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The Russellville Democrat., 1875-12-23
NEW LAWS.

The following is an additional list of new laws passed at the recent session ot the General Assembly:
 No. l5 For the relief of the securities of John P. Bull, as sheriff and collector of taxes in the ceurty of Hampstead.
 Nc. 16-To authorize the state board of election supervisors to deposit the records and papers of elections in the office of the seere tarv of state, and to fix their com pensation.
 No. ITO amend an act entl- tied "An act to amend the reve- nue laws of the State," approved March }, 1875.
 No. lS-To provide for funding the auditors warrants and treas urers' certificates issued since the twenty-third day of December, 1874.
 No. l9-To enlarge the bounds 'of the penitentiary grounds.
 No. 20-Makin9 an appropria- tion to procure a confirmation of lands donated by congress to the state.
 No. 2l--Requiring all state and county officers to procure thelr commissions, and for other pur- poses.
 No. 22--To amend section l of an act entitled "An act to be en- titled to change the time for hold ing the courts in the Sixth judi cial circuit, and for empowering and requiring the judge of the Second judicial circuit to hold a term of the circuit court in each of the counties of Clayton, Green and Craighead.
 No. 23-To be entitled "An act for the relief of laborers and me thanics.
 No. 24-Regulating proceedings in county courts in cases of bas' tardy, and for other purposes.
 No. 25-To fix the salaries oi county and probate judges in the counties therein named.
 No. 26-To assess the lands 1T this state heretofore donated tc any railroad or railroad corpora tion, where the title to such lands has passed from the government of the United States.
 No. 27-To provide for the can cellation and reissue of outstand ing school warrants, and to pro vide for uniform system of reg isterlng and issuing the same.
 No. 2S-To construe the gener al insurance laws of the state O Arkansas, and the act amendato " thereof, approved February ~ 1875, entitled An act to establish an insurance bureau, and to abol ish the office of insurance commls sioner."
 No. 29-To change the time O holding the courts in the sewers counties of the Third judicial ell cult of Arkansas.
 No. 30--Changing the time ( holding the probate court in Jaeh son county.
 No. 3lHChanging the boundar line between Drew and Chlc' counties. ,,o
 No. 32-To amend section 1ic of Gantt's Digest.
 No. 33--Authorlzing the couhl
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-12-23
Foot Comforts.

Never % to bed with cold feet. Never try to sleep without being perfectly certain that you will be able to keep them warm. To lie one night with cold feet, gives such strain on the system as will be felt seriously, perhaps end ing in fit of sickness.
 Cold feet show an unbalanced circulation. The very best thing to do is to warm them by exercise, if that be practicable. If not, try dipping them in hot and cold wa ter, alternately, two or three times and then use vigorous friction: If that does not warm them ana keep them warm, heat them be- fore the fire, drying them thor oughly, and then correct your habits or improve your health, for be sure that one or the other IS wrong, perhaps both.
 With all the rest, if you sleep on a hard bed, with cotton sheets, in a cold room, put on an extra covering on the feet. It is very convenient to have foot comfort just wide enough to cover the top of the bed and almost a yard deep. This may be made of some light material (perhaps the remains of pretty dress, filled with cotton, like a comfortable" and tackled with some harmonious color. During the day this may be thrown over the foot board, and spread on the bed at night. The advantage of this is to secure sufficient light covering for the feet without overburdening the re- mainder of the body.
 If you use hot brick or an irou, put it in the bed a little be- | forehand, then when retiring remove it. To sleep with the feet in contact with it, has a tendancy to make the feet tender.
 Bnt better than both these, and to be used with or without them, IS the foot blanket. This may be a square yard of domestic fianel, or anything else you like that IS warm enough, only have it nice and clean. Fold this around your feet and ankles before you put them down into the bed. II not very cold, this will often warm them, especially if you have used friction; and if warm 1t will pre- vent their becoming cold by con tact with the cold sheets. It does not make the feet tender and it is farmore convenient than the hot brick or soap-stone. Try it, and if you are troupled wltil cold feet you will be likely to keer it by you hereafter. Whatever you use, always lie at full length To "curl up," flinders free circnla tion.-Herald of Health.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-12-23
CAUTION!


