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The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
NUMBER l6.

that the black cavities of the nippers
below disappear in the sixth year; those
of the next pair in the seventh wear;
and those of the corner teeth in the
eighth; also the outer corner teeth OF
the upper and lower jaws just meet at
eight Years of age. At years old cups
leave the two center nippers above, and
each OF the two upper corner teeth have
a little sharp protrusion at the extreme
outer corner. At the age of 10 the cups
disappear from the adjoining teeth; at
the age of IL the cups disappear from
the corner teeth above, and are only in
dicatcd by brownish spots.
The oval form becomes broader, and
changes, from the twelfth TO the six
teenth yerr, more and more into tri-
angular form, and the teeth lose, finally,
with the twentieth year, all regularity.
There is nothing remaining in the teeth
that can afterward clearly show the age
Of the horse or justify the most expert
enced examiner in giving positive
opinion.
The tushes, or canine teeth, conical
in shape, with sharp point and curved
are cut between the third and fourth
year, their points become more and
more rounded until the ninth year, and
after that more and more dull in the
course Of years, and lose, finally, all
regular shape. Mares have frequently
no tusks, or only very family indicated.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
GEORGIA'S BONANZA.
Rapid Development of the Gold Mines
Around Dahlonega
Louisville Courier-Journal.

l4oulsNl llt 'ouTltT-JDulllhi.
The growth in the gold-mining inter
ests of Georgia has been remarkable in
the past few years, and the yield of bull
lion now goes over 81 ,000,000 per annum,
and is rapidly increasing. The history
of these mines is curious. In lS47 mug
gets Of gold were discovered in the beds
Of branches all through the Blue Ridge
region of Noith Georgia. Some of these
finds" were marvellous, nuggets reach
ing thousands of dollars in value being
found Silver and diamonds were also
found. The story of these discoveries
went abroad in the land, and miners
flocked in by thousands The territory
belongs to the Creeks, and the Govern
ment warned the adventures off. The
rough-and-ready miners continued to
pour in, and the Indians then organized
to protect their lands. Several sanguin-
airy encounters took place, and the whole
history of the intrusion" as il is called,
was marked with blood. There was no
system in the mining that followed; it
was all surface work, the soil being dis
solved in rocks and pans. After heavy
rain the hills would swarm with "swind-
lers," as the pan-miners were called,
picking up the grains of gold washed up
by the flood. There were scarcely any
stamp-mills; and no scientific mining.
The yield was so large, however, that a
mint was established at Dahlonega, and
heavy work was done. The surface
mines were worked out in ten or twelve
years, and the gold seekers left for new
fields. The mint was dismatled and
abandoned, and the mines sank to nomi-
nal prices. After the war, Northern capi-
tai began to inspect these forsaken mines.
II was discovered that the quartz was
rich, was easily worked, that labor was
cheap and water-powers abundant. Nari-
Gus companies, such a. Hand & Co., of
Cleveland, and the Blakcs and Lom-
bards, of New York, came in and invest
cd heavily. The mines were bought at 1.
trifle, and elaborate machinery was put
up. The Yahoula Company ran an ac-
queduct over forty miles in length. The
yield was slow at first, but remunerative
in all cases where the quartz was prop
crly crushed. The business has grown
immensely since. Six years ago the
YIELD as reported by the statistics in the
geological bureau. was less than 100000.
This year the yield is over 81 600, 900,
and new mines are constantly being
opened. The mountains are full Of pros
pectors, and machinery is being shipped
over the roads daily. A railroad is be-
ing built into the heart of the gold re-
gion. There are valuable properties for
sale, or that can be controlled by the ad-
vance of capital to fit them ur. Many
young men are going and fitting up ten
stamp mills at cost of $1,000. DIR. Little,
State Geologist; says that there are un-
occupied mines enough to increase the
yield to SIC, ,000, 900 per annum, without
exhausting the quartz in generation
The Georgia gold stands high at the
mints, and is of the best quality.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
Ancient Cities.

