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not much," said he, "but there is
not a dirty shilling in it," There is
such thing as clean money. 1t may
be earned by diligence in business,
by honest labor of hand or mind, or
by the severest toll in occupations
which are not esteemed as either
easy or genteei. But there is money,
even in the purses and Golfers of
many who profess to be the followers
of Christ, which all the waters Of
Jordan could not make clean. There
are the wages of unrighteousness,
the gains Of ungodliness, the hoard
ed spoils wrung from the thin hands
of the poor and needy; there are rev.
enues from the traffic in strong drink !;
there are rents paid to church mem
bers for places shat are used as traps
and pitfalls to insnare unwary men;
there are gains acquired in thous-
and ways which are blackened with
the curse of God. Thousands and
thousands have thus laid up wealth
which shall curse them in life and in
death, which shall insnare their chill
dren and beguile them to their ruin,
and which shalt finally eat their flesh
as it were fire, when the judge who
standeth before the door shall come
to make inquisition for the blood
and punish the ungodly in the. last
great day Word and Work.
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able deputies here, went to work.
Descriptive circulars were issued and
scattered over two tier OF counties
bordering either side of the river;
guards were stationed at the various
crossings, and a posse put on the
trail, who, after chasing John Smith
through the canebrakes and back
water in Lauderdale, pressed him so
closely, that be swan a chute to
Flower Island, where among the
dense thicket of willows he escaped
until the cover of night permitted
him to swim over to this side, whore
he managed to keep out Of sight un-
til last night, when the Anchor Line
Packet, City of Providence, landed at
Elmott. just as the boat rang her
bell to leave, and the staging was be-
ing hoisted up, John Smith, who had
been concealed in the weeds, near by
suddenly rushed from his hiding.
place and got aboard. A Mr.. Mar
tin, who had been specially deputiz-
ed to take trip on the boat, and
furnished with minute description
of the man wanted, readily recogniz-
ed his game, whom he Immediately
arrested, and had himself and Smith
put ashore at the nearest landing.
1t is generally believed that, Smith
is one of a large gang of organized
horse thieves, and this is but the in
itiatory step toward breaking it up.
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A Pair OfSisOCs i'm Twenty
Minutes.

Eight hours consumed in making
a pair. of boots or shoes when work
ing for a record would be considered
terribly slow in Lynn. Twenty
minutes is the best time on record.
In 1850 Charles Stewart Parnell
visited Lynn, and while there he
was shown about the city by Mayor
Sanderson and three or four other
gentlemen. The party visited the
shoe mandatory of c. S. Sweetser
6 Co., and the proprietors decided
to show Mr.. Parnell how quick a
pair of boots could be made. 1t was
decided to make pair of woman's
grain polish and the work commenced
Mr.. Parnell closely watching every
movement He saw the stock fer
the uppers and the top linmgs cut
out, the eyeleting done and the pass
ing of the uppers from one stitcher
to another; he saw the solc-leather
died out for the bottoms, and stock
fitted. Up to this time the uppers
and bottoms had been kept separate.
The next he saw was the two parts
come together, the uppers lasted to
the bottoms, then the uppers were
sewed to the soles by a Mckay
stitcher, and in rapid succession fol-
lowed the work of beating out, trim
ming and setting the edges, mailing
on the heels, shaving and finishing
the same, bufling and channeling.
Mr.. Parnell then took the boots,
which had been manufactured in
just twenty minutes before his own
eyes, and carried them with him TO
England. These boots, in process
of manufacture, passed through no
less than thirty hands, and the work
was perfect Boston Globe.
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CARDS AND ADVERTISEMENTS;

Advertisers by the year will beiestrIcteo
20 their legitimate business.
eY- Yearly advertisements may be changed oi
reset four times during the year iree vi oh'i s'
egy-Parties contracting for yearly advertise
,p.nts and disseminating from any cause. "lll DC
char~ed snort time rates, as per time inserted
SEE RATES q,
say- Foreign advertisements, SEM throuE"
vance, or a deposit made with some one whoW
we may designate.
Marriages and deaths, not exceeding yen
lines. will be published as news, ree OF charse'
bnt obituaries tributes of respect. funerai Aoti
ces and invitations charged as advertisements
r4y-Ali personal matter, letters or communi' n,
cations setting forth individual schenies OF IN.
ferests 10 be promoted, emanating iron paB
or parties, organizations or societies. VIII o'
charged for as other advertisements
csg-In all legitimate demands OF the uefno'
cratic OF Conservative party, or OF the great IN
terests of the general public upon our Columns
the TIMES will not fail Of Its duty
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ABSTEMIOUS MEN.

