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The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
Hatred of the Chinese.

A more hardworking, Inoffensive set OF
men can not be found on the coast than
the Cinnamon Much of the complaint
made against them is properly charge
able to the non-execution of the laws.
That much of Chinatown is foul blot
on the fair fame of this city can't be
questioned. The dense population the
uncleanliness OF the Chinese quarters;
the crowded condition of many of the
apar the fact that plague and
pestilence is often raging in this quarter;
the fact that portions Of the, town are
positively unsafe that miles of thievlDg,
robbing men infest this quarter and the
baseness of women who prowl around at
night must be admitted. For all this
the government of the city is alone to
blame. The execution OF the sanitary
laws, the putting in force Of the moral
statutes OF the city would in week put
to au end the Objectionable features of
Chinatown. The city is not obliged to
have nuisance in its midst
unless it wishes to. A bone.boil.
ing nuisance or glue factory in the
city hall or in the palace yard would be
abated in an hour. Treaty or no treaty,
Chinatown could be ievelcd in a
day-the Chinese he compelled to OBJ
serve the sanitary laws. They could
be scattered in q week and be Obliged to
dwell in small communities in the bills
that surrounded the city, and be pun
ished il they were not decent The
public hatred of the Chinese crops out
everywhere The hoodlums are their
special foe. This class were represented
in earlier times under the appellation Of
"hounds." They are an organized band
of mischief makers, composed OF the vag-
abonds of all nations. They are between
seventeen and nineteen years of age.
They rendezvous on the corners Of certain
streets. Their principal amusement is
attacking unprotected and quiet Chinese,
As an illustration: saw an undersized
Chinese boy staggering under basket OF
clothes that he was taking home to the
owner. For some faucied insult hood
lum gave chase. One hundred men
looked on. 1t was clear that the boy
was to be overhauled. The. Chinaman
dropped his basket, drew flexible rapier
out Of his bosom, and made a stand. All
these men 20 armed, and often shoot
wild. The hoodlum fell back. Stagger.
ing q moment he renewed the chase.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
Josh Billings Philosophy.

The uncertainties of life are Just wha;
make it endurable.
The devil never was known yet to de-
sert his friends in tight spot, but get.
them into tighter one, and then does
think | had rather trust my faith
than my Judgment.
As general thing, the philosopher,
Of the world have spent much of theil
time eating stewed terrapins, then tell.
ing other folks how unhealthy they are
My friend, II you just give other peo
pie the same privileges that you claim
for yourself, you will be surprised to see
how smooth and still the old machine
runs.
1t is very easy to explain n defeat.
We charge 1t over to the the bad luck
account.
II there wasn't any fools this world
would be a dreadful and desolate place
to live in; it wouldn't pay to be wise or
even cunning.
If it was against the law to guess at
things, we wouldn't know much.
One of the strongest points in the
devils character is, never 10 consider
All IilbH Oub vi MS IcdCu.
The more a man knows the less he
doubts; when reason fails he lets faith
lead him.
There is no theory that will work on
the jumping tooth-ache like the dentist 8
forceps.
Silence is the FOOLS safety, and the
wise mans strength.
We all praise contentment, but none
of us practice it,
A loafer is a human being, and this is
the most mortifying thing about him.
Tying to live on pedigree Isl good
deal like trying to live on dried apples !;
about the best you can do after you have
filed yourself with the apples Is to take
drink and sit down and swell.
There Is but little bad luck in tn
world--but there is heap of bad mans
agement.
Vanity and jealousy always travel
together two very selfish creatures.
Young man, if you want cheap
obituary notice, let your hair grow out,
drink whisky, and rave to the full moon
and die in the gutter.
If man has got good article of re-
ligion, he don't have TO advertise it to
find market.
About one-half that even the wisest
man knows is mere theory.
Young mar, don't forge. this Betting
ten dollars on it won't prove how far the
bull-irog can jump.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
BOB TOOM BS.
A. IL Soidier---The Character General
EsOngs'reet gives liim---NO idea Of
SubordiuatiOp, but Brave aud
Dasssing oa the Field Of

