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The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-25

We have neglected time and again to speak of an enormous yield of Irish potatoes made from our soil by Dr. R. NJ. West. In the spring he measured off just one eighth of an acre, and after ma nuring it well, planted it in Irish potatoes. He did this to see exact ly how many bushels of potates could be produced to the acre. When the time came to dig them, he gathered a little over oue hun dred bushels off of that one.eighth of an ecre; averaging a yield of eight hundred bushels to the acre, when we'll manured and cultivated. Why should we buy anything to eat when our soil is so productive? Clarendon Age.
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It may not be generally known, yet such is the fact, that Arkan- sas is the natural home Cf the gra- pc, and that the finest and most highly prized varieties of the Rhine and the Rhone were taken back to La Belle France" by those early French settlers who, a century and half ago, explored the valleys of the. Arkansas and Ouachita. They were found grow ing wild and have been improved by cultivation until the world bows in homage before their matchless qualities.- Spirit of Arkansas.
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daily and weekly papers from every. state in the Union. There are 60 from Indiana, 100 from Illinois 30 from Iowa B from Georgia, 30 from California, 45 from Massachusetts, etc. What would you think of such individ- ual enterprise as that in Wabash?
 You will ask me what l think Of Arkansas? The HALF has not been TOLD to her credit. 1 had heard of her big wheat, oats, etc, but the specimens exceed all re ports. l have seen cotton so high that I could but just reach the tops on horseback; corn nineteen feet high; oats seven feet high, with heads twenty-two inches long; apples weighing 24l ounces, and pears weighing 301 oz. Coal. said to be the finest in the world, and minerals, are found here ill abundance. The climate at this season is most delightful. The people seem cheerful, kind and hospitable. The only thing lack ing is schools in the country. They have good schools in all towns and with immigration will come schools and churches. You cannot have all these and have cheap lands. I have bought me small farm of POO acres of as fine land as any in the Wabash valley; 160 acres prairie and 40 acres woodland; such land can be bought from $2 to S4 per acre. l shall return in a few days and will bring some of the products to show to the unbe.ieving. l think this is the great fruit land ol America, and to any of my friends who contemplate visiting the South, I say, go by the St. Louis
 Iron Mountain and Southern Rail way, and don't fail to call at Little Rock and see the free Reading Room of Col. Mills, and the mag. nificent collection of grains, gras
 ses and fruits being gathered foi the Centennial exhibition at Phil
 adelphia. Let me say word about grasses before l close this hastily written letter. l have seen timothy four feet high, with heads ten inches long, and tho finest red top clover l ever saw
 It seems just the place for an en
 terprising man whether rich ol poor-as you will find nice prairie good timber, good water and a' kind hospitable people as evel lived. J. c. RIDGwAY.
 P. S.-I take great pleasure il calling the attention of your read
 CTS who wish to visit Little Rock to the fact that the Central Rouse is a first-class place to stop, ant the proprietor, Dr. Chrisman, perfect gentleman in every re
 snect. J. C. R.
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build home and lay up wealth for your children among a hospit- able people. Will you go and ac- cumulate riches or remain as starvelings in the North.
 Forty years ago Northern Ohio was one vast forest with hills and broken land and but few settle ments. Now it is dotted all over with beautiful cities and villages and it's wealth is almost beyond computation. To-day Arkansas stands as one great forest with majestic trees rivaling those of Ohio, with soil of a similar char acter, with broad acres less broken, Gin fact almost level, and water ed by numerous navigable streams, and with portions of the State filled with mines of coal and mineral substances where must eventually arise Pittsburg of the West. These broad acres can be secured with a few paltry dol lars and poor men can build com fortable homes upon them with their own hands, and with little or no money. Men of the North !! men of New England! men of the cold icy Northwest, we have in- vestigated these matters and state what we know. We have, in a free and untrammeled way, con versed with her people and we know they stand ready to welcome you as brothers and friends who have, by thrift, enterprise and true manliness, commanded their respect. Again we ask, will you go to Arkansas and build up homes for yourselves and your children while there is an oppor- tunity, or will you remain toiling on from year to year in the icy North with no hope of advance ment? We ask these questions in all seriousness and leave the answer with you.
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PUBLIC PRINTING.

