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The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
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The beer-brewers keep an agent
or attorney constantly at Washing
ton City TO look after their interests.
He is the editor of the Sentinel, the
organ of tho brewers. The Senti-
mel, in late issue, says:
"Tho house of the Arkansas leg
islature having very foolishly adop-
ted prohibltory amendment, our
German republican friends made a
great noise about that democratic
state. We went to work among
the Arkansas congressional delega-
tion, composed of sound and sensi-
bic democrats, and to their efforts
it must be ascribed that the Arkan-
sas state senate has rejected the
proposed prohIbitory amendment"
/ copy the above from the Ma
tional Temperance Advocate. and
ask the question Is it so? This Is
a grave charge brought against our
congressional delegation, and, if un-
true, should be repelled. The truth
of the matter is, or can be known,
and said "delegation" and our
state senators know whether or not
the charge be true. To them we
turn for response.
Can it be that this important
question was kept back from a vote
of the people by such chain Of in.
fluences, the first chain of which is
the organized liquor tratic; the sec.
ond, their attorney at Washington;
the third, the Arkansas congress.
sional delegation. and the fourth,
the Arkansas senate, thus reached
and controlled?
If the Sentinel told the truth, and
our statesmen are thus ready to
obey the dictates of this soulless
Moloch inriveting upon US and our
children his CALLING chains of slave
ry and death, it is time we knew il.
The Sentinel claims that this
measure was defeated in the Texas
Legislature in the same way, except
that it was the honse thus acted
upon.
People of Arkansas, the hour has
come when we must kz0o who we
trust for office. None but the true
none but the sober; none IN com.
plicity or sympathy with the liquor
league
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
4" Quick Sales and StnaI.
Profits"

1t IS the concurrent testimony o.
lobbyists that when seeking to
purchase the influence of newspa
pers and the votes of members OF
legislative bodies they naturally
turn to those most prone to vaunt-
ing their own virtue and to aspers,
ing the motives of all who do not
agree with them. They are gener-
ally regarded the cheap men. The
lobbyist theory is that most persons
given to paradlng their own per.
sonal or official purity and question
ing the honesty of Others thus ad-
vertise that they are con the make"
and are constantly expecting the
public to reward them in some
manner for possession Of excessive
virtue; therefore they need only to
be convinced that it will pay better
to compromise with their con.
sciences for season. That the
public almost instinctively suspect
persons who omit no effort to as.
sure the world, after the manner Of
the Pharisee, that they are not as
other men, is q fact well known.
Nothing is more generally accepted
than thatth man who prates about
bis devotion to the people is an
arrant demagogue; that the man
who boasts OF his honesty will often
be found rogue, and that the man
who hastens to ascribe to others
corrupt motives can be more easily
reached by the arts of corruption
than the objects of bis inslnuations.
In many instances the world does
injustice in thus Judging; often
bonest men fall into this snivelng
cant without impurity of motive
and are wrongfully accused; but like
the Pharisees OF Sacred Writ their
descendants the Pecksnitfs Of the
present age--the men ever ready to
asperse the motives of others-drop
at once under the ban. They as
sumo to be entirely too pure for
human beings, while not quite pure
enough for angels, and public opin-
ION classl6es them among the ele.
mcnts of society generally ready
for "quick sales and small profits"
IL. r. Gazette.
just so. The quicker the sale the
smaller the profit. Newspapers,
however, like men who are labeled
"ior SALE" that first advocate one
side. then the other of every ques-
tion of state, or public concern that
comes up for discussion, lays Itself
liable to have IFS motives lmpugned
And yet 1t may be honest for a oI
that.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25

TUE Weekly True Democrat, Is
the latest aspirant for public pat.
ronagc in the newspaper line, al
Little Rock. In Its first issue, ol
June the 10TH, which is before us,
it propounds several knotty conun-
drums, and presents arguments on
the Amendment and State Indebt-
edness, which will be found hard to
unravel by its cotemporary, the
Gazette, at whom they seem to be
fred.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
Value of a local Paper,

Where there is but one paper
published in county, every man
should subscribe for il, or at leas,
it should be taken by every family
in the county. Tho local paper
contains weekly budget of infor-
nation that could not be obtained
through any other channel. You
may get more reading matter for
less money perhaps from some
newspaper published IN Il distant
city, but 1t is not the kind of matter
your little homo paper has. 1t
gives You all the marriages, deaths,
robberies, outrages, balls, picnics,
court aud public meetings OF every
kind, and even some of tho births;
besides keeping you posted In re.
gard to the sanitary condition OF
the country and state Of crops, to-
gether with thousand other little
items you could not get in any other
way No paper. however great
and how ably edited It may be, can
supply the place OF your local paper.
And even if yoa don't like 1t, it the
editor be a man you cannot admire,
and the politics of the paper antag-
onistic to your own, still it gives
you all the items of news with us
much accuracy and impartiallty as
il its views on every subject was in
perfect harmony with yours.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25

DID you sign the anti.saIoon Pc
tition? If you did, stick to it like II
man, and let the community know
and understand that your signature
means that you know what you are
doing. Don't be wriggler; don't
be a noso-of-wax, IN the hands of
those who are fighting against the
order and peace of society, fighting
to degrade and enslavo humanity.
Think before you act, and then de-
eide as conscience tells you. We
are not fighting against the saloon
keeper. We are fighting against
license.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
The Question.

The Legislature, in obedience TO
the growing sentiment among the
people on the subject of the liquor
tratic, has left it to ma jority of
the adult inhabitants living within
three miles of church or school.
house, to decide whether the sale
of liquors shall be licensed in those
limits. Those who believe the traf-
ic to be an evil, are signing petit
ton, and presenting it to all for
signatures. When the petition is
presented to you, you arc called
upon to act, to take your stand
and decide, whether you think ga
looms Il good or a bad thing to have
IN the county, your experience
and observation as an intelligent
being, on the subject of the effects
Of the liquor trafc here in Missis.
sippl county especially, are directly
called for in an official and legal
manner, when the petition is pre-
scnted. The duty of acting is i'm
posed upon you by law. You have
your option to sign the petition,
and thus give your testimony
against the trafc, or refuse to sign
il, and give your testimony IN favor
of it. There lie no middle ground,
there can be no neutrality IN pass
ing upon this momentous question.
If your experience and observation
teaches you that saloons are harm
less; or good institutions in the
country, and ought to be protected
and encouraged, you will refuse TO
sign the petition. But If IN your
conscience, you believe that they
are dangerous, and the undcniable
cause of misery, poverty, disease
and crime, will you hesitate one
instant to give your help to defend
our homes, our families and our
children against their dangerous
presence and influence? BY 80 do
ing you invade no mans right, for
no ono has a right to sell intoxi-
cants; but the people have a clear
constitutional right to prohibit the
further toleration of the traiic.
Such is the decision of our Supreme
Court. The question Is, do you
think the whiskey trafic a good, or
bad thing for our county? That is
the questian you must decide.
Think soJeriy, and decide wisely.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25

Advertisers by the year Will lie restricted
to their legitimate business.
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es and invitations charged rs advertisements.
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or parties, organizations on societies, VIII be
charged for as other advertisements.
tS,-In all legitimate demands OF the demo-
cratic or Conservative party, OF Of the great NJ
terests of the general public upon our columns,
the TINES Will not tail of its duty
Commute atons setting forth facts Of in
terest To the people OF the county, state or gene
raj government will be published free of charge.
tV-The name OF the writer OF every commu-
nication must accompany the same, but VIII not
he published except when no other signature Is
given. No rejected manuscript returned.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25

IT seems that after all Memphis
is to have that debt of IS 900, GOO
hung about her neck. The state
Supreme court in a recent decision
held that when charter of a mu-
nicipal corporation is repealed, and
the same people and the same terri
tory is re-inoorporated rs a munici-
pal city, although with different
powers and different offices, a suit
pending against the old incorpora-
uon can be revived against the new
ono.-lEx.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25

1t behooves our temperance
people to be up and dong. The
monster evil, backed by men and
money, is raising its bead and strik'
ing, its deadly iangs at oar every
effort, Let "Prohibition" be the
watch word and " Down with the
LIQUOR traffic" the rallying cry,
until the monster is driven from our
land, Up, and at them, every one
OF you!--[Ark. Beacon.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
would be suicidal for us TO re

would be suicidal for us TO re-
main idle and inactive, while the
enemies OF our calling are applying
themselves with desperate energy
TO effect tn cir destructive purposes"
This sentence is from the circular
of the Ark. Liquor Dealers Asso-
cation, and shows their fear of the
/" destructive purposes . of the pro-
hibltion movement in our State.
Well may they fear and tremble, for
they now see the hand writing up
ou the wall. Ark. Beacon.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25

A woman residing in Jackson
county, Tenn, is reported as having
given birth to seven children at one
time. She and the old man should
open an emigration bureau, and
take contracts to furnish colonies
on application.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25

THE various Temperance organ.
Izations of the State are to meet in
Grand Rally at Ozark on the 4th
of July. Among those invited to
address the people on tins occasion
is our fellow townsman, Hon. H..
M, McVeigh.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
DEPT. OF Pun. INSTRUCTION,
LITTLE Rock. june iG, 1851

LITTLE Rock, June i6, 1881.
DEAR SIR: The Official term OF
School Directors elected in May,
will begin October Is. See section
81 of the law. From the 18th to
the 25th of October is allowed for
qualifying. See section 50. This
part OF the law WAS not amended.
Respectfully,
JAS. L. DENTON,
State Sapt. Pub. Inst'n.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25

MAI. A. n. ToUTANT DE BEAURE-
GARD, q brother of General G. Il.
Beauregard, died recently, in New
Orleans.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
NOTICE

Physicians will take Notice, that
the County Medical Board, consist
ing of Drs. F. G. McGavock. r. G,
Prewitt and III. G. Dunavant. will
hold their first meeting in Osccola
on July 4th, and 5th., for the pur-
pose of examining applicants who
intend practicing medicine and sur.
gerry in Mississippi county.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

osCEoLA CIRCUIT, NJ. Z. C. s.
osceola-ist Sunday, at II a m. and p, m =
Carson's Lake--2nd. sunday, at II a. m
Williams School house--3rd Sunday, at II a.
m. and at Lynch's School house at p. N.
Mill Bsyou--4th Sunday, at II m.
X. d. MOON, 7. c.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
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kaoWR.

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Its virtues are unquestionable and its curative
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Among the many readers Of the Review In one
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will enable you to hear like anybody else, and
whose curative effects Will be permanent You
will never regret doing so."-Editor Of New
,-.oik Mercantile Review. Sept 70 1850.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
Professionals.

Will attend strictly to all lcgitl-
mato business pertaining to the pro
fesssion. hzlN.
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
ZEPIIYRS AT PLAY.
Cause Havoc and Destruc-
fiOn 10 Growing Crops
and other Property.

A severe storm, which might ht
classed as "a. No. l." swept over
our town and vicinity last Tuesday
evening. 1t would be the proper
thing, no doubt, to first enter into
a grand, high and lofty-tumbling
sort of prelude to a description OF
the storm and Its work, in this vi
cinity, by painting type pictures in
sombre colors, the oppressive calm
that preceded it, and then, pen
contra, in bold, vivid, glitterlng
characters the wild, wierd aspect
Of the rapidly approaching angry
looking clouds, belching lurid
flames of vivid lightning with the
thunders' roar, as 1t swooped down
IN its work of destructionj but, fel.
low persplrers, be satisfied with
plain, unstarched, wllted statement
Of facts: The storm struck this
place about dusk, coming from a
rth.westerly direction /; trees
were uprooted, fencing, houses,
sheds, stables, &C., were blown
down, or unroofed by the wind. 1t
is impossible to estimate the dam
age sustained. The Union Church
and Masonic Lodge building was
racked and twisted all out of plum,
moved four or five inches on the
pillars, windows and lights broker.
The Catholic Church was lifted
bodily off its pillars and moved
several feet and deposited on the
ground, badly wrenched and twist
ed. Ornamental trees, fruit trees,
and shrubbery were twisted off like
pipe.stems. Fencing, as far as the
eye could reach, ih the track of the
storm, which was about half mile
or more in width, were blown and
scattered in every direction. Out
on the back part of the Fain place,
several houses, out-houscs and sta
bles were blown down. One stable
containing five head of mules, was
lifted clear up and tossed some dis
tancc, leaving the mules unhurt.
The timber out back from the Me-
Kinney place, is said to be blown
and twisted IN every conceivable
shape. Violent thunder and tor.
rents of rain accompanied the
storm. No lives lost, or even bodl-
ly injury sustained, as far as heard
from.
LATER.
1t is evident that the storm clouds
parted. at point somewhere out
towards Tyronza fats. spreading
out fan-shape, one streak of the
concentrated essence of destruction
taking a southerly direction, cross
lag the Sandy bayou road near Mr..
Trout's house, thence on through
the old Morris deadenlng, crossing
the Carson Lake road near the
bridge on Waller bayou, thence on
towards the Lanier plantation, on
to the river. This tornado, which
luckily, took to the woods was,
though but two to three hundred
yards in width, the most severe and
destructive, carrying everything in
its path--twisting and swapping
off forest trees as though they had
been but reeds. The center took
IN the town, with results as already
stated. The extreme cleft wing
after twisting up trees and amusing
itself in pushing over houses, un-
roofing stables, sitting down and
wallowlng in the corn patches, in
Pleas. Wards nelghborho ood, seems
to have been suddenly frightened,
and bounced up above the tree tops
and crossed over the river in the
neighborhood OF Island 80,
The Osceola times., 1881-06-25

] am prepared TO furnish all kinds and size
Lumber, Shingles, Laths, Posts. Fencing &c :.
at short notice.
VIII take contracts TO furnish material an d
build, in good workmanike manner, any class
of buildings.
Bills Tor lumber filled on short notice Special
..ills sawed ON application.
Horses, mules, citte, hogs and produce taken
In exchange for lumber.
Highest cash prices paid Cor stocks delivered
At the Mi send your orders TO
n B. Viii also Gin Cotton. and dcliv or the
bAled cotton AZ the Steamboat landing free of
charge VIII guaiautce To turn out IS good
samples as any other Gin In the county
h. NJ AlIRS.
5-i5-t. oscEoi.A, ARK.
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.IusticC'S Court.

For the accommodtinao Of ltiganis in civil
cases. will hereafter hold Courts on the first and
third Mondays in each month
JAMES LIsrON,
Justice of tho Peace.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-27

1t was quite by accident that
Lister conceived the idea of utilizing
silk waste. Going one day into a
London warehouse, he came upon a
pile of rubbish which strongly at
tracted his attention. He had never
seen anything like it before. He in
quired what it was, and was told
that it was silk was;e What do
you do with it ?' ne asked. ''Sell it
for rubbish. that is all" was the
answer; 1T is impossible TO do any
thing else with it." Mr.. Leister felt
it, poked his nose into it, and pull
ed it about in a manner that aston
ished the London warehousemen.
1t was neither agreeable to the feel,
the smell, nor the touch but simp-
ly a mass of knotty, dirty, impure
stuff, full of bits of sticks and dead
mulburry leaves. In the end Mr..
Lister made the offer of a halipenny
a pound for the rubbish" J" and the
sale was then and there concluded,
the vendor being especially pleased
to get rid of it Oh such advantag-
eous terms. When Mr.. Lister got
this rubbish down to Manning
ham, he spent a good deal OF time
in analyzing and dissecting it, and
he came to the conclusion that there
was something to be done with it,
He found that silk waste was treat
ed all the world over as he had
seen it treated III the London ware
house-as rubbish" He built new
machinery and imported skilled
workmen, and in the end conquer
ed his difficulty. But he spent
nearly two millions of dollars in
perfecting mach n ,ry for the manu-
flcturing of silk waste before he
ever made single shilling by it.
Now, thanks to his perseverance,
everything that enters within the
gates of the Manningham Mills is
utilized in some snaps or other,
surprising variety of articles being
produced from silk waste. The
following may be enumerated by
way of example: Silk velvets,
velvets with 4 silk pile and cotton
back, silk carpets. plush, velvet
ribbons, imitation seal-skin, corded
ribbons, sewing silk, japanese silks,
poplins, silk cleaning cloths for
machinery, bath-towels, floor-cloths,
dish-cloths, and so forth. And all
these from the once despised silk
waste The consequence has been
that silks have been greatly cheap
ened, and that a material which was
regarded as worthless has come to
have a value in the market.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-27
4 Goose Story.

a farmer of London township
Ont, noticed one morning that Q
wild goose had joined his flock.
Somewhat surprised at this sudden
change to domestic life, he carefully
observed the behavior of the visitor
He soon learned that it had moi
yet actually joined its barn-yard
relatives, but only appeared at meal
time Further investigation showed
that after the goose had thoroughly
satisfied her own appetite she would
pick up an ear of corn and fly
away. Greatly interested by tbs
strange conduct of the bird, the
farmer one morning watched the
direction of its flight. 1t was but a
short distance to the river. Going
down the bank, he found his visitor
standing by . companion who was
lying ON the ground and feeding on
the ear of corn. In order to under,
stand this restaurant project he
walked up to the feeder and found
that it had been so disabled that il
could neither walk or fly. With.
out disturbing it he morning after
morning watched the generous goose
carry away an ear of corn. Finally
the visits ceased, bat shortly after
wards the sick gander waddled into
the camp and gobbled up the corn
himself. He has remained all
winter, and the indications are that
he has made up his mind to settle
down and 60 to housekeeping.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-27
New Mexico News.

DENVER, Col, April IA dis:
patch to the Tribune from Santa Ft
says: On Saturday afternoon, at the
railroad camp ON the line of the
Denver Rio Grande road, 40 miles
west of Kama, N. NJ, a desperate
from Texas, named Baker, with
two companions, entered the place,
rode up to each store and saloon
and robbed each proprietor of his
valuables. At the last store, kept
by a Frenehman, the roughs collect
ed every man in the place. number
ing 40, marshaled them in line
under their six-shooters, and CON-
PEELED them all to take drink at
the Frenchman's expense, Baker
doing the honors. Finally Baker
made them all sit on the floor, and
started away, threatening to shoot
anyone who moved. As he turned
the Frenchman sprang upon him
took away both of his revolvers and
shot him dead, the other men then
arose and fred a yolley at the other
roughs, wounding one, but both es-
capped.
A Santa Fe dispatch 10 the Til
bune says: Gov. Terosoas, of Chi
huahua, has stationed five hundred
Mexican troops at Ell Paso, antici-
pating Trouble between the natives
and Americans when the railroads
get further into the interior of New
Mexico.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-04-27
High Prices.

CHICAGO, April 14.-Selections OF
the Bow Park herd of short-horns.
raised by the Farm Stock Associa-
ton, Branttord, Ont, and owned by
Hon. Geo. Brown, were sold at auc-
ton here yesterday. Fifty four
head of cows and bulls brought S27, :
915. Among the notable sales were
the following: John Wentworth
bought the yearling Eighth Duke of
Kirk Lexington for SLIGO; e. a.
DeGraff, of Wisconsin, bought the
Forty-sixth Dixie of Oxford for g.
$50, and Kirk Lexington Twenty
sixth Dutchess for $3.50. This was
the initial sale, and prices were
much better than expected.