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The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

JUDGISG rom the energetic progress
of the wcrk Of redeemiHg Jerusalem,
reported from the Holy City, one would
say that Daniel D5ronda had got down
to real hard work. In ten years the
Jews have bought up all the land they
could in the ancient city, and have built
outside the walls in some cases entire
streets OF houses, Synsgogues and Jew
ish hospitals have multiplied and the
German Jews ave no fewer thsn sixteen
charity associations and twenty-eight
congregations relgieuses.' Building is
going on night and day. The new
comers are from all countries, but chiefly
from Russia Baron R)thschild holds a
mortgage on the whole Of Palestine az
security for his loan OF 200 600, 900 rancs
to the Turkish government. 50 there is
a prospect of better days in store 'or the
grard old Jewish capital,
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

DR.. CARVER, at a recent exhibition
in England, placed ten glass balls on the
ground fred bullet into the trui i'm
mediately beneath. The missile tearing
up the soil, threw the balls into the ali,
and they were broken as they rose The
doctors greatest feat was performed for
a wager of one hundred pounds sterling
that he would hit an apple upon the end
of knife held by mis- colored attendant
riding on horsebsck at full gsllop at a
distance of thirty yards A large apple
was procured and stuck on the end OF a
pruning knife. The negro mounted a
horse, and held the target with his lett
hand as far a, possible behind his body
The start WAS made about one hundred
yards away, and when the rider came
within range, riding at furious gsllop,
the doctor fred. The attempt was a
failure, and odds Of ten pounds to two
pounds were bet against Carver. The
second time he struck the apple, knock
ing it into half dozen pieces.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
FOREIGN.

The Bombay government reports
great distress imminent in the Deccan bes
cause OF the failure OF crops. Five thous-
and famine>strcken refugees from Kutty-
war have entered Bombay.
A correspondent at Rome Gays in con-
sequence of the undue importance attached
to General Garibaldi's manifesto, the gov.
ernment has sent circular 10 other governs
ments. declaring that 1t will vigorously re-
press any attempts to disturb the harmony
between Italy and other nations.
A serious riot has been going on in
Cork for the last few days, arising out of
difference between two rival bands. Sew
eral houses were wrecked Saturday. The
disturbances were renewed Sunday. The
rioters were dispersed by the police. Forty
of them were treated for scalp wounds. A
policeman's skull was fractured.
A dispatch from Calcutta saws nearly
a million pilgrims who assembled at the
Uurdwsr fsir have carried cholera in various
directions. Outbreaks OF the disease are
reported from Delhi, Wrumiizar, R,wulN
peudee, and elsewhere. Some cases have
occurred among the European troops. II is
asserted that Of so 900 persons who went to
the iair from Cumaton quarter are missing.
This mortality has been caused by the po-
lice forcing them to travel desert tracks. IL
is probable the story is much exaggerated.
Bismarck, in the reichstsg Saturday,
during a debate on the tariff, said he would
not enter into the question OF free trade or
protection, but one thing was clear, that
through the widely opened doors OF its i'm
port trade the German market had become a
mere storage place for the over-production
of other countries. They must, therefore, /,
shut their gates, and take care that the Ger.
man market, which is now being monopo.
lized by foreign wares. could be reserved
for native industry. The countries which
were enclosed had become great, and those
which remsined open had fallen behind.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
The Zulu Weapon.
Public Opinion


