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The Osceola times., 1881-10-29
Cattle Raising In south America.


have visited the provinces Of Parana
and Rio Grande and the state Of Monte
videu, and what | have to say relates to
those regions. Being neither an agri.
culturist nor zootechnist, have had
10 limit myself to incomplete observa-
tions, and have endeavored TO see how
those cattle which are described as half
wild, and are without any apparent
direct relations with man, have been
able to adapt themselves in a definite
manner to the different conditions OF
their life.
Nothing can be more interesting than
TO stndy those conditions in which cattle
live and are propagated without stables
and without an assured supply of food;
nothing more instructive than 10 observe
how the time of heat, and consequently
of births, the proportion of the young,
and even their survival, are differently
regulated according to the character Of
the cosntry, in consequence Of different
physical conditions. Nothing, moreover,
can he more curious than TO study the
habits OF these supposed wild cattle, TO
see them li,;sg in isolated societies,
possessing real notions Of what 10 belong
The Osceola times., 1881-10-29
Agitation In Africa.

Africa is the cause of much agitation
in Europe at present. The Egyptian
disturbance seems TO be in fair way of
settlement without the intervention of
the powers" Though the insurrection
was really directed against foreign inhu-
ence in Egypt, which Turkey herself
would be glad enough TO get rid Of, the
only result of the emeute will be the
more firm establishment of the English
and French protectorate over this Turk
ish province. The Sultan. moreover, is
actively engaged in bringing about This
result. The sick man" has TO be recon.
ciled TO whatever the We. tern nations
think TO be for their advantage; and on
tho other hand. though England, for one
OF them, would like TO back out Of Egypt,
she can't do so with credit, and there
fore, won't do So at all. In Tunis, again,
fresh complications are threatened by
the massacre Of a number OF Christians
by the Arabs. This event il not caicu'
lated TO promote good feeling between
England and France, since all Great
Britain knows that the possibility of the
massacre was created by French aggres-
sion.
R,.cg lead pencils were known to tho
The Osceola times., 1881-10-29
spossp . Case.
Detroit Free Press.

Yesterday forenoon a couple Of excur-
sionists took seats on the east poitico of
the city hall, directly under the window
OF the chief OF police. He was a bean
pole looking chap Of %, with dust an
inch thick ON his back, and she was an
auburn haired angel Of 20. wearing "A
solid shoe, and chewing three quids OF
gum rolled into one. For long time
they sat and looked at the fountains,
and sighed and were silent. Then he
tenderly quoriei:
Hammer, isn't it dreary?"
YUM" she answered.
81 could sit here forever" hc whis.
pered.
II don't believe | could-Id be- hun.
cry"
More silence and signs, and then he
took her elbow in his hand, and said:
Hammer, I'm hungry now"
"Didn't yon bring biscuit along"
Hungry for yonr love, Hanner-no
for biscuits. Hammer, sposen We sposen
case.
"Well."
"sposen ! knew Justice of the peac,
who would marry u.s."
'IIow much?"
Two dollars"
''liaye you got the money!
Hammer, do you doubt my lover Nv,
got rs cents, and I'll hunt up the hsrkel
boys and borrow the rest"
"I'm afraid"
Now. Hammer"
Il can't; you kaow ,sy folks don't like
you.'
Hammer, hitch this way tall talk ia
you. sposen l bought yon peanuA and
candy and watermelon. Sposen you re-
turned my great love, and concluded Ia
hitch 10 me before some other girl cap
tured the prize? We'd gently slip down
these steps, turn the corner Of this state
ly edifice, walk TO the shop Of justice,
and you'd have me and I'd have you.'
"Oh. dear, but ia would rave"
Hold on, Hammer. Your pa needn't
know it-no one will know 1t. Wen
keep it silent as the grave until had
made your old man respect me for what
! am. Gimme half a show and I'll make
your pa foller me around like calf with.
in q year, and your mar will fairly love
the ground | walk on. Come, Hammer,
let's slip"
"0h, Gawgep
Hammer Hammer, Think Of the ro-
manee--the love-the mystery--the ten
derness gold watches and diamond
rings and silk dresses"
sWhen?n
"Why, next year. when wool comes
oif. Don't own forty acres Of land,
Don't / dote on you? Would ask you
70 slip around II didn't love you above
the best hoss in the county. Hammer,
let ms slip"
"And you really love-"
Then they slipped. They caught sight
ofa six foot farmer coming up FROM the
walk, with big cane on one arm and
his wife ON the other, and the girl slid
for Michigan avenue and the lover for
Griswold street, the latter whispering to
hinsslf - hs dodged through the city
I1ncs ~ II, ~ - knocks oxen
The Osceola times., 1881-10-29
Odd Origin offires.

