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The Osceola times., 1880-12-25
Cairo, Egypt.

One of the greatest charms Of this cos
mopolitan city is its street life. IL is
thoroughly Oriental in character II is a
moving panorama of all nationalitiss,
creeds, languages and costumes, with a
strong prepomlerance Of the Oriental and
semi i-barbarous element. 1t is perpet-
ual carnival, which defes description,
The Bouleyards of Paris, Regent Street
(London), and Broadway New York;,
cannot compare with it. You may enjoy
the spectacle quietly sitting on the YER
anda, of Shepheard's Hotel, but still bet.
ter in the old town, especially the Mus
ket. The streets are alive with gayly-
dressed men and vailed Women, Water.
carriers, peddlers of all kinds Of wares
braying donkeys, growing camels, bark.
ing dogs, horses and carriages-all lost,
ling against each Other in endless confu,
sion.
In Muskee the crowd is so dense that
it seems impossible to get through, and
the noise so loud that you cannot hear
your own voice. Every carriage is pre-
teded by one or more fleet runners, cry
ing TO clear the way. The mosques are
covered with carpets or rugs, for kneeline
and pulpit or reading-desk; but there
are no seats. In entering a mosque You
may wear your hat, but must take off
your shoes or put on slippers.
Slippers or sandals OF straw are always
provided at the entrance of the mosques.
and must be paid for Women are
seldom seen Ia the mondps, The
Koran does not commasqu them To
pray, and some Mohammedan philoso-
pliers doubt whether women have souls.
Yet they are necessary for the sensual
bliss of paradise, where the humblest be-
lever is allowed eighty thousand slaves
had n Iii: liz, II Re cEcGsSs S y 0is feeS eS
Ihem. The pious Mohamnedan II yerv
ievcut, and performs his dsvotions llvs
lines . day.
The Osceola times., 1880-12-25
THE LUCKY HORSESHOE.

A farmer travelling with Load,
Picked up horseshoe In the road.
And nailed Il fast TO his barn door.
That luck might down upon him pour.
Thaf every blessing known In life
Might crown his homestead and his wife,
And never any kind OF harm
Descend upon his growing farm.
But dire m fortune soon began
To visit the aslonished man,
His hens declined To lay their eggs,
His bacon tumbled from the pegs,
And mts deyoured the fallen legs:
His corn that never failed before,
Mildewed and rotted on the fioor.
His grass refused TO end In hay;
Hs cattle died or went astny;
In short, all moved the crooked way.
Next spring a great drought baked the sod,
And roasted every pea in pod;
The beans declared they could not grow
80 long ~ nature acted so,
Redundant insects reared their brood
To stsrye for lack Of juicy food;
The slaves from barrel sides went on
As ifthey had the whooplng-cough,
Aud nothing of the useful kind
To hold together felt inclind;
In short, II was no use 10 try
While all the land was In fry.
one morn. demoalized with grief,
The farmer clamOred for relief;
And prayed right hard 10 understand
What witchcraft now possessed his land:
Why house and farm IN misery grew
Since he nailed up that lucky shoe.
While thus dismayed DER matters wrong
An old man CHANGED 10 trldgS along,
To whom he told, with wormwood tears,
How his Affairs were In arrears.
And what desperate state of things
A picked-up horseshoe sometimes brings.
The stranger asked 10 see the shoe,
The farmer brought IL into view;
iiur when the old man raised his head,
lie laughed outright. and quickly said,
"No wonder skies upon you frown-
You've nailed the horseshoe upside down!
Just turn IL round and soon you'll see
How you and Fortune Will agree
The farmer turned the horseshoe round,
And showers began to swell the ground
The sunshine laughed among his grain;
And heaps ON heaps piled up the vain,
The loft his hay could barely hold,
His cattle did as they were told;
His fruit trees needed sturdy props
70 hold the gathering apple crops;
Ills turnip and potato fields
Astonishcd all men by their yield:
Folks never saw such ears of corn
As in his smiling hills were born;
His barn was flll ofbursting bins
His wife presented him with twins
His neighbors maryeled more and more
And now the merry farmer sings,
"rherc are two ways of doing things.
And when for good luck yot would pray.
Nail up your horseshoe tic right way.
The Osceola times., 1880-12-25
lryou ever read Dickens Oliver Twist
Won rnmenlar NJ R....lla AIa nm rochial

