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The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

school house; every watermelon patch he
had robbed, came clearly before him.
The blood coursed quicker as the train
moved into the station, and he was in
the seventh heaven of expected pleasure
by the time he had got TO his mothers
house.
But disappointment of the most sick
ening kind followed.
One Jim was in Wisconsin, another
was in the graveyard. The village itself
had changed so that he could not recog-
nize it. The old Eagle Tavern was gone,
and in its place was the Union Hotel.
Peck's store, with the village doctor and
the Justice of the Peace sitting in front,
was not there, but in its stead huge
block of brick buildings.
The railroad had given the village a
start, and it was about the same as the
one he had left in the West. The woods
had all been cut off the hills, and Sloan's
pond had dried up. The mill had been
torn down long ago, and the river had
shrunk. Perhaps it was as large as ever,
but mems eyes were different from boys
eyes.
Round Hill wasn't exactly the shape
of sugar loaf, as he had always had it
in his mind. and the laughing, romping,
red checked Susies and Marys of his boy
hood he found staid, sober, worn mat
rons, with other Susies and Marys 10
care for And when Tom came to meet
him he found him not rosy-cheeked
boy, with his trousers hanging by one
suspender, but tall, bearded man, who
had but minute TO give him.
Jim, the most promising boy in the
village school, and the prize scholar in
the Sunday school, and who was intend
ed for the ministry, he found blear-
eyed loafer, hanging about the gin-mills,
and Sam, the stupidest boy in the school
was the principal lawyer in the county,
and was being talked of for Congress.
And to add to his trouble. the dishes
cooked by his mother, of which he had
been so fond when boy, tasted entirely
different, and so he told the old lady,
and she replied with sigh;
'I cock 1t just as | used to; but you
must remember there is difference be-
tween boy of fourteen, who can relish
anything, and man of thirty. You
have changed-not l."
And so, instead of making long stay,
ne found the place uncomfortable, and he
packed his valise and went home at the
end of the third day.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
The French Homes of the Rothschiids.
Land

The chateau of Ferriercs where Baron
Alphonse de Rothschild has been giving
a series of ontertainements in honor of
the Comtesse de Paris, bids fair to outdo
Beaurcgard for the magnificence Of its
fetes.
The Rothschilds possess upon French
soil as many fine mansions as were for
nerly possessed by the monarchs whose
veins were coursed by the blood of the
Nalois. Saying nothing of the houses of
the family in Paris, the more prominent
of these residences may be mentioned.
There is, to begin with, the splendid
house of Ccrnay, which has been trans
formed into modern castelleni by the
Baroness Nathaniel.
Then there is the mansion of Chan
tillv, which the unfortunate Baron James
Edward was having erected in the
shadow of the house of the Condos at
the time of his sudden and tragic death,
and which has since been completed by
his widow.
Next comes the chateau of Boulogne,
bought by the Dcwager Baroness de
Rothschild, and TO which she has inn
parted magni6cencc which is only
equaled by that of her own villa at
Cannes.
The Baroness Adolphe holds her
plenary court in the early days ofautumn
at the charming little villa of Pregny,
on the shore of the blue Lake of Geneva.
Lastly. there is Ferriercs, the resi-
dence destined to pass from generation
to generation 10 the eldest son of the
house of Rothschild in Trance, in order
that he may there maintain sovereign
pomp as chief of the dynasty. All the
Rothschilds are at home there, and are
treated like kings. There are no such
things as Invitations" or visits"
Flanked by four towers, Fcrrieres in
its architecture recalls Windsor Castle.
Both are composed of different buildings,
belonging 10 different periods and pre-
sent an amalgamation of the styles that
prevailed in past generations. Ferrieres
is comfortable as well as luxurious.
| The writer of this sketch in the French
paper mentions, for example, that little
tramway is laid in the passage of the
kitchen, and is worked by steam TO take
the dishes TO the dining-room.
Court etiquette reigns among the COM
pany at Ferrieres. The ladies dine en-
toilette decolletee, the gentlemen in
swallow tails and white ties. Ferrieres
is a center for all the distinction Of the
world. Entirely adopted by the Eau.
bourg st. Germain, the Rothschilds re-
ceive the cream of society. The Prince
of Wales never goes to Paris without ac.
cepting an invitation 10 Ferrieres.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
Bonnets for the Bellies.

