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The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
London Fogs and The Death Rate.

The kind of work done by the Meteo-
rological Society of Scotland, according
to their last report, aptly illustrates the
variety OF ways in which meteorology is
entering into relations with the every
day business of life. The intense cold
of last winter flooded them with requests
for information as to the average done
to gas-pipes, drains, etc, by extreme
cold, and its effect on the herring fishery
was also an object of high interest to
many others of the society's cores
pondents.
One of the most curious papers pre-
sented to the society last year was that
of DIR. Arthur Mitchell upon London
fogs in relation to health. These focs,
he showed, enormously increased the
death rate all -cund, and the increase
was contemporaneous with low death
rate where no fogs prevailed. Asthma
was the disease most fatally infuC need
by the great togs of November, 1879, and
the February of the present year.
Deaths from bronchitis and other lung
diseases seemed to be influenced by the
fogs, but not in the markedly close and
direct way characteristic of asthma. But
with regard TO whooping cough, the per-
nicious effect OF the fogs was noticeable
in an alarming increase IN the mortality
from this disease. an increase which did
not abate, as in the case of asthma, with
the temporary clearing of the fogs. The
deaths from rheumatism aid Group
showed ne relation to the prevalence
of fogs, and, generally speaking. the per-
sons who suffered most were those COM
PEELED to earn livelihood by outdoor
employment.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
a PIucky Girl.

The American girl is still ahead. il a
female scion OF the efiete races OF Eu-
rope were to find black snake seven
feet four inches long under her pillow
she would give one long, convulsive wall
and would fall down in dead faint;
then the snake would crawl out and
sneak under some other girls pillow the
first chance he got, But Amelia L..
Squire; of Centerville, Mass. did not
manage things that way. She called up
the family and had the snake killed
and it was not until she had rolled him
over and over with her little bare foot,
ana so made sure that he was dead ell
the way through, that she permitted her
womauhood TO assert itself in the shape
of the long, convIIsive wall, and the
fainting afol aforementioned. There YOU
have the sturdy old Puritan stock crop
ping right over the pie begottcn nerv-
business and cultured young ladyhood.
In sight of such an exhibition as this, it
does not require a professor ofastronomy
to see that Plymouth Rock is still firm;
and that there is any quantity of wave
left in the star.spangled banner, and that
the American girl is not good thing for
black snakes or anything else to fool
with.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
DREAMED THAT I DwELr BESIDE A
STREAM,

Idreamed that dwclt beside stream,
where darling was want TO so;
She seemed TO me as beautiful dream.
Too sweet for Earth and woe.
so I aid of the 'ad,
'.IIow happy are they
Asleep, asleep-GwaN!'
oh, she seems to my dreams
The brightest Of beams,
Affections fairest starl
oh, she secms TO my dreams
The brightest Of beams.
For earth 100 lovely far!
dreamed that dwelt a lonely man,
That the daring upon me smiled,
Saying sweetly TO me, "Oh, sir. you can
BY love be ever beguiled
Then said of the dead.
"No happier they,
Asleep. asleep-awayV
Oh, she seems TO my dr. ans
The brightest of beams,
Affections tairesi s;arl
oh, she seems 10 my dreams
The brightest OF beams,
For earth too lovely far'
dreamed that lived the better for her.
For the cheer she gave to me,
And as her bright hair the breezes stir
An angel she seemed 10 bel
So said TO the dead,
"Pm as happy as they,
Asleep, asleep-awa y
oh, she seems to my dreams
The brightest Of beams,
affection's 4 iairest stari
oh, she seems TO my dreams
1he brightest OF beams,
For earth too lovely far!
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
The Deepest Wei In the World.

