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The Osceola times., 1879-06-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

There are about 10000 more males
than females in San Francisco.
OF the 20 000, 900 acres of land in Ire
land, two men own between them 2s2,l9s.
One hundred and eiphty-three cotton.
mills have been built in the south since the
war
An Italisn firm has ordered supply
of 100000 tons of coal from the United
States.
Boston had 563 fires last year, destroy
ing buildings vslded at Sl44, l95 and their
contents valued at S259,256.
A publication of the navy list for
1879 shows that, out OF 1868 officers, more
than half "stick close TO their desks and
never go to sea-"
Four-ffths OF the gloves made in the
United States are manufactured at Glovers.
Vile, Fulton county, N. Y, where popula.
ton Of $4,000 find profitable employment in
the industry.
Official documents show that the ratio
of deaths per one thousand persons EN-.
ployed in England is less in coal mining than
in the navy by drowning, and one'half less
than on railroads.
This year 1856, l40 men will be called
out to do military service in France. The
number will be distributed as folows To
the active army, 479,l00; to the reserves,
l44,s70; to the territorial army, $4,000.
There were running in the United
States, April I, 495 distlleries, 4sS OF which
used daily 75Os7 bushels of grain, making
go OOl gallons Of spirits. The other seven
of the dlstlleries used molasses at the rate
of 1855 gallons daily, and obtaining there.
from 7,477 gallons of spirits. Number rum
ming March 1, 1879, 466 capacity, S135
gallons; decrease in March, 0.657 gallons
daily.
A practical movement for the elevs-
ton OF the poorer classes has been set on
foot in England. II is called the peoples
entertainment society" 1t Is designed TO
counteract the influence Of the music halls
and the public houses, the chief resorts Of
the laboring poor in search OF amusement
The entertainments are free, and b rst-clsss
artists are engaged in many cases.
The Iron and Steel association in ses.
sion at Pittsburg, Pa, has adopted resou'
tons stating that the hopeless depression
of business is past, and there are signs OF
healthful activity once more; attributing to
The policy Of protection the fact that our
country is the first to recover from the blow
which prostrated all the industrial nations |;
sscribng to protection the great develop
mepts OF the iron and steel industry in this
country; commeuding the tariff system and
asking its continuance.
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

Galveston, Texas, is assessed at $l7,-
100000.
North sCsiolina has recently hung
four burglars.
Corn sells for FIVE dollars barrel in
North Carolina.
Six thousand Cinnamon are at work
on the Texas Pacific railroad.
10 Rockingham, North Carolina, a
man % years old weighs 3ls pounds.
Shreveport negroes are organizing cel'
onies OF 500. for fall emigration to Kansas
The profits of the Langley cotton fac
Tory At Greenville, South Carolina, for 1873,
were s50,99l.
M. Cofcoran, OF Washington, has
contributed $1,000 of the $1,000 yet re-
CURED to complete the Lee mausoleum at
Lexington, Va.
John Lipham, who shot and killed
eeorgia Drake, an actress, in the San An
tonic theater, has been sentenced to be hung
AZ the recent hanging of three burglars
az Hillsboro, N. c., pools were sold as 70
which OF the unhappy men would die hrst
A nan in Delta county, Texas, who
has three hundred stands Of bees, went to
market last week with eighty gallons @!
choice honey,
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07


Mr. WALTER COTTON, the stepson OF
Congressman Chittenden, is one of the
three great makers OF violins now living.
He was graduated from Columbia, and
then travelled abroad, where his fondness
tor the violin developed into a passion.
He spent much time in hunting up the
most celebrated old violins, and on his
return began 10. make instruments, at
First only for his amusement, and to give
away to his friends but presently there
arose a demsnd which has of late kept
him busy. Ole Bull, Remenyi, Will
helmj and all the noted professional
players come to his house, and send him
their instruments when they need
repairing. He employs no workmen,
but makes all parts of the instruments
himself, having contrived many OF the
tools he uses, and he aims to make but a
small number of violins in the year.
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07
Yankees Outwltted.

