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The Osceola times., 1881-07-16
WOMAN IN BUSINESS.
The stock and Mining Operations of the
FAIR Mrs. Norton.

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In June last Mrs. Norton went west on
prospecting tour, and finally landed IN
Boulder county. Col, where she told that
she represented a company of wealthy
ladies IN Franklin, Pa, who were desir-
Gus of investing their capital in mining
property, providing tirst-class property
could be secured at reasonable figures.
She purchased the Tommy Todd and
Little Alice mines owned by Mr. Geer,
agreeing to pay $4,000 for the same.
She returned to Franklin and organized
the Little Alice mining company, and at
once opened an office and began TO issue
stock. She could talk so nice, and her
manners were so precise, that she found
no difficulty in persuading many of our
best ladies into buying the stock Of the
company, and as soon as she had sold
81 600 worth she forwarded the money
TO Mr.. Geer TO secure the confirmation of
The purchase of the Little Alice and
ION ny I d mines, although she had
previously stated that she had paid for
the mines. Shortly before this, howev.
er, she held meeting and elected her
self president and superintendent.
a board Of directors was elect
ed from amongst our wealthiest
ladies', some of whom did not become
aware of the fact for many weeks after
wards. secretary and treasurer were
also elected, but, contrary TO all prece>
dent, Mrs. Norton declined to allow the
treasurer to take charge Of the cash. she
no doubt considering $500 in her pc c ,et
better than 81 600 buried in the bowels
of "O,d Mother Earth" The treas
urer resigned. Another was elected
and resigned. After this thing had
continued while people "smelt a
rat" investigated the company, but
did nothing else, and Mrs. Norton re-
manned at the head Of the concern. As
an illustration of the cheek pos esscd
by this woman, the following will suf-
flee: Mrs. Norton next called a meeting
Of the board of directors, and Informed
them that each must take 81 900 worth
of stock. This the directors emphatic.
ally declined to do. Then Mrs. Norton
explained to them thusly: "My dears,
you don't understand. You don't have
to pay any money. | will
give you $1,000 worth of stock
each, and then 90 to Meadville to sell
stock; the ladies Of that place will see
how the ladies here are investing, and
when | represent to them that each di-
rector has taken 81 600 worth of stock.
1t will be an incentive for them to invest
their money. Sce?' The directors did
finally see that this was direct attempt
on the pat of the doctor" to have
them assist in obtaining money under
false pretenses, and make them liable to
Il criminal prosecution. They didn't
take the stock.
Mrs. Norton's vexstions increased
later, as Mr.. Geer, the original owner
of the mines, came east and investigated
the lady's operations, which, Of course,
he found 10 be crooked, and denounced
the poor woman As fraud. In conse-
quence of this terribly mixed up state of
affairs, Mrs. Norton has folded her tent
and sloped for parts unknown" causing
her would bc sisters in the enterprise a
loss of about 5000, There is great ex
element in Franklin high life.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16
THE NELLIE TREE"
A Mother Who Believes 1t is Inhabi,ed At
Timesby Her Daughters Spirit.
Ne.r Work SIN

NtN lCrk sun.
An elm Tree upon the main drive in
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, near the battle
path, has been marked by polished
plate, which bears the word Nellie"
1t is shapely tree, and stands in a fa-
vorable position to attract the attention
of those driving through the PARK. The
tree is the iayorlte in the park Of Mrs.
Howard OF Columbia Heights, whose
husband was OF the firm of Howard,
Sanger q Co., and she obtained permis-
sion Of the Park Commissioners to nave
the plate put upon its trunk in memory
of her daughter Nellie, by whom it was
also much admired. Mrs. Howard and
Miss Nellie took morning drives to the
park, and always stopped their phaeton
beneath the shade of this elm. They
became attached TO the tree, and often
spoke of it, and when they separated
wrote of It to each other. Miss Nellie,
who was Is years of age, and girl Of
many attractions and charming maa-
ners, was seemingly extravagant in her
affection for the elm, which she often
pronounced to be one of the most beau
tilul objects on earth.
Last summer she went to Europe. She
died in Rome ofthe fever. Her mother
was almost heartbroken. When her
mind was fixed on her daughters mem-
DRY she felt drawn toward the elm tree
III the park, and whenever she went
there she told her friends that she
seemed to come nearer to her lost child
than at any other spot. 1t is said that
Mrs. Howard began TO believe that the
spirit of her daughter came TO that tree
to meet her, and that she now approach.
es the spot in full expectation each time
of being placed in communication with
the spirit. Wishing to set apart the tree
from the others, she caused it TO be
marked with the plate, and now it has
become known by the park laborers, as
the "Nellie tree"
Since the tree has thus been marked
it has been struck three times by light
ming, fact that arouses wonder among
some of the superstitious laboreri, but
Mr.. j. Y. Culver, the Chief Engineer Of
the park, says that the tree is exposed
so that it attracts lightning. 1t was,
however, never struck before it was
marked.
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A Growl About American Manners.
Enthar La than in ba u,rr

