The Osceola times., 1881-07-09
WAYS OF THE WORLD.
ARKANSAS

Jrxxy LIND GoI DsHMIT is reputed 20
be one of the millionaires OF London.
yIcKsprRG Commercial: Virginia has
n Wise Democrat. Wise Readiuster and
a Wise Republican. They are wise, un'
wise and otherwise.
A KKNrucKfAy stole four swarms ol
bees. carried them eleven miles In the
night. set up new hives, and handled
the whole business without sting. The
wicked do not always get one under tht
ear.
THE Boston Tdreller says. "Amone
the recent failures in Boston is that OF
man who a few years ago borrowed mo
new of a friend TO enable him to study
for the ministry, and did not pay the
debt"
The Chinese of Chicago now have
banquets, and have so far assimilatcd
themselves TO the customs of the coun'
try as to drink wine in the most ap-
proved style. John, he muchee llkee
champagnee.
THE toad destroys from twenty to
thirty insects in an hour, and the mole
is continually destroying grubs. larye,
palmer worms and insects injurious 10
agriculture no trace of vegetation is
ever found in his stomach
Under the old English laws, creating a
CORNER" in grain or other fruit products
was punishable by fine and imprlson-
ment for the first ofense. If frepeated,
in addition to this punishment the ears
of the offender were cropped.
RoEnLrNG, the protector of the Brook
lyn bridge, was the greatest bridge
builder in the world. He started the
making of wire cordage in America, and
built suspension bridges to carry aque-
ducts sof canals across rivers, and engl-
neered the Pennsylvania railroad across
the m mountains.
ARApLE land in England has been
gradually decreasing in area, the decrease
in five years being $4,000 acres, and
there has also been u decrease in. the
number of cattle, decrease of no fewer
than 100000 sheep since 1874, and an
appreciable reduction in the number of
pigs and horses.
An old fashioned parent at Indianapo-
lis walloped his boy for drawing an
imitation rat across the street to frighten
ladies, but the boy didn't die, as did the
one the New York Tribune told about.
In fact, the old man expects TO wallop
him again, if he shall catch him in any
more foolishness.
A DANBuRY bootblack was in South
Norwalk when the train went through
there on its way to Hartford with the
nations military digntaries. Did You
see Gen. Sherman" asked a citizen this
morning while having shine. mo,
was he looking for me?' was the re-
sponse. The citizen was shocked.
THE Rochester Herald has discovered
that Assemblyman Bradley was shot in
the right lung at Cold Harbor, and pro-
ceeds to wildly argue that he could not
tell lie. The connection between a
hole in mans lung and his standard Of
probity does not seem to be perceptible
to anybody but a New York editor
A CITIZEN of Atlanta, Ga, has in his
possession, according to local paper, an
amethyst recently found in Rabun
county which contains drop of water in
the center of the stone. This is said to
be the only instance on record of any
amethyst 80 peculiarly formed. That
makes it an amethyst of the first water.
THERE is a tribe of hairless people
among the Australian aboriginals, living
some 500 miles west of Brisbane, near
the Balonne river. Several of them
were brought to Queensland by Baron
Macleevy, the Russian explorer, who
had them photographed. Their heads
and bodies are entirely free from hair
and the former was perfectly smooth
and shiny.-Brd. Med. Jour.
ANCIENT Greek dances have been in
troduced into Partisan fashionable cir
cles, hostesses having grown weary of
the eternal cotillion. Another society
innovation halls from New York, where,
says the London Graphic, every fashion
able boudoir Is now as fragrant as Ro-
man Catholic Church after high mass,
incense being burnt in elaborate bronze
dishes on the different tables
TRANSLATED from Der Omnibus. Guest
-"Mr. Landlord, have to-day no mo-
ney with me; hold you the little thing
until tomorrow in the memory" Land
lord" Right willingly; allow you but
that ! with my weak memory the little
thing on the door write" G.-"B But,
Mr.. Landlord. then can it indeed all the
world read that ] to you money in
debted am" L.-"k you what
leave you your overcoat here, that we
may hang it thereover -
AMoSG the young Indians in New
York from the institute at Hampton, Va.
are Thomas Wildcat and Long Arm, sons
Of Chiefs Some of the other boys are
Frank Yellowbrd, Laughing Face and
Pamani, or One Who-lloots-When-H He
Walks. One attractive young girl bears
the name of Little Bear, and another is
more poetically known as Forest Leaves
Louise Tasagainaniwin, whose last name
is translated Cold-When-S She Walks, is q
girl of fifteen years. who is maintained al
Hampton by the members of the Church
of the Holy Trinity.
THE Times of Natal contains an ac.
count, obtained from native sources by
Mr. Osborn, the British resident in Zulu.
land, OF the memorable disaster at Island.
lana. Several new facts of great interest
are mentioned, notably the discovery on
the battle ground of Lord Chelmsford's
written orders to Col. Pulleine The de
strpton of the stand made by the "lasi
man" is full of pathos: "He struggled on
and on, retreating higher up the hill, til
he reached q small cave or recess in the
rocks, into which he crept, and with his
gun kept off the enemies. The ground
in front Of the little cave (which was
pointed out to me- falls steeply down
and the Zulus, taking advantage of tn,
rocks and stones scattered about, en-
deavored, two or three at time, to ap
proach and shoot him. The soldier
however, was very cool and wary, and
invariably shot every Zulu as he ap
peared. He did not blaze away hur
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