There is decided preference for face
trimmings in many of the most dressy
new bonnets, and this consists usually of
three closely-crimped ruflles of creamy
white crepe lisse. In very youthful
bonnets one or two rows of the tiniest
pink rose-buds form the face garniture,
while in others there are thickly clust-
cred loops of narrow satin ribbon in
three or four overlapping rows or else
the loops are Of chenille or gilt cord.
CamePs hair bonnets are the Partisan
novelties just imported These bonnets
are of soft wool as thick as felt, but more
flexible, and three half-inch bands are
pleated in shape 10 form the bonnet.
Sometimes gilt cord or silver or che
nile is braided in with the wool bands
and the effect is similar to the basket
bonnets worn during the summer. Kid
bonnets have crowns entirely of leather
nodded into shape in the way felt bon
nets are, and the brim is covered with
elaborate folds of velvet, to which is adj
dcd some Of the new leather lace of leaf
and flower pattern, or else thera is cord
of leather or some gold cord, braid or
lace. The short strings are of bias velvet
used for the folds. Expensive furs, such
as Russian sable and sea otter, are used
for the brims Of small bonnets that have
a crown of velvet or of cloth.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
The Playful TOy-Pistol.

George Hulson, of Oakdale, Roane
county, died on Monday from lockjaw,
caused by toy-pistol," runs a bit of a
local in a recent number of the Knox
vile Tribune.
A half dozen boys were shooting with
toy-pistols at an orange rind on Chartres
street, New Orleans, the other day. One
of their stray bullets killed little Mary
Miller, baby.
Little Abe Odom, of Montezuma, Ga,
was given toy pistol for Christmas
present. He went ducking with his
father, who received in his right ear the
first bullet from the toy.
On Christmas day Scokell Rankin, a
lad of Jasper, Tenn, was capping u toy
pistol. A piece of the cap struck the tip
of his little finger, lockjaw followed and
the boy died six days later.
Referring to the death of a lad from a
toy-pistol wound, Tennessee paper
adds: Another boy died at Poplar
Creek from the same cause, and son of
Stephen Geesland living at Cooper's
Landing, met his death in a similar
manner. There was still another death
in the county last week from the same
cause.
"How about the toy pistol for blank
cartridges ?" Asked Star reporter of 4
New York toy dealer The reply was
at is called toy, but il is more. and, as
has been proved, is about as deadly a
weapon as any Of the more pretentious
revolyers which come from gun factory.
II is an error to call such weapon a
toy II is built upon the same plan as
the regulation revolver, and its. sale
ought to be prohibited by the Legisla-
ture. Within very short time more
than three dozen accidents have occurred
from the use of this new pest that has
fallen in our midst"
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Last fall a syndicate of New York and
Pittsburg capitalists bought oil heavily
and laid the certificates away for an ad
vance When the market got hieh enough
70 suit them they sold out. The Penn
bank Of Pittsburg handled the money for
them, and as its share of the profits got
I'll Y00S in interest The deal has just
been finally closed by the payment ol
brokers' commissions, and the members
ofthe syndicate divide a profit Of 81 200.
600. Russell Sage is credited with being
- the head of the scheme, and the
pecpat of the oil i.eld Is said to have
- 40 bmssla.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
CAPTURING A RAILROAD.
VanderbIIts Brilliant Financiering.

