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The Osceola times., 1882-11-04
Mysterious Missing ships.

What becomes of our missing hlnlS
Time after time we learn that Board OF
Trade Courts find il impossible to answer
this question. Many vessels that leave
our ports apparently in q most seaworIhy
condition are never more seen nor heard
Of and no amount of inquiry serves to
throw any light on the cause OF their
disappearancc. Like the Hermes, whose
loss formed the subject Of an invcstiga-
ton at Greenock last week, they may
start with every prospect OF 1air ana
prosperous voyage, with what IL thought
to be a safe cargo, property slowed, ana
under the charge Of captain ana crew
equal to any emergency. And yet WIN
all these advantages, the lamentabie TACT
remains that many share the fate of inc
Hermes, simply vanishing, and so heip-.
ing to increase the melancholy fate OF
missing ships.
A valuable extract which has just been
prepared of the returns issued ny the
Bureau Neritas brings out some interest
ing statistics connected with this record
1t shows that the total number of sailing
vessels and steamers lost throughout the
world during the last two years reaches
some $500, and that of these more than
500 were reported as missing. OF all the
maratime disasters therefore thai occur,
it is found impossible to account with
any degree of accuracy, for at least one
tenth of then. Guess on the subject may,
of course, be made.
There is always the chance Of coils
ion to be taken into consideration, or of
some flaw in the structure of machinery
which, though it escapes the vigilance of
the surveyors, may unfit the ship to meet
the usual perils of the deep, There is
also the probability that some of the
vessels may have been able TO sneak
away in an improper condition-.perhaps
overloaded and with an insutliciency cf
freeboard
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04
Autumn In California,

Besides the aroma Of ripe fruits, there
is the peculiar autumnal odor of the
land, which any one may detect in rid
ing or walking along any of the dus y
country roads. Where it is spiced with
the healing tar weed, which ripens on
nearly all adobe land, and is further ton-
ed by the fainter aroma which comes
from the stubble fields, there is nothing
in the rank abundance of spring 50 agree
able as this autunfnal blending Of many
odors -ofpowdered lands by the highway
of dropping orchard trees, and Of tawny
stubble fields. Autumn has less Of color
here where frosts do not come to paint
the leaves. But it has more fullness-
partly because the grain and fruit har-
vests blend
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

The amount of mackerel landed at the
port of wellfleet, Mass, for the month Of
August, as compared with the correspon-
ding month of last year, is as follows !:
The number of vessels engaged last year
was thirty, and the number of barrels
landed was 9,252. The number engaged
this year is twenty-nine, which landed
S,222 barrels, while the amount landed
the past month is over 900 barrels less
than last year. The total amount landed
thus far this season is 2s,s6S barrels,
against 1915 for the same time last year.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04
bits of Science.

Belts for driving machinery are now
made in this country about forty-eight
inches wide and more than l2O feet in
length
NJ. Allard has given an account of the
analysis of the waters of the Isthmus of
Panama. The most notable fact he dis
closes is the presence ofruthenium in the
Rio Grande.
Mr.. II. Percival says if population goes
on ut its present rate in PA years the
world will have reached the frightflil
average Of 700 inhabitants to the square
mile, There is much virtue in an "if"
The Journal of Science saws that at the
soiree Of the Society of Mutual Industry
held at Owens College, Mr.. Fletcher of
Warrington, Eng, demonstrated the pos
sibility of the combustion of gas without
visible flame, the heat obtained from a
quarter-inch gas pipe being sufficient to
fuse iron into drops.
The statement that grain absorbs
enough moisture on a sea voyage to paw
the freight charges has been to some ex-
tent confirmed by experiments made at
the California Agricultural College. Va
rious kinds Of grain were placed in a
moist atmosphere and the increase in
weight was noted. The greatest increase
was during the first twenty-four hours.
The industrial schools are having an
apparently good effect upon the Indians.
The red men have begun to work well
and to take pride in their work. Gen
eral Armstrong believes IL. within five
years, with the 100 Indi' ms at Hampton.
Va, and the 800 at 'e lie, Pa, and
others under instruc g.. elsewhere, all
the shoes and harm needed on the
plains can be made &c young men at
home.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04
Mrs Welden. noted in London for her

