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The daily gazette., 1878-02-04
PATENTS

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The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
MISCELLANEOUS

Peter Cooper's lifelong business rules
have been few snd simple-to avoid debt
and idleness.
The Union Pacific railway company
has armed its entire corps OF employees, so as
TO protect overland trains against robbers
South Carolina supplies nearly half
the rice produced in this country. Georgia
is next, or nearly seven million pounds
ahead of Louisiana. Nearly all our rice
comes from these three states.
The mining and manufacturing of
the phos phate rock in South Carolina has be.
come one OF the leading and most important t
industries OF the state. From small begin .
nings, the shipment and manufacture had
risen in nine wears TO the large amount Of
1876, ,0s6 tons in is77-7s, OF which 1896
were shipped to foreign ports, 6i,4s6 tons
coastwise, and 16. .636 tons consumed by home
manufacturers
BY a recent order of the treasury de-
partment medical officers of the marine
hospital service are instructed to use the
metric system OF weights and measures for
all official and pharmaceutical purposes.
The gram" and centigram" only are to
be used for quantities by weight, and in
expressing quantities by measure only the
term "cubic eentimeter" A circular issued
by the marine hospital department gives
simple rules for the ready conversion OF the
United States apothe carries weights aud
measures into their respective metric
eouiyalents,
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
ALL SORTS.

Solomon's temple is generally supposed
to have been OF vast dimensions. The sc
sount given in the bible, however, shows
that in size II did not exceed many private
houses OF the present time. Length sixty
cubits, breadth twenty cubits, height thirty
cubits. The porch was twenty cubits long
aud ten cubits broad. The cubit of the
Jews was about twenty-five inches in length
The United States consumes annually
between six and seven hundred thousand
long tons OF cane sugar, less than 10 per
cent. of which Is OF home production. The
leading sources offoreign supply are Cuba,
$50 900 tons; Spanish possessions, 10000;
Porto Rico, 500 O.; French Islands, $1,000
Brazil, 1900; Dutch East Indies, 1900
British West Indies. 10000; British Gaisns,
1000; Sandwich Islands, 10000. Twenty
one other countries supply less than as many
thousand tons in all. In 1862 our home
product was 1911, 600 tons it fell to 5000 tons
in 1895, then slowly rose to 79el0 tons ia
1871. The crop of 1876 was II 900 tons.
During the twenty years ending June
S0th, 1875, the United States imported over
2,20), 900 tons of coffee, less than 100, 900 tons
of which were ie exported. During the
year ending June 30sh, 1877, we imported
$40, ,000, coo pounds OF coffee, three fourths OF
which came from Brazil. For the twenty
years nis ntioDed our consumption of coffee
averaged 800 600, ,0t0 pounds year. During
the last five years OF the period il was s0J,.
100000 pounds. Latterly the relative
amount brought IRON Brazil has declined,
owing TO the greater increase In the amount
imported from other countries. Las; year
sum of our exports thither by more th an
( "a 0OO OO0
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
Galveston News; The true inwsrdnes.

Galveston News: The true inwsrdness
of the invasion OF Mexico by Gen. Mackenzie
is the defeating Of the revoluiionists by the
United States troops. Now that the Dias
forces have more than they can attend to 10
fighting Escobedo, it stands to reason that
they could not offer any resistance to the
United States troops il they were to cross
over after Indian raiders; yet Gen. Mac.
keDzie's force is the most formidable one
that ever invaded Mexico in time of peace
1t does not number less than 500 cavalry,
and Is amply supplied with Gstlings and
artillery, which is Of course not intended for
fighting fugitive Kickapoos, but it is eI.
pected to overawe the forces of Escobedo,
which are for the most part mounted on
stolen Texas horses.
Gen. w. Y. G. Hume, at the unveil-
ing OF the confederate monument In Mem
phis Let the dead past bury It's de ID. We
failed to establish the coufederacy; let us
discharge our duty to our noble dead, and
to pos,erily, by cnltivating sentiments Of
love for the union, fraternal fegerd for nll
people. Our interests are identical. We
are Americans all. To day true confeder'
ate soldier, at the invitation of our patriotic
President, Il. B. Hayes, sits at the council
board Of the nation. This is a noble chal'
lenge to us. Let us accept it, and enter
upon this rivalry Of fraternsl regard for
every American citizen because he is on
American. Let us show to the old world an
example of fortse.sllion, people, spread over
this broad continent, living in perpetusl
peace and harmony, with no rivalry except
that found in the pursuit of truth, intelli
gence, integrety and Christian morality.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

