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The Osceola times., 1883-03-24
SPARTAN GIRLS.
An Astoria Gcrman's View of the Useful
ness of Gymnastic Exercises.


New York sun.
"Would you like to see our Spartan
girls?" an Astoria German said to re-
porter.
The reporter replied that he would.
The gate leading to the Turn-Verein
building in Astoria was closed, and the
reporter was led through beer saloon
and back yard to the side entrance Of
the building.
On entering he saw capacious hall
furnished with variety of gymnastic
apparatus. The American and German
flags adorned the walls. Fourteen girls
frop 10 II years old were assembled in
the hall They wore uniform consist
ing of navy blue shirt, with skirt Of
the same stuff reaching 10 the knees, blue
drawers, rel stockings, with linen slip
pers and belt. They were in merry
mood. Some were swiftly sliding over
the smooth floor like sylphs, others were
jumping like kids, and some were swing
ing and climbing am,ng the ropes like a
troop of monkeys. Al screamed and
laughed in chorus.
"They are amusing themselves till the
teacher comes" said the German.
Soon the teacher appeared dressed in
his gymnastic suit. At his command the
girls arranged themselves in line. A
regular drill followed The girls march
ed in pairs, in fours, and in Indian file.
Then they ran, jumped over IA string,
climbed up high ladder, swung on par
allel bars, and performed military evolu-
tons with light sticks which served as
guns.
"These are our Spartan girls said the
German adrniringly. u hope they will
be worthy of their ancient prototypes.
The Spartan women, you know, used to
hand the shields to their sons about TO
90 to battle, with the words: Either
with this or ON this Do you think they
would have been so brave If they had
not taken exercise like this? Our grand
mothers used TO appear on the battlefield
to encourage their husbands and sons
fighting against the Roman legions. Do
YOU suppose they would not have hidden
themselves in the forest ut the first sign
of the Romans approach i. they had not
strengthened their nerves by exercise ?
l don't think that hereafter women will
ever have TO appear on the battlefield I;
yet there are tn Jusan3 occasions when
a firm hand and brave heart may be of
much use TO them, for daily we hear of
disasters at sea and on land. Life is a
great bliss and a heavy burden, and we
believe that only those well trained, both
mentally and physically, can bear the
burden and fully enjoy the bliss. So we
make Spartans of our girls
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A BALL At NICE.
How the Bright People Of All Nations were
Entertained at the Prefecture.


London Life.
The ball at the Prefecture on the 10Th
was very brilliant affair, all the best
Nice people and great many of what
Truth would designrtc as smart" Eng
lish visitors being present.
About seven hundred guests assembled
during the evening, being received at the
entrance to the dancing rooms by the
Prefet des Alpes Maritimes and Nine.
Lagrange de Langre. The last mention
ed lady wore well-ma1e gown of silver
white silk. Three large rooms were util-
lied for dancing purposes, ia Irritation"
ION the eccentricities of which pastime
the local papers love to dilate) was car
ried on outrance in the twelve salons
of the Prefecture.
There were some really charming
dresses. Among the Russian guests
Nine. de Goulkevitsch, who wore court
train covered in white jet and trimmed
with sea-weed. and Nine. AnosseG, in a
copper-colored satin tunic opening over
a pelticoat of old gold, with cascade of
flowers across the front, carried off the
palm. Very Partisan was the toilet OF
Mime. de Girardin; entire dress of pale
pink damask, the front of the skirt being
covered with founces of lace thickly
beaded with white jet. Nine. Alfonso
wore a capital dress of pompadour blue
satin embroidered with Oriental flowers
and the Baroness Grotthus looked nice
in pale pink moire. The demoiselles
Keppenheim we're at ired respectively in
pale blue and peach pink gauzc, and
among the American beauties the Misses
Denisson, dressed in vapory white, at.
tracted much attention.
The cotillon, which was led by M. lie
Roy, secretaire general of the Prefecture
and Nine. Labeyrie, was carried on with
great success till past four in the morn
inc
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Letting $500 Drop.
San Francisco Post.