A correspondent Of a London paper
warns people against throwing broken
bottles among sun dried grass or peat
at this time of the year, az the bottoms
Of such bottles frequently act as burning
glasses. The Australians know that ex-
pensiye and damaging bush fires have
taken place in Australia in consequence
Of broken bottles having been carelessly
thrown down among the dried scrub.
So, too, camp fires at Aldershot, and
bush fires on English commons, may
have their origin in parts Of broken
bottles acting as burning glasses.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-29
PLEADING

Come back. dear heart, and love me still.
For all IL dark and dreary and cold;
! little thought my pride and chill
Would lose for me thy tender fold;
Come With thy bli,hesoins tone and ways
I loved 30 well those olden days
O, I have waited all the.e yean
Ny life has sunk 70 embers low,
And In these eyes now dead 10 tears
Thou'll read the anguish OF my woe.
Then wilt thou. dear, not come 10 me,
And kiss my lips so tenderiyl
All yes, dear heart, still must pray,
Though night aud age are drawing nigh
Thou'll feel for me, 50 far sway,
And try % love me ere die,
And with sweet memories Of the past
Thou'll come at last. thou'll com at lsst.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-29
Beautifrl Comp erioas.

The discovery Of arsenic in the re-
mains OF the unfortunate Jennie Cramer,
and the mooted question rs TO whether
it was administered to her or whether
she had not taken it herself for the pro.
servation Of her remarkably white COM
plexion, says New York correspondent,
has revived the subject of arsenic eating
in this city. A chat with one or two
prominent chemists and physicians has
given me some idea Of the extent to
which this pernicious and dangerous
p,s;ime is induiged in.
1t has its foundation. of course. in the
The Osceola times., 1881-10-29

WHES women are advisers the lords
Of creation don't take the advice until
they have persuaded themselves that it
is just what they had intended to do;
then they act upon it and if succeeds
they give the weaker vessel hslf the
credit Of il; If II fails they general give
her the whole.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-29
Two Organs.

Regulate frt the stomach, second the
liver; especially the first, so as to perform
their functions perfectly and You will re
move al least nineteen-twentieths of all the
ills that mankind is heir TO- in this or any
other climate. Hop Btters is the only
thing that will give perfectly healthy natu-
raj action TO these organs Maine Eumer.
The New York Commercial ldtrerfiser
advises Prof, Bel! 10 have his induction
balance" stuffed.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-29

R,.cs lead pencils were known to tho
ancient Romans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-18
GENER4L NOTES,

-Four students who were suspended from
Pardue University, in Indiana, for violating new repu-
laon which exacts from all students pledge thar they
VIII not join any Greek letter. society during their COL
lege course have brought the courts 10 test ina
right OF the faculty TO impose such a restriction.
Before their departure for home on the
City Of Pekn the Chinese students signed letter thank
ing the citizens Of San Francisco and Oakland many
acts OF kindness and courtesy which had made their stay
at the Golden Gate one Of their agreeable recO-
lectlons.
The announcement that the famous tennis
court at Versailles Is being restored prompts Tie Pail
Nail Gazette TO say that "the present fussy Municipal
Council lof Parisl with its sigismund Lacroixs aud
Tony Revilons, others have done before it, every
month blots out-sometimes it would seem from
that spoke history TO the passerhy. Even Thackerays
March," '0~ '~''
\ conspicuous increase of suicides among
the officers OF the Austrian Army has led to an 10
vestigaton and il found that pecuniary embarras
ment is the cause In 30 per cent of the cases. Tho
cost OF living has greatly increased in Austria as has
everywhere else in Europe within few years ae
same time the manner OF life among the army officers
has become more eNravagant To Offset these larger
ousy small.
Mr.. Breslin, the veteran hotel man. saws of
the recent great increase the number OF summer "a
Sorts The evident tendency 70 oyerIo the business,
and great many costly enterprises in this line haya
failed during this prosperous year. TO make any
money ana some nave run considerably behind. II 8
In this, as IN other business enterprises tendency IN
the part OF our people TO overdo their undertaken
chosen lew after ali can be s1cceSsuI T5 o.s ~,
many summer resort hOtes undoubtedly; but the stest
VIII survive"
The RcidSrIle (Ga.) Times reports the follow
ing reply of practical negro inquiries about his SER
vice in the state Legislature few years ago. Il ,uz IN
dc conservative, sab; me an Colonel Barksdn repre-
scented de tergcdder in do Walker an Wells
campaign Iwuz FUR de conservative, an dats where
was such fool might bin represntn' dc state w.t.
fur my views right. was in de senate. L didn't
draw no bills. drawed eight dollars c day. aud L
knowed my place even in dat big honor" How Joe -
Why, fmstance, ia black Dc gontncns shoes same -
ever Ub course didn't charge eIn, hut da shoes Laid
about an had an idle hand Ia brush om IN an daiI
alters give quarter My cigars an drnlan' didn't
cost cent. II a crowd nh gent'men coiu' into A
saloon dad nifty apt 30 saw Come on White an seq l.
Thank We. marstcr,' an I'd so in wild my hat of ar
drink dar nefL on, tel you, boss, lie Snartost
niggah in dat commons"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-18

