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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-12

Money was less active to-day, and while on pledge
of Government bonds the rates on call were ZUo
per cent ON miscellaneous collateral the charges
were 3l204, with exceptions al 8. Discount ana
rates of domestic exchange are as last quoted ne
United States Treasurer at Washington today
received 100000 National bank notes for lie,
demptiOn. The,custOm receipts were S21O,OOO' ana
the internal revenue receipts S3OO,OOO Inc
following Is the Clearinghouse statement TO-DAY:
Currency exchanges, $57,223,OGO; currency h9I-
ances, S2,ss19s9; gold exchanges SO, l63'o'3;
gold balances, S711 ,Oj6.
The cable dispatches were greatly delayed by TIE
storm, and only came through in q Struggling WaY.
Consols IN London we're firm at 94ll6 Tor money
ami QI5I6 for the account. la United states bonds,
n, W IS we're lower, 1851, and new 4l2s at lOO's'
the 1O-iOs being only steady at 1O07s and loG7s al
1883 Ia American railway shares. Ere comm2n iell
70 1919 preferred being steady at Bile, ILLINOIS
Central at 79l2, and Jersey Central at 80 The sum
of f35 900 bullion went INTO the Bank OF England
" Oh balance to-day, making total III that way
OF E1ti 900 in six days. Rentes i'll Paris were up
to 1l2.97l2
The following securities to-day were sold at the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-12

Tie gross earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St Pau Railroad Company are reported "a follows:
1877. 1873
Lag miles. INA miles. Inc. 500 miles
First week December. Sl4J525 SlS5UUJ Inc s5J,oaS
January 10 Dec. L.. 7J9I,296 752OOj2 Inc S25'of
The receipts If 1our and grain at the principal
Atlantic ports this Il th day of December were:
New. Yorh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-12
financial.
NEw.YoRK, Nov. Ia, 1873.
Ie ASSERTING FIRST

EAS SIUUhS q Jlty XIX. (fiOtse aud EIYt'u1
OsrOcks & Bonds bought & sold F.T.HEWITf Bro2dsI
GAS STOCKS.
All New.YOrk end Brooklyn Stocks, and kinds
Of Brooklyn investment securities, dealt IN by
GEO. II. PRENTISS.
"a Ilr.A.Ll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-12

OFFICE or THE sILVRR IsLEf Consolidated MNNJ)
LANDS COMPANY NO. 81 BROADWAY, :
NRW.YoRz, Dec. Q, 1877
PROPOSALS in writing are. iuvIted aud
will DO received until O'Clock Of WEDNE I'D Az,
the 18th day OF January next sale 10 trustee
cancellation Of SIS bonds ~ TINS cmp1ny or Dor
tons thereof. naming Of the bonds offered
No proposal price Icseng bo acce!e nnder
authority Interest accruinZ % January
will be allowed.
PToDOsas 10 be addressed to c. p DIXON Trustee at tho
office on NE company EDWARD LEARNED, President
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-12
GALLATIN NATIONAL BANK,

OFFICK OF THR DENVER RIO GhASDR RAILWAY Co.
II COrtLdndrst, NewIOrk NOy 80, 1875.
IN accordance with the terms OF It's FIRST
u Mortgage Coupon Certificates. the DENVER and RIO
GRAN De RAILWAY COMPANY hereby gives notice that
elects anticipate payment ia cash OF all said oeBeate
at the COmpsnys Agency in New.iOTk CITY. after
January l, 1879
wM WAGNER,
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
FOREIGN ITEMS.

The German emperor's letter TO Pope
Leo Kill, while extremely courteous in the
expression OF willingness to entertain
friendly relations with the vatican, gives no
indication Of basis for negotiations.
1t is officially reported that two thou.
sand six hundred Cuban insurgents surren-
ders in the jurisdiction OF Manzanillo dur.
ing March. OF these 1850 were men. The
arms of all kinds given up amounted to
1920 pieces.
The Russians are completing the lines
OF earthworks commenced by the Turks,
about fifteen miles from Constantnople,
when the Grand Duke Nicholas came over
the Balkans and the city was threatened.
These works run from Chekmedje, near the
Sea of Marmora, across the country north to
Serkos, on the Black sea. The line is slightly
irregular, but forms curve, crossing the
Adrianople railroad a few miles west OF
Hadem-Ko, through Natosh and Bahama
kutch, and then turns northwest to Serkos
and Yeni-Koi. These Notifications were
intended by the Turks to form the final
barrier To the approach of the Russians, hut
they began them too late, and, as they had
neglected to fortify the strateg gical points in
Roumelia, further west, their work was
fruitless. The Russians are evidently pre-
pairing for possible British attack, FOR their
line OF defense extends from the vicinity of
Constantinople to the Gulf of Salonics,
while troops are posted within striking dis.
tance OF the Bosporus. In the meantime
the entire remnant Of the Turkish army is
camped about Constant tinople, and fresh war
material has been ordered by the porte
[CourierJonrnal.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
Repartee.