A solemn looking citizen appeared at
police headquarters yesterday, and
beckoning the chief into private room,
said:
"You know that $500 robbery at my
house that reported yesterday morn
ing"
certainly, and l have put two of our
best men on the case, and"
"Well, I-ahem-I have decided not
to pursue the matter. You needn't take
any further steps. In fact"
"You don't mean to say that you have
recovered the money!"
"Oh, no mot at all"
Found a clue, eh ?"
"Well, moo, not exactly. The fact is
the money was taken out ofmy trowsers
pocket at night, and--and-this morn
ing my wife had sent home new seal
skin sack"
"Ah."
"And so you sec have about conclud-
ed to let the matter drop-let the matter
drop" and with deep sigh the bereaved
husband drifted out.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-24
THE ELEPHANTS TuSk.
Causes of the High Price Of lvory-in-
creasin= Demand and small supply.

Cause. Of the High Price Of Ivory-In-
creasin= Demand and small supply.
An ivory-handled knife to the ordinary
diner out is simply piece of table cut
lerv. useful at meals, but devoid of all ro
nance. lie wonders not at the ingenuity
that made the steel and fashioned the
blade with its keenly cutting edge.
Seldom does he bestow a thought upon
the haft. In his eyes it is only knife
handle, and he does not let its anteced-
ents to interfere with his appetite. But,
through what an experience this bit OF
ivory, so smooth and shining, has passed
1t once formed part ofan elephants trsk,
and was probably dug out of the desert
or found in some dense African forest,
whilst the jackals or vulturcs were FEAST
ing on the animals carcass.
1t was most likely carried hundreds OF
miles over tracklcss country, and thro'
territory peopled by hostilctribes, ready
to shed blood for its possession. Like
fame, ivory is very difficult to get, and
when, by the exercise Of strength, endur-
ance. watchfulness and cunning the dus-
XIV natives bave brought it to the shore,
they deserve a substantial price for the
precious load that has fatigued their
limbs and made their shoulders ache.
at I txn
weighed not less than one hundred and
forty pounds, and it can hardly be said
that the Africans yoke is easy and his
burden light, when he has to toll along
in tropical heat, with an elephants tooth
in his grasp.
But the obstacles to be overcome in
getting the ivory to civilized region,
are not entirely responsible for the high
prices in the English market. The cie-
phant is defunct in Egypt, and tusks are
only obtainable there by dredging in the
sand; but the leviathan of the woods is
by no means extinct in Africa and India,
and would possibly yield an abundance
Of ivory if the demand only grew as slow
as his teeth.
The extensive use to which ivory is
put is really the secret of the advance IN
its value. 1t is no longer looked upon
merely as a material out Of which to
fashion the beautiful chessmen and ex-
quisitely carved figures that stand as GU
riosities on quaint side boards.
II is utilized in making such vast
number of articles in daily use, from the
dainty backed hair brush to the
most Lilliputian of pocket knives, from
the universally demanded billiard bail to
the fox-head scarf-pin, that the price OF
the elephant tusk must go up.
So dear has ivory become, indeed, that
one doubts whether Solomon, with all oi
his wealth, would have ventured, had he
lived in these days, to make "a great
throne of ivory overlaid with the best
gold" $500
At the Liverpool sale last week 81 POO
a ton was the sum obtained for tusks
from Angola and Gaboon, and Niger
ivory is almost as Gear In three years
the price has actually doubled. In 1879
it was possible for brokers to buy at GGOO
per ton, and since then nearly all kinds
of ivory have risen at least 100 per cent
in value. Stocks are now very low in
the ivory warehouses throughout the
country, and the fifty tons in the Liver
pool market were eagerly purchased
only bangles and balls going little
cheaper.
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Tn search OF % situation.

He had no overcoat, and his shiny un.
dercoat was buttoned clean up to hi
chin. He sat down on the one unoccu-
pied chair which the Office afforded, and
seemed considerably disconnected be-
cause the rounds prevented him from
slowing his feet under it.
81 came in to see ifthere was any va
cancy on the editorial staff" said he put
ting on persuasive smile.
None at present" replied the proprie-
tor, except in the head of the funny
man. and l don't believe you could fiji
that"
We'll, don't you want society editor
who is on intimate terms with all of the
high toners?"
"Not this time"
And yo1havent any need of an ex-
pert and ailable business manager to run
your circulation up to thirty-nine thous-
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Reasoning Animals.
London Spectator.


