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The Osceola times., 1878-04-27
An Anscdote Of n. r. willis.

An article BY Mrs. Elisabeth Oskes
Smith, entitled "Reminiscences u N. p.
Willis" appears in Baldwin's Monthly,
from which We take the subjoiBsd auec.
dete. SOS. s,4s eas IT, t,1,,.4
Mr.. Willis Was always ready with
good word for any man or woman struG-
Cling with the sensitiveness OF genius
over the thorny way Of poverty o. neg.
lect. With delicate tact he would 'nnd
a way to set them right in the public
mind, while 20 many editors paced them
by in silence or gave them sharp prick
with the critical pen. / remember one
cas- In point Emily Chubbucks . viva
cious and postical woman. had been
writing for mere pittance for papers and
magazines, while others. with no moro
poetic ability and no more scope, .of
thought, were we'll paid and well &C.
cepted by the public. She complained
Of this TO Mr.. Willis. in halfplayfal,
half.asgrieted letter, to which hs ~
piled:
"How can you expect snythipg bet-
teri Your genius is not Of . kind TO q.
filiate With your name. Who will read Z
poem signed 'Chubbuckr Sign yourself
Fanny Forester and you viii see the
CHARGE" -.i 80 ,rat -
She did 90, and her success was con-
plete, as those who have followed TIE
fortunes Of this interesting woman, A.
terward the wife of the East, Indian
missionary, Judson, will remember.
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:. who is ON the l.ord's side ?"

Men are supposed to know, or 20 be
able to find cut, whether or not they are
on the Lords side. The question implies
as much. There are various tests which
we crn apply that will settle the question
for us very soon. VI. ...s
Take it in matters OF everyday life,
in business, in buying, selling, winning
the prizes of life, there is side which
is "the Lords side" Do you ask,
What is it? 1t is the side OF honesty
and integrity and truth; the side that
gives a man an equivalent for his
money; that has but one price for the
article at the same time that puts sixty
minutes into an hours work, and
sixteen ounces into the pound, and thirty
six inches into the yard, and four
pecks into the bushel, and 100 cents into
a dollar that doesn't put sand in sugar,
nor pease in coffee; the eide that is per-
pendicular against all the tricks and
sharp practices, the lies OF utterance and
the lies of silence a business which lays
its course like vessel along the meri-
dian OF right, in the teeth Of all winds,
and holds ts it, blow they high or blow
they low that is the side which God is
on. the Lords side"
Perhaps you have throught that the
Lord has no side, exce,t in matters
purely religious; that the whole realm
of business and our worldly affairs gen.
orally lie quite outside his cognizance; !;
that God comes into our families at the
hour of prayer, meets US in our closets.
goes with us to church, and then virtu.
ally retires from us. A greater mistake
could not possibly be made. God is
as much interested in your business as
in your worship, and he looks IL
through with as keen an eye. You are
making character great deal faster in
your shop, and Office, and store, than you
do in church, because men usually put a
great deal more energy and lite into
their business than they do into their
worship. All those powers whose exer-
else goes to make character, TO determine
and decide destiny are put by most men
TO far higher tension in the places Of
business than in the place of worship.
There is more soul saving and soul.
losing done on those streets and in those
places where men congregate 10 do bust
ntss. than in all our churches. That is
my belief. ...... ..t....
The Lords side in our business affairs
is very definite and clearcut sde.--
Rev S. Graves.
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Totais...........-..........2.s 2.ssi,c5i

