The Osceola times., 1879-03-08

OAO III II "A.
SUPPOSE that the wearing Of colored
stockings does poison and cause the death
of hundreds of women. Are not second
marriages often happy?
Mr.. KEARNEY goes further than the
bill againrt the Chinese which has Just
passed the Senate. He thinks the Chi,
nese already here ought to be killed off.
IT is not such a very unpleasant thing
to be prodigal son when the old man
has comfortable mansion aud big pile
of bonds and securities. But the prod
who has no wealthy dad to fall back up.
on must just stick to his husks or bust.
THE French armies no longer march
beneath the imperial eagle. That noble
bird has been deposed from his lofty
perch on the standards of Napoleon, and
the soldiers of the republic are 10 be led
to victory by a laurel wreath encircling
a dart of gold.
DR.. WYETH, practical scientist, has
invented preventive against the bane.
full habit of snoring, 1t is cap 50 con.
structed as to keep the jaw from falling
while asleep, aud thus rendering snoring
impossible. But the trouble in intro.
ducing this valuable invention will be
to find a person who snores.
OWING to the severity OF the weather
the forests OF Beinese Jura are infested
by droves of wild boars, sometimes 70
numerous as to defy attack. Bands OF
wolves hover about the farms at night,
and hundreds of hungry chamois have
descended from the mountains, and are
wandering about the valleys in search Of
food.
The Black hills are not alone valuable
for the precious metals which they con-
tain, but for the granite. A large amount
OF the latter recently arrived in San
Francisco for the erection of monument
there, and IL is said to te of very fine
quality, fully equal in sppe arance and
durability to the celebrated Scotch
granite.
BLAINE seems o have constitutional
prejudice sgsinst southern claims. A
correspondent of the Savannah News
tells Of a rersonal claim of $40, loaned
thirty years ago, when Blsin wss Ken
tacky school teachi, which has never
been honored, though the original holder
OF the note is still living.-[Springfeld
Republican.
1T is said that the Royal geographi.
cal fociety of England is considering
very seriously the practica Sility of Com
mander Cheyne's scheme, which proposes
the use of balloons in the next effort to
reach the north pole. Captain Templar,
a distinguished seropaut, believes in the
feasibility of the plan, and announces
his willingness to accompany the expedi-
tion.
ITappesrs to be confirmed by, the latest
investigation that the fly from which
the cotton worm comes is q native of
the West Indies, and that it moves from
there annually with the south winds.
1t is also stated that the expense OF kills
ing the fly is no. warranted unless 1t
appears on the young plant, as it can
not do great harm TO the plant, in the
later stages of its growth.
The person orgest in the employ o.
any OF the departments in Washington
is Lindsey Muse, a messenger at the navy
department, who was FIRST appointed TO
that position by Secretary Southland dur
ing the administration of John Quincy
Adams in 1923, and has served there con.
tinually to the present time. He has
autograph letters from almost all the
secretaries of the navy during his ser
vice.
The court house in Troy, N. Y, orig
inal, cost only $4,000, but for several
years the political ring lias drawn about
$4,000 annually for repairing it, fully
ninety per cent. of which was down
right theft. One railing is said TO have
been several times removed and restored,
the price of new one being charged at
every restoration. A large quantity of
fine furniture, bought for the various
offices, has been discov, red in the houses
Of the thieves.
AN eminent French coach.maker says:
FL never build two carriages exactly
alike, not because l do not build each
one as well as / know how, but in
building that learn how to make the
next one better. When placed these
carriages of mine in the exposition build
ing, / thought them perfect, but now that
l have spent three months locking over
the carriages of other builders, l see
that they are moi. 60" Here is an illus
trstion of the value OF these shows to iu-