A glass OF milk at bed tins will often
answer well AS hypnotic in nervous per
sons afflicted with insomnia.
Kerosene oil has been kuown for one
thousand two hundred years TO exist 10
japan, and now it is being refined and
Manufactured there on q large scale.
The daily motion of the great Swiss
glacier, the Mere de Glace, is from seven To
thirty-six inches, depending upon fhe sea-
son and the point OF measurement. The
motion of its tributary glaciers is less rapid.
An epidemic caused by poisonous face
powder has recently prevailed in London.
Young children especially suffered from ID,
and many died. The powder was shown,
on chemical analysis, TO contain twenty five
per cent. of arsenic.
At the New York State Inebriste
Asylum, various remedies are given as TEN.
porary substitutes for a coholic stimulant.
Among the most reliable OF them is pre-
scription containing diluted phosphoric
acid and the elixir of cali>sya bark.
A writer to the London Lancet, speak
ing Of the effects of cold and warm baths,
says: "The ultimate result OF hot and cold
baths, II their temperature be moderate, Is
about the same, the difference being, TO use
the words of Braun, that cold refreshes by
stimulating the functions, heat by physically
fac litating them; and in this lies the
important practical difference between the
cold water system and the th ermsl method
of treatment.
Texas has produced a new medicine,
which from its intoxic mt qualities, may
yet be used as tipple II is derived from
bean growing on plant known as the
sophord speciosa. Prof II. O. Wood, OF the
University of Pennsy lvanis, has discovered
in it a new alksloid, which he proposes TO
call Sophoria. Half OF one bean, 1t is said,
will produce delicious exhilaration fol-
lowed by sleep lasting one or two days.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
An African Belle.

In one tribe through whose territory
we passed after leaving Tangany iks,
Lieutenant Cameron found the women
much more regarded than is usual among
the Africans, and censs quently they
we're far more fashionable than the rest
of their sex in that happy country. One
Of the bellies of the country is thus de-
scIibsd in Cameron's journal; "She is a
merry sort OF person, this Mrs. PAX
wanya, and really lady.lke in her man
ners. 1t was great fun showing her a
looking glass. She had never seen one
before, and was half afraid of it. and
ashamed to show she WAS afraid. She is
dressy body, double rows Of cowries
around her head, besides copper. iron
and ivory ornaments stuck in her hair,
and just above and in front of each ear
tassel Of red and white beads. A large
necklace of beads was around her neck,
aud around her waist a string of opal
co 'ored sinagoms zzi and rope made oil
red beads. Her front apron was a leop-
ard skin and the real one of grass cloth,
with its fringe strung with beads and
cowries sewed on In a pattern: bright
iron rings were around her ankles, and
copper and ivory bracelets were on her
arms; her hair was shaven little back
from the forehead, ard three lines, each
about quarter OF an inch wide; were
painted below. The nearest one TO the
hair was red, the next black and the next
white. Her upper lip was perforated
and piece of stone inserted, until the
upper lip protiuded couple Of inches
giving hideous expression to the face
aud making her articulation indistiuct.' >
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
Turkish slaves.

