The Osceola times., 1881-08-20
WAYS or THE WORLD.

WAYS OF THE WORLD.
THE Partisan lady is wearing her hair
in a net when she does not leave 1t at
home.
Epxuyp YATES says that Frenchmen
ere masters of the science Of elaborate
co struction.
BE- brief; for il is with words as with
sunbeams, the more they are condensed
the deeper they burn.
A BROTHER Of Langtry, the Jersey lily
has been killed BY tiger in India. He
was not tiger lily.-N 0. F'coyuns.
TEE man who has half an hour to
spare generally drops in and occupies
half hour that belongs TO some other
man.
Or the line Of the new Southern Pacific
railroad, eating houses hang out signs
reading: "One meal, 25cts. Square
meal, Scots. Gorge, 15cts"
DID you ever see horse fly? IL the
above isn't idiotic enough. try this Did
you ever hear q mill dam by moon
hght."-Dstroii Chag.
MAJOR BEx PERLKy PooRK, the veteran
correspondent. weighs 295 pounds, and
ID claimed to be the heaviest man in his
town, West Newberry, Mass.
tbs largest livery stable in the world
il connected with the Hotel ksaterekill,
in the Catskill Mountains. More than
100 horses are accommodated.
A CAIRO dispatch TO the Standard says;
Il 10 reported that the Khedive Of Egypt
will shortly decree the total abolition Of
slavery throughout his dominion.
The tramp finds he can buy two glasses
of beer with the money he has begged
for q single cup OF coffee, and this is why
he always ask for coffee money.-Bur-
bank.
PRINCES DoLeoRouKI, the widow Of the
Gar, 10 reported to be staying with her
family and large number of servants at
Fisher, q small watering place near
Leipsic.
The "expistory" church, to be built
ON the spot where the late Emperor OF
Russia was slain. is to be raised by sub
scriptions from the whole empire. 81
Petersburg alone has paid near $4,000.
PRIcE McGRATH, the late well-known
Kentucky turfman. got his first start in
life by winning $4,000 at cards from a
Louisiana planter. With this money he
started the handsomest gambling saloon
In the country.
In some Of the large towns thieves
send one Of their number TO a house
ostensibly to put up door numbers, and
while inducing the residents TO talk about
changing the address in the directory,
he obtains impressions for false keys.
When seven different piano makers
advertise their instruments as 'the best
in the world" il is a relief to come across
an old hand-organ which jumps the last
verye of Captain Jinks" into the first OF
"Mollie Darling"-Darai Free Pres.
"Yes. your Augustus IA q fraud!"
said Sue 10 Arabella.
"A ffaudT said Bella, Il can't afford
To hear that Of my eller
He's true and tried and good beside,
And delicate and dainty"
-Ah yes. but then" Miss Sue replied,
"Hes . sor Of bean Gus. amt her
-Yonkers Gaseft.
Nh. WRIGHT, of Barton County, Ga,
whose wife was in an interesting condi.
ton, was recently called TO Alabama on
ON business, and arranged that he should
BE- telegraphed TO in case of an emergen-
cy. The woman was taken sick and an
operation became necessary. but the doc.
tor refused TO act without instructions
from the husband. who was telegraphed
twice 10 without reply. In consequence
Of the delay, Mrs. Wright died, and her
husband, TO whom neither of the dis
patches was delivered, has sued the tel
egraph company for 900 damages.
THERE is a tradition among the North
American Indians that the mammoth
or great buffalo roamed through the for
ests within the memory Of their fore.
fathers. The legend runs as follows
"In ancient times herd of mammotbs
came TO the Big-bone Lick and began a
Wholesale destruction Of the bears, bufia.
loes, deer, and all the animals created
for the use of the Indians. This so
angered the Great Spirit that he de
scended upon q mountain, where still
may be seen the impress of his seat and
of one foot, and hurting his bolts among
them killed them all except the great
mammoth bull, who presented his fore
head TO the shafts and shook them off a.
they fell. At length, missing one, it
wounded him in the side. and he leaped
over the Wabash, the Illinois, and all
the great lakes, where he still lives"
The place Of his abode, with all due de-
ference to the Indian chronicler, seems
= little indefinite.