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The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
The Suns Fuel.
London Telegraph.


What keeps the majestic ball hot and
bright This has greatly engaged physi-
cists and astronomers, and various have
been their theories. If the sun shone
only by mere combustion of its own ma
terials, the calculation is that its fire
would not last 5000 years.
II is very kind Of DIR. Siemens to come
forward with an entirely new theory,
which holds out the hope that the men
of science are all wrong with their dis
NAL foreboding, and that the Creation is
not schemed on the poor footing of a
German stove or & suburban gas company.
The learned ironmaster and physicist
believes that the sun may very well 90
on Illuminating and warming our world
and the family of sister planets for an
indefinite, if not infinite, time. He
supposes interstellar space to be filled
with an extremely attenuated hydrogen,
and interplanetary space with denser gas,
albeit more rarified than the atmosphere
drawn round each world. The sun, he
thinks, whirling on its axis, draws into
its poles the thin hydrogen, hydro-carbon,
and oxygen ofour sphere, and these being
kindled are projected outward at his
equator into space.
The accepted view is that the heat and
light there developed and radiated per-
ish, as far as we are concerned, except for
the small portion arrested by each solar
satellite; but DR.. Siemens argues that this
heat and light do their chief work in de-
composing tbs carbonic oxide and watery
vapor which were produced by the kind
ling at the solar poles, so that the sun it.
self pcrpctually renews its own supplies
and restores by its energyt he waste mat
ter which has fed that energy.
The theory is much too technical and
complicated to be here discussed, and we
should offer a bad compliment TO its in
genious author even to attempt such a
task
Dr. Siemens, however, has had great
experience with the phenomena Of radi-
atcd heat, and his applications of the new
view TO the nature of the zodiacal
light and of comets is particularly
striking. OF course it is startling to hear
of something in our own system which
closely resembles perpetual motion and
those who maintain that everything
comes to an end, and that all mechanical
energy must be gradually degraded and
metamorphosed, will be slow to receive
the new suggestion.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
The Personal Pronoun.
Philadelphia Times.

When General Alexander Ogle served
Somorsets frosty sons of thunder" in
the Pennsylvania Legislature, it fell to
him to write in behalf Of the Democratic
members letter to Gen. Jackson, then
stepping across the Presidential thresh-
hold. Such work of the scribe was a la
Dor of love, and in submitting to the eau
Gus what he had written, General Ogle
said:
Gentlemen and members of the Dem
ocratic party, ] hold in my hand letter
addressed by General Alexander Ogle to
General Andrew Jackson, and have no
hesitation in saying that it's id able
paper"
The members, gathering around, agreed
that it was Just the thing to make "Old
Hickory's" heart jump with satisfaction,
and all except one-a dappcr little Phila-
elphian-spoke words of praise. This
dandy of the House, fixing his glasses
and scanning the page with the critics
smirk, venturcd TO remark:
Pardon me, General, do not wish to
assume to make a suggestion to so dis
a gentleman as yourself, but
| cannot refrain from saying that it is GUS
tomary in the East, and ! may say in
almost all the civilized countries of Eu-
rope, to write with the capital Il instead
of the little Il in using the personal pro-
noun in epistolary correspondence"
Gen. Ogle drew down his heavy brows,
piercing the dandy's marrow with the
fierce shaft of scorn that shot from his
eye.
"Sir," he said, beginning with hiss
and ending with a roar, "when write
to such great, such a towerin' man as
Gen. Andrew jackson, Democratic Presi
dent of the United States, | abase myself,
abase myself, sir | use as small an II
as can put on paper; but, sir, if should
ever get to such a low-down pitch as to
write to such a id little snipe as you,
I'd use an 4, sir, that would fill two
sheets of foolscap, so help me Godw
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
Miss Ida, of Lyme Light.
Newport Letter to the Baltimore sun.

