The Osceola times., 1876-04-08
FACTS AND HANClEs.

"PM loo ru0r 10 take q paper" II
you are, you should be indicted by the
grand jury for obtaining q family under
false pretenses.
THERE is a town in Maine whree, aftcr
three days hard work, the citizens raised
seventy-twO cents for the widow ofa man
who was accidentally killed.
THE kangaroo has teen introduced on
several large estates In France, and h
new hunted in that country % game. 1t
readily adapts itself ~ the climate.
TURKEY has fifteen immense ahips Of
war which cost nearly two millions Of
dollars apiece. Their sole duty is to fire
salutes when the Sultan goes TO the
mosque.
"CAN you sec me, dcarcst?" seid q
Chicago man to his dying wife. "Iel! me,
can you see me 2" No." she lsintly
whispered, "but ! can r'neh your
breath"
WHILE an Iowa woman was struggling
in the water, and likely to drown, her
husband yelled out: "New bonnet
swim for life !" and sbe kicked out and
,fely reached the shore.
WHAT is editorial courtesy? Why, II
is when an editor is caught stealing
chickens at midnight and his brother
III, kindly allude to the matter ~ q
strange freak of somnambulist.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, has had
an elopement, in which the bridegroom
was sixty and the bride thirty. The H.
ther of the bride tried to be present At
the ceremony with pitchfork, but took
the wrong road.
THE peculiar bent Of the German
mind Is shown by the fact that out Of
the twelve thousand Rve hundred and
sixteen books published In Germany In
1875, only nine hundred were devoted to
fiction and the drama.
How DRoIIi--
Fourteen little thin bugs caught out In
Scrambled quick as lightning into the near
est flower.
"Dew and honey said they all. "Dearme!
this Is sweeti
Looks as though \ really might be COED
They .%slsd mel Il. 4: :a:y tasted i'"Y''' in
Lesfiet after lea6et vanished In trice.
by the time the sun came, TO chase away the
There were ali the fourteen bugs, but who
could find the howcr2
Into II the creatures went: now IL was in
Mens->
Fourteen little fat bugs sitting on stem!
THE debating societies Of South Caro-
lima have been offered the following pro
blem by the Abbcvillc Press: (which
Is the best way 10 get news-by borrow
ing your ncighbor's paper, or subscribing
on time without any intention Of paying
| for it 2"
MoILERE was asked the reason why,
! in certain countries, the king may MS
sumo the crown at fourteen years Of age
and can not marry before eighteen. at
is" answered Moliere, "bccause II Is
more difficult to rule wife than king
DOM"
The Kearney (Nebraska) Press argues
in favor of demonstrating the buffalo,
and SAYS: "Thc animal can easily be
tanned and made TO do good service in
the harness that while his tail Is not 70
handy to twist, In every other respect,
size, strength, get-up and style, he is
vastly superior to the domestic or"
"CHrLDREN," said country minister,
addressing a Sundsv-schooi, why are
we like aowersf What do we have that
flowers havef" And small boy In the
infants class, whose breath smellcd Of
ycrmiIuge, rose up and made reply,
Worms" and the minister crept under
the pulpit chair to hide his emotion.
WHEN the great Mohammcd found
poet Of that day making rhymes upon
him, he said To All, the first Of the faith
full, "Take the rascal away and cut out
his tongue" The wise Ali handed the
met a purse of gold, "This," said he
20 thou rogue who mockest the proph-
ct, this is the only way 70 cut out thy
tongue! "
The latest thing In soap for use In
hotel lavatories is TO grind II to powder
and place Il In small metal urn with
perforated bottom. To do this you FIRST
wet your hands, move a slide in the bot
tom of the urn, when down comes q
shower Of soap sufficient in quantity 10
cleanse the hands Of any one, except
cabinet officer.
The BLACK Hills STORY, BRIEFLY
ToLD.-Unless emigrants arc prepared
TO 20 to work cutting timber and tiIling
the ground, and to assume the other
trials and pains Of pioneer life to che
oat an existence, they should take warn
inu from the experience Of a man writ
ing from Custer City, in the Black Hills.
He finds that claim owners are anxious
IL trade of their claims for houf and
bacon, and that the miners were earning
mt most from fifty cents to one dollar
Chicago Tribune.