Mrs. Welden, noted in London for her
persistently asserted claim upon Gounod,
the composer, took the occasion of his
visit to the Birmingham music festival to
prepare for a demonstration. She in
tended to stand up in the hall while his
Redemption" was receiving its first pub.
lie performance and denounce him. Tho
festival committee, however, took sue
cessful measures to exclude her, where
upon she threatened suit for damages,
bit compromised on receiving the cost
of her tickets and journey.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

President Arthur told adelightful story
the other day of the way in which his
father, the Rev. DR.. Arthur, dealt with an
uncomfortable deacon. While DIR. Arthur
was presiding over the Baptist church in
West Troy his choir drawled out hymn
with variations which did not please him.
II ended at last, and the good doctor,
rising in the pulpit, preached two hours
and forty minutes, until his head deacon,
growing impatient, consulted his watch.
Keep your watch in your pocket, Deacon
JONES'" cried the preacher; "you had a
long sing, and now am going to preach
till get through.'
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

King Kalakaua of Hawaii, thus pro-
claimed the coming of the new United
States minister: "His Ex. the president
of the United States of America, our
Great and Good Friend, has accredited
unto Us, to reside near our Court, His Ex
Rollin NJ. Daggett in the character of
Minister Resident of the United States Of
America at Honolulu. And We require
all our subjects, and all departments of
Our Government to pay high consider
alton to his person, his property and his
retainers, and to give full faith and attach
full credit to all his official acts as such
Minister Residen.."
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

1t has been discovered that the brown
stone used in building the Methodist
church of Cazenovia,' Madison county,
N. Y, is softened by rain, and is dis
coloring the brick 1t is just ten years
since the cornerstone was laid
and it is predicted that at the end of an
other decade not q brown stone will be
left in the structure. The stone was
quarried from soft vein, and was cut
the wrong way of the grain.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04
THE CUCKOO SONG.
BY RoBrRr BrcH,sAS.

oh. Kitty Rell, twas sweet, swear.
10 wander in the spring together,
When btiss were blooming everywhere,
And il was golden weather
And down the lance beside the iarm
You roAm.d beside me, tripping iisnlly,
Flushing YOU hung upon my arm, ~
And The small gioved hand pressed tightly
Aud the Orchis sprdnk
In the scented meadow,
And ;hc throstle sang
In the p-cenYOod shadow;
And youT eyt's were bright
With happy de
Could doubt light
So diyineiy blue,
When you kissed and sighed
81 will he trueg'
Cuckoo
Though far and wide
The brown bird cried
Cuckoo! cuckoo cuckoo'
oh. Kitty Bell, the cry seemed sweet min.
FOR yo,, were kind, aud flowers were sRrine
The dusty willow in The teat iinS
It's woody bells was swinging
And I'm It's boil the liuDet brown
Finished her nest with wool and feather
And we had thought of nestLn Gown
I'm the farm by the mil teselne''
And over the hill
The breeze was blowing,
And the arms of the mn
Kept coming aud going;
And who bot love
Was between US two,
When around and above
The fittermice flew,
And as night drew nigh
You swore to be truey
Cuckoo
heard the cry
From the woods hard by
Cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo
oh Kitty Bell 'ts spring again,
Rnt ali the face OF things looks ilier
The nests ire built In wood aud lane,
Eut YOU are nes'ed with INC mllior,
And otuur iVNers KISS aud swear,
While beh,a.d in scofn ana pl'E'
For iallp cry, ~ ialse ahl v,. ia,,
And curse the cuck :" ana hll'E
Aud over the hill
The breeze is blowing
And the arms of tho mil
Keep coming and going;
And the hidden bird
Is singing anew
The warning heard
when trusted you
And | -lckep and sigh
With my heart thrilled through,
Cuckoo!
Wherever fly
| hear the cry
Cuckoo cuckoo cuck'o"
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

The sting of the Centipede.
san Antonio Times

A Mexican who was wounded about
two months ago by a centipede, and
brought to the Santa Rosa hospital and
treated by DIR. Menger, is in dangerous
condition. DIR. Menger says he had the
mans leg, where the centipede stung
him, completely healed over, but the
man began to be careless, drank whisky
and the old wound again broke out, and
now the flesh, all gangrened, is dropping
of at the places where the centipede
crawled over his leg.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

In exhuming bodies at lie Roy, N, Y.
for burial in other grounds that of 4
Mn. Sisson, buried twenty-five years
ago, was found to be covered with a
brownish substance which resembled
mold. Upon being exposed to the air
this disappeared, leaving the body al
most a. natural as when first inferred.
It required the efforts Of four men to
liz II
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04
currency.

