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The Osceola times., 1878-02-09
OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY g. 1878

currency of a country Ia properly meas.
ured, not merely BY Indicating the
volume in circulation, but by naming
the volume compared with the popula-
tion for whose business it is the machin-
cry. The volume of currency country
should have must be determined by still
another circumstance-the sparsenew or
the compactness of the population. The
city, with its various credit devices, bills
of exchange, notes, checks, drafts, clear
ing-houses, needs comparatively little
money per capita, while the millions l.
people scattered thinly over an undeveof
oped continent need a much larger sum
per capita. In t.is country, after the
close OF the war, an element Of enormous
contraction was suddenly introduced in
our financial sy ystem by the addition TO
the union OF the dollarless states that
had attempted to secede. The same quan.
tity of currency was spread over vast
territory and among millions Of money
less people where it had not been used.
The annual increase of population, the
currency remaining the same, is of itself
an elem mt of contraction. The results
of contraction are before the people.
They are the bankruptcies strewen over
the last twelve years, the prostration Of
all industry, the suffering that accompa-
nies hard times. We present a state.
ment of the amount OF contraction that
has actually taken place. On the goth
Of June, 1864, the amount Of paper
money issues outstanding, consisting Of
greenbacks, postal currency, treasury
notes, certificates of indebtedness, ma.
tional bank notes, state bank noter,
se, en-thirty notes, temporary de-
posits for which certificates were
issued, was $l.l25,S77 ,o34 53. In that
year there were but $50 failures in the
and the aggregate liabilities
we're but $S,579,000. We give below the
story Of contraction for the last thirteen
years
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09
The telephone is spreading all over

The telephone is spreading all over
Europe.
Do not entertain visitors with your
own domestic troubles.
Coop resolutions are like horses. The
first cost is an item Of less importance
than the keeping.
Now let us sit down and c,nsider Why
q woman invariably carries bundle ~
though it was baby.
In Ireland every dog is registered, and
the revenue derived from the tax goes b
lessen local taxation.
THERE IL now an establishment In New
York city, devoted solely 10 the business
Of hiring out dress coats.
CAT what age were you marriedf"
asked she inquisitively. But the other
lady was EQUAL to the emergency, and
quietly responded: "At the parsonage."
ST. LOUIS discovered starving woman
Just six hours too late TO save her lite.
St. Louis raised 81 ,l20 .ast year TO send
to the poor heather in Africa.-[Detroit
Free Press.
Ir you are going to keep diary, keep
1t. Don't leave It in your other pants
pockets where your vile will got hold Of
1t FOR day or 90, and then appear TO
you. claiming 70 be = mind d-reader.
DEFINITION OF the gout BY Dumas:
Put your toe In q vise and squeeze II
till you can no longer endure the torture.
Then give the handle one turn more, and
that Is the gout."
MAYBE they did shave giants In those
days." but they couldn't have been any
bigger than free-born American citisen
feels when he 10 in q procession Il Gin.
cinnati Breakfast Table.
A LOVER Of good coffee entered . gro.
Gerry, and, holding up . handful Of ground
coffee from big can, he inquired: "Ars
there any beans In this coffee 7" No,
SIR" promptly replied the grocer. "How
do you knowT asked the man. +" Be.
cause was out Of beans, and had 10 pat
peas in," was the answer.
Don Piatt, Of the Washington Capital,
is patriot--but this is his odyear.
Concerning voting, he ssys with much
unctiou "God save us. The privilegs
Is 10 poor that wc have been Indifferent
to its exercise these last twelve years.
Mrs. Cady Stanton can have our ballot.
We will 60 to the polls and vote any
ticket or for any candidate she may
designate" Now, then, Elisabeth Il
provided for.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