Within short mile of the quay at
Newport Lyme Rock rises out of the wa
tiers of Narragansett Bay. On this rock
stands the old lighthouse which was
tended for many wears by the father of
Ida Lewis, and of which she now, under
the seal of the Government commission,
is keeper Securing the services of the
captain of a diminitivc boat, | sailed on
the waters blue to her abode for the
purpose of paying her my respects. As
we approached the rock an immense
mastifi, with head and paws like lion
and roar like far-of thunder came to
its extreme vcrg and disputed our land
'ng. He was entirely successful until
the heroine appeared, called him off
and locked him up in an outhouse.
She then invited me into the little house
on the top of which rests the beacon
light which has for so many years warned
the navigator of hidden dangers, and at
once entered into easy and unrestrained
conversation. She said that she had for
twenty five years lived on that rock
that she used to be fond of gong into the
city once in awhile, but that she cared
very little for it now; that she always
had great number of visitors in the
summer, a few years ago the number
reaching thousands in one season. She
showed me her medole received from
Congress, the State of Massachusetts and
the city of Newport, and solid silver
teapot from the officers at Fort Adams,
all bearing suitable inscriptions in testi-
monial of her heroism in rescuing so
many human beings from watery graves.
Miss Lewis is rather above medium
height, of somewhat slender figure, good
features and great earnest eyes, be-
tween brown and gray. While she cam
not be called handsome, her face is one
to interest and attraction. Her style of con-
versation is piquant and vivacious, and
although not educated she is very intelli-
gent. Everything about her and her
apartments bore the evidence of neat
ness, care and good taste. Her mother
a venerable old lady. with thick silver
hair, was very talkative and discoursed
on matters and things, personal and
otherwise, at length. She informed me
she had rheumatism in her feet, and Ida
insisted that il was because she had dyed
her hair for so many years. She COM
municated the intelligence that her
daughter was forty years old at which
Miss Ida evinced slight tinge gf an
noyance and remarked: "Mother thinks
she must tell every one my age" But
she quickly added "Well, | don't care,
it don't make any difference. ! don't
object to getting old
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
Dreams.
Popular Science Monthly.

Dreams are night-thoughts, unchecked
by the Judgment and uncontrolled by the
will. II is not true that we do not reason
in dreams, that the exercise of the judg-
ment is wholly suspended, and that will
is entirely powerless or ceases TO act.
These faculties are not altogether in
abeyance, but they doze while the subor-
dinate powers of the mind-those which
play the part of picture-carriers and rec
d-fnders-ransack the treasures of
memory and mingle together in the dir
ea confusion the old things and the
new.
Imagination is not active; but it re-
mains Just enough awake to supply the
connecting links which give seeming
continuity to those parts of the phantas
magoria which we chance to remeNbcr
on recovering self-consciousness, and
which, being remembered, we call
dreams"
No one remembers more than one
drc am, unless he has reused from sleep
more than once. The experience has led
to the inference that dreams only occur
at the momeLt of waking. There are
dreams which take place in the process
pie. those instantaneous Genes and spec
tacles which are suggested by the sound
or feeling that rouses the dreamer but,
in result ola long and close study of the
subject, with view to discover the ma
ture of dreams and the laws of dreaming,
for medical purposes, in connection with
the treatment Of sleeplessness, am per.
suaded that dreams occur in the course OF
sleep, and are entirely forgotten.
That they cannot and do not take
place in deep sleep is probable, because
deep sleep is general sleep, and when
this state prevails the subordinate tacul-
ties are sleeping and the pictures and the
re,ords are not disturbed.
To understand dreams we must under
stand sleep, and it is because the two
phenomena have not hitherto been stud
led together that so little is generally
known about either.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
MONEY

getting being the chief aim in life, its pro-
per expenditure should not prove of see
Ondary Importance. That travel consumes
a much larger proportion Of our finances
than 1t should, is evident from the fact
that but few possess the secret Of retrench-
ing in this direction. Two important fac
tor. OF expense in travel is carriage hire
and transfer of baggage, and that the
travelling public is more generally becom-
ing disposed to throw of their former bur-
den, is patent from the army OF guests who
daily register at and ill the 45O rooms ire
duced to sl00 and upwards per day. at
the Grand Union Hotel. opposite the Grand
Central Depot, New YORK City. Its Euro
pean plan; elegant restaurants; cafe,
lunch and wine rooms; unexcelled
cuisine moderate prices; courteous treat
ment; unchallenged management; coupled
with its guests incurriDg no expense for
carriage hire, or baggage transfer; with
elevated railway, horse cars and stages t o
all parts of the city, passing its pOors. rem
ders the Grand Union one Of the most de-
sirable of homes for travellers in the city,
and also establishes its success and world
famed popularity.-"Exchange.'
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
A BABY AND A BEAR.
Old Bruin steals n Child and Makes n
Pet of II.
Chico Record

