The Osceola times., 1877-07-28

THIS Is the latest form Of wedding In
capture a mother in-law ct 8 o'clock
sharp"
"No," she said, and the wrinkles In
her face smoothed out pleasantly, mo,
do not remember the last seventeen year
locusts. was an infant then.
A business man In Trenton, N. j.,
saws that the women Of that city own al
the real estate, and the husbands do all
the running In debt and beating their
bills. He announces thst he will not
trust any husband without Q written
order from his wife.
LITTLE BoY-"Please want the doctor
to come and see mother. Servant
doctors out. Where do yeu come
fromf Little boy" What Don't yeu
know me 2 Why, we deal with you. We
had baby from here last week!--Lo~do~
Fun.
ONLY three persons have lifs-pases on
the Hudson River raiload. One h
John B. Jervis, the first engineer Of the
road; another is his wife; and the third h
Gov. Kimball, of West Point. The
passes are made of solid silver, on which
IL engraved the name of the holder, date
when given, and occupation.
WORLDLY WIsE.-First mother OF
dau ushters: "Have you called on the
Cholmondely Joncses yet Z" Second
ditto: "Ycs, heard they were going
10 give ball, and 10 called last Satur-
day." First ditto lin tone ofsuperiori.
ty): "Ahl heard that the ball was
not coming of, and 10 / didn't"-Pssch.
A RECENT writer upon acoustics says:
Sound, from physical point of view,
may be defined a. vibration appreciable
to the ear. Its highest limit IL variable,
owing to Psychological differences b.
tween different ears but "a, 900 single or
36, 500 double vibrations per second
probably represent the highest note ever
heard"
In New Hampshire II II only murder
In the second degree for man to kill his
wife by whipping her with whipstoct.
beating her with an ox.goad and pound
ing her with heavy walnut cane. Such
at least was the verdict In the Kimball
case, which has just been tried. The
only extenuating circumstances shown
were that IL took the murderer three
hours to complete his task, and that he
was compelled to chase his victim all
over the house. Had he killed her with.
one weapon At . single blow be would
probably have been convicted OF murder
in the first degree.
WHEN that cultivated and intellectual
middle-aged person, Miss Mary Ann
Maxon, 81 Cambridge, Mas, had the
collar of her offensive little poodle in
scribed "rm Mary Ann Maxon's dog
whose dog are you 7" she thought It was
rather clever joke on the casual citizen
who might encounter the pup and In
vestigate his reason of being. She WAS
of that mind for several days. But ono
morning the poodle bowling a. though
he was carrying all parts Of Sirius In the
chorus OF the morning stars, and sudden,
az if fired out Of gun, shot inco the
Maxon presence, with his tail tucked
very close, and a business card tied on 70
bis collar. Divining that some one had
set this poodle up in the carrier-dove
business, Miss Maxon seized the missive
and read: "Turpcntine ID what ails me !;
what ails yopf"
THE following Is from Turkish major
general: "The battle was very fierce
and lasted for three hours, and glory to
God, five OF the enemy were killed." An
admiral, in announcing the Lore Of an
iron-clad, rays: "The steam launches
approached to within short distance, and
may God preserve the remaining ships of
our feet. At this time the imperial
iron clad called the Sword Of the Lord
received blow from torpedo Of the fish
kind, which precs ded from the steam
launch, and II exercised such aninfuence
ON her stern that shs sank, and, thanks
TO the Most High, all the officers and
crew escaped. This rad occurrence was
doubtless a necessity To the great God,
and, ar Is we'll known, He always gives
victory after such defeat" A fight 10
the Caucasus 10 thus reported We had
ten martyrs and twelve wounded, which
we cannot but ascribe TO the spiritual aid
of the prophet and to the favor shown BY
the Almighty God TO our glorions sui
tan, the refuge Of universe. e."-7oronto
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