Eight Boston capitalists, chiei o
whom is Mr. Gordon Mckay, the sewing
machine inventor, have teen delrauded
o. several hundred thousand dollars.
Mr.. McKsy's attention was attracted to
the San Curiaco gold mine, in Brazil,
and he became convinced that by the
introduction Of improved hydraulic ma
chinery it could be worked with enor-
nous profit. Prof. Mills, a mining ex.
pert, was sent TO inveatigate, and 10
returned with q glowing account OF the
wealth to be had at San Curiaco. A
company was formed, eight men putting
in $400, 900, and Mills was commissioned
to investigate q second time, and, II still
satisfied, to buy the mine. News came
rom him confirming the hopes that his
first report had raised, and very expen.
sive machinery WAS forwarded. Now,
according to the Boston Herald, IL tui ne
out that tho former owners of the nearly
worthless mine deceived Mills by Z
device 10 simple as to be comical. They
employed an old and innocent looking
negro to furnish the sample washings
upon which the man OF sci, nee based his
favorable opinion. The negro filed his
mouth with gold dust, and s,yly spat 1t
into the pan while at work, thus giving
the impression of wonderful auriierous
richness of the soil. It was not
the money for the mino had ~
and the negro I'D grove nv !
tie fraud kad boea etr Il 4 4, ii K
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07

Mr.. PRICE represents Texas county in
the lower house OF the Missouri legisla.
ture. His first, second and third
speeches consisted of a motion to sd.
jou,n. After the third speech the house
swoke to the fact that Mr.. Price under.
stood the adjournment question better
than anybody else, and has let him have
sole control OF 1t ever since. When any
other member has arisen to propose ad.
journment the speaker has good'Datured
ly ruled him out of order, and there
have been cries for Price all over the
house. Price has invariably responded
and his word as to adjournment has been
law. The thing appears foolish at first
glance, but there is deal of roaring fun
in it, and it is certainly IS good as any Of
the humor recently turned out by con-
gress.
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07
So / lugged 'em in, and made my

~ iuSkou oH ~, 1hu n0uo my
reverence.
"Duty, ma'am," says /; "Their's
two gals as need instruction. Rev.
Chen Toocker recommended ye to give 1t
to 'em, and whatever extra it is for
playin' the organ and let 'em larn 1t I;
for it's you that works in the top loft O.
Sundays-you know how to do it.
Cappen Jack Ballast at your service.
Send your bills to him and he'll foot
'em !"
/ amt bold with women, I'm bit
bashful alore strange uns even yet. And
| hadn't looked at her. But when /
spoke out my name she gave little
scream and started back. OF course !
couldn't help looking at her then, and
she was sitting down with her handker-
chief before her face.
Says ], "beg pardon, you are i'll,
mumT
Gays she, still not looking up, "did
you say your name was Captain Bal
last ?"
"Jack Ballast, at your service" said I.
Says she, oh, Jack don't you know
me?"
Says /, "look up and I'll make sure"
And she lifted up her face and ] saw
well 1t wasn't the pink-cheeked girl |
knew. 1t wasn't q girl at ALL but in
minute 1t was Jennie Blush-a great
deal more than l was young Jack Bal
last.
Jenny" says l, ooh, Jenny, is it
really you 2"
And then the color came into her
cheeks. and her eyes glittered, and she
whispered, "Oh, not before the school,
jack" for l had caught her to my
heart and kissed her.
We had not much time to palsver
then, but ] came for her again in the
evening and took her for a walk. And
she told me how the old rag.store had
been shipwrecked, and old Blush drop
ped dead OF apopexy when he knew 1t.
And how my brother Charles Augustus
had offered her his hand, but she said no,
and preferred to earn her own living to
marrying one she did not love while
there was one living whom she did.
And now it was fifteen years sgo-Hfteen
years.
Theu says /, "Jenny, darling, I love
you better than ever, now I've found
you again. When you told my brother
there was some one living you loved, did
you mean me ?"
eyes, Jack" said she.
Says l, "now you've seen me-a
weather>heaten, SCARED old sailor-do
you think the same 7"
Says she, always shall, Jack"
"Oome on, then" says 1. And not
another word till we come to Rev. Eben
Toocker's. there / rang the bell.
Says she, "Why have you brought me
here, Jack 2"
Says!. "To make the chaplain mary
us, my love-"
"Says she. cts too sudden, can't.
What would the people say ?"
" No matter or the people 2" says l.
And in we walked. And for all she
told me that no woman was ever married
before in delaine dress and straw bon
net, the chaplain didn't find 1t any
obstacle, but spliced US. Aud 30, after
nineteen years ! got my Jenny for my
own.
don't think she is sorry for it, and I
know ! amt; and ss for poor Toms
children, she's mother to 'em. And
whether there is any romance in my
story or not, it's happy one for me in
the ending, IS sure as my name is Jack
Ballast.
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07
A COLLEGE WIDOW.

