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The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
The Happisst woman.

The following from Appleton's last
volume of "tlome Books Is excellent
and cannot be too strongly impressed on
the minds of some people: ut is an
unlucky thing for the amenities Of home
when the daughters are So strongly dis
posed 10 leave the ordinary walks Of
everyday feminine duty. The happiest
women are those who can lead the CT.
binary life, be amused by society, dress,
and conventiOnailies, and who can be
carly married. 10 the man 0i their
choice, and become in their tur1 dOmes.
ne women, good wives, and mothers,
There is no Other word no matter hoa
distinguished, which equals this. But
If this life does not come TO a woman,
and certainly it does not 10 very large
number, there can be no doubt OF the
pfoprlcty Of wOman's finding her own
sphere, her own work, aud her happicst
and most energetic Us lulness. Any,
thing cau be forgotten ui woman cN.
cept a career Of vice el vanity, on the
Gretched numbness of inaCtl0u. No
woman should insult her Maker by sup
posing he made a mistake ia makiag her
4 morbid or uscloss woman was not
contemplated IN the great plan Of The
universe. She has always q sphere. II
home is unhappy beyond her power Of
endurance, let her
Go teach Tie otuhan boy 10 read,
The orphan girl sew
Let her learn To cook, bake bread let her
adopt rolession-music, pos.ibly-and
work at It; let her go into lady's school
and teach; let her keep boarding
honse, paper walls, hang pictures. em-
broider, dust, sweep, become the mans
acer of a business do any thing huL s,t
down aud NOPE, and wait for something
" turn az. Many pair Of unhappy old
maids are now dragging ont miserable
existence in second-class boarding,
house, turning their poor little bits oi
liuery. who might. If they had leen
brave in their youth, have won u large
repertoire of thought. and a comfortable
competency. But they preferred 10 Keep
alive one little corner Of pride, and that
has been but poor fire 90 sit 10y 10
warm their thin hands, which should
not have been ashamed to work; hands
which would have been whittier for hon
est effort
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
Democracy Rising In Europe.
Letter 10 the Pan Mall Gazette.

ifAlti W Aut utl hsil hhaNAAts
Wherever we look-whether to Rus
sia, whose ruler is himself living in a
state of siege at the hands of his own
subjects; To Germany, where harmless
working men are being treated with the
utmost rigor because tire master of the
country knows that even peaceful COM
bination would overthrow the whole
ianissary system; to Ireland, where, in
spie of Austrian modes Of repression,
We are biged to confess that force has
0roved worse than no rsmedy-on every
side we sec that the old met hods are
hopeless to keep back the rising the of
democracy. Only where full freedom
is allowed is there any Lope of peace
ful issue in the long run. Mere agita-
ton for universal Suffrage, as in Bel.
gium or Italy, or isol ted demoustfa-
tons, as ut Barcelona, may mean little {
in themselves; but al Europe at the
present time the people are feeling their
way TO common aclior, which, though
checked here and there by national
jealousies ard haireds, can have but one
ending the overthrow the monstrous
m'htarism which now weighs upon the
continent. Ncv'r at any previous Pc
iiod were there men in eiery country
who regard all political movements with
a view to social objects, and certainly
never before in history have the peop e
had such opportunities for joint action
for the common good.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
4 Roman Mother.
.an Antonln Ftele rres.e

There was witness ON the stand yes
terday in the trial of the train robbers
that created a very favorable impression
The witness was AN old woman, the
mother of llumphries, one Of the ac
cused. From the character OF the tesll'
mony in this we were prepared to hear
her testify that lInmphrics, Wilkinson
and Smith had been seen on the lih, ON
and 9th of December, although II
seemed strange that she was put on ine
stand by the State To the astonlsh'
ment of all present. the mother Of the
criminal, like AN old Roman mother
made no difference between her son ana
any other person when it came TO law
and Justice. She did not propose 70
bring disgrace down on her gray head oy
swearing to lie. She testified that Az
bert Smith and her son came to her
house on the 81 of December, and Ms
supper. They lett during the night ail1
did not return until the 9Th or lOlil .,
December, when they only staid shonr'
time with her. She also swore thal 8
NJ. Smith, the brother of Albert Sn'',u''
after the arrest Of her son and his prom,
er, had come Ia her. and dirocted her "
testify that Albert Smith was ai w.
house ON the morning of December l,n,
which she refused to DO, because u We
not the truth. 5. NJ. Smith Is the lpvr
vidual who T. under arrest for perjury I.
attempting 10 set up an abb io' "'
brother.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
TIE BIRTH or. A SHAWL.

