The Osceola times., 1880-06-12
WAYS OF THE WORLD.

of the eater.
Do not put too many eggs under th,
hens at this time of the year; from sever
to ten is enough.
Two Iowa men had a scow race the
other day on bet of $50. The best time
was seven minutes.
The turpentine makers of North Caro-
lima never have a headache or catch
cold. A hint to the wise, etc.
"Covr' BENNETT is lecturing IN prison
costume. They ought 10 make Cove
oyster Of Bennett and can him up.
AMAS with heart can never refuse
the kiss of child. And man without
q heart never gets a chance TO refuse.
SECRETARY EvARTs unbends himself
from the weighty cares of State by occa'
sional visits to his fine farm in Vermont
SIMON CAMERON does not much favor
interviewing. The Boston Herdld's man
says: "To an interviewer he is a tomb. =
BISMARCK now wants il understood that
he will not retire. Farmers can 60
ahead and plant corn and sow buck
wheat.
MICHIGAN has six female lawyers, and
every Ont Ol tlcIu udICs rtdnu UP anu
ssass back" when his Honor rules against
her.
THE Afphans are being thrashed badly
in Asia. Both Afghans and carpets are
sharing the same fate in this country
just now.
YS, there is a great deal Of poetry IN
the splashing waters of fountain, but 1T
is not appreciated by those who pay the
water tax.
A PHILADELPHIA horse car driver has
lust closed his first years labor there,
having travelled $4,000 miles on his car
this year.
"LIkE father, like son." as the young
lady remarked when she decided to ac-
cept the young man for sake of the old
mans money.
The young Emperor of China is aIicw-
ed to smash $500 mirrors when he reels
funny, instead of being greeted with a
shinele serenade, well laid on.
A BUFFALO man who refused to put a
died was so scandalized in his neighbor-
hood that he had to move away.
OLD Deacon Dobson always boasted
that he was prepared for the wor. :"
and his neighbours thought he go, 1t
when he married his second wife,
The Chicago Journal heads an edito-
rial 'Our Relations with Canada" Many
of us have no relations there, and conse-
quently take no interest in the meter.
A corrEE-MILL which will run twenty
minutes by machinery has lately been
..-~ Aa1 k.sk hat scx ATx1 10,
which will separate the beans from the
coffee.
A HOME missionary was asked the
cause of his poverty. Principally"
said he, with twinkle in his eye, Z" be-
cause ! have preached so much without
notes."
A FLORIDA hunter says he will fight an
alligator with clothes-pin if any one
will make up purse of 500. Why not
pass the reptile through clothes
wringer.
WHEN Kentucky father tells young
man to keep away from his house or he
will get hurt, the young man believes in
the warning as fully as II he had read it
in the Bible.
The Georgia colored man isgetting his
nose up in the world. One of them " no
was called to testify in hog case paid
$40 fine rather than be mixed up in such
a common case.
ZONE was killed and the other had his
head severed from his BODY" says an
Arkansas paper in speaking of an acci-
dent. That's better than saying that two
men were killed.
The Mexican Congress has awarded
$4,000 to the daughters of the late Gen
eral Donate Guerra in consideration OF
valuable services rendered by their
father to his country.
IT is said that there are in the small
town Of Writ, Allegheny county, nine
couples who have each lived together
ffty-two years. The husbands, with one
exception, are farmers.
Ar late sale in Paris a book by q
modern binder, Trautz- -Bauzonnet, 8
master of the art of inlaying, sold fol
$500, of which at least $4,000 was paid
in respect of the binding.
FIVE different parties have this yea
attempted TO whip Michigan journalists
The last one is still in the hospital, anc
the other four are very humble-mindet
as they wander to and fro.
IT is estimated that could the sawdus
wasted early on the Minominee river
Michigan, be mixed with some adhesiv,
ingredient and pressed into molds, i
would make 500, 900 cords OF wood.
THE average citizen of this countr,
has had economy flung at him so oftei
and so persisteDtly that the thought o
squandering nickle for glass of sod
water makes his hat tip up behind.
The advantages of mulching are no
80 well understood as they should be
The mulch, If applied after the ground i
worked, while it is yet moist, will be
grand help in time OF drought by retain
ing whatever moisture there may be.
LAWYER C-(entering the Office o
his friend, DIR. Nj, and speaking in
hoarse whisper):-"Fred, I've got such .
cold this morning that can't 81 eak tn,
truth" DIR. M-"Well, Pm glad tina
it's nothing that will interfere with you
business"
Moer poets are impracticable. They'y,
got to have something beautiful or gran,
to inspire them TO glorious song, but i
isn't so with the sweet singer of Michi
gan. She can write just as sweet an cd,
to one Of Mary Walkers old pairs o
trowsers rs she can TO Mary Anderson.
PHILADELPHIA chickens" so called il
the Boston market, though mostly raise,
in New Jersey, sell at from to cent
per pound higher than ordinary chick
ems, owing to the fact that they are NOR,
juicy and tender than the Northern o.
Western fowls.