Measures were being taken to supply
Litchfield, ILL.,, with coal gas when an
enormous flow of natural gas from an oil
well near by showed the people cheaper
and better means of illumination. The
former project has therefore been aban-
doned and the new one taken up.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

When the war closed party in
Georgia owned 100000 confederate
bonds that have been lying in the safe
for seventeen years, and regarded as
worthless. The other day he took them
to Atlanta and sold the pile for $3.50 in
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

The Israelites Of Cincinnati propose
the establishment of fund by the levy
of head tax of 81 90 upon each male OF
their faith over 10 years of age; to aid
their poorer brethren in settling on gov
ernment lands as farmers.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

1t is stated that a block of creosoted
pine. in use in the street pavement in
Galveston for seven years, was recently
examined and found to have lost but an
eighth of an inch.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

One of the ~s:i :, carpets designed
by Morris, of lNr n, is thus described
by the Domest 4nthly: 1T is square,
made of brea1ths. and bordered; has a
crimson ground oyerlaid with a tangle of
yellow Engli h primroses and rich green
leaves. The border has the same border
eu,ar cal ali" aro.nicd by - GCeA
band"
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

A Afive-year-old boy in Noble county,
Ohio, Levi Helms by name, is four feet
six inches in height, thirty-four inches
around the chest and weighs l2l pounds.
lie il still growing.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

At Greenville, s. c. the people ettheir
hogs run in the streets during the wa
termelon season, in order to dispose of
the rinds, which would otherwise fsrn-
ish green and slippery pavement.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

Five prisoners in the Jail at Rockford,
H., escaped recently while only the
sherifrs wife and daughter were in
charge, the sheriff having gone to Aurora
with an insane man. The jail-birds ran
to the woods, some of them being with
out hats, coats or shoes, and none have
hoov ra<,n NTH rod
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

A huge saw6sh, twenty-five feet in
length, was recently killed in Tampa,
Fla. The saw is three and half feet
long. and contains fifty y-eight teeth.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

The schools of Mendocino county, CAL
ifornia, are deserted by the children
who are engaged in hop-picking. The
boys and girls earn about 10 cents day.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The Memphis Appeal claims that the
unhealthfulness to which that city has
been subject is attributable mainly TO rot
ten wooden pavements.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

Petersburg, Va, undoubtedly has the
youngest horse-thiefin existence. He is
a little darky, seven years old, and he re-
Gently stole horse and tried TO sell it
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

That poor bedridden, invalid wife, sister,
mother or daughter, can be made the
picture of health by few bottles of Hop
Bitters you iet them suffer- when o
easily cured.
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

The politics and politicians Of North
ern New York have been mixed with rO-
nance and put into a novel by W. A.
wilkins, editor of the Whitehall Times
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

By a mother-in-law: "You can deceive
your gnileless little wife, young man, but
her fathers Whenever"
The Osceola times., 1882-11-04

The ace of spades is not an agricultural
implement.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-09-07

lcuce Furthermore, every transaC ton is
executed under the fair and square condi-
tons originated by us Goods exchanged
or money refunded" In other words, it
is satisfaction or no sale" TO those liv-
ing at distance we say If unable To per
sunally visit us, write for our set-measure-
mrnt blanks and trust to us to send you,
G o. d., as good suit and as perfect fit
ting one, as you could personally select.
As a SPECIAL OFFER, we agree with
customers living within one hundred miles
of Baltimore city, and for all purchases
over Fifteen Dollars to pay one half Of
the travelling expenses incurred, on eXhi.
bltion of the ticket or tickets vouching for
the same Make your purchase before OK
hibiting your ticket, and thus convince
yourself that we share with you the ex.
pcnscs of the trip.
Excelsior" is the only Clothing House
in the United States that makes this great
offer! Bear in mind that our Furnishing
Goods Department Is one of the finest in
the land, and that the lowness of ourprces
is Il matter OF surprise to all.
DO not forget the cardinal principles of
our house, tlT rounds of our ladder of sue
cess
Fair Dealing!
One pricc
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Satisfaction or no sale
With unrivaleds took and facilities, and
selling at the
Lowest Living Rates
We ask you to call upon the
"ENCELSIOR"
S. w. Cor Baltimore ann Light Streets
Largest Clothing e. Furnishing Establish
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-09-07
-ExCelsiOr.-

Summer is here, and with its advent we
factorily fill all orders and requirements
on the part of the public. In the width
and length of Maryland there is no stock
of clothing for men, boys and children to
meet the unrivaled assortment we now
have to oficr whether in the matter Of
style, durability finish or general excel.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-09-07
Skinny Men.