you ever read Dickens Oliver Twist,
you remember Mr.. Bumble, the parochaiI
beadle, who WIS so particularly fond Oh
red tape that he waited for somebody TO
DE before he would consider himself
oiiiciaiiy competent TO assist him. AS
humble expressed Il, "The pcrwerse cree
tur actually did die!" Something hap
Pened the other day at London work
NOUS That shows that the mission OF nov
ellsts like Dickens is not yet fulfilled; a
woman asked for shelter at nine o'clock
" nlFht, saying she had not been able 70
see the relieving officer of the parish, but
uat she was In dying condition. The
parish beadle begged her to move on ana
ny die on the steps, as he could not pos
sloly take her in without an order from
IN .he relieving. officer; but the poor woman
seesncd to think she might as well DE
Mere " anywhere else, and she lay there
w tAFee O'Clock the next morning, when
~ &ed.
The Osceola times., 1880-12-25

Y Hx person Who plays cards has hls
80 g least when his turn comes ~
The Osceola times., 1880-12-25

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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
How Bismarck Once Resigned.

1t will be remembered that about the end
of March, 1877, a report was current that
Prince Bismarck had resigned, and that his
resignation had been accepted by the EN-
peror William. In NJ Hausen's "Coulisses de
la Diplomatic" the following account is Civ
en- of the event: The Emperor William spent
the evening of Thursday, the 9th of March,
in the house of Prince Anton Radziwill, who
is distantly related to the royal family, and
there met the Count N, who also is an init
mate friend of the Radziwill family. swell,
Count" said the Emperor, "are you going to
dine off the Easter lamb with Prince Ferdi-
nand on Easter Sunday" Certainly, your
Majesty" replied the Count, Unless Herr
Falk confscates the lamb" "In that case, !,
replied the Emperor, "yOu need not be un-
der any apprehension for your dinner" 81
am, however, not quite certain" replied the
Count; ''for how can your subjects feel when
even her Majesty the Empress has to hide
her charitable acts to avoid being annoyedP
allow so, COUNT" asked the Emperor
"Why, Sire" replied the Count, ''the En-.
press gave officially 200 marks about f10l
to the Ursuline nuns who had been expelled
from Berlin; but SECRETLY her Majesty sent
| 900 marks" Encouraged by the Emperor
Count n. cited great number of other pet
| ty, Vexatious acts of Herr Falk, acting &C
cording to the orders of Prince Bismarck
The Emperor, evidently much annoyed, left
| early and the next day he sent for Prince
Bismarck, who pleaded ill-health. A second
messenger ordered the Prince Immediately t.
appear at the castle, unless he were so i'll a!
to have to keep his bed, in which case the
Emperor would call upon him. Prince Bis
marck had to obey, and was closeted fol
more than an hour with the Emperor. On re
turning home, he at once sent in his resigna
i ton
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
Henry Claws Wager.

In 1914, when the peace commission, com.
posed of Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams,
James A. Bayard, and Albert Gallatin on the
part of the United States and Lord Gambler
and Mr.. Goulbourn on the part of Great
Britain, were endeavoring to come TO an un-
derstanding on the important questions of
the navigation of the Mississippi river and
the fishery privileges, the British plenipo-
tentiaries sought to alarm the Americans by
informing them of the invincible army which
was moving on New Orleans, supported by a
powerful feet. They dwelt on the gallantry
and daring of Packenham, laid much stress
upon the superb character of his troops,
which they truthfully declared were the
flower of the British army, veterans of the
victorious Peninsular campaign, and Lord
Gambler gleefully remarked: "New Orleans
will soon be in our possession, and the free
navigation of the Mississippi assured to us"
This greatly nettled Mr.. Clay, who had de-
termined never to concede the point as to the
great river, which, with prophetic eye, he
saw must one day become the grandest COM
mercial highway on the globe, and SO, with
the instinct of the true Kentuckian, he at
once offered to wager Lord Gambler that the
British army would never capture New Or
leans, and that Packenham would be dis
astrously defeated. "For," said he, az am
informed that General Andrew jackson,
from Tennessee, has gone to New Orleans,
and have the most implicit faith in his
ability to cope with your army" Lord GAM
bier joyfully accepted the wager, which he
fixed at 100 guineas. When the news of the
route of the British army at Chalmette and
of the death of Packenham was received in
Europe, Lord Gambler approached Mr.. Clay
at grand ball-given, we believe, in honor
of the success of the negotiations at Chem
and handing him the l00guineas, said: "Mr.
Clay, believe there are three kinds of be-
ings under the special care and protection of
divine Providence--lunatics, drunkards and
the American people,"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
JEANNIE's LOVER.
The Late Calamity on the Tay-A Scotch
Lassie's Romance and Its Sad Ending.
Tpiffaburg TeIaO,anh