The most successful thinkers are
usually frugal in their habits Of eat
ing and drinking; yet this is not al
ways true, as in the case of Dickens
and Bayard Taylor; but these men
died long before their time. Careful
living would, without a doubt, have
enabled them to extend their lives
many years, and to give much riper
productions to the world.
Sir Isaac Newton was a close stu
dent, and lived to be more than four
score years of age. He used to say
that he could not think clearly until
more than five hours had elapsed af-
ter meal: The most eminent men
of our times are very careful livers.
A. 7. Stewart, the merchant prince
of America, lived frugally, and Jay
Gould, the richest man on the conti-
nent to day is said to be the most alb
stemious. Commodore Vanderbilt
was exemplary in this respect, as was
Horace Greely, Abraham Lincoln,
Salmon Il. Chase, Edward Everett,
and John G. Calhoun.
1t is said that when Henry Ward
Beecher expects to make an unusual
effort in public, he postponcs meal,
if it come near the hour OF his lee
ture, and waits till he rests alterward
tbefore he eats anything; and has ev-
ry prospect of being hale old man.
We might mention Ralph Waldo
Emerson and Bronson Alcott, whose
wisdom takes in the needs of the
body in the very best sense.
People can not eat their loaf and
keep it at the same time. They can
not squander their vital force in high
living and continue to give their best
efforts to the world. A man ought
to be able to write his best after he
is seventy, for then he has had ex-
perience enough to show him how
to begin to live. When we think of
such men as Humboldt, Longfellow
and Whittier, doing their best work
in the evening of their lives; we feel
conscious of lack in the abridged
existence Of Dickens, Poe and Byron.
We feel satisfied when men die OF
old age; but mourning memory lin
gers long at the grave of genius cut
down by dissipation before its time.
| lex.
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A Mule Thief Captured ,
hut Makes His Escape
i'm the Night.

i1hoV w 'NhNo'a1s - 'D
was notified that horse thief had
succeeded in stealing two mules from
Mr.. L. Tins, who resides at the old
Turnage landing, below Morgan pt.
and that they had been shipped on
board the steamer Dean Adams,
which had been hailed in for the pur-
pose, not far from the place where
they had been stolen. The thief
gave his name on board as John
Smith and got of with the mules at
Plum Point. Here Sheriff Haskins
took the trail, and following it up,
ran his man in at Gold Dust, where
he found the mules safely quartered
and awaiting shipment on boat due
up. Mr.. Tins, the owner of the
mules, and who was along, identified
lis property, and the man found in
possession of them was also identifi-
ed by the citizens along the route
Travelled by him, and at whose resi-
dences he had stopped to buy feed
for the mules and provisions for him
self, sometimes giving his name as
John Smith, John Caruthers, and
John Hathaway. Here the citizens
who had collected, and from the
strong and positive evidence before
them, spoke strongly of lynching him
on the spot; but Sheriff Haskins APP
pealed to them in such an earnest
manner to let the law take its course,
assuring them that once over in the
Osceola Jail he would hold him Sc
cure, &C., he was allowed to return
to Plum Point. Arriving at the
Point after night with the prisoner,
mules and posse, Sheriff Hasllins left
the prisoner, who was securely tied,
hand and foot with ropes, in charge
of Mr.. Tins and Mr.. James Crutcher,
and retired for the night to rest after
the days hard jaunt. Late in the
night, Nj. Tins, who was on watch,
stepped to the door to look out,
when quick as thought confederate,
among the crowd who frequented the
place, cut the ropes from the priso-
ner's hands and feet, and at the same
time some one outside raised the
sash of window at the rear of the
house through which the prisoner
darted like flash. eve forgot to
mention that the house in which the
prisoner was kept is a saloon which
is kept open night and day) The
man who cut the ropes which bound
the prisoner was a watchman on the
fleet, and was promptly arrested by
the sheriff, and as promptly discharg-
ed from service by the commander
in charge of the works, and by the
sheriff turned over to the authorities
of Tennessee. His name is Mike
Kelley, and the examination which
was set for Thursday, was continued.
LATER.
Since the above, and as we 60 to
press, the mule thief, John Smith,
alias, Caruthers, etc, has been cap
tured, and is now safely lodged in
the Jail at this place. The manner
of his escape, and the apparent SYM
pathy manifested by number OF the
employees and hangers on about the
camp at Plum Point, urged and
spurred Kaskins to spare no means
or effort in order to recapture him.
In this he was nobly seconded and
assisted by Messrs. Ed. Friend, Dave
King, Squire Alexander Jas. Crutch-
er, and other citizens of Lauderdale
county, Tenn, as well as bv the u.
s. officers in charge of the govern
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Official Directory.
cnr,>Jry npgtCERS

