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The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
FOND Hearts nt Last United.

The nine o'clock fast Western eypress
yesterday morning carried among its passen-
gers young and loving pair, Just starting
out ON the journey of life along the matri-
monial highway. The marriage of the
young people was consummatd Tuesday
night at the Miners Arms Hotel on White
hall street, by the Rev. Isaac McGuire, rec
tor or thelSeamen's Society, and closed the
last chapter Of romantic courtship under
difficulties, begun in the land of bonnie Scots
and terminated on Americas free soil.
Eight years ago, in the charming city o
Aberdeen, Scotland, Andrew Williams, then
a capny Scotch lad, 10 years old, fell in love
with Rbewitching Annie Patterson, a lassie
ian TO look upon, just budding into sweet
womanh0od. She was the belle at all the
fairs for miles around, and none could dance
the Highland Fling with such grace and win
some ways as pretty, blue-eyed Annie. The
hearts OF the young Scotch gallants were
laid at her feet in scores, but her sweetest
smile was for Andrew, bonnie muckle and
true, and her eyes danced with pleasure
whenever he attended her.
But the course of true love ne'er did run
smooth" Andrew was too poor TO take a
wife and for that reason the girls family op-
posed the match. Five years Is a long time
for young people to struggle against adver-
slty In love matters. At the end of this
time Andrew found he could not earn
enough In Scotland to support a wife and
determined TO seek his fortune In America,
the country he had had heard such wonder,
ful stories about. So, after a fearful fare
well and promises to write and one day re-
turn and claim her as his bonnie bride,
Andrew left his sweet heart and set sail for
New York. He arrived at Castle Garden
three years ago and, having a little money
with him, at once started for the far West,
settling In Hazleton, Buchanan county,
Iowa. He took to farming, prospered and
grew rich and Is now one Of the largest
landowners In that section of the country.
While her lover was toiling in America
Annie was faithful, and not long ago she
received a letter postmarked America"
The letter contained a ESQ note and these
simple words: Come 10 me. Will meet
you In New York, Have prospered." She
came by the Guion on Monday and after the
Truth.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Neuralgia and Headache.
Dio Lewis Monthly.

Nothing is so terrible as severe neural
gia, and beyond doubt the girls acquire
il often enough by the conditions OF
school life. Headaches in schoolgirl
usually mean exhausted nerve power
through overwork, over excitement.
overanxicty or bad air Rest, good
laugh or a country walk will usually
cure ii readily enough, TO begin with.
But to become, subject TO headaches is
a very serious matter, and all such nerv-
Gus diseases have nasty tendency to re.
cur, to become periodic, to be set up by
the sane causes, TO become an organic
habit of the body. For any woman TO
become liable to neuralgia is most ter
rible thing. 1t meas that while it lasts
life is not worth living. 1t paralyzes the
power to work, il deprives her of the
power to enjoy anything; it tends to-
ward irritabllily Of temper, il tempts to
the use OF srcotics and stimuiants. So
says DIR. Nelson and SO say |. A girl
who finds herself subject to neuralgia
should at once change her habits. if but
to grow strong in body OF what use is
education with i.l-health? A happy
girl must be healthy one. The Greeks
educated their girls physically; we edu-
cate ours mentally. The Greek mother
bore the finest children the world ever
produced. DR.. Holbrood in his great
works on marriage and parentage gives
a chapter on the Grecian education OF
girls. He claims that il comes very near
to the education we need for hem TO.
day, ard We quite agree with him. 1t
developed beautiful women, and their
beauty lasted till old aye. The bea1ti.
full Helen was AZ handsome at fifty as at
sweet fifteen.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Hints About Letter " Writing.
Youths Com panion.