NAVn'
Wells Health Remover. Absolute
cure for nervous debility and weak
ness of the generatve functions. ST..
at druggists. Prepaid by express,
$l.25, 6 for S.. E. S. WELLS, Jer-
sey city, N. ].
The following correspondence pass
ed between the Methodist Church and
the Free Thinkers Convention at Wat.
kins, New York:
ITO the President ofMe Free thinkers
Convention:
"All hail the power Of Jesus name!
We are building more than one Meth
odist church for every day in the
year, and propose to make it two a
day.
(Signed) &C. McCADE,
"Secretary Broad Church Extension
M. E. Church"
ITO O. c. McCabe, Of Methodist Church
Elte,asion," New Yark:
"Let us hear less about Jesus name
and more of His works. Build fewer
churches, and pay your taxes on them
like honest men. Build betterchurches
pincs liberty, science and humanity
will need them one of these days, and
won't wish to:pay too much for repairs.
(Signed) "T. B, WAKEMAN,
president pro tenn. Free Thinkers
Convention.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-09-07
General News.

II is stated that Gen. Sherman has
determined to retire from the army in
November 1888. Several months
earlier than the date fixed by the re-
tirement bill.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-09-07
Ready about September lst.
Walt Whitman's Prose Works,
UNDER TITLE OF
SPECIMEN DAYS AND collect.

This will be the first time that Whit.
mans prose works have been issued i'll
book form, and the above announcement
will be good news to his many admirers,
The work will he in three divisions, the
first being an Autobiography, or Specimen
Days of his early life, which is full of bright
passages that are sure to interest.
The Second Part is devoted to the war
period, and fit companion to his "Drum
Taps" which attract so much attention
among the poems. Here the authors de
scriptivc powers are put to Il test which
only proves tn, TN to be of the highest or
der
The Third Division gives the second
part of the title or "Collect,' it being Il
collection of essays on political and social
subjects, a number Of which have ap-
pcarcd in the North american RGrteo and
other first class journals.
A large part, however (Which the auth.
or considers his best productions have
! been put aside from time to time with the
intention of making just such book as is
about to be offered. Mr. Whitman, now
| in advanced years, intends this rs n mem
orial volume, and, from the pains taken in
| its production, we can safely bespeak its
having, what it certainly deserves, large
sale.
Same size, style and Price as "Lcaves of
Grass"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-09-07

Senator Hills physicians say that
the cancer which killed him was
caused by Tobacco. He had habit o.
holding a cigar almost constantly in
bis mouth, and keeping the nicotine.
coated end against the left side Of his
tongue.
The New Baby.
What an excitement follows the
news of new arrival in neighbour
hood in the form of a baby-especial-
ly among children and ladies Of un.
certain age. They soon discover that
they are nearly dying to see the lit
tie cherub and forthwith 60 to the
druggists for a dozen boxes of
Swayne's Pills, which purify the
blood, remove all obstIuctions, and
bring the rich color of health to the
pale cheek. Unlike others, they
neither grippe or produce nausea. An
invaluable medicine for nearly all the
various diseases flesh is heir to. Your
druggist keeps them on sale.
1t is believed that the Regular Re
publican Committee Of Pennsylvania
is giving more attention to the election
o. members of the State Senate than
it is to the election Of General Beaver.
The Senators chosen this year will
participate in the election of Senator
Cameron 8 successor, and are, there.
fore, Of greater Importance to him than
tho State officers.
It is claimed by Chicago beef firms
that they can ship dressed beef to the
Eastern markets cheaper than it can
be purchased here. They say it is as
sweet as when it comes from the
slaughter house. One car will carry
thirty.fve dressed cattle, whereas
the same car will not carry more than
half the number alive.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-09-07
Gaforfin Glarinn.
Chas. f. Cassell, A. N.
Editor and Publisher.
Thursday, Sept, 7, 1882.
Maryland News.