COUNTY OFFICERS:
County and ProbateJudge-S 5 semmes.
'County and Circuit Clerk-Ben. ii BaCchus'
sheriff and Collector-W. u. Hasklns.
County Examiner Leon Rodssan.
County Treasurer-J. W Uzzeil'
County surveyor-J II. Caruihers'
County Coroner-J. NJ. Lawrence.
County ASSESSOR. NJ. Riggans.
MONROE TOWNSHIP.
Justices of the Pcea-J mes Listop, W. l. e
Aioss.
Constable George Joyner
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Mayor-Alex Goodrich.
Recordcr-IIugh II McNcigh.
Aldermen-James Liston, Peter Brickcy, Geo,
+. Stowell, II. G. Dunayant, Jas. ii H-miltoh'
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THE tax on tobacco was reduced
so that the revenue from this article
will be sl0,000,000 less this year
than last. The stamp tax on Matches
was abolished, reducing the revenue
S2,5OO,000, dyet we don't see that
the consumers in this part of the
country pay any less for their tobac-
70 and matches than they did last
year. Where does the free trade
benefits come in on these two items
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BY mutual agreement the different denomlna'
lions will hold divine services IN the Union
church as follows
MrTuopisT-Rcv. T. u F. James, first and
fourth sabbaths OF each month, ut Osceola
Second Sabbath at Mill Bayou and Elmot
Third Sabbath at sandy Bayou land Carson
Lake.
BArrisr-Rev. W. II Barksdalc, of Memphis,
second sabbath in each month.
CHRtsTIAs-Rev. Mr.. Jones, third sabbath III
each month.
YaEsrYrEnlAs-Re Mr.. Cochran, of Mem
phis, fourth Sunday in each month.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30

SPECIAL elections were held, last
Saturday, in Pecan, Canadian and
Chickasawba Townships to fill va
cancies, for Justices of the Peace
which resulted as follows: Pecan
Township, ID. II. Dean; Canadian
/. w. Goshorn; Chickasawba, c.
Goad.
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Sarfaisl, OIa Church Pews.