Henry Flynn, who resides up in the
hills near lnskip, Cal is in town and had
the following incident to relate, in which
bear of the cinnamon species abducted
his three-ycar-old daughter, not with any
desire TO harm the child, but through a
strange kind of affection. 1t appears that
Mr. Flynn started one morning to take a
horse to pasture, about two miles distant
from the house, and, as his little girl
seemed anxious TO go, he put her upon
the horses back and LET her ride short
distance perhaps forty rods from the
house, where he put her down and told
her to run home. He noticed that she
continued standing where he left her,
and, on looking back after going IL little
farther, saw her playing in the sand. He
soon passed out of sight and was gone
about an hour, expecting of course that
the child would return to the house after
playing few moments. On returning
home he made inquiry about her of its
mother, who said she had not seen her
and supposed he had taken her along
with him. On going to the spot where
he left her he saw huge bear tracks in
the sand, and at once came to the con-
clusion that the child had been carried
off by the bear.
The family Immediately made search
through the forest, which was grown up
to almost Jungle rendering their search
very slow. All day these anxious parents
searched for traces of their child. nor
did they stop when darkness came on,
but remained in the woods calling the
lost one by name. Morning came, and
their search was fruitlcss. A couple of
gentlemen from below who were travel
| ing through the mountains buying stock
came to the house, and being informed
of the circumstances, Immediately set
out TO find her. The gentlemen wander
cd about, and as they were passing a
swamp spot where the undergrowth was
thick, called the child, or else they were
talking aloud when one of them heard
her voice. He then called her by name
and told her to come out of the bushes.
She replied that the bear would not let
her.
The men then crept through the brush,
and when near the spot where she and
the bear were they heard splash in the
water, which the child said was the bear,
On going to her they found her standing
upon log extending about ha.f way
across a swamp. The bear ha under
taken to cross the swamp on the log, and
being pursund left the girl and got away
as rapidly as possible. She had received
some scratches about the face, arms and
legs, and her clothes were almost torn
from her body but the bear had not
bitten her to hurt her, only the marks of
his teeth being found on her back, where,
in taking hold of her clothes to carry
her, he had taken the flesh also.
The little one says the bear would put
her down occasionally to rest and would
put his nose up to her face, when she
would slap him, and the bear would hang
his head by her side and purr and rub
against her like cat. The men asked
her if she was cold in the night and she
told them the old bear lay down beside
her and put his EARNS" around her and
kept her warm, though she did not like
his long hair. She was taken home to
| her parents.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23

labor. She advised her to send for a
clergyman, and TO try the efficacy of
prayer. Mrs. Newman said she did not
feel the need of clergyman, and de-
clared that his presence in the house
would have a tendency to increase her
belief in the prophecy. Mrs. Farnum
continued her visits to the mansion, and
each day noticed an alteration in the
condition of Mrs. Newman She still per-
sisted in declaring that there was no
truth in prophecy. She endeavored to
find corroboration of this opinion in the
looks and acts of her husband. He was
full of strength and hope, and could not
believe it possible that death hovered so
near; but it soon became apperent to
Mrs. Farnum that its shadow was upon
her. A second physician, DR.. Osberg, of
Richmond, was called in, DR. Hervey
having been absent from the island. He
made careful examination and frankly
gave it as his opinion that
HE DID NOT THINK SHE WAS GOING TO DIE.
Mrs. Newman was cheered by the doc
tors statement, and it was only after
considerable reluctance that she con-
sensented to express wish rs to the
disposition Of the children in case she
really should die. Mrs. Farnum still per-
sisted in the belief that deaths shadow
was upon her face" and she induced a
Young man named Barney, a relative of
Mr.. Newman's to notify the brothers of
the latter in New York, and TO send a
telegram to her mother in kalikoon.
The result was the arrival at the man
sion Of two of Mrs. Newman's sisters-in
law, Mrs. Lena and Mrs. Mary Newman.
Both had infants TO care for, but they did
not permit this fact to interfere with
their attention to the sick woman. 1t
was manifest to all that her days were
numbered. Her mind wandered a good
deal, but in all her rawlings she never lost
an opportunity to assure her husband
and relatives that she knew she would
recover.
AT LENGTH SHE BECAME UNCONSCIOUS.
and the husband, the cousin, Barney,
and the sisters-in-law, took seats round
the bed, expecting that every moment
would be the last. The husband was at
the head, Barney at the foot, Mrs. Mary
Newman at the right side, and Mrs Lena
Newman at the left. 1t was approaching
three o'clock in the morning. Mrs. Lena,
responding to an impulse the nature of
which she was unable to explain, turned
her eyes toward the window, and imme-
diatcly afterward uttered a piercing
shrek. The form of woman clothed
in white was there visible. The eyes of
the rest of the watchers instinctively
sought the face of the dying woman,
supposing that they should there dis
cover the cause of Mrs. Lena's sudden
emotion. "Oh, for Gods sake" said
she, "lookat the window" They did,
and then gave vent to a simultaneous
expression of horror. They all saw the
woman in white with an expression
of sadness upon the face which they
say they will never forget. She
was visible, they think, for about
five minutes, and when she disappeared
they rcdirccted their attention to the bed,
and found that Mrs. Newman's spirit
had also departed,
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
Another Faith Cure.
indianapolis sentinel.


