The Osceola times., 1879-11-29
THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.

Far West that the eye of the exoduster
Is fixed.
PRor. STONE and Mr.. Howe. Of the
Cincinnati observatory, report for the
past six months 2,275 observations Of
double stars.
A New York tailor stared at lady In
street car, and the husband gave the
tailor such cane-wolloping that he can't
get outdoors.
DR. ScHMoELE, a professor at Bonn
University, says that he has discovered
that human life can be vastly prolonged
BY eating lemons.
A WOMAN goes about Grand Rapids at
night, with lantern, declaring that she
il a bride Of heaven and exhorting sin.
ners to repentance.
The number Of convicts in 1873 in all
the State Prisons of the Union was 90
1917. of whom 1886 were employed In
mechanical industries.
JOSEPH WHITE, over 30 years of age,
and a resident Of Detroit, claims 10 be
the first man in this country to take up a
sign reading: shut this door"
HoRsE-RACING has declined in France
Of late, the authorities OF the Republic
falling TO give it the encouragement it
received under Louis Napoleon.
THERE is said TO be very little sick
ness in Dakota Territory. This is prob
ably because there are not enough fences
TO advertise patent medicines on.
THE political kindergarten, after an
exceptionally fine season, has been tenn.
porarily closed, TO open in 1880, with an
entirely new set Of object lessons.
THE Indians at Yankton are organiz-
ing brass band and bass drum has
just been shipped TO them. We may
look for an Indian uprising at Yankton.
MEETINGS exclusively for women are
popularity Of the present Moody and
Sankey revival at Cleveland, the two
cyangciists being the only men adj
mitted.
Miss YocrM, school teacher OF Kittias
valley, Oregon, has taken up land
claim, fenced it, built house, and this
year raised 6l2 bushels Of grain, besides
teaching her school.
Transfers along the Gila river, Arizo-
ma, complain Of the large herds Of wild
camels that have Of late taken possess
sion Of the main roads 10 the consterna-
ton of horses and mules.
PARADISE il the name Of lively town
in Nevada, which has neither church
nor preacher. However, it keeps a dill
gent doctor employed in extracting bull
lets and sewing up wounds.
As embarrassed actor bounded on the
stage of a San Francisco theatre, in a
scene depicting robbery in a hotel
office, and shouted, Gag the safe. while
| blow open the night clerk"
A CORRESPONDENT says that now w-a-days
every woman Of social position in New
York models or paints, or photographs
or translates, or carves or chisels, or
reads Sanscrit or political economy,
Thr Duchess of Montrose is pictir-
esquely described by the London World
rs sitting on a thrce-legged stool in
brilliant pei9no;r and in a business-lke
manner milking a beautiful Alderney
COW.
Cyrus SEAvER, Of Waterbury, VT, was
possessed by the idea that he must set
fire 10 building every "Wednesday or
die. lie burned dwellings on three
successive Wednesdays before be was
caught.
THE number of foreign firms engaged
in commerce in China is 35l, and the
total foreign population 3,Sli. The pop
ulation of the treaty ports is estimated
at 100000. The American residents
number i20.
CErYwAYo says there were only ten of
his men present when the Prince lmper-
ial was killed. A bold stand would have
saved his life, If the Zulu king is to be
believed, and the fate Of an empire
might have been changed.
GINSENG is being gathered on the
in Clinton county, Pa, and
sold TO firm in New York at from 30
cents to IL .25 per pound. 1t Is said that |
the root is shipped to China and made |
into an article for the women Of that |
country TO smoke.
TuI old trick of getting up sham I
fight IN the gallery of theatre, and then
throwing the stuffed figure Of q man /
over, was successfully tried in Lcadville. !
The excitement in the lower part of the |
house caused panic, and an actress !
tainted on the stage.
EIGHTEEN of the States have civil dam |
age liquor laws. Their provisions are |
the same. making dealers |
responsible pecuniarily for all harm
resulting from the sale of alcoholic bev-
erages. New York, Maine, Massachu-
chusetts and Illinois have statutes ex-
actly alike.