Inasmuch as there has been some doubt expressed as to what Is by law, required to be published, we here present synopsis or such sections as bear on the subject. All publications are by the latest act, required to be published in the
 LOCAL COUNTY PAPER, having bona fde circulation. The sections referred to are in Gantt's Digest.
 Section 6l5. Provides that notices or tho order of the County Court, for calling Tn county scrip, to redeem, cancel or reissue, 10 be published two weeks Tn succession the last insertion to be 30 days before the sitting sec. G0. Notice 10 creditors. that letters administration have been given, if order d by the court.
 Sec. 160. Publication in case no heirs are known. weeks.
 Sec. i@9. Aft sr adjournment of Probate Court, clerk to publish list Of administrators and executors, who filed their accounts cur rent for settlement.
 Sec lsO In actions for settlement of es- states of deceased persons, notice to credit CTS must be given by publication; court may order further notice;
 See. lG0. Nonresident distributee. to have notice of application for distribution by publication weeks.
 Sec. l76. No lands of estates can be sold for payment of debts, till notice of the appli- cation for such sale has been published in a newspaper four weeks before the applica- tion is made.
 Sees. 7s1 and 7ss. Notice of confirmation of title hY purchaser, when the lahd IS not redeemed. published weeks.
 Sec. 2426 Advertisements of estrays, horse, mare, mule, Jack or Jennett, II ap- praised as high as S20.--Clerk responsible to printer for fees.
 Sec 26TS. Notice of execution sales of real estate, two insertions, at least, before day of sale.
 Sec. 3i6S Provides for guardians Of inssne or drunken persons, to give notice of ap- pointmcnt 3 times weekly.
 hpfDrf the Of wards land, shall advertise as the court may direct.
 See 3sb0-6I. Commissioner shall adyer- tlse-ln the county where the land is-any confirmation of swamp land.
 sac. 452a Warning Orders four weeks Tn case non-reslden' Is defendant, in attach ment or other suts-by clerk or justice of the peace, as the case may be-
 sec. 5202. Clerk to publish notice of re- demption of land sold for taxes Si for each tract.
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As the campaign closes that why'd functionary the chairman of the State Committee, is flooding the papers with his bugle blast. It has about as much effect upon the average vote as paper bullet would have on a pier of the Brook lyn bridge. It is very doubtful if any one except the author ever reads the production at all.
 Senator Morton should put a brake on his organ. The presiden- tial nomination won't be made for some time yet and the organs single tune, Morton will become very monotonous if kept up till then.
 HURAH FOR ARKANSAS At the St. Louis fair Arkansas carried off the sweepstake tor the best bale of cotton raised any whhre !-the premium for ths best peaches, and exhibited the largest cucumber and biggest apple! The apple was raised in Benton county by Mr.Allie Dixon. Three cheers for onr state! say we.-Bentonville Advance
 The difference between perse- verance and obstinancy is that one often comes from a strong will, anf the other from a strong won't.
 There is a pond near Watch Hill, Rhode Island, the bottom of which the longest sounding lines have never succeeded in find ind and which is popularly sup posed to be fathomless
 A POUND of copperas dissolved Tn pail full of soft soap and when thinned with water, applied to onions, is good to keep off mag gots add to promote the growth of the onions.
 Beyond any sort of doubt, seeds soaked in weak camphor water. will sprout aud grow vigorously, when the same seeds, not thus treated, will refuse to show any signs whatever of vitality.
 Marshal McMahon's income as President of France IS $l20,0OO per annum, besides which he is allowed $7S,000 for household and reception expenses.
 Miss Annie Louise Cary will return from Europe to Durham Me, her native place in May or June next, where her father who is in poor health, now resides.
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ARKANSAS.
How New Corners like our
 State.

state.
 There are a class of men every where who never get along we'll. They are chronic grumblers and can always find something to complain at, and nothing to feel thankful for. No matter how eX cellent the country may be, they always have something discour- aging to say about it to those seeking information concerning It. There are a few of this kind here, and to them, all our efforts to call the attention of immigrants to the advantages of our country seem like deceptive allurements. All that's the matter with this class of men is they are too indolent and good for-nothing to make use of the golden opportunities with which they are surrounded, and their whining is not worth llsten- ing to.
 In contra distinction to the opinion held by this class, we give the following letter from gentle man who is a newcomer to our state. His letter we find in the Spirit of Arkansas, copied from the Wabash Free Trader. This is the view entertained of our State by disinterested party, and he has made purchases of land and will soon move to our state. We append the letter as follows;
 LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Ger. ', 1875.
 Your correspondent has been rus ticating for the last four days in this much misunderstood land of fertility and flowers. We were too late to join the great excursion of Northern editors, who through the liberality and enterprise of the Hon. J. M. Loughborough, Land commissioner of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and South ern Railway and Col. T B. Mills, one of the most public spirited citizens of Arkansas, have been taking a look at the wonderful natural resources of this State. The day we arrived was the last day ot the excursion in Arkansas, and the company numbering about l50 divided, one half going over the Memphis and Little Rock railroad, to Forrest City, 90 miles, and the other half going over the Little Rock and Fort Smith rail road, to the celebrated Spadra coal mines, 100 miles west of here. The editors are perfectly enthu- siastic over the State, as most everybody else is, who has visi- ted the State this year. The people have been wild with de light at the opportunity thus pre- sented of showing to their breth- ren of the North that Arkansas is peaceable law abiding and desi- rous of immigration. Here q magnificent banquet was given them and the whole city was clamoring for an opportunity to extend hospitality, From here the party went to Hot Springs, whose fame is becoming world wide, and where Senator Morton has sought relief several times. There the most generous welcome awaited them, and their coming was made an occasion of festivities that would honor any of the large cities of the North.
 Col. T. B. Mills real estate dealer, believes in making the state known, and his courtesies to strangers, whether they purchase or not, wins the hearts of all who visit his office. He has estab. lished a free reading room, where can he found q thousand different
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A TRURHFUL REPORT.

