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The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
The New York Herald of the ID:

The New ork Herald OF the "a:
" According to our special dispatch
es from the flooded districts at least
forty people have already been
drowned, thirty or forty thousand
cattle have been destroyed and dmorc
than six thousand square miles of
territory are under water, Most of
the losses and suffering might have
been prevented had the natives talk
en- better care Of their leyces. Hol-
land keeps out the sea, an ever pres
eut and restless force, far more men
acing than Western freshcts; but in
the West and South our people seem
to trust to a combination Of luck and
Providence, neither Of which was ey-
er known TO domuch in behalf of the
willully careless. On many river
banks the top Of the levec is the fa-
vorite pathway Of pedestrians, and
even of men ON horseback, although
every football wears away some Of
the soil that has been heaped at great
expense. Some of the rcclslessncss
of the people may be attributed to
the fancy, carefully nourished by po-
litical demagogucs, that the govern
ment ought to take care of the lev
ees; but in most other affairs of life
men are sensible enough to look to
themselves in matters Immediately
affecting their lives and property"
The lleraldman in the above, fails
to grasp the situation. Perhaps that
is owing to the great distance between
the Mississippi Valley and the great
Metropolis, and the peculiar charac-
teristics which distinguishes the down
easter from the southeruer. Had he,
in his youth, followed the admoni-
tion Of the sage Of Gramarcy, to 60
West" he would have been better
prepared TO write descriptions of
western froshets in the Mississippi
Valley. He would also have dis.
covered that a leyee was something
that could not be rolledup in a sheet
and carried under S1od every time
a cloud threatened toPour down rain,
as they do down east during the fruit
| drying season. that though excessive
pai itial TO vhisky-straight, te SOUTH
orncr is not altogether avorse to wa
ter, in moderation; that in his pedes-
trian exercises, he much prefers to
tramp on dry levee to sloshinq
through mud knee-deep. But we
hayn't time to explain everything;
let him come down and view the
Western freshot. Don't LET him for
get to carry long pole or an expert
diver to point out the locality of the
leyeos.
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Special to ihe Appoall

SPECIAL 70 ihe Appeai.l
LITTLE ROCK, March il. The
meeting of the Democratic State
Central Committee to-day settled all
thought of a division in the AIkan-
sas Democracy on the State debt
question. Sound advice and wise
counsels induced perfect harmony,
and Mahoa 5 falld to appear. The
basis Of representation was changed
from the governors vote TO the bas is
proposed hy Williams, q member Of
the committee from Hampstead. The
number Of delegates from Republi-
can counties was reduced, and the
new plan adopted unanimously, both
amendment and anti amendmentmeu
voting for u. The call for a aconvcr-
tion is to be signed by every mem-
Der Of the committee. The result of
the meeting causes great rejoicing
by the people at large, who feared a
division, which would have been ru-
in to the Democratic party and sue
cess to the Radicals.
On the above adopted basis, that
for President at the last election.
Mississippi county is cut down to !
delegate losing ? votes in state
convention. Ii therefore stands th,
democrats Of Mississippi county m
hand TO make that one count.
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aThe Times.

