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The Osceola times., 1880-11-06
An Indian Gods Reyepve
Del Norte Record.

Dtl Nottt RECORD,
What Is known as Dead Lake li.s
tween Lake Earl and the coast ahon,
midway on line from the mill to VII, wIa,
is known as Keller's Pond. Tbera a' asa
many strange stories connected with AZ
mysterious lake, which has no yis;hls ill.,
Quiet, and yet. despite the ceaselsss
flow of a small stream which emn,;eo
into it, retains uniform yolume ~
water, its depths have been sounded anJ
though II has been asserted that boiton'
was found at depth of TWENTY-FIVE iee,
this must have been very near Ia tbs
shore, as others who have dared 10 Ven.
ture upon its dark waters report tha,
there is considerable area where NO
bottom can be found. We visited this
spot several months ago, and, as we sat
ia the deep shadow of the korderins
woods and gazed out upon the slep,
lake, our mind was filed with awe ami
We could easily believe that the depths
OF the dark water spread out before n.
were fathonlcss.
There is an old Indian legend in 70.
gard to this lake. Long years ago. lone
before the invading feet of the Whit
man had sought this coast, there dwelta a
numerous Indian tribe Many summer,
they lived in peace aud contentmept
The waters abounded with fish. The for.
ests were filed with game, aud the In.
dams heart WAS glad. But at last came
the time of SORROW. One day the old
chief, while at council. became angered
at one of the most respected men OF the
tribe and struck him to the ground
This one blow forever destroyed the bar.
mony which had until then existed. The
friends of the gray-haired councilman
rebelled at the authority OF their chief
and cried for vengeance. But the great.
er portion of the tribe remained loyal
and victorious, pursuing the fleeing and
yanquishei enemy back among the sand
dunes near the coast. The heart Of the
Indian god, Gle. te-nog.gi, was filled with
wrath because of this dIscord among the
people, and he determined TO lntici
terrible punishment. The heavens be.
came covered with menacing clouds Of
terrible darkness, and the winds swept
over the shifting sands, binding and
blocking the way Of pursued and pur.
suer. Suddenly a deatemng sound broke
upon their ears, and like the jaws of a
mighty dragon the earth opened beneath
their feet, and they were swallowed
from sight. The storm burst in all its
mad fury, the torrents poured into its
gaping abyss, and the rippling waicrsOf
Dead Lake now lave the sides OF ths!
sepulcher. To this day no Indian can
be induced to approach Dead Lake.
They tell the stony that two, bolder than
the others, conquered their dread, and,
building canoe, ventured upon lis
waters, but they were never heard Of
aiterward. Its depths are sand to he
infested with reptiles of enormous
dimensions, to which assertion strong
semblancc of truth is given 10y the report
of f. W. Wilson, last summer, that he
saw an immense serpent in the vicinity
of Lake Earl. This monster ophidlan
doubtless crossed over from Dead Lake,
and, as it has not since been seen, the
probability is that it has returned to his
home.
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sorely perplexed, but not he. He lost
no time in removing his hat, and re-
marked, Hats of in the presence Of the
court" All being uncovered, he said,
"I'll swear you IN fust Hold up yer
right hands"
"Me, too?" asked the friend Of the
groom.
"Of course" said the Captain, all wit.
nesses must be sworn. You and each Of
you solemnly swear that the evidence
YOU shall give in this case shall be the
truth, tn ole truth, an no.hin' but the
the truth. s'elp YOU God. You, John
Marvin, do solemnly swear that TO the
best Of You knowledge an belief you
take this yer woman ter have an ter
hold for yerself, yer heirs, exekyerters,
administrators, and assigns, for your an
their use an behoof forever?'
Il do" answered the groom.
You, Alice Ever, take this yer !Inan
for yer husband, ter hev an ter hold
forever and YOU do further swear that
you are lawfully seized in fee-simple,
are free from all incumbrance, and hev
good right to sell, bargain and convey
to the said grantee yerselt, yer heirs,
administers and assigns?'
1 do" said the bride, rather doubt
fully.
well, John, said the captain, " that'll
be about dollar an fifty cents"
Are We married~ asked the other.
Not by a burned sight ye amt"
quoth tie captain, with emphasis; but
the fee comes in here" After some
iumbling it was produced and handed to
to the "court," who examined it to make
sure that it was all right, and then pock-
eted it, and continued: Know all men
by these presents, that | Capt. y, OF
Raleigh, y. C., being in good health and
of sound and disposn' mind, in corsid-
Grafton of a dollar n fifty cents to me
in hand paid, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, do and 10y these
presents have declared you man and
wife during good behavior, and until
otherwise ordered by the court"
The men put on their hats again, the
young couple, after shaking their bene-
factors hand, went on TO meet their
destiny and the irate father, while the
Captain rode home richer in experience.
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FIGURE OF THE EARTH.
Physical Forces which Produced The
Present shape.

