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The Osceola times., 1878-06-22
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

Florida wants new state constitu,
tion
Wheat harvest began in Texas just
three weeks earlier than usual.
A father in Bremond, Tex, has been
fined 800 for beating his daughter.
The sugar crop in Louisiana is re.
ported fifteen per cent better than last year.
The state auditor of Virginia reports
satisfactory returns from The Mohett register.
A. McGehee, assistant postmaster at
Scale, Ala, has been arrested for rihing
money letters.
1t is estimated that North Carolina has
spent $4,000, 900 in fencing in 100000
worth OF stock
al have no patent arrangement for
saving souls. Rev. J. h. Hawthorne, OF
Montgomery, Ala.
Ladies OF Tarrant county, Texas, have
passed resolutions, and sent them to Gov,
Colauitt, asking that Mrs. Sothern be par
aoned.
San Antonio Herald: The generosity,
the sense of right, inherent in the people OF
the United States, would force congress to
corpensate Texas for performing duty that
devolves upon congress, but which it heart
lessly refuses TO do. But even granting that
such would not be the case, every principle
Of equity and justice gives the people OF
western Texas the right to demand of the
state protection for lie and security in the
enjoyment of their property. They demand
and expect il, and If Justice be not fed to
brutsh beasts they will get 1t.
Atlanta Sunny South: We know
daughters, whose snuff bottles are concealed
in their rooms, where they use the contents
constantly, without the knowledge of their
parents We have seen, at boarding schools,
girls 90 into Mysteries when deprived for a
day or two OF their snuff, and borrow tobacco
from the servants as a substitute until they
could obtain their usual stimulant OF Scotch
or Macaboy and we are well acquainted
with three sisters-beautiful young girls,
we're 1t not for the sallow hue furnishing
their complexons-who are atpresent under
medical treatment for arrangement of the
nervous system nnd digestive organs arising
from their constant use OF snuff.
Bill Arp in the Atlanta Constitution /:
Jesse with gittin' ofis-the best way 10 the
old way. II may be, however, that Provi-
dence does raise up 3 man as an instrument
70 reform society, but the instrument is very
! likely to think he is doin' 1t all on his own
hook, and hen keep on reformin' till the
millennium If the people will let him. l think
it would be well for him to report progress
sometime, and maybe the good Lord would
let his servant depart in peace. But you let
fellow git taste Of Washington and /,
does look onpossible to even get him away
| from there 81 will stand for reelection
| OF course he will, but II does seem to me
that il | had held rotaten Office right
straight along for forty years | would hunt
the shade of Liberty hall and quit.
Galveston News, 9Th: The citizens ol
Huntsville assembled in the courthouse few
| days ago and passed resolutions to the efieci
that all ex-eouvicts not making an honest
| living should leave the town in twenty-foul
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Brain Culture.
n. CIiajrd Ailbutt, NJ. D Popular Science


The mischief done daily by calling
upon the unripe brain for productive
work, for original composition, for COM
petitive examinations, for teaching, and
even preaching, is calamitous and the
evil is increasing. The impatient ex-
aminstions of young children are as in
furious and as foolish as the searching OF
the roots Of the pushing plant. Cram,
again, is that which secures the imme
diate production of brain-results rather
than the growth of the brain itself; and
1t must be tbrusting itself upon the
vision Of all but the moon-struck, that
young men who areprize winners at the
the age even Of eighteen or twenty years
have too often spent their brains before
the natural yielding-time. Too often
the star of their year is quenched ere
their course be well begun. and if Their
life be not henceforth failure it may
fall short of its early promise; and the
brain which might have been year by
year more flexible, more potent, and
more enterprising, is warped, stiffsned
and stalled. Such young men are now
sent into the world in numbers, with
minds orderly, trim and gainished, but
without elan, and without initiative,
admirable clerks ard Journalists, but as
men OF action spoiled forever.
We do not realize how long time
the exhausted brain takes TO exhaust
itself. A young physician may bodily
tell the overtsxed merchant or student
to take three months rest; but probably
three months must be added TO that
and even six months again TO the sum
before anv degree of stability is regained.
1t is nearly always true that a case OF
brain-exhaustion needs what may seem
disprop)rtionste time to get well.
Repair in 10 delicate an organ is slow,
and we know that gardeners and breed
ers would rather start afresh with young
stock than nurse round specimens which
have been checked. Brain forcing is
very mi mi.chievous. 1t urges genius into
prococious fruitage, 1t drains the springs
OF nervous force, 1t excites high tension
without giving volume to fortify it, IL
stints the variety OF mental expansion,
and by enforcing contrel 1t breaks the
spirit. The true purpose OF education
il, first OF all, to teach mind and heart /;
to encourage the budding faculties to
break freely in natural variety; to
quicken the eye and the hand, and to
touch the lips with fire; to promote the
gathering OF the fountains of vigorous
life by fresh air, simple nutritious diet
and physical exercise; and, finally, TO
watch for the growth, silent it may be
for years, Of the higher qualities Of char
acter, or even OF genius, not forcing
them into heated and forward activity,
but rather restraining the temptation TO
early production, and waiting for the
mellowness of time remembering that
the human mind is not an artificial
structure, but natural growth (; irregu.
lar, nay, even inconsistent, AZ such
growths are, wanting most often the
symmetry and preciseness OF artihce,
but having the secret of performance and
adaptability.
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Rather Fine.

