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The Osceola times., 1878-03-09

creasing the price or decreasing the quality
OF the tippe. The burden will fall, Just
where it ought to, upon the dram.drinker,
but in manner which the large majority of
them will never feel-in the inferior quality
OF the stuff they drink. Instead OF objecting
to the Moffett register, the saloon. keepers
ought to approve Of ity and the day must
COME when they will be very glad they failed
70 influence the legislature to defeat the bill.
That they will fail can be safely predic,ed.
We understand the general assembly is
almost unanimous In the determination to
pass the bill. And very properly so. A
better and more appropriate way of contrib
uting to the public revenue was never de-
vised by man. Its fruits will be enormous,
and, at the same time, il makes the nearest
possible approach to sparing the individual.
President Henderson before the agri.
cultural association of Georgia: Decry, said
he, cotton as you will, il is the sheet anchor
of southern hopes of prosperity In the pres.
ent and independence In the future. God
has given the southern planter in the cotton
plant the source OF wealth and power that no
other people possess, and II properly utilized
VIII re'establish his private fortune and his
states independence. Think not, gentle.
men, am a",ing to mislead you into the folly
ol eAc' .sive cotton culture, for this would be
".nkruptcy and ruin. The folly Of raising
cotton to buy supplies for the farm, en-.
deavored to show at your convention in
Columbus, and cannot too strongly reiter.
ate the stern truths therein enunciated; yet
do not hesitate to say that after you have
flled barn and store.house with all that is
essential to life. comfort and happiness Of
man and beast, then every pound of cotton
raised bv southern planters will add to their
Al a.,l 1,.A
influence of the south. Cotton built up our
states before the war, and gave them an en-
viable position IN the family of nations; and
cotton is yet destined, in its culture and its
manufacture, to make us again rich and in
dependent,
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09

the objections Of the president thereto. Mr..
Eustis at the time held the Aoor snd was
speaking upon the bill In regard 10 holding
court in MississiPpi, and the silver bill wss
laid on the table 10. the present. M. Hamlin
said he was OF the opinion that IL was OF
vastly more Importance to dispose Of the
silver than TO proceed with the consideration
Of the pending bill. For the purpose OF
testing the sense Of the senste, he moved
that the pending bill in regard TO holding
courts in Aississlppi be laid on the liable.
Agreed to-ysss, II; nays, 0. The. president
pro tempore--The chair lays before The SON
ate the bill TO authorize the coinage o! the
standard silver dollar, and 70 restore its
legal tender character, which had been cent
TO the tenate from the house OF Representa-
ives. with the objection Of the -psesident OF
the United States. The clerk then proceeded
to call the roll, and the bill was passed over
the veto. Yeas, 46; nays, 10; % follows:
Yeas--Allison, Bailey, Beck, Bruce, Chaffse,
Cockrell, Coke, Gonover, Davis fIli !. Davis
(w, Val Dsnnis, Dorsey Esstis, Ferry,
Garland, Gordon, Grover, Harris, Hereford,
Hill, Howe, Ingalls,, Johuston, jones (Fls.),
Jones (Nev.), Kellogg, Klkwood, hcCreery,
Mcdonald, Mcmillan, Matthew, Aaxcy,
Merrimon, Morgan, Paddock, Patterson,
Plumb, Saulsbury, Saunden, Spencer Teller,
Thurman, voorhees,, Wafsce, Window and
Withers--i6 Nays Barnum, Bayard, Blaine,
Butler, Conklin, Dawes. Eaton, Hsmlin,
Hoar. kernsp, Lsmar, McPhspon, Nischell,
Morrill,, Randolph. Rollins, Sargent Wad.
leigh and whyte-is. Adjourned until
Monday , ,. s.ts 1ksi1sr T. hksT
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09
FROM WASHINGTON.

The house committee on naval affairs
has agreed to report favorably on the bill
appropriating fifty thousand dollars for Capt.
HOwgate's north pole expedition. Capt.
Howgate's q polar colonization plan is indorsed
by such men as Prof. Henry, Prof.s Loomis.
Prof. Potter, Admiral Porter, Rear Admiral
Davis, Judge DAILY, president Of the Aneri.
can geological society, DIR. Hayes and others.
Howgate himself is very sanguine as to the
practicability Of this plan OF solving the
question OF an open polar sea.
The report of the national der artment
Of agriculture for 1877, now in course Of pub.
LEGATION, states that the yield OF wheat in tine
United States for the year was three hundred
and sixty million bushels, or fifty million
bushels more than was ever before produced.
Deducting the amount necessary for home
consumption in food and seed, upward Of
one hundred and ten million bushels can be
spared for export. The acreage of winter
wheat for 1873 is greater than that OF 1871.
The corn product was thirteen million bush
els, with corresponding yields Of oats and
potatoes,
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09

ditioDs OF military weakness and helpless.
ness in which we were when we began the
Russian war OF that year as / am at the
ignorance Of those who are now croaSing
over our supposed want OF strength and
alleged consequent inability to fight.
The steamship Oceanic brings the fol.
lowing intelligence from, China A terrible
disaster has occurred al Tientsin. A refugee
house, In which famine.strcken refugees
from the northern provinces had assembled,
took fire, and Of nearly three thousand
people IN the building, only one hundred
escaped. The extremely cold weather that
has prevailed has had fatal effect on the
refugees many Of whom have frozen to death,
while thousands are suffering from Insult cient
accommodation or lack Of food, which can.
not be supplied In quantities to meet the
demand. Charles Ludd, Of the China island
mission at Wachung, who has recently vis-
tied the famine-stricken province of Shens,
writes a heartrending account OF the suffer.
ing he has witnessed. The efforts OF the
government to supply food and assistance
has been, to great extent, nullifed by the
dishonesty Of officials. Children are sold by
hundreds by starving parents. In,the large
cities OF Houcheng and Pucheng risings
have occurred among the peoFfs, iende-ed
desperate by seeing wives and children
surviving DtlOft tuclf ihctr, uuu iutuy JUL
breaks are reported. In Pucheng the people
beheaded the mandarin for speculating on
their necessities. The weather has been
unusually cold throughout the country for
several weeks. The money market is very
light lately, but arrivals from England and
San Francisco are expected to esse 1t soon.
The boiler Of the coasting steamer Yesso
exploded recently, killing about 80 natives
The engineer is imprisoned for manslaughter
In Toxic, Japan, the merchants are about
forming a chamber o. commerce. A detach
ment OF infantry is about to proceed to Zoo
Choo island. Two Japanese war vessels,
officered and manned by natives, have left,
one for Australia and the ether for Europe.
Rumors are sgain prevalent of disailection
in the province Of Satsuma. Several arrests
have been made, and a garrison is being
established there. The government is con.
sidering means OF giving the people some
voice in the affairs Of the country. A line of
railway Is being surveyed between kirto
and otsu
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09
FACTS AND fAscIEs.
RssA.a-by. n.sy.


,Reeka-by. hAby; In the tea ton, Il uts-
when the wind blows the cradle win rock
WHEN the hough hreaks the cradle viii fali,
Down tumbles baby, and cradle, and an.
noet-s-by. baby ibs iueadsvs h NJ. a,
Laugh st the suubenms that dapcs In the foora.
Hchoths birds with ycur0w baby Sune. . n
Coo In the sunshise and noweIs Of June
Rock-a by. bsby; as-softly iiIvtnes.
0vtR ,hy cradisthc nsshss- l6vs sinGpy 81 ;. =
BroodinR and cooling AZ even Or dawn,
What will II do when the mother b esaey 4 10
Rock-a-by, baby 70 cloudIess the skies.
6fvc a. fhs drpihs Of your ovp laughfAs syes;
eveci 1 the lullaby over your nest
That tsd'tlS s'nss little bsby v fesko q s-1E
Roek.a-by. baby tSs blue .yss~ili drssu. s..i
eweetsst y hsn mammals eytp over them bexm;
Never again viii The world ssrm So fslI- -r''s4
sleep, lhtis beby--no cloud y the air.. ~. o. =.
Rect t-s.by. baby the blss syss vii husa ,.,,..,
And eche with that your msnhooo Will lt6Sn; :"
av4tly the yeafs come v7thJbnov aBd csrs.
w'iA burdens tAsvse d'rplsd shouissn nsstssar
nock-a- By haby there's senine ~ can n~e
y hose prrows mother's iip can't kiss avuy
DAss vhsn tt1song vii - e3anea1 70 Z nose 50
Crosses that baby must bsar all alone.
neck-a-by. oaby the meadov' in bloom.
Nsv never tie fIssts pdIi sas bssusy IL sissn y
e thy yorid sver bright ss to-day It Il seen, !.
Rsck-sisys Bssy ~ c,sdls Il gIsto. s5'lsel{
=lBuriiDston Hawfsys,-
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09

GoRrscHASoFF is eighty years old, the
richest man in Russia, and is considered
the most agreeable dirlomatist In
Europe. Ono reason Of his success is
ascribed to the fact that be is not required
to make speeches to the country. The
Pail Mall Gazette says he talks slowly
writes grandiloquently and gives high
minded reasons for everything he advises
or does. Persons who might have ex-
pected him to explain some torturous
piece of policy on cynical grounds are
staggered by his semblance of perfect
good faith, and by the reassuring
promises which he makes in a tone o.
stately gentleness, to which his vs~ .,.h,o
appearance gives the starr Of wisdom
and truth. His strep. .th is patience: hi,
talent lies in s'',.zing opportunities the
.,. oe ".ey arrive and these OPP
p''u. ..tiss Come through the simplicity
'. tie Foreigners who trust him.
, DIR. BROWN SBQuARD lectured in
phsfadelphia recently to large audience
of medical men on paralysis of the
BRAIN" He said; The views that have
reigned in science for many centuries,
without any objection until now, that
the right side of the brain moves the left
side of the body, and the vice versa, must
be laid aside as absolutely false. 1t seems
rather singular that any one should come
to you and state that this view should
be laid aside. 1t was stated generally
where there was paralysis in the right
side of the brain, it followed to the left
side of the body. My investigation
shows this TO be mistake. There are
great many cases where disease on one
side of the brain will not affect the oppo.
site side of the body, and there are other
cases where disease of one side of the
brain produces disease on both sides of
the body.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

Miners have superstition that whist
ling in mines is provocative Of ill-luck.
The Paris ex xposition will be open even.
ings and illuminated by the electric light
A Bennington, Vermont, liquor seller
buried a barrel of liquor in a sage bed when
harassed by the officers, connecting it with a
tin tube with the top of the ground and
drawing his supplies as they were called foi
by email hand pump and nobody knew il
till he told the story after he went out OF the
business.
Boston, New York and Philadelphia
capitalists have formed concern with q
paid.up capital of one million dollars to
settle lands In the southwest with people
from the north, and large tract of timber
land lin Missouri has already been secured.
Among those prominent in the management
are Gen. w. s. Rosecrans, Gen. Gilmore and
ex-Judge Fullerton, of New York.
Frog culture is the latest western in>
dustry, and ia being systematically carried
on in Minnesota. 1t is q simple process,
consisting chiefly in the protection of eggs
aAd tadpoles from birds and other enemies
by means of wire screens. The product thus
far reported amounts to thirty.six thousand
legs.
Ten tons of wire are being run over
the New York and Brooklyn suspension
bridge. Nineteen hundred tons OF wire have
thus far been strung in place. The cables
will be ready for the superstructure by
Au4 ust next, and in 1880 the bridge will be
completed.
An establishment in st. Louis dries
eggs by the hundred thousand.
Humming birds and gilt heels are now
worn on ladies' shoes.
A spring in Orinoco, California, has a
strong favor like good old Jamaica rum.
Montana, with fifty thousand people,
reported not single failure during 1875.
The Oldest postmaster in the United
States is Nathan Wood, who has been post
master at Deep River, Indiana, for more
than forty years, having been appointed by
General Jacksoh's administration. 'e'
The quarries near Paris produce an
annual yield of about three hundred and
sixty thousand dollars worth of mushrooms
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09
Ha,phlers asd Insurance Companies.

1t i an indnbitable result Of the theory
rot probabilities that every gambler, ifhe
continues long enough, must lultimately
be ruined. Suppose he tSies the martini
gale, which kone believe iAfallibIr, mad
which ID, o. Z en- informed. .diaallowsd In
the gambling houses. In the nsthod of
playing, be 6rst bets say IL II he loses
Il, he bets o.; II he loses that, be- bsts
~, il he loses that, be bets a. (; " he
then gains, be has lost t I Al, apd
he has gained u more; and no matter
how many bets he loses, the'iirst one be
gains Will make him 81 richer than be
win probably gain at- frat hut, 1t Lest,
the time viii come when the rup Of
luck 10 90 against him that he wilf rot
have money enoush 10 double, and uast
theref0rs Ist biz bet g. This will ppoba-
bly, happen before he hes won a. much
~ be had In the hFst place,,so that this
run seainst him will leave him poorer
than DO began; some tine or other Il will
BE- sure to happen. It u true that there
is Alwsys possibility Of his winning sny
sun ~ bank can psy, and ws;t s;thnso>ps
upon a celebrated paradox that. though
be Il certain TO be ruined, the value Of
his expectation calculated according TO.
| the usual rules (which omiS Sthk cbnsd-.
eration) h large. Bat. vhatherA gqm-
bier plays ~ this way u any other, the
same thing 4s true, namely: Thst h he
plays long enough he will Be sure ssgo
Time 70 have .Auch = run against him ~
| 70 exhaust his entire fortune. The same
thing Il true Of an ihsnfance company.
Let The directors take ~ utmost paius
70 Be indeberdeht Of the great eopdasrs
tions and pcstilences, their actuafies dau
! tell them that, according 70 She doetsine
ef, chances, the 'yume. must eogDss 1t
last,g chen, their losses will bfjng
| them 70 stop. They may tide over
tsuch a cribs By extraordinary mesns,
but then they win start ssain I5a weak
\ eped stsss. and the same thing viii hep-
pan again oil the sooner. An sctuary
might be inclined TO deny this, becense
be knows that Tie expectstion OF HE
company Is large, or .perbaps (neg'ecting
the interest upon money! is inapite.
But. calculations Of expectations IeAve
1 out Of account the eifcunstanea now
under consideration, which reveFses the
whole thing. However, must not b
understood Is saying that insurance is
ON this account upsound, ,nore than other
kinds of business. All human Affair."
rest upon probabilities, and the same
thing e true everywhere. n man were
limnortxl no. could BE- perfectly sure os
seeing the day when everything 70 which
he had trusted should betTsy his tfosts
and, in short, Of coming eventually -
hopeless misery. He would break down
! at lat, q every great fortune, - ssesy
dynasty, as every civiiisatiqn dqeh 10
| place Of this we have d6ath.--t Popubr
Science Monthly.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

competitive trial Of milking machines
is to take place at Bristol. England, next July.
The pope has intimated his desire that
pilgrims abstain from any special allusion to
politics in their addresses to him.
The French artillery has resolved to
discard the bronze 6eld.pieees with which il
is armed, and, like Germany and Russia, TO
adopt steel breech-loaders instead. Herr
Krupp, however, will not gain any additional
customers by such step, for the French
war department is TO make its own guns.
The Agence Russo says the conditions
OF peace as published in London are inac-
curate. Russia has never demanded the
expulsion OF the Mussulman population of
Bulgaria. She has only demanded the recall
of Turkish officials and troops. Russia does
not hand over portion OF Bosnia to Servia.
The question OF the straits is reserved for
the consideration of Europe. The published
version contains other gross inaccuracies.
Mai. Gen, Sir Garnet Wolseley, con.
tributor TO the Nineteenth Century, gives an
article entitled "England Us a Military
Power" The following are his conclusions,
At no previous period has England been SO
strong, in q military senst, as now. Were
war declared tomorrow, about four hundred
thousand drilled men would fall into line, II
required, and supported by 372 held guns,
manned and horsed by royal artillery. That
number would roughly be made up as fol.
lows. Standing army at home, 1900 men;
army and militia reserve, 10000; militia,
5000; volunteers, 10000; second class
army reserve, 10000; total, 4i4000. In this
calculation have put the figures very low,
and have left out altogether the 10000 yeo-
many who would be available for home
service. have not taken into consideration
the number Of regular troops that would be
available for war when the Mediterranean
ga risons were furnished by the militia. II
wi at once be seen that re could at once
tai e the field with two fully equipped army
CORPS of more than 10000 soldiers each,
leaving similar force OF regular troops al
home a. Q reserve. When | compare the
military strength OF ENGLAND now With what
u was II 1854, am ~ amazed ct the con.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09

DIAL08vIH betwean two Boh<misus !:
",Wopld, QSyould that had 6fty thous-
and 4 yeSf. r. 1now what I'd d. !"
"'whatf' f'a. Nothing" yxs ~
aLADy ito . Rttls Gid Of, four ysam):
)" What are yeu going b call youF. now
dollr Gill (heaving deep Sigh, lihe
some anxious ndutAer) Z al haifeaN 4
Rosa---if 1t lives.' ossa ) s....s Al,
"a GREAT many PEOPLE new-a days
dsn't hsliWs In the devil" nd - Ilii.
peis preacher In . recent sermon, :, bpt.
ah, my friends, you may rest assuTod that
the devil Believes ID then." siss n-s
A VyAeINx maiden, whose aAlansul
did not appear on the wedding nigik,
went to the window, and, remafkinx
that Il wAs good weather FOR mt
riagA anyhow, put On her bounst -
acted q bridesmaid for one Of her friends
across the street, N's s7''s
poN'r be afraid any more. Professor
Newcomb says: go small Il the earth,
compaftA With the celestial spsoos, tlni
II ope should shnt his syss and drs ~
random in the air, the chance Of bring
ing down . Bird would BE- nettsr nh
that of . comet Of any kisd strihiss ~
e1'n'aHi ell - sassaus s-es,om
HlxPxlNs refused BIZ wife :. nov hat,
and soon after hia iIttle gifl came II and
said :~rS Mamma, won't y0d buy 4Sa
monkey to play with whom you 70 yqNp
town." mo, darling; wait till you are
elder, and then marry one a. l did, ,sald
the griei'stricken vile, her team bdntipg
forth sfre4b. ~ ;sSss
He hsd brought her the very thisks
she WAITED from the suPpsr tAble 10 hSr
sale retreat on. the staifs, and abe wSs
moved to say, half isughiDely You
are man after my own ksart, rlfr.
B. 1922 "Just what am afteS,n b
ssa'..vsrsd, s'.. y quick as . fiasA covering Der
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09

WAsHISGroS's tombAat Mount Yer.
non has been connected with the man,
sion on the hill by an electric burglar
alarm, that his sacred bones may be safe
from the molestation by vampires such
as recently attempted the pluuder of
Lincoln's tomb.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09

TIE Germans are at present about the
only purchasers for American ships of.
fered for sale, which, notwi outstanding
the depression of the freight business are
very few They are careful to select
ships that have good records, and by
economy of management they generally
succeed in running them at profit,
where American owners had failed to
do so.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09

and earth, working all Of one night at
1t. In the morning the Indians made an
attack, but the men in the fort, armed
with breech-loading rifles, repulsed them.
During two days fighting was kept up,
and then a rescuing party of soldiers
arrived. Eight Indians were killed, and
one of the white men was injured.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09

IT is feared that the atmosphere of
London will soon damage the surface of
Cleopatras' needle. The Luxer obelisk
erected in the Palace de la Concorde in
Paris in 1888, is some s, 400 years old,
having stood with another still larger
one before the great temple of Thebes.
The stone is syenite granite, of brown,
ish red color. Thirty-six years exposure
to the atmosphere Of Paris has affected
the stone more than the same number of
centuries exposure to the purer air Of
Egypt.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09

q AlsElsox sesds .us = pqeM 4
;xbieh & s Sc declares, asfhsrs 6 ri ~ 1:i g
n tbs' silent Unb.r oh, thefs 8 4
there = Yee, there iiss lots ef Il. Ioe
.trvit. You II Hnd out how pnca lest
there Is in the silent tomb, with halt z
dosen ChicsSo uedieai Studeno = 3l
= aitse Yen 81 q Atl.& ese's. -
0uul ii1o ~ - - y
3 =
-: =;
The Osceola times., 1878-03-09

THE Maxwell family's recent adven-
ture, near Fort Bozeman, was like an
incident in dime novel. They mum.
bered six men and two women, and were
travelling in a wagon, on their way to
border lettlement. Seeing the ap-
proach of a band Of hostile savages. they
decided to select favorable position in
which to defend themselves, and soon
found spot that was bounded on two
siaes by a deep, wide gorge. They hastily
built barricade Of the wagons, stones,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-01
CANCELLATION OF BOND.

STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department !
HWhereas. GEORGE E. BOVEE. of the parish of
St. James in this State, has applied to me for the
cancellation OF bond furnished and subscribed
by him as principal. on the fourteenth day of
November. 1876. for the sum Of twenty thousand
dollars. with the following named securities. to
wit: Eugene Laiche. for the sum of five thous
and dollars: J. N. Thibodaux. for the sum Of five
thousand dollars; and Joseph Lartigue, for
the sum of ten thousand dollars. conditioned
for the faithful performance of the duties Of
said George E. Bovee as Tax Collector of the
said parish of st. James.
Now. therefore. I. FRANCIS T. NICHOLS.
Governor of the State of Louisiana do hereby
issue this my proclamation. calling upon all
persons interested therein to show cause, in
writing, at the Office of the Secretary Of State.
at New Orleans, within ninety days after the
last publication hereof. Why the sftid bond III
mortgage resulting therefrom should NOS be
Cancelled and annulled.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State
of louisiana at the city of New Orleans. this
sixth day of April. in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight
FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS.
Governor of the State of Louisiana
By the Governor:
WELL. A. STRONG. Secretary of State. ap23 3ot