1t will be surmised, and quite correctly
by which domestic slave-dealing in Tur
key is effected. Not only 20, they have
besides excellent opportunities for carry
ing on successful speculstions en- theiI
or n account In this traffic in human
flesh Being the guardians of the ha
rem, and knowing that any favor they
ask OF the mistress OF the house will very
readily be granted for the sake Of secur.
iog their favor in return, these black
guardians oil their masters interests
know that they have only to invest in q
promising little girl and place her In
their mistress household, where she will
grow up and be fed with the rest. The
chief expense to the real owner will
hardly be more than piece Of print Tor
a dress now and then, and q small ailik
(monthly allowance) to buy shoes (s.ock.
ings are considered q luxury. IL the
mistress Is generous, even this expense
will be saved. Not one girl, but two or
three, may he kept in this way by q
eunuch who has permission to possesr
slav,s. Such slaves they buy young for
the most part, and II they DO not bring
them up under their own eyes and non.
inally at their own cost, they then plsc
them out under some former slave now
msrried, who Is to be trusted TO rec that
her charges are duly trained to service ~
chibouquejees (pipe-bearers), hasnsjses
(,ir W. men), saiirsjees (waitresses), yat
tack ,ees (bed-makers), ihsvehees (cofies
m kers). Those girls who chow any
aptitude for becoming kistibs (writers)
ciyounjees (dsncer-), or tchalgahee'
musicians aud singers), are sure to b
made to learn these plishments ; al
thu ssme time they have to practice one
or more of the more useful branches o.
domestic industry cited above. For !,
is very rare indeed that q woman Il
brought up to be nothing more than ,
pretty, useless doll. On the contrary
her useful qualifications are miru'ely
considered both by the eunuch who hope
to make his fullest gain oi her, and b,
the economical young bachelor who buy
a slsve-girl as his first venture towart
future house furnishing.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

KATE SOUTHERN is not to be hanged
she is to stay in the Georgia state prison
for ten years. She killed the woman
who was her husbands paramour she
did just what General Cole did-just
what General Sickles did-but they were
acquitted, while she was sentenced to be
hanged, and is finally sent to the state
prison. 1t is fact that the deed for
which Kate Southern is made to suffer
infamous and degrading punishment is
the very same deed which makes heroes
ofmen Is this because men are jurors
And If that is the reason, is 1t not dis
grace to the sex?
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

THERE is strong evidence that the
art OF printing was practiced in China
long before 1t was known in Europe
The ancient Romans were very near to
arriving at ths discovery of printing.
They had engraved or stereotype plates,
with which they stamp ped pottery, etc.
When the art wa, first practiced in
Europe only one rice of the Leaf was
utilized. Afterwards they came to
paste the two blank sides together.
Caxton, a wealthy merchant, having
been sent to make a commercial treaty
with the duke of Burgundy, returned TO
England with this invaluable art in
l464. The invention Of the italic lette r
was made by Aldus Msnutius. Oh,
serving the inconvenience Of using vast
number of authorizations, he coutrived
the expedient of the itsic letter, which
was originally named after him, the
Aidine.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
OSCEOLA ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1878

Roman precedent. When dying be re.
ferred TO it for Justification. He gave
on the evening OF the 18th a package T.
an actor, directing it, delivery the next
day TO the National lntelligencer.
The actor conissses that he, frightened
at the risk he ran, broke the seal, read
the enclosed matter, and at midnieht
burnt 1t. II that package had ken
preserved, 1t would ,eveal the decla,s>
lion that until noon that day its writer
had not premeditsted murder, but, feel
ing deeply the humiliation Of the fouth,
to the people OF which he bore all the
love that Bruins ever bore for Rome, he
would strike down that night the leading
men Of the victorious hosts, who were
then shouting their eins Of triumph
When dying, with his face lit up with
the blszs of the burning barn on the
Garrett farm, just at the break of day
on the MOI ming OF the Path be muttered
some words A soldier bent over him
and caught them from his fast ebbing
breath. FIRST message for his mother
Tell her did 1t as | thought TOR the
best" And then he said "Tell Others
that the communication I wrote ad.
dressed to the National Iutelligencer will
explain whv did what did,"
During the conspiracy trial at the
arsenal, Hon. Joseph Holt, the judge
advocate, called John F. Coyle. then the
publisher OF the National Intelligtncer,
and asked II that communication had
ever been received? His reply was,
mo" 1t was, continued Mr.. Ford,
burnt in the CRATE Of b,srdirg house
and Catholic priest, now living In
Washington, had the fact confessed to
him soon atterward. had the occur
renee revealed to me, with the added
Information of the confession by the
party who was the custodian OF the
package, This fully sustaius my theory
that John Wilkes Bosth had not con.
templsted the assassination oil President
Lincoln when he met Mrs. Surratt at
midday. and he never met her again.
In order TO demonstrate that his brain
was turned by the poetic and dramatic
glamour which transmitted the story Of
the Roman assassination, said Mr.. Ford,
IL Is but Just to describe him at this
time: In person he was remarkably
handsome, with face OF singular
manly beauty, in perfect health,
less than twenty six years Of sge,
and almost idolized by his friends As
an actor he could earn at least SO, 900
per annum. He was 70 popular In
Roston that during an engagement at
the museum hundreds of ladies have
waited TO see him leave the stage to 70
to his hotel. Tho facts and opinions
will, think. show the great danger Of
glo-yitying assassination under any Cit
cumstances. "Julius Cesar" was TO
Rome the union Of the scholar. soldier
and gentleman Mighty "Ce,arl" All
Rome di | love him once, not without
cause. Yet "Csssius' did ray, "How
many ages hence shall this our lofty
scene he acted over in states unborn and
accents unknown "Wss this" added
Mr.. Ford, 10 closing the interview, the
incarnation of dramatic prophecy, sug-
gesting the crime that occurred 1909
years after, 'in states unborn and accents
yet unknown when Cesar died
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
There is no immediate prospect of a