There are two principal kinds of ASA
gals, the throwing and the stabbing. the
latter with long and straight blade.
To q Kaffir this weapon Is really the
STAFF of life. With it he kills his enemy
and his game, slsughters and cuts up his
cattle, trains their horns, shaves his ewn
or his neighbor's head, does his carpen-
try and furriery, and countless other
Jobs OF various sorts. In its original
form, the assagai was essentially mis-
sile, but the renowned Clarke, among
other military reforms, converted it into
a shorter aud heavier stabbing spear,
unfit for throwing, and only to be used
at close quarters. The shaft, with an
average length of nearly Eve feet, and
diameter equal to mans little finger,
is cut from the assagai tree (curtisia
jaginea), which Ia not unlike mahogany.
The wood is brittle, yet elastic, the lat>
ter quality giving the spear that peculiar
vibratory motion on which its accuracy
of fight 80 much depends. On account
of its brittleness, a novice VIII oreak
many shafts before he learns to throw
his assagsi secundum artem. Inaptly
cast, the asssgsi as soon as it reaches the
ground is apt to whip forward and break
9 Il short above the blade. The sssagai
heads are generally blade-shsped, some
consist Of mere spike, and few are
bsrbed. When the fists ape is adopted,
whether with or without the barb, there
is invariably raised ridge along the
center OF the blade, which is concsve on
one aide and convex on the other. The
reasons assigned for this peniiarity OF
lorr, are that this blade acts ike the
feathers on an sriow, and that, as the
heads are slwsys made OF soft iIon'
they csn be more essily sasrpened when
hluntsd by use.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

A HAUSTED click Il mystiiying the
inhabitants OF Huntsville and Falls Vii.
lage, n. II. About midway between
those places lives Mr.. W, II. Blodgett,
who has two clocks, and while one ia in
good running order, the other has not
run OF been wound up in twenty years.
and for few weeks past, Just as the
hands Of the running clock point to ten
minutes past seven in the evening, the
old clock strikes one. The family being
somewhat alarmed ~ tine strange phen-
omenon had the works taken out, but still
the sound of one bell is heard in the old
frame at the same hour and minute-ten
minutes past seven in the evening.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

There is smallpox in San Antonio.
Small grain crops sre promising in all
sections Of Georgia.
The colored Bsptists OF Atlanta are
organizing a seminary.
A vein Of pure stone coal hiss been
discovered in Conecuh county, Ala.
4 soldier has arrived in Atlanta under
sentence TO be shot for murder committed
fourteen yeafs ago.
Recently there nave been deposited iu
the streams Of North Carolina 1900. 900
young shad.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

TIE jewels of Nine. Bonsparte were
appraised, at the request of the execu-
tors, by Joseph Gale, swe'er. Gale ox-
presses the opinion that while the Jewels
cost about $40 900, they would not. sell
for that. The most expensive article i.
a necklace and pendant composed OF f We
hundred diamonds. One OF the greatest
curioslties in the lot is a bracelet made
from gold fornd upon the arm of skel,
eion disco yered in the ruins of Pompeii
The iev. els will be reserved in the family.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

LoTuE FOWLER, Bridgeport spirit,
raalist, preached several years ago that
an explosion wculd occur in a certain
carriage factory, and the building was
soon shattered Lately she said that
boile' in r brass foundry was going to
bu' st, and the female employees have
since re used TO work.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

No erimmer satire could ever be
achieved tbsn thst perretrsted by Nine,
Donsparts. She was defantly proud Of
her imperial name during life, and yet
at her death the coffin bore plate read.
Jog, Elizabeth Patterson" Only that
and nothing more The dead threw
back the insult upon the family that
had insulted.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

A NEW industry in the United States
is the production Of fruit tysuFs into
competition with French manufactures,
which hsve hitherto had the markets of
the world.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

More frogs' legs are now eaten in
America than in France.
A Massachusetts, paper alleges that
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

THERE are people in New York whose
sole business is arranging goods in shop
yindCWs.
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some way managed to establish a tele-
graphic communication with her, which
was soon followed by romantic elope-
ment and marriage. How he managed
to get her out of the harem is mys-
terry. The young couple aresnow living
happily at Foggia, and since they are
man and wife the lKhedive can't claim
his former favorite. He is determined
in future to keep his wives from the
windows for fear of more elopements.
The young lady in question is said to be
a French woman.
ICELAND has been making progress in
various ways since her great festival in
1874. Prof. Fispe says they are making
new roads, eultivating wider spaces, and
their increased trade is shown in the fact
that there are now two lines of steamers
running to Scotland instead of one.
They are making great efforts to relieve
themselves of their ancient bondage to
the Danish Importers The Danes have
for ages supplied the Icelanders with
commodities which the latter can only
repay in produce, not in money; in this
way nearly every family in the island is
in debt ia Denmafk, ana they have no
prospect of being able to pay in money.
The island is substantially mortgaged,
the Danes holding vouchers of this accu-
mulated debt. But the Icelandic folk
now see that they could do much better
if they could send their produce freely to
Great Britain, and they propose to de-
wise means to do so. ~ ~. 80. -.
VESUvIUs Is not as it used to be, and
presents a very striking aspect at pres
ent. Around the great cone three era
ters launch steam and ineandescent lava,
which loses itself in the deep valley be-
tween Vesuvius and Mount Somma. At
the end of October two small craters
opened, blowing off portions of the
mountain which obstructed the issue of
lava This is flowing slowly in a north
easterly direction, as is visible to the
naked eye from Naples. In spite of the
smoke, showers of pumice stone, scorla,
and red ashes, curious visitors do not
hesitate to approach the edge of the
crater. The heat is bearable there at
a distance of 25 to 30 metres. gr.F
A YOUNG woman who served out a
sentence of FIVE years in the Maine State
prison found means Of education, and,
becoming thoroughly reformed, left the
prison in appearance a Lady, She was
employed by a dry-goods FIRM IN Port
land as saleswoman, and gave perfect
satisfaction to her employers till one
day wealthy lady Of the place entered
the store and recognized her. Calling
the proprietor aside, She told him that
the girl had been in the State-prison.
He replied that he knew il. butthat she
had done her duty faithfully, and that
they were well satisfied with her.
MeIl,'' said the lady, il. you keep
her in your store / will neither trade
with You myself nor suffer any OF my
friends to, if | can help it.'' So the pro-
prietor, rather than lose his customer.
called in the poor girl and discharged
her. r
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ton, like q fish. without water, like e.! a
creature of God without air. My breath
fails me. Farewell! You will follow me
soon. ConsideFation-efy your feelings
,you, who alone love me- has prevented
me for a long while from thus putting an
end to myself can not do otherwise
lItsissso easy tefellow the dead. @ But it
would be better were you to forget me-
Think not Of me. I am dyingAthe1 ex !
pertinent will succeed-the worst pains
are past. I do not suffer SO much now.
Pain has at length become ECON my ase TREND
Tn Germany Trepeaf it. 1 afnairi the
I full possession of my lffaeaitipss any
heart beats as steadily as usual, but NY y
pulse seems to me a little derfi1ged,
Poof GNertherl the star-ganlnaed skies
still interested him !4saI also have gazed
at hit is a desert there abpyeallkee
here beneath, like everywhere; aye, as
in my heart and everywhere else! ID In
Polish.) return to my strange, silent
" burning bed.u~L must put something
hinder the candles to raise them up a lit
tie. Only. one thing. anpoys me, that
Zone can not die nobly and pleasantly /;
the evil smell of my, own tconsM.lfmoiin1 ~ foil g 9
body offends my nostrils I'm Czech
I.ish. Mother! father! forgive mel Qn
| German Perhaps I should set down
thatiI forgive the }beingswhos haseeausedl
my death. But that would besa lie., !
curse her; and if spirits have the power
to return in gtostfy ferrors, oh! | viii
| dc so, and leave her no ssingle.modent' =
peace. It would have been SO easy for
her to make me. happy, or at least con
tented. If I could remain alive my life
should be vowed exclusively toAyen-
geance on her. But 4uam going to my
rest. But she is aecursed with my last
,breath!,''t Such were the last words
sscrawled on this extraordinary document
by an obviously dying hanf.oda aossi /
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The Opening Of the Pilafore Season at
Lynn.