LOngstreet gives Iiim---NO idea of
SubOrdiuatiOn, but Brave and
Dashinx oa the Field Of
Battle.
In conversation with General Long.
street concerning the Confederate gene
rails with whom he was associated, he
said DO you know General Robert
Toombs, of your State, was one of the
bravest and most dashing soldiers that
ever saw on any field ?'
He was pretty hard to manage, was
he not ~
Yes, sir; at first. He had literally
no idea of subordination. He was born
to rule, and had been carrying out the
purpose of his birth pretty well up TO
the time he entered the army. 1t was
hard for him to give up his lordly habits
even then.
Il remember characteristic instance
in which General Toombs figured. | sent
out his brigade on picket duty once. OF
course, the discretion OF placing the
brigades was in the hands OF the proper
officers. Toomfs had been out that day
dining with Marylander named Dennis,
who had been one of his colleagues
during his congressional career They
had good old wine for dinner, and
Toombs was riding home feeling ike
lord.
Suddenly he ran against his brigade
on picket duty. lie was very much
angered.
Who put you here p he shouted.
He was answered that it was the
orders from headquarters.
go Well, by, my orders are that
you come back TO camp. I'm not going
to have all the picket duty of the army
put on my brigade. Come alongl"
"And, sure enough, he led them back
to their camp As soon as | heard Of it
|, OF course, ordered him under arrest.
As was the custom, he was simply or
dered 10 ride in the rear OF his brigade
| thought everything was going Off all
right, when suddenly an officer came to
me and told me that we should kave a
revolt in the army, il did not interfere.
| asked him what he meant, and he told
me that General Toombs was riding
along in the rear of his brigade and ex.
hortins the soldiers against the oppression
that had been pracliced toward them and
him. My informant said the soldiers
we're getting very reckless
+" | ordered General Toombs back to
Gordonsville. kept him there day or
two, when, having received very hand.
some letter from him, ordered him to
the front again. He came as fast as his
horse could carry him. When he reached
us, General Lee and myself were TO.
gether, consulting about the opening of
a battle, which was Just then pending.
AS General Toombs rode up aud saluted,
! stated that | would take great pleasure
in sending a courier with orders restoring
him to his command. He spoke up rap
idly, and said that as charge was
imminent, he would like to lead it, and
hoped that he might be the bearer of the
orders himself
81, of course, consented. In few
moments Toombs's brigade passed us,
burrying TO the charge, and Toombs
flying in the front like comet, leading
them 10 the assault. He was as dashing
a soldier as ever went on te battlefield,
and hardy and impetuous fighter
[ Atlanta ga Constitution.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
The Poetry OF the Old Plantation.

What nights were the nights on the
old plantation! The mellow light of the
harvest moon crept through the rustling
leaves of the tall oaks, fell softly upon
the open space beyond, and bathed the
brown old barn in food Of golden glory,
while the songs Of the negroes at the
corn-pile-lusty chorus and plaintive
refraiu- shook the silence until it broke
upon the air in far reaching waves OF
melody.
But alas, all these are gone. The
moon pursues her pathway as serenely as
of old, but she no longer looks down upon
the scenes that were familiar to your
youth. The old homestead and the barn
are given up to decay, and the songs Of
the negroes have been hushed into silence
by the necessities Of new dispensation.
The old plantation itself has gone. 1t
has passed away, but the hand of time,
memorable and yet tender, has woven
about it the sweet suggestions of poetry
and romance-memorials that neither
death nor decay can destroy. Atlanta
Herald.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