The times are spoken ofas bard
or easy according as there is pros
peritY or advelsity inthl land. There
must be much prosperity for mon to
acknowledge the times as easy, bat
it requires only the very slightest
drawback ofang sort TO hear die cry,
60 hard t'mcs." This has been heard
so long. and repeated so loud that
men have not only got used 10 il, but
have come TO disregard il. The rea-
son is: because though mon utter
the cry they do not feel the pressure.
Just now though, it is moro than an
empty sound. The cry and the re-
verbratiou are heard, and ou all
hands there Is scarcity. and in many
places actual suffering. fhc shoit-
ness Of the crops last eeason forced
economy in all households, aad the
pressure from this cause has only
bccu relieved bv tho uiiducss OF the
winter. But with ell the economy
praclicod and the favorable season
multitudes of people could not save
enough Co carry them oE to the next
crop. They must of course look To-
| the merchants. Turning 70 them we
find that they too In many eases are
embarrassed, and those not embar-
rassed, have not the capital to car-
ry as many as need and ask for help.
The drouth of last summer has been
followed 10y destructive fires in the
towns, burning ont merchants and
crippling them in finances, ard wide
spread and devastating floods have
swept away homes, horses, cattle,
and hogs, aud l.lt thousands Of peo-
pic without food. raimeut, or shelter.
With all these disasters FL is clearly
seen that home merchants cannot
supply the wants Of the people with
out accommodations given them IN
the cities. The Government has
kindly and properly taken the mat
ter OF supplying the sufferers from
the overflow in hand, and viii keep
as many as possible from actual star
vation. What others are 20 do who
live in the hills is question they
are to settle for themselves. And all
they can do is to live on as little as
possible, and make extra cxcrtio $
to supply themselves from the early
produce OF the virgin soil Oldmoth,r
earth, uudcr the genial influences Of
sun and rain, and in answer 20 the
tiller's toll, is still kind and wiling
TO feed her children Bat they must
60 to work carly. She seldom allows
Of any DELAY. Then let all hands
recognize the pinching ofthe present
let us live close, wear our cid
clothes, patah Yep and hold them to-
cothor, work hard and tsast ta tie
God Of Nauro-wlo is Oar Fatler,
and we will come out ala riglIt In Il @
eud. Trust in the Lord aud DO
good 80 shalt thou dwellin tho land
aud verify lhm shalt be- fgd."
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IN the report, contained IN the A.

Is the report, containedin The Ap-
peal Of the 10th, by Capt. Loud,
concerning the suffering Of the peo-
pie along the river from Cairo down,
0sceola and vicinity is represented
as having 1900 people in a starving
condition. Telegrams TO the Little
Rock Gazette Of the same date re-
ports more nearly correct as follows
At Osccola, the county site OF
Mississippi county, Ark, there are
about $50 destitute people. Some
supplies have been sent there by
Commissioner Mangrum, at Memphis
but they will soon be exhausted.
There is n vast sea of water extend
ing into the interior for forty-niue
miles from Os'eola.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
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suDseq uent insertion.
CARDS AND ADVERTISEMENTS;
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s----s

Sobriciy, honesty and competency
should be considered Indispensable
qualifications fer Office, from consta-
bic to governor. lf a candidate is
lacking or doubtful in either Of ,hese
particulars, elect him To 100 office.
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-s@s . -sss

Total abstinence insurls tao .n-
diyidual and the homo from the ruin
Of drink, and casts no clouds on lhe
future,
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The Osceola times., 1882-03-18
THE OSCE0Lh TIMES.
LEON ROUSSAN,
Editor and PrOprieto o r

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, lin advanced
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Professionals.
DR.. w. D. JONES.
Physician and Surgeon.

srrcrAL11.s: Diseases Of Women and Clil
Gren
Onice IN Bailey houfe, rear IF Times Office,
near the LeVcc, O>CEOLA, ARK. l.-lO-ly.
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Boy Arrested.

One of the young Chngsmith BOYS
who got in trouble last spring is under
arrest again. He was working fol-
steve Glenn of Pettis township, and
it is charged that he helped himself to
his employers money to the amount of
over twenty-five dollars The boy was
arrested yesterday and IS now in jail.
His examination viii take place to-mor-
row. The boy is mere child and it
seems pity that there is not reform
school, where such cases could be
taken charge of and receive judicious
and reformatory treatment The boy
had bought himself a suit of clothes
with a portion ofthe proceeds.
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ChIldreas' Concert.

About seventy-four little folks from
six to twelve years of age have been
practiced free, during the past month
by Miss Rosa Wheat. They have made
very rapid advancement. 1t is a real
treat now to hear them sing. They
render some pieces in manner that
would do honor to q majority of older
voices and all their pieces are sung ex.
ceedinely well. They give concert on
Thursday, Aug. 18th, at the Masonic
Hall. Everyone should 60 and hear
them. Ad mission only 25c, children
15ctS.
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Fren Liberty Township.

Ed. GEApnc:-I have been taking a
little recreation, through the northern
part Of Macon county, and find crops
in bad state of affairs, IN fact the only
clean spot | saw was croquet
ground.
The hail storms did considerable
damage in Macon county. Mr.. Vier-
heiIig lost fine hog during the storm.
Mr.. Wm. Prentice has two hogs missing
which he thinks passed in their checks
during the hail storm.
VIM. Prentice is looking down his
nose, but whether he can see to the end
of it or not, l am unable to say, but if
be does, all l can say is his eye-sight IS
extremely good.
If anybody Offers . quarter TO know
who wrote this, tell 'em its
A WaACK.
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CHOLERA laraS1uM.
DiarrAea, Dyssatsy, an all Bower
ConplalntA


Il regard your Tonic Astringent as a
safe or certain remedy for Cholera In.
fantum. My little boy had . severe at.
tack last August and your Tonic As.
tringent brought him safely through. -
II. Anderson, Kansas City, No.
Please send three bottles of your
Tonic Astringent, by express, 20 my
wife. in Waveland, Indiana. where she
is visiting friends. She writes me that
our little girl has the Summer Com
plant, and that she cannot obtain your
Astringent there. Please send it i'm
mediately as we are anxious to have IT
get there as soon IS possible. We have
more confidence in it than IN any other
remedy John E. Petty. Fort Scott,
Kansas.
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About Pebbles.

| A pebble is a round or roundlsh
stone without regard to ITS size. Peb-
bleS may be small enough to be used as
sling-stones, or they be sayeral inches
or even feet IN diameter. The cobble-
stones paving the streets are pebbles
and the round stones built into stone
walls, IN some parts OF the county are
only large pebbles.
How came these stones to be rounds
An apple or an orange grows round
upon the trees. But stones do not grow.
Stones begin as peiees broken off from
ledge of rock At the foot of any ledge
one can see that stones break OF. in
angular shapes. Some are fiat. some
are eubical, some are diamond shaped,
and all sorts Of irregular forms appear.
Just as nan with ha inner break
upa stons into fragments from the
ledge, and these are broken still again
by falling on one another Among all
the pieces at the foot Of the ledge You
will almost never lind round one.
How, then. has 1t come about that there
ale so many rounded stones in all our
fields?
BY watching the action OF the waves
on a pebbly Leach anyone can see for
himself how constantly the stones along
the shore are kept rolling over one
another by the motion of the water.
Almost everything We can now find on
the beach had the angles and corners
worn off long ago. but now and then
some fragment shows the rounding pro-
cess still under way.
Brooks and rivers also. especially ii
they are broken by rapids or water falls
will show the observer how the water
wears the stones When the streams
are high, stones are rolled along the cur
rent and become more or less rou nded
by striking against one another and
against the bottom. Where a stream
pours over ledge basin will be found
below in which the deep water boils
like pot or whirls about N strong ed
dies. dashing the stones against one
another In ever such place the stone
will bee ONE rounded for the corners
will break off easily.
One will seldom find anything at the
than cobbie stones in our streamstOnes
present dgy, ard nearly all tie there
are small pebbles, while here and. each
along still places are beds OF sane brok-
grain of which is small partieprocess
en- from the larger stones in the process
of rounding them.
All these thing every boy or girl.
whose eyes are open land don't live on
the prairie), may see night about home
We thus lind that pebbles, large and
small, were rounded by the action
the water. Every one OF them tells a
long and exciting story OF frost and
storm and hocd to those who know how
to read it. Now | ask you hard
question: how came they where we find
them, so far from any pres mt stream:
Scholars Com pailioH.
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Preaching IN the Episcopal cnuIci
next Sabbath. Aug, 9Th, at II A. N. b,
Rev. A. V. Bayley. No service a
night.
The colored excursionlsts got off al
right this morning. Quite number
of the white people ayalled them
selves of the opportunity to visit Quincy
We have considerable curiosity to see
the new Normal catalogue. We notice
number Of our exchanges are speak
ing of it. and giving their readers the
benefit Of its Contents. Ifany Of our
friends should have a spare copy will
they please save it for us. We
would like to see it, by and by.
The following appointments OF Rev.
j. Il. SAMSON were omitted from our
last issue by an oversight.
appointments for August: Sunday
18th at Bells school house, at II A. NJ.
and at Hass school house at Bpm.
Sunday Goth, Linderville at IL A. NJ.
and Pierceville at ) P. NJ.
18th and 9th Quarterly meeting a.
Illinois Bend school house. Services
will com mence Friday night. Preach
ing on Saturday at II o'clock.
All the official members are requested
to be present as important business will
come before them, and a delegate to
annual conference will be elected.
As the red rag excites the ire of the
average bovine in fly time, we presume
we may expect the usual howl this
week. because DR.. Swetnam is in town.
The force of long continued habit, if
else, would be sufficient.
We learn accidentally that our genial
friend DR.. S. l.. Sage has committed
He as married on last
Thursday to Miss Emma McPhetridge,
Rev. Mr. Focht performing the cere-
mony. We wish the Doctor and hls
BRIDE prosperous and happy married
life.
Two colored women got into wordy
war near the depot Sunday evening, |
and afforded considerable amusement |
to the usual six o'clock crowd that |
to see the train pass. At one
lime the appearance was decidedly
oeligerent but the trouble finally set
led itself through natural exhaustion.
The Republican County Central
Committee held meeting Saturday at
which every member was present. A
arge number of active republicans,
rom various parts of the county were
llSo present. After considerable dis
ussion over the qualification of voters
he following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That The Judges of our
primary be instructed to require a
oledge from any person not known to
,elong to the Republican Party, and
tfering to vote at the primary. to sup
,ort the ticket nominated, and that
vely candidate be required to take
his pledge
The committe adjourned TO meet the
ew committee which will be elected
ext Saturday. on Monday Aug, 14th,
D whom they Will turn over the con- !
net of the campaign.
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Fridays Dali.

