The Osceola times., 1877-09-08

WREN Bishop Mead preached In Ohio
in the early days q backwoodmau said !:
He ID the first OF them fine fellows that
have ever seen who could shost without
Q rest.
"MIss c." ssid . gentleman, ons
evening, "why are ladies 20 fond Of off,
cen - "Hsw stupid" replied Miss
c.; dis It not natural and psoper
that lady should Ikea good Offer, Dir r
VferToR-" rec you have new cir" 4"
Housekeeper--"I took her q week on
trial" Visitor" And how do you like
her Z" Housekeeper-"T The trial" b a.
most moro than ! can bear"
THBRE IL slady at Eureka, California,
who, dozen years, ago, was married In
q two thousand dollar dre9. Now abe
takes in washing TO support druuken
husband and three pairs Of twins.
THE marked decline Of l0s,0O0, ,o00
pounds In the importation Of Eaet In
dian cotton into Great Britain during
the years Of 1875 and 1875 respectively,
shows clearly that all hope of succe1sful
rivalry with the south must b aban-
doned. Since 1866 TIindostan has ceased
to be dangerous competitor.
DURING July there were thirty.two
failures In New York city, In which Tie
liabilities amounted to 42,Nl ,4S6. In
addition there were assigments and adju-
dication In bankruptcy which swell the
total indebtedness 10 about 32,620, 900.
IT. /. ~.~->L>. - &. H., - -~n> kha sanna -
for June, and the liabilities arc $20, 900
greater.
DEB recently In London plucky and
witty French lady, whe, few days after
the revolution Of 1648, ventured 10 drive
out In q carriage with armsrial bearinQ.
She was hooted and mobbed, and one
T ratriot, taking handful OF filth from the
gutter, smeared 1t ever the panels, cry
ing: That's for your arms" "Ah,
you have substituted your" said The
lady.
We: still hear occasionally Of the ten
der, passionate,. worshiping lover, who
lies In ambush for the idol Of biz hearts
affections, and cuts her head Of with .
hat tchet because she will not marry him.
II is getting to be safer for . girl 70 shoot
q man when he proposes, than to reject
him. And that possibility makes II very
unpleasant for the man when be "ask'."
-Hawksye.
WHAT picnic would be without hor-
nets Ia q matter Of conjecture, % there
never has beep q way to find out. A
hornet il not denominational. II goes
TO all picuics. And II 10 desirable ad-
iunct. II tends TO modify greedineaa,
besides adding largely to the enthusiasm.
Five hornets at q small table will do more
TO level social distinctions and TO promote
s,cial intercourse than an awful disaster
In village. Danbsry Mems.
IT is enough to make every patriotic
American Join the hoodlums In their
attack upon the Chinese quarter, TO hear
that inquisitive gcographers have recently
found two rivers In China, each Of which
Is nearly thousand miles longer than
our great Mississippi. 1t does seem - II
ro-cslled scientific observers might b
about better business than bringing hu-
initiation on the noble CaucasiaA race.
Il civilization failuref
THE San Diego (Cal.) World says: !:
"San Diego has young gentleman iele.
graphic operator, who, after repeated
calls for . young lady operator In an.
other Office, at last got . response, and
then, 'click, click, click (fortissimo), he
telegraphed back TO her vehemently :
I have been trying to get you for tho
last half hourl' In . moment the fol-
lowing spicy reply came tripping back 70
him over the wires from the telegraphic
maiden: That's nothing; there 10 .
Young man here who has been trying tho
same thing for the last two years, and he
hasn't got me yet"
WHY sheuld We import millions Of dol
lars' worth Of figs and almonds while the
southern states could readily supply our
marketss Is II fr the want Of proper
knowledge Of their culture and lack oil
energy, o. scarcity of labor? Of course
| it is rot for us up hero In the north, the
Rural New Yorker says. TO answer these
questions, as apples, peaches and pears
similar fruits, mainly occupy our stten-
ton. But it does seem to us that the
people Of the southern states ought 70 BE-
able to supply US such easily raised fruits
a. frs and almonds n cheaply ~ they
can be bought abroad, counting In the
cost Of exchange, freight, insurance and
other unavoidable expenses.