This table shows that the percentage
OF business failures in the southern states
has been lower than in any other section
of the country. The western states fol-
low next; then the middle, then the
eastern, aud last comes the Pacific slope
states. 1t has not been attempted 70 be
denied that many failures are fraudulent,
and on the score Of probability it is more
likely that where one trader in fifty.eight
failed there will be more dishonesty than
where one in eigh.y'five fails. With
these figures before US we see that the
south and west have been grossly SIAN
dered-that taking those tables as our
guide the south and west live up to their
engagements better than any other por.
tion of the country. As Dun Barlow's
report says:
Notwithstanding the solidity and
wealth of New England, its established
sources Of income from its long career of
success, and its enormous investments
within and without its own borrowers,
its perfect monetary facilities, and other
great advantages, yet all this does not
preserve its traders from failing in num-
DCIs gISdOCi tuC bOutucf u
states-ruined by war. retarded by mis-.
rule, and only just recovering to a self.
sustaining power of existence"
There Is another point deserving Of
thought. Failures are more prevalent
in Canada than anywhere else IN the
world-one trader ia every thirty failed
last year. On the Pacific slope one
trader in every forty-one failed. Now
it should not be forgotten that Canada
has the single gsld unit of value, and
paper has never defiled California, where
the bulk Of the Pacific coast failures
occur. Unless there has been an abnor.
NAL developement of dishonesty ia
Canada and California, gold must have
had something to do with these failures.
One thing is certain, whether they are
to be attributed 10 the single standard
or not, gold has not preserved its votaries
from great waves of mercantile disaster,
ccompanied, we may hope, With small
waves of dishonesty. Let not the east
hereafter say, "I am honester than
thou" or pretend that gold will ward of
the evils OF insolvency.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09
A snake Attacks Nan In Baggy.

Mr.. Walters and his vile were return
ing to the city, says the Dallas (Ga.
Commercial. in q two.horse buggy from
trip into the country. About seven
miles from town, on the Mansfield road,
they passed q snake that WAS lying on
the side Of the road, the great size OF
which attracted their attention. After
passing the reptile, Mrs. Walters con-
cludcd he would turn back and kill Il.
He turned the team around, drove back
to point opposite the snake, drew his
pistol and fred at 1t, but without effect.
The horses, not being used to the report
of firearms, became restless and hard to
control, which caused the attention OF
Mr.. Walters to be diverted from the
snake, which ran rapidly to the buggy,
up the wheel and on the dashboard, be-
fore the occupants were awara Of 1t. The
snake. when within foot Of the occu-
pants OF the carriage, coiled the lower
part Of its body, throw its neck into 2
graceful curve, drew back il head, and
was just in the act Of launching its
deadly fangs into Mr.. walters, when he
6red the second shot. This, though
missing, had the effect 10 cause the snake
TO lower itself on the tongue OF the car
risge. Mr.. Walters then fred two more
shots, one Of which took effect, and
caused the reptile to fall from the car
risge 10 the ground, and Walters dis
patched it with stone. The reptile Wa
measured, and found to b over SIX feet
long, aud was thicker than mans wrist.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09
WAR IN THE EAST.

Admiral Hobart Pasha's feet has ar.
rived from Batoum, bringing ten battalions
Dervish Pssha Is lsexpected shortly. There il
no news yet from the peace pienipotenti-
aries. The government has telegraphed its
representatives at the European capitals
asking for information. The Russians con-
tinue to advance.
The principal cause of delay of the
armstice is stated to be the difficulty about
the military conditions imposed. A Vienna
paper says these include the occupation Of
Constantinople.
The relief agent who arrived at CALI
poll with Saleiman Pasha telegra2hs as fol>
lows: 81 will stop here TO relieve seven
thousand refugees in great distress. | have
seen vast numbers Of refugees all over the
country, dying from cold and hunger. There
is great movement toward the sea. Refu.
gees arrive perfectly destitute, having gen.
orally lost half of each family. 1t is a ma.
ton moving withou. means OF transportation
and without home to go to. Englishmen
cannot imagine the suffering, destitution and
ruin of the last three weeks to an innocent
and industrious people.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09
MR.. BLAINE's SILVER BILL.

The bill introduced in the senate BY
Mr. Blaine il, in full text, as follows:
A bill to authorize the coinage of silver
dollars for circulation, and make the
same legal tender, and for other pur.
poses: -....... 1900.
Be it enacted, etc., That silver bullion
may be deposited at any coinage mint or
at the assay office In the city of New
York for returns in silver dollars OF -
grains Of standard silver at such rate or
price per standard ounce of bullion a.
may from time to time be fixed BY the
director of the mint, with the approval,
In writing, Of the secretary OF the tress-
ury, and which rate shall correspond a.
exactly as possible with the market rate,
and the bullion thus placed shall, in
addition to the other required coinage
authorized by existing law, be coined
without delay to the full capacity Of the
mints.
Sec. 2. That any gain or profit arising
from the coinage OF silver dollars shall,
after the payment of lawful wastage, be
covered into the treasury Of the United
States at the close of each fiscal year.
Sec. 3. The silver dollar herein author.
lied to be coined shall be a legal tender
as by existing law in common with gold
for all Gums up to and including $5. and
for all sums exceeding IS the debtor shall
have the right to tender In full payment
and the creditor the right to demand
one-half the amount in gold coin and
one half In silver dollars.
Sec. 4. Fine or standard gold and sil.
yer bars bearing the stamp Of any coinage
mint, or the assay Office at New York,
shall be received by the assistant treasu.
rer Of the United States at New York for
their stamped value, which shall be
their coinage rate respectively, and coin
certificates shall be issued therefor by the
assistant treasurer in the same manner as
coin certificates are now issued for gold
coin, and the certificates no issued shall
be redeemed by the secretary OF the
treasury on demand, at the office of the
assistant treasurer at New York, In coin
or stamped bars OF bullion deposited At
his option.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09
How to scare on q Deg.

One way to manage dog that bounces
at YOU BY daylight, Is to look sharp 1t
him and tell 6im to take careI Ten TO
one he's . coward, ,,or so well trained -
to mind mastery order. Anether way.
that friend was telling me just now,
was the practical idea Of one Of our
school ma'ams down south when fierce
hound sprang at her. She punched her
steel parassl down the dogs throat and
let him run OF with 1t. The plan has
one obiection-it costs . parasol every
time. Another way for person with
some nerve, u 70 seixe the dog that meass
to hurt you by che under jaw. with z
slid thumb under his tongue. He'll call
for his Pen and Ink then, says ny IN
formant, and you may pound the breath
out Of him at your leisure, for there's -
chance of his biting. II dog iunrs -
YOUR throat with open mouth. reeetve
him BY jamming your elbow with 81 tse
force YOU can master between BIZ Jaw,
bringing the blow upon the ;ower one it
Il easily dialocated. Commit theee thing
to memory, for We are Keeping : SOD
many impudent dogs now to drown ~
noise Of our neighbor's pups
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09
THE OLD SILVER DOLLAR A LEGAL TEN.

Senator Sherman, In a recent letter u
the Burlington Hawk-Eye, says:
The old silver dollar, If any are in ex
istence, coined before 1873, is a legal
tender for all sums, but, practically
there have been none in circulation since
1887, when the change was made in the
standard from fifteen of silver TO one OF
gold TO sixteen to one; but all silver
coins are now legal tender to the extent
of five dollars.
This is an important concession. The
goldite organs have demonstrated ever
and over again that the old silver dollar.
alluded TO by Secretary Sherman, is
worth only niDety.two cents; but here
is proof that it is held to be worth as
much as the gold dollar.-[ Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Ashes from the recent eruption at
Cotopaxi, in Ecuador, are said TO have fallen
at distance of one thousand miles from the
volcano.
The Marquis of Lorne lately gave an
order in Paris for diamond diadem costing
ninety thousand dollars, as a gift to his wife,
the Princess Louise.
The queen Of Spain obtained only $780,.
900 for her necklace, which was composed Of
1863 pearls and 40 diamonds, with sapphire
clasp. Circumstances beyond her control
compelled the queen to part with her treas.
ure
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

thousands killed did he see the carcass util.
ized. The earth was strewn with them
to perish and rot. He says that the most
pitiful sight he ever saw was the little moths
erless calves huddled together in groups,
scarcely old enough to eat the grass, and re-
naming around where their mothers had
been killed, none Of them old enough to take
the lead to go in the way III herds had gone,
or to water. But there they remain, and
when the little pools of water on the praries
estimated that $4,000 head OF buffalo will
be killed this winter exclusively for their
pelt.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