Plying the shuttle TO and fro,
Watching the web TO see il grow,
Weaving into the meshes fine
Happy thoughts Of an innocent mind,
A Young eirl stands beside the loom,
Unheeding the noise of the busy room,
While smile after smile each other chase
over the bloom Of the giriish face.
Az shyly she thinks Of the Whispered words
Which only herself and the flowers heard
The words were sweet though they were
few,
The voics tha, spoke them tender and
true"
Forgetting the shuttle and forgetting the
web,
Following with Joy where fancy led,
Again che stands al the arden gate.
ASSN the birds sing He is late, he ia late r.
Agsia she hears the step so dear,
While her heart cries out. He Is here. he
is here
Awake. little msiden, awake from your
dreaming
The busy loom its fruit Is yielding;
One ca but hope these will ever be all
OF thu sancies sweet you wove IN the shawl.
sOil a. the plumage Of birds,
White a. the driited snow,
II holds the poem Of young girls love
In the clasp OF it, fleecy folds.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
A Rain-Persuading scheme.
indianapolis News

Cant. ]. T. Campbell has a storm
theory which he offers as relief to the
drought-stticken community without
money or prlce. He proposes-if sufii-
cient capital Is offered in cooperation
10 explode 100 kegs of powder in a deep
well some place in the suburbs. The
powder is TO be so placed that cotton in
ter,tlces will prevent the whole mass
from exploding at the same instant, and
thus will be kept mp iora short time At
continuous sheet Of lire and confusion,
shooting up into mid.air a distance OF
two miles. and causing such 8 concus-
lion and such condensation Of moisture
that storm center would be formed aud
rain precipitlied. Ills theory is based
upon tie reosult Of the explosion, which
he witnessed, Of llollius' confederate
ram at the time of the passage Of Forts
Jackson and st. Phillip by Admiral Far
mgnrs fleet. lie was distant from The
explosion eight miles, but the conclusion
almost knocked him of his feet, and lie
could see th, column OF flame and smoke
shoot into the air at least three miles
high. lie also cites the Chicago Gre.
claiming that rain fell from atmospheric
disturbances caused by the fire. Even a
theoretical rain storm is blessing now,
and any cntcrprising citizen can find
Capt. Campbell at the bureau OF stats
tics, and will bc permitted to share the
glory OF this project.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22

NO wealth and no title could even
make my respect and affection for you
errater,' she assured him with simple
carneslness.
lie was pleased and satisfied with the
frank answer,
My pretty Claudia" he said; Il shall
make your wifehood so happy that you
will never regret marry only private
sfcretary"
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
A Mndern Enrli.h Woman.

NJ Il. Conway's London Cor. Gin. Commercial
| believe that the work which Mr.
Annie Besant has achieved within the
past year is unparalleled by the achieve
ment of any living person. While
lecturng to many thousands throughout
the country with never~ialling clo-
quence, always holding her audienoes
spell bound, while at the same time do
ing the l3Iger part of the editorial work
of the National Reformer, and while
Organizing branches of the league for
the defense of constitutional rights, this
lady has carried on private studies
without the aid OF professors) which
have brought her successfully through
the severe examinations Of the unlyer-
sity of London for the first division Of
the b. Sc. degree. Happily learning that
the University that it is freed from all
erations of dogma, Mrs. Annie Besant
sitting IN her lonely home, her lovely
child now far away from her, only the
great. kindly .Newfoundland dog tha
was its playmate remaining with her,
toiling 10 teach herself while she teaches
Others, is really as heroic figure as any
in contemporary England. Instead OF
being recognized as the noble woman
She is. this lady is brutally slandered by
the Christian charity which thinketh
all the evil il can of ever independent
mind. Members of parliament aad cler.
gymen have uttered the vilest nsinua
lions as to her relations with Bfadlaugh.
Those who know the facts most init
mately can alone realize the deep iniainy
of these falsehoods concerning this pure
aud heroic woman.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
Fifty Men Let "a Child Drown.
Pan Mall Gazette.