 in the of tme demand enlarge AARON public ceap" Piano bearing
  chasing thinking obtaining Piano
  o the following fact namey: AIIhe manufacture the following cast in large letters, right hand pate
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-12-23

The United States supreme court has ordered the Arkansas Hot Springs case to be advanced on the docket, and by agreement of council the arguments will be heard on the 4th of January next. These cases were decided in favor of the government by the court of claims last spring, and the claim ants of the title to the lands in volyed appealed. A large array of council has been engaged to ap- near for the claimants, prominent a,nono whom are Matt. Il. Car nenter and Albert Pike.
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Grange D e p't
C. F. TOBEY, Editor.

Communications intended for the Editor of this department should be addressed to him al Sorristown, Ark.
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A Kentucky man mistook car bolic acic for whisky. lttook the ease just nine seconds to develop itself.
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LITTLE ROCK COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
 AND TELEGRAPH INSTITUTE.
The Most Complete, Thorough and Practical Institution in the
 Country.
Little Rock, Ark.

THIS Institution offers superior Il facilities for preparing young and middle aged men and women for the counting room, and for the management of business and finan- cial affairs.
 The full Commercial course as presented in the PREPARATORY, TIE oRY, ACTUAL BUSINESS and BANKING DEPARTMENTS of the College, em- braces critical instruction to those who may require it, in Reading, Spelling and Arithmetic, Book-keep- ing, by Single and Double entry, as applied to business pursuits of every description. Business Pen- manship, Commercial Calculations, Mercantile Correspondence, Detec- tion of Counterfeit Money, Lectures on the Science of Accounts, Busi- ness Activities, Organizations, Econ omies, Business Customs and Eti- quette, Commercial Law, Finance and General Laws of Trade.
 TERMS, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: Life Scholarship, full Con-
 mercial Course .. $50 OO Full Course in Telegraphing by Sound and Paper $50 0C
 SPECIAL DISCOUNTS will be made to Clubs and Deserving Parties. Usual time required to complete the Full Commercial Course, from 10 to l5 weeks.
 Students can enter the Collgee al any time, as there are no vacations Be sure to visit or address this College before going elsewhere. AARON BALES, Principal. | 45-l2m
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-12-23

Arn PnoFores have been adopted and used clusively in the New York Conservatory of Music. Piano undergo The New York Music constantly upwards Thirty Arion Pianos, and durability excellent Pianos also by the leading
  the principal Opera Troupes.
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B. w. CLEANER, Carpenter, Builder.
 AND Undortakcr.

RUSSELLVILLE =. ARKANSAS. All Work promptly attended to and satis faction guaranteed. M@lF-s Shop south east corner of River and
 David streets. i-l
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-12-23
ARION PIANO-FORTE.
 Patented Nov l3, ls66 and June g, 1868.

neither the plate first is therefore perfect safeguard to purchasers.
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SEVENTH

world who Pianos testify the excellent and the Music throughout the United States have adopted the ARION PIANO.
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FOURTH

The Arion in tune longer than any other Piano fully since its first introduction Pubc for proof of this fact read testimonials from
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SIXTH

Although to than other peculiar construc,ion GRADEo purchased elsewhere; because business facilities for mnuaur- ing being UNLIMITED.
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Pamphlet and mention this noicc
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FIRST.
SECOND.

The Arion is perfect an instrument in workmanship materials used in its construction AS CAN BE MADE, we manufacture is fully warranted for five years.
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THIRD

These Instruments greater VOLUME of TONE comb perfect EVENNESS throughout the scale, and length and vibration be found in other square Piano.
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EFF