The armies of China and Persia are
the weakest morally and physically /;
that of Japan S. well drilled and dis.
ciplined. The army of British India be
describes as splendidly organized. The
figures given are those OF the regular
government troops, British and native /;
but. besides that force, the combined
armies of the native chiefs numper 3l5,-
600 men, with an artillery strength OF
$500 guns. This native army, however,
is one which Great Britain can not de.
pend upon Tor loyalty in an emergency,
so the regular force of 10000 men is
required to guard British interests in the
midst of a population of 100000, 600
separated by antagonistic creeds and
different clinical relations.
General Upton's showing Of tte war
strength os the great powers of Europe
presents the formidable number OF Z, $780,
$40 men. All these powers, save Eng.
land, are obliged to keen armed to the
teeth. England, owing to her insular pc.
sition, being secure from Invasion, has not
troubled herself to keep her population
trained to take the field on moments
warning; but she is the most formidable
on the sea, and could doubtless fight the
continent with reasonable prospect OF
success, through her ability to keep up a
rigid blockade of the ports of her enemies.
When it is considered how easy it
would be, through the iealousies
and intrigues of these powers, to
set this vast host of seven millions
Of men in aggressive motion the
prospect is not assuring for peace, espe,
cially as the principle laid down by Lord
Bacon for the government OF pottntates
are adhered to by the powers OF the day.
The great Bacon, speaking Of the rela,
tions OF kings to their neighbors, says
"There can no general rule be given save
one which ever holdeth which is that
princes do keep due sentinel that none
of their neighbors do overgrow so, by
increase of territory, by embracing Of
trade, by approaches or the like, as they
become more able to annoy them than
they were; and this is generally the
work of standing councils ts foresee and
to hinder it. During the triumvirate of
kings, King Henry VIII, of England,
Francis l., king OF France, and Charles
", emperor, there was such watch kept
that none of the three could win palm
of ground but the other two would
straightways balance it, either by con-
federation, or, if need were, by a war, and
would not in any wise take up peace at
interest. Neither is the opinion OF some
of the schoolmen to be received, that a
war can not justly be made, but upon a
precedent injury or provocation; for
there is no question but just fear of an
imminent danger, though there be no
blow given, is lawful cause OF war :"
This latter is the position of the British
government to-day. The leading trader
and colonizer in the world, of whose sur
face she is the mistress Of over 5000, 900
square miles, it is but natural that Eng
land should be on the qui rirs Suspicious
of alien movements [Courier-Journal.
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Simples, published in 1868; and the frs,
letter known to have been sealed with
wax is said 10 have been written Ia
Frederick Count Palatine French
gentleman, sent on mission TO the court
OF Weimar. Waters made their appear
ance somewhere about the same time.
Adhesive envelopes were invented and
first used in England about 1913. Ii
seems very strange that 80 simple devic,
was not thorgat of before. BY slow
degrees even the most conservative
abandoned sealing-wax and waters; but
they were long retained in those strong
holds of conservatism, the English gov.
ernment Offices. Sealing.wax makers
occupation is now nearly gore.
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A sketch Of ~. Taai's. London.

hat sacred pile, 20 vast, 50 high
That whether It's a part OF earth or sky
Uncerian seems and may he thought proud
Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England,
is the largest edifice devoted to Protest.
ant worship in the world Its vast di-
mensions, great height and commanding
position makes it the most conspicuous
building in London. 1t is built in the
form OF Greek cross, and covers over
two acres of ground. 1t will hold $4,000
persons at once. Its length is 500 feet,
its general width 1870 feet, width at the
transept 2S2 feet, and height to the sum.
nit ef the dome 400 feet. 1t. is said
there has been church on this site since
the sixth century. The ancient Gothic
Cathedral which stood ON the
same spot was DESTROYED in the
great fire OF 1866. The present
building was commenced in 1915,
during the reign Of William and Mary,
and completed in l70l, under the reign
OF "good Queen Anne" at cost of nearly
81 100000. The vast amount was raised
by tax on the coal brought into London.
During the whole thirty-five years of its
construction 1t was under the direction of
that celebrated architect, Sir Christopher
Wren. This fact explains the following
inscription placed over the entrance TO
the choir: Beneath lies Sir Christopher
Wren, the architect OF this church aud
city. Reader, do you ask for his monu.
ment? Look around"
The walls of this church are covered
with memorials of illustrious men in
the history OF England. Prominent
among these monuments is one to the
memory of Wellington, the Iron Duke,
England's greatest chieftain, and an.
other to Lord Melrose, the great naval
hero. Lord CORVALLIS has statue hero
reminding us of Yorktown. Another
monument bears the name Of DR.. John
son, the great photographer. The monu.
meut to the philanthropist, Howard,
whose whole lite and immense fortune
was devoted To the cause of suffering,
bears the following noble inscription
This extraordinary man had the for
tune to be honored, while living, 10 the
manner which his virtues deserved. He
received the thanks OF both houses of the
British and Irish parlisments for his
eminent services rendered to his country
and TO mankind. His modesty alone
defeated various efforts which were made
during his life to erect this statue, which
the public has now consecrated TO his
memory. He was born at Hackney, in the
county of Middlesex, Sept. 2, 1926. He
expired at Cherson, in Russian Tsrtary,
on the 10th OF January, 1890, q victim
TO the perilous and benevolent attempt to
ascertain the cause Of, and find an efiica-
cious remedy for, the plague. He trod
an open but unfrequented path to i'm.
mortality, in the ardent aud unrrmitted
exercise OF Christian charity.
In st Paul's Is monument to Sir
John Moore, of whom Charles Wolfe has
sung: arm.
mot drum was heard. mot funeral note,
As hts corse TO the rsmlnrta 90 hurried;
Not soldier discharged his farewell shot
0'sg ths gFavs vhsEssaf hsrs vas tuzist.'
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OsCEoLA ARKANSAS SATURDAY APRIL a. 1878.