As Mrs. Glass said of the hare soup,
First catch your hare" in writing a let
ter first have something to say. Life is
too busy, in these hurried days, for time
to be wasted in the platitudes even of
politeness. A letter should have real
oause-some social or friendly duty lo
discharge, some business question to ask
or answer, some opinions to interchange
or tidings 20 communicate. Then, hav-
ing good reason for writing, comes the
secondary question of how to do it.
Most of the transient fashions for col
ored or decorated paper are unsafe. Ec-
centriclty is uuwise. If pers' n could
afford to give up life to the pursuit OF
fashion, she might succeed in following
its caprices successfully; but, for people
who have something else TO do than TO
catch every whim of a moment, and pur
sue it Just far enough, and not too far,
the safest stationery IS good white paper
with envelopes to match-stationery
thick enough not TO reveal its secrets 10
outside readers-lnd of that good style
which is insured by plainness. Simpli-
city is the one thing that cannot be ridi-
Culous.
Then, as to ink-to use good black ink
almost amounts to a social duty. Who
has not felt that he would have forcgone
a letter rather than weary over pale
pages in some blind hand writing, no
matter how eloquent those pages might
be2
And speaking of eloquence-the temp
tation 10 be eloquent j. another foe to
epistolary success. Itpeople only would
write simply, and say that they have
pleasant memories of this or that, IN
stead of telling MS that "bcautiiul pictures
are inscribed on the tablets Of their
memory or that 'their recollection sur
rounds the past with an aureole OF glory"
we should b. grateful.
Above al, why should apers II who
is not Quaker, wtn has gone TRANQUILITY
through letter speaking oi you aud
"yours." suddenly, at the end, become
"Thine Truly!
We rememb. 7 a letter once written in
the veritabe crisis Of life, which utter
ly iailel To move the stony heart to
which 1t was addressed, because all
through, 1t was an amusing mixture Of
you and thee-"You know how long and
deeply have loved thee,' for instance
ard for this reason the hard-hearted
receiver was able to put it cruell, in the
waste basket, COOL, saving, ~ one who
really felt could mix ny things in that
way"
This brings us back to our text that
simplicity in letter-writing is the secret
of success, and that the slightest touch
of afIectation or rsentimentality ls as fatal
to letter as TO person.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Making Apple Trees Hear Every Year.
Ameri, an Garden.

Ameri, an Garden.
In many parts of the country apple
trees yield crop Of fruit only every al
ternate year, The year represented by an
odd number (lS79) being barren, while
that represented by an even number
(18S0) will be fruitful. In other places
orchards bear every year. Seine trees
will yield fruit only every other year,
while others near them on every side
will produce bountifnl crop.
Two seasons are required 10 produce a
crop of apples, that is, during one season
the fruitbuds are developed, and during
the next the fruit. All the vital ener-
gies of some trees arr employed during
one season TO develop the fruit buds;
then the year following their entire vii
ality seems to be spent IN developing the
fruit, without sufficient force being left
to form fruit-bn for the crop of the
next season.
Now. in order to induce an apple tree
to bear every season. climb into the top,
or 20 up OH ladders, just as one does
when plucking the ripe fruit, and with
a pair of sharp shears clip of all the
Young fruit from about half the tree,
Then fruit-buds will form on that side OF
the tree from which the Young apples
were cut of. ORe-half the top, then
will bear fruit one year, while the othci
half Will yield fruit the next season.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
BIZ Nye on Campaign songs.
New York Mercury.

Along with the blessing of freedom
and the div ne right Of suffrage comes
the incubus, the blot upon our glorious
institutions. known as the campaign
song. Dynamite under the throne is
bad, but when the shattered monarch is
gathered together in royal gunny sack
and buried, peace once more reigns over
the kingdom, but in republic we know
that every four years We are overshad-
owed by the campaign song, set to the
time of John Browns body, which is sup
posed to be marching on.
Four years ago had the honor Of in
venting and hurting forth upon the ma
tion song which & i much to deepen
the horror Of the 90 ,sign. II consist
ed Of a song whi,. was known every
where as the adjustable campaign song,
to be warbled to the tun", Emrty is the
cradle, Baby's Gone" ! Gus. 'e used
both by the democrat, i tllI licans
equally well, and has a yao~~. space left
in the chorus. where by means of a slot
and adjustable thumb-screws the names
of either candidates can be inserted.
This song was cast in solid plates, and
hawked about the country along with
the jail-bird wood-cuts of the candidates,
and did much damage where no precau-
tlOns were taken against its ravages.
The campaign song Of the present
great war Is now upon us. Let us be
watchnnl and evade Il whenever 1t ID
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
CHARIrY.

