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Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The itinerant ministry of the Meth
)dist Church received over 700 preach
ers during 1880.
Rev. G. w. Yancey, of Louisville,
tavors sensational sermons, for he SAYS
a oars',as' - ~ s'T,rti, s.ss.4Lisxy -->',~t r.
sensational
The 9th of August has been set
aside by the Methodists RS day of
prayer especially designed TO prosper
their Ecumenical Conference.
The University of Des Moines, Ia,
a Baptist institution, has been reorgan-
lied, there being an entire change of
the faculty David +. Call is the new
President, aud he will also discharge
the duties OF the Professor Of Mathe-
mates and Social Science.
in the midsummer term of the
"School of Philosophy" at Concord,
President Porter, of Yale, and Presi-
dent McCosh, OF Princeton, will deliver
lectures this year. Ralph Waldo En-
erson has promised to read a paper on
Carlyle, If his health will permit.
There are at present 6.379 schools
in Austria without teachers. Over 4, $50
places have been temporarily filed
with individuals who have received no
suitable training; and 1896 schools had
10 be closed altogether, as even these
unframed individuals are beginning to
become scarce.
Brother Harrison. known as the
"boy preacher, has concluded a re-
viyal season Mt Meriden. Conn, during
which he has induced about one thou
sand one hundred persons to profess
conversion. A book containing the
life OF this brother has recently been
written by an evangelist named Davies.
who says in his preface that he has
submitted the pages to the young man
in order TO be certain as TO the correct
ness of the statements made in them.
These statements comprise some of the
most wonderful religious exploits ever
recorded,
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26
rue story Of = Tame Walras.

The Spanish bark Odulia, from Liv-
erpool. now lying at Welch, Rithet d
Co. 5 wharf, has on board n tame wal
rus or sea lion. This animal was
captured by Captain do Abortiz thirteen
years ago while cruising in Behring
Straits. 1t was then "a pup" was
trained by him, and has been his con-
slant companion ON all his VOYAGES ever
since. He is called "SenW," and an
swers TO his name or to q blast from a
silver whistle blown by his master; bat
II blown by any one else be pays not
the slightest attention to the call He
cats bread and meat, enjoys tea and
tobacco. He is as passionately fond of
beer as an old topper, and on many oc-
casions has become geniesly tight"
from imbibing too heavily. When
caught he weighed nineteen pounds,
but he now turns the scale at 4ll1
pounds, has two enormous tusks, meas
ures six feet three inches Rt the girth,
and is eight feet four inches long. AS
the Captain good naturedly remarked,
rs he showed the brute to q few visit
ors, he is becoming zone big noos-
ance." In bright weather he sleeps in
the sun on deck. During heavy blows
he resorts to kennel, but when the
weather is calm he leaps overheard and
sports about the ship for hours, catch
ing and eating fish. When tired OF
swimming he is hauled on board in q
great iron basket. On one occasion,
off the Cape of Good Hope, a great
shark tackled Seuor laying hold of one
OF his paws and biting off two of his
toes, but Senor dove, and coming up
under his enemy's belly, ripped him up
with one thrust of his great tusks, and
hevnnred him with savage cries of de-
light and satisfaction NJ - ,eay rOuu
vi the Captain, and when the latter has
been absent from the ship for day or
two he mani ests his uneasiness by q
laundering noise not unlike the sounds
that might be emitted by two or three
scores of dogs barking in chorus Senior
is perfectly docile, allows himself to be
pa,ted on the head, and is very suscept-
ible to kindness. - Victoria British Co.
l1fylbi1l ('DlODiSt
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26
HUMOROUS.