Three thousand years ago Ninevah
contained PIG square miles; its walls, 100
feet high, with towers oftwice that height,
took 100000 men eight years to build.
Babylon was yet larger. The city found
ed by Nimrod, 2,233 b. c., had its hang
ing gardens, series of terraces raised
one above another, on piers about forty
feet high, till they overtopped the walls
of the city. Each terrace comprised
about three acres and half, planted
with trees and shrubs. The government
was despotic, but tempered by curious
check. The king had absolute power,
but could not rescind his decrees. Ea-
giles were trained to accompany the
warriors in their battles, to pluck out
the eyes of the enemy, or to feast upon
the conquered. Very many cruelties
were practiced upon the captives. In
one Of the rural scenes, the king, who
quafis the goblet in an arbor il gratified
by the sight of the head of an emery
hanging upon tree. The royal quarry
was the lion. Parks were kept entirely
for the king to enjoy the lion hunt.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

.. They will agree TO deliver in Eng
land al a margin below the ruling rate
and actually buy in this country al loss
/ of, say, one-fourth of cent bushcl;
they hold their purchase pending the
dateat which they have agreed to deliv-
er, and if there be a materaial rise in the
meantime, they will sell out again to
American buyers, and leave the English
buyers in the lurch. If, on the othe
hand, there be a material decline in
prices pending the date fordclivery, they
will ship their purchase as they agreed,
and come out of the transaction at an in
significant loss. Sales for future deliv-
cry abroad are thus made merely to COW
or loss.
So long as these reprehensible practices
continue, there is sure to be more or less
decentralization of the market, manifest
ed by sudden and exaggerated advances,
which react to produce decline. These
circumstances, however, do not affect the
real value of wheat for consumption. In
a general advance of prices and an un-
usual foreign demand for American
breadstufis (which extends to the conti-
nent as well as England) the farmers are
certain to get good prices for their
wheat. As to the foreign demand q
writer in the Grain and Iro,ision Reriep,
OF recent date, estimates that the Euro
pean nations, South America, the West
Indies and China will require 2S3. .OOO.-
600 bushels. The same writer is of the
opinion that this country will be able to
furnish 165,000,000 to 10000, 900 BUSH
els, leaving ll3,000,000 10 be supplied
from the surplus of other countries than
the United States, which results, he
claims, il is impossible to obtain. He
adds:
Russia, from her most favorable crop
of wheat, exports something over 10000
900 bushels, and should the shortage on
his years crop be only 90 per cent. in
slea1 of 2S per cent, as estimated, her
surplus for export will be simply nil, but
'ilioWihs the damages to be overesti-
llutoo, na no ai,i that Russia can furnish
zo,o9o,oUo bushels, the following figures
result aller makh-s the largest approx
mate estimate for s.pplies from the
remainder of the wheat pfuIuc;no conn.
tries of the globe than the UniI.i states
My estimate is as follows:
Russia, India, Australia, Chill ana
Canada, 81 100000.
The wheat crop of the United States,
for 1879, is estimated by the writer at
AL 100000.
1t is apparent that the writer has been
unjust in his estimates of some of the
Western States and notably so of Kan
sas If his calculations as a whole are
approximately correct, the available sup
ply for export will be far short of the
requirement, the American home con-
sumption being estimated at 100000, 900
bushels, and prices must advance. The
prevailing opinion is, however, that the
wheat crop Of this country has been
greatly underestimated, and that the
supply will be equal to the demand, and
that speculative prices cannot be main
taincd
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
Legs Versus Letters.

The Young men who are ambitious to
write for the press, or to soar IN the en-
pyrean of high art and letters, Will do
well to ponder some stubborn facts be.
fore they set out on their flight. Last
week in New York twelve men OF ordl,
nary mental capacity, and distinguished
for nothing that is admirable in human
nature. arrested and enchanted publc
attention by walking match in when
they were engaged. A walking match
can contribute nothing to the pubhc
good. II gives no opportu1ity. ior
display of skill. 1t does not minister 10
the love for the beautiful, the noble or
tbe good. II Conveys no INSTRUCTION,
confers no benehctions and subserves no
really useful purpose. It does nothing,
in fact. as far as the public are concerned
save TO amuse; but evidently 1t does
amuse 10 some purpose if we are to judge
from the walking match just referred 10,
In week the monev taken at the gate
amounted 10 $4,000, making the sum
which no twelve average newspaper
writers can earn by their walk In NE
time. Where then do brains come IN,
when compared with the money-makine
mowers of mere music, the muscle oi legs
and mems at thatp ,.r..
Take another example Of different
Mind. hut In O kindred vein; compare
the pecuniary values or the Respective
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