Monday afternoon ffiy strongly buil'
and well-dressed Englishmen sioo.
round the basin in kensington garden
and deliberately watched little girl @
wears of age drown in two feet Of water
II would be comfort If We could per
suadc ourselves that this chance sampl,
of the nation all happened TO be 80 *
ceptionallv thick-skulled that they di-
not know what TO do in the emc rgency
but a review OF the whole circumstance
admits of no other conception than thai
they simply did not care TO wet then
boots. An old man, who had brought
another child out ten MINUTES before
entreated them TO repeat his action, n
he was himself too feeble at the moment
but none of the selfish towards would
move. One hero asked his dog to do
something, and the four footed brute SET
the best example he could To- the bipeds
who started in astonishment at hi
prowcss. Failing the dog, his proprietor
tried the effects Of IA pole, but the pole
being too short the philanthropy and
invention Of the assembled company
were exhausted, and the poor child VA
left to perish. II anyone had said bc
forehand that of City Enelishmen taken
anywhere at random twenty five Of
them, siagly or hand in hand, would not
have dashed even into deep water in q
moment, and on manly impulse he
would have been Indignantly told that
he was slandering the race. Monday
humilIating proceedings, however, reveal
10 Us how We actually stand, explain II
AS we may.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22

moisture is not stated, nor the state oi
the season. but we should infer IL was
moist or those planted three inches
would have been better than those al
two. The same experimenier. says ne
nrelers TO cover his wheat one inch and
never more than two.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22
A Cross Baby.

Nothing is so conducive TO a mans re-
naming q bachelor as stopping for enc
uisht sf the house OF q msrried friend and
boine kapt awake for five or six hours by
lbe c9yiog Of eruss baby All cross and
0Tfne - need only Hop Bitt<b 10
ni1o - ~ se110ias- Yesns nas.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22

TnF lead used in sounding from a yes.
sci usually weighs about fourteen pounds,
but in deepsea soundings a weight not
less than I50 is frequently employed.
Wire has been largely used for line, as
it makes less friction in sinking through
the water. With hemp rope sinker of
800 weight is sometimes twenty minutes
in reaching the bottom in 500 fathoms
Of water. 80 great 10 the friction On the
line.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22

A WESTERN paper headed an editorial,
AN outburst of idiocy,' and the other
local PAPER says it is a happy caption,
and c,'sht to be kept standing.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22

"a ledge of tin ore has been dlscGsT sea
cred within four miles OF Silver on-,
aud from the assay promises to be ySg sa.
valuable in quality as well as oi coIs,s .:
erable extent" The camp needs SOM
thing to relieve it from the od,u5n, p,.ss a
the Silver Cliff. Bull Dcmingo and F~-
Verde management.
The Osceola times., 1881-10-22

Fl ! i ! ! q : { n !
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-29
The Greencastie Grain Drills.