The seats had been newly varnish-
ed, says the Boston Herald, and
somehow the varnish was not right,
as it was terribly sticky. You know
when you pull anything OFF a sticky
varnish it cracks. Well, the audi
cnce had all got seated, when the
minister got up and gave cut the
hymn, and as the basement oc his
trousers let loose of the varnish Of
his chair there was a noise like kill
ing fly ON the wall with palm
leaf fan. The minister looked around
at the chair to see if he was present,
and that no guilty mans pants had
escaped, and read the hymn. The
choir rose with a sound of revclry.
and after the tenor had swallowed q
lozenge, and the bass had coughed
up piece of frog, aud the alto had
hemmcd, and the soprano had shook
out her polonaise TO see if the warm
ish showed on the south side, the
audience began to rise. One or two
deacons got up first, with sounds like
picket firing in the distance, on the
eve of battle, and then "A few more
got up, and the rattling Of the un-
yielding varnish sounded as though
the fight was becoming more anima-
ted, and then the whole audience got
on its feet at once. with Il sound of
rafting musketry. The choir sang
"Hold the Fort" When the choir
had concluded the people sat down
gingerly, the services were short,
and all went home praying for the
mnn Tint Vanished the seats.
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Our of twenty-four School Dis
tricts in the county, sixteen have
made returns of election for Direc-
tors and assessment of School Tax.
District Nos. |, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, IL, II,
II, l6, Is, 10, II and "a voted a tax
of 5 mills, and district No. 3 voted
. l-2 mills; No. 90, mills. Dis
trict Nos. B, Z, s, l3, Is, II, % and
% have not yet made any returns.
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The Sherifls of Arkansas met in
convention at Little Rock last week.
The object was to harmonize and
act in concert in bringing criminals
10 Justice.
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The Board of Equalization which
mas been in session since Tuesday
the 10Th. inst. completed its labors
Wednesday, there remaining, how
ever, the work of addition and foot
ing up the assessment by the Clerk.
The assessment as returned by the
County Assessor, j. r. Riggans,
footed up S1,57S,646,00. The pre-
vious assessment, by w. NJ. Speed,
amounted to Sl,017,935,00; a differ
ence of $560,7ll,00. The equaliza-
ton by the Board will perhaps re-
duce the Assessors figures some
S200,000,00. AS soon as the books
are footed up, we will furnish our
readers with a corrected statement.
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DORSEY, since his recent escape
from the clutches of the law, has
assumed a bold front and declares
that the Star route prosecution was
a deep-laid scheme Of his enemies,
headed by MacVeagh and James, to
ruin him. May be it was; may be it
WAS
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Brick, Shingles and Clap
boards.

have on hands choice lot of
Brick, Shingles and Boards, which
! will sell at Market prices, and
would respectfully solicit an examin-
alton of the same. For terms apply
to Yours Respectfully
+. A. CoFFMAN.
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Clean Money.

As a merchant lay upon his dying
bed, he spoke to his children of the
little property which he had aequir-
ed and was leaving behind. at is
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30

THE number of Internal Revenue
Districts in the United States have
been reduced from 1876 to 81.
The Osceola times., 1883-06-30

There are one hundred and nine
ty-two inmates in the Insane Asylum
az Little Rock.
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THE upper rivers are on the down
grade.
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THE Cain murderers were hung
last Saturday, at Gainesville.
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SALT LAKE City had 100000
fire recently.
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THE OSCEOLA TIMES.
LEON ROUSSAN,
and PrOpr ct o r

TERMS OF .suBsCRle9IoN. I'm advance ,
For n Term of One year. ...'.''.'''''''e4 Sg 9s
S.x Months. .'.'''' 80
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Notices under this head. giving name nccnna
tion. business or profession, and Location. VIII
be charged 81 per annum.
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RATES OFADVERTlSlNG:
ron TRANSIENT AND LEGAL NOTICES

IN LOCAL COLUMN
r.u..tuo.,ion ,erline Is cents =
r. ach subsequent insertion. .,....''..''U
LEGAL NOTICES.
One dollar per square OF one men runh,ns rum w
rr.t insertion, and seventy-dve cents lor eae Il
subsequent insertion.
CARDS AND ADVERTISE
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-31
, Suit Against the Sheriff.

A suit has been brought against
Sheriff w. Maddox by Messrs. Dugan,
McGiunis & Co. of Henrietta for an
alleged failure to make n proper return
on an attachment issued from court
in Henrietta against j. +. Strlckfad-
den of this county. Mr.. Maddox goes
to Henrietta this morning TO attend
the trial. The facts in the case ere rs
follows: The sheriff received the at
tachment, but rs all the attachable
property of Strickladden was secured
by The homestead exemption, besides
being moitgaged for its full value, the
attachment could not bc served.
Reference to the foreign docket in the
sheriil's office shows that the attach
ment was docl:eted and returned to
tho proper parties in Henrietta.
Mr.. Maddox is too well known for
any one here TO doubt that he would
not make u proper return on any
paper sent him from a foreign court,
and little investigation on the part
OF those bringing suit against him
would show the uselessness of their
upftNV
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-31
T;EiRD AND FOURTH ARDs

Mr.. n. d. Haas, mt present Texas
Express messenger on the Santa Fe
route, las been promoted to the posi-
ton OF postal clerk on the same road.
He will assume his new duties on
January End
The Transcontinental passenger
train was six hours, and the Texas d
Pacific west-bound train was seven
hours late last night.
a change of schedule time is said to
he contemplated on the Santa Fc road
in which the run between here and
Galveston Will be made several hours
quicker than at present.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-31
IN BRIEF.

