The Osceola times., 1882-01-14
WAYS OF THE WORLD.

| is the DeSt END OF an afgument-ScnOOi
houses are the watch towers of civiliza-
tion.- Whitehall Times.
THERE was an old maiieu Of Rome
Who very much wanted a home;
SO she ask her friend Harry
If he would not marry
He blushed, and said solemnlv Nom
-Andreos' Queen
IT is expected thit Mexico and the
/ Unitei States will be in telegraphic COM
munication with Peru by next June.
There will be 3,l00 miles of submarine
cable employ ed in the line.
THE Chinese are manufacturing mill
tary rifles ofan imported modern pattern
and are binding war steamers in their
own government docks. They are be-
coming enlightened very rapidly.
BosroN is spending much money for
church mdsic. The salaries of the
musicians n a single,choir, says Boston
man of the old fashioned kind, would
pay half dozen country clergymen.
"A little boy on the Bible" is the
name of a sketch in religious paper.
| Probable the b " was so small thar they
put the big Bible in his chair TO raise
him when he came to TIE table.-NeVton
Republican.
IT is now alleged that diptheria can be
contracted by kissing. We suppose now
that instead of Good evening. Going
TO the ball this EVENING" it will be
Good evening. ANY dip. in your fami,
| ly ~ ErdnsniHe 4rqus
IT has lurt been found that of nj trades
an professions in England newspaper
men iurn 81. in proportion, the fewest
lunatics. This augurs i'll: for
Great wits 10 Madness sure are near allied
| Ana thln partitions do their bounds divide"
Mr.. TESNYsoN is engaged on new
| Crimean war p1em This time he will
rehearse the deeds Of the Heavy Brigade
at Balaklava-ti deeds which were little. if
! at all, less yalarOus than those of their
corrades.
/ lN dress, Atiorney-General Brewster
is very &c entrc He wears ruffles of
the style of sevnty-iive years ago. His
coat Is blue sgalow-tail, with brass.
buttons, and hi' wii-'coat is long and
made Of bright bf cloth.
Mr. d. g, RoSrrI, the poet and artist.
| has Shakesprean type of ace. an
| Italian completion. rich, impressive
voice, and plahness of address. He is
"a ye rs old, ari is personally known to
very small cirle of friends.
A DR.. WAILkE, formerly confeder.
ate soldier, whorecent' v died, bequeath-
ed TO daughtepf Mr.. Thomas II. Allen,
/ of Lynchburg, Va, $4,000 for kindness
and hospitalityextended TO him when
i'll by her fathe' and mother.
GARlBALDI isnot The ignorant. uncul-
hya'ed man tlat may people suppose
him 10 be. He knows many languages
and many literatures, and he is well
verfd IN mathematics. As child he
watcontemplative, poetic and fond Of
solihde.
WaoUT exception, the leading parers
Of % don urgently demand the adop.
tionu means both legal and mechani-
cal. q the abatement Of the smoke
nuisape. One journal suggests radical
innoWion on British Cust0ms--the use
of aniuacite coal.
TuRcollection Of autograph letters
, formetby the late DR. Morley PunshOn,
, is 10 hisold hy auction. II extends 10
, no less ban seven volumes, and includes
letters em several royal personages, rs
{ well asfople eminent in art, science,
literatuHand the Church.
J A HouaIoLp journal says tough beef
: can be nate paatable by stewing gently
7 for two Ars, taking out about half a
/ pil of liCtpr when half done, and let
} "a" rest y into the meat. a better and
: less troubv v1r.c plan would he 10 kill the
COW whetile is a calf-Norristo,rn Her-
I oH
POsrNlsaR GENERAL JAMS states that
a county, lesimasler wrote a day or two
ago, sayHg "A mans wife dropped
letter In ~ office addressed 10 another
man. TRhnsbaod suspects something
wrong. ~ deliver the letter 10 him?"
The po tnt ter was instructed that the
! husband0tld not get the letter in that
way.
THE lofion society for the preven-
tion OF coH1nsory vaccination, bases its
action on ihe fact that while vaccination
, nnCouh'efly operates to prevent the
! spread OfIall pox, for that very reason
it retarls discovery and improvement in
the scient6c treatment Of disease. These
gentlersn must belong to the class
which Gateau calls medical cranks.
hsiked his hat
Nadenbt # that.
Ad0rd his cane,
Ivs quite plain
, A'mired his gloves
sadthey were Loves,
Ardpra sod his boot,
With seemed to sui
ullwas his new ulster
fepu sed her. The Ji,dge.
ABor1ten years ago the Canadian goy-
, ernment bought ont the Hudson Bay
comuanys claims in the territory known
AZ Rupsrt' Land for 81 100000 cgs1. 1t
was reserved, however, that the company
should realm in fee simple about 7,OOO.-
600 acres IN the fertil belt and should
have the night of choosing 10000 acres
near their posts. Little importance was
attached 70 these conditions at the time.
II seems, however, that by the improve
ments made by government these grants
have bectme an immense bonanza TO the
company who are now selling land to
speculators and settlers at good figures.
HERolcmeasures had 10 lie adopted a
I fortnight ago to remove the danger of
annihilaton which constantly threaten
ed theswiss village of Elm. The hamlet
lesat the foot of an overhanging noun
tain lape slice of which became de-
tached last summer and, obeying the
laws Of CAVITY, overwhelmed everything
below tin ruin. II seemed altogether
probable that another fragment of the
mountain would some dav follow suit,
and Il was accordingly determined to
detach itand hurl it into the valley in
another direction while it conld be done
without risk to life. The people of Elm,
accordingly, took themselves ont Of all
possible harm way, and hundreds Of
| tourists thronged the neighborhood,
bent on seeing the novel sight. The
pan adopted was simply lombard
nent with cannon. The first day or two