A good thing is told of one Of our city
bellies, Miss L., noted for her wit. At q
dinner party the lady iu question. who Is
daughter OF distinguished judge, was
seated next tos gentleman whom she had
not met before, and who was on visit to
the city on business which had brought
him in contact With the judge mentioned,
who had shortly before decided . case
agaius. him. At the dinner the gentle.
man, who had not caught the name ef
the lady when introduced, took occasion
TO vent his feeling and express his opinion
of the Judge in terms anything but com.
plimentary. An awful pause in the con.
versation indicated something wrong,
and the gentleman took occssiOn "a
express his hope that the judge was no
relation OF hers, to which, TO the infinite
amusement OF ell present, she replied,
"Oh, no; only connection VI my
mothers by marriage" A shout oi
laughter could not be prevented, and the
gentleman, after little reflection, eane
slowly TO tho oopclusion that The juAge'l
family were too much for kn.-f Wa
ingtoa ID. C.) uesald.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20

In any century that went before 1t. All,
sir, clothed with the ail-suf6cient grand.
eur OF citizenship in the nineteenth cen.
tury, even the wild and arid New Jersey.
man might-a mistake, sir, a mistake,
and entirely unintentional. OF all the
Kingdoms, principalities and countries
with which it is our privilege to hold
peaceful relations, I regard New Jersey
AZ dearest to our admiration, nearest to
our heart, the wisest and the purest
among the nations. retire the undip-
lomatic language, and beg your sympathy
and indulgence.
But, as | was about to remark, 1t has
always seemed to me--that is, of course,
since l reached a reasonable age--that
this much.agitated question of future
rewards and punishments we've one
upon which honest and sincere differ.
ences of opinion might exist, one indi-
vidual, with more or less justice, leaning
20 the radical side of it, whilst another
Individual, with apparently equal JUS
tic,, but with infinitely more common
sense, more intelligence, more justiica.
tion, leans to a bitter and remorseless
thC PitiiCo5 PiihSc
of perdition.--a slip OF the tongue,
do sincerely assure you'll beg you
to let me withdraw that unintentional
slur upon the character OF that great
and excellent parsonage with whom and
whose country We are upon the closest
and most intimate terms, and whO-it is
no use, sir, / will sit down; don't seem
to have any knack at a diplomatic
speech; / have probably compromised
the country enough for the present.
Nonsense aside, am most sincerely
glad TO assist at this public expression Of
appreciation OF Mr.. Taylor's character,
scholarship and distinguished literary
service. lam sure he is not merely one
vf the fttest men we had for the place,
but the fittest. In 30 honoring him, our
country has conspicuously honored
herself.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

The debt of Virginia is $4l ,902.l0
There are 4,949 Presbyterians in Texas.
Jacksonville, Fla, has population of
$4,000.
Msdstones are for sale in Petersburg,
Virginia.
Oleomargarine is sold in New Orleans
in large quantities.
North Carolina has sixty-four cotton.
producing counties.
The North Carolina rivers have Just
been stocked with salmon.
Tennessee has %, ,O00, 900 acres of land,
with 100000 under cultivation.
South Carolina will exhibit rice and
seaisland cotton at the Paris exposition.
Four OF the signers of the Texas de-
claration of independence are still living,
Ice will sell 1T from twelve to fifteen
dollars a ton in New Orleans the coming
summer.
Camden county, South Carolina, has
produced this year $2C0,OO0 worth of turpen.
tine.
Ice is to be manufactured by party
! of New Workers in Richmond, on an exten.
sive scale.
VIM. B. Astor, OF New York, Is build
ing dock and block of business houses in
Jacksonville.
The widow of Gen. John Morgan is
now the wife OF Judge Williamson, OF Leb-
anon, Tenn.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and
| Georgia railroad has declared dividend of
three per cent.
The foundation stone-work for the
Macon monument to the confederate dead
has been completed.
The record shows the city Of Richmond
has taken tive million drinks within the past
six and half months.
A petri6ed bacon ham has been found
in Prince Edward county, Va, and forwards
ed TO the university museum.
Two United States soldiers are in Jail
at Baton Rouge, serving out sentence by
the mayors court for disturbing the peace Of
the city.
West Virginia has never had legal
hanging, yet there have been twenty lynch
ings within her borders since she became a
state.
Alabama, it is said, has not q single
presidential appointment in any department.
at Washington. So much more to the credit
of Alabama.
Many thousands of oranges are still on
the trees In South Florida, which are literally
bending beneath their loads Of bud and
bloom, ssys the Tampa Tribune.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
An Editors Mail.

