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The Osceola times., 1884-02-02
Trustees Notice.

NOTICE IS HFREBY GIVEN, That In and
by virtue 4 a c. rtaiu rru Deed, To me eXscut
ed as tt stee. { / h use aud beneht o! James
u Driver by Su, NJ Grilef and W. IL Grider
OF tie, April 18th 1881, to sscure note ioi
tib2t and an open ac.onut Tor 81 ,+g3, "a, aiteI
d.ducting ri T Mt, r, 81 or profit which ea Il True
Deed Was duly sck owledge and staHds record
ed In the Clerks ofiice OF Mississippi County,
rkansas, in Deed record, Vol Q, pages 5O6 anc
5J1 viii as said Tustee, on
tuesday. MARCH sTH 1886
proceed to sell. In Front OF the curt 1use door
IN TIVE town Of OsCsolt. Arkansas, within lerH
hours to- cash in NAud TO the highust bidder
no much Of tne following described property
embraced IN spd conveyed by said trust Deed
to-wit, he : , part Of ~ ofsrctiJu :, s "
= Of section 8, frac'l all of section II, EL 4
secti 49, y = VA Of sectior IS, Wy y y =
of sect on 10 a y : VIZ 4 SECTION l9, NJ OF
section %, sen Of section p. WI, ofscetior
l. M of sect on as, W., Of section IS ny
- Ex OF section %, FS of-ec,ior 29, IN SW
!. Of section 3, w wv ofsection 80, W.
S'Wl4 Of section 80, all being situate aad lying
IN Township i2. twelve. Sorfh and Range II
eis,tn East. " Mississippi CnuDty, Arkansas, con.
tanning 8 ll6 acres more or less, 81 may he ne
cerssry to satisfy said debt, with 10 per cent.
interest per snnum, on the 81 s. 400, from April
l9th,, 1881, and 10 per cent. interest per aunup
on the o. +s3, "a from July LIST, 1891, aud eos,s
ofsaie, etc. -
2-?-s.pf $40. 37l.. Trustee.
The Osceola times., 1884-02-02

The Williams Chart sold, and
Perfection System of Dress Cutting
taught, by Mrs. JOHN BARNEY.
1922 -3m. Osceola, Ark.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11

think that cat carries ou, the most of her con,racts with the fore fsss, but. ia tact. she transaets her heaviest business with her hind feet. This cat seized Mir. P.liings wiih her mouth and began te curry him with her ''bsck paws" D,d you ever see the old-sime people hAckls Aaxg We'll. It makes no difference. Tue kittens seised the legs Of the unfortunate gentleman and climbed asound with ssesy touch. but the cat coaiinusd so do bust ness at the old stand. Miss Agatha seised broom and tried to sweep cfl rhe totmensors, bu, Mir. Filings danced sacA a fantastic j,s that the only effective work she did was to crack him severely on the head with the broom handle. Modsssy demanded aa urqasl,aed retire. mens, and ieaping through the doorway. Mir. p,lliags struck gailop ,n the direc- ton ol home. while the snrsds of Ais clothing ssTeamed back at the sport cf . ~ind which vhialed sad seqaiem ,e . dead hope.
 This is the reason Mr. rssades,ss i,ll,ugs stood up at church.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
OFFENSIVE MUTTON.

Old Dabs is the proprietor of z small boarding house where negro draymen and other homeless eolored gentlemen take their meals Old Dabs is a very re ligious man. He is an exhor,er in the church and his voice is we'll known to the sinners who, al the beginning of every season, kneel at the bench for censoia- tion Dabs is more successful as a revivaliss than he is as a boarding house keeper. He keeps the house well enough but he fails to provide variety of food Old Nicholas, who boards with Dabs. is something of an epicure, and looks with contempt on the bench of the humble.
 The other day a, dinner, old Dabs, as usual, bowed his head, white like the mold on an old garment Jeff out in the damp, and asked blessing. Nicholas, who had been ,houghtfully handling his knife, looked a, Dabs until he had finished the petition for mercy and said
 Dabs, .'se stood dis heah e long CT 1 ken. De man whu, would ax i've blessins' ober de same piece O tough sheep oughier be whipped an I'se de representer O good gubermept whu; am prepared ter do iip
 Nlcholas arose and approached Dabs. who, drawing back in astonishment said
 Whus's de matter wid yer, Brudder Nicholas 7"
 "Doan' bIudder me, fur dat time am dun gone. Dat cold sheep
 Doesn't yer like de mutton, Brudder Nicholas =
 "Oh, de mutton's all right, but think dat it's shame ter ax so many blessin's ober hi; ter dc negleek O better vidduls Come heah ter me.r
 The contest was brief. Dabs was vanquished.
 "No~," said Nicholas, taking his sea, at the table, @when yer axes CT blessin' take of dat sheep Case it hab been prayed ober CT huff. Pass de hoe-cake, Mir liner
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11

