The Osceola times., 1881-08-06
WAYS OF THE WORLD.

for his readings, always chose scarle,
letters ON yellow paper.
THE young emperor of China has 7(
wives to begin with, and it may be ne
cessary eventually to resort to draft.
Mr.. HIRAM SIBLEY, of Rochester, has
presented Mr.. Swift, the amateur astron
omer Of that city, with s., 900 speetros
cope.
The Beers seem to be desperately tir-
ed Of fighting, Is they are said to declare
that. come what may, they will not fight
again.
A New YoRK pool-room was robbed
the other day, and people are now wait.
ing TO learn thst somebody has cheated
q stock-broker.
FATHER trying to teach his son how
to act while at table,. "Well, John,
you see that when l have finished eat.
Ing always leave the table," "Yes, and
that Is all you do leave"
TaE Buffalo Express gently chides a
bride of that city who got married in
pair of stockings valued at $3.50. One
hundred and forty-nine dollars worth OF
bonnet and 81 worth of stockings would
have made more show.
VAssAR has one smart girl who will in
the hereafter be heard OF In women's
rights societies. She described straw"
as being q hollow thing with q ten-cent
man on one end Of 1t and twenty cent
drink ON the other end.
A DECISION in England gives every
passenger In public conveyance right
TO q seat. The right to seat in this
country is not questioned. The trouble
il TO get II when everybody wants to go
in one car at the same time.
THERE are sixteen or seventeen
different branches of the Methodist
church in this country, agreeing in doc.
trine but offering lin government, and
the total number of the commuicants
all those branches is over 100000.
A CINCINNATI seamstress grew tired OF
the needle, and hung out sign as doc
tor. Her first patient was man who
had congestion of the brain, but she
thought II was rheumatism, and nearly
covered him with alum plasters. The
treatment killed him.
The German government has put into
circulation new kind of postage-stamp,
the colors on which can be erased bv
water. This is to prevent the fraudulent
use Of cancelled stamps of the old kinds,
the cancelling marks on which could be
efiaced by fraudulent processes. The
collectors OF specimens of postage-stamps
will not welcome the change.
LONG JOHN WENTWORTH, ex-mayor Of
Chicago, is entirely bald except little
tuft Of hair behind his ears, and on one
occasion, when riding in the cars, he
frequently took of his hat and scratch
ed the back Of his ears, when waggish
backwoodsman shouted: stranger, drive
'em up in the clearing and you can
catch 'em all In fve minutes"
AUGUSTA CHAMBERS, known few years
ago as an actress of considerable ability,
but more extensively as a writer of poetry
has been arrested, in Buffalo, for drunk
enness in the street. Four policemen
found II difficult to subdue her, she
fought 30 desperately, and it was neces.
sary to draw her to the station in cart.
A CITY merchant who had formerly
been resident of a country town, was
in the habit of making annual visits to
his native place. On one of these occa-
sions, he missed minister who had
preached there for many years, and, on
asking for him, one of the deacons said;
"Oh, you mean Mr.. Chancel We sent him
his resignation last fall"
Ms. B. w. PRocroR (the widow of
Barry Cornwall), annoyed by some refer
ences In Carlyle's "Reminiscences" to her
husband, has just published some letters
which are said to show that in lS2i-5,
when Carlyle was a rough, clumsy Scotch
youth. without books, money, influential
friends and suitable garments, Mr.. and
Mrs. Proctor furnished him with what
he needed and helped him to gain his
start in life.
The Lookout Mountain railroad, to run
from Chattanooga to the top Of Lookout
Mountain, will be built next summer.
Mrs. Whiteside, the owner of the sum
init of Lookout Mountain, has already
subscribed $5O, 900 to the enterprise, and
the railroads centering at Chattanooga,
and citizens will probably take the
balance OF the stock. In view of the con-
struction of the road, Mrs. Whteside has
commenced the preparation of a beautiful
park on the mountain.
Mrs. FREcHErrK describes the Princess
Louise, in Harper's, as not only an artist
but model housekeeper. The daughter
of the queen does not think it beneath
her dignity TO go into the laundry and
instruct the maids concerning their du-
ties, or to give an occasional eye to the
marketing, when il is brought in. A
friend of Mrs. Fechette was lately
dining at Rideau Hall, and, during the
dinner, she remarked upon the excel
lence ofthe oyster pstes, to one of the
ladies in waiting to the Princess. "Yes,"
she replied, "They were made by her
Royal Highness."
The Bell telephone is not to be left
much longer in the enjoyment of its ex-
listing monopoly, II new system, in
vented by Prof. Dolbear, of Tufts Col
lege, possesses anything like the merits
claimed for it. Dolbear's invention is
described as being very simple, consist.
ing of nothing more than the apparatus
usually employed in medical applications
OF electricity-a battery connected with
an induction coil. The receiver is one
OF the extremities Of the telegraph wire
coming from the induction coil. The
Dolbear invention has been tested with
highly satisfactory results, showing that
it works over long lines of wire with
great ease and facility, the sounds
being distinct and entirely free from the
humping noise which so frequently, in
the Bell telephone, makes the drum of
the ear ring for q moment or two. The
utility OF the telephone causes it to be
aprohtable subject for the study of in
ventors, and 1t was to be expected that
marked improvements would be made.
The only difficulty in the way of cheap
ening its use is not in the invention or