ALL instruments 713 Octaves, and they the la Pianos manufactured. We the SAME QUALITY of ma pay the price for workmanship for plain Pianos hgh-priced ones.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-06-24

large and the world in general come to regard
the name of Keeley as they do that of Fulton
or Watts. Mr.. Keeley says that the first pub
lie exhibition will be upon the Pennsylvania
Railroad, when he proposes to take train
from this city to New York and return. He
will have the generator" stationed at West
Philadelphia, fill the "receiver" which accom-
panies the engine, and take vapor enough to
draw twenty cars to New York and back.
The passage of the train will be silent There
will be no cinders, no escaping steam, or drop
ping of Goals to set fire to bridges. The engine
will be smaller than those now in use, but will
be of greater horse power. He says that the
generator can either be carried on the train or
left at depot, according to the wishes of the
engineer. 1t is small and compact and takes
up very little room.
For street cars, as motive power, the inven-
ton, it is claimed, will undoubtedly become
popular. The cost of the apparatus will range
from $500 to $4,000, according to the size and
finish desired.
It is evident from the character of the gen.
tlemen who are interested in the "Keeley Mo
tor Company" and the amount of money they
have advanced, that they regard this invention
as the wonder of the nineteenth century. They
all speak favorably Of Mr.. Keeley's personal
integrity and capabilities, and have even gone
so far as to lift him up from his position OF
pecuniary embarrassment and purchase and
furnish a large house for his use, and pay him
large sums of money for his personal expen-
ses. About four millions of dollars are already
involved in the success of this new invention.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-06-24

Is 1T WORTH WHILE ?-Is it worth while
to take all the sunshine out of life tor the sake
of few miserable dollars? Meat and groce-
ries, and wood and clothing are not all of life.
If we restrict ourselves to those, and shut out
music and pictures, and tho hundred things
that cultivate the aesthetic side of our nature,
we shall be economical at the cost Of dwarfng
our moral and intellectual nature. And after
we have done this for long series OF years,
and reached middle ago with fair balance in
the bank, we shall then find ourselves untitled
to enjoy the pleasures that money will buy.
We shall thon keep the dusty road ,'' SO Long TINT
when we finally turn aside into tho groves ana
the brool;-side, our oyos will be in no condition
to see the beauties around us. Is it not better
to live while wo do live, to give somo bright
ness and color to our daily lives, oven if by so
doing wc fail to increase our boarded savings
quite MS rapidly rs wo otherwise mightH Is
economy quito worth tho sacritico of oyory,,
thing that makes lifo other than a dull and
dismal drudgory2 A wise expenditure of
money for the good things of life is really tho
best economy.
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Newspapers by Electricity.

The London correspondent of the Liverpool
Courier writes TO that journal:
It has been limited from time to time that
one of our wealthy London journals has under
consideration the practicability of printing its
sheets in several of the great towns simultsne-
ously, in order to secure distribution OF its
COPIES as early as the various local journals
which are so fast depreciating the circulation
and once paramount influence of their London
contemporaries. How can this staggering feat
be accomplished The leading journal had its
attention drawn some weeks ago to an electric
machine in operation at the London Stock
Exchange, by which the fuctuating quotations
are telegraphed to number of city offices,
where an instrument, composed of movable
figures and dial plate, is made to record
changes from hour to hour. If an electrical
current can be made to manipulate movable
figures, it was conceived that system of me-
chanical type-setting might be carried on
simultaneously in number of distant places,
the operation being directed from central
Office in London, the news being there collect
ed from all parts of the world, and that the
"copy" might be put in type at several provln-
cial offices simultaneously by operating on an
electric keyboard, or q number of keyboards,
controlled in the central Office
This idea, like SO many other inventions, is
not new Mr. Mackay, of the Warrington
Guardian, worked upon the same line of in
vention about eight years ago to my knowl-
edge, and simultaneous type-setting by ma
chinery was by him carried to a practicable
issue, though he found that his invention did
not result in profit. He worked number Of
type-setting machines by operating On one
keyboard, and proposed to set up newspaper
columns for any number of papers by this
simultaneous process, the only difference be-
ing that the various machines could not be
placed in distant places. In other words, he
did not connect them with electricity. The
fact remains that he actually worked some ten
or twelve machines on this principle of con-
nected action which derived its directing power
from one keyboard. There is no moral doubt
that the same thing can be done on wider
scale by electric agency. But if done, would
the game be worth the candle ? I know the
1Emes or rather the manager of its mechanical
department, is putting the thing to private
test in order to ascertain its mechanical prac-
ticabilities If that can be made clear, the
directors of that paper are not likely to be de-
tered by financial timidity from the next step
in the unparalleled adventure. What a world
of journalistic development the prospect opens
to prescient eyes!
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-06-24