Experiments made by Professor Thom-
son show TO what degree matter may be
divided, and still be sensible to the eye
Thus, a grain of nitrate of lead, dissolved
in 500, 600 grains of water, and a current
of sulphuretted hydrogen passed through
the solution, the whole liquid be ONE s
sensibly discolored. Now, grain OF
water may be regarded ~ being about
equal TO drop of that liquid, and drop
msy be easily spread out so as to cover
a square inch OF surface. But under an
ordinary microscope, the millionth of a
square inch may be distinguished by the
eve, the water, therefore, could be di-
vided into 100000, 900, 900 parts. But
the lead in grain OF nitrate of lead
weighs 0.62 grain, and an atom of lead
accordingly cannot weigh more than
1916, 600, ,000, ,000th of a grain; while
the atom of sulphur, which in combina.
tion with the lead rendered il visible
could not weigh more than 1908, 600
600, ,000-that is, the two 'billionth part
Of grain.
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Our Neutral Duties.

The activity of Russian agents in this
country bss naturally caused considera,
bic excitement ia England On May q
Mr.. Gourley, liberal member OF the
house of commons, propounded in that
body an inquiry "a to what information
the British government had received rel
ative 10 the reported Quitting OF Russian
cruisers 10 American waters. Sir John
Holker, attorneys general, in reply, said
that he had heard of the ships pur-
chased by persons said TO act. on behalf
of Russia, but there is no reason to sup
pese that the ships will be employed, in
the event of war, as privateers, In contra
vention OF tn, Paris declaration. There
is no reason to believe that the United
States will depart from Observance OF the
three rules of the Washington treaty
There is no necessity for discussing the
responsibility resting on the government
of Russia and the United States, since
there is no reason TO suppose that they
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PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The Alamo, at San Antonio, is now a
rum-hole.
Omaha has vigilance committee to
frighten tramps with.
Over 500 criminals are arrested in
New York each week.
A Prussian officer was lately lost in
the crater Of Vesuvius.
Ohio mas voted, by large majority,
against taxing church property.
The Cincinnati authorities are trying
TO close the theatres OF that city on Sundays.
Boston has exiled fruit, newspaper and
merchandise stands from the public streets.
the New York paupers and the in
mates of the hospitals get oleomargarine
instead of butter.
In the Indian Territory the style of
mourning has been changed from black TO
spotless white.
Joseph H. Chadwick, of Boston, now
t300, 600 TO charities.
Colorado is the only state in the union
which does not promise an unusually heavy
harvest
Can cash for railroad damages come
under the catalogue of musical terms, be-
cause il is harm money?
The Dallas Herald makes an item OF
the fact that 1000 murierers are running
around loose in Texas.
An otter, when caught in trap, cries
so much like child, that it sometimes ln>
duces trappers to release it.
Sen Francisco is to have floating sea
bathing house. The center OF the boat will
be fitted up as hotel.
The Philadelphia Press prints cslcu-
lation to show that the electric light is twen-
ty.one times cheaper than gas.
A Cincinnati firm advertises: "Visi-
tors elcomed and shown through the ware.
rooms without being importuned to buy"
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or the Joy Of q Good Conscience.