To man of a highly nervous temper
ament to walk in the streets of New
York is misery. Father Jonathan has
horror Of mobs; he religiously avoids
the narrow streets of the city. The side
walks of the principal thoroughfares are
so wide that only one or two spots are
ever inconvenientIy crowded, AMI that
only for an hour or so in the afternoon.
Yet, although there may be space
enough TO admit of three Dutchmen
walking abreast pass ing you on one side
and as many Dutchwomen on the other,
every fourth or fifth fellow who passes
will inadvertently jostle others, evident-
ly, as an assertion of that noble "equali-
ty' which gives to every citizen the
privilege of making himself as disagree
BILE to others as he possibly can. Occa-
sionally some overturned individual
will commit the impertinence of laying
his hands on you as if you were a fence
over which he proposed vaultine; others
tread on your heels; and, some have the
art of treading on your toes from behind
YOU. In crossing at right angles, at the
intersection of streets, when there is
any doubt as 10 which is in advance of
the other. instead of the polite delay of
a moment 10 let your neighbor pass, it is
American manners TO struggle for the
precedence as if life depended on it,
Father Jonathan was once walking down
Houston street when he met man. APP
parently respectable, who deliberately
lowered his head after the fashion of a
bull, came full tilt against him, and passed
on as unconcernedly as if he had done
the most natural thing imaginable. This
incident is, it may be presumed, excep-
tional, but it tells tale Of the state OF
things amidst which such an an act can
be possible. The man was not drunk,
nor did he display any signs of being
crazy.
The following happens not unfre.
quently: You are walking along a not
much frequented sidewalk leisurely.
On sudden a man, whom YOU did not
even know, was behind you, jostles
against your side, wheels sharply around
in front of you into a house or shop.
He could with less inconvenience to hlm-
self, have turned into his destination be-
hind your back, but he would then have
missed inHicting upon you another rude
ness. You cast an involuntary glance at
the thing, as it disappears through the
door, TO assure yourself that it had only
too legs. Fathe rJonathan finds it hard
retreat with any sort OF patience the
horse. car crowdine, which even the re-
lief of traffic by the steam cars has not
put an end to. Appalling vulgarity is
no name for it; it is worse than barbar-
ous; it ia revoltingly indecent. But lit
tie notice is taken of the immense in
jury that modern civilization has suf'
rered from the joint-stock.l imited-liabil'
ity.company craze. This is one instance
Of it. Deeds that no single individual
would venture on are perpetrated with
IMMUNITY by organizations in which in
dividual responsibility disappears, and
all honor, principle and rectitude are
subordiaated 10 dividends.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16
A Relic of the War.

A bombshell, doubtless fired by the
Federals during the late uneasiness at
the person or property of some South
erner, came near doing its destructive
work in Captain II. S. Freeman's saw
mill the other day. The circular saw
was ploughing through "A large white oak
log, perhaps the hardest wood that grows
in our forests, when it struck a still
harder substance, which broke its teeth
and suddenly stopped its progress. Up
on examination they found buried in the
stock TO the depth Of at least eight inches
large percussion bombshell which, ac,
cording to the calculations Of those IA
miliar with the growth of timber had
been there sixteen or seventeen
years, and the tree had grown over it
until there was but slight scar left.
Fortunately the saw struck the shell,
wh:ck s;;.! contained its load, SO as TO
cause no explosion.
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TEARING Up TIE BIBLE.
Extraordinary Proposition OF an ORTHODOX
Protestant Clergyman.