| and the Brunswick and Albany railroads, with
| the proceeds of bonds sold in the North and
then repudiated, this section has been accessible
| to numbering enterprise but it is of such great
extent that the clearings thus far made are COM
paratlvely as insignificant pen-knife notch
upon a big log. In fact it is a vast timber pre-
serve from which the next generation will draw
lts supplies when the pineries which lie nearer
to che great centres of population in the North
shall be exhausted.
And what will the country do when the
Southern forests are stripped the reader may
ask. Where will the one hundred millions of
people who will live in the present limits of the
United States q hundred years hence get their
lumberY Perhaps in part from Alaska and
BRUSH America north of Canada, but we may
De sure that large portion of the supply will
come from scientific forest culture carried on
upon lands not adapted to farming in all parts
OF the country. Forestry is profitable indus
try IN nearly all the countries of Europe. 70
plant pines, frs and larches for the timber they
will furnish when full grown is regarded there
as just rs sensible business venture as to set
out young apple trees with a view to their
future frmtage. 1t is long time to wait for
returns, but the business is not for one genera
ton only. The forests on the Argyll estates in
Scotland are the results of the intelligent effort
OF three successive dukes. In tree culture each
generation plants for the one to follow. When
ever tree is felled a saplng is put in its place,
and thus tho forest while yielding a steady
revenue, is never exhausted. The time will
come when in Northern Maine, in the Appala-
chan Mountain belt of the Middle States, and
on the sandy plains of the South there will be
great forest farms where the raising OF trees
for timber will be as stable an industry as
the raising of corn upon the Western pgairies.
Besides, coming generations will not consume
lumber at the rate at which the present one is
devouring it. Farmhouses will be built with a
further view than sheltcring the first occupants
Brick stone and iron will be more used for
building material. A forest will not be fclled
to fence a farm Already slate is taking the
place of shingles for roofs and barbed wire for
fences; iron has almost banished wood Tor
bridges and for the beams of substantial city
structures while tiles and cement are ranidly
coming IN use for floors. when we haze a pop
ulation of n hundred millions the yearly con
sumption of lumber may not be as great as at
DrpSput
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-18

and living comes out of the @good" or aevil
treasure of the hearth Wesleyanism beat
doubt into comparative silence by reviving
old war cries of the faith and arming host of
Englishmen with an experience Of divine
things" that a sensible sceptic could not even
sneer ut, much less refute The men of to-day
who have this inward fame of devotion may be
trusted to oppose by their lives firm and un-
yielding front to unbelief. The truth Of Chris
tianity can never be wholly determined by an
intellectual joust or a campaign of discussions.
According to its Founder it is to be known by
its obedience A revival, in the best sense of
that term, will avail more for the conflict with
new forms of unbellef than all possible argu-
mentation. The men who, like Wesley, shall
prick the conscience and lead the heart to holy
peace-shame them to repentance and rouse
them to personal dcvotOn-these are the men
wanted i'll the coming conflict. Whether the
shall do their full share of this work
is clearly problem nos only for that body of
Christians, but for the rest of the world ALSO
1t would be a sad day when the sons Of Wesley
had forgotten how to handle the trenchant
blade of experience against the armies OF Unbe-
lief
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-18
L RIP lie SH f. EFT,
THE NEWS THIS nORNTN0.