Chcsgo Times.
~ see that the election OF Nickel Plate
officers to-day resulted in distinctively
VANDERBILT board" said a confidential
friend and adviser of William II. Van
derbilt to a commissioner of the Times
yesterday.
"Well, what does that mean ?"
an tell you if you won't give it away"
mo"
"Surc? ?"
"Yes."
"Well, the Lake Shore at the sugces-
ton of the elder Vanderbilt has recent
" purchased S6,5OO,00O of Nickel-Plate
stock, on which there will be an annual
interest charge of S450,0O0. The plan is
to house the Nickel-plate at Buffalo and
Chicago in Lake Shore depots, for which
protection the Nickel-Plate will pay back
enough to cover this interest charge.
For the present, and until after the meet
ing of the joint executive committee in
New York, Vanderbilt is going to make
a show of running the Nickcl-Plate as
an independent road. At the coming
meeting i'm New York he will ask for
this independent line about 10 per cent.
of the east-bound business and will be
allowed about s per cent. As soon as he
secures percentage in the pool he will
throw off the mask and no longer dis
guise his intention of using the Lake
Shore depot for his new line. This line
was bought as protection and it is now
owned by the Lake Shore, and will be
fed Just enough to keep it alive and pay
fixed charges"
"Then Vanderbilt no longer personally
holds controlling interest in the Nickel
Platc?"
"No. He purchased controlling in
terest for S6,500,0O0. He then offered it
for sale to the Lake Shore, of which he
is half-owner. The Lake Shore Com
pany decided to buy the controlling in
terest in the Nickel-Plate from Mr.. Van
derbilt. Accordingly, Lake Shore bonds
to the amount of $6,500,000 were issued
and turned over to Vanderbilt, who then
surrendered his interest in the Nickel
Plate to the Lake shore, in which, how
ever, he holds controlling interest All
the Lake Shore wants is the interest on
its recent issue of bonds, and this it pro-
poses to get by charging the Nickel-Plate
a round sum for the depot facilities at
Buffalo and Chicago"
"Will that be paying policy"
Certainly. The Lake Shore gets rid
of a dangerous competitor without the
actual outlay of cent. To be sure, the
Lake Shore has $G,50o000 invested in
the Nickel-Plate, but the Nickel-Plate
will pay back much more than the in
terest on that amount for terminal facili-
ties and on other pretexts. II is, in fact,
one of the most brilliant pieces of iinan-
ciering in the annals of railroad build
ing. Vanderbilt is not a man to allow q
road which he controls to pay $240,000
to a foreign company when he can ar
range that this amount shall be simply
transferred from one pocket to another
elias the Lake Shore room?"
eyes. 1t has been buying property
for the last five years, and can extend its
facilities any time to amply accommodate
the Nickel-Plate."
won't the Rock Island object to al
lowing the Nickel-Plate passenger depo,
facilities?'
"No. Vanderbilt owns too much stock
in that road. His suggestions are CON-
mands."
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

New Workers who live on the fat of
the land have to oloosen their purse strings
for quail sell there at So dozen; canvas
back ducks, So each; redheads, $3.50 a
pair; woodcock, 70 cents each; teal ducks,
e3 cents; hard crabs, $3.50 per hundred;
black ducks, $3.50 pair; red snapper, 10
to is cents; wild pigeons, $3.50 dozen;
green turtle, l6 cents pound; Southern
terrapin, S24 to $50 dozen; fresh shad
from Savannah), So each.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Mr.. Gougeau. who died recently in
Quebec, provided by his will that his
wife should receive yearly. besides GER
tain lands, the following: 20 bushels of
wheat, clean, dry, good and merchanla-
BILE; 60 bushels of good, fine oats; bush
els Of split peas; so bushels Of good pota-
toes; 200 bushels of hay, timothy and
cloycr; pig, weighing 200 pounds. with
the suet; ! bushel OF salt; pound of pep
per; IL pounds Of candles; IL pounds of
good soap; ] good milch COW; - dozen
Of fresh eggs, and good maid servant to
wait upon her.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
The Toy Balloon.

