The Osceola times., 1884-08-09
"Eureka.~
gill Nye in dominion :


Archimedes, wi ose given name has
been accidentally torn of, and swallow
ed up in oblivion, was born in Syracuse
PHI years ago last spring. He was a
philo> opher and mathematical exIeri.
During his life, he was never successful
ly stumped in figures. II i'll BELTS me
now, standing by his new made grave,
to say aught Of him that is not of praise.
We can only mourn his untimely death
and wonder which of our little band of
great men will be the next to go.
Archimedes was the first to originate
and use the word Eureka" II has
been successfully used very much lately,
and as result, we have the Eureka bak-
ing powder, the Eureka suspender, the
Eureka bed bug buster, the Eureka shirt
and the Eureka stomach bitters. Little
did Archimedes wot when he invented
this term, that il would come into such
general use.
Its origin has been explained before,
but it would not be out of place here for
me to tell it, az / call 1t to mind now,
looking back over Archie's eventful life.
King Hero bad ordered an eighteen
karat crown, size l-S, and after receiving
1t from the hands of the jeweler suspect
ed that il had been adulterated. lie
therefore applied to Archimedes to as
certain if possible whether such was the
case or not. Archimedes had Just got
in on No. 3, two hours late and covered
with dust. He at once started for no:
and cold bath emporium on Sixteenth
Street, meantime wondering how the
dickens he would settle that crown bus
mess.
lie filed the bath tub level full, and
piling up his raiment on the floor, jump
ed in. Displacing a large quantity OF
water equal TO his own bulk. he there.
upon tolvedthe question of specific
gravity, and forgetting his bill, forget
ting his clothes, he sailed up Six
teenth street and all over Syracuse
clothed in shinmering sunlight and a
plain gold ring, shouting Eureka" He
ran head-nrst into u Syracuse policeman
and howled "Eurekap The policeman
said you'll have to excuse me; don't
know him" He scattered the Syracuse
Normal school on is way home, and
tried to board Fifteenth street bobtail
car, yelling Eureka" The car driver
told him that Eureka wasn't on the car,
and referred Archimedes TO clothing
store.
Everywhere he was greeted with sur
prise. He tried to pay his car-fare, but
found he had left his money in his other
clothes.
Some thought it was the revised statue
of Hercules, that he had become weary
o standing on his pedestal during the
hot weather, and had started for some
fresh air. give this as remember it.
The story is founded on fact.
Arthimedes once said:
Give lne where | may stand, will
move the world" l could write il in ORR
ginal Greek, but fearing that the nonpa-
riel delirium tremens type might run
short. give it in English language.
II may be tardy justice to great ma
thematician and scientist, but ! have
few resolutions of respect which ] would
be very glad to get printed on this solemn
occasion, and mail copies of the paper to
his relatives and friends:
Whereas, 1t has pleased an all wise
Providence TO remove from our midst
Archimedes, who was ever at the front
in all deserving labors and enterprises;
and
Whereas, We can but feebly ex-
press our great sorrow in the loss of Ar
chimedes, whose front name h his escaped
our memory; therefore
Resolved, That in his death we have
lost leading citizen of Syracuse, and
and one who never shock his friend
never weakened or gigeed back on those
he loved.
Resolved, That copies of these re-
solutions he spread on the moments of
the meeting of Common Council of
Syracuse, and that they be published in
the Syracuse papers codtfdp&cod, and
marked copies of said papers be mailed
to the relatives of deceased"