We confess that the two points which
have always struck our mind as distin-
gushing the nature Of brutes from that
Of men has been their inability to wor-
ship God and to kindle a fire. II would
be folly to deny that brutes can reason.
A sheep-dog that wants to head flock
in narrow lane will jump over a wall
and run along the other side until he
has reached the exact point occupied by
the sheep at the head of the flock, and
then jump back in order to drive them
home: A colley who was fond of going
out with the carriage would 90 and hide
himself as soon as he heard the order for
the carriage given, so that he might not
be tied up. If we analyze these and
many other instances of sagacity, we can
not help admitting that brute's mind
is capable Of two or three steps of reason
ing. On the other hand, no animal ever
manufactured a tool or weapon, even
OF the simplest kind and it is doubtful
whether gorilla himself, supposed to be
our nearest neighbor, ever uses walking
cane.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-24
A FLOATING PALACE.
The steam Yacht OF Railroad MaGnate
Approaching Completion.


Philadelphia Times
Jay Gould's Steam yacht, building at
the ship-yards of William Cramp & Sons,
is rapidly approaching complexion. At
present the framew orkand deck, entire
composed of iron, .are almost finished.
Over the iron flush deck wooden floor
ing will be laid.
The frame is 225 feet long, 205 feet at
the water line, with 26-fect beam. Or
dinarily loaded the yacht will draw about
Is feet of water. The shape of the frame,
being well pointed at the bow, clean cut
at the sides and nicely rounded at the
stern, gives every promise that the de-
sires of the owner and the expectations
of the builders to make this the most
complete and fastest sailing yacht in
existence, will be fully realized. Her
rig will be that of three -masted schoon-
er, and she will be provided with electric
lights and carry Herreschoff steam
launch.
The cabins will be located in the for
ward part of the boat and the crews
quarters aft, after the model of James
Gordon Benefits yacht. The cabins and
state-rooms will be ventilated by an i'm
proved steam fan, worked from the en-
CINE room. The cabins and nine state
rooms will be furnished in most magnif-
cent style before the yacht leaves the
yards. The floors of the state-rooms are
to he finished in hard and fancy woods,
with porcelain bath tubs under them,
containing fresh and salt water, which
may be made hot at the occupants de-
sire.
The floors are to be moveable, and 80
arranged that bath may be indulged in
without the necessity of the inmate leav-
ing the room. The upper wood work of
the statc-rooms will consist of satin wood,
French walnut and mahogany, inlaid
with various designs, specially made for
the purpose.
The furniture of each room will be dis
tinct, one in scarlet and yellow, another
in blue and gold, third in ebony, and
so on. The upholsterine of the apart
ments will be in tapestry, with embroid-
cred needle-work in various colors, 80
designed as to be in harmony with the
general character of each room.
There will be additional accommoda-
tions for thirty officers and men, and
room TO carry coal sufficient for trip of
eighteen days duration. Altogether it
Is estimated that the yacht will cost not
less than $l5O,O00.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-24
Humors Of the Flood.
"Whither are we drifting?"

"whither are we drifting?'
The water held back in the 1881 drouth
has arrived.
A State Treasurer might get away now
If he had a skiff.
This is good time to read Siegfried's
book on canoeing.
II must have been a food that | meant.
e. Stone Virgins.
A reference 10 the "murmur ofbrooks"
would bring out mob.
II looks as if what little occupation
did have is gone now.-The Cow.
Wanted-To Rent-A small mountain,
anywhere within half mile of the post
office.
A wet "blank 1.-THE language of the
gentleman who has crawled up into the
fourth story.
Instead of ordering the militia to Gray
con, the Governor should have put them
along the river bank.
Real estate has been rising along the
Ohio, and a great deal of it has been "for
sail."-Courier-Journal.
"Ark, ark" cried the English citizen,
as the roar of waters fell upon his ears.
He got away in skiff.
Ihopc no one will mention the Rhine
floods again until am through with my
opcrations.-Thc Ohio.
The gentleman of whom it is said. "He
would never set the river on fire." has
now more cause for Encouragement than
ever.
Cincinnati makes haste TO advise Miss
issippi river citizens to prepare for the
worst, and then climb tree to make
sure.
Secretary of Navy Chandler has not
visited Cincinnati. The gentleman could
learn good deal about water if he would
sail that way.
The "oldest inhabitant" now claims
that the water of '32 was much wetter
than the water of 'S3.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-24

