The Osceola times., 1876-09-02
TIMELY TOPICS.


when other countries are in throes A,
IRISH landlord, writing in Frazier's Mag
azlne, says that "There never WAS tim,
IN tue memory of any one living wher
ir'sh tenants were making 80 mucl
money, or rents were 10 well paid"
"A NEW toy for the grown children O
faris has recently been Invented. 1t il
noisy little thing consisting of clock
spring with one end free, set In glas,
case. When this end is pressed down
with the finger it rebounds, making 9
noise like the sound Of castancts. o,
rather the cry of cricket. All the fas,
men and women of the gay capital carry
these instruments, and the noise in place.
which they are accustomed to frequent
is deafening.
POTATO bugs, few or many, are to be
found crawling about every ship along
the piers. Americans probably would
be glad if every bug should emigrate
but foreign port warden' might feel JUS.
titled in placing ships thus infested in
quarantine. Such pests as the Norway
rat, the house mouse, the garden snail
and a large number of destructive insects
have been spread abroad by being car.
rled in cargoes from their native coasts
~ Y Tribune.
DURING the closing hours of the ses
sion the disorder became so great tba,
the sergcant-at-arms took down hissllver
mace and walked around though the dis.
affected provinces. What he would have
doDe with it had any irate member
swattcd him across the smeller," moth.
ing but divine wisdom can say. A more
useless piece ofstage business can hardly
be conceived than a sergeant alarms
with silver axe and bundle of rods, a
big bonanza lictor, loafng around the
tempe :tuous legislature like the tambour
major of a cobred band. He didn't hit
anybody, however. II he had, the lie
tor would have got licked.
The Scientific American suprests as a
scarecrow, fitted to intimidate the bold.
est bird, tive small looking glasses fast
ened back to back, and hung by one cor
ner To an elastic pole. The bravest crow
w''l depart if one of the lightning flashes
from the suns reflected rays fall oh him.
Another terror involves an artificial
hawk made from a big potato and long
goose and turkey feathers. Tt is aston
ishins what a ferocious-looking bird Of
prey can be constructed from the above
simple materials. 1t only remains to
hang the object from tall bent pole, and
the wind will do the rest. The bird
makes swoeps and dashes in the most
headlong and threatening manner. Even
the most inquisitive of venerable hens
has been known to hurry rapidly from
its dangerous vicinity, while to small
birds il carries uumixed dismay.
A FRoNrIERsMAN suggests the follow
sng benevolent plan for clearing out the
"tnjuns." He says: "If wuz the
government I'd buy lots of barrels Of
whisky and lots o big knives, and I'd
put 'em somewhar in the west, an invite
every redskin in the hull land to what
they call conference. After they'd
got thar I'd knock in the heads o the
barrels and scatter the knives all round
loose so they'd be handy. Then I'd go
away and leave the Injuns to themselves.
OF course, they'd take the whisky and
the knives, and before sundown thar
wouldn't be more than one redskin left,
and then I'd go and knock his brains out
aiore he could do any more damage.
That sir, Is the only reel way to settle
the Injun question. I've been among
'em, an | know. Plenty of whisky an
long knives II fix 'em out, an nothing
else will.
We see it stated that the recent report
of Mr. Watson to the British govern.
ment upon the state of Florida has at.
tracted the attention of all Europe in
that direction, and it is believed that
the state will largely profit during the
coming year from the emigration rapidly
tending toward it. In this connection
u is interesting 10 note that q great deal
of attention is being given in Europe to
engineering projects in this country
more particularly with regard to the
ship canal from the gulf of Mexico tc
the Pacific, and that across the peninsuls
of Florida. There is little doubt tha,
the latter canal, which can easily b,
built, will he constructed within thu
next few years, the basis being too good
to be neglected in times like these, when
there are millions of money seeking fol
investment. The Paris correspondent Of
the New York Times says, in his las,
letter to that journal, that the money
an readily be found in Europe, ant
that DeLesseps, who built the Sue,
canal, is beginning to turn his attention
to the Florida canal, not only as an en-
gineering scheme, but as one of the sur
est sources of immediate profit that, t.
Use his own phrase, "could be picked
out from thousands which have beer