The Osceola times., 1878-03-02

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when Martin Van Buren was told OF
the marriage of his son, Smith Van
Buren, he said: 81 thought he had
given that girl up. Well, he is ruined
She is very rich. Now, he'll give up his
profession Of the law, where he had great
ability, and become really rich man
the least useful of human things. Poor
Smith,
A SAN FRANCISCO letter says: "At
present prices of the Bonanza mines, Con.
solidated Virginia and California, are
paying about per cent. per month.
Consolidated raid dividend last month
of 81 per share, and sold with dividend
off for SIS to 500; California, same div
idend, selling for s24. One cause being
the apprehension that they may give out
at any day, which is very true, as the
product has been enormous, and must
necessarily be to enable the two mines To
pay over 81 600, 900 every msnth for four
years, to do which nearly a, 100000 per
month must be taken out in gross"
A Mr.. DAVIS, OF Medford, Mass. a
short time ago, while shaving, fell back
ward upon the floor, and was pronounced
dead. As he had expressed fears that
he might be buried alive, the body was
kept several days in the house and care
fully watched. The remains were finally
buried at Maiden. After the funeral
the widow and her daughter, who reside
- different houses on q certain night
dreamed that the deceased was buried
alive and was trying to release himself
from the grave. They told their dreams
to each other, and finally caused the
grave to be opened. 70 the horror OF
all, the corpse was found lying on its
side, and the top of the casket broken,
showing that the man mad made strenu-
Gus efforts TO escape death by suffocation.
You see before you woman who
has been more persecuted than any other
woman on earth. In this great moral
conflict which l haze been waging fer
!orty-two, no, forty-three years, i have
suffered everything. In my native. city
of New Orleans my life was thrice A..
sailed. Once the deadly bullet just
grazed my hair-literally hair. breadth
escape-ha! ha ha! Once a big
Dutchman felled me TO the ground with
heavy cudgel. was prostrated in
more sense than one-ha ha ha
WAS unable to speak for ten days. You
may guess must have been pretty badly
hurt when didn't talk for ten days
hs ha ha! But l am not dead yet.
No, sir; am living example of what
our sex can do IL we have a chance.
Why, no man on earth could endure
what | have suffered. There are plenty
Of women who could endure it, but not
o2e man. And you see l haven't q gray
lkir in my head yet, not one. / may
have some by the time l am a hundred
years, II you are alive to examine-ha |!
ha! hal-[Myra Clarke Gaines, aged
seventy. I"
A LETTER to the Chicago Times de-
scribes that remarkable emancipation
picture: at represents Lincoln seated
at one end of long tables. Behind him
are Chase and Stanton. standing. at
his right sits Seward. Across the table
from Seward is Gideon Wells. At the
end of the table opposite Lincoln Is
Bates, attorney general. Upon Bates
rightstand Montgomery Hair, and Smith,
secretary of the interior. The background
of the picture is cold, dead, slaty blue.
The drawing of the figures Is rigid and
lacking in anatomical knowledge. The
draperies are painted as If they were
bits OF wood. Secretary Stewards coat
falls in straight piece from his collar
without fold. This gives an intense
rlgidness to it that can only be likened to
school.boy's drawing upon q slate
There is shallow tone throughout the
picture-not a single, dark.shade. not
bright, warm light nothing to bring ou,
and strengthen the figures in a group
This intense, dead cold tone in the pic
ture was made especially glaring from
the fact that this huge picture was huns
between two very bright bits of color in
the panels of each side. The brieh,
scarlet in the picture Of Washington and
y light blue background in the picture q,
Lafayette took out the warmth there va,
in poor Carpenters picture. The v vhol.
attitude and bearing Of the eroup are
stiff and unnatural. IL isjust about N.
eame Arrangement that country a,
Z ype man would have nsds Il - -,
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