moncy-making capacities of fun and
philosophy. The eminent essayist and
philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson. we
have heard it said, earns by his pen and
brains perhaps thirty or fity dollars per
week, but the negro minstrel actor Billy
Emerson gets a weekly salary of five
hundred dollars for his comical absurdi-
iies and his songs and dances. Why
theni when man can make a fortune in
one season by vigorous use of his legs
why, in the name of Mammon and
Plutus and all the gods and evils of the
money worshipers, should man with
any sort of understanding. or rather
anything to stand on, hope to make a
living, much less TO get rich by adopting
letters as a profession? Let the success
OF the professional PEDESTRIAN and the iig
dancers warn him against the foolish
hope of making money by brain work.
If he persists after this, then let him
take the COnspoupncpe
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

A MINER on Six mile Canyon, has two
large spotted lizards as pets. He keeps
diem in a cage, to which is attached a
wheel in which they play as cheerfully
as though they were squirrels. Inc
miner is very fond of his pets. In speak
ing of them he said: "They are jest the
cunninest little cusses in the country.
Talk about a sqirrel havin' sense and a
ground-hog havin' sense; why, nary
one of 'em don't bcan TO know sense
like lizard. Them little cusses know
me like / was thar father. When 1
come home from my work you ought to
see them eyes glisten. They jest get up
on their hind feet an holdin' on to the
wires with their two hands, look up at
me and smile. No, sir; ] wouldn't sell
en-; it would break their little hearts to
be parted from me-"
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
New Chinese Theatre.

Chinatown, San Francisco, has new
theatre. Already it had one, and FORM
erly it had three. When there were
three an active business rivalry was
long maintained, but at last it became so
expensive to all engaged in it that, for
mutual benefit; meeting was held, and
a consolidation into one theatre result
ed. Much dissatisfaction was felt anon
the men who were thrown out of employ
ment by the reduction in expenses
which naturally followed, and they pro-
ceeded to interest some of the wealthy
Chinese merchants in scheme for
building a new theatre. A joint stock
company was formed and the structure
now ready for use is the result. Its
cost is about $l5, 900, and will seat $500
people. The ground floor of the building
will be let as stores, and the garret used
as lodging-house by the actors and at
taches. One III Gar Sing, who is an
nounced as the most famous Chinese ac-
tor that ever came to San Francisco, has
been engaged in the double capacity of
star and superintendent Of the new the
atre, in which he is personally interest
ed, at a salary said to be very liberal.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
Burde,te's Vacation.
nneIs.... IT..t.


The summer is past The harvest il
ended The vacation is over. The sum
mer parties are broken up, and the sum
mer friends have gone home. The
ducks we shot are still flying around, as
happy as the ducks we did not shoot.
The trought we caught are growing in
weight and size from day to day. The
memories of mountain and forest and
sea linger to fill the coming winter DAYS
with the grace of summer sunshine.
No more the fond musquito winds his
mellow horn; the black ant haunts alone
the long long deserted picnic grounds;
no good man settles on his sand-built
nest. The grape smiles out in ruddy
bloom where erst the strawberry mocked
the langIid pocketbook. The sound of
the agricultural horse-trot" is heard i'm
the land ~ the honest horseman wan
ders from fair to county fair, enters his
horse in all the races, under as many
different names as there are counties in
the United States. Again the Agricul-
tural Associations are making enough
money on the gambling privilege to pay
the premiums on needle work, and sau-
sage on the hoof. Gone Is the salmon
rod; gone is the book of the flies; gone
is the internal economy of the pocket
book; gone are several things. The
breezes of September sigh dreamily
through the rustlng blades of the rip
ened corn, and the wide lecture-fields
smile with the promise of harvest. We
have been home about twenty-four
hours-hallol train time already? Time
we were off for Colorado.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
To Judge q Horses Age.
Kcndall's Treatise on the Horse