fore the disease terminates his sublunary ex-
istence. Many physicians have, in. the in.
terests of science, performed experiments
with poisons upon themselves, fully as dan
gerous as as that proposed to Mr.. Bergh and
have died to establish our knowledge.
Others, in order to study the plague and
other deadly diseases, have exposed them'
selves TO infection, and have died describing
the symptoms Of the pestilence with their
last breath. Is Mr.. Bergh better than thest'
Let him accept my proposition er else cease
to proclaim that there is no such disease as
hydrophobia."
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

AN old tanner of wild beasts says TO
the New York San: AS for the smell
of blood madiening them, know there
is popular notion to that effect, but it
is not true. / have had occasion enough
to know, when it was my blood they
smelled. Lions and tigers raised in
captivity are more dangerous than those
which are well broken when taken wild
full grown. When the cub born in a
cage grows up he will become imprudent,
saucy, aggressive, and is too familiar
with men to be easily cowed. But the
wild beast never forgets when he has
been once well whipped, and though his
instincts will still prompt him to attack,
he will have his doubts about the results
of his getting into fight. You may
handle young lion for years, and it will
be as harmeless rs q Newfoundland dog,
until suddenly, without any apparent
reason, all its ferocity will be de-
veloped."
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"From Greenlnnd'a icy mountains .

"From Greenland's icy mountsins."
IN the crypt beneath the body of the
church lie the remains of the men whose
monuments are above. The chief obi .cts
of interest are the toombs OF Nelson and
Wellington. The first is OF black marble,
the latter Of polished porphyry.
A magnificent dome l50 feet in diam.
eter rises from the intersection of the.
mare and transept- Encircling the lower
part Of the dome is the Whispering
Gallery" 30 called from the fact that the
softest whisper is heard at the distance
of $50 feet. Frem this point there Is
splendid view of the inside Of the church
and dome. As you look down, the men
and women appear like mere pig
mics on the floor below. From
the "Golden Gallery" at the
apex of the dome, you have q grand
birds eye view of London" from which
We climb by ladder to the "ball," the
highest accessible point in the building.
1t is six feet in diameter and capable OF
holding eight persons. This ball Is sur
mounted by cross thirty feet high. In
the southwest tower is the great bell,
measuring ten feet in diameter and
weighing over 10000 pounds. This bell
is tolled only on the death Of some mem.
Der of the royal family, or the lord
mayor or the bishop Of London or the
dean of the cathedral Rev. S. Brown.
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RELIGIOUS.
PRAYER for Chststtsn unioW.

&hsVW.
"fhat they.all may be ose' Jous, xvii:2i,
That precious gift. ,hy pisting prayer,
That we may all be on .
Best Savior, help us no TO share,
And breathe "lhy vi be done
Ooe home above to faith Appears
One path by millions tod:
One Cross lights up this vale OF tears,
To all the saints Of God.
With those that ganed from Tabors height
Let love unite our throns;
NAV Jesus only" al our sight,
And echo in our cong.
Our pains and tolls, and conflicts here
Zen Jordan rolling past.
Will he AZ dreams when pressing neu
The Throne We meet Mt last.
Fade earthly sarines and altars fair,
And names and temples old,
II, Lord, Thou wilt but claim US there,
And count us In Thy fold. .,.
Reign In our hearts. Thou Lamb Divinel
And make us one In 1nee.
Bring us WITH sll the host Of Thine,
Jhv glorious face TO see.
John W. Corson, in N. Y. Evening Post.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27
India Ink.

The manufacture OF what is commonly
known in com merce as India ink, iscarried
on upon a very large scale at Shanghai,
where very superior description is pre-
pared. The cause of the difference in
quality between the various inks made
in China results from the non>employ-
ment Of a constant material for the pre-.
duction of the lam pblack. In order tn
impart an agreeable odor to the sub.
stance, the Shanghai manufacturers add
a small quantity of musk and camphor
from the isle Of Borneo, two articles
which are exceedingly dear in the celes-
tisl empire. The Indian Ink" manu-,
factured by the japanese, is inferior In
quality to that of the Chinese, the for
mt not being 80 we'll versed In the man.
ner OF preparing the lampblack, which
Is the real secret of the art. : dps
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

