The Osceola times., 1876-05-27
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

THE inventor of the quadrille Is dead,
but the "round oance" chap Il healthy
and full of vitality.
CoUNTERFEIr gold cnin, made Of pla.
tinum, plated heavily with genuine gold,
has of late been circulated In California.
1t is exceedingly deceptive, being Of the
right weight, color and feeling. The pla-
tinum Is worth half a much ~ gold,
making these counterfeits costly Of pro-
duction.
"How had you the audacity, John"
aid q Scottish laird to his servant, ito
60 and tell some people that was mean
fellow and no gentlemanf" "Na, M,
SIR" was the candid answer, "you'll no
catch me at the like O. that have kept
my thoughts 70 myaer."
The Pope Is rather reserved and aus
tere in his demeAnor. You can't put
your feet on the top Of his desk and ask
him for chew, and talk over baseball
and the presidential prospects, with him,
and feel a. easy and comfortable - you
do with some persons.
"Life, the seed.tine Of our being,
Swifter than the shuttle flies;
| But the good or evil flowing
From our conduct never dies.
All who live are daily sowing
Seeds In distant fields 10 fall;
And the harvest from them growing
We musf gather after aK.
"Gather, when the light has faded
When life's feeting scenes are Ger
In some cline by sorrow shaded,
Or where sorrows known no more;
From the memory unfailing
OF our actions, great or ANAL,
Perfect bliss, or weeping, wailing,
Eroridsftng after al.
THERE are few who do nct remember
the childish wonder they once felt at
hearing the resonance produced by plac-
ing sea she'll TO the ear, an effect which
fancy has likened to "the oarof the Ra."
This 10 caused by the hollow form of the
shell and its polished surface, enabling
II 10 receive and return the beatine Of
al sounds that chance TO be trembling
In the air.
In order to act intelligently against
the cotton worm, southern planters arc
advised by Professor A. r. Grote TO act
In concert. He further recommends
that, whatever agent Ia employed to de-
stroy the worm, be used against The first
brood that appears in the locality, 70 ~
to prevent rs spreading farther. II Is
highly desirable that tho life-history and
habits Of such insect pests should be
thoroughly studied, with view 10 their
determination.
FRIaHTKxKD BIRDS.
+" Hush hush I" said the little brown thrush,
To her mate on the nest In the elder-bush;
keep still! don't open your bill
There's boy coming bird-nesting over the
hill.
Let 20 your wings out, so
That not an egg or the nest shall show.
Chez chce II seems to me
I'm as frightened as ever bird can be-!
Then still, with quivering bill.
They watched the boy out Of sight DER the
hill.
All, then in the branches again,
Their glad song rang over vale and glen.
Oil oh /! II that boy could know
How glad they were when they saw him gs,
Say, say, do you think next day
He could possibly steal those eggs away!
BosToN turned out strongly at the
centennial inaugural. The heavy swell
Bostonian was one immense plaid suit
and high hat; the solid Muldoons of
Quincy Adams pedigree were all frock
coat, high collars and black neckcloth,
and the Bacon-street matron was impos-
ing in furbelows and frills. And they
said TO each other carnt," sharnt,"
arnt," "you know" and "don't you
know" all day long.-N Y Aai.
A ROMAN tomb was recently opened
at York, England, and inclosed In stone
coffin was found the bedy Of young
girl, admirably preserved BY the use Of
gypsum, and Furnished with what has
been considered a modern devices
chignon. This rested upon pyramid Of
pods, plaits and coils, and, although
many Hundred years old, is good speci-
men Of the present fashion.
A BOOK AGENT who has retired from
active labor, upon the hard-earned &C.
cumulation of life Of industrious cheek,
says that the great secret Of his success
was, when he went to house where the
female head of the family presented her
self, he always opened by saying, III beg
your pardon. Miss, but 1t was your
mother l wanted to sce." That always
used to, get 'em. They not only SUBJ
scribed for my books themselves, but
told me where l could find more cu.-
toners.
DIR. GRIFFITH, of Wyoming, Kent
county, Delaware, has discovered that
gulf.weed is a safe antidote for obesity.
No care need be exercised as to the
amount of tea the patient drinks. He
tried II on himself, taking no other drinks,
and in few weeks his own corpulence
had greatly diminished. He tried it on
three stouter neighbors, who. within two
or three months, lost from twelve TO
thirty pounds. DIR. Griffith says that
great care should be used in collecting
the weed.
FATE.
The sky is clouded, the rocks are bare,
The spray Of the tempest Is white In air,
The winds are out with the waves at play
And shall not tempt the sea to-dny.
The trail is narrow, the wood is dim,.
The panther clings TO the arching limb;
And the lions whelps are abroad at play
And shall not join In the chase to-day.
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