The Osceola times., 1876-12-09
FACTS AND FASCrEs.

1T appears that bulging brow v n0s
20 much the sign of q great man - .
threatening breadth Of mouth.
THE best temperance lecture b ! god
salt mackere,. If the man that eats ono
don't take water then he Il . hoplslsw
case.
A VERY precise person, remarking up
on Shakespeare line The good men do
Is oft inferred with their bones" care
fully observes tnat this interment can
generally take place without crowding
the bones.
A STUDENT In Paris, after pansing thses
years in the Latin quarters, wrote to his
father as follows: al have nads up ny
mind TO set 10 work, dear father; there.
fore l should like TO know whether it
was law or medicine that / came 70 :
studyi" I
WHERE did this baby come from f"'
asked . little three-year-old girl Of ~
nurse who was washing the squallin9
little stranger. Why, from heaven, q
course" replied the nurse. "Well, u 10
screamed like that there ! don't wonder
they sent 1t off," was the stunning ~
joinder.
WHOEVER has wound clock for any
length Of time will readily comprehend
the situation described In the following
lines of an unknown bard:
There was man Who hsd clock
His name was Matthew 1ear-
He wound II regular every night
Al isst bis precious tinsDises pssvsi
An eish,.dsy clock % b. -
You would not wish 70 ~.
GEORGE FRANcls TRAINsayE II ana
living "hsll gate charged with more
than twenty-one tons Of explosives and
increasing the dynamite every day-a
grand mysterious force In nature, with
out any desire of utilizing II, and yet u
can be touched OF any day BY any little
three. year-old Mary Newton who tfundles
her hoop and jumps her rope through
Madison park, when I chose to mako the
magnetic connection with the entire
universe" -
THE editor Of the st. Joseph (Aol
Herald is about right In this: A girl
who goes to q sensible school carries
slate, arithmetic, spelling book. gses-
raphy and a lunch in Q paper. 1he
modern city girl goes along with hg
litter, hustle, striped hose, hump
backed, carrying thirty-one di0bsent
books, three states, four copy books, bot
tie Of ink. pocketful of pencils and peus,
seven dollars worth Of pinchback jew.
elry, q mouthful of chewing gum, and
thirteen red streamers dangling aitsf
her."
IT was Frenchman--thef famous Car
limo who, contentedly laying his head
upon large stone jar for . pillow, ~
Piled to one who inquired II Il was not
rather hard: "Not at al, for ] have
stuffed it with hay" It was an Ameri-
can lecturer who solemnly said one sven.
ing: "Psrents, you may have children;
or. II not, your daughters may have"
II was q German orator who, warming
with his subject, exclaimed; "IheEs =
no man, woman or child In the nouse
who has arrived at the age Of my yean
but what has felt the truth laundering
through their minds for centuries"
GEORGE ELIOT, ~ everybody known
was the nom de plume Of Mis- Evans,
who commenced her career - an suthoe
in Blackwood's Magazine. During hse
early life she made the acquaintance ofa
heavy, critical philosopher, Mr.. LewiA .
writer In The Saturday Fortnightly Re-
vi6w, and other high-clas periodicals.
They discovered plaronic affection fbf
each other, and after . time wefe mnrs-
ried. Ever since this partnership, Mr..
Lewis has guided more or less, the pen
which wrote adam Bcdo," and his
thoughts were easily discernibls In MD
dlemsrch." On the eve Of the publica-
ton of that notable work he reviewed II
in The Saturday Night and Fortnightly
anonymously, Of coursel and Fro.
nounced it to be 4 splendid e6ort Of
genius In literary society he now pro
claims himself the joint author OF !" Dan.
lei Deronda." He wrote every line q
the chapter which describes the discus-
sion at the club to which Mordecai In.
troducoI D>pie1 - Ne,1 Y0rk TSues L0Q-