The Osceola times., 1882-09-30

even MS llpSt lnltmpcfdtt d7S,tlltHt
would assert that Mr. Gladstone has
drawn the sword merely from pride of
strength, or that he has sought an occa-
sion to demonstrate the might of Eng
land" So there il is. at is nomore a lingo
war than surgical operation is a ban
dts stab" adds the ministerial organ.
When English authorities are thus divi-
ded concerning the spirit of the war, it
is hoplesS for outsiders to-speculate con-
cerning IT.
Rather more entertaining than these
controversial essays toward solving an
impossible problem was a summary by
the st. James Gazette Of European in
stances of rapid railroad construction,
the text being the impending building
of line from Ismailia to Zagazig. In
1855, on the French Chessein de Fer du
Midi, in one fortnight pm average of q
mile and quarter a day of rails was
laid, and that in the hottest part of the
year The chief difficulty then, as in all
such cases, was in getting up supplies
fast enough for the use of the tracklayers.
OF course an Englishman had charge
OF the work-it would not be worth no.
ticing in a London journal otherwise.
On the Candahar Road in India even
greater speed was made, in 81 days 1881
miles of track being put down. In one
day the record of two and three-quarter
miles was made, and in six days each
two and one-half miles. Considering
the character of the lines these were
fairly noteworthy exploits.
One year ago this week the greater part
of the village Of Elm, in Switzerland,
was destroyed by land slip, which
crushed 80 houses and cost III lives
The piece which fell, comprising earth
and rock, measured | 200 feet across, and
left in it, wake II strip Of desolation
nearly mile long. 1t was discovered
Immediately thereafter that more of the
same sort of ruin was to be anticipated.
Close watch was kept of the mountain,
and last autumn an attempt was made,
without much success, to detatch the
most threatening cliffs by cannonading.
| The expected second fall occurred in
June, when crag of the mountain las
large rs several houses in one" dashed
down the slope and spent its force with
out doing material damage, Further cx-
aminations Of ,hc mountain have now
shown that its entire top is slowly NOV
ing, and that the most Tremendous land
/ slip of all is yet to occur. Possibly the
/ impending doom will come upon the
/ town in two or three instalments but il
/ is more likely to be sudden and all at
| once.
| An irate Englishman--an anti-Turk
il j. hardly necessary to say-growls out
that "the police arrangements at Con
stantinople are on par with all other
/ Turkish apologies for government" This
is explained to mean that "a certain
Capt Costa, chief of the thieves
and burglars, has all the police officers
under his thumb, rs he pays them,
whereas the Government treats them
about the same as il treats its
bondholders, and makes them prom
ises." Hence it happened that the SER
want of a foreign woman residing in Con-
stantinople stole her watch When she
applied to the police the Superintendent
told her there was no chance of his get
ting it back, and advised her to GO to the
aforesaid Capt. Costa. She accordingly
did so, and learned that SO reward
would probably bring back the time
piece. The money was deposited with
the Captain, and presently the watcl
! turned up found.
Austria is hardly less successful than
Germany in issuing unique customs
rulings and adopting remarkable tax
laws. Under the Berlin Government
hams from America are cotton goods, be.
cause they aIe inclosed in cotton-cloth
coverings, and canned goods are metal
wares, because the cans which hold the
food are metallic. In Austria a new tar.
iff act went into force last spring, laying
many additional duties and greatly in
creasing the revenue, tothe no small dis.
gust of the consumer. who has 10 pay
the bills. Perhaps the greatest opposi.
ton has been manifested against new
direct tax on stockholders, jobbers and
spectators IN general, by which these
gentry have been compelled to do some.
thing for the good of the community
which they are accustomed to fleece
Two jubilees, both of interest, though
wholly unlike e.ch other, have just been
celebrated At Potsdam $50 years ago
was finished the Garrison Church. -
which contains the tomb of Frederick
the Great, and also one of the
finest and largest sets of chimes
in Europe. The corner stone of
the edifice was laid by King Frederick
William |. 1922. OF late the interior has
been considerably renovated and the
old flags and standards have been re.
lined for their better preservation. Much
ado was made by the royal family over
the anniversary. The other event was.
as it is claimed, the hftieth anniversary
of the invention Of matches an Austrian
occurance. The first match factory in the
world is still standing at Jodkoning, and
pays its shareholders so per cent divi-
denda IL il said that Iso unp ,,an,,io e.,