Spirit of Arkansas.1
 We are indebted to MT. c. Hay iland, one of the editorial eXcur- sion, editor of the Gem of the West, Chicago, for advance sheets of that paper, containing the fol lowing:
 ANOTHER EDITORIAL OPINION.
 ARKANSAS: ITS PAST AND ITS FUTURE.
 Half a century ago Arkansas was represented as God forsak- en country where civilized beings could not maintain themselves without the wie-knife and Der ringer as constant companions. Time rolled on. The great civil war carried Northern men up and down its valleys and over its broad plateaus. It was found to be a land capable of dense popu- lation and those who came home from the war told of it's varied beauties, it's majestic trees, its navigable streams. it's minerals, its ores, its fruits, it's Inviting eli mate and it's fountains of health. Peace was declared and thousands looked with longing eyes to sunny Arkansas, but alas the strife was still going on. Men who had long lived with slaves to do their bidding could not forget all in a day, and many of those who went among them from the North prov ed but enemies in disguise. There was strife and contention but at last peace came to them and they are now a united and happy people, asking men of the North to lay aside their prejudices and come among them as brothers of one great nation. We have been among them. We have con versed with their people. We have investigated as to their re- sources looked upon their prairies and their forests and we do not hesitate to declare that no State in the union offers such attrac- tions for the enterprising people of the North as the hitherto un- known and uneXplored Arkansas. Peace reigns within her borders. There is no longer prejudice against Northern men, no feeling of hatred, no animoslty, but an earnest desire that the enterpris ing men of the North shall come among them and build up their State.
 Men of the North. Frost bitten farmers of New England, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota there is beautiful field of promise, land where Winter is almost unknown, where the tropical plants and the grains of the North grow side by side, where millions of acres can be bought at from one to five dollars per acre, where Uncle sam still offers you his title deed, and where fortune awaits all who choose to partake of the hospital ity of it's people and aid in build ing up the State. Soldier boys of the North the boys who wore the gray, the noble sons ot the South, who were not less brave than you were, stand with open arms to greet you as brave sol diers, as honest sons of great nation. Will you accept the right hand of fellowship and bear to them the olive. branch of peace?
 It is q golden opportunity to
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Agents for the Democrat.

J. B. ERWIN, E. B. FARRELL, J. M. IIARKEy J. ". RUSSELL, J. L. SHINN, C. E. HOWELL, J. c. FERGUSON, R. J. WILSON. M. E. RoYs, JAMES l. PeTTs. s. A. BUCK, N. D. SHINN. J. A. HEARNE, F.. II. PoE, JAMES FOWLER, JtF. MUNDAY, G. W. HARKEY, JNo. QUINN G. l.. bURNEy, II. HARKEY, II. C. HOWELL NJ. II. BAIRD and ELD. J. B. DALTON.
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A su,enaid Offer

We will send to any one forwarding us 8 50, the DEMOCRAT and A,fhHr's Itkust,d- = led Home Ma9dsiRe for twelve months, and will give free te every subscriber for the two, splendid premium engraving. " eO that your own county paper will only cost you $1 year, and you will get the engra- ying free.
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Tho DEMOCRAT is the best advertising 2 sheet in the state. It's extensive circulation in the Southwest. among the planters, mer- chants and business men, renders it espe- cially desirable to those who wish to reach the general and substancial public by ad- vertising their respective business and in terests.
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All bills with our advertisers are to be settled at the end of every month without fail, and advertisements not settled for at that time will be discontinued, without no- tice, unless special arrangements are made. An local notices must be paid for at the rate of ten cents per line, for each insertion. This rule is imperative and must be aa- hcred to,
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Attention Irangers,

We are now prepared to furnish both the DFMocRA and the St. Louis Nidfand Far ,,er twelve months for the small sum Of one dollar and seventy five cents. The hfdtand Fasmeris a handsome eight page Agricui- tnral Journal issued monthly, and is replete with we'll written agricultural essays, sta tistics, market reports, etc. specimen cop les may be seen at this ofce
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THE DEM O C k AT

Cards or communications of . personal character if admissible at all, double the usual rates, and strictly in advance.
 Communications for the Agricultural de- partment should be handed in by f2 m. Fri day. Those intended for the Editorial or local departments by W ednesday noon. Advertisements by Wednesday morning.
 special notices double the above rates Editorial notices twenty five cents a line for the first and fifteen cents for each addi- ton insertion. All transient advertisements cash in advance. Marriage and obituary notices not to exceed four lines, free; over our twenty centt per line.
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THE DEMOCRAT

Has thslargest circulation of any paper in the State, outside of Little Rock, and is not surpassed by auy other paper in the South west being circulated in nearly every town and city in the south and west, and read by an intelligent, contemplating people.
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Noman's name put cn our new subscrip tion book, without the money paid down Don't ask us to send the DEMOCRAT withou the money, for you will positively be re fused, --onc and all.
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 stPeterson's Magazine" contains, every year, 1000 pages, l4 steel plates. 12 colored Berlin patterns, l2 mammoth colored fashion plates, 24 pages of music, and 900 wood cuts.
 Great improvements will be made in 1876. Among them will be a se- ries of illustrated articles on the Great Exhibition at Philadelphia, which will alone be worth the sub scription price. They will be appro- priately called
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The immense circulation of 3Pe- terson" enables its proprietor to spend more money on embeliish- ments, stories, &c., &c., than any other. It gives more for the money than any in the world. Its
 THRILLING TALES & NOVELTIES Are the best published anywhere. All the most popular writers are employed to write originally for "Petcrson. In 1876, in addition to the usual quantity of short stories, FIVE ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT NOVELTIES will be given, by Mrs. Ann s. Stephens, Frank Lee Beneeict, Mrs. F. II. Burnett, and others.
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Ahead of all others. These plates are engraved on steel, TWICE THE USUAL SIZE, and are unequaled for beauty. They will be superbly col ored. Also, Household and other receips; in short, everything inter- esting to ladies.
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WEIGHS WHEN BOXED OVER ONE THOUSAND POUNDS. Liberal terms to dealers.
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 Circuit Court: Twelfth Monday after fol1rth Monday in February and August
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Connection made at Argenta with the Memphis & Little Rock Railway. and close connection at the crossing. of the Cairo & Fulton railroad with trains north and south. Through Bills of Iading given from It. smith Van Buren, Ozark, Clarksville, and all points on the road to New York, Boston, Providence, Philadelphia. St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, &c. isates low, and transportation rapid. THEO. HARTMAN,
 Superintendent.
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Coal Iron Re zion
vaIuableTimoer CT,

principally oak. cottonwood, walnut, cher, ". hickory, gum, sycamore, maple, aSn anu pine.
 The range is most superior, and very me for stock raising. Clover, timothy anu herdsgrass grow well on the low ianus.
 The counties are well situated for the con venience of transportation, as they border on the Arkansas river, and the Little hoek and Fort smith Railway passes through Conway, Pope and Johnson, which IS com pieted and in active operation as Tar as ozark in Franklin county.
 The population of these counties IS apou as follows Pope 10000; Conway 5000; Yell 13.500, Johnson 10000. They also possess good educational facilities in the way of numerous
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MAIL SCHEDULE.

Meet every Wednesday night. Lr. J. ". pruett, W. C. T.; J. T. Fowler, Secretary.
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ErateYn al.

a AsoSs-Meet on Main street on "A the fist and third Saturdays in eacn WY Month. J. W. Russell, w. M. J. B. w Erwin Scc'ty.
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Spirit of Arkansas.
 We are indebted to MT. c. Hay iland, one of the editorial eXcur- sion, editor of the Gem of the West, Chicago, for advance sheets of that paper, containing the fol lowing:
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EAST: .rpIvrs I2:50 p. m rsrn.pr. 9:2S 8. m
 WEST: .n,,rrs 9:es @. m DEPART3 hS''V P' ''i
 NORTH; ARRIVES, Tues, Ihurs., & oa,', ii o0 'oU a' m m DEPARTS i'VO r. Ill
 SOUTH: ARRIVES s.U a " " DEPARTS lao r. ih The Eastern, Western and Southern mails arrive and depart daily, sundays excepted.
 J. ARTHCR ERWIN, P. M.
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CITY OFFICERS.

M,yor- ........... J. B. ERWIN. Recoreier, II. F. WHITE. Treasurer, ......... W .. hCo+ E, Town Marshal, ........... L. C. Lo hEt'