Maryland News.
Grace Lutheran Church Of West
minister received a bell last month
weighing 1885 pounds, the largest in
that city.
The population Of Allegany County
is3S,0l2; Garrett, 1919; Washing
ton, 3S, SOL; Frederick, 50,4S2: Mont
gomerv, 24,759. The population Of
the State is 1914 ,943.
They have local law for the better
protection of sheep in Carroll county.
There is a tax levied on all dogs and
farmers who lose sheep by dogs are
Reimbursed from that fund.
The total number registered in Car
roll county thus far is Ats; ALSO
white and 295 coored. At the
largest vote ever polled Gin lSSO)
there were $3.50 ballots cast in that
county.
Rough on Rats.
The thing desired found at last.
Ask your Druggists for Rough on
Rats" 1t clears out rats, mice
loaches, flies, bed bugs. l5c. boxes
Mr.. R. ]. Baker of Sykesville, re.
ports thirty.four bushels, by weight
Of wheat raised last season on piece
of poor land to which had been ap-
,Iied 200 pounds of dissolved and raw
bone mixed.
The total number registered in
Washington county is 5,557; the vote
at the last presidential election was
S,llO and the HAIL says that it is
probable that there are 5000 voters
in the county.
Tae great coal strike has ended and
both sides have lost everything ex.
cept experience.
On Monday Is inst. the corner stone
of an additional wing to Western
Maryland college was formally laid
and the annex named Ward Hall, in
lonor Of DR.. J. T. Ward the very eff
cient president Of the college. 1t was
specially through his efforts that an
amount of money was secured to COW
or the expense Of the new building.
BUCHUPAIBA.
New,quick, complete cure days
urinary affections, smarting, frequent
or difficult urination, kidney diseas
90. 81. at druggists. Prepaid by ex.
press, $l.25, 6 for SIS. E. S. WILLS
Jersey City, N, j.
The Hagers!own Odd Fcllov in an,
nouncing Louis E. McComas Esq as a
candidate for the nomination for Con
gress pays the following tribute to bis
worth. 1t says
"As ready, effective and forcible
public speaker and dsbater, Mr.. Nc
Comas is well-known all over this Con
gressional District, on the hustings OF
which, in each county, he made his
memorable canvass Of 1876; grasping
the standard Of the Republican party
at time when despair seemed tc
have paralyzed the energies Of the
party, he ran 700 votes ahead Of the
Presidential ticket in the district and
$50 ahead in Washington county"
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-03
Serious Runaway.
A Carriage Returning From Church Ul
 

A Carriage Returning From Church Up-
 sets on Water Street.
 Yesterday afternoon while MT. A. E. Dud- ley, the insurance agent, was returning from the Wooster Place church, going to his sum- mer home in West Haven he met with se- rious accident. He was driving a pair of horses that were attached to two seat open road wagon. Passing through East Water street, when between Olive and Union streets, one of the reins became entangled in one of his horses tails. and in trying to extricate the rein the horses were turned around short and the wagon with its inmates was turned over. In the wagon beside MT. Dudley, were his wife, his daughter, two small children and Mrs. Captain Ellers. The horses broke loose from the wagon and ran down Water street, but one of them was stopped in front of the fire department sup ply house by William c. Smith, assistant su- perintendent of the fire alarm telegraph, and the other was stopped further down the street. The parties thrown from the wagon were taken to the house of Superintendent Smith, No. 147 Water street, and Dr. Visbno was called. The doctor found that no bones were broken, but all of the parties were more or less bruised. Mrs. Dudley having suffered worse than any of the others the fragments of her hips were badly strained and she com plained of inward pains. Mrs. Ellers was considerably bruised and scratched about the face, as was MT. Dudley and the children. After the parties had been properly cared fol hack was procured and they were taken to wreck was temporarily stored in the supply house yard
Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-03
LOCAL. NEWS.
Brief Mention.

The reading room ce the Young Men s Institute will be open till 1 o'clock on the Fourth, and the library will be closed all day.
 The steamer Continental, which leaves New Haven daily at 10:1S a.. m., commencing to day until further notice, will land at A Twenty third street, East river, on the down
 Zip only.
 e average daily error of the Yale ob se4 sry standard clock which distributed the daily time signals to the railroad tele graph offices of the State during the month ending June 3o,. 1882, was eleven one-hun dredths of one second.
 The Sisters of Charity for the past sixteer years in charge of the St. Francis Orphan Asylum in this city left Saturday, departing sto New York to their mother house, Noun St. Vincent. Mary will regret losing them The Sisters of Mercy have taken charge