Did you ever see pretty young Scotch
girl, who had been carefully educated and
brought up in the middle class of Scottish So
ciety2 If you nave never had the good for
tune to see one, your life has not yet reached
the zenith of its possibilities. A bonnie
Scotch lassie with the clint white locks"
that Bobbie Burns loved to speak of
with big blue eyes, that are almost childish
in their modesty and shyness, with
pretty, round cheeks that wear the lovely
pink tints of perfect health, with a supple,
slender figure and neat foot, encased in a
sensible, thick soled boot, and slim hand,
slightly Drowned by the absence of gloves.
A classic with all this l. as pleasant sight
as one could wish for on these cloudy, disa-
greeable days. Just such dainty classic"
could have been seen in household in AL
legheny little more than a week ago. She
is not there now. She does not exist save in
the memory of her friends and in that great
receptacle of sorrow, the past. In her place
there is woman with nothing of brightness
or happiness about her. She has "big blue
eyes," but they are dull and expressionless,
all their brilliancy being washed away by
frequent weeping. Her face is pale, color
less and thin. The sprightly grace that
once gave a charm to her walk and her
| figure, has gone, and she walks about like an
old woman who has lost all hope, and
has discovered that the world is full of Bit
terness and care. The first and second pic
lures are of the same person so far as actual
identity and name are concerned, but oh,
how they are at variance in heart and soul!
The change is striking, and it came about so
suddenly that the writer sought to learn the
cause of it all, and this is the story that was
told 10 him: Sometime ago gentleman
who lives in Allegheny went abroad for a
pleasure trip, taking with him his wife and
young children. Some of the gentleman's
Immediate ancestors had been born in Scot
land, and he desired to spend considerable
time in that country, and did so. During the
visit of the party one of the children was
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
A DREAM OF LONG AGO.
BY AMANDA NJ. BRIGGS.

Soft sleeps the earth in Nights embrace,
The river murmers low,
While softly Fancy's fingers trace
The scenes of long ago;
Somehow, in Silly nights like this,
That parting in the lane
Comes back in all its dreary bliss
And all its bitter pain.
How well l can recall the scene,
The haunting picture fair,
The fitting shade, the silvery sheen,
Athwart Nelrs golden hairi
Just how the lazy river swept
Down past the rHined mill,
And how. the moonbeams softly slept
Upon the dis ant hill.
The starlit fields, the dewy grass,
The meadow lark's sweet song;
The purple hills, the narrow pass,
The river winding long;
The ring-doye calling to his mate,
Adown the dusky lane;
The cooling notes with sadness freight
The night-birds low refrain.
/ could not speak the word Farewell"
OH Why had we TO partl
Ard in that sweetest starlit dell,
To sever hear from heart.
We vowed beside the solemn stream
Our love should never die,
Though sun aud moon should cease to beam,
And earth forssken lie.
But when the years crept on space,
Aud i, too tired to roam,
Came wandering to tue dear old place
Back to the dear old home.
Why did they sadly lead me to
The City of the Dead?
Whose grave was this where daisies grew,
Whose name was IL / read2
All WE'LL the sunny locks so fair,
Time can not silver now,
Nor leave such marks Of whitening care
As shadow my worn brow.
And all the years have left to me
Is tress Of golden hair.
darkened life, memory,
Aud hope Of heaven fair
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
Generous for a Purpose.

Two Of those ornaments made OF plaster OF
Paris favored with sugar were bestowed
upon an urchin with the usual warning,
"Don't eat them, whatever you do; they will
poison YOU" For some time they were re-
garded by him and his younger brother with
mingled awe and admiration; but at no dis
tant day their mother missed one. "Tom,
said she to the owner, whe was just setting
forth for school, "what have ZEE done with
that fgure2" "Giv'd it to Dick was the
reply, "and if he's living when come home
1 mean to eat the other one myself, can
tell 'ee.n
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
A new method of ornamenting elegant n

A new method of ornamenting elegant re-
ceptlon and evening dresses is with hand
painting. A vatican dress of amber satin
was worn lately, the train of which was
painted in shaded oats, small daisies and but
tercups. A brical dress of ivory satin was
painted upon the deep square front and side
panels with delicate lilies of the valley and
grasses. Upon black satin we have seen
bands painted with small, blue forget-me-nots
set close together, and used in the same way
as mounting small figured brocade. The
merit of this decoration is its originality and
the fact that young ladies can in this way
enrich their costumes in a more novel
styles and with less expenditure of time than
is involved in embroidery.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21

Kid lace, as an ornament for the top of
gloves, is great improvement upon Black
or white thread, or point lace, at least so far
as durability is concerned. Real lace upon
gloves is most useless extravaganza as It
can only be used very short time, and IL
liable every moment to accident in getting
them on.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
Curious Epitaphs.
From Burlington, o.