These drills, a cut of which is given
herewith, have been in general use for the
last % wears, and are built at Greencastle
Penn, by J b. Crowel & Co, who are
devoting their entire attention to machine
ry for seeding purposes. While building
plain drills for sowing grain and grass
seed only, they also make a specially of a
combined drill that sows phosphates, gnano,
or any of the properly prepared eommer-
cial fertilizers that are found in the market.
The latest improvement come, ted with
this implement Is an automatic Cutoff,
which at once shuts off the flow of the fer
tilizer, when the hoist lever handle is rails
ed, thus saving, As is Grained, all amount
equal to IS ro % per cent of the cost OF
the drill alone each year.
BY using fertilizers the wheat can be
sown somewhat later so as better to avoid
plant to form "a good root and thus with
stand the freezing out that Fall wheat is
often subject to.
The simplicity and durability of the
drill built by J. B. Crowell & Co., at once
commend it to the farmer. There is nc
change OF gear wheels t" regulat. the guam,
tity sown, and the spring hoes which are
attached 20 all their No. l drills, enable
the farmer to prss over ordinary obstruc
| tions without breaking pins. anI ther
stopping the team to replace them. I'm
mediately upon passing over the obstruc
tion the point finds its way into the soil
and commences planting the seed in tht
| furro'v. caus'r''- - ''-!-iT-
| Sprirc hu, ,.liiis ate now largely u~et
in the rocky, limestone districts of Penn
sylvania, Maryland and Virginia, ant
their sale is being rapidly extended through
out North Carolina and Tennessee, al
we'll as throughout the Western States
where they have been recently introduced
All applications for circulars or for fur
ther information, which will be promptly
! given. shnrld y" rna1o hy "Nr r'.;.,'sre K
the above address 4.orti AeW / O!..er.
Call at Darst 4 Reams and examine on,
of those drills.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-29
The Story OF q Pet Rat.

A colored man whom | shall call
Elias. who serves as a coachman for my
friend Mr.. NJ, SAYS "the Philosopher
Of the Syracuse Herald. was once en-
ployed in a clearinghouse which was
infested with rats. He devised an ap-
paratus, consisting of an empty barrel
with an inviting but untrustworthy top,
which he put to effective use as trap
for the sleek marauders. The landlady
was delighted and paid him cent for
every rat he caught-and the name of
mis- victims was legion. Each morning,
after he had cOEnted the spoils of the
night and received his pay he would
take his rats in bag to the proprietor
of sporting establishment down town,
who paid him two cents apiece for them
and presumably turned them to profit
able account in his pit. Among his catch
one dav was handsome female speci-
men to which Elias took decided fan
cv and he resolved to tame her. She
responded kindly to his advances, and
became in time so gentle that she would
eat out of his hand and play about his
person, running up and down his
sleeves and so forth. Her affection for
him and her faculty of memory were
OilC6 DIONCu III Il way SOIlC-
body carelesslY let her out of her cage
during her owners absence, and in a
few moments she had found her way
into one of her accustomed holes in the
wall and was glorying in her freedom.
Weeks passed, and, as she did not
appear again, she was given up for
| lost. One evening Elias was smoking a
quiet pipe in the laundry, when he saw
a rat put its head out of a chink in the
| wainscot. By way of experiment, but
scarcely hoping for success, he called
softly the name of his old pet: Jimmy!
Jmnym To his surprise the animal
emerged from its hiding-place, ap-
| preached him cautiously, and then ran
| up his trousers-leg into his lap and COM
| posed itself for his caresses. 1t was i'll
| deed his missing jimmy She allowed
him to carry her back to her cage, and,
when there, went straight to the saucer
| from which she had been accustomed
| to eat her food and drink. For long
| time after that master and rat were in
separable; but by and by the former
| changed his quarters, and in his new
| home had no convenience for keeping
his little companion, SO he sold her for
two dollars to retail liquor dealer,
| who put her behind his bar for the en-.
tertainment of his customers and grew
very much attached to her.
One day Elias was passing the shop,
and its owner called him in. g have
lost jimmy" said he, and none of us
can recover her. If you get her for me
/ will give you fifty cents" The chal-
lenge was accepted on the spot and the
cOlored man tried the magic of hi:
Out Of hole near by trotted jimmy, ap
parently overjoyed to see her frien(
once more, and surrendered herself tC
his hands with ingenious confidence
From that day to this, if l recall hi
story Alright, he has never seen her.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-29
Sayings Of SolOn Chase.