There IL no immediate prospect of
cessation Of the distress In China. Large
quantities OF grain are being conveyed into
the famine districts.
G.. w. Smallev writes that the hotel
keepers at Paris have raised prices rs per
cent, and are "plundering their guests
with extrayagani prices.
Dispatches from London cay that the
Lancashire cotton mill owners sre arranging
to bring op ratives from the United States
in view Of the continued lockout
The famine in India is slowly dying
out everywh' re; the survivors are recover
log health and strength, and the sm all guam
titles of food imported show that the people
have a suficiency Of grain.
English Catholics are reported to be
very desirous that Pope Leo should adopt
Jerusalem as his permsnen home, In which
case they would purchase him territory
enough for suitable principally and render
HIM indepe ndent.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
Amer.c,is stiIl Ahead.

An English scientist has invented .
con,rivauce 70 delicate that the sound
made by ay's lot in walking over the
sounding board can be heard 1t the other
end of the telephone, miles away. The
English scientist, who Is merely an
imitator, will have 10 take q back seat,
however. Americas inventor, Mr..
Edison, has perfected mac chine by which
you can bear fly wink In London, bv
cable, and the noi-e made by a man
thinking /. distinctly audible Thousands
OF miles away. II will take sc ms pretty
abe bodied lying for the English to heat
thi.--T Norr stown Herald. Pooh Non
sense Potter's committee could heat
it aud give you six -[Philadelphis Bul-
letiu.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS,

While in the vatican, Plus TX. raw
a change in every throne in Europe save the
English.
DR.. Muirhead, young Euglishman,
has succeeded in applying the duplex system
OF telegraphy 10 the ocean cables, and the
direct United States Cable company have
been working it for some weeks past. The
superntendent OF the Cable compsny says
II works perfectly aud has doubled the es-
pacity Of the cable.
A resident OF Paris has sued the city
for obstructing his view Of heaven by tele.
graph wires.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

AN Unprecedented movement toward
christianity has taken place among the
natives of India east of Tinnevtlly. Six
teen thousand have given their names to
the English bishop Caldwell, and have
asked for instruction. The bishop writes
that village after village islsying aside
its hesthenism and seeking admission in
to the fold of Christ" One reason as.
signed f1r tbi. change of feeling is graft
tude to the English for succors during
the famine.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

TIE Japanese have record OF all
earthquakes in the larger cities of the
empire for the last 1900 years. The
number OF slight shocks is very large,
and there have been l49 destructive
earthquakes during that period. There
were twenty eight of these latter 10 the
ninth century, and sixteen have oc.
CURED in the present century.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

THE latest scare In New York is the
wind. That eminent engineer, Mr..
Roebling. maintains that great peril will
attend the crossing Of the Brooklyn
bridge, when completed, by horse cars,
during a gale. A resisting power Of
twenty-one pounds TO the square foot is
necessary to ensure safety. This state
ment has turned attention toward the
elevated roads constructed and being
constructed in New York, some of the
up town streets of which are hurricane
conductors. The strongest resisting
power of the cars of these roads Is pu,
at thirteen pounds to the foot. Inquiry
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

TIE Philadelphia Ledger suggest,
that the benefits OF the eight hour law
might be extended to much larger class
II it was made to apply to the working
hours OF housewives, with special clause
providing that the babies should sleep
during the hours devoted to the rest and
recreation of the mother.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

at the signal Office has ELECTED the fact
that a sixtymile wind, not uncommon
in New York, need, resistance of IS
pounds to the foot. On the 29th of
March, 1876, there WAS a seventy-two-mile
gale, which required a resistance OF 26
pounds.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