Here lies the remains of Mary Jane Lovder,
Who burst whilst drinking a seidltz powder;
Called from this world to her heavenly rest,
She should have waited till it efervesed.
An epitaph on a headstone near Helstone,
County of Cornwall:
We shall all die
Shall we die sll
Ali die we shall
Die all shall we
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21

meaningless ticking of the instrument sharp
ly and distinctly came to my ear these
sounds:
The daily gazette., 1880-07-27
D EGIsTER's ORDER.

Address. Rockland, Del.
The daily gazette., 1880-07-27
Money MGIci1lg NesO
Newspapers.
York

| GOSSIP AMONG THE EDITORS-ALL BUSY
AND COMING CASH.
A New York correspondent says: at
may interest you to know that all the
newspapers here are coming money. The
Herald leads the van, as usual, and
see it reported that the last statement
prepared for the inspection of Mr.. Ben
nett far exceeded any of its fabulous
predecessors. Great improvements have
been made in the interior of the Herald
building, and visitors who haven't seen
it in year would be amazed at the
transformation. The library is superb
in its spaclousness, the editorial rooms
are models of comfort and convenience,
the army of reporters are housed in an
apartment that utilizes a dozen or more
enormous windows looking far up
Broadway and Park Row and fronting
st. Paul's church, while the composltors
revel in mansard roof and more light
air than all the brethren in the city COM
bined. The Telegram, with its 10000
daily circulation, shares the present con-
veniences of the Herald. The Tribune,
Times and Sun people are very much
better housed than they used TO be, and
their press-rooms, like that Of the Her
aid, are phenomenal In their furniture.
Dana still holds the helm Of the Sun
with Mr.. England's hand on the lid of
the strong box. These two have worked
many years together, and the present
prosperity OF the sun is their best praise.
There are no changes in the staff there.
except the gratifying departure of J.
Swinton. Mr.. Bartlett's stiff pen makes
itself felt more frequently than in other
days, but Ballard Smith is still manag-
ing editor, and John Bogart is yet at
the city desk. The business is reported
as better than ever. So it is in the
Tribune office, where Whitelaw Reid
mourns the loss of his Blaine, but con-
soles himself with the thought that, after
all, Garfield's election will aid the Tri-
bune more than Blaine's could, and for
obvious reasons. The only change of
any significance there Is the retirement
of William F. G. Shanks, who, after
years of hard work, has abandoned
journals ism for trade. He is fortunate
in the possession of paying job office |
and will soon be rich.
The daily gazette., 1880-07-27
A SINGULAR MALADY.

SKIN DISEASE THAT PROVED FATAL.
Recently family composed of VIM.
II. Neiman and Eliza, his wife, took
up their residence in PhGnixville, re-
moving from the vicinity of Pugh-
town. Mr.. Neiman carried on small
business in the basement of JacobSip-
ple's building on Church street, and
the change was made from the work
of farm on account of Mrs. Neiman's
health failing in that laborious occu-
patton. For years she had been suf-
ferer, and for the last year was troub-
led with an eruptive disease that oc-
casioned her much discomfort, but she
gave it no particular attention and did
not take medicine for it until about 3
months ago, when she got medicine
for sore mouth, the disease having so
affected her lips and tongue that she
was unable to take nourishment with
out pain. Getting no relief, she plac-
ed herself under the treatment of DIR.
A. Williams. He found her suffering
from all the symptoms of mercurial
observation-disclosures an erup-
tion of the skin resembling land sour
vey and prescribed for her according
ly. For few days there was mark
ed improvement, but the case proved
to be one of such deep seated blood
poisoning that medicines were power
less to antidOte it, the termination of
the disease being known as Ictbyosis
or fish scale disease. Little pustules,
as water blisters, about the size of a
pin head, appeared over the body,
these blisters spread and run to sether,
discharging watery secretion, slight
ly tinged with blood, and as they broke
and disappeared left the surface raw;
over this raw surface formed brown
ish scab, which was circular in form,
attached to the flesh in the centre and
raised around the edges, giving it the
appearance of a fish scale. There was
no corruption in the case, no discharge
except that watery secretion named
and no sloughing of the flesh from the
bones. Mrs. Neiman died OIL Saturday
morning of exhaustion, being unable
to take nourishment to resist the ter
rible drain upon her system; and the
destruction of the functions of the
skin over the greater portion of her
body. 1t is an established fact that
the destruction Of three-fourths of the
skin area on the human body makes
immediate death certainty, and in
this case the body had just the appear
ance of one scalded, and more than
three-fourbhs of the surface was de-
stroyed. After death the body retain
ed its normal color, and there was no
more rapid decomposition than in 9TH
or cases of death from disease. She
was in her 32d year.
DR.. Williams will write up this case
fully and clearly for the different med
ical journals, and it will doubtless ex-
cite much comment as the complica-
tions here arising are rarely met with.
The daily gazette., 1880-07-27
A RuFFIAN's CAPTURE.