Very few persons are aware Of the dan
gerous character Of the toy balloon now
so extensively sold in The streets. A few
days ago a gentleman struck a match to
light cigar, and one of these balloons
happening TO come near the blaze ex-
ploded, enveloping his head and face
in flame, burning of his eyebrows and a
portion of his hair and whiskcrs. II is
very evident that the toy balloon is filed
with q highly inflammable gas.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

DR.. Ellis, of the Canadian Association,
has made analyses of the milk of cows
fed with different kinds of food. He finds
there is a greater amount of fatty matter
in the milk Of cows fed on distillery ref
use, but he saw no evidence that the milk
was impaired by such feeding.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
ROMANCE WRECKED.
The Western Mans Return to the Old
Home Place.

What man is there who, after a stay in
the aew West Of ten or a dozen years,
did not go back 10 his old home in Mass
aehusetts or New York with great antic-
ipations OF pleasure? He dreamed of it
for months before starting. and he made
careful preparations to stay at the "old
place" for a long time.
He called TO mind the Jims and Tons
and susies aud Marys of his boyhood,
and thought how delightful il would be
to meet them. lie remembered Sloan's
pond, where he iished, as boy, the mill
on the creek from the pond of which he
had pulled 50 many bull heads; the Hill
which every winter of his boyhooj, had
been his resort with his sled; the red
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Louis Rosseley, who died near Clevc-
land, Ohio, the other day, at the age of
nearly one hundred years, was in most
of Napo,eon's battles, and received a
wound at Waterloo.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Governor Bates leg was so fearfully
shattered at the battle of Shiloh that
when the surgeons insisted upon ampu-
tation as the only hope of life the reso-
Lutte man said, "Death with my leg to
life without it," and in the midst of his
sufIerings resisted, almost by force, the
advances of the knife.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
actress

A Pottsviilc cat caught sparrow,
which chirpcd an alarm call, and in an
instant large numbers Of the belligerent
little birds came to the rescue and drove
the cat away.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Jrst as Rev. Elisha Blackshear, of
Thomasville, Ga, pronounced James
White and Dclilah Anderson man and
wife, they fell into the arms of the at
tendants, dead. They were both affected
with heart disease.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Farmers in the United States have
1920, ,253,S62 Of capital invested in
their business. This sum includes farms,
implements, live stock, fertilizers and
fences.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

The Norristown Herald says that a
woman in that city used what remained
Of bottle of soothing syrup after her
baby died to kill rats.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Mr.. Critchet, the eminent English ocu-
list, made mistake in an operation re-
Gently and his death few weeks ago is
said to have been fastened by remorse
on account of the professional slip.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

President Stcelye, of Amherst College,
spends an interesting hour with the SEN
iors every Monday morning, answering
such questions ON literary, politica! and
miscellaneous subjects as they choose to
hand in
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Gov. Porter of Indiana, asks: "What
is fame?" Being called on to name the
Governors of a half-dozen States, he
found he could not perform the feat.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Anna Dickinson is living at Homes
dale. When her health is fully restored
she will give readings in the West, with
the hope of retrieving her failure as an
acfrcss
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Ex-Governor Warmoth, of Louisiana,
is such firm believer in the beet sugar
industry that he has been in Maine buy
ing machinery fora beet sugar factory on
his plantation.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Henry Ward Beecher began the deliv-
cry of lecture in Chicago last spring
but sudden attack of vertigo made it
necessary for him to leave the platform.
He finished the lecture in that city re-
couflv
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Because neighbor refused her offer to
purchase his lands, Ms. McLachman,
the wife of a farmer.near Ottawa, took a
fatal dose of Paris green.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Father Ri.cher the new Bishop of
Grand Rapids, Mich, is only SO years
old
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

James Russell Lowell figures in the
San Jose, CAL, Mercury, as probable
Republican candidate for President, in
1884.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

The late Louis blanc left 5000 to Pa
risian children who have been deserted
by their parents.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

yicomtc d'Haussonville's book on the
United States has just been published in
Paris.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Prof Hilgard, of the Coast Survey, is
going to the South Sea Islands to observe
the eclipse of the sun.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

Abraham Lincoln's birthday was cclc-
hrated in San Francisco on February II.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03

1t is an admitted fact that men who use
their brains live longer other things be-
ing equal, than those who do not.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-03
An Old AuecdOte Revised.