The sinking of the deep artesian well
near Buda Pesth, Hungary, was com
rnenced as far back as 1868 and during
its pr iogress many interesting facts re.
lating TO geology and underground tenn
perature were brought to light. The to-
tai depth is 5000 feet, and the tempera-
ture Of the water it yields is nearly l6S
Fahrenheit. The temperature of the
mud brought up by the borer was taken
every day, and was found TO inc'ease
rapidly, in spite of the loss of heat dur
ing its assent, down to a depth OF 2,200
to 200 feet. Beyond this point the IN
crease was not SO marked. At the
depth Of 5000 feet the temperature was
III degrees Fahrenheit, giving an aver
age increase Of one for every twenty
three feet bored. Water first com
menced to well up at depth of 300
feet here its temperature was 10 de-
grecs Fahrenheit, and from this point
onward 1t rapidly increased both IN
quantity and temperature. Thus, at
2,O92 feet, the temperature had already
risen TO $50 degrees Fahrenheit, and the
yield in twenty-four hours from $500
to $1,000 gallons. Finally, when the
boring had reached $500 feet, at which
point it was stopped, the temperature of
the water, as it burst from the orilice of
the tube, was l65 degrees Fahrenheit,
and the volumetric yield 262,000 gallons
in the twentv-four hours. The Weld
was afterwards reduced to l67 200 GAL
Ions on account of the bore being lined
with wooden tubes, which reduced its
diameter. The water obtained olsen
cages carbolIc acid in abundance, and
also contains nitrogen and little sui
phurated hydrogen, and eighty grains
per gallon Of fixed matters, chiefly sui
pilates and carbonates Of potash, soda,
lime and magnesia.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
A Historic Town
n. Y.Tines.


One of the most anomalous. as ,nou
as one of the oldest towns in Tho "eii
public Is Marbehcad, which il oen-
visited from mere curiosity. II is LOSING
its distincliyeness year by year, yieldine
to the rapidly growing homogeneitv "a
modern civilization. Its position. an a
rocky, irregular peninsula, PROTECTING in
to Massachusetts Bay, is striking and nd
picturesque. Noted from the earliest
settlement of New England-it was o,is' i
inally n part Of Saleni--for the enter
prise of its inhabitants in the fisheries
these have been largely relinquisbed ~
late years for the more prosaic eczema.
ton of making boots and shoes. Manv
OF the first settlers were from Guernse,,,
jersey and other channel islands ani
for a long while their peculiarites oi
speech almost constituted dialect. This
has greatly diminished with generations
but it is still so observable that Boston'
ians and New Workers who 20 there re-
fer TO the natives often as emi-ciyilized
They are, and always have been, a strong
end sterling race, conspicuous for their
independence and combatveness. The
town contributed 1000 men to the Revo.
lutionary army, and at ;he close of the
struggle there were 800 widows and 600
fatherless childred in a population iall.
ing below 1000. The historic lrigate. Con-
,tltution was chiefly manned during the
war Of 1872 with MarJlehcaders. who
also fitted out great many privateers.
At the declaration of peace nearly 500
of its tizens were held in England as
prisoners OF war When tie rebellion
had broken out there were more volun-
teers Tor the Union cause, ii is said, than
from any place its size in the entire
North. A century or so since it was the
second town in the State as to popula-
ton and wealth, and to-day il Is only an
insignificant village of the old Common
wealth.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
Healthy Homes for Animals.

New lOrk Herald.
The alarming prevalence of an cpl
Zootic affection among the horses of Bos-
ton and the serious amount Of sickness
that is said to be raging among the milch
cattle in Brooklyn should show to the
owners of living beings of any sort that
man is not the only animal that is sem
sitlve to his surroundings. Horses, cat
tie, sheep, dogs and the higher animals
in general have vital systems exactly
like those of man. and seemingly as SEN
sitive, too. A dose of any particular
poison is Just as fatal to a large dog as to
man of similar weight, and poisons
that afe breathed in by the lungs OF a
horse find their way just as quickly to
the blood as they would il inhaled by
man, woman or child, while bad food is
Just as mischievOus in Its effects upon
the health Of animals as Of humans. The
inmates of stables and sheds need light
and ventilation fully as much az the den.
izens OF our handsomest houses. And
yet thousands of horses, upon whose
work men and iamihes depend for their
livelihood, are stabbed in close, dark
filthy enclosures, while cows, Of whose
life thousands of children are partakers
in the most literal sense, fare far worse
in all that pertains to health. 1t Is be-
lieyed by many careful observers that
animals are as sensitive as man even
10 malarious influences; certain it Is that
in malarious regions the horses and cat
tie are always thin, bony and spiritless.
Epidemic disease that are not infectious
never appear without good reason, and
the frequency with which they affect
animals should inform owners OF living
property that it is expensive as well as
stupid to give improper food and unclean
housing.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
sleep at Night.
Chicago Ledger.


