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lr may perhaps be worthy OF no
tico and well tuned 10 make men.
tion of the experiments made by
Mr.. ". Il. Ilasklns with immature
cotton bo!vs. as it may lead TO such
further Investigations rs might lead
TO profitable results. 1t IL well
known, to planters in this latitude
that very large per cen,age OF the
cotton boles mover reach maturity /,
especially is this the case with the
boles formed ia The month Of Sep.
tembor, and which continue to grow
until the lrosts Of Autumn over
takes them, when the sap is check
cd and the cotton ceases TO grow,
and that portion OF the crop proves
a total loss to tie planter, as il never
opens; or il il does partially open,
rs is sometimes the case, ii is dlif
cui, to gather, aud so much stained
rs to be almost worthless. With
this late, or"top crop" MIR. Has
kins has been experimenting on a
small scale, and the result has been
most satisfactory. His experiments
consisted IN morely pulling the
boles from the stalks, taking care
Ia pluck the stem ~ well as
The small leaf which adhcrcs TO the
bole, and then spreading them ey-
posed TO the heat Of the sun, or fire,
when it was found that the bolcs
thus treated, all opened, after the
lapse Of u day or two, aud present
cd n beautiful sample 9f cotton, free
from stain and trash. With cheap
heating apparatus, and the necessa-
~ sheds to protect the boles from
lam aud dcws, we don't see why
the yield Of the cotton crop may
rot DO increased very materially.
At any rate it would cost but
tribe TO give the subject II full
and tar trial.
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He Reckoned Hs could Quit.

A poor, ,ccdy, dilaridatei ipdi.
vi,iml who had been bumming
around, hugging grocery stoves aad
begging bis food, was hired TO chop
wood hy onc of our townsman and
set TO work. No sooner had tie
gentleman returned TO lis place Of
business, than the wood-cutter en-.
tered lhcsfamily residence and beg.
ged the madam of the house for
something TO cat, which was kind
ly furnished him. The gentleman,
whom We will call Mack, having oc.
casicn, in Il short time, TO return 10
his dwelling, found lis wood-chop-
per quietly resting on the wood
pile, and picking his teeth; whom
Mach accostcd him with tho re.
mark q" Wei. my man, you seem
to be getting along very slowly T?
i'm afraid you won't get cord Gu,
TO day, at this HEX p
The man got up, cooked lis ha.
on tho back Of his head, stuck his
hands in his pockets, and struck an
attitude then with one eye half.
closed, remarked with n snoer at
you don't like the way cut wood,
| reckon can quit Without
whiting for consent, he walked off,
leaving Mack with his own refec-
tions on the subject Of "chariiy
and gratitude"
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

An intensely loyal southern
republican was recently put out OF
a snug postotiice on the ground of
chreaic .mcompetcncy. and an hon.
est and capable democrat appointed
in his stead. Whereupon he pub.
fishes a fierce letter, Of which the
following is II sufficient extract !:
" 1t may be possible that | am in
competent tt do tho low, mean and
filthy work OF the little blue bcllicd
Yankee, Jewel
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

As the time draws near, when
it will become necessary TO hold an
election for municipal otiiccrs-a
Mayor and Board of Alderman--it
is time that the people were casting
about and nominating their candi-
dates. For that purpose We sus-
gest thai mass meeting bc called
TO meet next Saturday. Who will
take lli, lead IN thi. natter
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

Ar the hour of going 10 press,
we learn ola serious accident which
occurred at Mr.. J. ID. DRIVERS gin,
hy which Mr.. Frank Meadows, who
has been feeding the gin, had his
LEI, arm horribly mulilatcd by the
gin-s saws, rendering ampdtatio1 nee
essary. Tho operation was per-
formed by DR.. F. T.. James, assisted
by Doctors Taylor and Lavclle.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

ANOTHER evidence Ji what Al
kansas can produce, is IN the state
mcnt by the Hot Springs papers to
the effect that vcritablc diamonds
Of the first water, are being found
in tho mountains that environ that
American Sloan. What nexty
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