With the immense immigration
from all the nations of Europe to this
country the increase of our own pop
ulation and the increase of production
and business that would naturally fol-
low, how can anybody suppose there
wos ID be too much money if the coin
age of silver should be made free and
silver certificates issued for silver bull
lien.
A man who is unable to discover
any errors or mistakes in the opinions
he formerly held, is not likely to ad-
vance very fast in the requirement of
knowledge.
DO not look for any truth about
the National Greenback idea in the
old party press. Ignorance or sailing
under secret orders can only strike the
truth by accident, and that very rare
ly.
If the property of the few fundhol-
ders was Of less value the great mass
of the people would find their proper
ty increased in value.
Is this a government Of the people
and for the people or for few fund.
holders?
Before any more national hank note
are issued we should first have the full
benefit Of the free coinage Of silver
and gold.
We have only to go ON with the
work Of agitation in this country unit
we drive the silver into the heart O
every national bond.
1t took 200 years to learn that hea.
Wy loads could be moved easier OH iror
rails than in the sand. How Ions
will il take the nations of the eartl
to learn that we cannot keep step t.
the music of the advancing ad o.
civilization with diminishing volum,
Of money?
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-29
National Greanhack Platform.

We declare: First-Tbat the right to
make or issue money is sovereign power
to be maintained by the people for the
common benefit The delegation of this
right to corporations is a surrender of the
central attribute of sovereignty, void of
constitutional sanction, conferring upon a
subordinate irresponsible power, absolute
dominion ov.r industry and commerce.
All moaey, whether metallic or paper
should be issued and its volume ntrolled
by the Government and not by or through
banking corporations; and, when so issued
shonld be "A full Ia al tender for all debts
public and private.
Second That he bonds of the United
States should be paid as rapidly as is
practical To enable the Government to
meet these obligations, legal tender cur
encv should be submitted for the notes or,
the National banks, Educational bank
ing system abolished, and the unlimited
coinage of silves a. we'll rs gold establish
ed by law.
Third-We demand the equal protection
of labor ard capital by law
Fourth-We are opposedto all subsidies
by Government.
Fifth-Al lines of communication and
transportation should be brought under
such legislative control as shall secure
moderate, fair and equitable rates for pas,
senger and freight tratic,
Sixth We condemn the cruel class leg
: islation of the Republican party which
while protesting great gratitude to the
5 soldier, has most unjustly diseriminatet
+ against HIM aud in favor of the bondhol
der.
Seventh-All property should bear it
/, just proportion of taxation, and we de
! mand graduated income tax.
e Eighth-We denounce AZ most danger
i ous the efforts, wherever manifest, to re
: strict the right of suffrage.
+ Ninth-We are opposed to an increas
OF he strnding army in time of peace, ant
the ips; iuds scheme 10 establish an enor
mous -al.itary power under the guise o
militia law
Ienth-That the practice of the rail
e roads of this State in Issuing free passe
over their lines of roads To the mem Der
of the Legislature and all other officer
of the State, is vicious and cOrrupting anC
= ought not to be sanctioned or tolerated
: but should he prohibited by stringent law
Eleventh-That The practice of turn
ing ont faithful officers connected with tn
Il supervision and management of the diff
}, ferent institutions of the State upon mer
= party grounds, is prejudical 70 the hes
interests of the State and ought not to b
J. sanctioned bv any party.
u Tweltth-P Prison convict labor shonl,
I, be utilized by the State alone.
: Thrteenth-That we favor the suhmis
!. sion by the Legislature to a vote of tn
people OF an amendment to the Constitu
tion prohibiting the manufacture, sale o
u nse of Intoxicating drinks as a beverage.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-29

Lock at the incineraied sufferers in
Michigan, blinded, lamed, crazed by
the terrible calamity which overlook
them. Here indeed is a fitting reason
for funds and subscription Walk
through the ashes Of thousand homes
see the aged gioping in helpless blind
ness with scorched, anguished hands;
see fathers gathering the charred bones
of their children, and husbands sitting
the flesh cinders to find remnants OF
that which was flesh their flesh; hear
children clamoring for the food they
cannot get, and crying for the breast
which has been licked into nothing.
ness by the flames, and then compare
woes and needs! Hundreds perished
in that hell of fire, and hundreds more
looked upon its secrets, and, livid
with the memory of its writhing vic
tins even of their own households
scorcned into their brain forever,
Here, indeed, is field tor charity; &
need for fund, demand for sub
scriptions. Where is sCyrus Fieldi
name on the list; how many thousand
has he given to the Michigan sufferers