Sunshine is given us for use that we
may require little artificial light. Gas,
oil, and candles alike vitiate the air.
The fewer hours that are spent in artifi-
cial light the better; and this suggests of
itself that within reasonable limits the
sooner We go to rest after dark the better.
We require, in the cold season of winter,
when the nights are long, much more OF
sleep than we do in summer On the
longest day in the year seven hours of
sleep are sufficient for most men and
women who are not in the priihe OF life.
On the shortest day nine hours of sleep
is not over much, and for those who are
weak ten or twelve hours may be taken
with real advantage. In winter children
should always have ten or twelve hours
of sleep. 1t is not idlcness to indulge to
that extent, but an actual saving, stor-
ing up of invigorated existence for the
iuture. Such rest can only be obtained
by going TO bed very early, say at $3.50 or
0 o'clock. 1t is wrong as it ever can be
that our le islators should be sitting up,
as we know they do time after time, in
the dead of night, trying against life to
legislate tor life. 1t is most foolish that
public writers, who hold so many respon-
sibilities in their hands, should be called
upon to exercise their craft at time
when all their nature is calling out to
them, "Rest, rest, rest" There are many
who will disagree with me in saying
these things, but nature is on my side.
In every man, woman and child there is,
at or about the early time j have named,
a persistent, periodical desire for sleep,
which steals on determinately. which
taken at the food, leads to good sound
nights rest, and which, resisted, never
duly returns, but is replaced by a surrep-
titious sleep, broken by wearying dreams,
restless limbs, and but partial restoration
of vital power. Work with the sun as
tar as possible.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
Luxury In Chill.

Santiago Correspondence Of the London Times,
These wealthy land owners. haci.
dados, or possessors of very large farms,
are, as a rule, mere absentees, having
little more than pied terre on their es-
tates, which they only visit for a month
or two in the year, and hardly ever
leaving their homes in the Capital, to
which political or social duties are sup
posed to bind them, except for short
residence at Valparaiso or some other
watering place on the sea or inland The
extravagance OF this gentry is described
"a boundless. More than fl ,600,0 900 has
been spent in house building IN the
period OF four years (lS72.6), some OF
these private houses at a cost of E20 600
to E25,000 each, and "the carriage Ii
censes taken out in the latter year show
that there were altogether ,2S4 private
carriages, besides All public convey
ances and 1850 carts and drays." This
will appear somewhat considerable il we
reflect that it refers to town mastering
q population Of 100000. The luxury in
which the Chilean magnates SO Literally
indulge has the effect of raising the
price of all commodities, and especially
Of all articles imported from abroad TO
an enormous extent A book or an al
manac charged Is in London at shop
price cannot be purchased here for less
than IS Sd; a pair of kid gloves is not to
be had for less than los, as rule, a dol.
lar, silver dollar, the value of which
varies from As to 5s, will go further than
10 would do IN the old countries. The
charge for hair cutting in Valparaiso is
d 80; a three-and-sixpennyL Lett's dairy
costs 81 80; a tall hat CHIMNEY pot
costs 58s; you must pay 6d each for
parchment luggage labels, Sd apiece for
quill pens, 4s for quire OF common note
paper, and 80 on in proportion. All
such articles for one who. like myself,
tried the shops in both places, are even
dearer in the Capital than in the sea-
ports. The people here seem to value
things rather from their cost than from
their actual worth. The extravaganza
Of all Americans is something that far
transcends the limits of Old World COM
prehension. At Guayaquil, the shabby
Goaport of the "one-horse republic" Of
1Cnador, have seen top shop where
Ne price of German wax dolls varied
rom twenty to eighty silver dollars
(k1o). A Panama hat would be charged
- or 60 guineas, and prices Of the sao'e
onormity are charged for guanaco coat
q . vicun rug, an ostrich feather, wrap
~, or poncho, and other luxuries OF
tooal manufacture. Equally extortionate
- the charges at the hotels for board
- lodging, particularly for the con-
1nmers Of foreign wines, the meanest
0osdesux, OF doubtful vintage, never be-
IL put down at less than So, and the
n1iGo Of room, with boarding. whether
1monlg are eaten or not, being from
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
A Millionaire Criminal.
London telegraph.