The morning mail Of the editor OF q
leading daily |, not complete unless II
contains in addition to its Substantial
business, letters from the following we'll
known correspondents:
|. The man who wants to empty his
old scrap.book into you.
9. The woman with q "piece" Of
poetry.
8. The respectable dead beat lecturer
who will furnish his old notes interlarded
with vigorous pufs Of himself, and wants
to be paid for It.
4. The man with a currency scheme
six columns long.
5. The man with . national finance
system ditto.
6. The man with an old sermon.
7. The person who approximately
asks the insertion Of communication ~
favor, and then writes worrying letter
daily inquiring to know why it 10 not in.
s. The man, woman or child that
weuld like "roving commission for
the Press, under the impression that
henceforth they would have 10 pay no
hotel bills or railway fare.
o. The lady who wants to be
watering place correspondent with similar
views.
10. Ten or twelve men who want to
slip in advertisements of lectures, religious
meetings, land associations, colony
schemes, private institutes, concerts, etc,
under false pretensss.
II. The regular batch Of applications
for employment: (a) as q man charity
(b) because the applicant ha, always
been unsuccessful at everything else !;
(c) from influential friends who want you
TO pension some poor relation they are
keeping afoat; (d) from the man who
thinks he would be an excellent journalist
because he has never had any training in
the profession; (el from the school girl
who would like to be Washington cores
pondent.
IL. The iunumerable host who want
"a little notice. Philadelphia Press.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
THE CANDIDATE -

Father, Who travels the road 20 late -
Hush, my child. it's the candidate;
Fit example Of human wee
Early he comes aud late he goes
Ne greeis the woman with couftly grace,
te kissss the baby dirty face,
He calls to the fence the farmer At work,
He bores the merchant, he bores the clerk.
The blacksmith, while his anvil rings,
He greets and this is the song he sings:
"llowdy, ho~dy, howdy-co'
How is YOUR wife, and how are yeuf
Ali II fits my ast as no other can,
The horny hand OF the working man"
+" Husband, Who Is that man at the gate -
"Hush, my love, tits the candidate
Husband, why can't he work like your
Mas he nothing at home to dor"
any dear, whenever a man IL down,
No cash at home, no credit In town,
Too stupid TO preach and too proud to beg.
Too timid to rob aud too lazv to dig,
Then over his horse his legs he filings
And 10 the dear people this song he sings:
"Howdy, howdy howdy-do'
How 10 your wife, and how are your
Ali 1t fits my fist as no other can.
The horny hand Of the working man,"
Brothers, who labor early and late,
Ask these things Of the candidate;
What's his record How does he stand
At home; no matter about his hand,
BE II hard or soft, 80 II he not prone
To close over money not his own.
Has he In view no thieving plap7
ia he honest and capabie2-he Is our man.
Cheer such an one till the welkin rings,
Join In the cherus when thus he sings:
"Howdy, howdy, howdy-dor
How ia your wife. and how are you
sAhi 1t its my Il st as no other can,
The horny hand Of the working man"
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20

railroads and land Offices show the sales for
the last six months to be the largest on
record for the same time. The railroads are
crowded with emigrants and the land Offices
with land hunters. The agricultural season
is earlier by seveyl weeks than the average,
seeding is all finished, and the prospect en-
coursging for large crop.
In the United States circuit court in
Lynchburg, Virginia, Judge Bond has issued
peremptory order that In the future no
persons who personally requested to be
placed on juries, or who were recommended
by friends for such service, should be sum
moned or permitted to serve in his court
under any circumstances.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
FACTS AND PANCIES.