The Scottish patriot Balliol, having
concealed himself in a cave the better to
study the natural history of some of
King Edwards men-at-arms and royal
bloodhounds, became interested in the
movements of an ant which had secured
a grain of corn much larger than itself
and was endeavoring TO convey its prize
to the nest Sixty and rinc times the
little insect failed in its arduous task,
but so far from being discouraged, il at
tempted it yet seventieth time, ard
failed AZ ain.
II see" said Balliol to himself, "that
people can spare themselves great deal
of bother by finding out early in the day
what it IS hey can't do" and fastening
to Berwick he made his submission TO
King Edward, by whom he was loaded
with honors and chains.
A garbled version of this anecdote IL
told Of Bruce, but both stories repose on
the manifestly absurd theory that the
canny Scott would have wasted his time
watching the ant when he might just as
well have taken the grain Of corn.
A strong but wholly selfish character
cannot blend by giving and taking, and
thus becoming modified into something
different and better. 1t can only absorb
and thus drag down TO its own condition.
Before there can be unity, the weaker one
must give up and yield personal will and
independence TO such degree that il is
almost equivalent to being deyoured and
assimilated.
------
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1--we srocK MARKErs-RY rELEGRApH.

BUFFALO Dec. 3o.-CATTLRReceipts to-day. l,5OO head
total week thus far 62 head for same time last
week head; consigned through 800 cars run light
demand good proper ton bought for astern ira
IS so S. Light steers 81 25 GOOD ButcneIs steers
So 50 a - 30. ooo -. -, ..
SHEEP LAMBs-Recepts to-day ,6On head total Tor
the week thus 10000 head; for time last week
400 head consigned through "a supply and demand
Western Sheep 81 dSA 60 Choice
Fancy 750S3 %; Western Lambs $59S 90 Canada
Lambs 50 500 50 So.
Hoes Receipts to-day. 60o0 head; total for the week
thus 27495 head for same time last week Al 500 head
suO0gned through 60 receipts moderate marx OF nm
GoOn 10 Choice Workers. SIS 25GSf So Light do S6dS6 10
Good and Mediums So 35G$6 so Choice Heavy
So 5OGS6 CO. Pigs, So cas-
CHICAGO Dec. 3O-HoGs-ReceiptBS :. 90 head; shipments
the market ete Mixed. s. OOG So TO- Heavy
s. 500 ~ Cos Light So 50d$6 49, Skps. 81 a So %
CATTLE - Receipts, 200 head; shipments 1000 head
active and strong prices hme Extra 81 2nGst DO
Shipping So 20 eS6 Common to Fair 81 Eva
s. TO- Butchers fairy active and nIn at 81 oOe8 2U STOCK
ers and Feeders. S3dS4 23.
sHEgP-Recepts 6UO heaa shipments head; market
SLOW bnt steady trade Common to Fair
So lO0S3 SO Medium 10 Good asa S0 Choice 10 Extra
81 4OQSi 50.
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CHARIEsToN Dec 30-COttOD 0uiet. Mid1hng 9s4c.i
Low Mdding, 9hc Good Ordinary o. net receipts 266t
faes; gross 1868 bales: tU bales; exports 90
Tie Continent bales TO Great Brit9in - bales.
10 France bales; coaswise. i7s bales stock lOJe56
bales
MOBILE Dec. 3o.-Cotton quiet niddiDg 9sIsc Low
Mlddlnc 9tsci ordinary. &C.; net receipts, ,b04
bales gross 1864 baes exports cOastwise, loS baes
sales 100 bales; stOcR. 4l.5"s bales
Low Midding csc: Good Ordinary, Sc: let receipts.
"a. bales: gross. 25795 bales; export 20 France
10 the Continent " baies; coastwise = bales 20
026 baos; sales 1000 bales last evening"
1900 bales. stock. 325 l76 bales
SAVANNAH. Dec. 30.-t'oton quiet; Middling, ssc Low
Middhng. Ordinary Stsc.' net receipts SIG
bales: gross 49Z7 bales exports coast wise 1900 bales
Britain, 6.374 bales TO the Continent bales
$3.50 baes; last evening 2lO0 bales; stock l252o3
Ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-01