Not every criminal who incurs the
penalty of banishment to Siberia is on
that account to be compassionated, If we
may believe the acc cunts of Mr.. Juchan-
zeh7s sojourn in exiie, recently publish
ed by st. Petersburg journal. This
eminent malefactor, known throughout
Russia by the significant sobriquet of
"The Stealer Of Millions" has contrived
to retain possession of the enormous for
tune he acquired by high.class swindling.
When condemned to. deportation, he
travelled to Krasnojarsk, the town Sc
lected for his penal residence by the i'm
perial authorities, in princely style,
attended by suite OF servants, carriages
and horses, and it would appear that he
is to become the leader of fashion in that
Siberian city. Tailors, perfumers and
tobacconists advertise their wares under
his name: he has been elected a member
of the leading club, and is about to con-
tract an alliance with young lady be.
longing to one OF the first families OF
Krasnojarsk. His dinner parties are at
tended by the chief official personages
and local nobilities; ladies of the best
society flock TO his evening receptions,
and accept the splendid presents with
which he judiciously courts their favor
and social countenance. 1t is proposed
by committee of Krasnojarsk "EOnnes"
to present him, upon his wedding day
with wreath of laural, oak leaves and
roses. Altogether, for convicted mis-
demeanant, undergoing sentence of BAN
ishment, he appears to be leading an un-
commonly pleasant life. Not so the
thousands of his dupcs who, having
trusted their fortunes to his keeping,
suffered total ruin at his hsnd.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23

A RECENT biography of the Detroit
Free Press man saws that he has refused
an offer of $4,000 year to write for a
New York paper. We bave set man
to work on our biography, and he'll
state in 1t that we refused $4,000 per
annum 10 write for New York paper.
We've got men in Boston who can tell
as good yarn about salaries rs any one
in Detroit, and don't propose to be
beaten .-Bdston Post.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23

gifted inventor, throwing away his c;o..
impaticntly remarks, "Clumsyl slnniSp;;
1t is plain thatvery little is really know
abou. Edison in this country. "n
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23

A GOAT makes excellent butter, but is
Of no great account for Limbur.e er
Cheese.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
A FEW mornings ago a Galveston lady

A FEW mornings ago Galveston lady
took her l0.year old boy to a school.
The teacher listened atteniiveiy TO all
she had to say about the gifted youth.
The fond mother remarked:
''He is of Il very active temperament.
He takes after his father
Takes after his father, does he2p said
tic teacher, who is a little gwen TO
phrenology, placing his hands on the
head OF the boy, "yes, perceive-com.
bativeness very large, fillal affection be-
low the average"
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23

FOURTEEN women missionaries from the
Female Board of Missions have gone TO
the Mormon settlements in Utah, Idaho
and Western Wyoming.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23

- - : wsslera jarmer has
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-05

is never soft and milky, nor white and
spongy, and many families, as we'll as
guests Of public houses use it and
never know it is anything but cream
churned butter. Consumers in many
circles declare it to be infinitely better
than a poor article of genuine care
lessly put up. Our butter merchants
say that a neatly packed article Of
clean, genuine butter will always meet
a ready market at good price, but the
sloppy, poorly prepared stuff which
finds its way here and to other marts
in large Quantities, is slow to sell at
my fgure. The only way to compete
with and drive butterine out is to
make a good, clean article Of genuine
butter, send it to market and offer it
at from fifteen to eighteen cents a
pound, which is the present ruling
value of butterine. Good butter, at
the same price, viii always be pre-
ferred to the other, but there must be
no mistake about its purity and clean
illness. The long continued fight in
the markets of the north, against but
terine, is gradually dying out and ere
long is likely to be among the things
that we're. Butterine is destined to
be as legitimate an article of CONNER
cial traffic as the medium grades Of
real butter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-05
American Women.