The rich man gave his dole, not Ill content
TO nno mis- heart still moved by human
The poor man to his neiehbor simply lent
The scanty savings he could scarce foreso.
The one passed on, and asked to know no
more, ~
The others wife all night with pity brave.
That neighbor's dying child was bending DER
And never deeming 1t was much she gave.
Oh! God forgive us that we dare to ask
Soace of costly gifts and fruitless sighsi
Scorn ON the sigh that shuns the unwelcome
task,
The dole that lacks the salt Of sacrincel
No gilded palm the crushing weight canlift.
No soothing sigh the maddcning woe can
cure: ~
It's love that gives its wealth to every eift:
Ill would the poor man fare without the
poorl '"'
The Soecf ator
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
SOLID SENSE.
United states Democrat

UU1Utu Ctattr DtmuNTHt.
Life is too short to quarrel over old
quarrels. .n
Bringing children into the world does
not confer a right to abuse them.
believe what believe, but am will
ing to be converted TO any other belief on
proof that it is better than mine.
For man to speak against his own
family or against the property thai he
owns an interest in, is like boring holes
to let water into boat in which he is
riding, and which he has TO bail out TO
escape going down.
II you are a Christian and cannot bear
with the petulancies and annoyance Of
children, how can YOU expect God In
bear with and forgive your skipping and
stumping?
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

| who Is said to have been unusually at
tractive in personal appearance, and very
bright and quick, mentally, had attended
the High School at Shenandoah for sew.
eral years. She was ahead of her class
mates in all her studies, and in her am
bition extremely desirous of going to the
Normal seminary, where she could take
higher course. All through the vaca-
tion she debated the point with her pa
rents, both father and mother thinking
it would be best for her 10 continue a:
the High school for another year. At
the breakfast table Mabel forced the
matter to settlement, as school was to
open the next day, and she wanted to
know the final decision. After a little
talk Mr.. Griffiths told her that she must
attend the High school for awhile.
Mabel made bitter objections, and de-
family said she would die first" Think
ing it was mere childish pout from
which she would recover in short time,
Mr.. and Mrs. Griffiths went to church,
NuNinS hSI ~ uoult. III tUtlT 8DttuCe
the glrl wrote pathetic note of farewell
saying that she had thought of suicide
before and would rather die than be dis
graced by being sent back TO the public
school. She requested that her body
might be cremated, or thrown into the
river, or disposed of in any way except
buried in the ground, as she was afraid
she might come to life again. This note
Mabel pinned TO the front of her dress,
and going TO her room in the second sto-
ry, stood, pistol in hand. at the window,
watching for her parents return from
church. Just as the family were enter
ing the front gate she shot herself in the
head, the ball going through the skull
and killing her instantly. None of the
family heard the report, and the terrible
tragedy was not known until Mabel's
younger sister entered the room and
found her stretched on the floor
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
sleep.
Hall's Journal OF Health.


think the intel ellectual and moral con-
nectons of sleeping have not been suffi-
ciently lyappreciated. Men and boys have
been praised for burning the midnight
OIL" Now, this, midnight oil" is de-
lusion and a snare. The student who is
fast asleep at eleven o'clock every night
and wide awake at seven o'clock every
morning Is going to surpass another
student of the same intellectual ability,
who goes to bed after twelve and arises
before five. In sleep, the plate on which
the picture is to be taken is receiving its
chemical preparation; and it is plain
that that which is the best prepared will
take the best picture.
Men who are the fastest AISLE ep when
they are asleep, are the widest awake
when they are awake.
Great workers must be great resters.
Every man who has clerks in his en-
ploy ought TO know what Their sleeping
habits are. The young man who is mp
tlli TWO, tnTee anu IOuI % ClOCh III tIie
morning, and must put in disappearance
at the bank or store at nine or ten
O'Clock and work all day, cannot repeat
this process many DAYS without a certain
shakiners coming into his system, which
he will endeavor to steady by some de-
lusive stimulus. 1t is in this way that
many young man begins his course to
rum. He need not necessarily have been
in bad company He has lot his sleep
and losing sleep is losing strength and
grace.
Here is an ontline of the history Of
suicide within my own knowledge.
young man, stranger in New York, in
z BOD situation, in a large boarding-hOuse,
hos lcasant young csinpan ons; spends
his evenings out; goes to midnight par
ties from eleven to seven: his nerves be-
come disturbed: then little drink;a lit
tie mistake in business, another drink;
reproof from employer. more drink; more
mistakes. loss of situation; no help from
frivolous companions; money all gone;
then credit all gone; then turned out OF
the boarding house; wanders in the street;
modification; desperation; shoots him
self.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
DEsPAIR.

know not in what awful sea
Lieth the "Island Of Despair
And yet II hath been told to me
The horror of those living there.
No blossom showeth there, no fruit,
No fountain springeth In the land.
But wrecks of trees bark'd 10 the root
Along t.e waste on either hand.
With mournful eyes and tangled hair,
With hands outstretched and visage pale
They stand, the weary dwellers there,
Their voices raised In bitter wall.
Some moan alone, some crouch In caves,
Stabbed by y deathless agony;
Others are digging useless graves
Beside the restless, mockins sea.
And all are doom'd, and all accurs'd,
And pray throughout the endless day
The black skies with thunder burst
And sweep their withered lives away.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Something Perhaps lie Would Eat.