IiyFRlOoI Dec SO-BacOn Cumberland Cut 500: short
RIB A9Od Pork Prime Ness. 90Ud do Western ~. Lard
Prime Western b7Od cheese American Choice G6Od Corn
61ld Mixed old TuTpentine Spirits $500 Provisions
5SSd for Amorcan BIoAd5tuns-COrn Oil ID
foT old Mixed Western Wheat 9d 094d GENITAL for Cal
iorna Club for Red Western Spring bodGalld
for Red Winter -.
LONDON. Dec. 30-spirits Turpentlns 1901 Calcutta
Ilnseed slOd per quarter LnseeO Oh 32l 05f6R2l 10
per Tallow 80 DER cwt Rcnned Ptroleum $500
"a gal.
HAVE Dec. 3O-wneox's Lard closed NJ 6s francs 10
centlmes per 90 koa
AETwERF 3O-Peroleum. lS francs rs confines for
Fine Pale American PAID and IL francs 10 confines BelerA
Wilcox Lard. 1871 francs 30 confines per 100 kilOs
BREMEN Dec. 3O-PetIOeum. z marks 20 piennigs. WI
soxs Lard closed at IS marks ITO KIDS.
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HAVANA DEC. 8O.-Sugar-Market remained quiet bnt
weak centrifugal 90 sc" polarization in boxes and
fhds SaSla nGo to $50 pOauZtlOn.
& - reals gold per arrobe: MuscOvadO Common 10 Fair G2
Su63 II warehouse at Havana Maauzas-
$4,000 boxes 2s900 bags and 1880 hhds Receipts Of
eek and hhds Exports during the week.
BIO boxes $500 bags 2.2l6 hhds. including 500
bags and 1920 hhds the United States Exchange
arm on the United States 60 days gold. ~ short
sight do, l69s prem. London, Is lSA premj on
Paris. 5G5 a prem Spanish gold 1888
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Diuioeno Notices.

A LII COUPONS DUE 1ST PROX., AND
~ principal Of all bonds due date isued by the
RAILROAD EQUIPMENT COMPANY, secured by rolling
the folio railroads under cartrust FORM
be paid that date the Offices OF POST,
MARTIN & CO.. 80, "a Pine-st. New-York T. w. CLARK
& CO., No. So South Third ST.. Philadelphia:
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IN THE "WELLES BUILDING"
brooalpn )ro,erto Sor sac an> % Get

E'OR SALE on very easy terms, tour-stOry
brick yelling the side OF O0u nbia Heights.
MID Fulton anl Wall Ferries,
the bay an rInniny through 20 FIr nansL, win Dle
story Farmanst lot 2JEljD, small anO1at Dly
Of cash required. Address Z. LESTER Tribune Once
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Gitp Real estate tor Sale.


E'IRST-CLASS BUSINESS PROPERTY on
streets in this vicinity for sale paying 10 per cent
rutland o. WHITING, Beakusnst
TOR SALE CHEAP.-TwO lots north side of
Il 6iths between 9Th ave- ana Boulevard. WILLIAM
IL hOOME's son. 1913 Cth-ave. Masonic Temple Build
ing.
| OTIS NEAR 5TH-AVE.. $500 EACH. A
IL very cheap parcel
kULAND & WHITING. B BeekmansL