The Complies Rendus OF the French
Academy contains remarkable paper
by NJ Faye on the physical forces which
have produced the present figure of the
earth. After remarking on the use of
the pendulum in determining the figure
of the earth from a series Of measure
ments of the intensity and grayitatlon
force at different parts of the earth's
surface, he draws attention TO the very
curious fact that while the direction and
intensity of gravity are affected percept-
IDLY 10y the presence of hills such as
Schichallion and Arthurs Seat, or even
by masses as small as the great pyramid
of the Gizeh, giganuc mountains such as
the lIimalayes, and great elevated pla-
teau and table lands, do not affect the
pendulum indications in any sensible
manner, except in certain cases where
upon elevated continents there appears
to be verltable defeat of attraction IN
stead of the excess which iEight be eX-
pected. Indeed, the observations are
sufficiently striking TO seem to point to
the supposltion that not only under the
whole of every large continent there
were enormous cavities. More than
this, the attractions at the surface of all
the great oceans appear to great to agree
with the distribution presumed by Clair
ant formula, which is exact enough for
most purposes.
Sir q. Airy's suggestion that the base
of the Himalaya range reaches down
into the denser liquid INTERIOR and there
displaces certain amount of that liquid,
so that the exterior attraction is thereby
lessened, is one which, inherently i'm
probably, failsto have any application in
explaining why the attraction above the
seas should be greater than over the
continents. NJ. Faye propounds the fol.
lowing solution TO the difficulty: Under
the oceans the globe cools more rapidly
and to a greater depth than beneath the
surface of the continents. AT depth of
foIr thousand meters thirteen thousand
feet the ocean will still have tempera-
ture not remote from deg. c., while at
a similar depth beneath the earth's crust
the temperature would not be far from
100 deg. {. lallowing los feet IN depth
down for an increase Of deg. in the in
ternal temperature). If the earth had but
one uniform rate OF cooling all over it, it
would be reasonable to assume that the
sOlified crust would have the same thick
ness and the same average density all
over it. 1t is therefore argued that be-
low the primitive oceans the earth's
crust assumed definite solid thickness
before the continents, and that, in con-
tracing; these thicker portions exercised
a pressure upon the fluid nucleus tend
ing to elevate still rurther the CONT
nents. The hypothesis, NJ. Faye thinks,
will, moreover, explain the unequal dis
tribution of iand and sea around the two
poles, the general rise and fall OF contl
nents being determined by the excess of
density OF the crust below the oceans,
and by the lines or points of at least re.
sistance to internal pressure being at the
middle of continents or at the margin Of
oceans.
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Proper Names.
The Globe.