Eight to fourteen days after birth the
first middle nippers of the set of milk
teeth are cut; four to six weeks after
ward, the pair next to them; and finally
after six or eight months the last. All
these milk teeth have a well defined
body, neck and shoulder fang, and on
their front surface grooves or burrows,
which disappear from the middle nip
pcrs at the end Of one year; from the
next pair in two years, and from the in
cisive teeth (cutters) in three years.
At the age Of two the nippers become
loose and fall out; in their places appear
two permanent teeth with deep, black
cavities, and full, sharp edges. At the
age of three, the next pair fall out. Al
five years old the horse has his perma.
nent set of teeth.
The teeth grow in length as the horse
advances in years, but ct the same time
the teeth are worn away by use aboul
one-twelth of an inch each ysar, q
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
Breadstuffs at Home and Abroad.

The recent fluctuations in wheat are
eliciting much discussion as to the
causes which induced the precipitate de-
cline in the Chicago market, while for
eign prices were maintained. The CHI
cdQo Tribune attributes il to the reckless
and dishonorable course of certain COM
mission men in the seaboard cities. The
practice of "selling short in the Western
markets has been condemned in un-
measured terms, but it is not nearly SO
reprehensible as the same practice in the
East when short sales are made to buy
ers in Europe. There are two ways in
which these Eastern spectators operate
under the guise of commission men. The
Tribune explains them as follows:
!. They agree to deliver to English
buyers, ut a certain date, a certain guam
tity of wheat at price somewhat lower
than the ruling market rate; if they are
able to buy in the wheat before the day
of delivery they carry out their agree
ment; il not, they Gail 70 deliver, and also
escape the damages which they would be
Obliged to pay upon similar contracts
made With residents Of this country.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

WHEN the present Pope was cardinal
he cherished the idea Of publishing a
Catholic journal that should be the or
gan Of his church. and that could be
read by all the people of Europe and
America in their mother language.
Since his elevation to the pontificate he
has exerted himself to. start this newspa-
per,and now announces that its first num-
ber will be issued next month. 1t VIII
be printed in seven different languages;
1t will discuss the political and cconomi-
cal questions of the day, and officially
represent the opinions of the holy see.
The compositors are to be the deaf ana
dumb pupils in the asylums of Rome
Alimonde will be the general superin-
tendent, and the Pope is anxious that
cardinal should be at the head
Of the editorial department. The
novel paper will start with 1900 SUD
scribers. Very few Of the uumber ars
Italians.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
A Hen Changes Het Colors.

Mrs. Frank Patterson, of the Rock
field neighborhood, owns curiosity in
the shape of hen She is of tine black
Spanish variety, and six years ago her
feathers were a jet black. Having taken
the cholera at that time she was thrown
under a rosebush by the children TO
die, but in a few days recovered. Her
feathers began coming out, and to the
surprise of every one the new crop that
took their places were pure white.
Each year she sheds feathers, and now,
with beautiful snow-white coat, she
struts the barn-yard, in striking con-
trast to her lord and master, who swelle
with pride ct the thought II never hav-
ing Changed his csler.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

lloRsEs are bred in great numbers at
the haciendas in the provinces OF Mexico,
some of the larger estates having 10000
or 100000 cattle, and $1,000 or 10000
mules and horses. The pasturage is
green all the year round, and the AMI
mails receive no other food. They null
tiply as the birds do, and with as little
profit TO their owners. Generally speak
ing they run wild until wanted, when
they are caught with lassoo, hood
winked, and Immediately mounted,
For the first fifteen or twenty minutes
they exert their whole strength to
throw their rider, but finding their ef-
forts unavailing, patiently submit, and
generally give but little trouble after
ward
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
A Keen Satire ON the Walking Mania.