The humorist OF, the New York Times
tells this tragic story OF the opening of
the new Opera-house in lynn, Mass.
The vanishing of the perforated yood,
en- seats, it appears, was neglected until
the last moment, and then quantity OF
varnish was hastily, purchased of Mr..
Brewster, one of the leaders OF the anti
Opera-house party The narrative then
proceeds: 1.-THE house was vanished
on the last day of October and on the
next evening it wassopened BY the new
Pinafore Company. Every one OF the
700 seats was occupied, and 1t must be
admitted that among the audieneesWere
MANY of the leading citizens of the town
and their wives and daughters. The
first act of the play was listened to with
the most serious attention, and. when
the curtain fell not a single person went
out for cloves. The manager was de-
lighted. and remarked to the leading
actor that he had never seen as lntelli-
gent an audience in the whole course OF
his life. The second act was received
with the same quiet and attention, and
there was even look of painful anxiety
in the face of several of the men in the
audience. Sir Joseph began toteel an
moved at the solemnity of the audience,
and asked the manager if the people
took him for anundertaker and believed
they were attending BANKED funeral.
at the end Of the act there was the same
absence of any apparentthirst among the
Young men that had beer, noticed after
the first act, and the actors began to en-
tertain gloomy doubtsas towiietiierIbeer
was attainable in Lynn. The play came
to an end and the curtain fell amid a
silence as of the grave The.orehestra
rose and departed, but the audience sat
still. The manager came to the foot
lights and announced that the play was
over. and. as the announcement had no
apparent effect, begged to be informed
whether the opera-house was deaf and
dumbs asylani, or whether he hlmsself Al
had suddenly become stark mad. Il was
then that Esquire Standish becKoned
him to his side and explained that the
audience would gladly retire if any way
could be devised of separating them
from the seats No less than eight gal
Ions of turpentine were bought Of MIR.
Brewster that night, and used in de-
| taehinos the ladies from the seats, to
which the uhdried varnish had glued
them. When the ladies had all disap-
reared, the male part Of The audience,
with many irreverent exclamations and
cries of anguish, tore itself loose and
went home through the back sstreets
The -Operarho has remalped closed
/ ever since the opening night, ana IT n
tbe belief of Lynn that Mr.. Brewster
who mixed the varnish, and was subse
ouently found in his shop at Il o'clocl
I 1T NIGHT, ready to sell tnrpentine' il
i quantities to suit purchashers, sdeliber
ately brought about the catastrophe tina
broke up the 'Pinafore' season at Lynn
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i The Sea.lions Destructive OF Fish.

