The Osceola times., 1878-08-10
NUMBER l9..
FACTS AND FAyCIEs.

The diver Russell can walk eight
miles under water in les than Ave
hours. 's'- 49, ifiisa ~.
RECENT soundings show Lake Baihnl,
in Siberia, to be the deepest lake In the
world; the greatest depth sounded was
IL. 900 feet.
EVE never took her husband ave
miles through the heat and dust for the
purpose of finding . new kind OF bug
and having picnic. ~.
AN indianapolis man gaze his poor,
starved horss two miserable nubbins a,
corn and five or six blades Of hdy,
remarkine ~ he did 10, "Thar, now,
eat till you bust" - At-
WHEN a bridegroom finds al the
clothes he owns In the world hung one
over the other on . hook. behind the
pantry door, he realizes for the hrst time
that the honeymoon 10 over. ss
AT Scottish botels, according to
recent letter, g women receive you lat
the door; women show you to your
rooms women make out your bills, and
women deal out ne ale, porter, brown
stout and whiaky." ,a1st ~
AMONG the splendid tombs in Agra ID
that Of the wife Of ShaRshan, which EN-.
ployed 1000 artists and workhen for
twenty-five pears. It n Of fblack and
white marble. and has, three platforms,
with four tswers and > pAgni6cent dome.
CApMus, the Pheuician, introduced
the fret Greek alphabet into BUotia,
where he settled, B. G. 1900; though
Diodorus says the Fslasgian letters were
prior TO the Cadmean. But there 10
little doubt that the Cadmean, Pelasgiac
and Pheuician had the same origin.
A NEW clerk In \ drug store was dis.
charged the other day because he didn't
know how to look wise, roll his eyes, and
say "seventy.6ve csnts' without turning
red in the face, % be handed out little
powder that bad cost the concern two
cents and fraction. Emotion and bus.
inees dent jingle.
EVERY student Of Nature should meet
nature at first hand, and learn to observe
her phenomena for himself. Lecture and
text books are but minor accessories to
study; In the sciences they play . wholly
subordinate port In the laboratory, the
field and museum, the chief work q 10 Be
done.-[ Popular Science Monthly.
GEoRas (who has just engaged himself
to the girl Of his hearty breaks the happy
news to his friend Jack (who hes been
married some timc). Jack-"Ah veil,
my dear fellow, marriage 10 the bsgt
thing in the long run, and l can assure
you that after a year or two q man gets
used to It and feels just - jolly ~ II he
had never married ct all. s'"sa
FRANK and Willie were discussing
which were the most economical, mAh or
women; and Frank seemed to b getting
the best of the argument, when Willie
suddenly brought the argument 10 .
close by saying, Zone thing I know
my father can make piece OF butter 10
over more'n twice - large . piece Of
bread for me a. mother can"
IT is we'll known that persons who
have been deprived Of one or more Of
the senses commonly acquire incssased
acuteness in the remaining ones. Tho
following case cited BY DR.. Erasmus
Darwin is remarkable instance:
"The late blind Justice Fielding walked
in my room for the Arst time, when he
once visited me, and, after speaking q
lew words, said, This room is about
twenty-five feet long. eighteen wide and
twelve high : all Of which he guessed
with the greatest accuracy BY the ear."