GERMAN newspapers daily mention
the fact that Germany is, if possible,
more sadly plagued with tramps than
this country is. la rural districts
women are in hourly anxiety because of
these pests, and lock their doors carefully
whenever their husbands are away from
home. The trouble is not caused by any
dearth of work to be done, for while the
natives of the fatherland are tramping
idly about the land, hundreds OF indus-
trious Italians are employed in building
railroads and in other labor. Indeed,
since the opening of the oriental war,
business has improved in Germany, but
there, as here, there are hands which will
not work so long as begging and stealing
will serve their owners purpose.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

WHAT we call fever and ague might be
banished from the country as a general
disease, If two things were done. First
Have fire kihdled every morning at
daylight, from spring till fall, in the
family room, into which all the family
should repair from their chambers, and
there remain until breakfast is taken.
Second; Let fire be kindled in the
family room short time before sun
down; let every member of the family
repair TO it,and there remain until supper
is taken. In both cases the philosophy
of the course marked out consists in two
things-First: The fire rarifes the
malaria, and causes it to ascend above
the breathing point. Second; The food
taken INTO the stomach creates an activity
of circulation which repels disease.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

The island of Tenedos, which the
British authorities have appropriated
for depot of war material, is situated a
few miles from the entrance to the Oar.
danelles, below Besiks bay. Of course,
the occupation of the island is a declara-
tion of war against Turkey as emphatic
as the entrance of the cars armies on
Turkish soil last year; but this is not
the first inconsistency OF England since
she charged the czar with violating the
old treaties. Her design is evidently to
secure the Dardanelles and command
the waterway to Constsntinople, so
that, if kept out OF the Black sea by the
Russian occupation of the strategic posi-
tion on the Bosporus, she will prevent
the utilization of the outlet to the Med
iterranean. The Turkish forces about
Constantinople and on both sides of the
sea OF Marmora do not number more
than one hundred thousand; but this
force, together with the Turkish feet,
would throw much strength into the
hands of either Russia or England.
Hence the efforts of both powers to
secure the cooperation of the Porte.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

DRouGHT is The dreadful drawback to
Australian life. 1t is the terror of the
squatter. The New South Wales Agri-
cnlturist mentions how seriously it
impairs railroad extension. Forage for
horses can only be obtained foi prices SO
ruinous that contractors will not proceed
with work, the completion of which
would mean Iuin.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

The young woman who used 70 sing
70 divinely, I" Oh, had I the wings ~ :
dove" 10 satisfied with chicken II.
She is married. ~t ai 50
A LONDON paper finds fault with The
pronunciation OF preacher who reads
from the Bible: "He that hath yaws to
yaw. let him yaw." as'....as,,
"SlR," said an old Judge 70 . young
lawyer, "you would do well to pick
some OF the feathers from the wings of
your imagination, and stick them In The
tail Of your Judgment" 4,4sls;
SERVANT lacks into the breakfast NOON
and rays: please, ma'am, there's .
beggar In the kitchen wants something
to eat" "Give her the water In which
the epgs were boiled this morning, Bird.
get it's quite nutritious" a.aa !,
They have had cyclone in Georgis,
and when it struck the city Of Augusta,
it !, said that the mayor teleTrapbed 70
J. Blaine, Washington, "CAll your
Goilamiltop off," Blaine's reply wsa,
" She is off new, and nobody can make
her any ofer."
sAHrA rRHHsA's BOOK NAnK.
let nothins dist urb thee, ~ 9,
Nothing flight thee; ..tl
All thinRD are passing;
God new changsth; f 4,.tt 4,
Patient endurance
rs Attsinstb to all thing; w - iaf
Who God poeseaselh
In nothing is wanting. tlHt e.
He appeared to Be almost gone. Rell-
ing his eyes toward the partner ot bh
bosom, he gaaped: "Rury me meath tba
weeping willow, and plant simple white
rose above my head" "Oh, III no ussp
she snapped ont. "Yoursnoee would
scorch the roots!" He got we'll.
A Witty young lady was once 70.
marked 10 by gentleman friend Of her
aceuaintanee that, "He thought be
must have been born with silver spoon
in his mouth" She looked ct him care
fully and upon realizing the siss OF hh
mouth, replied: 81 don't doubt 1t; but
it must have been soup ladle."
SEVERAL prominent ph hysician Of New
York declare that cigarette smoking
is very Injurious. Nothing could b better
for the cigarette trade than this asvA
Once let it be thought that there is no
harm in the cigarette, and its reign would
be AZ ephemeral as that OF the -lats
lamented helmet hat. sra-s. al
The Free Press tells how . Detmit
man explained the metric system to his
wife. Under the metric system" asfd
he, "you write TO your father in WIscon-
sin for the money to buy your new dsen.
The money comes, you take half OF II
and buy me a pair Of pants, and then
you use the rest In purchasing filty-osnt
dress goods. II is very good measure,
very good" She raid that no metricsys-
tenn should ever come into that h6use.
TIE audience at theater 10 the Black
Hills country were startled recently by
the sudden exit of the performers end
the sight OF an axe thrown from the -
ditorium TO the stage, A man was seen
attempting to mount the stage, and A.
most simultaneously with this movement
one of the performers came from behind
the wings aud fired feur shots from re-
volver at the intruder, saying, "He has
followed me long enough" Tho man
who had thrown the AKA fell dead. He
was the jealous husband OF one OF the
actresses, and had been shst by his rival.
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Tha Worlds Fighting Men.