In 1866 Sir Francis Macnaghten was
married to Alice Mary, eldest daughter
of DR.. William Howard Russell, a famous
newspaper correspondent, Irish by birth,
but Of English descent. They lived at
Sir Francis country place, the Bushmells,
Country Antrim, Ireland-sir Francis,
Lady Macnaghten and four children.
Lady Mary was never very domestic, a
hearty, good-looking, sportswoman sort
of creature, good rider and fond of fish
ing for salmon and land agents not quite
as stern as her husband. Mr.. Thornhill,
Sir Francis land agent, was naturally of.
ten out doors, looking after the estate,
tending the fences, watching the inter
ests of his master and setting bait now
and then while Lady Mary did the fish
ing. Late last December the fond pair
abandoned Sir Francis and the fishing
business end set out for Bray, a fashiona-
BILE suburb of Dublin, put up at a otel
there, passing as newly married coul le.
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and week%
81 guess not"
"And you don't want an experienced
musical and dramatic critic, imb5ed with
a love for the esthetic?"
"Not a want"
"Nor an astute man of the world, to
write humping editorials on the political
situation 2"
Hardly" . -.
"well, see here, then," said the visitor
appealingly, "I'll clean all the snow OIL
your walk for a quarter to buy my din
ner with"
He was given a snow plough and a
ticket TO free lunch counter
The Osceola times., 1883-03-24

Rosetti's sensational pictures are ac-
cused of developing at least share of
the current social sensations. Hence the
fast recurring stories of great ladies elop-
ing with hou'e agents; of well-born wo-
men spending long hours in their stables
in the company of iavorite mare and
her confidential groom, and the loud, if
injudicious, disclaimer of Lord Lonsdalc
accused of disappearing from the hunt
ing-fcld with horscy young lady. No
satisfactory end can be attained by the
public Reputation Ct this statement
merely hinted at Society newspapers.
however, know pretty well what they
are about when they throw out mysteri-
GUS and vciled insinuations, rather than
remain unnoticed and undiscerncd. Lest
the world should believe them incapable
of being notorious, many lift the veil and
deny the imputation, unwilling to FORE
60 the honor Of being implicated, some-
thing after the fashion of Lord Palmert-
son, who at so bitterly resented the in
reference of friends who exerted their
influence TO have his name as correspond
ent removed from the charges of a di-
vorce suit.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-24

Lots Of money. stolen from Sir Francis !;
lots Of shame. Her ladyship neve. went
out Of doors without being closely veilcd.
One bright morning the papers announc
cd that Lady Macnaghten had clopcd
with her husbands land agent, and then
the guilty lovers mysterio,isly disappear
ed; wretched, skulking, sbame-faced de-
serters of duty and the good old ways
Lady Macnaghten left her four children
behind when she fled with the agent-a
genuine sportswoman, without natural
affection, from whom Thornhill himself
will likely enough be glad to get away
before great while; ishercss and a
good rider TO hounds. Noble woman /!
Aud four children with hearts left 10
grow up into the world and curse the
name Of mother.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-24
FASHIONS FANCIES.