Evangelist Barnes continued his meet
ings for Christians at the Meridian street
church Yesterday afternoon, the topic
being "The Third day Of Creation"
There were eighteen confessions for the
soul and nine for the body. An incident
of the meeting was the open announce
ment of "Father" Weeks, a well-known
member of Roberts Park church, who for
years has been doubled up by rheuma-
tism, that he had been completely cured
by the faith process, and that he could
now walk as upright as any man in the
city, and was entirely relieved from pain.
4 day or two ago Mr.. Weeks was anoint-
ed with oil by Mr. Barnes, and his rejoic-
ing over his cure made the meeting
assume the as, ,.ect of a regular old-fash-
ioned love feast.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
Queen Victoria's Income.
Cor. Richmond Dispatch.

was attracted to an article in the Dis
patch some time ago. The article went
on to say the Queen of Englands income
from other sources beside the fixed sum
of f365,000 per annum to be found on
the civil list was equal TO the income of
the best paid monarch in Europe. The
estates and royalties alluded to the
Queen waived all right to in considera-
ton of the fixed sum of e365,000 a year
The family estate or estates, IL any, are
not crown property. The Kensington
property bought by Prince Albert is
small, which was sold by his agent in
building lots no doubt realizing hand
some profit on the purchase. 1t will fall
into the hands of the heirs at the eXpira-
ton of the lease of ninety years,
with all the buildings thereon. We will
turn now to the fixed income of the 9TH
er European crowned heads. The En-
peror of Russia, Gl, 100000; the Emperor
of Austria, f750,000; the Emperor of Ger
many, e600,000; the King of Italy, ESQ.,
600; the Sultan, e350000; the King of
Spain, e200,0O0; the King of Portugal,
el50,000. These sums represent the Eng
lsh pound sterling. The pers.ns who
grImble about the Queens income being
so large forget that the peoples represen-
tatives voted this sum as an equivalent
for all she relinquished.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
FOR r Y.
Springfield Repnbllcan.

springfield hepnblican.
With many a careless, joyous bound.
With many weary, treadmill round,
DER smooth-sprcad turf or dangerous ground
BY many limpid stream. and mild,
BY many mountain torrent wild,
], from d simple, trusting child,
Have wandered on 10 forty.
From feet that skipped TO sober tread.
From mind with foolish iancies fed,
To sounder Judgment, wiser head.
The change TO work from thouRhtesS play,
The change from graver thoughts to gay,
which came to me along the way
! strobe while resching forty.
Through visions which had real seemed
Through visions wilder than dreamed:
Through shadows here the silver cleaned
Through sunny places half O'ercast
by eerle shapes which fitted fast
For brightness cannot always last
And youth must merge in forty
Now let me count my treasures DER:
What have won or LOST Far more
Have lost than gained Such boundlcsS store
OF faith and hope | boosted, when
! wandered from lad OF ten
To where my vision hroadened. Then
My faith exceeded forty.
somewhat have learned, and much unlearned
some good received, much more have spurncd
And much that might have been discerned
LEFT nheeded-wandering by
With careleSs or averted eye
Forgetting that the moments fly
So fast from youth TO forty.
I've reached the summit ofthe race,
And would move on with slower pace;
But forty has no breathing place;
So shin and turn me a. will
The years win crowd and jostle still,
And may hasten down the hill
To score anC ther forty.
] view the path I've wandered on,
Where forty years have come and gone,
And much Of faith and hope lies strewn,
And pray they may prove finest gold,
The remnant o, the faith hold,
And shred of hope still infold,
And last another forty.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
THE ST. LOUIS FAIR.

