The Osceola times., 1878-08-17

SOME of our best lawyers make a prac.
tice OF never defending a case before
certain justices, because they know the
decision would be for the plaintiff il
they piled up indisputable evidence on
the Other side. Tney merely cross.
examine the witnesses SO as to Law the
foundation for their defense in a higher
court on an appeal, and then allow
judgment TO be rendered. Cleveland
Herald.
A YOUNG and comely white girl of
sixteen was publicly whipped at Eliza.
beth City, Va, by big negro constable,
for stealing a pair Of shoes. A crowd of
ioafers assembled to see the girl stripped
to her wait and the twenty-five stripes
laid on. The law authorizing such
punishment went into effect only on the
LIST OF July, and will be repealed at the
next session of the legislature.
ACCORDING TO DR.. Treves, exact or
scientific study has tendency to deaden
and sterilize the poetic faculty. Dealing
constantly with stern facts and well-defin.
ed mental processes, renders all organic
zation in the nervous centers more per-
feet, promoting distinctness of ideas. a
more exact method of thought, and that
general structural condition which is un-
favorable for the display of those mental
qualities which the poet must possess.
A MAN drinks beer or gin, not 80 much
from anv particular craving for them,
but because be is thirsty, aud likes a
slight advance on plain water. More
over, he is fond of showing his munifi-
cence by treating friend. Give him
the opportunity to buy aerated water
and syrup, and coffee, and in many cases
beer and gin would be given up, The
facility Of instantaneous purchase is the
great attraction of pot-houses.-TLon.
don Truth.
WHEN we consider how big a state
Texas really is, we will cease to wonder
at the action Of the late democratic
state convention. Think OF 500 dele.
gates being called to order by one pre-
siding officer, and the roll being called
seven times in one day by the same clerk.
1t is not strange that they were turbu-
lent and noisy, and took days and days
to do their business, because it is on the
principle that great bodies move slowly.
Texas is six times greater than the state
OF New York, and considerably larger
than than the republic of France, which
contains population nearly as large as
that Of the United States. Two hum
dred such states as Rhode Island could
be carved out of Texas, and then there
would be scraps enough left to make an
other New England Chicago Tribune.
ONIONS, says Hassilquist, can never
be sufficiently recommended. They
possess more nourishment than, perhaps,
any other vegetable. 1t is a well-known
fact that Highlander with a few raw
onions in his pocket and crust OF bread
or bit OF cake; can work or travel to an
almost incredible extent, for two or three
days together, without any other food.
Whoever has tasted onions in Egypt
must allow that none can be had better
in any part of the world. Here they are
sweet; in other countries they are
nauseous and strong, whereas in the
north and other parts they are hard OF
digestion. Hence they can not in any
place be eaten with more satisfaction or
less prejudice than in Egypt. They eat
them roasted, also made into a soup,
which | think one of the best dishes l
ever ate.
QUEEN MERCEDES estate was easily set
tied. According to Spanish law her lands,
jewels and dover should have been re.
turned to her father, and the King had
ordered inventories to be taken, when
the Duke de Montpensier interfered and
insisted that the King should retain his
wife'sproperty. Alfonso refused to con.
sent to this, as it would be an act of in.
justice toward the dukes children and
their heirs, but the Comte de Paris and
the infanta Christine counseled him 10
accept. The King thus comes into pos.
session Of the palace and estate of Cas-
tilleia, near Seville, of the Queens won
deriul jewels, and OF her marriage por-
tion of S5,000,000 The dividends upon
the stocks Of which the dover is com,
posed had not been collected, nor had
the Queens allowance from the Spanish
treasury been drawn at the time of her
death. These sums are to be distributed
among the poor o. Madrid.
SPEAKING of the hot weather lust ex-
perienced east of the Rocky mountains,
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