Rev. DR.. Swing IN Chicago Alliance.
1t so happens that all modern difficult
ties of any moment, IN the direction Of
the Holy Scriptures, are not difficulties
with a rendering, but with the subject
matter, however interpreted. There
should be in the new version elnnina-
tons of whole chapters and whole books,
on the grou-d that they make the sacred
volume too large TO be printed in good
type and still DO portable. A small
Bible means that the type is almost
microscopic. A popular Bible should be
at once portable and Of fair, clear type,
and to make this possible large part
Of the Old Testament should be omitted
from the editions Of the future.
Not only are the laws of the Mosaic
state repealed and dead, and therefore
unworthy of place In this guide OF the
public, but they are the laws of semi
barbarous age, and cast no little imper.
fiction over upon the fair pages OF the
New Testament. Tie New Testament
has suffered much from being found in
bad company. Those treatises are valu-
able as being part of the history of the
Jewish state, but not as being part,
much less valuable part, OF Chr sllan ty.
Many of the Hebrew laws we're so TN / 81
that their presence in the popular Bible
makes II essential that each clergyman
and each Sunday school teacher shal,
spend much time in explaining the re-
lation of Mosaic things to Christian
ailairs-an explanation to be made
easier by a withdrawal of the cause.
The laws about women and slaves are
particularly unjust, and their presence
in the good book will always complicate
the inquiry: "Whnt is Inspiration If,
as almost all Christian scholars will adj
nit, those laws were the temporary
statutes of a nation, temporary COM
promises between horrid epoch and q
kinder one in comparison, that legal
literature should have lapsed into quiet
ness along with the Hebrew, the Amor
tie, and Jebusite, and not be spread out
to-day before our youth, as forming some
part Of the divine truths to be believed.
Besides the savage injustice OF some OF
those laws there is much that olends
against the refinement of our more civil-
lied times. No minister, no family,
dare8 read aloud all of the Odd Tesla.
mcnt. 1t came from fir-otf time, and
jars like dlscord upon the modern
heart The Bible has already been SO
deeply injured by the timdity of it,
friends that now-since the rage of a
new version has come-it is high time
a demand were made that the best of
all books be set free from some of the
weights which so impede its progress.
Other leaders Will come along after a
time to make changes of a more radical
nature, and from their hands the Bible
will come ready TO be the handbook OF
the Christians of the next century. The
Bible will always live and always lead
man.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16

Mr.. Robert Bonner is confident that
his trotters, Rarus and Edwin Forrest
can beat the best time on record. A sun
reporter asked Mr.. Bonner Yesterday
whether he proposed to trot those horses
against time. He replied:
IF can get Rarus and Edwin Forrest
in satisfactory condition, ! may give an
exhibition trot in August. ! have not
arranged details, but either the Prospect
park or lIartiork track will probably be
selected, MS do not consider the Fleet
wood track fast enough. think either
Edwin Forrest or Rarus ought TO beat
2l0, and the former driver of Rarus,
Splann, thinks he can 60 in POS. Both
horses have trotted in 2.ll on three
quarter track, which is considered by
sporting men better than 2.l0j on mile
track, You see, on a three-quarter mile
track you go round circle of twenty
three acres, while on a mile track you
traverse a circle of forty-two acres. IL
is easy TO understand that in the former
case the turns are much more abrupt
than in the latter. No halfmile track
can be as fast as a three-quarter track,
nor any three-quar,er track as fast as
mile track. A week ago to-day drove
Edwin Forrest TO top wagon, $50
pounds. in 222l, and at present he is in
better shape than any horse I've got. |
have no doubt that both horses can beat
the best records"
Mr.. Bonner added that the rainy
season had greatly interfered with the
exercising OF his horses on his track near
TarTytown. The track had been plowed
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16
The Lortllard Brothers.
Hartford Times N. Y. Letter.

The two Lori Hard brothers, Pierre
and George, are clear ahead of all rivals
as turf men. Neither can be called
O sporting man, in the common sense but
both are ardent lovers Of the particular
sport Of horse racing, and it may be said
that they are proud Of the eminence they
have reached as owners of fine horses
and patrons of the turf Belmont, who
was ct, the front in the same way not
many years ago, seems TO have fallen TO
the rear. His interest in racing has not
diminished, but the prestige Of his sta
BILE has gone down, and the Lorillards
now carry the chief bonors in turf cir
Giles. There is q good deal Of rivalry be.
tween them, but it is entirely of a friend
" sort. PieHre's stable ranks highest,
but Georges is only little lower. At
the close Of the season last year it was
said that Pierre's stable had cleared him
over 100000. 1t is said that he expects
to do even better this year, though, of
course, racing, like matrimony. is not
always a safe thing to discount. But the
Lorillards need not care much whether
their stables bring in any money or not.
They naturally prefer to make them
pay. but even il they did not pay it
would not make much difference SO far
a. bank accounts are concerned. Their
great tobacco business goes on as il did
before they became turf patrons, and
their estate. one OF the largest in New
York, grows more valuable every year.
A large part of it is located in the best
business quarters, and has trebled and
qusdrupled in value since the founder
OF the house of Lorillard invested his
surplus profits in it. Their real estate
income alone would enable the Lpril-
lards to live royalty, even if they gave
up business altogether, and their stables
did not bring them in dollar.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16
Matrimonial Whims.
MinneaDolts Tribune