How to pronounce a proper name il
often matter of difficulty. II might he
presumed that the way man pro-
nounces his own name or the people OF a
place pronounce The name of their town
ought to he our guide. But there is, III
the first place, the difficulty of ascer-
tanning what that is. Ii is not every
body who knows that the name Of Lord
Cowper is pronounced Cooper, that
Marjoribanks is Marchbanks, that
Cholmonseley is CHUNKY, that Belvoir
castle is Beevor, that Bicester is Blister.
Everybody, however, acquainted with
the local or personal usage would con-
form with it, With ancient or foreign
names the case is different. A discus
sion is now progressing in contempor-
airy as to how Indian names, for instance.
should be spelled. One party is in favor
of retaining the form which has obtained
European currency. Another advocates
translteration or conversion of the ma.
tive symbols into English equivalents,
and would spell Lucknow "Lakhnao;'
Cawnpore, "kanhpur;' Poonah, Puma. -
And what is now taking place with re.
spect to Indian proper names has long
since occurred in the case of classical and
early English. Mr.. L. A. Freeman and
his pathological friends would call Ed
ward the Coniessor "Eadward," lust as a
Greek purest would speak of Hercules
as "Heracles," and Plato as "Platon."
The question to be decided is this: Ought
we TO be governed by usage or by the
decisions Of abstract scholarship The
French do not wait TO discuss the sub
iect. They pronounce every name as
they would do il it were French. Thus,
with them, Titus Livius, whom we name
"Livy," becomes "Tite-Live;" and
Goethe, even in an official document
issued by the French academy, appears
as M. Cote" We suppose no hard-and-
fast line can be laid down on the sub
ject. Caprice has had much TO do in the
pronunciation of proper names. An
educated Englishman would, for exam
pie. pronounce Rouen or Versailles as
much as possible as a Frenchman would;
but he would consider himself pedantlc
were he to pronounce Paris IN the same
way. The truth is, certain forms have
crystallized and been consecratcd by
history, and, whatever may be the case
with new words seeking admission to
the language, it would be as well that
these forms should be retained,
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fannle, on account of the p,e,.io,,.
riage with Sarah, and tha, SS S mar
yorcc set him at liberty to msr-.a '',i an US d.
as laf as sarah was concerned Oaia,
court drrlded that the defense wai ana the
Irue, the marriage with Fannia good.
bigamy; but the court of West y; vas a
could not take any notice of tha, hng'hia
It had occurred in Wisconsin pDeesase
II was not the ofiense charged in tides, ~
dictment, and the statute of lira;,ue .ue In
had run, and the like. Upon tehI'atlons
ties like these Lothario was sci frna 'aicali-
Tennessee supplies a new me-
the difficulty respecting ..mixaJ SJiice OF
rlages' Every one knows I, at seraai, n,sf,
OF The States have explicitly fnrbiSg1sl fbiiSgrsl
these; in few Others they are d's,;uo.e,n s;;uaen
permitted. There is no sreat disne!ly dine!ly
in applying either law when oriU .ty
Safe is involved. But in the Ten,,,ohe one
case-and the same thing has oc@n,sts zee
In one or two previous instaroa.' 20
white person and negro were vsJl.s :
In state where such intermarrisooe euea ''
allowed, but afterward removed ~ wa vas
nessee, where the law sternly fo,Jiien' en'
The courts have a maxim tho, as a H.
rage valid In the State where il ia mar naL'
must be sustained everywhere. I'm, ste ,p
tennessee court refused to follow ne Ie
rule. 1t said it applies only when ,Ii' ,h
question Is upon the regularity of ,h he
ceremony. 1t does not oblige one S,H. ae
to tolerate marriages between persons ,ae
whom its laws forbid to esponse aOs eooh
other in any manner The Sunrsrn
Court at Washington is understooSi "e ,e
have a cause ON its docket inyolvino
much the same question. And a vsss'
vexatious and perplexing question !, =
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06
Queer Weddings
New York Time.

Very recent volumes of court reports
bring rev and curious illustrations OF
The want of some uniform rule through.
out the States as to what shall be a valid
marriage ceremony. In Worcester
Mass, IA couple assumed to marry them
selves after the fashion of Friends y
The ceremony occurred at the close of a
public religious meeting. The preacher
came down from the pulpit and took his
stand in front OF the pews. The lady
came forward from her seat and stood by
his side. They joined hands and de-
clared that they took each other for wife
and for husband, respectively. The
bridegroom then offered prayer. Both
intended a lawful wedding. Much less
than this has been, in New York, de-
clared perfect marriage. But when
this couple were prosecuted for living
together without having been married,
the Supreme Court said that, though they
might be excused for the past in view OF
their ignorance and good intention, yet
they were laistaken in supposing that
their ceremony had any validity. There
is n special exception in case OF persons
conscientiously belonging to the Society
of Friends; but all other persons must
in Massachusetts, be married by min
lister or magistrate.
A story from West Virginia shows JUS
tice burlesQued; yet the decision was
probably unavoidable under the con-
fused laws of the time. A scamp was
placed upon trial for having mai ricd
Clara in West Virginia, while Fannie,
whom he had not long before married in
Wisconsin, was still living, and undi-
vorced. The two marriages were proved
easily enough, but defendants counsel
then offered to show that about a year
and half before the mans marriage to
Fannie he had, in Ohio, married Sarah,
who was still living when he afterward
married Fannie, but who. as soon as she
heard Of this marriage, procured di.
vorce. The lawyer argued that his
client was never lawfully married 10
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06