No matter how proud q man may be ter day, let him get drunk an ter nor he won't hold his head so mighty high. It aint de Ieelin' dat somebody seed him stagger nur de feelir O sickness whut hab foliered it am simply de feelin da, he hab been drunk-a feelin' whut kain | be described hab heard men brag dat da hab drunk whisky fur years an hab neber been drunk. He may hab kep' de public from hndin' i, out, an may neber be 'cused O drunkenness. but my 'pinion O dat man is dat wid him dar hab made much mo effort al hidin' den he hab at teilin' de truth.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
LIMNINoS.

Conversation between two friends. "A,e you going to the circus this after. noon3" No, I can't go until tonight. The Rev. MT. Jackson is going to preach my wife's funeral this afternoon and it would not look well if were not present !"
 "Yes. sir,' said a country editor. "I knew when adopted my present edito- rial course that my circulation would suffer, and it has but sir, we must sacri- fee prosperity for principle. How many subscribers have l lost? Over halt Why, sir, have cut of two quires, but, after all, l am not such loser for my paper bill is not nearly so enormous as it was when l worked four quires and a half
 The following letter, written by a cir cult rider, was read at a recent meeting of the Arkansaw conference: "My dear brethren, must resign the charge which you so generously placed in my keeping. doat object to riding the circuit, but riding mule is great strain on my religion and constitution. Some times, when am riding along, weaving a sermon of the threads ot sentiment with which my mind is ssreaked, the mule buck-jumps and lays me on the ground l got used to this, though, and would never have complained, but when the animal got into the habi, of throwing me and then staying in my ribs with his feet why was, in duty to myself, bound to make motion for change of venue. l am much welded to the cause and have captured many mourneHs, but unless you furnish me with a horse, why you will simply have to erase my cognomen from your books don't mean no disrespec, to our worthy bishop, but blame mule anyhow"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
house is SO full of old Nick tha, he kain' |

mouse IS so full of old NICK that nc katn keep on hi, shirt, but we split the blanke, right thar an sense then 1 have been bcardin' fust one place an then an- o,her. l don't sec SO many 6ne horses here as 1 expected, an as 10 cat tie, thar ain't no,hin' here that is tall 's,onishin'. Speakin' of cattle reminds me of steers, an bein' reminded of steers puts me in mind of Z-b Parker. Pore Feb. He vas jest in the prime of life, an could crack hickory nuts with his teeth. Its awful mownful to be snatched of without bein' warned by a notice stuck up at the crossroads nor nothin' of the sort. When l seed his dead corpse lyin thar on the ground, and seed the steers how unconsarned they bit the tops offen the bushes, an chawed like they want in the presence of death. my opin- ion of steers was lowered right thar. an takin' up bottle that had fell from Zeb's pocket-pore Feb -l turned ii up an tuck a sorowful pull Truly did the
 spired writer say. you ough,enser put a pawpAw bark muzrle on the OK tha, tramps on the corn. should say not, fur wha, good would a murzle do! 1t wouldn't keep his feet offen the corn Give my love 10 all. Tell Poll not to nesleck strippin' tobaeker fur that turkey egg lookin' feller whui coughs like dog with dis,emper, an aint got much sense nohow"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
4 FAILURE.

" Father" said young man, holding up a newspaper, see tha, the editor of this sheet seems to take a delight in speaking of alleged humoT."
 " He has cause, my son"
 Has he failed as humorisi = HCh, mo-"
 "What then 2" |, "The other editors have failed" "How!'
 Failed to copy his marked para graphs"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
4 k~D susingsg.