STATE OifCE.;s.
Goyernor-.N. II Garland
Sec, ~ state u. Il. B,aycrs.
Aud. d.tor-Wm X. Miller
Tr, asurcrT j, Churchill
Att'y Gen'l.-T. 4. Hughes
Com. State Lsnd- >mithce.
Cliancc.lor---I Il. Eakin.
,hanctry clerk H. Wit,
Chief Justice L. II. English.
Associate Justic.s- Wm. n. Harrison and
David Walker
ton. .rcs. .vnan. ist Dl-tiici--I- l. Gsu'r.
JUDICIARY.
Second Circuit Counties Of Mis-i-ripp, Grass
Cri,icndcn. Poiut-ctt. Craishcad. Greene. Clay
ton snd Randolph
Circuit Judge-L. l.. Mack,
Pro, Alt'y y--Ruals II. Black.
LEt;lsI.A
sTh District Counties Of Mi-,i'tri i, ;ata'on,
Puiui,ot and Craishcri.
state ~rnaior-J. 4 lI.ndersln
~. prc.enialiSe-I. b Egddic.
CpuNTl OFFICER
Capaiy JUd-c--L VI J-fiisan.
sheriff j. Is prkrr.
County Il rk--J n. \. Hale
Trersarrr--l. L. Driver.
surveyo John Il. Ha,ny
Assessor l.. y ard
Coroner A. " Lucas.
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THE lior. J. +. Ruddlc, Repre-
sentative from this county, left here
last evening for Little Rock, width
er hc goes to attend tho next scs
Sion Of the Legislature, which con.
vencs Oh the first Monday in next
month.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

JCpGE c. l.. Moore left, at our
office, u few specimen of turnips, OF
his own raising, which, for size and
flavor are hard to beat; in fact,
they arc the finest We have seen
this season. and Of tho variety
known MS the fiat dutch.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

Ours shock of Ear hquake VA.
iclt here about s o clock last Wed.
csday night, causing the glass and
tins ware in the stores 10 rattle aud
shake like the foikes do when they
have the chils.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

Gen. y. B. Forrest has J30arrcs
of land under cultivation near Glen
coe station, Shelby county, Miss,
430 OF wbich are in cotton. lie
sent up the first Aistallment OF the
new crop, amounting to ten bales,
averaging 5s3 pounds eech.
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O. P. LYLES,
LAWYER.
NO. 2J4 SECOND STREET.
MEMPHIS, TENN.

Prmilce in Phillips, Monroe, De-
sha, ,Crilteuden and Mississippi coun
ties, in Supreme court Of tins state,
and United States Courts for the
Eastern and Western district of
Arkansas.
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49,

Mn. ". =. HALE has had grlst
mill attached to his steam GIN, and
now comes M. J. y. Driver who
does lilcvIse. Hoe cakes are bound
to bc cheap hereafter.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

" ! never sot my mind to writin
poetry till two yeais ago" sad u
ycung ruralist, tiliing back IN a
grocery chair; "but the minGto
took to gorn' with that Johnson girl
by gosh couldn't help it,"
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
rI,i-i,,nn niRi.NInEY.

TliE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
SOUTH REGULAR ArrOl NrMENrS FOR
THE OStEoLA CIRCUIT
O-ccola First anl fourth sundays.
Mil Biyoa aud Williams chool ilouSc--Srr
ond SUNDAY.
Carson. Lake aud 'andy Bayou Third sun
day
s,onrwai Fifth sunday,
nsl-IA
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
Little Harry Is No More.

AS we go TO prsss,a wall of grief
from heart stricken parents reaches
us--tho harbinger of the death Of
little Harry. Eight days ago he
vas stricken with Diptheria, when
death marked HIM for its own. Ev.
erylhing that medical skili or hn.
man ingonaity could suggest, was
done to roclaim INN TO earth, but
all in vain.
D.Ep ht The residence Of Mrs Emily Hazard.
HARRY LEE, son Of JoMS II. and LrLu HAZARD
aged tNo years md eight months.
Friends OF tho family are request.
"a 10 attend the burial 1T | | o'clock
A. NJ. Sunday tho 3lst day OF Oc-
her.
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WANTED.

One hundred head Of good mcr.
chanlablc beef cattle, Tor which the
highest cash prices will be paid by
q. f.. PErTEY.
Osceola. Ark.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
II. NJ. M,VEIGn. =. SEMNEs.
McVeigh & Semmes,
ATCORNEN< At Law.
AND
L AND AGENTS
ONGEOL.S.
Mississippi County Ark.

