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The Osceola times., 1886-07-31
The War on whisky.

BUFFALO, Mo, July 25.-The war now
being waged on the saloon-keepers aud
drug stores of this city for violating the
city ordinances is being kept up, and il
growing more desperate with each sue.
ceeding day. The city marshal added
two more men To the list last evening in
the persons of r. G. Mitchell and ]. S.
Ems, two drugstore keepers who, II is
claimed. have been selling liquor with.
out The required license They gave bond
Tor their appearance In court next week.
The temperance element are determne,,
70 crush The liquor men IL II is In their
power,
The Osceola times., 1886-07-31
AN AMERICAN COLONY.
Concession Granted by Mexico for Al
American Colony In Sinaloa.

Concession Granted by Mexico for an
American Colony In sInaIoa.
CITY OF MEXICO, July 25.-The Diaro,
official, publishes government conces-
sion for colony on the shore Of
Tapalotampo bay, Gulf of Lower CALI
fornia, State OF Sinaloa, an enterprise in
which several thousand citizens of the
United States have large pecuniary in
terest, and that the head of which is Civil
Engineer A. X Owen The document :
Of great length. ltauthorizes the survey
and taking possession of government
land at Tapalotampo bay. The colony
will be agricultural and industrial and
will he composed OF at least fifty families.
IL IS provided that the Spanish language
must be taught in the elementary schools
Of the colony. Exemption Of duties on
machinery and agricultural implements Is
granted for ten years.
The Government will pay annually for
two years, one hundred and hftv dollars
for each family settled, and for each sin
gle person not connected with any iami.
ly the sum of forty dollars annually for
two years. II Is also provided that the
company must run steamer between
Tapalotampo by and the Gulf of Cai'or.
MIA and Pacific coast ports. 1t is the in.
tention OF the projectors Of the enterprise
10 begin the settlement Of the COLONY in
October and to establish the colony on
Socialist principles. Plans for LAYING out
q city are already prepared.
The Osceola times., 1886-07-31

! A DISPATCH from Laporte, Ind. reports
/ the drowning in Pine lake on the 22d, by
the eapsizing Of their boat, of Frank Mol
loy and Mrs. Rose Stern. Young Molloy
was the sou OF Mrs. Emma MoIloy. the
| temperance evangelist. Mrs. Stern was
the daughter OF Jacob Vile, of Lsporte.
The Supreme Court of Colorado has re-
/ fused to stay the execution of Andrew
/ Green, the murderer Of John Whitnay.
the street-car driver and there Is no doubt
that the execution vii take place on the
9th, according TO programme.
Four coal miners got into fight at
| Baldwin, Col, on the 2lst, and Lew Col
| lins, one of them, was stabbed TO death,
| and the others were more or less injured.
| The three assailants were arrested.
On the 23d fire destroyed the Champion
ice-works az covington, Ky.
CAPTAIN q. b. BULLwIEKLE, formerly OF
/ Chicago, protector Of the police patrol,
was killed recently by Indians near Flag
staif, Ariz.
OK the evening Of the 23d tho minister
and forty others who ate ice-cream at a
supper at the North Baptist Church at
Eastport, Me-, were taken violently Ill
D
with symptoms Of poisoning.
IL Botetourt aud several other counties
in Virginia, hog cholera is raging 10 an
alarming extent. Some cases have been
reported OF farmers losing one hundred
head in week.
OS the 23l the dead body OF h. G. Plum
mer. a prominent and wealthy lumber
man Of Wausau, Wis, was found in his
room. be had blown the top OF his head
of with shotgun. Heavy losses by re-
cent lumber fires are thought 10 have been
The cause Of the tragedy. Dece0se was
fifty years Of aye and unmarried
OS the 23d train conveying number of
Colonial Exposition visitors from London
10 Portsmouth to witness the grand naval
review at that place, especially arranged
forsheir eniertainm nt, was thrown from
the track while en- route, and a dozen
prominent meubsrs Of the party we're
seriously injured.
Two herders On CofTey's ranch, near An
drow stati n, Neb., were Killed by light
ming on the 18th.
A YouNG girl named Sarah Carr COM
mitted suicide at Keokuk, la., on the 25th,
BY jumping of the fridge into the river.
c. D. NICK NzrE. railway book-ke per
Of Ashland, KY, is short $4,000 in his ac-
counts ana is missing.
THOMAS DALARD, Of Mcdonald, Pa,
died on the 2jth Of injuries inflicted by his
wife, who poured coal oil on him and set
IL on fire.
AroRTIoN Of the Simmons monster hard
ware establishment ia ST. Louis collapsed
on the night of the g5th, the upper floors
falling and crushing those below. The
loss on building and stock will be heavy,
but no person was killed or injured.
The Osceola times., 1886-07-31
The Turkish law OF CIttzenship

CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 26.-The Porte
has issued a circular to the Governors Of
the various provinces instructing them
to enforce the law which stipulates that
the naturalization of Turkish subjects
abroad shall not be recognized. The
Governors are requested In the event Of
the return to Turkey of the class referred
to, to continue to treat them as Turkish
subjects, and not permit consular
intervention IN their cases. The issuance
ot the circular at this time is mainly
directed against the numerous Armenlans
returning from the United States as
naturalized citizens of that country. The
American consulate has referred the mat.
ter TO Washington.
The Osceola times., 1886-07-31

The Superintendent has drawn upon the
State Auditor in favor of the several
county treasurers for the amount appor-
toned to their respective counties.
The Osceola times., 1886-07-31

THE board of managers Of the National
Home for disabled veterans held their
quarterly meeting in New York on the
Gath.
A BRITISH troop-ship was ordered sud-
denly on the cath to proceed TO Oban, Scot
land, with force Of police 70 maintain
order among the TREE crofters.
The National Snngerfest at Milwaukee
closed on the oath. II was an artistic suc-
cess, but lacked about $4,000 OF paying
expenses.
The cholera returns in Italy for the 24th
were: Bologna, 3 new cases, deaths;
Brindisi, l new case, > deaths; Latiano, .
new cases, deaths; Fontano, new
cases, ! deaths; other points, Il new cases
and deaths.
A HALIFAX IN. S. dispatch OF the 2ith
SAYS abort forty privates Of the Royal
Irish Rifles have deserted since July /,
and only two of them have been captured.
ST. LOUIS has been selected by the North
American Saengerbund for its meeting
next year
AT the London Wesleyan conference a
committee was appointed to consider the
proposition to hold an ecumenical confer
ence in The United States.
The Osceola times., 1886-07-31
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

The school Fund as Distributed by the
superintendent of Public INSTRUCTION.
State Superintendent of Public lnstruc-
tion Wood Z. Thompson, has just COM
pleted his annual apportionment Of the
school revenue of the State for the coming
year. We give below the statement by
counties, as prepared by him. OF the
amounts stated SO.77 s-3 is payable in cur
rency per capita and S0003 IA in State
scrip:
The Osceola times., 1886-07-31
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


WILLIAM PIERCE, Of Glovers, ille, ". Y,
sentenced for horse stealing, AMI John
Kochiser, of Boonville, for forgery, escap-
ed from the Jail in Rome, N. V, on the
night Of the 2Gth, by cutting bar out of a
window grating in the corridor.
SHERIFF BERGIN, of Adams County. Ia,
on the 2lst, caused the arrest in Omaha of
Reuben Bjssett and W. II. Viers for maim-
ing and 'disiiguring a young man in a
horrible and bafbarous manner last March
near Corning. As cons equence their
victim is mamed for life.
JoHS WEIT's saw mill. at Westport,
Ore, on the Lower Columbia, sixty miles
below Portland, was destroyed by fire on
the night of the 10Th, together with the
steamer Westport. lying at the mill. Loss
$4,000 TO $4,000; no insurance. Origin,
sparks from the smoke-stack.
THEfisin building of the Indiana State
Soldiers Oiphnns' Home, situated at
Knightsiown, was destroyed by fire on
the 2ist The fire is supposed to have orig
sinatsd from adefeotiye aue and occurred
st tsfine whom ma jority Of tho inmates
we're af fplay in tie grounds. The loss il
about s90,0o0, on which there is $4,000 in
spf anees
4Os the'22d further sensational develop.
ments were made in the Anarchist trials
At Chicago.
TEEAsu.Er SAMUEL G.. SMELLING, Of
the Lowell (Mass.) Bleachery corporation.
is a defauiter to an amount ranging from
100000 to $4,000.
On the 22d fakirs connected with cir
cuf, which exhibited at Washington, Ind,
baAi John Doane, an old and well-to-do
farmer OF Barr township, out Of 500 at
thi,nble-rig. Other parties lost smaller
sums at the same game.
OK the 22d Jonathan II. Redd and w. p.
Titsrick, farmers, living near Cambridge,
Guernsey County, Ohio, quarreled over q
4salas. Titsrick struck Redd over the
- wjth sho. qua, crushing his skull.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-08
The Time Tiend.