srrincfola sowir, cirI somo bmo
400 ansys,ed On adysr,isomant fnr
Wife Witch a nmhrora Inwa man
nIaced In an eastern Massocbns.,,s na'
ner claiming that she was vonng
widow and assessed of con,iderahle
n,oar.
She wrote the Io,,er GINS, 70, finn lint
if bannsned ~ str;Le he fancy 81 the
IIaw ays ciii1an ond i, resni,ed In an
exchangs of nboioaranbs and . lov;ng
correano,depce Real;z;no Of ienotb
that She was carving the iokc TOO far.
the cirl revealed thc deccn,ion and This
confession led tbe w,v IN an enoagement
and annointment between The narties IN
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16
a Story Of Disrssli.
Birmingham Post,

They say that the large bunch OF hot
house flowers which arrived rom dis
lance on the night before the interment
was sent by fair and persevering enc
my, with whom old Lord Beaconsfield
had been compelled to maintain con-
tinued warfare ever since he was first
known TO her as young Disraeli. The
lady was young, too, at that time, and
very fair. Her husband was Disraeli's
most intimate friend, and abe knew that
his advice had always been to forego the
marriage in consequence Of ner we'll
knows high spirit and uncertain temper
But what man in love ever listened to .
friends advice? The pair we're married
and star ted for their continental honey
moon according to custom. On their re.
turn Disraeli paid visit to his friend at
the beautiful mansion he had hired at
the insiigation of his brides house far
beyond the means be then had at COM
mand as beginner in the literary career
Of which he lived to become FOR q while
the leading star.
To close observer like Disraeli il was
soon easy to perceive that all had not
gone quite so merry as the marriage bells
which had SO lately chimed for the wed.
ding, and by degrees the great author
uniolded 10 his friend tale OF woe
founded on facts of temper too horrible
to rela.e, for which Disracli the blchelor
could see no remedy but speedy separ-
alton. expressing his conviction that his
friend had fallea into trouble. and that
the sooner he could manage to get out OF
1t the better. He babe him remember
that domestic troubles from his wife's
temper would soon DESTROY his literary
talent, and that. after brilliant debut,
10 would sink to nothing, and that. from
what he had already heard, he should
think that there would be found sutiici-
ent motives for separation, and that he
would assist him in the plea by every
means in his power. 81 shall never dare
TO propose such STEP" moaned the hus-
band in a desparing tone. "Oh, leave
her to mt; let me talk to her." said Dis
raeli, confidently. Il have never yet
been defeated by any woman"
At this moment the folding doors OF
the drawing.room burst open with
wrath, and before the speakers stood the
enranaed wife in her nighHown, with
her hair disheveled and a dangerous fire
in her eyes. The room adjoining was
her bedroom. She had heard every
word OF the conversation, and rushed
like fury to the defense of her domes-
tic hearth. With a shrill battle.cry she
rushed upon the enemy, and seixing the
back of the chair on which he was seated
drew it from under him as the most ex-
peditious way OF inducing him to obey
the mute summons to depart, only indi-
Gated by pointing with her finger TO the
door. She was isufocated by rage, and
could not utter syllable, The intruder,
on his side, was 30 completely overcome
by astonishment that, after remaining
transfxed for moment, he made one
bound toward the door, and vanished
without the utterance Of single word.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16

in this new competition upon September
80, 1882. The money value of the prize
will, of course, furnish no inducement
TO learned and skillful men to prosecute
this inquiry, but the hope of doing a
great service to humanity, and the fame
which would follow valuable contribu-
ton themeagre knowledge of thisscourge
ought to insure important results from
the competition.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16

stranger spoke up: "Please send him TO
my store then. There's my address. |
will take that boy as an apprentice, and,
if he holds out, he shall be my partner.
He's the boy I've been looking for"
And the merchant asked: "Why on earth
do you want such boy?" And the man
answered: "Sir, am house painter"
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16
Workingnen.