The Lowell Citizen has discovered
That al. S." printed after the sigma.
lures on the blanks Of legal documents
means Lick the Seal. :"
What is loveP asks an exchange.
Love, my friend. is thinking that you
and the girl can be an eternal picnic 10
each other -Sdteh Sunbeam.
-" Fruit eaten at night is banefnl.r
This is one OF those wise axiOms proved
to be true by Adam His trouble was
caused by eating an apple after Eve
Boston Transcript
,uso,IM sRo,sIMs lls saRpQss. that a great bore in
well. A man is seasondbyn tffessen
when he is clothed in pepper and
salt suit. Boston Courier
Several brothers recently got into
quarrel over pie, and the littlest one
lelt less kindly toward the biggest, who
took his part, than he did toward any
Of the others. - Boston Post.
Six months ago middle-aged man,
a former resident of Gosper Swamp,
had to borrow money TO buy burro to
go to Santa Carrina Mountains pros
pecting. He sold, the other day, a
mine for $40, 900, and has better mines
still for sale. e.--Arizond Paper Six
months ago Chicago man had to bor-
row money to go to Leadville. He
sent the other day for more money TO
come home with. Chicago Tribune.
Jones says that there is one thing
about which he and his wife can never
agree, When he says woman is
homely, Mrs. j. always sees something
interesting about her; and when he
speaks of another as pretty, his help
mate will inevitably declare that she Is
positively ugly, or at least remark that
she cannot for her part see where peo-
ple's eyes are. Greater philosophers
than Jones have pondered over this
same problem during their whole lives,
and died at last, leaving il unsolved.--
Boston Transcript.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26

and also the rising ana The boiling Of
the sea Over the boilint sea, hiph up
in the air, is patch d white cloud.
formed by the condemnation of tho
yapor when it reaches the required
height. The bulls-eye SQUALLS on the
west coast of Africa are olprecisely the
same nature. In these cises the air is
too dry TO furnish the elmd necessary
TO make the spout, of enter of the
gyratory movement, visibb.
In hot, dry climates sh,se ascending
whirls OF air form sand buts or pillars
OF sand. Both water sH, is and sand
spouts are hollow, -Scii fic AlRcricdn.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26
Artemns Ward as a Boy.


Waterford, Me-. Is full of recollec-
tions OF Charles Browns boyi pranks,
and his fellow-townsmen take pride in
relating them, though time was when
they caused not little ominous shak-
ing of the older heads. bringing forth
repeatedly the prediction that he
would never come TO any good. One
of his earliest exploits was the organ
izing of circus that moral institu-
tion dear to the heart of the small boy.
Dressed in one of his mothers gowns,
his head ornamented with her best
bonnet, the future "genial Snowman "
acted as clown, ring master and man
ager-in-chief, with his village cronies
as assistants. His fathers red COW.
covered with blankets and provided
with stuffed ooat-sleeve for q trunk,
served as the elephant, aud by long
and careful training was brought into
the ways of the circus trick-mule, The
occasion of all others was the initiating
of some country greenhorn into the
mysteries OF the "show business" by
permitting him TO ride the elephant.
When such a youth was found and
brought in, he was placed on the back
OF the animal with great ceremony, to
be as surely tossed SKY high" Upon
this, Charles would express the great
est surprise that the elephant should
act so. and would commiserate the
poor victim with much concern.
(Charles continued all his life n friend
and patron of the circus. -Scribne,'S s
M0nthiy.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26
TAE sroPRINa oF az oLonn

surprising falls the instantaneous calm,
Jhe sudden sllonco In my chamber sn illt
I,sihtinR iitt my head Ia half alarm--
ihe clock has stopped-thRts al.
The clock has Hioppedl Yet why have I So
a, m Instant fcoliug almost like 1lsmnyY
why note is sltonUo sooner than its souud2--
For t has tirked all dav
70 may NE beside my own 20 on.
, And such ,9mpani nghip unbecded keopi
0oinphuiun ship scarce roCOgnigpl TN gone
Aud lost Ia sudden sleep.
Ana SO .eg ole sings Heaven daily grants
Arc ~ IN lt very 0Ommunucss forgot:
We utlie heed what anHWeTeth our wants
Until u answers not
A stranRcn7s' tallcth on fnmiilar ways,
As Y sumc pulse were gone beyond rcrnll.-
something Gnih ught ui, linked with all our
days
Somc clock has stopped that's pll
--tft0ipt H. tOoHicr, n f0utls Companion.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26

"A gentleman at Dubuque. Iowa.
had rattlesnake, blue racer, and a
garter snake in a box, all three coiIed
lovingly together and in comatose
state. Their bodies were as hard ms
rocks, and they appeared as though all
life had been frozen out of them The
warm sunshine soon revived them, and
the rattler showed signs of crawling
out of his old coat, the new dress OF
yellow shining through the dried aud
worn one. The gentleman threw a
shovel full Of snow over the reptiles.
and they instantly Strengthened out as
stiff and apparently as dead as any other
defunct snakes. BY applying some
warmth again they became as animated
and dangerous as ever.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26

Thou rainost on my BOSOM -
sung the Earth 10 the April showers.
"Oh, dry upr' growled the sun, as he
shone out from behind the clouds, No
music in his Sol.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26
Lettuce.