The FafallOne Egg company several
years, ago attempted to Kill the sea lions
Which frequentede those barren Islands
for them OH and skins sd they built etTy- !
works and went to considerable expense,
but it was found that the eil8 obtained
ifromza carcass.dia netpay for II trying it,
and the only disposition that could l,e
made Of the skins was TO sellathefn to-
glue sfactoriessof The best return, they.
got from the carcass, was from bristles,
81 whiskers, and the Hvers. Both Of
these were sold to Chinamen.s, The
former they uake use Of to clean their
opium, pipes. while II the latter rl,s Is chopped
up, put into "a mixture OF aicohOls
and another .Huid, and animistsredIss q
RADICAL, cure for many acute diseases:
The company accordingly gave up the
tplanGof sealionl ihuntings but the effect
of their brief warfare upon these animals
was was to drive droves Of them over to the
rocks about the Cliff House and neigh
borhoed~ of the ~Heads-4-@In. consequence
/. of their, being protected by law in these
| localities they have doubled and trebIed
| in number within the past three years.
The, sea- lions are +: a very expensive
luxury. 1t is probable that they con
i sttime more fish than u are canghtIin the
/ bay for food, and If they continue t9 in7
! crease i'm the future as in the
I past it win be butafew yeats before tile
waters, of the, bay. will be destitute Of
! fish. Formerly these animals seldom
came within the Golden Gate, bit now
| it is a -verv~aeemmsa thing for passen7
It9ers 6nethe Oakland boats tosee their
] ischievous-looking heads rise, from the
7 water with large fish in the naOut Il,
dthey pmerit7 shakes bite, out apiece,
drop It, and then diving again, catch II
ia1d. rising to the surface, take another
Enibble aintil tits consumed IT is certain
that something should be done to dlmn.
I isIi their numbers. If the fegislatilEe
was to offersa royality OF from seventy.
five cents to 81 per- skin it is thought By
MANY interested in our fish supply thai
it would be an economical act. AS it i
d now. the ses.lions ai'e preteefedby law
no one being allowed to molest OF q Iii
one within a mile OF tile Cliff House. Al
gbeffort. has been made fon severaa occa
sions to repeal this law, but atthe hrs
intimation Of any thing in that direction
i the lobby.in Saeralnento' has Beensrein
!. forced by delegations, from q :. certain
stratum of society. which history tells q 9
J has had more or less influence with leg
i islation since the days of Marc Antony
I .Theseonsequsnee is, the lay is still upol
II the, statute-books, and the 'sea-lions con
ftintiic to Increase, while thefish suppl.
proportionately sdeereases aA San ran
J icscOs 1szs5.@MU MUzs-sff s. - ~
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Tnoy fadt 6f1e :t99t oZ .d cob
1si's1 sdf ss HeaTs AL 81. ssqo4
TnoZ H99h noL dslR dlIA al1und
Esg.9a- oHb - vi sGirfsi1dJ .s9aBod
sH 'n.9dbsida 40 saEBsGsIg 3a3 az
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gssk1 ~, s,fs srJ R,sRaEss ;s9is is E,
al drsssing;pf twcanaFtssaA e9Ell9nl
.ssalted a.. if Tor bread, and miA to 4 7
bread With boiling water, : hiake
psns antlsBakssagsAfte ,thississ1a
.brown, break it. w, and add to il 9
fourth pound of butter, pepper tol I;
aHdtligane. bkAl thspig aiIk plualp, |
it LII, and place it .oR it's knees pr
| ~. nan. h. I Which ffIr WITH is fiftreh water
win nie5ok itg rfsass3itisxr .araaael
with the, ggrayy, gra also tYor Y .ss red per
| pods. Turn while baking same as .
ilkev, deortinue To bastertiH done.
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Rrv. r. r. MAGooN Of Philadelph

REV. e, T.. MAGooN Of Philadel phia
has on his. stud y-table an ordinary red
brick framed in bronze and .hayinng a
small hole in the center in whichis set
little glass jar Of ink. The clergyman
feels not. d little sentiment cone eerning
that brick. He was only q boy when
his father, an architect, died andaleft his
family cry poor Young sMagpon took
fll5 up tie trade of brfcklayin and after ssg
working three years as an apprentice
and onessas d journeyman; ;sbegan dlis
Theological studies, the happy 'pesseSser
of a. troweI, suit Of clothes, and the
4 sum Of s4osA Mhilehe was sEfg i'm Ibis
trade he laid this brick in house in iin
Vermont, and ! Is. years after as a sue.
cessfd1 clergyman he went back and goi
it. DR.. Magoon has not only given 6gg
rare and lrraluab ablsgheaks toRReehestel
University he, has presented about:fht
same number-to Newton TheQldgiea
ESennfiary and has also gissrf abeut 5oe
Catholic rworks to Cardinal MeCloskey
| tiRhessG Gsrdinal and shes DeeteF werf werf
neighhors in Albany many years ago. !.
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"a Wild Animals, Of Africa.

