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The Osceola times., 1884-04-26

JupGE Read Fletcher, of Pine
Bluff, is the latest announcement as
candidate for Secretary of State.
Judge Fletcher is a good man, well
qualified to ell the position. With
+. ID. Denton, editor of the Batesville
Guard; E. b. Moore, of the Fayette-
vile Democrat and Samuel l.. Black
of Monroe, in the field, the race for
Secretary of State promises to be
interesting. They are all good men,
and would make splendid officers
would like to see them all get a fat
take, but don't see how that can
be done when there are so few offices
to let. Some will have to stay at
home, we reckon.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26

The time for assessing property
will expire on the Both of this month.
The law reads, "If any tax payer
shall wilfully neglect or refuse to
deliver a list ofhis property on oath i,
to the assessor, he shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined in any sum not to ex-
ceed 800, and be confined in the
county Jail for period not to exceed
three month, or either"
The next legislature should see to
it that the above law be amen ded,
or rather, that a clause be added,
which shall read like unto this: "and
provided some -distance-in- advance,
that any citizen who shall tail to be-
come possessed of taxable property
in this state, shall be guilty of muir
der in the 9Th. degree, and on con-
viction shall be kicked to death by a
mule.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26

New YORK, April 2lst.-Tbree
thousand four hundred and sixty i'm
migrants arrived at Castle Garden
yesterday, the largest number landed
this year. Among the steerage pas
sengers were 31S Mormons, half
Scandinavians. They were accom-
panied by seventeen Mormon mis-
sionaries, returning home with the
fruit of "a two years proselyting tour.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26

In pulling up our tow line yester-
day, we captured another candidate:
Mr.. f. Bevil's announcement will be
found under the proper heading,
" For County and Probate Judge"
Mr.. Bevil is an old citizen, known to
everybody in the County-made the
race for this position at the last cleo
ton and came within "A votes of be-
ing elected. The man that beats
Bevll will be the next County Judge.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26

"Uncle Sam," as a nickname fer
the United States, arose during the
war oflSl2 at Troy, N. Y. Samuel
Wilson an inspector of army supplies
who was widely known as" Uncle
SAM having marked number of
casks with the government insignia,
"U S." was asked by workman if
it meant " "Uncle Sam" The joke
travelled, and the phrase has since
become a current s'Americaism."
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26
Lu IN bcr.

We are prepared to cut and de-
liver, on short notice, all kinds and
sizes of Framing, Boxing and Fenc-
ing Lumber. Cottonwood and Gum
Lumber cut to order and delivered
at any Steamboat Landing for sl3,-
so per 1000 feet. Other Lumber at
close figures. Orders solicited and
promptly filled. Address,
PErTEy BROTHERS,
4-10.tf Gold Dust, Tenn.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26

The new dodge in electioneering
now, is to have a wood cut and stere-
otoyped biography of the candidate
published in the leading newspapers.
Whether this method will have the
effect of putting the candidate in
position any sooner than by the old
way of going around and kissing all
the babies, is yet TO be seen.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26

THE more SamuelJ. Tilden insists
that he will not be a candidate, the
more strongly is the old ticket ad
vocated all over the land. He seems
to be working a good card after all.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

By mutual agreement the different denomina
tons will hold divine services IN the Union
church M follows:
MYrHoDIsr-Rey. T. B y. James, first and
fourth Sabbaths of each month, at Osceola.
Second Sabbath at Mill Bayou ard Elmot.
THIRD Sabbath at sandy Bayou and Carson
Lake.
BAPTIsr-Rev w. II Barksdale, Of Memphis,
second Sabbath in each month.
PaxsBYrnRIa Rev. Mr.. Cochran, OF Mem
phis, fourth Sunday in each month.
AN L Chureh-Seryices. hrst Sunday in
each month Rev. W. A. Lewis, Pastor.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26

The beggar who insists upon ap'
pealing to your generosity with his
breath smelling of whiskey, shows
that he has some spirit in him after
all
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26
sH-Advertisers by the year will Unrestricted
to their legitimate business.

Advertisers by the year will terestricted
to their legitimate business.
tE Yearly advertisements may be changed or
reset four times during the year free OF charge.
eB-Parties contracting for yearly advertise
pepts and disc continuing from any cause. will be
charged short time rates, as per time inserted
REs RATES.
tV Foreign advertisements, sent througn
Advertising A gencies, must be paid for In ad-
vance, or deposit made with some one whom
we may designate.
re- Marriages and deaths, not exceeding ten
lines will be published M news, free OF charge
but obituaries tributes Of respect. funeral not-
css and Invitations charged as advertisements
eN-Ali personal matter, letters or communi-
cations setting forth Individual schemes or IN
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or parties, organizations or societies. Will be
charged for rs other advertisements
tN-In all Legitimate demands OF the demo
cratic or Conservative party, or OF the great M
terests of the general public npon our columns,
the TINES will not fail VI its duty.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26
FOR COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE.

We are authorized to anpouBoe Mr.. T.. Bevil
OF Carson Lake Township, as n candidate for
the ofice OF County aud Probate Judge, at the
ensuing September election.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26
SYSTEMATIC DISCIPLINE.
% --
OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL

The first term Of this School OPEN
ed September l7th., 1888.
Commodious Building. Healthy Location,
Competent and Sufficient Faculty; Course VI
Study equal 10 any 10 the state.
First Session of fve months opened Sept 18th
TERMS. PER MONTH.
Pupils outside Of School District No 1.
Common School Course, .................... 80 90
iliKh school COURSE. 90
Latin, Book Keeping, etc ....44i 900
Music, ....... .................. 4, 90
fractice. one hour, .-...... -+.......... l, 90.
No deduction fo- absence for less than "a month
Young girls or boys Of limited means desiring
10 prepare Themselves tor teachers. can obtain
reduced rates by applying TO the PRINCIPAL
Parties desiring TO send from home to school,
and teachers desiring 10 prepare themselves for
higher grade OF teaching, VIII do well to inves
tigate the merits of Osceola High School before
making final arrangements elsewhere.
Patrons of the school, and parties desiring In
formation relative TO patronzing IT, will have
their WISHES kindly considered by applying d.
rectly to, OF by addressing the
PRINCIPAL,
Osceola High School,
Os.seola, Ark.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
r. d. HALE, ". y. WILLIAMS. q. F.srowrIL
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26
Official Directory.

COUNTY OFFICERS:
County and Probate judges. s Semmes.
County and Circuit Clerk-Ben II. Bacchus.
Rhsiif and Collector Nv. B. Haskins.
County Examiner Leon Roussan
County Treasur@r-G, xtoweh.
County Surveyor-J II. Caruthers.
County Coroner -. NJ. Lawrence.
County Assessor-J. X. Riggans
MONROE TOWNSHIP.
yustcss OF the Peacc-James Liston, DR..
Y. Felts.
Constable George Joyner.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Mayor-Alex Goodrich.
Recorder--L. Rsusean.
Aidermsn-J. W. Price, Jas. Nj. Hamilton
+ c. Edrington. Z. A .-Galick, W ID. Jones.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26
CONGpnssMAN- FIRST DISTRICT.
FOE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

We are authorized to announce the name of
John A. Iovewel az a candidate Tor the Office OF
Sheriff and Collector OF Mississippi County, at
the ensuing September election
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Notices under this head. giving name, occups.
ton, business or profession, and location. Will
be charged 50 per annum.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26
Chm. Co. Dem. Ex. Com.

YELLOW FEVER IN an epidemic
form has broken out in Vera Cruz.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26

II. C. DUNAvANT,
Chairman Dem. Ex. Com. Miss. Co.
The Osceola times., 1884-04-26
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
FOR GOVERNOR

FOR GOVERNOR
We are authorized to announce that John q.
Fletcher is a candidate for Governor OF Arkan-
sas at the ensuing election, subject 10 the decis
ion of the Democratic State Convention 10 meet
at Little Rock on the 25th Of June 1884
CONGRESSMAN FIRST DISTRICT.
We are authorized TO Announce Hon Poin-
dexter Dunn, OF st. Francis County as candl-
date ior re- election to Congress from the First
Congressional District. subject to the Demo-
catic Congressional Convention
FOE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
We arc authorized to announce Hon. II, NJ.
Mcycigh as a candidate for the Office of Attor-
ney General, subject to the decision OF the State
Democratic Convention.
FOR SHERIFF
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THE 0SCE0LA TIMES.
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cAnns AND ADVERTISEMENTS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-05
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

Lord Coleridge's salary is $40, 600 a
year, while the Chief-Justice Of the
United States receives $40, 900. - Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Miss Ella Hill, handsome girl, of
Seymour, Conn, killed herself with a
shotgun because her stepmother made
her wear dress that had been rumpied
in a shower. Boston Post.
Miss Annie Steiner, of Reading, Pa,
bed-ridden with spinal disease for five
years,@dreamed the other night that she
was well. In the morning, well she
was. She says prayer did it.-Detroit
Post
Two brothers, twins, of Syracuse
and Elmira, N Y, are as like as two
peas. Each brings down the scales at
1877 pounds, and are of the same dimen-
sions, and are both in the same trade
~ Y. Times.
Health Officer Ashmun, of Cleve-
land, O., has personally ordered the
popcorn makers in that city to stop
using aniline 10 the preparation of pop
corn for the market, several children
having recently been seriously poisoned
by eating it.
The late Nathaniel Thayer, of Bos-
ton, left an estate in stocks, bonds,
land, ETC., valued at more than &c.
10000, but all his household furniture,
horses, carriages, plate, ETC., at both his
city and country homes, were only
worth S2S, 000-BostoD Transcript.
Ex-senator jerome B. Chafee says
that twenty-three years ago, when he
entered Denver, he invited his tired fel-
low-passengers of the stage coach to
take drink, and laid down $50 gold
piece, concerning which the bar-keeper
said "All right. That transaction
made him temperance man. Chicago
Journal.
Edwin Booth, who is growing more
and more aesthetic in his tastes as be
grows older. has made up his mind te
reside in Boston. Mr.. Aldrich, the edit
or of the Atlantic Monthly, has selected
a house on the slope of Beacon Hill, and
Mr.. Booth will hereafter be known as 6
Bostonian and one of the illuminate. -
N. Y. Times
DIR. Hathcoek, of Baltimore, ras
away from Beltora, Ca, with Rena Car
ter, one of the bellies of Hall County
and. marrying her at Augusta, at hel
brothers, took the swiftest cars for Bal
timore. At Buford he was arrested By
telegram from pa asking them to come
back to Beltora to wedding feast whicf
he would provide. st. Lossis Post.
England imported over SOC. 000, 00'
eggs last year, in addition to the enor
nous production of Great Britain IN,
Ireland.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-05
The Catac0mbs OF Rene.

You are taken down long passage
till you find yourself at the entrance Of
a gallery forty feet under the ground,
and with lighted torches you walk
through miles and miles of the dead,
who as they have been lying here fifteen
hundred years may be said to be very
dead.
There is q series Of subterranean cor.
ridors, a labyrinth which to traverse is
only safe by those who know its intricate
turnings and twistings.
The receptacles for the dead who lie
in these sUbterranean cemeteries are
inches in the walls of the passages.
though occasionally when the deceased
was OF more than usual consequence, or
one whom his friends considered more
than common, he was embalmed and
laid out in asarcophagus all by himself.
Inasmuch as his name is quite as much
forgotten as those of lower degree, he is
now no better off than the indistinguish-
able mass who repose higgledy-peggledy
all together. After two thousand years il
makes precious little difference where one
is buried. It's all the same after certain
time has elapsed. Itbegins by strewins
flowers on tombs, till the wife marries
again or the children have spent the
money the old gentleman painfully &C.
cumulated, then the dead are forgotten
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-05

The hat is an article of clothing for
which some times no necessity exists.
In damp, chilly, rainy England the boys
of the Bluecoat School in London go,
wet,or dry, rain or shine, for four years
without any head covering, being
obliged so TO do by the law of the
school, which has existed for centuries;
nor do they seem to suffer at all by the
exposure. In Paris the shop and work
ing girls on week days wear no protec-
ton on their heads save the covering
given by nature. On Sundays they don
their bonnets and appear hideous in
comparison. The California Indians go
regardless of head coverings save as
supposed means of adornment, and
their growth of hair is enormous. The
civilized hat is a nuisance from
youth to old age. 1t is always
falling from its perch, or being
blown off, or getting dented, or
temporarily lost. 1t monopolizes the
use of both hands on windy day. 1t
gives man many a most undignifed
chase. 1t always chooses the cutters to
roll in, unless there is some dirtier route
convenient. 1t is always contriving to
be sat upon. 1t is a source of anxiety
at church or theatre. 1t makes mems
heads bald. For the hair, finding no
use as protection to the skull, quietly
and gradually steals away. The hat is
a means of useless extortion from the
halter That a man to be we'll dressed
should pay six dollars or eight dollars
for stiff, round box of felt to be perched
insecurity on his head, which takes up
so much of his thought when passing
under low doorways or standing under
low ceilings-whioh is not protection
from rain but must itself be protected by
an umbrella-which must be deposited in
a leather box while travelling and some
thing which the man can wear in car or
carriage be temporarily substituted in
its place-which is intrinsically so awk-
ward as regards appearance that no
sculptor as yet has dared to surmount a
statue with it; that all this is true is but
another proof that the cumulative effect
of custom is to make man do things
which if abruptly started without the
sanction of previous example would
brand him lunatic and perhaps con-
denim him to an insane retreat : NJ T..
! GrdDhic
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-05

The steel pen is a modern invention,
not fifty years having elapsed since it
was introduced, and like many other
innovations it met with much opposition
and had number of rivals OF these
the quill pen was the most formidable,
and to this day the quilts of geese are
used BY some old stagers. Pens of sill
yer and of gold, the latter especially,
have been great fayorites with those who
admire much fexibility in a pen, and
the handy self-feeders, as the stylo-
graphic, have plenty Of users. But,
after all, the steel pen is the most gen.
orally used, and unlike most Inventions,
the method of its manufacture has beer
essentially changed or improved.
The steel from which pens are made
is the finest erucible cast steel rolled
into sheets 7-1000 of an inch thick.
From this the blanks are cut by means
of punch and die in presses worked by
hand or foot, the operators being girls.
The side Sits in the pen, the central
oval or semicircular hole, the eorruga'
tions or embossings, the curved or semi
circular form to the originally Hat blank,
and the stamp of the pen or the maker,
are all formed and produced by similar
meaps-the screw hand press or the
lever foot press-by the use of punches
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-05
md dies, each pen being handled sepa-

and dies, each pen being handled sepa-
rately.
These corrugations and Sits and cen
trail cuts are not merely fanciful orna-
ments, but are intended to adapt the
pen to the user. Some want resisting
pen, very stiff and allowing considerable
pressure without opening the nibs wide
enough to make heavy mark; others a
yielding pen that requires but touch
to open the nibs. Then there are many
degrees of these qualities required, as
we'll as differences in sizes; so that a
single establishment make no less than
forty-six styles of steel pens.
OF course, cast steel of such extreme
tenuity becomes hardened by these sue
cessive dressings and punchings, and
must be annealed. This is done by
placing the blanks, or unfinished pens,
in cast iron box, which is then covered
with larger box leaving space all
around of half an inch, or more. which
Is filled with ashes or fine charcoal.
The whole is then subjected to glow
ing heat for about two hours, and al
lowed to cool. When annealed, these
blanks may be rolled up by the fin
gers Just like so many bits of tea lead,
which they much resemble in softness.
In heating for hardening the same
method is used packing in double boxes
six or eight inches square-and when
the pens are red hot, they are poured in
to tank of animal oil. When taken
out from this bath they must be handled
carefully, as they are not only stiff and
brittle, but crumbly; they can be
squeezed to minute fragments between
! thumb and finger. They are then placed
within cone-shaped sheetiron recepta-
Gle open at the large end and mounted
on a spindle, and rotated over glowing
fire until they turn to full or Glow
| blue. They are then chilled in oil, and
when cool are ratified in sawdust until
they are quite clean and bright. The
! next process is the grinding of the nibs
on the minute wheels of fine emery and
of corundum, and lastly comes the es
! sential process that completes the per
and makes it a pen-the Sitting of the
nibs. This is done by pair of shear
acting the same as the presses anC
punches. This splits the steelfrom poin
to central hole without removing par
ticle of material. The pens are ther
facquered, straw or brown, blued o.
BACKED, or left bright, as the style de
mands. and packed for the market
Scientific american.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-05
4 Cat That Prefers Elevators.


The Tribune elevator car had started
on its upward trip last evening, and the
elevator boy was gazing upward into its
furthest corner, evidently lost in reverie.
Presently there came distinct call in
the shape of a plaintiye ''Maouw." The
elevator boy checked his car forthwith
on a level with the floor whence the
sound came. There was no one to be
seen, and the smallest boy would have
been visible.
"Going up" asked the elevator boy.
''Maouw, naouw" was repeated
The elevator boy slid open the door
and a gray cat walked demurely in,
sprang upon the seat and began licking
her paws until two floors had been
passed, when she uttered another cry
and sprang down before the doorway.
The car stopped, the door was opened,
and Tabby passed ont
is she regular passenger" was
asked.
is she?' said the elevator boy ''Of
course Shelf She lives in the building,
she does. She never walks up or down
stairs 'cept on Sunday, when the ele-
yator amt a running in front. If it's
evening she uses the back elevator.
'.Where is she going now?'
She's jest dropping in to see friend
of hers. He's a lawyer, and he often
stays late to write, and she goes in and
sits on the table and watches him, and
he gives her q bit Of something to eat.
In bout an hour, before my times up,
she'll come back to 90 to the top floor.
Mebbe she'll stop little in the editorial
rooms; then she goes up TO the restau-
rant. She always gets there about
twelve o'clock. when the printers get
their lunch. They all know her.
Sometimes" he added, 'she sits
down in the car and keeps me company
for while She amt any bother. She
knows how TO behave herself a great
deal better than some of them lawyers
and sharp chaps who are always asking
teller whether he's going to get mar
ried, and how's his girl. She goes all
around downtown by herself, she does.
The other morning one of the fellows
saw her down IN Fulton Market. She
knew him and came up and rubbed
against his legs-'top floor here, sir, if
you want to get out. IN. 7. Tribune.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-05

and its dust and ashes merely. One
might as well have his dust and ashes
mixed with the dust and ashes of
in sarcophagus, provided everybody
has forgotten who is in the sarcophagus.
And even if the name be remembered it
dosn't make much difference to the de-
ceased. Either in Heaven or the other
place, what happens to- his poor remains
on earth, above or below, makes no diff
ference to him.
The catacombs were originally Pagan
burying places, but afterwards the
Christians took possession of them. The
inscriptions on some of the tombs are
Pagan, but those of a later date are
covered with the emblems of the new
faith.
A tour through the catacombs is all
very well if you could only go by your
self A dozen miles more or less of
corpses underground isn't very cheer
full thing to explore, and SO, were you
alone, YOU would merely look into the
| first passage, take short into
the second, and diverge into some one
of the chapels, and then get out into the
fresh air where there is something be-
sides death. But unfortunately you are
always in party, and some one in that
party. always an old lady with specta-
cles, will insist upon making the tour of
the entire business. After you have
seen half mile of mortality you have
seen it all, for the next half mile is an
actual repetition of the first, but she
wants every inch of it and as the guide
is paid for it all he cannot refuse to con-
duct us, and as once in you cannot get
out without the guides assistance, you
are booked for the entire trip. And SO
you go on wandering among through
passages filled with the remains of the
dead and as full of ghostly suggestions
as an egg is of meat The old lady stops
and makes enquiries as to every indi-
vidual niche she comes to, thinking she
is possessing herself with information,
every other member Of the party wish
ing heartily that by some process she
could be lost and the rest of us per.
mitted to get out into the open air.
And when we emerge she immediate
ly asks the guide if there are not more
catacombs near by!
There are sixty of these cataeombs in
and about Rome, but they are all alike
1t was an expensive way of interment te
dig these frightful passages out of the
solid rock, but it pleased the people Of
the day and its none of our business
The most of the graves are pictorially
ornamented, and very bad pictures they
are. However, one large class of visi
tors go into raptures over them, ant
| they doubtless serve some purpose. cd
r. Locke, in Toledo Blade.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-05
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by a sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeths If so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. It's value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
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there is no mistake about it. II cures
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ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn. Mrs. WinsloA's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one OF
the Oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and is fol
sale by all druggists throughout the
world Price % cents per bottle.
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