The Osceola times., 1881-08-27
WAYS OF THE WORLD.

uon IN fv-o.
The mean depth OF the sea is from four
10 five miles.
-TuR average of human life is about
thirty-three years.
PAryRrs was used to write upon until
about the seventh century.
AsNAII bottle of altar of roses is the
product ofseven or eight hundred pounds
OF rose leaves.
The latent heat contained in steam in
creases in proportion as the sensible heat
OF the water decreases from which II is
produced.
PHILADELPHIA and New York are con-
nected by more telegraph wires than any
other two cities in the world, the num-
ber being ll0
BETWEEN the years 1888 and 1857 six
great earthquakes took place in Naples,
shich lost thereby 800 inhabitants per
year of that period.
A SINGLE grain of gold may be beaten
into an extent ofseveral square feet and
yet the leaf remains so intact as TO trans
nit no ray of light
DAN RcE the clown, married Penn
sylvaria dea 'on's daughter. but the
union OF church and circus was not hap.
py, and the wife is suing for divorce.
AN attempt is to be made by the Liv-
ingstone Inland mission to cultivate some
OF the different species of chinchona in
the mountain valleys Of the Conga, Ail,-
CO.
BlIND Tow when at his home in
Georgia PLAYS day aud nighton his piano.
II is his only employment. Fortunately
there are no neighbors nearer than six
miles.
WEALTHY farmer Of OK Bow. n. Y,
aged 81. has married miss of &c. He
has already lived with one wife sixty
vears, ard freedom II I'd lost all cha ms
for him.
ThE latest order of exclusion at the
Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, is not
against the Jews but admits no man to
the ball room who dosen't wear a sgal-
low-tail coat.
Tue e1'oit 70 secure the bones Of vii.
liam Penn and deposit them in Phila-
delplia churchyad has been upsuccess-
ful. S,me mems luck follows them be.
yond the grave.
Ir was once believed that putting cod
iron bar on top of beer barrels would pre-
vent the contents from being sourcd by
thunder The custom is common IN Ken,
and lIertfordshire.
WHILE in England thirty, Germany
fourteen and IN France thirteen letters
are transmitted per annum per bead OF
the population, In Russia the number Is
under one per head.
AocoRpiNo 90 some antiquarians the
word "humbug' comes from worthless
coiraze, used in Ireland in the time OF
William III. which was called loom bag
soft copper--worthless money.
MAJOR DANIELS, Democratic candidate
for Governor of Virginia, is a tireless
and aggressive campaigner. He has al
ready begun his speech-making. and will
find little rest between this and election
day.
"WHAr is the first thing to be done in
case Of fireY" asked Prof Sterns. "Sue
the insurance company" promptly an
swered the boy at the foot of the class
whose father had been burned out once
or twice.
Mn. WIGNER, in the inayiist states that
American corned beef is twice rs valuable,
as an article Of diet, as fresh boneless
beef, and that the cooked OK tongues con.
tain less salt and more nutritive matter
than the dried tongues usually sold in
European markets.
GEN. LoNGsrREET has appointed Gen.
Bryan NJ. Thomas, an ex.Confederate
bricadier, Deputy United States Marshal
at Dalton, Georgia. Gen. Thomas is a
West Point graduate Of the class of 1858,
was in active service in Utah and on the
frontier, and resigned from the army to
enter the Confederate service.
GEN. SHERMAN has been caught in the
act Of quoting poetry from Pinafore to
emphasize his indorsement of official
documents. This shows the necessity tor
real reform. Things are coming TO q
pretty pass in the republic when the
army is commanded by man who can
not write his own poetry. atlanta Con-
aitu,ioN.
THE King of Bavaria has been visiting
the Lakes of the Four Cantons in Switz-
orland. He took suite of twenty apart
ments in the Axonstein Hotel; but there
was too much noise and publicity to suit
him and he changed his abode TO hotel
in the village of Brunnen. lie continues
his ccCentrcities. He passes all night
rowing ON the lake and looking at the
stars
The imsrican Cuitirdior likens sheen
to Government or other coupon secur-
ity. Sheep it SAYS yield secure annual
income. A flock of sheep, like the more
popu ar form of securities, yields a semi
annual return to the fortunate holder.
During tie Spring months he clips his
A faxt 1aN.
other handsome return is made in the
lamb crop, citb,r turned into cash or in
10 stock.
STUPID and conspicuous typographi-
cal blunder has been found in the Ok
ford ed,icn uf the New Testament Re-
vision at Corinthians in. 3, which
reads: What then is Apollo.2 and what
is Paui2 Ministers through whom We
Lord believed; and each rs the gave to
him. The word "Loid" has been drop
ped out in making up" the form.
and inserted line ahead OF its proper
place; il should come in after each rs
the"
A GREAT deal of animated sarcasm and
unjust reproach is heaped upon the un-
loaded gun that goes of and kills people,
but for once the unloaded gun has dis
tingu;shed itself. About year
ago man named Neason, while in a
irolicksome mood, at social gathering
in Wilson county, Texas, shot down a
friend. lie then went to the house of
Dr. McMahon, who was also unpopular
with him, Neason. just as the doctor
was. lifting bucket of water from the
well, Neason shot him, too, and he fell
dead into the well. These murders were
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