Mr.. Geo. Wall Smith goes TO st. Jo-
seph to-day on business. His wife is Wis
ting friends in Charlton county and
Will he absent two or three weeks.
Ge-ree is making lively race and will
be back IN time to do some good work
before the primary.
Mrs. Belle Hope has gone to Ken
lucky to spend the summer and au-
tumn. She left on Thursday morning.
We believe.
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Geo. w. Parks desires US to publish
the following statement !: That he is
candidate for Treasurer before the
primary on his own responsibility, and
positively has no arrangement or agree
ment with any one, and that he is not
backed by any ring. clique or combina-
ton whatever, all report and rumors to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
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Mr.. B. +. Hall of Brashear, in COM
pany with Mr.. N. A Church of the same
place gave US pleasant business call
yesterday. Mr.. Hall is actively engage
ed in the grain business, and invites
farmers to call and see him. The fol-
lowing are the ruling prices at present:
Oats Soc: Timothy $l.s0; corn SOC, fax
Seed tl.OO, etc.
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Free to All.

Handsome Mantle Ornament, con-
sisting of an Artists Easel and a Beau
tiful Landscape Picture in Colors, will
be mailed free to every person who
will send US the names and post.office
addresses of ten young people. Each
address to be different and plainly writ
ten. Address,
The ASSISTANT PUBLISHING Co.,
5th and Chestnut Sts.,
St. Louis, Mo.
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Farmers Attention.

Bring your produce to Halliday
Bros, where you can get CASH. They
are still at their old stand north side
square. Thanks for past favors and
solicitations for their continuance
Your Truly, HALLADAr Bros.
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Advertisers who wish to reach the
people ought to patronize the peoples
paper. The daily and weekly GRAPHIC
reaches nearly fifteen hundred families,
and is read by as many more. Stick a
min here
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The announcement of Joe. II. Iyie as
an independent candidate for Circuit
Clerk appears in this issue. As the re.
publican voters at the primary next
Saturday will name the next Cireuit
Clerk, 1t looks much like waste of
time and money on the part Of Joe.
However, this is free country and
there is lots of fun in icing candi-
cate. 1t affords a species of recreation
that arouses the dormant organs and
secretlons of the system and is better
invlgora:or than Rocky Mountain Bit.
ters' or visit to the mountains or the
springs.
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We learn that P. ]. Sublette, of Polk
township, lost his pocket book, one
day this week, between Sublette station
and Greentop. 1t contained $40
in cash and some valuable papers.
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For Fruit Jars try Larkin's.