On one of the recent cold nights man
was fastening across the Common with
his overcoat buttoncd up to his neck.
He was rather anxious to know what
time it was, but he was too lazy to un
button his coat in order to get at his
watch. Just then he saw man of we'll
dressed appearance coming in tho dis
lance, and remarked to himself:
"Go to! I will cen ask yon genteel
stranger what time it is, and he will un.
button his coat, pull out his watch, and
clsc inform me of the hour of the
night"
lie perceived that the stranger was
buttoned up just as h; was. When ne
came up, the man who wanted to know
the time touched his hat politely and
said:
"Sir, do You know what time it isl"
The stranger paused, removed his
right glove, unbuttoned his overcoat
from top to bottom, unbuttoned his un'
der coat, and finally pulled out his
watch, while the cold wind beat against
his unprotected breast.
Holding up the watch so that the
light would shine on it, he scrutiniLed
i: IN instant, and said:
eyes"
And then he passed on without an
other word.-B1s'On Recora.
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Household Hints.

CLEANING FLOOR Notwithstanding
them with mixture made by dissolving
unslaked lime in boiling water will have
the desired effect. The proportions are
two tablespoonfuls to quart of water.
No soap need be used.
SILVER SoAp.-For cleaning silver
and britannia; one half pound of soap,
taree tablespoonfuls of spirits Of turpen-
tine, and half tumbler of water. Let
it boil ten minutes; add six tablespoon
fals OF spirits of hartshorn. Make suds
Of this, and wash silver with it.
CLEANING BnAss.-Sulphuric acid will
remove spots from brass that will not
Weld to oxaIic acid. 1t may he applied
with brush, but great care must be
taken that no drop of the acid shall come
in contact with clothes or skin, as 1t IS
ruinous to garments and cuticle. Bath
bri k or rotten tone may be used for
polishing, the latter being preferable for
delicate work.
SOAP FOR CLEANING CLoTHEs.-For a
soap to clean clothes without rubbing:
Take two 20 olnds sal soda, two pouncs
yellow bar soap, and ten quarts water.
Cut the soap in thin slices, anel boil to-
gcther two hours; strain, and it will be
it for use. Put the clothes in soak the
night before you wash, and to every
paiful of water in which you boil them.
add a pound of soap. They will need
no rubbing, but merely rlnslng.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-08
He Guessed ut 1t.

Superintendent Judson, of the Chicago
and Iowa load, tells of section boss
who several years ago sent in report
which made byword for the boys about
the general office that is in use to-day.
Section bosses arc provided with banks,
on which they are required to report all
cases of animals killed by trains. The
blanks have spaces for telling where.
when and how the animal is killed, and
what disposition is made of the carcass,
whether it is buried or sold.
One day cow was killed ont on the
Rochelle section, and section boss VIII
had been recently promoted went out to
make the report. He told in the proper
spaces what train killed the aaimal and
under what conditions it was done. Then
he came to the line:
''Disposition. n................"
"Well," said he, scratching his head,
I'LL be DANCED film sure about that, but
beings she was a COW I think can guess
at it.. So he filled out the line, which,
when it reached the general o lice, read
disposition, kind and gentle. ~ Chi'
cago NeUs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-08
A Barber's Shop for Women.

A newspaper correspondent has found
a place in New York where women are
shaved, and he had the opportunity OF
watching the operation, which he de-
scribed as follows: There was high
foot rest in front of the chair, bit 1t dio
not appear to be required on this o,-
casion. A napkin was tucked under ner
chin, and the operator applied aquantlty
of shaving cream or lather squeezed out
of tinfoil tube, instesd of being mixed
up in cup with brush. A little gentle
rubbing with the ends of the hngers
softens the skin and the hair on the lip,
the operator rcfraining from remarks
upon the weather or elections during the
process, which impaired a wierd, un-
natural air to the whole performance.
The barber then deity stropped small,
thin, short -bladed razor with q pearl
handle, seized the victim gently by her
pretty nose and began to shave the lip
with o quick but delicate touch. The
best feature of tn, operation was that at
its close, the barber allowed the customer
to depart with, tut telling her that she
needed shampoo, or that she ought to
have hair tonic.
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A Sufferers Printed System.