10 you don, van, to canvass any more fos she Lie of Andsew Jackson, !" sa,d the proprietor ot q sub.cs.psioa agency to young man ~ho had lua re- tasasd from the county, No. believe not The wosk ls vesy pleasant and all that. yss l ps<sef tnaas something else. Isel.eve I'd s4iAss dss di,e hes os clean ou, wells" Was your tT,p to the oosnsiy sac. oessfuif f'
 We'll. no, can't say that |, vas f1i give you a sample ci my experience. One afternoon. while ssd.ag along lonely road. came upon ssid In which an old seilo~ ~As pio~,ng. Ewaised ua. til he go, to the end of a fow and then. app,oaoh hing h,m. 1 asked fl he would not like to look al the Lie of Andrew Jaek- son"
 @Wy. ! locked ai one O his livss luther day. Mus, have had more lives than a cat suasger. I'd like powerful we'll so look s, h. ba, the fact is, aiat got the time. This cotton is mighsiiy Ia the grass. Whoa. BAil. come asouad r
 "'My friend. sad l. Il you would hks to look a; the book. I'll plov while yoa sis down and esamine it. This pleased him very much. and taking the book, he climbed tie fence. vent into the woods, aid ss, down in the shade. plo~sd tos some ,,n.e, until gos tired. bs, thiating tha, the old feilos would soon make hss appearance, continued to plow on. At lss' sent in,o he ~oods and found him deeply interested in the book
 l's too late ier yoa so % much fas- der .o nis hs.' sad he. so you'd tssns stay all night 4, ny house
 !" agreed. fos hous~s in that seetsoa of country wefs fAI apart. Well. shen we vent to the house the old feIio. took my book and devoted himself to < the ensfe evening. l ksew that he would buy II, for could see that he was deeply inisressed. The neat morning jua betose Est sNm@%y sS HA&sts tAtss%8 eg estJ 8@&% and said
 "' Have yoa made up your mind to bas ,ha, book r
 ~ No, ba, did los 10 buy t bat ihss amt no use'n buyin if now
 Why s''
 " Case sos ap last night aa read her thsoagh.'
 That sos Welt sn consideration of the f4u ,hxs lave s,aid all night with you, I'll make yoa present oithe booi.'
 ~ Much obliged to yoa-'
 "' Sot at all. We.. must bs going
 "' Hold on. You hsin't~ esid me yis. charge you dollar an . half far yoaS nights locgin'.'
 Yes, ssr, and he made me pay t, regardless of the fact shxs 1 had pse- senied him vith the book Nc, dos's care to engage fushes is the book bssi- 0exxT
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
A TERROR TO TEACHERS

Young Cipman suddenly returns from school. Why" exclaims his faiLe, have you come back ?" (aside 10 a by. stander)- He whips every teacher be has anything to do with. Got the old Cipman blood in him.
 Oh, couldn't get along with the teacher" replies the young man.
 "I don't know what's to become oi you- Why. sir, you are terror to teaci : CTS You whipped him, suppose
 No, sir, he whipped me"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
HONEST.

Now" said a gentleman to negro whom he had just employed, "i want you to come early every morning. propose to pay you well and wan, you to work"
 "Wanss me ter work, yer say ~
 "Of course do.r
 Dat tets me out, den. don't ice, ter de pay, an Pd jes' 2. soon hire ou, but doaD wanter work Good day, sah. l"
 Such honesty of expression deserves reward
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
WI. ' HE STOOD UP.


 pillings stood up to-day dunhg the en- tire sermon 9s asked the pastor oi Bald Knob church, addressing . member oi his congregation. The member was not possessed of saftieien, facts to warrant an explanation of the peculiar conduct of Brother peindes,cs Psll,ngs. We happen to know why he stood up. and when the reason Mas become plain. wc don | think there IS person within the sound of my voice" as the osa.os say. who ~,ll so fas disregard physical causes as to blame him.
 Miss Agatha Moore. an old maid oi hard features bu, much money attracted the matrimonial attention of Mi Pom dexter rillngs. Mt. f.ll,ngs did not parsic cularly need wife. and especially such a wife as Mis-. Az a,ha would make, but he needed money. the very kind thAs Mss Agatha possessed. Miss Agatha wanted 10 marry there is no question concerning this bu, having doubtless studied certain books treating of the married state, she wants to mary an op- pos,,e, that is. Miss Agatha being old, desires to unite with some one who is young. Mr. piilings kne~ this, bu, did not despair fos he has a way of making himself look remarkably youthful They became acquainted. The lady ~as mueh pleased with his ambling eaper. oi youth. fui hilaIi,y A man may make ms face look young he may make has form look iilhe, but he caano. eheA ~eli.worn nature m the matter of eyeaigb, Ar piilings. though. adop'ci piAH ~hish h he considered to be brilliant lie woald when alone. take A newspaper and with ms gissses near thc sheet, commit t0 memory some short Aruclc. Then he would call upon Mss 4 gaths, shape he eonyersa,.on to accord with his previous arrangement and hnslly exelAim. as though happy recollection had come io his aid
 By to% A%sS HSNE which think contains an article treating of this very sublee,." Then he would produce the paper. H,, i, o., ~ssh gres, confidence and, pretending to read. would reeite the article.
 Everything had worked so we'll that Mir. Filings vent over the other day ,o make declaration oi hes love Miss Agsiha was expecting him. She had decided that her tune of gentle honey moon was drawing near, and ip thas sweet i4nguor 90 characteristic of s maiden iady's mood of ooEsempiasion. she reelined on 2 sofa ard yie~ed through her hali-c.osed eyes of dreamy sentiment. the golden fruits On the tree of ne~ lie.
 Mir. P,IIings entered the room. Good evening. Miss Agatha. 1 hope l do nos disturb thoughts. which sith such so abode, must be en)oysbler
 "oh, no sir," arising. "Hsve rhis chx;r.s I
 "No, 1 prefer to sit on this old -fsshioneG cushion," drawisg back large rocking chair asd sitting down en what he took to be cushion but shich proved to be the family ca. and three kittens. Soy. . cat takes no dSae of accidents. asd t m 4kes no diHeresce whether . man sits on her through design or mistake; aad without waiting for apology, she begiss the fui6iimens of aa improvised and sx- csedingiy hot consssct. Some people
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11