Heard good story on West End
minister one day last week. He is a
vegetarian of the slightest order, and in
the course of his pastoral rareer he was
invited out to Sunday dinner by one
of his sisters of his flock, whose name fol
the nonce shall he Smith. Old man
Smith aidn't go to church that morning
His wife told him to expect her to bring
home some company to dine, and he
with the aid of the cook, laid the found.
alton for a superb repast. Mrs. Smith
came home. but all the company she
brought was the minister. They we're
seated at the table when a sort of con-
versation ensued.
"Mr. JONES'" meaning the minister;
"wha; part Of the chicken do you like
best?"
Really, Mr.. Smith, ] don't care about
any chicken"
"Well, here is some extra fine roast
beef; try some of this"
Excuse me, Mr.. Smith, | will forego
the beef
81 have some tender lamb here-how
will that suit2"
~ never eat lamb"
"Well, now l know you can't refuse
this boiled ham,"
Pardon me, but ham l never touch.
During all this time, Smiths father,
an old gray-haired sinner, had been
seated near him watching the operation,
and, standing il as long as he could
squeaked out in ripping voice
John. maybe the - fool VIII suck
an egg"
The enjoy ment Of that dinner was
spoiled.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
A Quiet Citisen in Mexico.

A prominent citizen of Mexico return
ed from trip into South America last
week. He had been gone three months.
ELECTED new President since I've
been gomez" he asked of a friend.
ooh, yes!"
"How many?"
"Oniy one"
"Any revolutions"
-"Only three"
"What's become of Miaz?"
"Oh, he was shot last week"
"And Zagual?"
Transported"
"And st. Badier?"
"The same as when you left"
"Is that 70? I'm surprised that he
should be at one thing 81 long. He wat
very enterprisinesort ofaman. Where
is hep
Dead"
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

Those persons who d. not need Iron,
but who are troubled with Nervousness
and Dyspepsia, will find in Carter's Lit
lie Nerve Pills most desirable article.
They are mostly used in combination
With Carter's Little Liver Pills, and in
his way often exert a most magical ef.
ect. Take just one pill of each kind
Immediately afier eating and you will
be free from Indigestion and Dyspepsia.
In vials at 25 cents. Sold by all Drug
gsts.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

HAY.FEvER. ] have been a great sufferer
from Hay. Fever for Is years and have tried
various things without doing any good ! read
Of the many wondrous cures OF Ely's Cream
Balm, and thought would trg once more In
Is minutes after one application was wonder.
fully helped. Two weeks ago I commenced
using It, and now feel entirely cured II IL
the greatest discovery ever known 80 boat Of
-Duhamel Clark uar'nerl Lee. Ma
Price 30 cents.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
A Printers Error.

Sweet are the uses Of adversity, the
printers copy said, bul be sci il up
sweet are the uses of advertising. Sweet
indeed, to those who in sickness anC
suffering have seen the advertisement %
some sovereign remedy, which upon
trial has brought them from dcalh',
door. ''The best thing ever saw in m,
paper was the advertisement of DR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery i,
again and again the testimony of lhos,
vino have been healed BY il OF lung dis
ease, bronchial affections, tumors, ulcers
liver complaints and the ills OF whicl
flesh is heir.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

A gentleman of Goodwater, Ala, writes:
my wife was down SO long, I do not know
what all she had taken. had doctors attend
ing her and they failed to relieve her; so got
bottle of your Female Regulator, and she
used 1t and has been mending ever since. She
can now 20 about the house and do her work.
and we know II to be very valuable medi-
cine"
Treatise on the Health aud Happiness of
Woman mailed free
BRADFIELD REGULATOR Co.,
Box ~, Atlanta, Ga.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
"Nup'i In the ISutii"

Sad to say. many good thing attains
to nothing more than fair beginning
On the other hand it Is matter for con
graduation that the growth of some evil
things may be also promptly frustrated.
A large proportion of the cases of the
most widespread and fatal of diseases-
consumption have their inception in
nasal catarrp. DR.. Slge's Catarrh Rem
edy Is pleasant, soothing and etlectual.
Try u. il has cured thousands. All
druggists.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