aN II aSkT Z .1sIyassssf Is0 a1tw :
IAlthdugh the gradnI spreaAlef the
population toward Tbs h. inteTlor n.PT q Aflles'
IS driving the wffd afffh1stisa fsfftifef and ~
ftaaher iiifand namkathphgh theso pre-
eensequeply diAieqtv t9 ,es.1 reach IL u tAs
ihaseTstreaWde yet the larger. ~ildi ami,
lmals, have, with one Or two exceptlonss'
scarcely suffered Any diihfhdtion flgsa
athee atlFancingsatide nofi sciyaizafion
Osrtishes. have; suffered perhaps, NEST,
hut only to exchange awild for aftoiness
Fticated istateg Elephants are Frequently
seen within q short distance OF the soqth4
ern and southeastern coasts. ffppo-
potaini aresabundant.v EYenat the tlarger
beasts;of prey are by ne. means pnegii,ii L
mon, nor and tigers are especial depredata
osfsg 1If,thefep0rts Of diamotaf dig9ess
in, the, Northwest. are to be belleyeds q
new animal has lately made its appear
ance asa can7l lTlate for thethdnoriof iIes
eing chased by any enterprlslMng M 4 sports e.
man. If Il called bV the bushTnen. OF
natives, stilee .sbeart lion,s' .sssfi ii dis1
seribedn ns 1haia2 about the size ofa.I Of & AIon, n,
but TAR stronger III Ihahe, anu "ipi =
tremendous headfafd neckso itsiegs m
smueA shmters than IA hon o 3 gbut nllqch i a
stouter, and it is apparently far more
poWerftiIE Its oolsf isi d. dirk yellow
with slask, ,zspstfl.sH ypns, s, o. irsep' Sgape
along the ground, but does not bqahe
iiikea 4on Isa3Fhas sofietin1es been seer
saccomnagiedsbYa smaller one, ones,,lpro2lfabi.. 70
! a cubseso that the race "a Il appatSntlg'
ihofvet mite eSsiaef, whateverrthe ani
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isSnrirbs bsaasRIInstAxsA Apnelioanpfu

ssSDRfED APREH GAKE One cnpfpl Of
apples chopped very tine, soaked oyer
Iniggfts in the morning beil halfMi Hour
in one-half eupful Of 1nolasses, then add u
one-half erpful Of brown sugar, enc half
,cupftl Of butter, q, enc "a and hall hall eupfuis.
| osf liiottff, one egg, 5ns teaspoonfuf pef
soda. one teaspeonfll of e4naamen, and
ont- half teaspoonfuf Of cloves. -'''.
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sfsNsss -a@a@& sssss ~ 7-T1s5Y
,lsy Mantsdsts See tbs EiIteg.w, Editser.

TT nasnas hi 4de5 9S.,a@$sg $gas aes553Fs4agenn News
sgfyayer. aEIssbdksE,, ie1ked data hehead-
siiae, aud tAes thgeW it aside with disgust
and remarked:
"Id5nH waHaHy ihewxfronthat
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-01-06
Il Z

A gentleman resident OF old HUI.
Who received a classical education In his
youth and who has for some years been
connected with the press OF this State
and elsewhere. sends US the following.
His spirit was so agsrieved in the matter
that be staid at homo from church yes
terday to write this:
The truly educated American. dwell.
ing upon the Comstock. often has the
finer ssnsibilities Of his delicate nature
severely strained. warped and banged
about by the way in which the most
common usages Of Western society arc
disregardsd by ignorant and boorish
fasteners. For instance. o recent
number Of the Nee York N,s,raisd
Times has q sketch representing
u faro game. The artist puts three
aces on the lay out. Three aces! Did
any QUE ever hear OF such n thinel Why.
IL il enough to make oil King Pharaoh
turn over in his grave! Nor was that
all. They hal queens and jacks spread
all over the table. just think OF itl MIR.
Grssnhorn. you are hereby informed
that q faro layout requires only ons ace.
one queen. one jack. n ten.spot, and
80 ON down to the deuce. Get Hoyle's
manual and study these matters. This
Is . faro layout: