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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-11-13

sheet la place, and she was obliged to
look around for pen and paper. My
dear sir" she repeated again, and
dipped her pen into the ink. But ii
was useless quite, for she had wet the
handle of the penholder itself. Ny
dear sir" she said once more, casting
about for final resource.
Old John began to laugh heartily.
You ale writing TO gentleman,
apparently" ne said. eff I am the
gentleman, verbal answer will do as
well as any other. Gomez"
And then she gave him her reply
in regulation fashion.
They were married within a month.
Mr.. Instep, who knew how these
things were managed, saw them
through it, He had been upon the
point of providing a goodly company
for the occasion from his own wide
circle of acquaintance, but old John
ginning. They wouldn't go much on
style, ho said, and in consequence the
house itself and the trade at large so
nearly monopolized the attendance
that an odor of leather may be said
to have permented the entire affair
Perhaps TO this arrangement more
than to anything else was due the
presence Of Mr.. George Bailey; he
was no doubt the NEST conspicuous
ornament of the evening. And the
next morning when he resumed his
seat behind the great sheet of French
glass his handsome face wore a per
tubered and wistful expression that
was not often there. The morning
was wet and gloomy, and he stood
looking out disconsolately upon the
muddy crossing and the falling rain.
Upon the opposite corner a little girl
was just giving a penny to blind
organ grinder.
All" signs Bailey as he looks that
way, ''if | were only younger, or |
had half his money"
No possessions are good, but by the
good use we make Of them; without
which wealth, power, friends and ser
wants do but help to make cur lives I'm
happy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-11-13
SHORT !; j; :; 81:
Va ~ SV required by the travelling public
"a Short Line, Quick Time
LINE !: "a: GO;

Nh ILW AuKEE
IND ~! s.. PAU:
Sor Ssns ha Wsoonsin Snnesosa Iowa and
Dakota and as its main lines btanehes snd cSnnec-
tons reach all great brsnsas centres OF tao North
ton ton Of Us Short Line and Best Eoats beswesn
Chicago. Milwaukee. St. PauI and
Minneapolis.
Chicago, milwaukee, Portage, La
Crosse and Eyinona.
Chicago, milwaukee, oTsonvf1le, Abb
erdeen and Glendale.
Chicago, milwaukee, Eau Claire and
saltwater.
Chicago. Milwaukee, Wausau and
Worriu.
Chicago. Milwaukee,, Beaver Dam,
Fond du Lac and Oshkosh
Chicago, milwaukee, Wauhesha and
6ceDoEaoWoc.
Czafc2gos Milwaukee, Madison and
Prairie au CHEN,
Chicago. Milwaukee, 0ysatoHna, M an
kata and FarIbauit.
Chicago, BsIO1s, JsnesvtlIe and Min
oral Point.
Chicago, EIssn, Rockford and Du-
bugae.
Chicago. Clinton, Rock Island, Cedar
Rapids and Tama.
Chicago, Des MoiHes, Council Bluffs
and Omaha.
Chicago, Canton, Sioux City, Sioux
Falls and Yankten.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Albert Lea and
Southern Minnesota Points.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Mason City,
Mitchell and Chamberlain.
ROck Island, Dubuque. St. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Davenport, CalmSr. St. Paul and Min
neaPoIis.
Milwaukee. Racine. Ecioit, Freeport,
and Rock Island.
Mitchell, Woisey, Ashton and Aber-
Jim River Valley Line
Pullman SEeepers and the Finest ID Dining
Cars isI the <eorJd are on the main Lines OF
theOHTGA 90, MIL UKEE 6STP UL
RAILWAY, and every attention is paid TO pas
seagers By courteous employees OF the Company.
d. 5. Merrill, Az. II. Carpenter,
Gen1 Manager. Genl Pass. Agent
J. II. Clark. Gee. II. EeaGar6,
GeHY Sups. A9t Genl Pass. ACT
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No possessions are good, but by the
good use we make Of them; without
which wealth, power, friends and ser
wants do but help to make cur lives I'm,
happy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-11-13

Yours devotedly, John Boxtoe.
Therel' cried old John, hopping his
brow with gesture half of relief and
half of expectation.
Name and address, please?" said
Miss Grant, in her usual neat and
business-like way.
''Sure enough, sure enough" he
reioined, with another wave of en-
barrassment surging over his already
crimson face. This is for Miss
Katherine Grant.
s'For me, is it2' she asked, in the
most simple and unsuspecting man
ner in the world. ''Well, then, Just
let me run through it and see what It
is all about. And, as she ran over
her hieraglyphics, a bright spot began
to burn in each cheek, and something
like a smile began to play around her
mouth, and something like tear be
gan to start in each eye What she
was reading was proposal of mar
riage. With admirable presence of
mind she turned to her typewriter.
She would pay hin in his own coin.
MY dear sir" she murmured, and be-
gan to run her fingers over the keys
of the instrument. But there was no
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Notices under this head giving name. occupa:
ton, business or profession, aud location. viii
be charged 81 per annuin.
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ing would be toward regular GUS
toner il he went to the city, where
the market afforded him a larger
and more varied assortment of goods
10 select from. "l'atronizc home in
dustry" should be every mans mot
to. Then let us as community of
Intelligent beings, work more in hsr-
nony, and to each others interest in
these as well as other business mat
ters that almost daily arise in every
business community. To the gen
eral reader, we say, if you are not
already subscriber, now is the time
begin with the new year; one dol
lar is . small sum, and while il does
not more than cover the expense Of
the paper and ink, you get full val
ue for your money, and at the same
time assist in sustaining your best
friend--the county paper; and we
arc enabled to secure advertising
patronage on better terms. This is
the secret ofnewspaper success: A
large circulation, secures large pa
tronage Of paying advertisements. A
newspaper without readers is no bet
ter as an advertising medium, than
Cypress tree ut the forks of the road.
During the past year our subscrip-
ton list has been increased more than
any two years before, but the great
er number has come from beyond the
borders Of our county. We want to
see every mans name who is the
head Of family, in Mississippi coun-
ty, on our subscription list. Send
us your name accompanied by
dollar and see II we can't be Of mu-
tual assistance in showing ourselves
and our County more prominently
to the front. But before we forget
the object Of this item, allow us to
wish you a HArPY New YEAR.
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A FEW TuoUaHTs ON THE STRANGK
ACCIDENTS OF, NATURE, OR
VICE VERSA,
The ETERNAL WISDOM ANDFITNEss
MANIFEST IN ALL THE WoRxs
OF CREATION.

tContribstioul
Continued from our last issue.
The next natural inquiry is, who
is this Great ! Am Creator; what are
His attributes, and what does He ex.
pect, or require Of man for all these
things?
His Secretaries, the inspired wri-
tcrs tell us, man was made in the
image aud likeness Of the Creator.
This is something to be proud Of,
and the only rational excuse ulan
has for any pompous or vain.glori.
Gus display. This fact thus made
known, enables US to judge, know
ingly, that If We despise an migrate,
We know the Creator does also; if
we get tired Of giving and doing
without appreciation, we know that
our Creator does also; il, when we
have done much for any one we hear
him, or Of his saying, d" l don't thank
thank the Id old cuss, l know he
has some motive at the bottom"
Such wanton injustice e1cites our
d,spleasure to such . degree, he is
more than ordinary if he does not
disinherit such . child. Ifs child
continues to manifest absolute, un.
qualified Indifference to all the IA
ther's interests, all natural affection
finally vanishes away. All parents
expect their children to come and
ask, respectfully, for what they want.
But why should |, with my poorgifts,
say more, seeing He hath sent his
only Son to instruct US in all things,
and His most faithful Secretaries,
the Apostles, have most faithfully
recorded them. But then you say,
and find itquite fashionable to say,
a." or, "we doubt the divinity of
this man Christ. We see nothing to
convince as of that fact; he was not
even a prophet, &C." Consult Jew.
ish or Profane history, and find that
Herod had kept ten thousand work
men constantly employed piling up
polished marble blocks in the shape
of 4 Temple Cor forty six years. This
Temple, in which Christ was present
ed--the most massive marble struc.
ture history has ever recorded, was
completed just one year before Christ
commenced His ministry. Did He
not say, or prophecy of this Temple
"there shall not be left one stone
upon another that shall not bc thrown
down." and did not the Roman sol.
dicrs under Titus fulfill this prophe-
cy inside Of fifty years' Then the
presents brought by the wise men Of
the East, under the guidance Of the
star, proves He was the Shilo, of
whom the prorhrta ts.l fcresold.
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lS83--l8S4.

In glAncing over the year 1888,
Just numbered with the past, we
have much to be thankful for, a. n
community; and while our business
and financial interests have suffered
to considerable extent, by reason
of partial failure of crops, and unto
ward visitations Of the destructive
elements, yet, by careful husband.
ing Of our home resources, a general
pulling through to another harvest
time may confidently be expected.
To some the old year has been one
ofunvarying pleasure and happiness;
to others, pain, anguish and disap-
pointmcnt; while to the great ma
jority Of the human family, alternate
joys and SORROWS have been their
portion. Many have lost friends
aud relatives, and the thought Of
near and dear ones gone before tinges
the reflective mind with pcnsivc sad
ness, and admonishcs all that we are
one year nearer the eternal camping
ground-thst We have grown older,
and have advanced one more step
toward that L Undiscovered country,
from whose bourne no traveller re-
turns"
The TINE, has shared in the yicis-
tudes Of changing fortune, and has
little cause for complaint, and much
to be thankful for. In looking back
over the field Of 1893. W. can SEE
many things left undone that might
have been done, and great many
don. that had better been left un-
done. But after all, We are but hu-
man: who is he that has made no
mistake: 1t is only by ceaseless
striving that We approximat" pcrfec-
tion. With firm resolve 1t the be-
ginning of the new year to continue
in earnest cndcavor to make the
TIMES acceptable to its readers, and
to the people of Mississippi county
in particular, mot, however, with the
slightest idea or hope that We can
please each and every one, we earn
estly ask your support and co-opera-
ton, in order to make it more and
more useful, cuterprising and enter
tanning. The way to do this, Is to
give it an unstinted support and in
Auencc, coupled with a liberal pay
ing patronage. The editor knows
that most Of its readers could edit =
paper equally as well, if not a great
deal better than he does it, but as
the general plan Of diversified occu-
patton for the benefit of man has
been so arranged that We can't all be
newspapcrmcn we simply ask you to
stick by the TINES, and the TIMES
will stick to YOU like a brother.
Sclah.
What can be done at home, should
under no circumstances he sent for
away from it. BY patronizing home
Institutions you keep your money At
home to circulate among the people,
and run big risk Of getting il back
again. If you have job work. sach
rs bill.heads, lctter-heals, state
ments, cards &c, please bring them
to us, aud il we can't perhaps charge
you less for the work than you can
get it done in th, cities, il yon are a
merchant, sememl'er what v",r feel
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be the seven thousandth year, which
according to eur reckoning, is but
III years oil, for as in the creation,
the evening and the morning were
reckoned as the first day, the millen-
mum may commence on the evening
of the sixth thousandth year. The
earth will be full Of people BY that
time, and ] am afraid, the people
full of iniquity. Solomon says,
righteousness exalteth . people, but
iniquity destroys them" The histo-
ry Of all the nations of the earth
magnify the wisdom Of the remark.
r. J.
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Circuit Court will meet on tn,

Circuit Court will meet on the
2nd. Monday in January, 1884. Du.
ring the past year we have published
warming orders, clerk and masters
sales, sherifl's sales, guardians no
tices, and other legal publications
for which we have not yet received
compensation. This is to say to
those who know themselves thus in
debted to the TINES, to come pre-
pared to settle. We also have q few
old dciinquents on subscription,
small balances on announcements,
tickets, &c, which we want squared
up. Yonr accounts will be made
out ready to be receipted. We
must have what is due US.
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~Advertisers by the year will terestricte'
10 their legitimate business

u-Advertisers by the year will terestrlcted
10 their legitimate bnsiness
@Yeariy advertisements may be changed OF
reset four times during the year free Of charge.
e~Parties contracting for yearly advertise
uaepts and disseminating from any cause. will be
charged snort time rates, as per time inserted.
Bys RATES.
A3vertisins Agencies, must be paid for In I'D
vance, or . deposit made with some one whow
We may designate.
II Marriages and deaths. not exceeding tor
lines will he published - news, free ~ charge,
bat obituaries, tributes OF respect. funeral soti'
ca AID Invitations charged ~ advertisements.
|" Ali personal matter, letters or commsni-
cations setting forth individuai schemes OF In
o. parties, organizations or soctetiss. VIII DC
charged for a. other Advertisements
CO-In all Legitimate demands Of the demo
~ratic or Conservative party, or Of the great IN
serssta Of the general public upon our columns,
tas TiMEs will not isil VI Its duty.
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THE OSCEOLA TIMES.
LEON ROUSSAN,
Hditorand Proprieto

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. lin ADVANCE .
For 4 Term OF One year. 0o
a, =, StX Months. ..... ....... 70
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

by mutual agreement the different denonina-
tiohs will hold divine services IN the Union
church a. follows:
METHODIST Rev. 7. u v. 'aIuss, hrst and
fourth Sabb ,ths OF each month. a. % ceola
second sabbath at Mil bayou and Elmot.
Il.-d Sabbath ~ sandy Bsyos and Carssn
lake
HArris--cev W. IL Bark.'lsle, Of Memphis,
second SaAka ath iu each month.
tuRIsus~-Kev. Mr.. Jones, third sabbath IN
each month.
PgxsrrrGniAS Rev. Mr.. Cochran. OF Mem
pLis. fourth sunday In each month.
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Official Directory.

COUNTY OFFICERS:
County and Probate Judges . 8emmee.
County aud C,rcuit Clerk--Ben. II Bscchas.
shet hi and Collector w. y. B.-Haskias.
County Examiner Leon Roussan.
tvunty Treasurcr-y. W CExeil
County sarveyor-J II. Caruthsrs.
County COrvuer y. n. lAwrsues.
County Asscssa-J. ". Riggaas.
MONROE TOWNSHIP.
3u,aeee Of the lxea--J mes Listoa, ". 4.
Moss.
Constxbis-Georss Joyner.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Aayor-Alcx Goodrich.
Rccorder-Iiugh X Nc|eigh.
Aldermsn-James Liston, Peter Brickey, Geo.
r btswsll, W. r. Hale, Jas II. Hamilton.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
one dollar per square OF one inch running
measure, or space ften lines OF this type. ior
arst iusertion, and seventy live cents Ior each
subsequent insertion.
>.ppc AN .nyYpTISEMEtTy:
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RATES OFADVERTISING:
FoR TRANSIENT AND LEGAL NOTICES

''''' IN LOCAL COLUMN
First insertion, per line. .....'......'. 10 cen"
.. r aeh subsequent insertion. ...........V
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SYSTEMATIC DISCIPLINE.
OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL

The first term Of this School open.
ed September Eth, 1888.
C"nmodious building. Healthy Location,
Competent and suficirn, Faculty, tu,r,e II
study equal to any In the State.
fir-t session ofeye months -sl.c~ci scpt 18th.
TERMS. FER MONTH.
Pupils out,i,ic Of school District MOL.
Common school Cocrs~. .................. g. o..
iish Sthoof Co,lrse. ......... 10.
Latin, Book Keeping, tfc., ....,..... o ~.
Mhsi., ...'.. ..+..........-..... ..... 4, ,u.
i'racficr, one hour, .......-... .......... 90.
No d, dIct'on TO- absence for lces than u neath
Young girls or boys Of limited mcans desiring
to prppare themselves tor teach,rS. can oipts{S
reduced rates 10y app.ying to the l'rincipal
Parties desiring To rend from home 10 schosi.
and teachers desiring TO prepare themselves for
higher q ade oficachiDg, viii do well TO invrs-
iigate the merits oi Oeceola liigh school before
making final arrangements eircwhcrr.
. Patrons 81 the school. and parties desiring In.
formafiOn relative To patr0nlzing II, win have
their wishes kindly considered BY applying di.
iectly 10, or by addressing the
PRINCIPAL.
OsceOla High School,
Ossesia. AfG.
BOARD ~ DIRECTORS:
=. % Hale, Y. y. wiLL,Ans, q. r..rowfls.
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SACRED HEART ACADEMY.
HELENA, ARK
n Select Day and boarding School
for Young Ladies.
tirst Session Coamercing Monday. Sept. srl.


iss3
TERMS
Rosrd and Tuition In the Common llranchsa.
~ Va: Reading, Wn ing. Arithmetic. Enriisk
Grammar. Geography i"sin sewing. Mar-!ug.
and Ne~'ll~- Work, $500.
Board sad Tuition iu the Myher Brsuchea.
w; Philosophy, Rhetoric, Botany, Alge0ra.
ooiniosition History, Astronomy, Chemistry,
Optics, etc. eIW,W
tXtRA CHARGES:
Lessons on the Piano with the use og
NV He'fuintuts 2S8. CO.
!iooks for Glasses and stationery .....' zoo.
Wsrhing aud Mcnding. ................. 500
All payments 10 he made In advance. uul,ss
ssu"sctf! arrangements are made beforehand.
- Charyes ars made from the date Of entrance.
No deduction will he ma.ic for absrncc unisss
ID csss of proirscted sickness or iisnissai
Al Communications cope citing the Academy
addressed To- the sister rtj j,eriOr, Helena, Arb.
WI receive immediate attention y.i-Sm
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-15

The campaign biography of Thomas A.
Hendricks issued for the purpose of assisting
him to votes, says of the canvass in this State
in 1872, in which Mr.. Hendricks was candi-
date for Governor:
There was good deal of Temperance sem
timent in the State, to which Mr.. Hendricks
made himself acceptable The purpose of the
temperance folks was to secure a local-option
law, and this Mr.. Hendricks allowed himself
TO be understood he would approve. which he
afterward did, in the shape Of what is known
as the Baxter law
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-15

The Kokomo Dispatch prints foul article
upon the Blaine-sentinel libel, crediting it to
the indianapolis Journal. ofcourse, the wrong
fulness Of the credit win occur to any one
who uses his thought when reading the vii
famous stuff. Nothing Of the kind ever
appeared in this paper. The credit may be
the result Of typographical error and we
have written Mr.. Henderson to make the cor
rectiOn in the next issue Of the Dispatch,
which we presume viii be cheerfully and
promptly DONE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-15

tariff, hundreds Of thousands of men now
mechanics would be farmers, the demand for
grain and farm products would be greatly
curtailed, while the quantity produced would
be largely in excess. The inevitable sequel
would follow. Prices Of farm products would
go down with rush. Liverpool would, in
deed, fix the price Of American grain, and the
result would be disastrous to every interest Of
the country. But for Democratic folly in
antagonizing this policy there would be abso-
lutely nothing in the way of continued and
even greater progress. The advance made
between 1880 and 1860, SO ostentatiously
paraded By Democrats, is as nothing compared
with that made since 1860, all things
considered. The burden that has been
put upon the energy Of the American
people since 1860, through the war, would
have crushed the people under the conditions
that existed ten years prior to the firing on
Fort Sumter. It remains for the people tosay
whether this excellent policy shall go on to its
legitimate conclusion under the management
of the party that has done all that has been
well done, or whether, as an experiment, they
will turn out faithful servants and substitute
new ones made up of the riff-raf elements of
Democratic politicians. Such stupendous
piece of folly is scarcely possible; the spread
Of intelligence forbids its probability.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-15

New YORK independents are rejoicing
greatly over the accession to their ranks Of
Mr.. Hamilton Fish, President Grants ex-
Secretary of State. Under certain circum-
stances fish become too ripe, and as this one
has been out Of diplomatic waters 50 long, he
may be in just that condition. There was
gentle whisper, at the end Of his eight-years'
service, that none were 50 disappointed as he
over the failure Of the third term idea, owing
to hope he was suspected of holding of
eventually becoming king Possibly disap-
point as well as time, has done its work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-15

THE New York Post, whose remarkable code
of morality has been widely commented on,
complains Of the degradation Of the Blaine
press and the difficulty Of arguing about mo-
rality with Blaine writer's, and adds plant
lively: mo matter what you catch them in,
they laugh and begin talking about something
else" As the catching you" have done
up to date resembles the celebrated exploit of
John Phoenix, who held bis enemy down by
the simple expedient of inserting his nose be-
tween his (the enemy's) teeth, why, sad as
the fact is, the Blaine papers have to laugh;
they can't help it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-15

THE talk about Mr.. Blaine 'Sdodgingv a
vote on the prohibition amendment is the YER
lest twaddle. He did not vote upon the
amendment and in speech at night pro-
ceeded to give his reason why, which speech
appeared in every city and town in the United
States the next morning That is "dodgingy
with vengeance. Every man with a thin
bleful Of brains will heartily agree with Mr..
Blaine in the reason he assigned for not vot-
ing for prohibition. Even the Prohibitionists
who desire to make that question an issue be-
tween the Republican and Democratic parties
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-15

In 1860-6l Democracy steered slavery
against the Republican party, with what re-
suit is known. Another Attempts making to
oppose class interest against the Republican
ticket. If experience is worth anything, the
scheme win not succeed. The Republican
party has a way Of knocking out that is
very discouraging to those who try to stand
up before it, and it is as sEillful and vigorous
new as at any time in its history.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-15

Ell MONITOR REPUBLIoANo, a Mexican pa
per, has this to say of the Democratic plan Of
campaign:
NThey have lifted with indecent hand the
irreverent and profane foot in the sanctuary
of the family. They have grasped the filth
and pus of the vilest passions to cast them in
the faces of the men that have been presented
as worthy to guide the destinies of the Repub-
lie, and have not hesitated to cover with deris-
ion the names of honorable women and inno-
cent children"
In these intense words the indianapolis
Sentinel can see what ''greaser9 thinks of its
course.