THE history of the hayonet is thus Sc.
forth in the catalogue of Gen. Pitt Riy-
crs' anthropological collection, which
the British government will probably
buy for the public benefit, and place
upon exhibition in the South kensing.
ton Museum: In the early part of the
seventeenth century ii was found nCces-
sary to retain the use of pikemen in the
infantry on account of the defenscless
position of the fire lockmen when the
enemy approached to close quarters. 10
remedy this defect they were accustomed
about the middle OF the century 10 stick
the handles of their daggers into the
muzzles of their guns in order to use
them as pixies. OF course, when the
dagger was 80 fixed the gun could not
be fired. But as many OF the daggcrs
had rings at the guard, the men saw the
expedIencv of fastening the dagger TO
the muzzle of the piece by means of the
ring. Soon the dagger or plug bayonet
was so secured to the outside of the bar
rel that the frelock could be loaded and
discharged although the bayonets were
fixed. The British had their first ex-
pcricnce of what may be calle. the com
pound gun and pike in the time OF VIII
liam III, in one of the Flanders cam
paigns, and they 'swore terribly" no
doubt, when they found that their oppo-
nents could fire at them with fixed bayo.
nets. Rivers collection shows all the
transition stages OF the bayonet from the
plug handle TO the modern tube-and.catch
attachment This is only a sample
brick, so to speak, of the ,ivil and war
like groupings of man from precedent to
his present condition. We have a fine
opportunity of doing something of the
same kind on this continent, and the
marvel is why some men of wealth do
not embrace it, and so secure the perpe-
tuity OF their own name through the
Advancement of an important depart
ment of science,
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06
Hs=
Cornerlng "a Lawyer.

b A lawyer who was badgerlng . eolo,v Donrt
witness in District of Columbia oo%. .on.
by asking him if he had not bees 'vs %.
victed of larceny, assault and arso", ',,se.
ceiving a negative reply IN every ''''''
finally inquired: noriteu.
"Have you ever been in the pe'"''
tiary?"
Yes, sah." us and
Attorney smiled complaceh"'
resumed: haan in
"How many times have you been 7"
the penitentiary?"
Twice, sah."
"Where?"
"In Baltimore, sah.' ,hs Ant
How long were you there '''' -
timer"
about two hours, sab" a, asked
"How long the second tllne'
ihe attorney, rather crestfallen' xhite.
"An hour, sab; ] went there y roobbed
wash cell for lawyer who IA" W.
his client" ,,.,o Laughs
The attorney sat down amid lne
ter Of the spectators,
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06
Roman villa Unearthed.
Ney York World

New YORK world.
Fresh discoveries are daily being made
by the exploring party at Morton farm
on Lady Oglander's estate near Sandown
Isle of Wight. The most important adj
dition 10 the remains of the Roman villa
already laid bare has been large CHAM
Der, nearly forty feet long, east and west
divided by strong piers Of solid masonry
The western portion of this chamber h
nearly nineteen feet wide, and the east,
ern end more than fifteen. 1t contains
parts of the remains of dado abolI
eighteen inches nigh, ornamented WIN
frcscos in scroll pattern OF pink, gray anu
brown. A tillet of plaster runs round lhe
base of the whole chamber, the walls Oh
which are between three feet ana iou'
feet in height, the superstructure Deng
OF wood and plaster, much ot when llas
been found in the ruins, with the colors
well preserved, and for the mosI par
remarkably fresh. The floor OF UNI
chamber is paved throughout in tne .0s. ies
selated work, the most elaborate ,nI'
has vet been discovered IN the briusn
islands. The subjects contained IN lli'
els are, among Others, Perseus ahu
Andromeda and the Four seasons .no
central ornament in another porlion
contains the head OF Medusa, with snaA1
like locks; and around this are pane,s,
filled with pastoral groups, and spii,'.u
composition of Tri,ons and sea nohs's'si,
The exploring party of distlngus',sr Dr
antiquarians have now uneartheu a.
chambers, making, with what haI
ready been discovered eleven ~
short time the full extent OF sPasS'UIIs
Roman villa, which was without uouS' ors
the habitation OF some great pefsonnse, o
will have been opened to the llgh' -"
1ot,
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06
LITTLE eor BLuE.
Il.e l.a, .lsek IIllle nor n!ne