Will practice IN all the Counties of
this (2dD Judicial Circuit, tho Su-
prcmc Court OF th" State. and IN
the adjoining counties oi Tenncs-
sco and Missouri. Special and
prompt attention given TO col
lectiuns, TO the payment oflaxcs,
examining and abs,ractiIg titles,
and To whatever may appcrtaim
toa general Land Agency.
Jan. lG t.
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l. 0C A L COL U M N
MASONIC DIRECTORY .

q The regular stated meeting Df cscenla
~gGr K, 4. 'hJpier, NJ. -. i on the
N& iaur-tt-s next before each MI
mnaa, VIZ; trh. lsih March lsth ?
\prl liih Man l9h Junr
ilh.. 'u.y in. august isih, September
AIh., OciObrr sih NoscHibeg ilIh +. December
IA
\ fnl aitrn, shee ot the iaenibots l-ai all line.
rsi.-rtl, requested.
Al =. \ Mssoa- ir a1,ud standing s.e !Gsi-
ted iu sttrud.
i;, "ri,'f Ol JOHN NAIiULW>, II. i.
W tLNrP. secretary
,'ha stated communications oi DsreO,a Lorre
NJ. - 3. a \. NJ, viii b. It'd the saturdays
on pr Jcst h,iorr, each iul NOM. NJ; jan
l.th, Feb goth. March slth, April iIh Ma, 18th,
Jun- lsih (>i. JJhn the Baptist, June !iih.)
Iuly lsth August, IA h, sept. I'm. Oct. Wh.
Nov. Slh, bee llth tDcc nth, 81. John the
tYingllsU NJ mbcrs are ordered 10 attend IA
sccordanc with the By Laws All Master Ma
sous in good standing cordially invited To
attend. I.y urGcr Of
r.. A.CARLIck, W NJ.
j W. CLArr, Scc'y.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

Memphis and New Orleans are
ho,h being visited hy mild form
of cpizboiir.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
SPECIAL NOTICE.

SrArn.scripis gradually crawling
mp. liis quoted by the Little Rock
papcrs rs selling at u cents
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
BORUM'S GIN-BORU MSLp'G

The undersigned would respectfully announce
to the Planters end the publir that he has erect
ed u iarvc and commo ious @ IN ,lOds' ai Boram'-
Landing. nv, miles above town, where ss VII
gin Cotton during the season, at
PER BALE OF 800 POUNDS
and furnish Ties and Bagping for the Seed. Now
T. your chance TO save money.
Jp RoITM.
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Laws Governing Subscribers.

II Subscribers ordcr the ,!i,oani.nuance of their
rnv.psp"rs, tic publisher may continue 10 send
them until all arrraracc- are paid.
II subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
newspaper, from their Office 10 which they are
airecr'l, They are h'!d responsible until they
have settled their bids and ordered the paper dts
ron ln1c
ir.ahscriber> move tn other place without In
forming the publisher, aud newspapers ar, scn,
10 thri uncr direction they are held responsible.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

Fresh and sweet, Missouri Cider
At BERRY iIENwoop'S.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
rEgM. or suEsCRipTIoy, unaiyancr3
RATES OF ADVERTISING:

fOE TRANSIENT AND LEGAL NOTICES:
unr dollar per square ol onr inJh running
nlrd-itrt, or space ui ten iiuc- ui ii- type, iuI
hr.t n,-riiou, aud seventy -ti,c csnts Tor each
subsequent Insertion.
SPECIAL NOTit - ia Local COLUMN (iea,ic,D
ANY per cril un ahp.r rates.
OBITUARY. MOTTO ES-insercd y. alvcrti,-
10 rnt's.
a liberal deduction made 0n above ra'es i,a
standing advertisements.
EDITORIAL NOTICES refctin1 10 advertise
meats advancing priv ute int gsssis, rair as
uansivut matter.
When IN contract, are made, cash t.iu-i ac
company all u ahrrti,cmcHi, No dryialivns
lyuIu inc llg\r Iti,.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

I isiars snd the travelling l.sh,.c gspcraiiy wiii
Y tad il.is y iirst class accommodation aot~
esHilaiy located. opposite the Ciers- onlce. aisa
supplied VITA the be 1.-THE niarktt affords
la connection " tth ,hc house Nil b. fofqJ
saloon where choice cigars. tobaccoH, iigsDgs
aud ''convrfsa,ion water .aay be had st all
tim ., srpts Il
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-22