SIR w. THoMPsoN's soundings OF the
Atlantic, by means of the apparatus on
board the Challenger, showed that the
great ocean has three immense basins,
viz, one extending from Ireland to the
upper North American coast, with an
average depth of 5000 fathoms, one
dividing Europe and Central America
with an average depth Of 5000 fathoms
and one running from S)uth Africa to
South America with an average depth Of
$500 fathems.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29
AN ambitious Young man of Monroe

AN ambitious young man of Monroe
county, Illinois, thought it would evince
his familiarity with the ussges of fash.
iouable society il he were to have his
engagement printed in IN village paper
uuder the head " Betrothed, but when
at the trial of the action for bna ach of
promise the advt rtisement marked "Ex.
hibit A." was put in by the plaintiffs
attorney, he was sad indeed.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

The great fire OF London originated in
November, 1868, in the time of Charles
III. The grest plague occurred in the
previous year (l66j), when 6S,596 per-
sons were said to have perished.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

The Chinchona bug is the last pest.
1t is ravaging japanese plantations,
and also has taste for tea. 1t ssps the
chlnchona bark and the leaves witber and
die. Qrinine is frightfully dear already
and if this bug gets the upper hand it
will be quite beyond the reach of the
million.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

RUSSIA has purchased the steamer
Saratoga, one of the fastest OF the line
running between New York and Havana.
Unless peace is soon assured Russia will
gather a handsome feet at any rate.
The United States has few more steam
ers to sell, and we hope will soon be in a
condition 10 build vessels for all the
world.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

SPECIMENS of domestic tea, raised in
South Carolina and cured in Baltimore,
were exhibited in Washington, and were
so fine as to deceive the largest dealers.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

Our of 2,64O emperors, king, snd
royal rulers over Ga nations, 296 were
dethroned, 64 sbdicated, Is committed
suicide, /. went msd, 100 died on the
battlefield, 1913 were made prisoners in
battle, 25 were pronounced martyrs and
saints, Isl were assassinated, so were
poisoned, and 10S were sentenced to
death.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

sprins spsans. Irs beau,iay spsune.
Ana wlif-vinest avblsrs ars Vbnoglins : vhuug,
The foft ruth brS ~ s,e bres sing bu -
Thst thsvs up the ics With nnafksbs thessL
q Settersst time Of oil timer that have TIM.
IA rhyme thee rhamles VI tsndsr q rhouae.
And tell thee how Of In ny ionsinss rvs iung
To ~ come thy cotnir &. o, bsaatifai spsung.
Symholcai sessan .Iqnisits-t .qu6ssf
Al nature, up<ts,nsin ( esfa lsst gitzs,
Widstpens Its throat latch 10 whovp and 70 sh~ut
Bxubsiant pleasure aud gratsfuiest trout
The b'ithe little n v1ists run 10 The saas--
The little buda swsll au the tush-e an u~sf---
Tne r. ~ sse screaming th~ir sogu unntess scvam.
And the frogs thst vsfs drssmins are dsupaisg .
--tBuifslo ComnssciaI
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

CLEVELAND has what IL called Diet
Dispen,ary" which furnishes food for the
sick. Great care is taken in the health
ful preparation OF food, and it is fur
nished to thbse who cannot pay for it,
gratis. The society is supported by
subscription, each member paying four
dollars a year.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

A CoNNEcTIcUr lover, young aud
enthusiastic. who rang and played for
nearly two hours before The house Of bis
lady love the other evening, was electri>
6ed-that is, shocked-sfter . short
pause, by q cordial "thank you" gsace>
fully pronounced by the "othef 'eik- !"
who appeared at the drawins-ro m vln
dow.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

THIRrY-THzEE soldiers on the pension
rolls of tbs United States army have lost
both legs. thirty one both hands, and one
both hands and both legs.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-29

RECENTLY arrangements have been
made for reporting the arrival of vessels
of the Scicily Islands by service of car
rier pigeons. The pilot boats that go
out cruising for ships now take along
these birds, and as soon as they pick up
ship and know its name they let loose a
bird with note containing the informa.
tion. Thus vessels are now reported at
distance of twenty and thirty miles at
sea.