Arrangements are making by which
postmasters throughout the country are TO
receive subscriptions for the pedestal of
Bartholdi's colossal statue OF liberty en-.
tightening the world, to be erected 10 New
York harbor.
The experiments which have been car
ried on ut the state agricultural college of
Maine for some years, to test the relative
values OF cooked and uncoOked meal in feed.
ing hogs are still continued the verdict thus
far being in favor of uucooked food.
Silkville is the name OF new town in
Kansas where a Frenchmau Of wealth has
established a silk-raising colony The most
complete success is crowning his efforts, the
product of his colony being known in Eu.
rope as Kansas cocoons, and bringing the
highest market price.
The result of an attempt 10 restore
the models in the patent office, damaged by
the late fire, bids fair to realize more than
expectation, About five thousand models
have already been restored, and from press
ent indications the whole number capable
Of being put in good condition will reach at
least five thousand more than the commits
sioner's estimate, or about fifteen thousand.
Much objection against the proposed
elevated railroads in New York was based
on the idea that they would prove unsightly,
but il now is said TO be the general opinion
that when completed they will add much TO
the fine appearance OF the city. The plans
for the stations submitted and approved are
said to be extremely picturesque the stairs
by which the ascents and descents are to be
made are wide and handsome, and the finish
is to be modern, thorough and artistic.
The inquiry into TIE alleged massacres
of Russian prisoners by the Turkish troops
at Plevna is being carried on quietly but
without interruption, and notwithstanding
the military honors which were so readily
paid to the commander of the besieged
Town, Osman Pasha, as being responsible for
the discipline of his soldiers, viii be tried by
Russian 'courtmartial, together with all
his officers. This will, saysa correspondent,
be no novel proceeding, aud Russia will
be only acting upon the same principles as
were adopted by the German staff during
the war of 1870 with regard to the French
irregular troops, and more especially the
francstreurs.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE.

In the house, on the 4th, under the
call OF states bills were introduced and re-
ferred as follows: By Mr.. Frye-For the
exchange of silver coins of the United States
for United States notes. By Mr.. Ward
Reducing the number of customs officers and
regulating their compensation. IA number
of bills on the calendar not objected to were
passed. By Mr. Vsnce-Authorizing circuit
and district judges TO fine and imprison at
discretion in cases of convictions Of Illicit
distillers, in lieu of the punishment now
required. By Mr.. Sayler-Providng for a
classification of mail matter, and fixing post
age rates. By Mr.. Pollsrd--Appropriating
s46s, 600 for deficiencies in the interior de-
partment for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1870. BY Mr.. Turner 10y requestl-To repeal
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
Once Happy, Always Happy.

Sidney smith said. mankind 10 al.
ways happier for having been happy; 20
that if you make them happy now, you
can make them happy twenty years bence
by the memory of it. A childhood passed
with a due mixture OF rational indlll'
gences, under fond and wise parents,
diffuses over the whole OF life q feeling
of calm pleasure; and in extreme old age,
is the very last remembrance which time
can erase from the mind of man. No
enjoyment, however uncomfortable, is
confined 10 the present moment. A man
is happier for lie from hsvingonce made
an agreeable tour, or lived any iengtn 0,
time with pleasant people, or enjoyed
any considerable interval Of Innocent
pleasure, which contributes TO render osd
men so inattentive 10 the scenes respss
them, and casrin them hack = -
thas i past, end - sesnU ~ = ~
renewed sg1in.n I II II = - z ,,,s,,;;i 4, i;
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
Gold Value
Total al..Sl.s1I S36I5O

Here we have the:.amount of the rob-
berry committed by the coin act Of March,
1869, in which Sherman aided and abet-
ted. 1t is 1926, ,S70.322. The interest
on the bonds was paid in gold. That is,
the purchaser of the bond for $40, $50, or
$50 could draw about 10 per cent. inter-
est in lawful money on $l00, and his
bonds were exempt from taxation beside.
1t is high time for the people to ssy to
the bondholder that he shall now have
no more thsn is nominated in the bond.
" Not drop of blood" There shall be
no repetition of such robbery Cincin.
natl Enouirer.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A Pera correspondent writes that by
giving up hostilities in Europe, the provinces
at the same time receiving q tribute from
them or saddling them with a portion of the
national debt and concentrating the Mussul.
men in territory contiguous to Cons,anti-
nople and making the concentration required
by the territorial concessions In Asia Minor
the Turks will create q new ottoman power
ten times stronger than when it was spread
over the vast, badly or,auizsd and hostile
territory.
A new velclno has been discovered by
the officers OF the United States flagship
Omaha, in Patagonia, aud the name of the
ship Omaha is proposed for ii.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
A SURSERY DITTy.
BY n, II. sTODDARD,