A prominent manager of one of the
largest and most prosperous life insur-
ance companies states that some twenty
FIVE years ago, when as timid youth he
went into the business at the suggestion
of an uncle because of his aptncss at
figures, he shattered so fearful.y thst he
CO i'd not curry on conversation, and
consequently he found it very difficult
to achieve any success in pursuit that
required so mleh explanation and ar'th-
metical demonstration. In the emer-
gency of failure or leaving The bu:iness
he invented syst IN of elaborate printed
explanations, which succinctly stated al
the facts and data which it would have
taken Il day for him to vel bally say. even
if he had secured his within In corner
by Il rope. This printed system was so
successful that it led TO the general
adoption by all the companies, whose
circu ars give so much detail that every
thing IS plain to the dullest comprehen-
sion, and now conse luently the labor of
the agent is much simpliied. 1t should
be added that the ingenious youth, now
one of the most influential citizens, has
since comp etely cured himself of the
habit of suffering by the process Of
tapping or beating time with his fingers
while speaking. .-New York. Times.
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The d. eamy Bookkeeper.

\ tall, gaunt, absent.minded man at
tired in drab sack coat and q pair of
checker plaid pantaloons stood on the
corner of Charles and Baltimore streets
yesterday afternoon smoking cigar and
conversing with two young ladies' The
party were waiting for car. AS the
car approached, the young man, who was
evidently a bookkeeper, mechanically
stuck the lighted cigar behind his ear,
under the impression that 1t was lead
pencil.
The cigar remained behind the ear ex-
actly two seconds. Then the young
mans mouth opened like an old-fash-
icned barndoor swinging on it's hinges.
".Gee-ru -sa lem" he yelled, jerking
the cigar away as though it were bum
blebee and projecting his anatomy about
two feet into the st Il and placid atnos.
phere.
The cigar had smged the hair off from
spot on his head the size of silver
dollar, and the top of his ear was burned
to blister. baltimore Herald.
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FACTS FCR THE CURIOUS.

While the Shakers of this country
number only 1910, their wealth amountl
to $12, 900, 900.
Some ladies' boots shown in Boston
shop window are 800, a pair. The but
tons look like diamonds.
1t was during the ign of the Roman
Emgeror Con la:tine the Great (306-
237 A. d. that Sunday was first pro-
claimed day Of rest: g
The duration in reigning of the six
different royal houses of England since
William the Conqueror,' 1866, ranks
thus: House of Stuart 2S3 years, House
of Plantagcnct 2t5 years, House Of
Tudor rs years, l'ouse of Norman SO
years, House of Lancaster SO years,
House of York "a years. = - -
The largest wooden structure in the
world is said to be the government build
ings in the capital of New Zealand. The
block is four stories high, and occupies
an area of nearly two acres. The city
itself i, mostly wooden on account OF
the earthquakes of the region, and Is
called ''The city of packing cases. and
1.-The city OF match boxes"
As for the amusements of the early
Romans it is almost incredible how hor-
rible they were. One of their great de-
lights was to see wild animals tear each
other in pieces. They had fights of bears
and bulls, also Of elephants, tigers,
r. RATES., even crocodiles and seipents.
Three or four hu dred bears might he
killed in single day. On one great oc-
casion no less than 5000 animals per-
ished. - ..n u go
In the early days of the Greeks they
ate three daily meals, reclining on
couches, and used neither tablecloth nor
napkins. In primitive fashion, also,
they used their fingers for knives and
forks; but spoons were common. Among
the common pco, lie dried fish and barley
bread, with dates. were the staple food.
Anon the well-to do all sorts of luxu-
ries we're indulged in. The after.dinner
drinking bout was enlivened by varied
conversation, music and dancing.
DR.. William II. Mays ridicu.es the
idea, in the Wes'e,n Lancet, that a high
forehead is an Indication of a good brain
and intellectual superiority. The size
of the forehead he says. depends much
on the line of growth of the hair that
limits it. The zeal seat of the higher
faculties is in the posterior lobes of the.
brain, and "the idea that high fore
head is, taken alone, the index of supe-
riority, is as Easeless as any of the ex-
ploded propositions Of phrenology, with
which pseudo science it deserves to DC
clas ed" -.
Mr.. Cliffor Robinson. of Hebron, says
the Boston Cahi n'or, can tell as larse;a
sheep story as is often heard. In the
spring of 1881 he had two ewes which
brought up two eve lambs. These four
sheep he wintered, and September 10,
1856, Mr.. Robinson sold to Mr.. George
Cowles eight lambs which were raised 6I
those four ewes-each eve rearing twins.
-one pair OF which weighed ITO pounds
and another /. 0 pounds. Tho four pairs
weighed 54l poun,l'. Thes, lambs were
nineteen weeks cd; at ST cents per
pound, they brought s9s.4o. The total
receipts for lam!,s and wool from these
fonr Sheep WIS over SOP, making an ay--
erage of little more than So per head.
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Well.Wakes.