foREIGN.-The London cable dispatch to THE
TRIBUNE says that Cherif Pacha the Eeyp-
tan Premier, is weak Minister. 49, The
British Tories are disturbed because Rus
sa and Germany have shown some concern re-
garding Egypt. - The Tunisan campaign is
proving burdensome to France. - Scotch
farmers refusing to pay high rents -
The Methodist Ecumenlcal Conference Yesterday
passed resolution condemnng the opium traffic,
- meeting of cotton manufacturers held
at Manchester has taken further stems
20 bathe the spectators - The Irish
National Convention has dissolved -
Prince Napoleon has not renowned the leadership
OF the Bonapartists. - The Berlin chess con-
gress has ended - Cardinal Ledochowsh has
resigned the Bishopric of Posen
DoMEsTIC.-Ihe President passed an unfavorable
day yesterday; at 11:3O a. rn he had severe chill
lasting half an hour; late in the evening his
condition showed slight improvement. r.
Three men were killed and two fatally Injured by
a collision between two freight trains on the Erie
Railroad, near Chemung Station, n. Y. - Papers
were filed at Denver, Col, providing for sinking
fund for the payment of bonds of the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company. -
IRE at Carroilton, No. destroyed property valued at
over $4,000. - The Jacquith Opera House at
Marion, H. was burned - A woman who
Killed two children was burned alive by a
mob In Louisiana, - Extensive forest fires
continue to rage south of Carthage, N. Y. - A
schooner on her way from Chicago 10 Buffalo was
lost, together with her crew of six men, Off White
hsh Bay. II laborer of Rockland Ne, killed
his infant son and his mother-in-law; shot and
fatally injured his wife.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Ada, Colonel Sprague
Glenmore, Crickmore and Day Star won the
Grayesend races yesterday. - There were
interesting events at the joint meeting of
the New-York and Manhattan Athletic Clubs
- The meeting at Creedmoor was brought
to close - The subscriptions for the
Michigan sufferers reached nearly $4,000. -
Gold value of the legal-tender silver dollar
4l2A2 grains), $3.50 cents. - Stocks after n
weak opening advanced sharply; but before the end
the advance generally more than lost and
prices closed weak
HE Manufacturers local observations indi-
eate warmer and fair partly cloudy weather.
thermometer yesterday: Highest, 7lo lowest &c;
average, $50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-18
4 THREATENED DANGER.

After so many prayers for relief from the
cruel stress of the great drOuth the blessed rains
which have fallen within few days over a large
portion of the parched area were greeted with
an unusually grateful welcome. Indeed, it
seems akin to ingratitude, if not to sacrilege,
to suggest that any results not purely benefi-
cont can follow the ong-delayed showers which
came to quench the violence of fire, to cool
the superheated air, TO I'll the hidden sources
OF the failing springs, to quicken the dried
roots of the withered grass, and clothe the
pasture lands once more with fresh, green
heritage. 1t is true that many of these happy
results have only been seen by the eye of
faith. The forest fires have been extinguished,
but the watercourses are still dry and the
fields remain brown and bare. The thirsty
earth soaked up the copious showers, but the
soil was dampened only few inches below the
surface, and already the dust blows in clouds
from the burrows which the plough is turning
for winter wheat, and not drop of
moisture has reached the deep roots of the
trees. Nevertheless the rains have demon
strated that the clouds have not forgotten how
to drop fairness, and everyone is encouraged
to expect fresh downpouring.
In some parts of the country the water which
lately fell was so tainted that csterns into
W
purified. This was measurably due TO the fact
that exposed surfaces which received the rain
had been 50 long unwashed that they were
covered with dust and cinders. But there is
abundant testimony that the rain caught di-
rectly i'll clean vessels was discolored and acrid,
and the faint was undoubtedly received while
falling through the smoky air. Discomfort
Of this sort is not to be dreaded in
the future, but when the autumn rains
fall in earnest they viii probably bring
something more serious than mere discomfort
The hillsides and valleys are covered with dead
vegetation which so far has been compara-
lively innocuous because of its dryness. But it
only needs moisture to generate active fer
mentaton and decay under the heat of our
September sun. The air which is filed with
the steaming vapors from this widespread de-
composition will hardly be wholesome one.
The water used by towns which depend for
their supply on streams which receive the wash
from such an unclean surface will certainly be
unwhoesOme. Reports from different lOcali-
ties show that the fall fevers are setting in
with more than ordinary violence and viru-
lence, and every indication warns prudent per-
sons to take early and earnest precautions
against malaria and infection.
This is not a pleasing topic for consideration,
but it is better to give some reflection to il be-
fore it is forced upon our notice. The fact is
we have passed through trying summer, and
the evil effects Of the unnatural conditions i'm
posed by the protracted drouth win not cease
with the first rainfall. The strain upon the
public health has hardly begun, and it is well
to prepare for what may be Immediately be-
fore us.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-18