It's a powerful hard matter for me to keep my religion, said church member ss his minister. Every tune l think I've got an everlastin' holt on Ii. some thing turns up to make me cuss, 70 am kept on ,rot between the uorid and the mcurness' bench. This morning I lost all the religion I had while trying to shoot Tom Green. The gun wouldn't 20 eff and had to cuu.s
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
HIS MONEYS WORTH.

"The 6sh l bought from you yssaes- day were nos rood, 1" said gsntlsmss e negso dealer.
 What wux d matter sid 'em y'
 "TSsy were half spoiled"
 Bat, sah, you mus rscoiieek dat gis yes double weight, d1refus' de good hslf wax yes nsosey's suth."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
THE DIFFERENCE.

"Oh, yes, there is difference bet~een Eaglixh and American humor'
 @Czn you point out the difierence:" sYex American humor is eften coarse and English is not ofen anything"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY

More den half O de 'section O dis worr is put on. De grape vine doan cling ter de lim's ease it lubs de tree, but case it wants de tree ter hor it up
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11

twenty ysArs old than m. father had when he vas 6fsy. Bu, sood-sJe, love. must go nov"
 She fitted away like are,rea,ing moon beam. He stood leaning on the fenee. A rose that had dropped from her bosom lay on the ground juss beyond hum. He would climb over and get il.
 
 "Tha, confounded calf. muttered the old man, is in the yard again. lf Pod ram dosn', keep him at home 1; will cripple him. Where's that clubs An here tt is. I'll slave in q couple of h,s ribs. anyhow"
 The club struck the young lover Dus, above the eyebrows. |, l,knocked him oil the fence and blinded h,m with its un. earthly -lt. but he was able to walk some distance before he sank do~n. of course he will no, tell the cause of hts mishap, and the village police. ever ardent. still search fos the would be assassin.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11

It is said dat poverty shows de good ness whut am in CT man. Dat may be true, but CT man kain't show nigh so much goodness wid poverty ez he ken wid CT little money.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-15

A MONTREAL, Ont, special of the 9th
says: Sir John A. Mcdonald, Canadian
Premier, and Geo. Stephens, president
of the Canadian Pacific, left for New
York to-day to take the Cunard steamer
for England on Wednesday. Mr..
Stephens goes to establish a line of
steamers in connection with the Cana
dian Pacific between British Columbia,
Japan and China. Negotiations are al
ready on foot with this end in view,
and Mr.. Stephens says the steamers will
be much finer than those sailing from
San Francisco, and that the route from
Yokohama to Europe via the Canadian
Pacific will be sh orter by three days
than via San Francisco. Mr. Stephens
visit is also to make ~finrncial arrange
ments for the purpose Of building the
Manitoba & Southern and other Cana
dian Pacific branches in the Northwest.
It is believed Sir John Mcdonald accom-
panies Mr.. Stephens for the purpose Of
offering government support to the
scheme.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-15
The total interest bearing debt of the

The total Understanding debt of the
country aggregates ST. O6 Ate, 500. The
decrease during September was over
$12,00O,000. There has been since Sep
TENDER 1st a decrease 0 ftwoand a quarter
millions n the amount of bonds held to
secure the national bank circulation,
the total amount now being 1929, 600. 900.
The gold fund shows an increase during
tn month of September Of So, 900, 900,
and is within 81, 900, 900 of the highest
figures eve reached. The amount of
outstanding gold certificates has decreas-
ed $4,000, 900. The silver dollars in the
treasury number 142,O98, 1856, an increase
of l,50O, 900. Against this amount there
are outstanding certificates aggregating
500, 500, 900. In other words, the out
standing silver certificates increased
5 $3.50, 600, while the gold certificates de-
creased S4,25O,0 900 during the month.
Customs and internal revenue receipts
slow but slight variation from those of
September, 1883.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-15