Before you begin your heavy spring work
afler winter of relaxation, your system
needs cleansing and strengthening 10 pre-
vent an attack Of Ague, Bilious or Spring
Fever, or some other Spring sickness that
will unfit you for a seasons work. ion
will save time, much sickness and great
expense il you will use one bottle Of Hop
B:sseTs In your family TIL: month. Don't
wait.-Bsssiiagt0a HaWksyc.
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16

IT is discouraeing TO learn that of all
the essays submitted to the Judges who
were appointed to award the interna-
tional prize of two thousand marks, Of
fered by the Empress Augusta, of Aus
tria, for the best work on diphtheria
not one contained any new fact with re-
gard to the origin, nature or treatment
of the disease; and that the prize was
not, therefore, awarded A new offer is
now made to the medical profession
throughout the world, for experimental
researches into the cause of diphtheria,
accompanied by essays upon the practi-
cal deductions 10 be derived from those
investigations" The committee viii;
give the decision upon the works offered
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16
E1estsss Lighting In New York.
u. Y. Latter 10 Hartford Courant,

The electric light is gaining ground
here every day. The gas companies are
In doubtful state Of mind, and it looks
- u the fhcts Of the situation justified
their approximations. 1t is q fact, for
example, that the electric light carries
With Il no danger of fire or su1ocation;
that Il neither heats nor vitiates the at
mosphsse: that st present II il cheaper
1bn6 -, While giving far more light,
- - - -, bo(k IN ths street. and
- Aqnlw an6 cl1cm, = daily
:. - Z -. 3 sle9gh
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16

up and MANFRED 10 make il elastic, so
that, sponge like, it absorbed the rain,
instead of drying in day or two, as was
ordinarily the case. SxS.a
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16

He heard the merchant growing
about the Office boy. Said the merchant:
II sent the little scamp on an errand Just
two blocks away. He had merely to
leave bundle and come right back. He
ooald have done it in Ave minutes. and
~ hes been gone two hours. III die
ehape hin whea b. rsturnA" and ths
The Osceola times., 1881-07-16
How q Man became Wealthy,
Brooklyn Eagle.

A little man was introduced to the
members of the Mining Stock Exchange,
in New York, the other day, and from
the prompt and etlectual way in which
he operated, it was apparent that he was
immensely wealthy.
"You have been out in the mines, /
hear" said one of a group of admirers,
who. though New Yorker, had estab-
lished reputation for familiarity with
far Western slang.
EYES," RESPONDED the little man, quiet
ly; 81 spent some time in the carbonate
region"
''Pretty old hand at dips and angles,
take it," observed the questioner, jocu.'
laIly.
1--WE heard tell of 'em," replied the
little man.
Rocked the cradle for yellow a good
many turns, eh?" continued the bore,
with Pll-fetch-him-out wink at the
crowd.
mo. They don't cradle now, they
crush" said the little man, uneasily.
"Ilit it hard on spur and jerk rock
for the stamp; that's the way they do it?''
'They take out the quartz and send it
to the mill" replied the little man.
Wouldn't you like TO 90 and food the
lower level" asked the amateur miner.
Want something to rinse the valves?"
The little man consented and the
crowd adjourned for wine.
How'd you hook on to the dust, grub
stake or straight prospect" inquired the
bore after the party had irrigated.
81 grub staked until | lost most of my
money" said the little man nervously.
81 see. Then scanned for a shine on
your own sleeve"
mo. The fact is, gentlemen, Pm not
miner, and never had an interest in a
shaft"
How'd you accumulate the buck
skins, il | may ask?" pursued the bore,
somewhat amazed.
1T WAS this way: Some tenderfoot
had smiled on 4 locket, and when they
came to roach for corn at the settle was
close 10 the bung. They were oiled and
| had some split tickets. | gave them
the best they could languish under was
'h-ae cooks and couple. Somehow | got
hold OF the hair and let into the pull
with two dough faces and three sprats.
let 90 sprat and caught the adver-
tisement. They doubled on me steadily
till they reached the lingering speck,
and then laid down and softened on the
starlight. That'sthe way made my
money. Good day gentlemen"
"How was it," chorused the crowd,
turning to the bore for explanation.
81 think he means that they died and
left him their property" replied the do
nestle miner.
But he didn't. He meant that three
flats had struck it rich. and on a deal
with safety pack he had held four aces
against queen full and won all the
money in the outfit.
To crystalline it, gentle reader. he was
Q skin gambler.