The glory Of good man is the testi
mony of good conscience.
Have a good conscience and thou shalt
ever have JOY.
A good conscience Is able 10 bear very
much, and is very cheerful In adversi
ties.
An evil conscience is always fearful
and unquiet.
Thou shalt rest sweetly, II thy heart
condemn thee not.
Never rejoice but when thou hast done
well.
Sinners have never true Joy. nor feel
inward peace, because There ID DC
peace to the wicked" saith the Lord.
And II they should say, 1--WE are In
peace, no evil shall fall upon us. and
who shall dare TO hurt us3" believe
them not for upon a sudden will arise
the wrath of God, and their deeds shall
be brought to nought, and their thoughts
shall perish.
To glory in tribulation il no hard thing
for him that loveth, for 70 to glery, IL "a
glory In the cross of the Lord.
That glery is short which Ia given and
received from men.
Sorrow ALWAYS sccompanieth the glory
of the world.
The glory of the good Is in their con.
sciences, and not in the tongues of men.
The gladnes. of the Just is OF God, and
in God; and their joy is OF the truth.
He that desireth true and everlasting
glory, careth not for that which Is tenn
poral.
And he that seeketh temporal glery,
or despiseth it not from his soul, shOweth
himself to have but little esteem Of the
glory of heaven.
He enjoyeth great tranquility Of
heart, that careth neither for the praise,
nor dispraise Of men.
He will easily be content and at peace,
whose conscience Ia pure
Thou art not the more holy for being
praised /; nor the more worthless for being
dispraised.
What thou art that thou art; neither
by words canst thou be made greater
than what thou art in the sight Of God.
If thou consider what thou art in thy
seli, thou wilt not care what men say Of
thee.
Man looketh on the conutenance, bu'
God on the heart. Man considereth ths
deeds, but God weigheth the intensions
To be always doing good, and Il
esteem little of ones self, Is the sign o.
an humble soul.
To be willing to have any created
being for our com forter. is a sign Of grea
purity and inward confidence.
He that seeketh no testimony on hi
behalf from without, doth show that h,
hath wholly committed himself unit,
| God
For not be that commandeth himsel
is approved (saith st. Psul), but whom
God commandeth."
To walk in the heart with God, ant
not to be held in bondage by any out
ward affection. is the state of a spiritua
man. Thomas A. Kempis.
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hours, and have succeeded in running the
majority OF them out of town. But col
ored preacher, teaching school some five
miles in the country, came in tonight and
reports that he saw several ex.convicu out
on the road, and they gave HIM to under
stand that they intended to have satisfaction
out of the people Of Huntsville before leav.
ing; and it is now the general impression
that they will attempt to burn the town to-
night. The people are srming themselves
and will be ready TO give them a warm re"
ception should they attempt to carry their
threat into execution. The colored people
are taking sides with the citizens, and are
nobly assisting in getting rid of this bad
element Of the town and county.
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SILK Farm for Pennsylvania.

A movement is on foot among mum.
Der OF prominent citizens having for its
object the establishment OF q silk farm
about thirty miles from the city. The
scheme takes the form Of stock com.
pauy, which will purchase large tract
of land, plant it with mulberry trees
and erect building in which the art of
silk dressing and weaving is to be taught
The promoters are sanguine Of the suc-
cess of their enterprise, and calculate
that when fully developed it will prove
valuable addition 10 the productive
interests OF the State. A similar move
ment was started here about forty years
ago by one ID nomergue, French refu-
gee, and considerable enthusiasm was
TOR the time engendered upon the sub
ieet. Finally, however, the scheme fell
through, and since then no steps have
been taken to test the question whether
silk can proftably be raised in Pennsyl-
vanis.
Writing to citizen Of Philadelphia
few days since, Commissioner Of Az.
riculture lie Due said that the govern
ment was willing TO aid in the establish
ment of silk schools, or in any other
practical mode Of encouraging the in
dustry. With view of making a de.
termined effort in this direction the
agricultural department have procured
from Japan several millionsof siik-worm
eggs, which, since their arrival in this
country, have been hatched, the worms
being now feeding 10 Washington. A
large distribution Of these worms is to be
made by the department next season,
and frem year to year they intend TO
give all possible aid toward the perma-
nent establishment of this important
industry
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UNDER rHn vsoLRTs.
nv OLIVER wRNpRLL HOLMES.

Her hands are cold her face is white
No noie her pulses come aud go;
Her eyes are shut 10 lie and light
f'old the white vestures. snow on snow.
Aud lay her where the yiolets blow.
But not beneath craven stone.
To plead for tears with alien eyes;
A slender o oss OF wood alone
Shall tay that here a maiden lies,
In peace beneath the pelceiul skies,
Ana gray old trees Of hugesi limb
Shall wheel their crciing shadows round
Ts make the scorching sunlight dim,
That drinks the Rresnness from the ground
And drop their dead leaves on her mound.
When DER their Doughs the squirrels run,
and through their leaves the robins CALL
And, ripening In the autumn sun
The aeorns and the chesteuts iall,
Doubt not that she y III need them all.
To her the morning choir shall sing
Its mathis from the branches high
And every minstrel voice OF spring
That thrills beneath the Ap'ilsky
Shall greet her with its earliest cry
when, turning round their dial track,
Eastward the lengthening shadows pass
Her little mourners clad in black,
The cuckets slliins through the grass,
shAll pipe for her an evening nass.
At last the rootlets from the trees
Shall fnd the prise n where she Hes,
And bear the buried dust they teiEe
In leaves and blossoms 10 the ekes
80 may the soul that wsrmtd n rice
II any, born Of kindlier blood
should ask, What maiden lies below1
Say only this A tender bud
That Tried TO blossom In the snow
Lies wlthered where the violets blow,
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PERSONALITIES.

Mr.. Pickens, of Chattanooga, has built
a steam road wagon, which will soon be tested
in public.
Two of Brigham Young's sons have
entered West Point, and third is applying
for admission.
George Cruikshanks pension of S475
year, on the English civil list, will be con
tinued TO his widow.
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man, who at once discovered that the
case was N serious one OF poisoning by
the sting of some insect. he called DR..
T. E. Holland, and after a consultation,
they used every effort to reduce the in
fammation and correct the state Of the
blood, although satisfied that the boy
could not be saved. The poison grad
ually crept through his system till it
rendered him frightful object, bis head
being four time It's natural size, and
blood and pus issuing from mouth, nose
and ears. At fsur O'Clock on Friday
afternoon he died. OF course, it was i'm
possible to determine what kind Of sn
insect stung him, but it seems probable
that he received the sting at the park.
st. Louis Republican.
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Flight Of StOrks.

In their preparations for migration
storks are very interesting. They are
never heard to utter any sound until the
time OF their departure has arrived.
They then begin to make very singular
kind OF clsiter, communicating with
every member of their fock. They never
start until each individual is collected
together. Night is the time choser.
Strict silence is then preserved, and they
rise Immediately high up in the air,
forming themselves into triangle, and
one bird takes the apex. The duties Of
this position are too laborious to be long
su stained, and therefore when fatigue Is
ielt the leading bird retires and another
takes its place. We could not mansge
better ourselves.
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Terrible Result Of an Insects Bite.

Daniel Wehner, boy sixteen years OF
age, met a strange death yesterday. A
wound no larger than pin-point did the
mischief and entailed upon him agony
most intense, preliminary to the final
result. On Sunday last he was one OF a
crowd who sought comfort at Union
Park, and like many Others he lay upon
the grass until quite late hour at night.
He islt no fatal result, but went to his
home, No. SIG Allen avenue, and slept
soundly till morning. He worked all
day Monday, and towards evening began
to experience sharp pain on the right
side of his face, near the right eye A
close examination revealed q very small
inHamed spot under the eye, and in a
few hours the inflammation EXTENDED
downward 10 the neck, causing great
swelling. He suffered much that night,
and by morning was terribly disfigured
Becoming alarmed, he visited DIR. Haus.
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The Ladies' Club for Outdoor Sports
held its first meeting yesterday afternoon
on the grounds of the Staten Island
Cricket and Base Ball club, at Camp
Washington, Archery WAS prscticed
and games of croquet played before
about eight hundred spectators. Music
was furnished by the band of Fort
Wadsworth i n. Y. Evening Post, slh.
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VOLUME 10.