BALTIMORE, Nd, July 20. = John
Diggs, the negro who outraged Mrs.
Tschiefiy, near Jamestown n this State,
Saturday night, was captured about one
mile from Mechanicsville, Montgomery
county, by Mr.. DAVIS this afternoon, who
recog nized him from description given.
Mr. Davis accosted Diggs, who strenu-
ously denied his guilt, but Mr.. Davis, be-
ing armed. compelled him to submit,
and took him to Rockville, where he
was lodged in Jail at eleven O'Clock to-
night. A large and excited crowd had
been waiting for him all the afternoon
with The ayowed intention of lynching
him on his arrival. Diggs, who was
fully identified, maintained most stony
Indifference, and was apparently not at
ali alarmed at his approaching doom.
Mrs. Tscbiefy, who had been sent for,
identified Diggs, who no longer tried to
conceal his IDENTITY, and said: "Now,
boss, il I'm to die, all right; but | want
a legal trial" He then proceeded to give
his own version of the affair, casting as
persions on Mrs. Tschiefiy, which ex-
cited the crowd assembled In the corri-
ders to such degree that 1t was only
through the intervention OF the jailors
that they we're prevented from lynching
the villain at once.
The daily gazette., 1880-07-27
SAVED BY A DOG.

| PULLED FROM THE RIVER AND THE
QUIcKsANDs BY A FAITHFUL ST.
BERNARD.
Letter In Denver Tribune.
Last Monday a number of soldiers
went from Fort Craig to the Rio Grande
for bath. Among them were Captain
Jack Crawford. After being in the wa
ter about three quarters of an hour Cap
| tain Jack started to cross toward the
other side of sand bar, on which the
water was only from six inches TO foot
deep. Several of the others followed
Jack and they had considerable fun trip
ping leach other and rolling over in the
water, while two of the boys got Jack
down in the shallow water and tickled
him in the ribs until he was nearly ex
hausted with laughter, being very tick
lish. In order to get away from his tor
mentors Jack rolled over towards the
deep water on the lower edge of the bar,
and When he got up on his feet he kept
backing down stream, and although
there was not more than two feet of wa
ter where he stood, yet the current was
so strong that it would carry him down
should he lose his footing. He kept
splashing water on those who had been
tickling him and bantering them to come
on after HIM, when suddenly he made
two or three desperate efforts to get
back, but failed. Yet he said not
word, or the 9th rs might have Joined
hands and reached for him. No one
dreamed for a moment that he was try
ing to extricate himselffr from the quick
sand. All at once he went down like
a piece of lead. The next instant
Jacks dog Hero, beautiful st. Ber-
nard, was seen swimming toward his
master, while he set up howl that
seemed to say, I'm coming"
Jack came up about twenty-five yards
below where he went down and right In
the centre ofa terribly swift current, near
where the river made quick, sharp turn.
He was almost exhausted when the sand
broke from under him, and striking a
whirlpool, he could make little headway,
and had to use all his strength to keep
from being caught in the suction. Hill,
a soldier, as soon as he saw the dog go
for Jack also sprang into tho current,
but Hero got to Jack first, just as he was
going down the second time, and taking
him by the hair of the bead brought him
above water. Jack who never lost his
presence of mind, caught the dog oy the
back just above the hip, and the faithful
Hero brought him safe to shore almost
mile below where he first went down.
This was narrow escape as an officer al d
five soldiers went down and where never
seen. A wagon and team of mules dis
appeared in the river two years ago and
have not turned up yet. An old Mexican
brought Jack over from the opposite shore |
in a boat, while Hero never ceased lick
ing his hands and face until he came out |
of the boat.