AT this season of the year angle worms
begin to wear fish hooks in their
polonRise.
VERY few girls can spank q pepper.
box as il should be spanked, and yet
they want to get married and raise
families.
Mr.. WHEELER, of New Hampshire,
who died worth $11 900, seems to have
been pleasant sort of man. His will
says: Expend it all on my tombstone. !"
al HAVE my opinion of that man.
remarked a LEGAL philosopher the other
day, "who, when ask him TO take q
cigar, goes hunting around in the fifteen
cent box! !"
SOME girls in Pennsylvania were At.
tackled by rattlesnakes and frightened
them away by shaking their petticeats.
Dear, dear! why didn't Eve think Of
that ! Buffalo Express.
SAID yeung doctor to lady patient:
"You must take exercise for your health,
my dear" "All right" said she; I'll
Jump at the first Offer" They were
married about six months afterwards.
"DoEs your sister Annie ever say any
thing about me, sissy ?" asked an anx-
ious lover of a little girl. eyes," was
the reply; "she said il you had rockers
on your snoes they'd make nice cradle
for my doll"
NOTHING destroys the appetite 70
quickly as the announcement that Jones,
of whom you have just agreed to accept
ten cents on the dollar. Is going TO Eu.
rope with his family Tn spend year. In
the bright lexicon OF cheek there's no
such word as fail.
ENVY is the most inexcusable of all
the passions. Every other sin hiss some
pleasure annexed to 1t, or will admit OF
an excuse; envy alone wants both.
Other sins last but for awhile; the
appetite may be satisfied anger RENTS
hatred has an end, but envy never ceases.
A READER asks us why it is that IL
Shakespeare is the greatest writer Of
English his style Is not more frequently
copied. S'desth, pry'thee, out upon thee,
man; hold, We know not, an yet |
charge thee, an thou love ms, ah ah |!
still, what are you giving usf-lN New
York Herald."
NoBoDY who il afraid Of laughing,
and heartily too, at his friend, can be
said to have q true and thorough love
for him; and on the other hand it would
betray a sorry want of faith, to distrust
friend because be laughs at you. Few
men, believe, are much worth loving,
in whom there 10 not something we'll
worth laughing at.
OFFICIAL POETRY.
THERE have been q good many "sweet
singers" reported since she OF Michigan
burst upon waiting world, but the one
that takes the rag Of the bush 10 on the
Legislative Record. We find this stanza
scattered through its pages:
The question being,
will the house agree TO the hill
II was agreed TO.
The title was read.
The question being.
Will the house agree TO the title?
II was agreed to.
1t looks ike poetry, If 1t isn't; and II
has to be set In this shape because the
Record Is paid for by the page. and the
shorter the lines, the fatter Is the con-
tractors "tske."--- Lancaster Intelli.
gencer.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
MISCELLANEOUS,
The coaching club of New York, wbicl

The coaching club of New York, which
can now produce thirteen first-class coaches.
has new idea. This is to coach it TO Phila.
delpbia, crossing New Jersey with nine
relays of horses, and making the trip be.
tween a. m. and p. m.
There are people in Passaic, New Jer.
sey, who have faith enough in the report
that Captain Kidd buried his treasures In a
cave near that place to set about digging for
It. A good deal Of Jersey sand has been
turned up, but no treasure yet.
Secretary Thompson has received in.
formation that American vessels trading on
the Pacific coast were engaged in the Coolie
trade. He has issued orders to commanders
OF naval vessels to arrest any vessel of which
there is good reason 10 believe that its COM
mander is engaged in such nefarious trade.
Great religious excitement prevails in
Richmond, Virginia. The churches are all
enjoying q revival, and conversions occur in
the streets, in tobacco houses and elsewhere,
among the colored population. The police
have been compelled 10 make several arrests
of shouters on the streets who appear to be
deranged.
The director Of the mint says that he
is coming about seventy thousand silver
uollaIs per uds ut tne Tnilduelphia mint,
and is getting dies in position rapidly at
Carson city, He says the coinage OF silver
dollars for April will be two million dollars
at Philadelphia, and one million five hundred
thousand dollars at Carson city.
The demand for horses in Canada fol
England is increasing, several car loads
being taken over the Grand Trunk railroad
daily, destined for Europe. They are in.
tended for military service, and branded
with the letter as" Large shipments Of
cattle are also being forwarded from the
lower provinces, and the country east and
west is being searched for suitable horses
for war purposes.
A St. Paul dispatch says that emigra.
ton TO western Minnesota is reaching un
! pasalleled proportions Statistics Of the
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20