ANY gen tIemen who can appreciate
No. /. Cigar will do we'll to call at
GRAY & Co.'S. east side square, and try
Srraiton e. Storms ''St. Louis Aristo-
craft at DC and "Sprigs OF Havana" at
loo. These brands defy competition.
Try them.
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A Tree with 200 Birss' Nest.

An old elm stands near the Depot in
in Fair St, Kingston, n. Y. which Is
favorite building place for birds. More
than 200 nests have been counted
among its branches this season, and the
blrds fill the old tree with song. Many
20 20 hear the singing of the birds IN
the morning. Scientific Anesieax.
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Last Sunday was the Goth anniver.
sary of the fight at this place between
the forces of Mcneil and Porter. Por.
ter's force consisted of about twenty
FIVE hundred men, mostly recruits and
armed with all sorts of guns from a
shot gun up. He had been hard press
ed for several days BY Mcneil. with
twelve or thirteen hundred federals
and militia, with small battery of s,x
pound field pieces. Citizens begged
Porter, not to make the stand here, but
he was 50 hard pressed that there was
no alternative. Hurrying forward his
baggage train he formed his men
along the west side of town with
squads under cover in various parts of
town. The fight opened about half
past ten and continued nearly three
hours. The loss was in the neighbor-
hood of seventy five, killed and wound
ed. But we can scarcely realize that
those scenes, still so fresh and vivid in
the Recollection occurred TWENTY
YEARS AGO. Over half life time. Lit
tie girls and boys who listened, awe
struck and in fear to the din Of battle
ignorant OF its meaning or intent, are
now grown men and women. Twenty
years! how long in anticipation! How
short in retrospect.
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Davis Morris. of Pettis, gave US a
friendly call last week and invested in
two copies of the Weekly GRAPHIC,
one for home use and the other to 90
abroad. The GRAPHIC is good paper
to send friends in the east.
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TUESDAYS Daily.

, The Quincy Excursion was success
every way but financially. We learn
that the receipts and expenses were a
set of. or nearly so.
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ICE, ICEt ICE,

Parties desiring Ice will please APP
ply for tickets leaving address at Office,
corner of Elson and Missouri streets.
ANY negligence on part Of men who
deliver ice will please be reported at
Office and oblige JNo. l.. PORTER.
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We learn that the BARRIERS unani.
mously asked the city council to con.
tinue the ordinance against Sunday
shaving but were refused. However
there is no law to compel a man to
work on Sunday if he does not wish to
do so.
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Best st. Charles Flour at Larkln's.

Everybody can get married now for
W. n. Hope & Co.. have large lot Of
cook stoves, good as new, also new and
second hand furniture at Scots on the
dollar. Call early and get bargains.
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ROLLER MILL FLOuR.

Halliday Bros, are sole agents tor
the celebrated Roller Mill Four of
Quincy one ofthe largest Touring mills
in the West. Ask for sack of Whit
more Bro CRITERION.
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The announcement tor Allen Craw-
ford for county judge appears in this
issue.
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J.C. K:bler has opened notion and
music store in Frank Ilglnfritz' build
ing on north side Square and wishes
folks generally to give him call and
save money.
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How much nicer some of our resi-.
dence streets would look if the dog
fennel and weeds were mown down,
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The same parties who got left two
years ago and declared ''there should
never be another delegate convention
will probably be quite as much disgust
ed with the primary system after the
returns are in next week.
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Mrs. Jennie Caskey, Mrs. Mamie
Hannah and Miss Alice Hooper are at
New. Baden Springs this week.
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We are overstocked with Fruit Jars
and will sacrifice these goods for the
MONEY-now is the time to get bar
gain. They must be sold this month.
HALLIDAY Bros.
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Mrs. Elsie Phelps, of Quincy, is WIS.,
iting the family of Mr.. F. S. Hoag, and
wlllremain two or three weeks.