The finding of the dead bodies OF
three members of the Giestlich family
the mother and two children--in Tenth
street tenement, under circumstances
which show that the mother killed the
children and then herself in dread of
death by starvation, has created a pro-
found sensation IN Philadelphia.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-22

GERALD MASSEY once started out in
this country with lecture entitled,
The Influence of Evil upon Mans
Moral Strength" but no one went to
hear it, even when they held compli.
mentaries. BY the sdvice of Gail
Hamilton, he changed its caption 20
"Why Doesn't God Kill the Devil'"
and the halls would not hold his au-
diences.
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GOVERNOR HARTRANIr, OF Pennsyl-
vania, in view of the formidable COM
bination of mslcontents in the mining
region of that state, has requested the
war department for a supply Of arms for
the militia, who are drilling in prepara.
tion for a possible repetition of the dis
turbances of last summer. The secret
organizations in Pennsylvania, it is
known, have been getting ready for
some time for some movement, and in
other states there is reason TO believe
that some bold work is contemplated in
the way of "war against capital" or
in other words the willful and malicious
destruction of property. The Pennsyl.
vanis authorities are wise in preparing
as they are to put down the first riot
which crops out. The experience Of
Pennsylvania last year was certainly
sufficient to suggest to the governor the
folly of delayed action.
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The great wonder of Prof. Hughes
marvellous microphone is its extraordi-
nary simplicity. Engineering, the Lon
don publication, says "a few nails, a
few sticks OF charcoal, tube containing
powder, little sealing wax, few pieces
of wood, and any boy can, in few min
utes, construct transmitting telephone
surprising in sensitlveness the beautiful
instrument of Prot. Bell"
The Osceola times., 1878-06-22

WHERE He Was SHoT.-The Dead
wood Pioneer OF Dakota makes ont q
bad show for landlord Hoffman, who
during a row was "shot twice in the
abdomen and once in the barber shop
adjacent
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ray that much and says it, On the other
hand, the able and dignifed London
Tablet takes the papal declaration NEST
seriously. Its reasoning is; "The de-
struction of the temporal power tends to
make the pope asubect, aud the supreme
pontif of universal Christisnity can not
be subject" The protest against the
taking away Of the temporal sovereignty
is in these words: at is neither by a
passion for ambition, nor desire for
domination, that we seek this restitu-
ton, but solely on account of the duties
of our charge, and by the terms of the
cath which binds us. In addition we
are actuated not only by the considera-
tion that the temporal power is necessary
to us in order to defend and protect the
full fr~J,.o.a of the spiritual power, but
also because it is clearly shown thst in
the sovereign temporarily OF the holy
see is involved the public well being and
the safety OF society. Consequently
" we can not avoid renewing and
confirming in These letters all the pro
testation aud declarations that our pre-
decessor, Plus TX, Of holy memory, has
on many occasions made and reite rated,
as much against the occupation of the
temporal power as against the violation
Of the rights of the Catholic church. F"
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In Cincinnati, a Mrs. Hennig, while
crossing Pearl street, near Eggleston
Avenue, was struck senselesa by missile
that made flesh wound extending from
her right temple around to her forehead.
1t was thought at first that she had been
shot by stray ball from an air-gun,
but the theory was afterward brosched
that one side OF small pebble, heavily
pressed on by the outside rim of passing
street car wheel, was propelled after the
fashion OF wet watermelon seed be.
tween the thumb and forefnger, with =
force sufficient to cause the damage as
described.
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GENERAL HARRISON has the sympa.
thy of the country in tracking the
ghouls who desecrated the grave of hi.
father. He vigorously suggests that il
proper discrimination is not to be made
in the taking of bodies, and as there are
80 many students and professors devoted
TO science, they can set glorious exam
pie by contributing the bodies of men,
bers OF their own families as fast as they
die of; their wives, mothers, sisters,
brothers, fathers and children.