The only difference between him and the pro-
fessional bOndsman is that one obstructs JUS
tice for the sake of the rogue's money, and
the other for the sake of his friendship. But
both work for the rogue as against the people,
and against public morality
What remedy can be suggested for this state
OF affairs? Excessive bail, to deter bogus and
professional bondsmen, cannot of course. be
required, as the Constitution prohibits it. Yet.
unless shown to be perjurer, the bogusbonds-
man cannot be refused, and the professional
or friendly bon1Suan cannot be declined if
found to be financially competent on his
own showing. Where the Observation-Disclosures
initiates prosecution before a committing
magistrate, as he occasionally does in impor-
tant matters, he usually insists that the case of
the people be heard before determining bail
but in the case OF private citizen appearing
as complainant, and the defendant waving ex-
animation, the committing magstra o declines
to hear the compliments story and fixes bail
III bind ignorance of the facts Thus the in
Jlred person 1aiI to obtain a hearing in
justification, and the offender gets away on
inadequate bonds and finally escapes either
punishment or exposure. One remedy would
he to change tle law so as to prevent the
criminal from waving not only his defence
but the evidence of the prosecution, and making
this recorded testimony competent evidence
before the Grand Jury on which to indict
without the further appearance OF the COM
plainGnt or other witnesses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-18
4 GREAT HUKlNIT4PJ1X

The religious world was startled by the an
nounccment OF the death, in Baltimore, on Sun
day last, Of DR.. Cyrus Dickson one Of the
foremost Christian teachers OF our diy and for
many years in charge of the Home Mission of
the Presbyterian denomination. The closed re-
cord OF this man deserves notice in q secular
Journal as that Of no mere the0logian or scholar
could do, for his work and life passed be-
You'd the limits OF any one sect and became
a force in the actual progress of the coun-
try and a factor in its civilization. He was a
man OF marked individuality and most in
domitable, feryid zeal. His synpathies were
intensely keen, bis Christian faith lofty,
and his heart big, glowing fire which would
have warmed the whole miserable outside
world if it could. added TO this were q fine
sense of humor and strong personal magnet
ism. No person who once met the man ever
forgot him.
The whole force of his nature he threw into
the work which he took no some fifteen years
ago, which was the outstanding and ciyili2-
ing of the poorer districts of the States and
newly settled Territories, especially the vast
Pacific slope, where the fermeuting elements of
paganism, savagery, incompetence, modern
scepticism and the leaven of sturdy American
religious faith are all at work together Into
BODY, with an energy that carried new life to
every part OF it; he made long pilgrmases to
every outlying station; his name became n
household word in the home of each poor
missionary in our farthest borders. He
carried thom all-their wants and struggles-in
his heart night and day, ~ though each man
had been his brother. Beside this, the oversight
of the details of gigantic organization
devolSed upon him. Nothing would induce
him to shirl< any portion of the weight resting
on HIM. The cause succeeded but the man
staggered and fell. He died as absolutely n
sacrifice TO his cause as any Christian martyr
who ever persisted at the stake.
Such sclf-devoton to our brother man il too
rare, in this country and time for us to allow il to
pass unnoticed. Practical men may talk of the
pity OF the sacrifice and the wasted lie. Bat
was it wasted He goes on with hiswork even
now. The sight OF this soldier, dead upon the
field of honor, is a clarion call to every honest
soul, whether it be that of Christian or a
man of the world.