Short visites, very handsomely trim
med with lace, will be much worn.
Ottoman silk and satin de Lyon are
combined in new spring costumes.
To dress well requires thought and ex-
perience even more than money.
Amber and tortoise shell pins appear
among new millinery ornaments.
New Havelocks have several collars
and one deep cape cut in dolmsn shape.
The Havelock and Raglan are the pop
ular cloaks for general service this spring.
Lace cloaks. uniincd but handsomely
trimmed, come among other lace impor-
tations.
Lace pokes, with brims of lace pleat.
ing, are seen among spring novelties in
mil.inery.
Pinkish heliotrope, amaranth and scab-
ieuse, dark red purple shades, are termed
Judic.
A dash of yellow in the toilet, on the
bonnet, and in household decoration, is
the fancy of the moment.
Walking dresses remain short, but
hsuso dresses and toilets of ceremony are
demi-traincd and trained.
Polonaises grow in favor and are made
of the handsomest materials, with little
drapery, but rich trimmings.
The Greutze bonnet, with two rows of
box-pleated wired lace for the brim, will
be much worn in the carly spring.
Beautiful and dressy spring costumes
are made of satin rhadames or Surrah
combined with broche or embossed vel
veteens.
In Paris they are wearing very large
bonnets, but the American importations
are as yet in medium sizes for the most
part.
Normandy Valenciennes, an improve
ment on Italian lace, will be the popular
trimming for young girls and children's
white dresses next summer.
A new lace, the Helvetian, has res
eau of heavy meshes. Spanish lace de.
signs fos the borders, with patches o,
Brussels ground, on which are duchesse
flowers.
Hammered silver buttons are used on
gray, pale blue and rose-colored costumes,
bronze buttons on olive, green and brown
suits, and old gold on tan, brick and ter.
ra Gotta dresses.
The sleeve is now made a prominent
feature of the dress by such modistes as
Worth and Pingat.
Chandeliers are out Of fashion, and the
light for a room is thrown from fixed
corner brackets.
Heavy colored Spanish guipure comes
for trimming new black Ottoman and
gros grain silks.
Underwear is not 30 rich and fine as a
year ago. This is attributable in the in
PRODUCTION of crinoline.
The most costly and durable of all
glassware is the heavy Staffordshire flint
glass cut in America.
Close clingine styles, Grecian draper
les and aesthetic dresses demand fine and
luxurious Undertaking.
Lace is the most beautiful trimming
for underclothing, and valenciennes is
the queen of laces for this purpose.
Light wool diagonals for spring appear
in all the shades of dull green. blue, ter
ra Gotta, brick, corn blue, tan and brown.
Capes, in all sorts of shapes, and falling
Just to the waist line, will be much worn
for street wraps as the spring advances.
The fashionable fan is of large ostrich
feathers, mounted with shell, amber, ivo-
The Osceola times., 1883-03-24

Prince Louis Ferdinand, of Bavaria,
who reached Madrid recently, will be
married in April to Dona Pas, the second
sister Of King Alphonso. The Infanta
Paz is nineteen years of age. According
to Telegram in the London Standard,
she speaks several languages, and paints
30 well that her water-colors at the re-
cent exhibitions were much praised.
She is also charitable to the poor, like
the King, who annually gives some thou
sands Of pounds from his private purse
in charities"
The Osceola times., 1883-03-24

nv or pearl, and ornamented with a bird
with long tail plumage falling on the
sticks.
1t is difficult to imagine anything could
be prcttier than the new dress satteens
with embroidered bands for overdress
and corsage. They run the gamut of all
the colors and shades, from black TO pal
est blue, lavender, salmon, pink, corn or
white. Their texture is softer, their
sheen as rich as satin. Well may they
be called the very poetry of summer
dresses.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-24

The accident to Col. Chaplin, while
driving or being driven by Lady Castle
reagh, his wife's sister, reminds every
one of the extreme ill-luck which has at
tended his brother, Mr.. Henry Chaplin,
ever since the memorable Derby which
he won with Hermit under the most ro-
mautic circumstances. Middle-aCed men
tell a very interesting story of Henry
Chaplin's wedding mangue. He was en-
gagged to Lady Florence Paget, when on
the eve Of the wedding that beautiful
girl ran away with and married poor
Harry" the last Marquis of Hastings
and prince of the Plungers." whose life
was of the short and barely of the merry
order. Mr.. Chaplin was naturally en-
ragged at his disappointment. Blighted
loye is bad enough, but lacerated self
love is worse. Desertion is bad enough,
but it is nothing to being laughed at.
Then Mr.. Chaplin bought Breadalbane
and Broomielaw to beat the Duke in the
Derby, and thus revenge himself on Lord
Hastings. Neither of the rival lovers
was in it. The Duke did not run and
Breadalbane, who started as good IA
vorite as Gladiator, was last to the
Frenchman's first. II was not till two
years after that Mr.. Chaplin's revenge
came off, and 'luckcy in love, unlucky
at play" was justified as proverb. Hast
ings carried off the lady, who is now
married to Sir George Chetwynd, and
Chaplin won the Derby of 1867 and ruin
ed his rival, who had betted enormously
against the horse. But luck and revenge
have compensations. Mr.. Chaplin was
going on crutches when Hermit, with
odds of i,000 10 10 against him, won in a
sn,w-storm, and since then, although he
has recovered the use of his legs, he has
been unlucky, for his charming wife, a
daughter of the Duke of Sutherland, died
after few years of marriage; his politi-
cal essays have not only failed, but have
been laughed at his racing accounts
have bitten holes in his fine estates, and
now his brother lies in great danger.