When the winds OF March we're blowing,
And the low-hung heavens were showing,
As souls were coming and going,
lhere came one day TO poor woman's bed
A wee little thing with hairless head
IL cried, and Its father sighed In Its need,
Here's one mole mouth to fced TO feed ="
When the winds Of May were blowing,
And the apple blossoms we're showing,
As birds were coming and going,
There lay one daY on his mothers breast
This dear little pet in dIeamless rest;
IL smiled, and Its mother was proud indeed
Thank God, here's one more mouth 10 feed
When the winds OF December we're roaring,
And the swollen streams were imploring,
And the choir in the church were sdoriDg
The Lord Of storms aud the Lord Of calms,
A poor woman wept and wrung her palms,
Too woe-begone to count bead
There was one less mouth TO iced, TO feed
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

Rough men, fifty in number, Joined in
the hue and cry. The Chinese dropped
his basket, darted into wash house
while the crowd gathered up the clothes,
distributed them among the company
and went their way. The Chinese have
never been knewn to betray one of their
number in court or out of It, but will de.
fend the Chinese with their life.-- Bur
leigh's San Francisco Letter.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
HOT SPRINGS.
Ono Thousand People Homeless and In
Want.


Want.
About one hundred and fifty buildings
we're destroyed by the Hot Springs con.
fagaration, nearly all of them being
business houses and residences. 1t is
estimated that one thousand people are
made homeless, and aid is asked for the
poor. All the buildings are wooden
structures. The loss is estimated at
three hundred thousand dollars insur-
ance, twenty. five thousand dollars. Al.
though the greater portion of the busi-
ness portion Of the town Is destroyed,
mparstively few hotels were burned.
Only one first-class hotel, the Hot
Springs hsuse, was lost, and two or three
smaller ones There is still plenty o!
hotel accommodation for all visitors ;
the Arlington, Grand Central, Sumpter
Avenue and Waverly hotels, the largest
and best in the city, together with 2
large number Of boardinghouseA still
remain.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

A CURIOUS candle used in Alaska is a
fish eight inches long, almost transparent
and very fat, the fat being pure white
and very sweet. The Indians dry this
fish, then light it at the tail, and it burns
with a clear, sparkling fame, which the
wind will not extinguish.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

The New York chief of police AYERS
that guilty persons always weep and be.
tray great anxiety and mental distress,
while the innocent are indignant but
self.possessed.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

A DETROIT man has opened penny
restaurant in a very neatly furnished
room, where six hundred customers can
be fed daily. Bread and butter, one
cent coffee aud tea, with milk and sugar,
one cent soup of any kind, one cent ;
beef, veal or mutton stew, one cent ;
minced fish, one cent; mush and milk,
ditto, and so on to the end of the bill.
The proprietor, for five cents, will give
meal that would stagger any healthy ap-
petite, while, for seven cents, a repast is
furnished that, in quantity, would utter
ly dismay the most ferocious cater.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

A DOCTOR in Brooklyn, who has made
a study of the subject, makes the rather
startling announcement that not one
person in three has legs of equal length,
and it seems that as a general thing left
legs are the longer. This will no doubt
account for the difficulty that men some
times have in getting home late in the
evening. The difference in the length OF
the legs is stated to be a quarter of an
inch. This is probably one of the rea-
sons that a person describes a circle when
lost in the woods.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

KEELY, of "motor" fame, after alb
sorbing about hundred thousand dol
lars from credulous people, and after
faring sumptuously, wearing diamonds
and drinking champagne for over three
years, has at last been declared bank
rupt. The Cleveland Herald remarks
that il Keely gets his deserts he will
furnish motive power for breaking stone
in penitentiary.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16


of recklessness, place him near the pistol
pocket of mule and let him reckless.
He will soon wish he was an angel.
An old rail-splitter in Indiana put the
quietus upon a young man who chaffed
him upon his bald head, in these words
" Young man, when my head gets as soft
~ yours will raise hair to SELL"
"MARRIAGE," says Gsorge Eliot, lis
promotion" And this sort of promo.
tion makes some young men 20 proud
aud stuck up that they won't do a stroke
of work as long as their wives are able to
make shirts and take in washing TO keep
them.
You can't have everything you want
in this world. Life is like blanket
that is too short il you pull it up over
your shoulders you uncover your feet,
and If you cover your feet your shoulders
must be bare. However, some cheerful
people manage to draw their feet up
little and so pass pleasant night.
"WHAT becomes OF good people when
they die p asked Sunday>school orator
who was addressing crowded anniversary
assembly. They 60 to heaven" was the
prompt reply OF a number Of the children.
The correctness of this answer being
beyond controversy, the orator naturally
brought on his next, which was, What
becomes of the brutes when they die ?"
There was n momentary pause, which
was broken by loud-voiced youngster
Z" Make 'em into soap grease!" The buzz
of enthusiastic mirth which followed
punctusted the speech with full stop.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
NUMBER 50.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
LOekln' the harm.