Readers of the New York Times are
indebted to w. l.. Alden, the six-columr
writer Of the editorial page, for many a
smile, but has Just excelled himself In
his peculiar line, and there is sound
lesson of stern common sense in his
discourse on the Ashley belt walking
match, Of which he talks thus:
There will probably be more phosical
suffering at the Madison Square Garden
this week than there will be among the
most earnest devotees of the Hindoo
gods during any consecutive six days of
the coming year. This shows at once
our vast superiority to ,he heathen and
ought to fiji every Christian mind with
exultation.
Unlike the gladitorial shows OF .he an
cient Romans, or the cruel rites of mol
ern heathenism, the great walking-match
has for its aim the good of the human
race. Who can estimate the enormous
amount of good that is done by man
who publicly walks for six consecutive
days around saw-dust track? Widows
and orphans are clothed, the sick are
cared for, the sorrowfil are comforted,
and the wicked are turned from the err
ror of their ways by the mere publica-
tion Of the bulletins which announce
how many laps Rowell has made, and
how many miles Weston is the rear.
During the first few hours of the exhi-
bition $1,000 was taken at the door, and
we may safely estimate that not less
than $4,000 will be taken daily during
the rest Of the week. When we think
that this large sum of money consecrat-
ed to pedestrianism might have been
frittered away upon the sick of Mem.
phis, or the poor Of this city we cannot
but feel that the walking-match is an
immense blessing. Why should we not
have an international drunkard's match,
with a champion belt to be given to the
drunkard who should drink the largest
quantity of rum in given time-drink
as You please?
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

TIM Girls Friendly society, begun in
London, has some 10000 members and
944 branches. Sister societies have also
been established in Scotland, Ireland and
America. Its object is to assist young
girls leaving nome and going out into
the world to earn their bread, either as
domestics or in some industrial estab-
-
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

HERBERT SPENCER, the philosopher, is
adelicate-looking man, with fringe of
beard around his throat, in the style Of
Horace Greeley's. He is nearly sixty
years of age. Like several literary men
including John Hardy, author Of Ear
From the Madding Crowd'-he received
his early education in the Office of civil
engineer. He has never made much
money and at times has been pinched
by poverty,
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

AooMMENDABLE addition to the list OF
charities sustained by liberal bequests is
embraced in the will of Thomas Wilson,
Baltimore millionaire, who died re-
Gently, leaving 100000 TO be devoted to
the relief of children of the city of Bal
timore whose health and lives are en-
dangered by the inability of their par
ents to furnish them fresh air
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

On the fly-leaf of savings bank book,
recently surrendered to one of the Bos-
ton savings banks, is Il memorandum
which forcibly brings up war times" "
1t runs as follows: This first deposit
was the proceeds of 50 gold piece, ex-
changed for a s. grecnback with rebel
prisoner, at Baton Rouge, by my brother
George. 1t was sold in State street, No
yember 90, 1868, for S4.Gl, and deposited
on that day 10y my father"
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

4 SHOCKING occurrence took place in
Toronto, on Monday, in which lady lost
one of her fingers II appears that two
boys quarrcled on the street, and finally
closed with each other. An elderly lady
happened to approach at the time, and,
seeing the boys fighting, stepped up to
separate them. In his rage, one of the
boys turned and catching the second
finger of the lady's left hand between
his teeth, bit it of at the second joint, rs
clean ms though severed with a knife.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

Mr. Arthur SULLIVAN, it is said, in
,epds to appear first in concert in this
oorntry. desiring 10 give four orchestral
nerrormances Of his own music in Boston
coon after his arrival. He says that he
has thought of making the journey for
the past three years, and had on one oc-
cssion engaged passage.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

EMPEROR WILLIAM has pane of glass,
taken from a mill near Konigsberg, upon
which his mother, Queen Louisa, wrote
with her diamond ring the quotation
from Gothe which speaks Of eating bread
with tears. The Queen with her chill
dren, was taking refuge in the mill after
the battle of Jena, and her spirit was
very sorrowful.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
sleep.

Sleep is a most wonderful power often
stronger than the will, as in the case of
sleeping soldier. and more mighty than
pain, as when sick persons and tortured
persons sleep in the midst of their suffer-
ings. No torture, it is said, has been
found equal to the prevention of sleep.
Children need more sleep than grown
persons, because construction is more
active than decay in their brains.
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
VOLUME XII.
TIMELY TOPICS.

IT is reported that Mrs. Woodhull is
obont to marry. 1t is not surprising.
che hasn't been married for two or three
,ntIs
The Osceola times., 1879-10-25

The case is attracting wide attention.
Mr.. Gardiner was splendid speciman Of
physical manhood, in the prime Of life,
nearly q, ieet high, weighed ia poeaan'
naksd chest end m aboqt ~ ST. e