viewed merely as problem OF chances,
it is improbable that at the present time,
or at any given time, the conditions OF two
or more planets will be so closely allied as
to make them life-supporting. Mars has
in all probability passed this stage, and
Jupiter is yet far from it, though advanc-
ing. Nor need we stop, he AIDES, :" at
solar systems. since within the infinite
universe. without beginning and without
end, not only suns, but systems of suns,
gaIaxies of such systems, to higher and
higher orders endlessly, have long since
passed through all the stages of their ex-
istence as systems, or have all those
stages yet to pass through. In the
presence of time-intervals thus seen
to be at once infinitely great and
infinitely little infinitely great compared
with the duration Of our earth, infinitely
little by comparison with the eternities
amid which they are lost-what reason
can we have for viewing any orb in space
from our little earth and saying nOao is the
time when that orb is, like our earth, the
abode of life. Why should life on that
orb synchronize with life on the earth
Are not, on the contrary, the chances in
finitely great against such coincidence?
If as Helmholtz has well SAID, the dura-
ton of life on our earth is but the minut-
est ripple IN the infinite ocean of time,
and the duration of life on any other planet
of like minuteness, what reason can we
have for supposing that those remote, mi
mute, and no way associated waves OF life
must needs be abreast of each other on the
infinite ocean whose surface they scarcely
ripple?'' 1t should be borne in mind, as
lessening the chances of a cOincident of
life in two worlds, that the DEMONSTRATING
period of planets existence covers but
minute period of its actual existence,
and hence it may justly be regarded as
6 antecedently improbable that any planet
selected at random, whether planet of our
own system or planet attending on another
sun than ours, is at this present time the
abode of life" Though we close our re-
view with this sentence as embodying
Prof. Proctor's conclusions deduced from
his main premises, justice to the author
bids us recognize the extended Efforts
here unnOticed-by which he appears to
justify the claims which we have hard
ly more than set forth and deined.-Ap-
pIet0ras' Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-22
FreckleS---Their Cure.

WHAT shall young and otherwise
handsome lady do to getrid of freckles on
the skin:
Answer.-Freckles are not easily washed
out of those who have florid complexion
and are much in the sunshine; but the fol.
lowing washes are not only harmless but
very much the best of anything we know;
Crate horse-radish fine, let it stand few
hours in buttermilk, then strain and use
the wash night and morning. Or squeeze
the juice of a lemon into half a goblet of
water and use the same way. Most OF the
remedies for freckles are poisonous and
cannot be used with safety. Freckles in
dlcate defective digestion, and consist in
deposits of some carbonaceous or fatty
matter beneath the scarf skin The diet
should be attended to, and should be of
nature that the bowels and kidneys will do
their duty. Daily bathing with much
friction should not be neglected, and the
turkish bath taken occasionally, if it is
conYenient.-Herald of Health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-22

For two or three years we have been
trying some experiments on cultivating
and manuring apple trees at different
distances from the trunk. Only d gen.
eral brief statement can be given here.
Trees which stood in grass and had small
circles about them, kept clean and well
cultivated, did not seem to be benefited,
even when the space about the tree was
titled eight or ten feet each way with
trees fifteen years old. The trees ap-
peared with yellow leaves and made slow
growth, the same as those in grass with
no culture. Other trees which stood in
patch of grass, each tree in the center
of sixteen-foot grass plot, and cult
waited we'll beyond The grass every way
| did apparently as well as those with
clean culture everywhere about them
| (Piling manure close about large tree
| is like trying to feed horse by tying
| hay to his sides instead of before his
MOUTH 1t is too soon to draw conclu-
sions, but it so far seems to be unneces-
sary to cultivate closely to trees to make
GnSIu grow Ntlis huOH 1IOu OUSeIfd-
ton that most of the best working roots
of an old apple-tree are out under the
ends of the longest limbs and beyond
them The manuring at different dis
tances about the trees has not shown
much effect yet.
The trees are moderately trimmed
every spring, and young shoots rubbed
off as they appear on the large limbs
during summer. No limbs are removed
which are more than one inch in diane
ter, unless they have died previously.
Two years ago the cold winter injured
severely some of the tender varieties, as
Sweet Bough, Jersey Swee. and Baldwin.
Some of these were heavily cut back,
some were let alone, ands others moder-
ately trimmed The results are decided
ly against heavily cutting back.
Other experiments with striking and
positive results have been tried. Many
people all over the country are trying the
same, and have been for many years, all
with the same results. They are as fol
lows: Young trees are set in thick sod
with only a little space dug about them
Or they are set in land which is often
soaked with water for weeks together.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-22
Science as D Means of Culture.