line Well-WakeS, 80 strongly ocnounceu
by the clergy in early times, fingered in
some places n shropshire (England) even
into the present century-chiehy in town
ships where no church or chapel existed.
The Eas well at Baschurch, in q field
beside the River Perry, mile west OF
the church, was fre4rented till twenty
years ago by young people who went
there on Palm Sunday to drink sugar
and water and eat cakes. A clergyman
who was present in 1920 speaks of Sec
ing little boys scrambling for the Jumps
of sugar which escaped from the glasses
and floatcd down the brook which flows
from the spring into the river. st.
Margarct's we'll, about quarter of q
mile from Washington, renowned tor Its
eye-healipg virtues, was yearly visited
by Black country folks and others, who
douked. or dipped, their heads in it on
Good Friday. Around Oswcstry, both
in Shropshire and Montgomeryshire, are
various "Trinity wells" at which folk
drank sugar and water at Trinity
wakes" At the "Halliwell wakes" at
Rorrington, township in the parish OF
Chirbury, the we'll was adorned with a
bower of green boughs, rushcs and tiow-
ers, and u May-pole was set up. Inc
people ''used to walk around the hill
with fife, drum and fiddle, dancing and
frollcking as they went" and then fell to
fcasting at the well.side, finishing the
evening by dancing to the music Of i'd
dies. They threw pins into the well-an
offering which one old man, black
smith at Hope, says was supposed to
bring good luck to those who made IT
and to preserve them from being be-
twitched; and they also drank some OF
the water. But the pure spring water
was not the only nor the chief materla! OF
the feast. Soon after Chirbury wakes
(St. Michnel's) barrel of ale was al
ways brewed on Rorrington green, which,
on the following Ascension day, was
taken to the side of the holy we'll and
there tapped. Cakes, of course, were
eaten with the ale. They were round,
fiat buns, from three to four inches across,
sweetencd, spiced and marked with a
cross. They were supposed to bring
good luck if kept. Several famous
makers of them are remembered, by
whom. they were sold to al ccmerss,
together with nuts, etc. The wake Is
said to have been discontinued about
1882 to 1874, at the death of one Thomas
Cleeton, who used to 'b:ew the drink. "
Almost exactly the same customs pre-
vailed at the lady we'll at Old Church
stroke, a township in the ad dining parish
of Churchstroke, in Montgomeryshlre,
where the wake obtained the queer
name of "Codger wakes" from the sur,
name (nickname9) of Codger, of Old
Churchstroke, who used to brew the
drink" Here also the we'll was
"dressed" with flowers and rushes Oh
Holy Thursday, and the people dropped
pins into it, and sat around eating cakes
and drinking sugar and water from cups
passed round the circle.-Shrepsh're
hD(k LG7e
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A Child's Marvellous Es 'ape.

The New York Star prints the follow
ing story: One afternoon, twelve years
ago, Enginneer w. c. Roberts, of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Road, was diving his locomotive and
nineteen cars over the road at speed OF
thirty miles an hour, when he saw on the
track before him i little black object
that he took to b. inanimate. AS the en-,
ginc sped ne rer the obstacle moved and
Roberts thought it must be dog. Three
hundred yards further on, the train still
running with no stacking of speed, the
engineer made o.t little child standing
between the ties and looking innocently
at the coming monster. Roberts realized
that his locomotive could not be pulled
ND in time. Tn: child must either move
or be killed. is whistle sent out a sue
cession of piercing shrieks and he re-
yersed his engine, bat still the baby
stood there, its frock blowing in the
breeze and glecful expression on its
face. The engineer was in agony OF de-
spair. 1t flashed across his mind thatin
another second he would crush little In
nocent about the same age as cne he had
at home. He shut his eyes when the en-
CINE was at the spot where tie child
stood. A hundred yards further on it
came to stan lstiil. For minutes Rob.
erts leaned against the side of his cab
without finding courage to get down and
look at the ba5y's mutilated body. BY
this time the conductor had hurried to
where the little on. had been standing.
He called to Roberts to come there. The
engineer obeycd like cr .minal going to
the place of execution, but the next mo-
ment he felt thss Co had reprieved him.
Sitting on ra:eh OF gra s, the only soft
place alcng the read for half mile on
either side, was the child, sound and un.
hurt. Just as the engine, swaying under
the reverse motion. reached her, the
child had fallen forward on the cow
catcher. The coupling hook caught IN
her dress an held her for an instant:
Then a reel of the engine to the right
threw her to one sid where she fell on
the grass. Cne tritiing hruise on the
forehead was the only max on her skin.
The child is now young lady who lives
ON the line of the Philadelphia, VII
mington and Baltimore Railroad.