Everybody knows how American
women can travel from one end Of
the country to the other alone, &c.
but it must be done according to rule.
The Burlington Hawkeye is instruct
i've when it supplies the necessary
rules, thus:
Be sure you know where you want
to 90 before you get on the train.
When you purchase your ticket you
will have to pay for it; no use to tell
the ticket agent to charge it and send
the bill to your husband" And il
he says the price ofthe ticket is 81 SO.
don't tell him you can get one just
like it Of the conductor, or at the
other store for 81 80; he won't believe
you and he may laugh at you"
Don't give a stranger yourticket and
ask him to go out and check your
trunk. He will usually be only too
glad to do it. And what is more he
will do it, and your trunks will be so
effectually checked that it will never
catch up with you again. And then
when the conductor asks for your
ticket and you relate to him the pleas
ing little allegory about the stranger
and the baggage, he will look incred-
ulous aud smile down upon you from
half closed eye, and say hat it is a
beautiful romance, but he has heard
it before. And then you will put up
your jewelry or disembark at the next
station.
Put your shawl strap. bundle and
two paper parcels in the hatrack, hang
your bird cage to the corner of it, SO
that when it falls off it will drop iato
the lap of the old gentleman sitting
behind you, stand your four house
plants on the window sill, set your
lunch basket on the seat beside you,
fold your shawls on top Of it, carry
your pocketbook in one hand and
hold your silver mug in the other; put
your two valises under the seat and
hold your bandbox and the rest of
your things in your lap. Then you
will have all your baggage handy, and
won't be worried or fustered about it
when you have only twenty-nine Sec
onds in which to change cars.
Address the conductor every ten
minutes. 1t pleases him to have you
notice him. If you can't think Of
any new question to ask him, ask him
the same old one every time. Always
call him Say" or Mister.
Pick up all the information you can
while travelling. Open the window
and look forward to see how fast the
engine is going. Then when you get
home you can tell the children about
the big cinder you picked up with
your eye, and how nice and warm il
was aud what it tasted like.
If you want a nap always lie with
your head projecting over the end O.
the seat, into the aisle. Then every
body who goes up or down the aisle
will mash your hat, straighten Out
your irizzles, and knock off your back
lair. This will keep you from sleep
ing so soundly that you will be car
ried by your station.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-05

In the tobacco districts Of this state
the crop prospects have recently been
greatly improved by timely rain
showers. The GAINESVILLE Tobacco
Leaf of yesterday, however, expresses
the belief that there will not be a full
crop, for lack Of plants. During the
recent rainy period every planter who
had plants large enough to set out,
busted himself and the entire force at
his command, in the work of setting
out. The same paper reports sales of
about 900 hhds Of tobacco last week,
and quotes the market active and
strong. 1t also says: THE quality
of the break continues very poor, and
it is only occasionally a hogshead APP
pears chasing above medium leaf.
Whenever a fine hogshead appears,
deserving the name, it runs up to be-
tween 10 cents and l3 cents. Our re-
ceipts in May were 1887 hhds; sales
in May, 2,2OS hhds; stock on hand
June LIST, SIDE hhds."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-05

A GENTLEMAN ofthis city returned
yesterday, from a visit Of two weeks
to New Orleans, and gives glowing
accounts of the beauties of that beau
tiful emporium; speaks of the luxu-
RANT shrubbery about its parks; the
lovely gardens on the borders of Lake
Ponchartrain, illuminated with cleo
trio lights, and garnished with ponds
full Of living geological specimens,
including several families of pet ALI
gators. Besides this, the Jockey
Clubs lovely grounds, on the site OF
the old Creole race course; the trop-
ical growth therein adorned with
p%arti-colored lanterns at night; the
beautiful live oak groves Of the Met
arie ridge; the smooth running steam
dummy railways to the lake resorts
six miles distant, all and more come
in for enthusiastic description. These
however are the least interesting Of
the visitors observations. He speaks
of the great commercial benefits de-
rived from the improvement at the
South pass, and says the Eads jetties
are a constant theme of praise and
wonder; also that the merchants Of
New Orleans have in contemplation
the extension Of an invitation to the
owners Of the mammoth steamship
Great Eastern to have that vesse.
voyage over the ocean, pass the %jetties
come up to the wharves of New Or.
leans, take on a full cargo, and sal
through South pass, drawing 30 feeI
of water, to convince skeptics thai
Eads' %jettieS are a success. Such {
feat would doubtless have a conyin.
cling effect.