IN referring to national politics, on
Wednesday evening, the Hon. j. K.
Toole made a great point of the fact that
the republican party had been in power
SO long and so many abuses had crept in
that q change was absolutely necessary.
He declared it to be his opinion that it
was not desirable for either the republic
a or democratic parties to be continu-
ally in power, term after term, and a
change ought to be made. We were
glad to hear this statement from the
democratic champion, as it comedies ex-
actly with u own opinion regarding
territorial and county politics; and after
expressing such an opinion we shall ex-
pect the honorable gentleman to walk
up to the polls and deposit ~ ballot
which will help to swell the majority
for the republican candidate for dele
gate to congress-.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-15

INTER OCEAN,: In the triumph of
the republican party under Blaine Eng
land sees the American spirit declaring
its independence Of Adam Smith and
all the English worthless who have tried
to narrow America to English ideas
She sees the triumph of American ideas
and the irresistible growth Of the true
American spirit, which finds itself most
thoroughly symbolized in the republic
lived in the words of Monroe and means
America for Americans.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-15

THE republicans of Choteau county
must do some effective work during the
next three weeks. The difficulties be-
tween the two factions Of the democratic
party have been practically healed, nc
doubt for the purpose of concentrating
on the head of the ticket. We have
learned that many of the candidates
nominated by both houses have with
drawn, and that a committee cf five
from each faction are to meet and make
new nominations for the county ticket.
This will give the appearance of a united
democracy, while in fact the dissension
is as great as ever. The same interest
will not be taken by the disappointed
candidates, and the republicans nave
just as good q show as ever. It will be
necessary therefore to produce an I'M
broken front, and use the utmost en-
deavors to prevent the democratic ticket
from securing the election to themselves,
as they fondly hope to do by this social
ed reconciliation.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-15

A CORRESPONDENT writing from Gin
cinnati represents the political situation
among the Buckeyes as one ofexceeding
liveliness. In the way Of meetings
nothing like it has been known since
the Harrison-Van Buren, campaign.
Both the great parties are working with
unexampled energy, nor is there any
Independent movement of any account.
Neither Butler nor st. John will make
much Of a showing. The Irish defec-
ton in favor of Blaine is said to have
reached large proportions; SO large,
indeed, as to cause serious alarm in the
democratic party. OF nearly 100, 900
Irish and Irish-American voters in the
state the republicans have heretofore
claimed but about Is per cent. This
year it is asserted that the state ticket
will get 25 and the presidential ticket so
per cent. These estimates may be exag-
gerated, but they unqu~estionably indi-
cate the trdnd of political sentiment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-15

GEORGE F. FRANKLIN, one of the
most extensive cattle exporters in Can
ada, has just returned from England,
where he had gone to ascertain the true
state of the markets. He says the de-
mand now for meat in England IS very
little in excess Of the supply. He says
that Canadian shippers lost So. 600, 900
the past year, and thinks there must be
either a falling in the number of cattle
shipped from Canada, or a lowering in
prices Of Canadian cattle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-15

In his many speeches during the
present campaign Gov. Hendricks lays
a particular stress on the desirability of
a thorough o~verhauling Of the books of
the national treasury, and that this is q
paramount reason for a change in the
national administration. What is good
for national affairs should, it seems to
us, be. good for local matters. What is
vaguely limited at by him and other
democratic speakers as to national af-
fairs is positively known as far as Cho-
teau county is concerned by the unmis-
taxable language of the last grand jury.
Therefore let us also have an eXamina-
ton Of the books Of Choteau county
not by those now in office or by such as
by party affiliations are likely to be in
clined to gloss over irregularities, but by
men whose character and standing in
our midst are the safest guarantees of a
conscientious discharge of duty. The
tax payers Of this county are far more
interested in this than in any other is
sue, and the men placed in nomination
by the republican county convention
w. j. Minar, S. T.. Kelly and G.. l..
Spencer-can be counted on for such a
task, and should therefore, for this as
we'll as the many other reasons that can
be advanced in their favor, be elected.to
the respective offices for which they
been nominated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-15

WE heard a good democrat say to-day
that NJ committee Of five or ten could
dictate q course for him to follow. He
rather questioned the advisability of
patching up matters this way, and
strongly advocated the calling of a new
convention to give the outside precincts
a chance to be heard and express their
opinion in regard to the contemplated
changes on the ticket.