been especially
very critical at the expense of the Green
back patty, which they claim has depre-
ciatcd in numerical strength and lost It's
grip with the people This come. with
bad grace, to say the least, from the Re
publican press, ior whatever may have rc-
suited from hcrrcrnt elections practically,
the fact Is apparent that the Republi-
can party has little to boast Of, and
much to 'hment over
From the hOastiuG pi The Republican
press one would supposc the party had
swept everything before them in the IT,
cent clcctions-put all other parties "hors
de combat But not 20, so far As The
Congressional Issue is commemorative
most important before the pcoplc--in
place of gaming members Of Congress The
Republicans have sustained serious, yea
damaging loss. In the present Congrcs,
the States which have voted this year are
represented by 80 Republicans and Ii
Democrats. In the next Congress they
will be- represented by % Republicans, 81
Democrats and ! Greenbackers, Vermont
having one member to elect in November.
The Democrats have, therefore, gained
FIVE and the Grcenbackers five, with one
district to be heard from. The names Of
the representatives chosen are rs follows;
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-31

From tho Chicago Tribune.
Thomas B. Musgrave the New York
banker, saw the Crown Prince of Ger
many at Hamburg, and says that 'his
behavior was strange commentary on
the insecurity of privilege in our times.
He had reception and public appear
ance on an improvised balcony, the lights
were turned down so as to give but half
light, and beside the Prince was a SER
want, his duplicate in hight, figure ap-
pearance and dress, SO that an assassin
wouldbe staggered by the resemblance. 1t
was veryrshort. When he walked to the
springs he walked rapidly, and this man
right behind him, taking everything in
as they proceeded rapidly, drank quickly
of the water, and rapidly returned All
that Hohonzollern family has got the as
sassination fright"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-31
BeM Butler on the Presidential Cam-
paign OF 'GS.

Hlt,tHAt Nt'iNC!i' Mass
Now, said the speaker, in lS6S, had
Il presidential election, or thought 80 id.
Grant and COlfaX were running upon the
platform that the bonds were to hr pay
able in gold. Seymour and Blair, the
Democratic candidates, We're lTHing up.
on a platform which declared hat the
bonds were to be paid in grccnbOcks with
which they were purchased. August Bel
mont, the chairman of the national Demo
cratic party, was also the agent Of the
ROthschllds in this country. A the chair
man Of that committee he wanted the
Democratic party to win the election, but
rs the agent of the Rothschilds he wanted
the Republican party to win. Laughter. |
Pretty man he to be chairman of Demo.
cratic national committee! Laughter
and applause. lie was at Il loss to know
how to act, so he invited General Schenck,
the cheirman of the Republican commit
tee, to dine with him at the Manhattan
club. At that dinner an agreement was
entered into, by which, if the Republi-
cans could vote to have the bonds paid in
gold, the Democratic party fight would
be given up. The second day after that
there was no use in making any further
fight. Frank Blair was too heavy for the
ticket. You went on here having an cicc-
ton, or thought you were laughter and
applausel, you had torchIight professions,
and there were speeches made upon the
glorious history and principles of the
Democratic party, when the whole thing
was settled at that dinner. Applause.
Well the arrangement was made, and
Grant was elected president. II then be-
came necessary to carry out the Republi-
can side of the agreement. To thlt end
a special session of congress wa. called,
and Gen. ,Schenck introduced a bill to
have the bonds payable in gold. The hill
was passed, and the Republican part Of
the bargain was consummated. By the
terms of that bill debt of about 81, 1000.
100000, was placed upon the back of the
people.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-31
laehn
MY CREED.


When justice shall start out iu Qucst oil u-
All around, from the east 10 the west OF G-,
To make up her Judgement in test oius,
She'll not ask who is III or well dressed of w.,
What tqc voices OF men have expressed ofus,
Nor If the world low or makes Jest us,
If feathers or straw line the nest Of Us,
Or there's plenty of coin 10 the vest ofus,
Or family pride In the crest Ufus;
But. If vice has brcG gCOfncd ar Carrc-scd Of Gs,
And men have been injured or blessed Of u"i
And ifptacc Is seldom guest Of lls,
Or lives every day In the hre9st Us,
Aud In her uuiaiiinI Glrrst OF us-
'Tis a shame to have II confessed ofGs
ShI will lind the uryarying test Ofus
To be numhCrlcss tults In the best Of
Ia the good and the bad and the rest Of H.,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-31
Gold.
Colorado GreonhAcker.

Already the gold gamblers and spCcula-
tors are locking up the gold, and a term
of great excitement is beginning in Wall
street and the money centers. The gold
en- god is being confined to the safes and
offers of his devotees and by and by fab
ulous premiums will be demanded for his
use. Another era of merciless specula.
tion, depression OF business and farther
fall Of real estate will take place and the
beginning Of the end in revolution will ap,
pear. Should the government force 4 re,
sumption and turn Q deaf ear to the cry o!
the people it will be engulfed in tht
maelstrom Of ruin that It has itsel
made,