For Uysyepsia, Indigestion, Depression On
Spirtu and General Debility IN their various
forms; also ~ Q preventive against Fever and
Ague. and other Intermittent Fevers the "FerrO-
PhosphOrated Elixir Of Callsaya," made by
Druggists, Ia the best tonic; and for patients re-
covering from Fever or ether sickness. It has no
equal.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Tired Pens,

Rev. DIR. Talmage once said of tired
literary folks: There are many new
kinds of pen being manufactured, but no
man has yet been able to invent a pen
that will not get weary. We have often
had hold of pen that seemed determ-
ined to skip and gambol. 1t leaped from
paragraph to paragraph; it flew from
simile to trophe: it made dash as it
went; it slurred unimportaht events; it
threw inteIec'ions Of surprise and inter-
rogations oiinguirv, and hour after hour
rushed along the line But after while
it dropped, as though dead. Talk of
weary legs and arms, let some one tell
us the story of weary pens. They may
be found late at night in editorial rooms
and on reporters desks, and in the hand
For the most part, they hunger for more
bread and yearn for more sleep. and,
worn out, long for the grave of oblitera.
zion. Kept in fine case at Abbotsford,
You may find the expired pen of Walter
Scot and in the venerable hall of Pnila-
delphia. the pen which signed the Declar-
alton Of Independence. But post NOR
ten honors are seldom accorded to de.
ceased quills. They are generally thrown
away. They drop into the dust and are
trod on, aud the place, that knew them
once know them no more. But our chief
sympathy is for the living pens, which
write and write and wish they could die.
Nothing IN all the world has such hard
work in making livelihood as pen and
pencil. The one languishes in the pic
ture gallery, the other fain;s in the study.
Nav the day speed on wher literature
and art shall come to higher apprecia-
tion. That will be the Elysium of pen
and pencil.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Nullein VI. Cod Liver Oil.

Brtais on iuns t e,sesses % .sys wSiis one M of ~
patients gained only seven pounds by the use
Of cod liver oil. she gained over thirteen by the
use OF MULLEN. The old field mullen made into q
Taylors Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet Gum and
Mullen q pleasant and effective cure fol
Group, Whooping- Cough. Colds and Cousump
ton
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

Central depot, save .s.sgage Expressage and
p Carriage Hire, a stop ut the Grand Union
Hotel, opposite AID depot. Six hundred elc-
giant rooms r Led up at cost of one million
dollars; . and upwards per day. European
plan. -s.evator. Restaurant supplied with
tho st. Horse csrs. stages and elevated
ra,-. Dad TO alldepots. Families can live bet ter
4 lees money 1T the Grand Union Hotel than
n any other hrs;-clsss hotel In The city.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

NOTICE: In another column will be found an
article in which all whether they will or no,
are interested. Neglecting to read II may
affair We refer to the advertisement Of
Prickly Ash Bltters. A knowledge of its mer-
its and the benefit you or your family may de-
rive from using Il will save not only health but
many dollars Otherwise expended In doctors
bilIa"
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

DIR. WINCHELLS TEETHING SYRUP ID
Just the medicine for mothers to have In the
house for the children. 1t will cure coughs,
colds, sore throat, and regu ate the bowels.
DO not fail to give It trial you will be pleased
with its charming effect Sold by all druggis ts
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

A CARD.-To all who arc suffering from er.
rors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay. loss of n 'nhood. &C. will
CHARGE. This great rem iy was discovered
by Missionary In South America. Send self
addressed envelope to REV. JOSEPH ]. IsMAN
Sdft0u d.. Nf7p Iork
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

= = = Loss of power IN either sex,
however induced, speedily, thoroughly
and permanently cured. Address with
thee letter stamps .or reply and book of
particulars, Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, n.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

PURIFY TIE BLOOD with Elerts Daylight
Liver Pills. They act directly on the Liver,
stomach and Bowels, be ing mild and clea nsing,
but never gripping or painful.
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11
Suicide of . Lovely Girl
New York journal.

Mabel Grifiths, the Is year-old dau- h.
ter of Hon. John X. Grifiiths of Page
county, Iowa, committed suicide at ler
fathers house in Shenandoah. Mabcl,
The Osceola times., 1884-10-11

SAVE YOUR HARNESS - by oilIng with
Unce Sain's Harness on, which will make 1t
soft and pliable. This Ia the best oil ever made
for leather. Soldby ali harness makers.