New Years eve.
Get ready TO turn over the new leaf.
Arc YOU going 10 watch the old year
out?
Now for the balance sheet of the
year.
Go to the railway conductors bali to-
night.
Cow-meeting at the court house to-
night.
Many "lastp drink and cigar will
be bought to-day.
"Ice should remark as we slide into
bed these cold nights
The rehcarsals for the Chimes of
Normandy are still going bravely on.
Some of the young ladies' visiting
here during the past week leave SCARED
and bleeding hearts b ehind.
Let's ring in the new year with
the big bell, and let every other bell IN
the city join in the merry peal.
The fire alarm system will be In
working order tomorrow night unless
tomorrow is observed MS a holiday.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
b. Kennedy is critically i'll. The
doctors have not much hope for him.
The little waif left on the door.steps
Of Mr.. j. w. Alderman Il few weeks
since, has died, much to the regre. of
its adopted parents.
a popular drummer is being asked
by all his friends why he did not 20
Ia SEQ the laps Friday night. There
by hangs an interesting tale
Fort Worth's business men are sub.
stantial and satisfied. The city Is re
ceiving additions every day, and
every one who comes sticks. and puts
his ehouldcr to the wheels of progress.
That's the Fort w or,h style.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-31

MY. c. c. Alchison, the representa-
OF the American Manufactures and
Iron World OF Pittsburg, has been
circulating among the prominent cit
liens OF the city for the past few day,
gathering points for an article IN his
Journal on the manufacturing posi-
bilitles of the Fort. He expects to re-
main here during the coming week
80 rs 10 bc thoroughly prepared to pre-
sent 10 capitalists and manufacturers
the VANTAGE points OF the city.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-31
How Japanese Pop tho Question.

When young man has been
''scotehedn with an Acknowledged bcau-
Is he ties II branch of the celestra alatus,
or species OF the mistletoe, 10 the
door Of her house, which, X allowed 10
wilt and die, implies that be is reject
ed bat lf II Is taken in and done for,
no also IS the young man. To give
proof % her sincerity ia the lsremiscs
the young lady AT once blackens her
teeth. Afier u marriage has been
agreed upon the friends Of the con-
tracing parties meet and settle the
question OF dowry and appoint day
for the meeting OF the lovers and day
for the wedding.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-31
CAPITAL Stock.

We have for sale from $4,000 to
S25, 900 of the capital stock of one of
the best cattle ranches in Northwest
ern Texas.
The party owning the stock would
not sell 1t were il not that he is in need
of some funds. The stock Is paying
well and the ranch is permanently
located. and it is run on a very eco
nomical basis.
We have just had this stock placed
in our hands and we can thoroughly
recommend it.
We also offer for sale $l5, 900 to S20,-
900 capital stock in two other cattle
companies that are in very healthy
condition and have paid handsome
profits for a long time.
Persons looking for such invest
ments will do well by calling on us
or writing for full particulars.
TEXAs INVESTMENT Co, Limited,
Fort Worth, Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-31
Statc,s Attorney.

Io-mHrro" hight at lhe opera mouse
John DIiIoh WIZ open an eng cement
IN states Attorney: ms company
mas received complimentary notices
"t when Tue following from the
pmaha Herald * sample:
John Dillon enjoys an extended rep
uiaiion as comedian, ana las ihtrin-
81" value as an attraction, cannot be
orer'tsllmnted. Possessed oi All The
elements that constitute hrsl-ciiss
comedian, ne hus won fame ana for
f1nr. 4 large audience greeted him