The announcement Of the Twenty
second Annual Fair which will be found
in our advertising columns, promises,
under the able management Of its presi-
dent, CHARLES GREEN, to outstrip even its
famous gatherings Of former years.
Never in its history has II done so much
TO please its visitors In premiums it
'exccls any exhibition in the country.
There are no such grounds elsewhere
its amphiteatre seats alone 10000, and
when filed with people is sight which
would have delighted the Romans. The
roads have been drained and gravelled,
doing away with the mud so troublesome
in former years; the geological depart
ment has been largely increased. The
display of our merchants and manufac
turers, and the exhibition of fine horses
and stock will be the largest ever known
Our city was never so able to accommodate
crowd, owing to the large increase of
hotels. A new street railway has been
built which runs through to the grounds
And last, but not least, the Yelled
Prophets procession and grand illumina-
ton by our merchants will make the
Fair week one long to be remembered
by those who come
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23

MOTHERS DoN'T KNow--How many
children are punished for being uncouth,
wilful, and Indifferent to instructions or
rewards, simply because they are out of
health An intelligent lady said of a
child of this kind: Mothers should
know that if they would give the little
ones moderate doses of Hop Bitters for
two or three weeks, the children would
be all parent could desire"
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
Omcial Prayer for the British Troops.
London Daily News

The Archbishop of Canterbury desires
to commend to the clergy Of his diocese
the use of the following prayer for the
soldiers and sailors engaged in the war in
Egypt 30, Almighty God, whose power
no creature is able TO resist keep, we be-
seech Thee, our soldiers and sailors who
have now gone forth to war, that they
being armed with Thy defense, may be
preserved evermore from all perils, to
glorify Thee, who art the only giver of all
victory, through the merits of Thy son,
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen"
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
WILLING HANDS AND WILLING
HEARTS.

How gratifying to the invalid husband to
know that willing hands smooth his pillow;
him medicine, and that willing hearts are
praying for his recovery. God bless the
women Sad IL is when the wife is i'll: sad
it is when her health breaks down. Hus-
bands who love their wives will provide
them with DR.. Guysott's Yellow Dock and
sarsaparils. 1t is the best medicine in the
world for curing all female complaints, and
strengthening the female system.
The Osceola times., 1882-09-23
The Battle of ibe Pyramids.
New York Times.

The rumor that the Arabs are entrench-
ing at Heliopolis, few miles east of
Cairo, suggests the possibility of very
striking coincidence. 1t would certainly
be singular instance of history repeat
ing ITSELF were the fate of Egypt to be a
second time decided upon the same field
that witnessed the final overthrow of the
Mamclukes by Napoleon Bonaparte, who
on that occasion encouraged his soldiers
with the now well known apostrophe,
"From the summit of yonder pyramids
forty centuries are watching you" The
battle, though fought against overwhelm-
ing odds, was not doubtful for a moment.
The Mamelukes dashed themselves
against the serried squares of French
infantry, flung their discharged pistols in
the faces of the grenadiers, and tried to
wrench away the bayonets with their
bare hands, while even the wounded
dragged themselves along the ground to
hack with their short swords at the
limbs of the soldiers. But all their efforts
were in vain. The rolling fire of the
French thinned their ranks, and at
length the whole Egyptian army gave
way. The bulk of the fugitives fled
toward Cairo, and perished by hundreds
in the waters of the Nile, many of the
corpses being afterwards fished up and
rifled by the French conquerers. This
victory gave Napoleon his Oriental nick
name of "Sultan-el-k (kingof Fire..
1t is a striking proof of the admiration
of the Eastern races for strength in any
form that not a few of the Mamelukes
who survived the battle were to be found
later on in the ranks of the French I'm
perial Guard, one of them, Russian, ac-
tually becoming Napoleon's most trust
ed servant.