What, been in the city all summer
And grinding away on your greer
Well, we'll You'll excuse me, cid felles,
But really, you are getting weak.
Conditioned WBat Of III I'm always
Conditioned-a regular stack;
But work them of somehow or other,
And keep myself straight with the Fac.
Why. Of eour,e, Tom, you ought to have cut 1t
And gone Oh with me and ST. CLAIR
No eud OF nice girls and salt water,
And lots of our fellows down there.
II you want any points on Nantucket,
Or any adventures to hear,
Just call for them ad inhni um
While Fritz has gone after the beer.
Any snab' well, you'd think SO to see them
Every girl was regular bellS
All the tone OF New Haven and Boston,
And other ones equally swell
But one OF them, Tom, was sumner;
she brought down her game on the wing,
For In less than SIX hours, by jlnsol
She had every man on string.
Pretty R'ther Her t.eth were like pearls, sir,
Peeping out between coraline bars,
And her eyes when she smiled Oh a fellow,
just t~inkled like midnight cigars
She captured our whole deleg alton,
Trinity Junior IA welD,
Two chees rub freshmen from Harvard
And coup OF sophs from Cornell.
Well, we ured to walk out in the evening
10 watch the moons crescent arise,
And ZONE of us thought Of the landscape,
But the rest OF us thought OF her eyes;
And when on the murmuring water
The silvery light was sgow,
II appeared like vision OF Eden
(io the freshmen especially SOY.
euch is life Here, I'll show you the locket
she gave at parting and VIII
Has a bangle Of hers in his pocket,
We keep them for memorable.
As for me, though, wasn't ,nrsptured,
In spite Of the rose-tint and pearl,
For somehow I'm never contented
With only a tenth OF girl.
And she's not very young, let me tell you
Ten years since they shipped her from school-
And don't think she'll ever get married,
She cant hnd hig enough fool.
Her name Miss Van ATsdei of Brooklyn.
You met her, you say, In Julyf
lou re engaged 10 her, fom Oh, the dickens
Be- par, I-well, hang it good by,
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

In the senate, on the 22d, Mr.. Nc
Donald asked leave TO introduce bill reg
lsting the use of the army, OF which he
gave notice Tuesday. The bill was intro>
duced and laid on the table, aud Mr., Nc
Donald gave notice that he would cal y up
Monday and speak thereon ...;,. Various bills
were reported and regularly disposed oi;..'
The morning hour having expired, Ar' Har'
lis called up the senate bill to prevest the
introduction and spread of contagious or
infectious diseases, and moved to ignore the
original bill and consider the substitute re-
norted from the committee May 9Th. Ad-
journsd.
In the senate, on the 2Si, after the
morning hour had expired, the contagiou,
disease bill was taken up. On the third
reading 1t was passed-yeas 34' nays IL Ad'
iourned until Monday,
In the senate, on the 25th, considera'
ton was begun Of the bill heretofore intro
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07
CINCINNATI is making great prepars-

CINCINNATI is making great prepars-
tions for an exhibition OF the industrial
and fine arts next fall. Two large wings
are to be added TO the Springer music
hall for the purpose Of exhibition.
making the building four hundred feet
square. The grounds for the extra
buildings have been donated by the city,
and already about 81, 100000 have been
contributed to insure the success of the
enterprise The loans already secured
for the fine art department promise to
make the exhibition equal, if not supe
rior, to anything of this sort thus far
held in this country.
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07

The figures OF the estimated compare.
tive cost OF the several routes proposed
for the ship canal to unite the Atlantic
and Pacific, IS given in yesterdays dis
patch, are probably wrong, A Paris
dispatch says the sub.contractor on the
cost OF the work, reported that the
Tehusntepec project would cost f4O,.
10000, without including the cost OF
the terminal ports; the Nicaragus f2S ).
5OO,O 900; the Panama f43 900, 900, ex,
elusive of the indemnity to the railway
company; the San Bias $4,000, 600 ;
and the Atrsto Nippi route f44 900, 900.
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07

IT is curious fact that the sale of
books in San Francisco Is not now as
great as it was when the population OF
the city was much smaller. The San
Francisco State says that within the last
two years three Of the largest book
houses have gone out of the business,
and those remaining complain Of reduced
ales. 1t is another curious fact that in
the goddess early days" the sales OF re.
ligious books in California were iar
greater than they are now. Popular
science, on the booksellers shelves,
seems to have taken the place OF reli.
zion.
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07

A LARGE number of postmasters in
small places have given bonds for con>
siderable amounts in order to sell the
refunding certificates. They are in local
tiles where they can not sell many and
It is supposed that speoulators have in
duced them TO send for the bonds and
then sell them out in bulk.
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07

WHEN General James Simonds was
buried in Charleston, s. c., the other
day, there was borne in the procession a
Asg with which the father of the
deceased charged, In Colonel Washing
tons regiment, at Cowpons and Eutsw
Springs, G,neral Simonds was speaker
Of the South Carolina house when that
state seeded, and after wards command.
ed A brigade.
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07

AN Illinois man sleeps every night on
a spot OF ground left bare for the purpose
in his house, and has an attendant shovel
clean earth over him. TO take the place
of bedclothss. He believes that In this
way hs guards against diseass.
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07
The Virginia of Other Days.
Norfolk virRinian

As an illustration of the stately court
esy and somewhat grsndiloquent style of
our grsndfsthers, the following letters
may be of interest TO many Of our read
ere, and all example OF the etiquette of
courtship in the olden time that may be
commended
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07
JOHN WISE TO GEN. CROPPER.
Without date.


Feeling myself irresistibly impelled by
inclination, and prompted by sense OF
propriety, have presumed now to ad-
dress you upon subject of importance
and delicacy.
Having conceived an affection for your
daughter miss Sally, l beg leave to
solicit your permission To make my
address to her, and at the same time let
me express the hope that should be 30
fortunate as to succeed in gaining her
affections, my first wishes may not be
frustrated by your disapprobation. l
have thought proper to make this appli
cation to you on the subject in this
manner, rather than in person, because
my character it ! have acquired xny),
my condition, and my situation in life
are not altogether unknown to you, and
II objections are to be made they can be
more freely communicated in this than
in any other way.
Ihave heretofore proceeded no further
with the lady than merely obtain her
permission to make this application, and,
sir, now pledge you the honor OF gen.
tleman that, in case you have objection
of an insuperable nature to the proposed
union, whatever may be the chsgrin,
regret and modification which l NAV
feel on the occasion, will not disturb
the quiet OF a parent extremely solici,
tous, no doubt, for the happiness OF a
beloved daughter, by persisting any
further with her.
Permit me TO assure you that am,
with much consideration and respect,
your obedient servant,
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07
GEN. CRoPPER TO JOHN WISE.

BowMAN's FOLLY, 1lth May, 1797.-
SIR: Although the application made by
your letter OF this day was unexpected,
yet my reflections heretofore on the sub
ject have prepared me to answer That
however solicitous may be for the tenn,
poral felicity of my daughter and future
respectsbility of my child, she is the
only proper Judge OF the person best
calculated 10 make her hsppy. Respect
and impartislity ought to be shown by
me to you or any gentleman that might
make his address to my daughter, and !
confde in your candor and judgment. l
am, sir, with due respect, your obedient
servant, JOHN CROPPER.
The Osceola times., 1879-06-07

The editor sat on q three.lesgsd stool
upan the upper floor,
And quickly grasped his best exchange,
For he wanted . column more;
He stabbed 1t with his scissors,
And stole the funny stun.
Ard whistled down the copy
With all the crefits scissored on;
Then placed his thumb within his vest,
And connivingly did laugh.
And said: Ny readers will never know
But What wrote that paragraph"
But the nilisus Bulge across the street
(Although II mays EN- strsnge)
Was out three hours In advance
Made up from the sane exchange.
WafSx-ns No.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-10-22
DAILY INTELLIGENCER.
Wednesday, October 90, 1879
ny TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.

VIENNA, Oct. 1S.-The Austro- Hun
garian Government have accepted war
estimates for the maintenance OF the
imperial army at an effective force Of
sec. 900 men for the next ten years.
The Hungarian Government has sub
mitted with these estimates a statement
showing that when military systems
now in progress are completed. Italy
will have 100000 soldiers; France
now has l,sl5,00O soldiers, and
in 1892 will have 1928. coo, and Russia
already disposes of 1855. 900 soldiers.
while Austro- Hungary has 1 100000.
LONDON, Oct. 19.--In Mark Lane
yesterday wheat was strong, and prices
one to two shillings above those OF
Wednesday.
WICHITA, Kan, Oct. 10 - Wild
Hogg Old Crow and other Cheyenne
Indian prisoners released at Lawrence,
arrived here last night and were met by
a large delegation Of Cheyennes and
their squaws just from the agency after
supplies, and great was the rejoicing
among the sons and daughters OF the
plains after the long separation. Be
tween 30 and 40 Cheyenne and Arrap'
school for Indians in Pennsylvania.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-12-27
THE SpoTs ON THE Sun.

THEY INDICATE PLENTY or RAIN IN CALIFORNIA.
1t may comfort those people who are anxious n
bout the water supply Of the city or the wheat crop
ranged for a wet season. 1t is the spots on the sun
that is to cause the requisite supply Of moisture.
The scientists says that there is little doubt an in
dissoluble connection exists between the suns spots
and rain on the earth's surface. II has been defn-
itely ascertained by Professor Langley Of the Ale
ghany Observatory, near Pittsburg, through the
meano of a telescope of great optical perfection aided
by photography, photometry, ETC., that the spots
are cooler than the region by which they are sur
rounded. Italian astronomers afterwards confirmed
Professor Langley's observation. The connection
between the solar phenomena and terrestrial rains
has not been definitely established, except as regards
time. Suns disturbances probably cause magnetic
agitation on the earth, usually followed by protract-
ed rains. In other words, the winter rainfall cor
responds iuversely with the reriod Of solar spots.
The period Of magnetic disturbance is one of less heat
and more magnetism as a result famine, pestilence
earthquakes and wildly coruscating nothern lights.
These the world has had in excess. The Irregular
ity of winds aud rains, and their prevalence. have
been noticed for the last three years on the Paciho
coast, After the period of magnetic disturbance
comes that of abundant rains, less terrestrial agita-
ton, better health, more happiness. So we are in
formed, the matter stands to-day. The scientists are
turned prophets, and they prophesy only good.
The sun-spots were numerous during September,
gradually disappearing toward the last Of the month,
some by rotation, others seeming simply to fade
Always. f. Chronicle.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-12-27

New YORK, December 5th.-The Tribune says
The rivalry between the Panama and Nicaragua
routes assumes an interesting phase. Obviously
there are not going to be two canals dug. One
or the other project must be abandoned. 1t may
be that the question of which is to survive will be
settled by the action Of Grant. II he should ac-
cept the prefer OF the Presidency of the Nicaragua
Company. the great weight Of his name abroad
would probably insure ihe aid OF abundant foreign
capital. and a feeling OF national pride in the IN
dertaking would be stimulated in this country
which would carry with it the favorable action of
Congress and a good deal of assistance from Ame-
rican capitalists. In such an event Lesseps would
be likely to consider the physical difficulties of
cutting a canal across the Panama lsthmus down
to tide water level more serious than he anticipa-
ted, and might counsel the abandonment of the
work, and perhaps turn into the successful Ameri-
can enterprise the capital he has raised. Without
Grant, however. the Nicaragua undertaking will
hardly start of briskly. not that he is a great en-
gineer, but he is the best-known American living.
which counts for a good deal in Europe. and in
this country he has the reputation for practical
sense, which is a guarantee that he will not take
hold OF a work that he cannot carry through.