A rJvE.YEAR-oLp child left its seat In
the Baptist church ut Grand Rapids,
Michigan, walked up to the pulpit and
up the steps, and stood beside DR.. Graves,
the pastor, who turned toward the lad,
saying, What do you want, my little
man p The child inlocently replied, "A
glass of water" The pastor poured out
a glass Of water, the child drank it, and
LETT the platform. The incident created
considerable merrimept among the audi.
encs, which The child h retarsibe = hi1
ssat notiosd, ard thinkinQ - Pesple
Wsse amused :. soe aelase 9 - Il
ne1s : nv e - a =! -
sstisasd Aat' u I'D nj ssanalittea -
3nFsuFs3e93. q ~ = i..ls
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

What is the result of reducing the
money Of the country from ESQ per
capita TO $l4, reduction Of almost
three-fourtbsf For the first six months
Of the year 1877 the number OF failures
in the country were 4,740, and the in
debtedness involved was $99, COG, ,27l.
The agony Of bankruptcy has been multi
piled more than twenty-fold. And the
end, even the worst, is not yet.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09
THE FINANCIAL ISSUE.
Honesty Eass asd West.

We have heard great deal about re-
pudiation being a disease confined Il
southern and western mercantile life, and
many severe lectures have been read u
those sections about the villainy cloaked
in the reconciliation scheme as being
latent repudiation. Let US test thil
theory by the facts. In Dun Barlow
statement the following table il given
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

POSTMASTER JAMES, of New York,
complains to Postmatertieneral Key as
follows "The assistant-treasure of the
United States at New York refuses to
receive the trade dollar on deposit from
hisoilice, and ! am therefore compelled to
refuse them from the public, which causes
serious annoyance and complaint. Please
instruct me in the matter" The assistant
treasurer says the reason why he refuses
TO receive the trade dollar is because it is
not legalized, and were he to be succeeded
and his accounts closed up, his successor
would unquestionable refuse to coun-
tenance any trade dollars he had ac-
cepted.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09
The RESULT OF CONTRACTION.

The business distress of the country
has grown, In reoent years, with thscon-
tractisn OF the enrrencys A. baalneGs
misfortune u itself eanse q 8xs3Acua
misiurtnae, ths dimstsn + tralnoaebnse
incsoassd even more sxapidly I'm IA
coutsacsioa Of the chin1EY M nj y
hua1nom b doas. The ep4{sllea44 ~
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09
FACTS AND FANCIEs.
Iueana vsa saeau.

nsea0s v - D1818s
Out from the dark wild forest
Rode the terrible Heinz Won sleia;
And paused at the front OF q tavern,
And gax~d ct the swinging sign.
Then be sat himself down In . corner,
And grovIed for bottle Of wins;
Up came With flash and q cork-scrsw,
maiden with beauty divine.
Then he sighed with deep love longing,
And ssid" Oh damsel mine.
Suppose you just Civ. few kisses
10 the vsiorous Ritter Won etein."
But she answered. +" The kining business
10 not At oil In my line;
Aud surely shall not bsgiu IL
On coantensnce ugly as thine"
Then the knight was txcsedinsly angry,
And he cursed both cearss aad zoe
And he ssked her what vas the swindie
For her soup ard nasty wine.
And hercsly be reds 70 bis castle,
And sat himself down 10 oine;
And this 10 the fearful legsnd
OF the terrible Helms Won Stein.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

Albany, January 81: Ata nse1i71 8
ths efeeoeaot eeeeo ee40N 49,
sodsr ths suiiexsag dslsrf i =.
~ ~ a3ki15 = =
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The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

AMONG the recent acquisitions to the
British museum is a small series of beauti.
full gold ornaments found together in a
tomb at Cyme, in Aeolis, Greece. The
series includes two pairs of splendid
earrings formed of large disks, from which
are suspended by fine chaiffs inverted
pyramids. Between the disk and the
pyramid is kneeling female figure,
draped, One of the necklaces is very
elaborately enriched with filagree work.
With these ornaments was found geld
statue of Alexander the Great, which
determines the data Of this jcwelry as
not before his time. 1t mall probability
is cotemparary with him.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

A CURIOUS headstone stands in the old
burying ground at Newport, Rhode
Island, which chronicles the death of a
son and daughter of William and Desire
Tripp, =" also his wife's arm" amputated
February 20, 1876. A representation of
the severed member is cut upon the
stone.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

