The Osceola times., 1876-05-13
NUMBER II.
FACTS AND FAxCIEs.

snow, raid the professor, as he grew
animated In the discussion, "all matter
constantly changes. ] have changed
since taking my seat here. Every single
moment IN my bhy are tens of thou
sands Of blsod corpuscles smashed TO
pieces and forever destroyed" Sen ior
in the back scat Gin voice expressive of
deep wonder y" Gosh p
A PoMPoUs fellow was dining with q
country family, when the lady Of the
l.ouse desired the servant to take awsy
the dish containing the fowl, which word
she pronounced fool as 10 not uncommon
in Scotland. al presume, madam, you
mean fowl" said the prig, in reprov-
ing tone. Very WE'LL said the lady,a
little ncttlcd, "bc 1t 70 take away the
iowl and let the fool remain"
A -srRAY CuRa~ /.
II hung Ger her shcuiden dIvineiy,
A curl Of magnificent gold,
! thought as il lay there supinely,
OF tresses that German girls sold,
| envied the curl 80 reposing,
Like sunshine or ambient pearl,
But while was dreamily dozing
II fell with a quivering whirl-
And that curl-ah! my dream was then
ended
II lays there sghast on the floor,
While its owner in ignorance wended,
Mid silence, her steps to the door!
THEY were sitting together, he and
she, and he was arduously thinking what
TO say. Finally he burst out with, "ln
this land Of noble achievements and un-
dying glery, why il 1t that women do
not come more 70 the front? Why is IL
that they do not climb the ladder Of
fameT "I suppose" said she, putting
her finger in her mouth, ''it's all on NC
count Of their pullbacks."
LIFE everywhere! The air is crowded
with birds-beautiful, tender, intelligent
birds, to which life Is a song and a thrill
ing anxiety, the anxiety OF love. The
air is swcrming with insects-those little
animated miracles. The waters are peo-
pied with innumerable forms, from tho
animalcule, no thatope hundred and fifty
millions Of them would not weigh .
grain, to the whale 10 large that it seems
an island AZ il sleeps upon the waves
G.. A. Sala.
Our west. = short while since, . sub
scriber paid years subscription to
weekly paper consisting of single sheet,
by sending the proprietor ten cents in
copper change, half bushel Of peas and
a piece Of pork, whereupon the editor Of
the paper came out in the next iesuc
with leader on the resources Of this
great country, and the renewed activity
and prevailing prosperity among the
"horny handed" sons Of toll.
PAxrINa.
30 far--so farp Nay, sweet! nor distant
lands,
Nor breadth Of waters can svail to bar
| My love from thee. Alas! tits ever far,
| stands
Beyond the compass OF outstrctching hands;
And never near-how close 10 e'er 10 each
True lovers be-if kisses may not reach
Across the distance. Since harsh Fate COM
mands,
Darling, FAREWELL With fearful eyes go,
| Unknowing when the glad return shall be;
But will think-to mitigate my woe
| How loving souls of time and tide are free;
And oft, to greet thee, dearest, mine know.
Exultant, will o'erleap the sundering sea!
-SIbner'sJor Nay.
| NoBLEssE OBLIGE. - Interlocutor -
"Whos that snowy woman who talks
and laughs NO loud, and digs people in
the ribs" Interlocutrix.-"Oh, that's
the duchess of Bayswater; she was a
Lady Gwendolen Beaumanoir, you
knowp lnterlocutor with warmth) -
"Ah! to be sure! That accounts for
her high bred ease, her aristocrstic SIM
plicity of manner, her natural and
straight-forward-" Interlocutrix (put-
ting up her eye glass y" BY the BY, par
don me! have unintentionally misin-
formed you; it's Mrs. Judkins; she's
the widow of an alderman, and her
father was cheesemonger in the New
Cutp Interlocutor--"D Dear me l-ah =!
hum m!-er-hum!- hal That quite
alters the case She is very vulgar, /
must say--awfulw w N. Bit was the
duchess, after all.-Punch.
REJECTED POEM.
far away in the wild western prairie
nobody is living there,
away In the eastern Sahara
nobody Is living there,
except a few wandering travellers
travelling here and there. Ha
far away ON the western pacific
nobody is living there
far away on the eastern atlantic
nobody is living there
except few wandering seamen
sailing here and there.
away on the border Of northern arctic
nobody is living there,
ON the border Of southern antarctic
nobody is living there
except a few cold frozen trsppers
trapping here and there.