To grow crisp and tender head let
tuce, the soil must be mellow and rich.
One OF the pleasant features of raising
lettuce for home use is to have it come
in succession, and this can only be at
tanned by planting at different times.
three or four weeks apart. The later
crops come from sowing the seed in the
open ground in some sheltered spot rs
early in the spring as it will do to work
the ground. The seedbed should be
made mellow and smooth, and the seed
may be sown broadcast or in shallow
drills, covered very lightly by raking
over the bed with q wooden rake, draw
ing the rake in the direction of the
drills. The latter method is preferable,
from the fact that while the plants are
small the spaces between the rows may
be disturbed with hoe, and the growth
of the plants fastened, rs well as the
weeds kept down. Among the very
best sorts for family use, one that is
widely and favorably known Is the
Early Curled Simpson. This is favor
ite with market gardeners, and is ex-
tensiyely grown in the vicinity of New
York. When planted on rich ground it
grows into large head that on the
table will be found crisp, tender and OF
good quality. Another and very excel
lent variety is the Hanson, which grows
to large size, forming solid head,
crisp and of fine flavor and very popu.
lar among the consumers. Tennis Ball,
Boston Market, Early Butter. and other
sorts, are priced on the table when
grown on ground that is in good heart.
There is neither profit nor pleasure in
attempting to grow lettuce on poor,
thin soil. In planting in the garden set
the lettuce one foot apart each way, and
then keep the ground mellow and free
from weeds ~ L. Tribune
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26

Seventy years ago the first Chris
tian baptism OF Hindoo took place.
There are now In India. Burmah and
Ceylon 800, 600 native Christians.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26

Prof. Grimmer says that within the
next ten years this country is To lose
$4,000, 900 inhabitants by epidemic,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-18

believe he was led to write that after reading
the preamble and resolutions of that Dand-
ridge meeting on the night of the 7th inst.
The citizens of Sewer county (not SEWER
ville) in that meeting simply asked Congress
to have the work of cleaning out French
Broad River to commence at the mouth and
work up stream, SO that it would be of some
service to the whole country. What benefit
could it be to the county to spend
the money appropriated between Dand-
ridge and Leadvine? If Congress
made the appropriation to be spent there,
then have no more to say. But Congress
was not quite that silly. And let me just
give my friends in cambridge little advice.
The more publicity they give this matter the
worse for French Broad River. If Congress
finds out that the money is being spent
away up there, instead of beginning at the
head of navigation, we will not get another
dollar. Just imagine how embarrassing it
would be to our Congressman to be called
into the committee room by the committee
and asked if it is true that they commenced
work away up at Leadville instead of at the
mouth. To my mind it is misappropria-
ton of the money.
Now, gentlemen of cambridge, 60 slow,
and don't accuse us of thing we are not
guilty Of You can't find man outside of
jefferson county that will approve your
course, from the President and Congress
| down. I have often heard the expression,
the Bible is true; f." but that will have to
be qualified in the future in this county.
| FL.
Sevierville May -, 1881.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-18
Actresses Kisses.

Janauschek's kisses are but rare, and
the are very matronly. They come with
words that are growled forth from . deep.
embedded diaphagm and are mere
touches not lik g what Sol iene's used to
be in the DAYS of old when she gave her
stage lovers the full benefit of the msmoth
cave that yaws cross her face. There is
more rlsses to the square foot Of Soldene's
mouth tIan that of any other woman on
the stage. Alice Oates did some pretty
kissing, especially at er her ninth mar risge
when varied experience had made her q
mi tress of styles, She could kiss high
tragedy or low c,medy, and between the
two extre es ring in every known variety
from Mod 'ska's stately iciness to Pauline
Markham's smack. With her tive fth
and present husband, however. che has to
go sI"w on the kiss racket for he won't
stand 1t. Not long ago an actor. feeling
full of in piration or beer, seized her IN
the st e: & ave her hug that must have
IN adj her ribs met, and bestowed n par
OWN ISIS upon her. Mex night MI
Alice . ttes Appeared in the wings with q
big navy revolver, ready to blow tne top
IF the actors head off should hs try it
ag.'n. "r Alice says he can furnish 81
the paraxysm " ante in the family himst If
ard 9 is right. He's welcome 10 Cat all
the fac, powder and cold cream within his
reach.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-18
Cabbage Culture.
Courier.Journal.