jamie, where ha' ye been my lad?
There's tallow upon your sleeve,
An your face is Just as real as your beard,
| verify do believe
was out the barn a-lockiu' up. sir,
For To keep the tkieye. ava;
Yell mind as ye told me not 70 forget
Jlst week agane to-da'."
Jennie where hs' ye been, my lass
Your tresses are a. awree,
An the red on your cheeks Ia very red,
An asp rkle 10 In your e'e
The wih' ~asa biowin' 80 dreary, cir.
That the csndle-iight vas dim
An please, sir. | only went alsug
Just TO hold 1t weel for him."
Weel, mony's the time I've lock't the barn,
An I've still q clean cbat-sleeve,
An jennie held niver a light for me,
verify do believe.
There's somewhat comm, God bless 70 both,
II know what I'm about;
Take care that the dreary win o. life
Blows niver your candle out"
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

IT is suggested in communication to
the New York Herald that subscrip-
tion be opened TO a " Ross fund" for the
aid OF the family of Mr.. Christian Ross,
the father OF the unfortunate Charlie.
1t ia stated that Mr.. Ross has expended
a fortune in his Efforts to find his lost
child, and is now poor, compelled to earn
his living by acting as clerk or agent,
and the writer has no doubt that thous.
ands of persons would be happy to give
expression to their sympathy by the
contribution of sums from ten cents to
one d)llsr toward this object.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

SCIENTIFIC minds will be pleased to
learn that the New York Times scientist
has discovered that electricity produces
the nocturnal yowl of the honest house
cat. "The cat perched on hack fence
perpendicularly to the axis of the earth,
and to the direction of the earth currents
of electricity, howls because he--or she,
as the case may be-is undergoing acute
agony. Very possibly cats pass over
fences running from north to south quite
as frequently as they do over fences
running in the direction of the equator,
but in the former cases they experience
no pain, and hence do not attract atten-
tion by their outcries. The moment,
however, that a cat finds himself on an
east and west fence he is racked by inter.
nal pain; he tries to relieve his mind by
howls and profanity, and he thereby
excites the rage of his human audiences" !"
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

The Cuban republic is in a very bad
way. The patriot leaders have all been
compelled to surrender save General
Cespedes, General Maxine Gomez, Gen.
eral Modesto Disz and General Antonio
Macco, four of the fighting generals, who
are in the eastern department, and swear
they will die in the last ditch and con-
tinue guerrilla warfare. General Ces-
pedes Is now at the head of the Cuban
government, but the lack Of war material
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

THE expectation OF forest tree seed is
assuming dimensions in this country.
California sends $4,000 worth per year.
The principal purchases are made for
Germany, Austria, England, and the
colonies in Australia and New Zealand
and at present the demand exceeds the
supply. The seeds of the Oregon pine,
known also as the yellow fir, are the
most in demand The timber of that
tree is as good as the British oak for
ship building, and has been found sound
after eighteen years use for this purpose.
The South Sea colonies are planting the
California red wood tree extensively.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

TREES generally when they are inter-
posed between dwellings and swampy
land have been known to exercise a puri-
flying influence upon the atmosphere, and
are consequently conducive to the health
of those occupying such tree-protected
dwellings. About thirty years ago
Gornkpore, in northwestern India, was
considered healthy place. A mango
grove was cut down, and the miasmatic
vapors from the neighboring wet land,
finding no obstruction, made the place
fatal one to Europeans. The grove was
again permitted to. grow, and the salu-
brjty of the station was restored. The
planting of belt OF babool trees at
Futtehpoor converted a pestiferous sta
tion into one where the death rate is
about the average.