The Osceola times., 1881-12-17

AcoIoREp woman weighing 1855 pounds
recently died in Ithaca, N. Y. The cask-
ct built for her was five feet seven inches
deep. The woman's circumference was
about two inches greater than her length
There was an old maid In Oneida,
Who screamed at the sight OF spcida
She would kick at lamb,
And run wild from a ramb.
But fearlessly tackle hard ceida
The Judge
The Pennsylvania Railroad has in
round numbers LOGO engines, $4,000
freight cars and 1000 passenger cars.
This rolling stock, il linked in one train,
would almost reach from Philadelphia
TO Pittsburgh.
The tow boat George Washington,
said TO be the Oldest on the Hudson riv-
er, has just been examined and licensed
fer another year. II was built in $780,
OF live oak and cedar, and has been SUBJ
jected to very few repairs.
polls judge hac decided that "a druggist
may sell cigars on Sunday, but not a ci-
gar dealer" And il is wise decision,
too. A druggist should not be permitted
TO sell cigar dealer on Sunday or any
otner uhy.--DOHOn f'OH.
A NEWS item says that Duke of Albo
lost at cards, at one sitting Sl,000,000.
We have sat down at cards-"old maid,"
or Authors" or something that way
more than fifty times, bat we never1ost
$l.000.000. The duke must have had
hole in his trousers pocket.-The Judge.
ACnIcAao sculptor has lately completed
bas relief of a young girl "looking wist-
fully into the distance as If she would
fain pierce the clouds of mystery that
enshroud her future" She probably
wants to see whether she is going to
marry a gambler, and whether her seal
skin saque is 10 be longer than that
Smith girls.
In the old Museum of Bale there is a
cannon over three hundred years old,
with calibre of l3l inches, which has
an interior closely resembling that of
one of the modern systems for rifling
ordnance. The nature of the bore is
such that il is quite evident an attempt
had been made to give increased effect
TO the shot by rude species of riAing.
WHAT is that which has three feet but
no legs, lie is all body but no limbs, has
no toes on the feet, no head, moves a
great deal but never uses its feet for
that purpose, has one foot at each end
and one in the center Of the body;
never walks out, but goes with one foot
where the head might be, dragging the
other foot, behind2 Answer-a yard
stick.
Brown was abusing Smith violently
on the sidewalk one night. Jones, who
heard it from an upper window, yelled
10 Smith: "Knock him DOWN. The
next day Jones and Smith met. 'Why
didn't you KNOCK slat man down."
asked Jones. 81 hollered to YOU to do
IT," "Yes,' said Smith, "and ! would
have hollered the same thing if l had
been up there"
A GERMAN has been making extensive
researches in statistics to find out when
girls marry. The results are these: OF
1000 girls 81 married at the age of 10,
66 at q, so at %, 80 at %, % at 25, lOS
at 20. 1903 at 81, l02 at %, 95 at %, SO at
80, 6S at 81, 81 at 80, 5S at 3S, 81 at "a. SO
and 46 at 40 years OF age during the past
twelve months.
BEHOLD the printer. He is hunting
fora pickup of hall a line. He has been
hunting for two hours. He could have
set the half line in twenty seconds, but
ii is a matter of principle with him nev-
er to set what he can pick up. The
printer has hard time. He has to set
type all night and play pedro for the
beer all day. We would like 10 be a
printer were it not for the night work.
Denwr Tribune Primer.
ALTHOUGH considered mute. insects
have the power of predicting sounds by
certain movements which, to some ex-
tent, are characteristic of the different
species. The shrill chirp of the cricket
is produced by the rubbing together of
the wing cases. The harsh shrek of the
grasshopper is caused by friction of the
legs against the wings, The shrill trum-
pet sound of the mosquito and the busy
hum of bees and flies result from the
rapid motion of the wings while flying
VARIOUS causes of poisoning from the
use of perfumes have been reported in
recent English journals. In one instance
little girl had bought some heliotrope
perfume at bazar, and had applied it
on her face. This caused vesicular
eruption, swelling, itching. and
in fact crysipelas, which lasted
for some time. The scent was
made with some of the products Of coal
tar, and not with the odoriferous princi-
pies OF plants, thus acquiring its irritat-
ing properties.
WHEN Mormon woman cannot sue
oessfully catch on and get sealed to
some one, she goes TO hell when she
dies and has TO squirm through eternity
like an angleworm ON red-hot cook
stove. We saw several, however, in
Zion, whose wierd beauty would make
horse leave his oats. IL seems to us
that il the final salvation Of one Of those
imported nightmares depended on our
being sealed TO them, they would expe-
rienee very tropical eternity.-RM
Nye, in Utah.
THERE is most disagreeable brigand
prowling about in the neighborhood of
Smyrna at the presentmoment. He is
the chief of band Of nine, who have
committed many actrocities, and is de-
scribed as a veritable savage beast
Some interesting details respecting the
recreations of khakirdji have been
given BY an unfortunate villager who
shocked the officials at the Leodikeni
railway station the other day by arriv-
ing there without either nose or ears,
having lust escaped from the bandits
AAads, Altef heing subjected to this hor-
Gl1w tuQ1monl