THAT science is worthy of endowment
will be admitted by every one competent
| to form an opinion. Yet [ would remark
at the outset, that the reasons sometimes
| advanced by students of science in support
of this proposition are notof the worthiest,
though they may be those best calculated
to secure the alliance of the unscientifc.
Even Tyndall has spoken of science as
| though its chief value resided in its quail
| ity as "asource Of Individual and national
might" and many have dWelt on its value
as means of adding to material wealth
1t would be affectation to contemn such
considerations, but assuredly they do not
present the noblest qualities of science, the
chief good which science is competent to
work. 1t is as potent means of culture
that science is worthiest Of its recognition.
The material gain derived from scientific
research has no doubt been great; but it
has been intellectually surpassed in value
by the change which science has worked
and is working in the minds of men. 1t
is, indeed, precisely in this respect that
scientific persons most completely misap-
prehend the work which science is doing.
They attach special value to those things
which science is silently but certainly dis
placing. They are panied by the light
which science is pouring on objects that
had seemed venerable so long as their de-
fects had been yelled under the gloom of
ignorance. They are appalled, when
science would teach them to displace all
false loyalties by the noblest loyalty of all
loyalty to the truth But the student of
science can deal with such errors as he
would deal with errors Of observation or
with untrustworthy experiments He is
not concerned to war against them To
be angry with them would be as unscien-
tific as to be angry with gravitation. The
true teachings Of science will be recog-
niZed il due time-With results fOretOld.
1t was predicted that the religion of mercy
would bring, not peace, but a sword; the
seemingly stern religion of truth will
bring, not a sword, but peace into the
world. To recognize the universal reign
Of law is to perceive the futility of law
lessness, no matter under what high or
even sacred names disguised. The cult
ure of man through the study of truth is
the work of science in the future. And
scientific research derives intellectually
greater value from the fact that it affords
material for scientific culture than be-
cause it may add to national or individual
power, or because means of increasing
our store of material wealth. Even the
benefits derived from those departments
of science which tend most to ameliorats
the condition of the masses, great though
these benefits unquestionably are, must be
esteemed small by comparison with those
which will hereafter be derived from sci
| ence as a means of mental and moral cult
ure.-PrQf. r. 4. Proctor, IN Popular Sci
| e2lce NOnthZU
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-22

ordered two rusty, broken, old horseshoes
to be fastened on the highest marble step
by which the house at Holly Lodge was
entered from the lawn.
In Amsterdam certain class of igno-
rant people believed that if they found or
stole a horseshoe and placed it on their
chimney hearth it would bring good luck
to their houses.
A mechanic residing at Ely, in England,
being taken i'll, was convinced that wom-
an named Gotobed, with whom he had
had disagreement, had bewitched him.
Several wise women who had assembled
IN the sick mans chamber, after putting
their heads together, came to the sage con-
clusion that the only way to protect him
from the sorceries of witchcraft was to
send for the blacksmith and have three
horseshoes nailed to the door. At this
performance the supposed witch was so
angry that she complained to the dean,
who seemed to be very much amused by
it, Perfectly furious she rushed to the
sick mans room, and, Notwithstanding
the three invincible guards at the entrance,
crossed the threshold in safety, much to
the horror and establishment Of those in
side. Their waning faith was, however,
that for some unknown reason the black
smith had substituted donkey shoes
Hearth and Home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-22
A Present to the Man He Robbed.

The Virginia New Chronicle relates
this incident: About two years and a
half ago Col. Stone, of this city, was on his
way one evening in buggy from Silver
City, when he was stopped and robbed by
highwayman, who afterward proved to
be Darling, alias Rattlesnake Dick Among
the articles which Col. Stone surrendered
were valuable gold watch and chain. He
at once commenced the work of trying to
identify the thief, and prosecuted the work
with such success that Rattlesnake Dick
was detected through being in possession
Of the watch and chain He was con-
victed and sent TO the State Prison at Car
son for several years. Yesterday Col. Stone
received from Darling cribbag e-board of
beautiful workmanship, which he manu-
featured in prison himself. On one end is
carved a picture of man with a pistol,
stopping two horses attached to a buggy,
representing the robbers, and beneath it
are cut the words, Darling as. Stone On
the other end are the words, Stone as.
Darling and above is a man with ball
and chain attached to his leg, with a NAL
let and chisel in his hand cutting a block
Of stone. The cribbage-board IS of elegant
design and finish, and shows considerable
artistic skill on the part of Rattlesnake
Dick"