The Osceola times., 1877-10-27
FACTS AND FANCIES.
The silver Braags.

The silver Bridge.
Ths sunset fades along the shore.
| And fslnts bshind yon rosy reach of ~;
Night falls again. but Oh, no noss.
No more, no moro,
NJ love returns 10 ne.
The lonely moon builds soft sad low
| Her silver bridge scrcss the msin; a
But him Who sleep~ the wavo below
Love mourns In vain;
lie never s; ." comes % sssin.
Dut when, some nlzhf, beside The ses,
| l watch, when sunsets red has ceassd 10 burn,
That silver path and sigh, "Ah me.
Al mo, ah ne,
| He never Will return"
II on that brides Of ripping light
Ishould not wonder st the ssht,
But only NY,
"Ah love. my love.
knew you would moi SAY
-EisabefA Ahsvs, % AfiasHtc.
ONB of the most dangerous practices
of the times is drinking from . vessel
used for public drinking 10 q hotel, rail-
road car or depot.-Dv. Mduvy.
The Oil City Derrick says: We don't
care cent what becomes Of the last man,
or the first one either. II Il what h TO
become Of the intermediate fellows that
interests US.
AN advertisement in Pittaburg calling
far a farm lab0rer received eight 70.
sponses; an advertisement calling for
beok.keeper received one hundred and
| thirteen.
"DID you ever notice how sensitive
are the ears OF woman in church to tks
crying of some other woman's baby; and
how deafer than q post she is whsn her
own off.pring sets up its piercing
squalls Z"
The chief Of all the cursss Of this un-
happy age Ia the universal gabble Of its
| fools and OF the Aocks that follow them,
rendering the quiet voices Of The wiss
men Of all past time inaudible.-Raskin.
ABOUT three months agO, . WORTHLESS
fellow named Kelly tattooed nearly two
hundred perrons In that part Of the en-
liehtened north known q Reading, Pa,
and thus communicated to them loath-
some disease. The dangerous fool has
just been arrested In Philadelphia.
Miss HELEN TAYLOR complains that
men make eating Too much Of pleasure.
Would the talented lady have Us cit
down In sack-cloth 10 our hashes, shed
tears over steaks and onions and howl
aloud "BrOther, We must die, 81 the
sight Of calfs headf- an.
A CHICAGO Journalist in London says
Of English journalism: "a very pFomi-
nent Judicial investigation may not b
noticed at all; fire in which six people
were burned will be disposed Of In i've
lines, while bicycle race will Be given
column. An atrocious murder does we'll
II IL gets six lines of minion, while the
laying of the cornerstone Of new school
building ID badly treated IL It does not
get couple of columns Of BREWER"
WHEN Kcmble was rsheanlng the
romance sung by Richard, In the play Of
" Richard Ceur de Lion" Shaw, the
leader Of the band. called out from tho
orchestra: "Mr. Kemble, my dear Mr..
KembIe, you are numbering Time"
Kemble, calmly and coolly taking .
pinch Of snuff, said: My dear sir, II Is
better for me to murder time at once
than To be constantly beating him ~ you
do"
He was up 70 wee his girl on sunday
night. He is a nice young man, careful
in his ways, and with bis best eyes wide
opeu 10 the main chance. In the course
OF his conversation he observed cheer
fully" Times are looking better,
Amelia. was reading in the paper last
night that stocks arc firner, and tho
crops were never more abundant. !
shouldn't be surprised II the old proc
perity came back to us this winter" 81
hone so," said shc dreamily, "6r I'm
getting about tired Of crunching on rock
candy The young man squirmcd.-
Dan6uvy Nescs.
How imbecile and silly seem all the
stale, hackncyed, worn-out popular slang
savings OF other days! "There you 10
with YOUR eve outl" "What q shock
ing bad hat!" How are you OF
for soap Z" "Flare up and join the
unionlb "How'H your poor feet?"
What stupidity, affecting sharpness. be.
traysitsclfin these obsolete impertinencts!
In respect Of fun, and point and clever
ness, what difference there Is between
all those and the sparkling exclamation
with which the lively lower orders now
continually salute each other and their
superiors-Whoa. Emma '-Pxnch.
ProLEMY, in his great work written
while Cesar was a boy, calls Albion q
British island; and Pliny before the close
OF the first century and little before
Ptolemy says that the island Of Great
Britain was formerly called Albion, the
name Of B,itain being common TO all the
islands about II. Tho formerly" goes
back to earliest records, for Aristotle, born
384 years h. c., mentions the Islands
OF Albion and Ierne. The name 10 pro-
baby OF Gallo origin, the same ~ Albyn
Tor ilbin), the name OF Scottish High.
lands. It Is the plural Of alp, or alp,
signiiying rocky mountains, the shoie
which looked toward France appearing
like long row Of rocks,
A coRREspoNDENT with the Turkish
Aeet writes: I'm speaking of the arma.
ment Of the Arsari Teiyk, should men,
,ion that a most valuable addition has
lately been made In the shape OF re.
volyipg shell gun. It Is the invention OF
a Frepchman, and In connection with the
electric light, may be considered as the
very bsst defense yet brought out against
torredo boats. II throws q ons-pound
sheIl with pointed steel head capable Of
niercinr the plates of which the Thorny-
croft .is Constructed, and has . range
of something like 8 900 yards. Briefly
described, 1t il q Gatling gun on Q large
scale. having five revolving rifled barrels
instead of ten, the said barrels being
about 81 feet in length, and ] inches
bore at the muzzle. The loading and
firing arrangements are similar Is tn: