The Osceola times., 1877-08-11
FACTS AND PAXCIEs.

=. phO'nEh VI Olu JODn DfOWu
died recently at Reedsbureh, Wis. agad
seventy. II John Browns soul Is still
|" marching on" that Of his brother will
have to move lively to ovsrtake it.
SUDDEN draught of hot air passed
through cotton field and peach orchard
in western Texas few days ago, scorch-
ing and killing every green thing it
touched for spaceol one hundred yards
long.
ANOTHER day has come and gone,
leaving us all elder and wiser, but ~ yet,
No communications have been received
indicating that any one has discovered .
man who can drink out of spring with.
out getting the end Of his nose wet.
A MINISTER going tn visit one Of his
sick parishioners, asked him how be
rested during the night. aOh, won.
drously III, SIR" he replied, for mine
eyes have not come together these three
nights" "What is the reason Of that ["
said the other. "Alas SIR" eaid he,
"because my nose was betwixt them"
A HoLLIDAYsBURa man recently OBJ
tanned a divorce and declared "Once
more ] stand erect, and assume the god.
like attitude Of refdom and q single
man." Then he went home, got into
bed, and in an hour woke up with bad
case Of cholera morbus, yelling: "Quick,
Maria! Quick Get q mustard plaster
or I'm a goner."
MERRILLA, the grocer, tells us that the
grocery business Il not what 1t used to.
II Ii hundred times more exacting now.
He says this explaining to every Gus
toner why the war In Europe affects the
price Of q broom, mackerel, or q paper Of
cornstarch-is what 10 sspping away his
life and covering the future with pail.
-Danbury NeUs.
A CHICAGO young mans wife enter
tained him with selections from Wagner,
after which he expressed himself a.
resigned to 20 to bed, where he slept
very soundly. Toward midnight cats
assembled in the back yard and yowled
frightfully. The sleeper did not get up
ard throw bootjacks at them, but turned
on one elbow and whispered In hisdreams,
Sing 1t once more, Elvira sing II once
more"
FROM 1900 to 1870 the population Of
England increased from ten TO twenty
eight millions, and that Of the United
States from Ave to thirty-eight millions,
and 1t 10 moderately estimated that among
civilized nations the population now
doubles In each period Of 6fty-four years.
The advances made In hygienic science,
and the comparative mildness Of modern
warfare are mainly responsible for this
rapid increase. trightful In view of future
conseq quences. It Is . subject OF not
little anxiety among provident English
men to-day, hsw the fiity-six millions OF
mouths which, In . short half century,
will be craving for food within the narrow
borders of that country, can be satisiacto-
rily filed, and 1t IL enough ia keep phil
anthropist perplexedly awake o. nights,
TO reflect on the difficulty Of feeding the
dense population Of the earth couple Of
thousand .yean hence.
THERE Is boy hero now at the Hot
Springs In Arkansas. He lived In AtIsD-
Ia, Ga, and was taken out Of the streets
there, squalid and starving, and suffering
from an hereditary and incurable disease
transmitted to him by vicious parents.
He was obliged to suffer the amputation
of one OF his feet but, a soon % he
recovered, he signi6ed his determination
TO depend on charity no longer. Having
received $10as capital by borrowing from
the agent Of the Benevolent Home, he
soon made money with which to pay this
back aud put .nug $3.50 in bank. Then
disease overlook him again his remain
ing foot went like the first one; his
money was soon spent, and be Wa
reduced 10 deaths door. As soon - he
recovered, he went bravely to work, and
repaid ell his beuefactors. Now be has
gone TO the Hot Springs for his health
with some money In his pocket, and an
unconquerable will never 70 submit or
yield even to circumstances.
EACH man is created sociable being,
and we find him to-day (without stop
ping to inquire into the why and where
fore Of said creation) an atom of 4 vast
social system. As suchhc has his duties
and responsibilities. They are multiplex
and varied, and upon the manner In
which he discharges them depend his
own happiness, the happiness OF those
closely related to him, and, to some ex'
tent, the peace aud comfort of society IN
general. in this wonderful social com.
pact, it would seem that one individual
Is of little Significance. 1t would Ike
wise seem that one pipe or reed or key
of the grand organs which make melody
in our churches from week to week
might be spared, without the loss being
felt, and yet their dissrrangs ment would
have the most serious effect upon the
desired harmonies. 1t Is thus in the
life OF men. A single person can create
social discord, whether he has an cd
mitted influence or not; but there are
very few men who do not posses direct
influence TO some degree, and while this
is the case there is no use OF attempting
to escape responsibility; to avoid our
moral obligations; our duties to our rel