The coinsge of the trade dollar is to
be resumed in Philadelphia by order of
the president. 1t seems as it this reck-
less business ought to stop. We are told
that reconciliation Of the old dollar of
4l2l grains would "drive all the gold
out OF the country" and as the trade
dollar contains 42o grains, ii OF course
will do that dreadful deed in much
shorter time than the cheaper dollar
would. Do the president and the i'm
mortal fifty-six in congress want gold
driven out and this country left bar.
ren, bowling wilderness If not, why,
oh why, do they persist in coming such
great Jumps of this iniquitous silver !:
-[Graphic
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

the severed member is cut upon the
stone.
SOME statistics have recently been
published concerning the United States
navy. 1t appears that during the past
year the salaries of enlisted common
sailors amounted TO So, 500, 900, while nc
less than 81 ,0OO,0 we're paid to officers.
An eastern paper appropriately asks II
there is any other corporation that pays
its overseers more than all its employees.
SAM BOwLEs had an insurance OF
5000 on his life. His will leaves &c..
600 Of this to his wife, together with all
the personal property at their home I;
$1,000 to Miss Alathea Easter, long
esteemed inmate of the house, and a
friend of the family, and all else to the
trustees to pay debts, maintain the family
home for wife and children, and admin
lister the property. Finally, at their dis
cretion, making equitable division among
the heirs.
The ingenious person who made the
so>called Colorado petriied man has re.
vealed a startling tale concerning his
previous scientific exploits. He con.
fesses to having manufactured the famous
stone tablets of the Connecticut valley,
on which were imprinted, by artificial
means, the tracks of supposed prehistoric
birds. These relics, it will be remem-
bered, excited the whole scientific world,
and many learned speculstions as to their
origin were made in the reviews and
monthly magazines.
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

The magnitude Of the famine in China
is appalling. People Of all ages are diving
of actual starvation by hundreds OF
thousands. The ravages of the famine
extend through four provinces Of north
China, which include over i've thousand
villages. Nine millions of people are
reported destitute Most of the DOOR
young women have been soll, and children
are offered in the market daily in ex,
change for fsod, and the living are said to
be eating the corpses of their fellow beings
whs have died Of starvation. The United
States vice consul at Shanghai telegraphs
to Mr.. AA. Low, of New York, that
the foreign relief committee appeals to
America and England for assistance, and
requests him 70 form an American com.
mittee to collect funds and deposit them
with TIE agent Of the Hong Kong hank.
This appeal viii undoubtsdly attract
The Osceola times., 1878-02-09

THIS thing of nationalizing the Mis-
sissippi," as they term it, is making very
promising progress. That is, people are
beginning to understand that river
which has eighteen out Of the thirty-nine
states in the union on its banks or on
the banks of its two great tributaries, is
naturally a national institution. The
standing committee on the Mississippi
river seem likely to he fixture in the
future, and will always hereafter signify
to ignorant congressman from the east,
who do not know the geography of the
country, that there is no other stream in
the world which can be put in the same
catalogue with that which has not been
miscalled the father of rivers st. Louis
Republican.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-05

Stating that he has been married in New
York the day before to Miss Anderson OF
u. street. northwest. The event was total
~ unexpected. 1t is believed here that
the young couple happening to meet in
that city, (the groom being about to sail
for Paris, where he is ordered on duty and
the young lady with her mother having
also engaged passage for France, they,
without consulting friends. concluded to
marry at once and spend their honeymoon
abroad. The bridegroom is n popular
young officer of the navy, the son of Gen.
John c. Fremont. 1t will be remembered
that Gen. Fremont-the path finder
ried his wife, "a daughter of the late Sena-
tor Thomas IL. Benton,) under somewhat
similar circumstances.
Mrs. Hayes, accompanied by Mrs.
Woodwork, Miss Fannie Hayes and Mr..
Dickinson, Vice President Wheeler's |
nephew and private secretary, have gone
to Martins on the Lower Saranac Lake,
N. Y. trout fishing and have, it is said,
been quite successful. 1t is their intention
% remain in the woods for week or ten
lays and on their return Mrs. Hayes and
laughter will spend about week with the
amily of the vice president at Malone, N.
[. ALPHA.