Under the ha, stack little Boy Blue
slre;s with his head on his ann,
While voices of men and voices ofmaids,
Art railing him over the iarm.
sheen In the meadows arc running Wild,
Where poisonous herbage grows,
leaving white tI.t1 0i duwny fleece
on Tic thorns Of sweet Eild rose.
ont IL the fields where the silkcn corn
Its plumed head mods and bows,
Where golden pumpkins npen below,
Trampled the white-isced COWS
Rut no loud blast on the shining horn.
calls back the straying sheep.
And the cows may wander In hay or corn
While their keeper lies asleep.
His roguish eyes are tightly shut,
His dimples are all at rest;
The chubby hand, tucked under his head,
By one rosy cheek Is pressed.
Waken him? No. Let down the bars
And gather the tiuant sheep,
Open tic barnyard and dnve In the cows
But let the little boy sleep.
For year amer year We can shear the fleece
Aud corn can ALWAYS be sewn;
But the sleep that visits little Boy Blue
VIII not come when the wears have hown
ABBIE SAGE RICHARDSON.
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06

4 cable dispatch to the Telegram says
that one William Mara Jongh, a
clerk 10 the minister of the colonies, of
which the boys father was formerly
secretary general, has been arrested on
his own confession, made 10 his sister.
lie said that when they arrived on the
dunes lac sought quiet place, wi ere he
threw the boy on the ground and bound
his hands and feet with cord. "Remaln
here" he said 10 Marius, IT'LL ] return
with the money have demanded Of
your father. Stop your crying If you do
not want to be killed" IN covered the
youth with his coat and started to 90,
but the boy cried so loudly that he re-
turned. Fancying that he heard foot
steps. he took his sword out of his walk
ing stick and killed the child, Htabblng
him seven times in the breast. He then
fled to Scheyingcn, washed his hands at
the sea shore and returned to The Hague,
after having thrown away his sword
stick in little channel by the road
side.
After his avowel Of his crime his sister
asked him what motive he had Tor the
horrible deed. He answered:
81 saw our father die in poverty. As
for myself, | could not make my way in
India, but | had place in the Office
where father worked, with no better
prospects than nc had. What would be
my mothers lot and your? ] wished to
assure to her comfortable old age, and
when heard from family who are ac-
quaintcd whiie his circumstances that Mr.
Boocardt was a very rich man, was
seized with desire to constrain him to
give me money by stealing away his
only son. didn't intend TO kill the
child except IN case he should possibly
become uy accuser. My only motive
was my desire for money. Nobody as
sisted me either before or at the mur-
der"
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06

LANDsEER could draw two pictures at
once, one with either hand, That's
nothing. We've drawn three pictures
at once with one haxd, and then got
beaten by some fellow who had four
acres
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06

ECCENTRIC old officer TO new footnan:
"Now then, Patrick, call me cab" Pat.
Who thinks this is q dodge to try his
sincerity: Och, no, yer honor. It's not
r.elss,f thasll b. calling you names, at
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06

A MAN In Jacksonville, Fla, advertises
for five thousand small aliigators. North
ern tourists will be well fed the coming
winter.
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06

JoSEs said, looking into the glass the
ether morning, Il am man with three
heads on my shoulders. The one see,
the other | feel. and the one that Brown
put on me. ."-Meriden Record.
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06

How MoLD CAN BE PREVENTED on
PICKLE Cut horse radish roots in thin
slices, lengthwise, and lay hall dozen
or so of these pieces on the top of each
crock of pickles, allowing them to re-
main until all the pickles are used.
Grated horse-radish will not do, as it
soon loses its strength and then fer
ments
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06

THE King of Greece and Leo MIL are
on cordial terms. The latter will sooA
receive the former sin audience"
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06
ARKANSAS
fAcrs FOR FaRaEes.

Oats and Corn for Horses-why Bees Work
In the Dark-Curing Baiky Horses--Miik
as Foou--Notes.
The Osceola times., 1880-11-06

Reports from the South are favorable
for an abundant rice crop.
The cattle exports from this country in
the past six months have amounted to
nearly S23 100000.
Two Georgia farmers grew 500 bushels
of Irish potatoes on one acre of land and
sold them for S400.
1t is estimated by some receivers that
fully 100000 bushels OF fax seed have
been raised this year.
OF all the cultivated varieties of grapes,
the Delaware is said to contain the most
sugar and the Concord the least.
Little Rock, Ark, is TO have the largest
cotton-seed oil mill in the world. IL il
TO employ $50 men and work up 800 tons
of cotton seed daily.
California is a mere patch Of Uncle
Sans farm; but it has as many acres
under wheat, 1927 900, as Great Britain,
and produces half as many bushels,
56,OO0,000.
At recent farmers meeting speaker
gave recipe for making farming pay, as
follows: "Have but one business, and get
up in the morning and see TO it your
self"