d SPoTTsvILLE, KY., April 8. 188l.-I wish
information about the cultivation of cab,
baga The kind of soil. preparation.
varieties for winter and the number of
puants to the acre &c. SUBSCRIBER.
Answer-Sow the seed early This month
When the plants grow to the proper size
tran sfer to the hill. The soil should be
such as has been cultivated until compact
and should be heavily manured from the
barn-yard, ash-pile, &c. TIE manure
should be in the form of compost and
worked I'D until quite fine. Let the ground
be- deeply plowei and thoroughly pulver-
ize1 and leveled. Set in rows two and q
half feet .art, md let the pl .nts be about
two feet apart in the rows. Stretch line
50 the lows will be straight Draw and set
the plants after a rain, about GOO or 8 600
TO the acre. Cultivate with hoe near the
pl ,nts. and pillow with light double
shovel to keep the soil light. Caboa. Q
will grow rapidly in very warm westh, r
aud after many warm rains. Th y become
fully matured by cold -ather, and may
be kept in the usual way AS to variety,
there IS 4 diversity of opinion. For winter
standard XIII de, Flat Dutch, Drum head.
Gregory's Mammoth Marb head, &c. If
! YOU select any ut the best varieties and
cultip ate the u well in r.cn ground, moth
ing short of u very bad season will prevent
| an enormous yield. The cabbage wo m is
| the greatest rawbsck TO cabbage culture.
| A thousand ways of exterminating this
| pest have been suggested. and yet not
one that may be said TO be entirely salts
| factory. Dust, lime, coal oil, gypsum
| hot water, asnes. g., have been tried, and
! sometimes effectively. r.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-18
Some Fast TRAVELLING.

Gin Wedaesd,y last telegram WAS seLt
from San ancs SEQ to Boston, informing
Mr. M. Il. DeY oung, editor of the San
Franc'scp Chronicle, of the dangerous ILL
Ness OF Bis mother. Mr.. DeYuung imme-
dlate'y started westward. ana telegrsphed
YES erday from Detroit to Chicago for .
special train which W. uld reach Omxhs
in time to eaten the overland train, which
starts from the latter place ut noon. Mr..
Chicago Burl'ngt n s. Quincy Raj road.
plac d his special Car 81 Mr. p Aoung' Z
disposal. The sp cial reached Council
Bluffs ut III this morning. The sctual
running time distance 49t miles-wa'
twelve hours md twen'y-four minutes
The last 800 mi es were made by one
engine. This Is regarded as remarkable
time
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-18
T. n en- out Moths.

Buy the tar paper in sheets flom the
drug store. It costs 80 Cents for dozen
large sheets. Have the wooden articles
well brushed, and wipe off with little
diluted ammonia any grease spots rs these
arc the piacrs where it Is most kelly the
moth will have laid its eggs II you see
any suspicious looking white films upon
cloth, SECURE against these by pressing
tn an with hot iron over q damp cloth.
The most delicate white WOODEN and furs
can b-laid away in this paper withous any
protection as the lar does not rup off For
large fur-lined garments envelops the
CLOAK at It's full leogth with tar paper q d
tben sew it up in course linen b x. hang
ing 1t Up, as if 1t WAS canvas-cove d
ham. The coarse, glossy, gray linen thai
comes 50 cheap for ulsters and Summer
coats is the right thing as it is slippery
enough to repeI the "a tbs, moths like soft
nests and d. not ike linen fiber The tar
paper alone is sutfi cieut if you put the
co.ks away in a cnest Ifyou hang it up
it is bsst t. We Dag for it.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-18

We have received from the International
Committe of Young Mems Christian Associ-
ations a notioo of tho convention to be held
at Cleveland, Ohio, from May 25th to 29th,
to which we are requested to call attention,
and also the following statement of the
strength and work of the association in this
country: .-...
The associations in the United States and
Canada now number about 1000, with 1O0,-
900 members. The late census shows that
in this country there are 800 cities, each of
which should have an association vigorous
and active enough to employ competent
young man as managing secretary, to Or
ganize and develop an aggressive work for
young men. About 100 of these cities are
maintaining this important branch of Chris
tan word. TO place the international COM
mittee in a condition to extend 1t to others
will be one of the objects of the convention.
Delegates will be present from not few
of the 1O7 college associations representing
many thousand college students.
From 80 railroad centers delegates Will
| come to report progress In the work among
railroad men and to cooperate In the extern
sion of this work to many other points along
the so, 900 miles of American railroads and
among the 800, 900 employees on the pay
rolls of American railroad companies.
German-speaking delegates from score
of German speaking centers of population
will be there to report a progress unprece-
dented in this branch of work for young
men, and to take means to still further ex-
tend it under the leadership OF the German
secretary of the committee.
The associations in Canada will also send
large delegation across the lakes.
Another interesting group of delegates
will consist of Christian commercial trav-
elers, who have been organizing of late
years an efficient work among young men of
this class in connection with the Y. M. &. A.
A few such delegates attended the Balti-
more convention two years ago, but since
then the work has widely extended, and
measures will be taken at Cleveland to give
it new impulse.
A work among colored young men at the
South, full of interest and promise, will be
reported.
The international committee has also re-
ceived word that the associations ON the
other side of the Atlantic will be repre-
sented.
Among all the classes of American young
men above enumerated, the international
committee, under instructions from the con-
vention, is conducting a vigorous and ag-
gresslve work, visiting secretary being in
charge of each department. The report of
the committee will bring the whole sub
ject before the convention and leading
Christian young men from all parts of
the country will be there to deliberate upon
| the good results already secured and to de-
wise how this interesting work in all its de-
partments may be extended SO as to reach
the vast and growing multitude of young
men who need the fellowship and sympathy
and mutual cooperation and help which
have made these associations, wherever
they have been wisely administered, bless
ing to the communities among which they
have been organized.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-18
French Broad River Improvement.
andridge Waterman.

At largely attended meeting of enthusi-
astic citizens of cambridge and surrounding
country, at the courthouse May Z, 1881, A.
Webb was called to the chair and the object
of the meeting explained E. NJ Moore
1 was elected secretary, and the following pro-
| ceedings were mad
A committee of five, J. A. Woodsides,
John Mitchell, w. P Hoskins, Joseph L.
Bible and Joseph Cowan, was appointed to
! draft resolutions. A speech was made by
John Mitchell, opposing the very unjust
| move. The resolution was read and are as
| follows
Whereas, A meeting was held in SEWER
vile, May End, 1884, in which resolutions
were adopted asking Congress to so change
the programme of appropriated labor for
the improvement of French Broad River,
| requiring the soon expected labor to COM
mence at the mouth and proceed up said
river until the appropriation be expended 4;
and,
Whereas, Such change could only result
detrimental to the citizens of cambridge and
Jefferson county, and benefit only a few in
dividuals of Sevierville and Sewer county !;
and,
WHEREAS, 1000 has already been ex-
pended on the Improvement of said river
from cambridge to Leadvale, which, if the
programme be changed, will unayoidably be
lost and benefit no one-whereas if the labor
is proceeded with down the river as COM
menced, said river will soon be opened, and
the citizens on both sides of the river, from
Knoxville to Leadvale, will soon be receiv-
ing alike the many advantages of its naviga-
BILE waters; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the citizens Of Dand-
ridge and jefferson county, as solid body,
protest against any change whatever in the
programme of said internal improvement on
the French Broad River.
Resolved, Therefore, that committee be
appointed, whose duty it shall be to corre-
spond with Hon. L. G. Houk upon this mat
ter, and get up any required petition to pre-
vent said change.
BE 1t further resolved, That copy of the
proceedings of this meeting be furnished
t C Waterman and Reporter, Knoxville
oHRoNIcLE and Knoxville Republican, with
request to publish
on motion, the resolutions were adonted
"A committee of three was then annointed
to correspond with Hon. l.. C, Honk mon
the matter, viz: JOS L. Bible. J A wdod
sides and A. T. Newman; whereunon ths
meeting adjourned to meet at call of the
chair.
A. WEBB, Chairman.
E. N. MOORE Secretary.