General Upton, Of the United States
army, in his recent work on the armies
of the world, shows very conclusively
that men are more thoroughly organized
for fighting purposes than at any pre-
vious period. In the old world he finds
the military strength to be as follows:
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The Cardiff Decks.

At the time that the father Of tAs
present Mnquis Of Butte came into pos-
session OF the town of OardiG, y was .
little uuimportant villsgeat the sdge Of
q large tract of desolate moofland, yhica
had never been utilized In any, nay.
Finally be resolved to supply the town
with docks, and is said 70 bsvS flikeaki
last penny 10 the enteFpEise,hnt III -
successfui, and Cardiff u now busy and
thriving seaport. A gysat inccus = -
rived from these docks, which b all -
plled toe further expansien Of co1ne!-
cial facilities. The present Losd G9le =
aleo - owper o. Mlp - - -
slz5Aeysm coal, that = . ez11nlAIle
~ u &o41m u. s e d; (
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

The French government will not ex.
hibit itself nor allow to be displayed at
the coming exposition, any war material
or invention which it has lately adopted,
or which it thinks of adopting for the
army or navy.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

MORE to the Chinese than to any
other nation the telephone has been q
blessing. Owing to the fact that the
Chinese language has no alphabet, the
telegraph has never been available in
China but now the telephone has been
discovered it has been seized upon, and
five hundred miles of telephone wires are
said TO be already in operation. ..
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

The Dutch Postal Annual says Of the
different modes which have been en-
ployed for sealing letters: "For long
period ordinary beeswax was the only
material employed. Toward the middle
of the sixteenth century this was re-
placed BY sesling-wax introduced from
India. The Oldest book in which there
il mention Of sealing-wax Is treatise
OF one Garsias de Orta on Aromatics and
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

"wHAT's de Tins o day, ole omans'
said colortd 'countrynaan to Aunt
Milly yesterday, trying 70 poke fan ct
the bras chain that held her front door
Esy around that -youhg lady's neck
"Look at de town cloek, chile. Date
bullt icf pe' iolkA"-[vIskshszg HsEala..
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27
NUMBER 4.
FACTS AND rAxClEs.
The Thr-e vvss~ vv.-e,.

Three wise old women were they, were they,
Who went on q walk on q winter day
One carried basket TO hold some esrries;
One carried ladder. to climb for Cherries;
7 he third ana she vas the v sest one,
carried q fan to htspoh the suni i'l fA
!" O dear. dearp said one. "a bear I sesi
I think we'd better all climb trsel"
But there wssn't tree fos miles around.
. hey were too frightened to stay-oo the ground
30 they climbed their ladder up 70 the top,
And eat there fcreaniss ''Ws'll drsPi we'll
drcpl"
But the wind was strong % vipd could b,
And blew their lsdder iisht out 10 sea
Soon the tsrs viss women vers al snoet ~ a.
In a leaky ladder. instesd Of bostf
And every time the waves rolled In
Ut courss the poor thinss ware vet 70 The skiu.,y
Then they took their bsshet the water 70 hail; q
They put up their fan. 10 make sail
But what hcsme oi the wise women then
Whsf her they ever rot home agatu, ff q. i,
Whether taey sav cay bears sr no.
You must hnd out, Tor dou't knov. .!r.l "a
attl0ali .al'l l rs 7. csrbstt
The Osceola times., 1878-04-27
VOLUME 10.

New JERSEY makes three-fourths OF
the lcorice manufactured in the United
States. The licorice root is imported
from Spain and Asia Minor.