A YOUNG lady said pretty good thing
the other evening. She had many ad-
mirers among the limbs OF the law, and
on being asked how she escaped heart
whole, said she supposed It was owing to
the fact that ain : multitude Of ooun-
selou there = ssAty."
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20
OSCEOLA ARKANSAS SATURDAY, APRIL 90 1873


indicative of the weather which may
follow: When after sunset the western
sky is of whitish yellow, and this tint
extends to great height, 1t is probable
that it will rain during the night or the
next day. Gaudy or unusual hues, with
hard, definitely outlined clouds, foretell
rain and probably wind. II the sun,
before setting, appears diffuse and of a
brilliant white, it foretells storm. Tit
sets in a sky slightly purple, the atmos-
phere near the zenith being of a bright
blue, you may rely upon fine weather.
A red sky in the morning presages bad
weather, of much wind, if not rain; but
IL the sky presents simply rosy CT gray
ish tint, we may expect fair weather.
With the use OF barometer dilieent
observer of atmospheric phenomena may
be able to predict the weather with a
good degree of accuracy.
THE English crown diamonds have
arrived at the Paris exposition, and are
valued at sS,5O0,O00 They are in a
thick iron chest, and are guarded by
sentinels day and night. There is da.
dem OF eighty-six diamonds of various
sizes; in the middle of which is the cele-
brated Koh-i.Noor, alone valued at
1920 600; also collar of one hundred
and eight diamonds, in the center of
which is an emerald, said to be the
purest and most beautiful extant. A
second diadem is blending Of diamonds
and'emeralds. In the center is the large
Kandavassy diamond, valued at $500.
600. 1t would be rated at a higher sum
were it not for slight defect. These,
and many other valuables of the kind
belong to the English crown. A portion
are used by the Princess of Wales on
special occasions; the Others are reserved
for the queen. The Kandavassy was
formerly the eye of one-eyed Hindoo
deity, and has been but lately added to
the collection.
EVERY two or three days dispatch
comes over the cable announcing that
Austria is mobilizing 100000 men. 1t is
quite probable that the Austro. Hunga-
riau empire is ready for war, as the at
tituds of the leading continental powers
has made it necessary for every one of
them to keep armed to the teeth and
hands on triggers. The process Of keep
ing armed is an expensive one, and it is
quite severe on Austria Hungary, whose
public debt is 81 600, 900, 900, exclusive
OF Hungary's special debt Of $l70, 900. 1.
100000. Count Bylandt Rheydt, the
Austro. Hungarian war minister, last
year reported standing army numbering
267 1882 men on the peace footing and
III, $3.50 on the war footing. OF these
latter 57l,092 are infantry, 5S,794
cavalry, and 62,774 artillery. The re.
mainder are embraced in the engineers,
train, sanitary, commissariat and other
non, ,combative departments. These fig
ures represent Austria's military strength
to-day The navy consists of IA iron
clads and 81 small steamers and ITO sail
ing ships. Two of the iron-clads are sea.
going cruisers, two are for station service
and two for coast defense. Trieste and
Pola are the naval ports, Trieste being
the great naval arsenal and general sup
ply depot, at the head of the Adriatic.
In the event of an Anglo Austrian al
lance, Great Britain would re-enforce her
ally through Trieste.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20

The late Mark Hopkins, of San Fran.
cisco, left an estate valued at Sl5,o0O,-
600, but no will has been found, and the
enormous fortuue will have to be divided
between his widow and adopted son, who
was picked up from the humblest condi.
ton and taken into the folds of the i'm.
Peria) purple of wealth.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20

PORE LEO XIII has eclipsed his illus
trIous predecessor in the matter of
economy, He has ordered nearly all the
black horses and huge carriages, for
which the Roman pontiffs have been
famous, to be sold.
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20

The following atmospheric appear
ances are relied upon BY sesmen -
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20

A PARIS surgeon recently had occasion
to administer ether to a beautiful young
lady from Lyons While she was in
haling the gas from the sack light was
brought near, the ether was ignited,
and, the sack exploding, the doctor was
seriously burned and the patient terribly
injured, her nose being taken off and one
side Of the upper jaw laid bare. The
doctor committed suicide
The Osceola times., 1878-04-20

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