The LIE ABOUT CoLUMB1A.-In his Me-
moirs, Gen. Sherman, speaking of the burning
of Columbia, says:
"Many of the people thought that this fire
was deliberately planned and executed. This
is not true. 1t was accidental, and in my judg-
ment began with the cotton which Gen. Hamp-
toms men had set fire to on leaving the city
whether by his order or not is not material, }
which fire was partially subdued early in the
day by our men but when night came, the
high wind famed it again into full blaze,
carried it against the frame houses, which
caught like tinder, and soon spread beyond
control. In my official report of this
conAagration distinctly charged it to Gen.
Wade Hampton, and confess I did so pointedy
to shake the faith of his people in him, for he
was in my opinion braggart, and professedl to
be the special champion of South Carolina"
Gen. Sherman confesses that he gave official
circulation to an infamous lie. Knowing Gen.
Hampton to have had nothing to do with burn
ing the State capital, Sherman deliberately
charged the burning to him. What Sherman's
opponents have said against him will count for
nothing in comparison with the damning act of
which he convicts himself
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-06-24

- The Amador county (Ca.) Independent
says: Now, we will inform the sweet-scented
evader of truth and honesty who runs the lit
tie nigger nose-rag across the street, that he
cannot rain any Of his internal lies down our
throat, for we know him too we'll to believe
anything he says, even under oath.
"A man at Bridgeport, Connecticut, has
named his two canaries "Wheeer" and evil
SON." because neither of them is "Singer." :"
The only historical parallel for this case is
offered by the old farmer who called his rooster
Robinson, because Robinson Crusoe.
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S2,954.00

rs acres corn, Is bushels per acre.,
1925 bushels at atsl....:::...".........s1 ,125.oo
20 acres cotton, $50 lbs. lint PEI acre,
5000 lbs. at 13 cents."...............". $4,000
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ynt&Qiigerfm. .
The Value OF Labor.

We copy from the shubuta (Miss.) Times
the annexed report to the Clarke County
Grange, which was submitted by Col. }. f.
Welborn, former citizen of Anderson Coun-
sy. and 10 which allusion was made last week ::
Labor is only wosth what its products will
bring in the markets Of the country free OF the
cost to- produce it. This proposition. no one
will deny. Now, the question to solve and
fully understand is to know approximately, or
TO fraction, if possible, what is the average
amount it does produce and the actual cost to
produce it with our system of hired labor.
In order to arrive at definite conclusions,
your committee here present series of calcu.
Iatiois based on what has been the results OF
the last several years operations with the first
class kind of labor that we have at sl2 per
month with board, assuming that one hand
cultivated Is acres of land-half in cotton and
half in corn-with second class plow horse
worth S125.
Hire of hand $14400
Rooni of hand .............,............. 5000
;Toole ..,................ 1000
Interest on plow horse at 10 per cent. 10y
Damages on wear of horse 10 per cent. Icy oO
Feed Of horse on year.....".:.........." ao.Oo o
Rent on 16 acres of land at 81 per acre Sz.OO
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1t is n physical as well rs moral fact
that it is in tho power of every person to inl-
prove his own beauty as we'll as bearing by n
constant control of passion and temper, and
deep and constant cultivation of the intellec-
tuaf faculties, pure affections, and the moral
nature.
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Your committee, at the risk Of being thought
tedious, would like to present this vexed ques-
ton in another form, where wages were given
for labor on larger scale-say a farm of 800
acres. To carry on this it requires at least IL
first class plow horses, worth $3.50 each, and "a
hands, giving each horse and two hands 25
acres-half in cotton and half in corn-wages
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S459.O0

ducts of 122 acres OF cotton, per acre
as before $50 pounds lint, 1875
pounds at 13 cents."........"....".... M3.75
12} acres corn as before, 15 bushels per
acre, 120 bushels at 81 per bushel..... 1880
s4S1.25
Loss on horse, hands, S27.75.
Now, the loss On IL plow horses and "a hands
is 1888. Add to this for trouble, anxiety and
$500, and it makes 1888. Pursue this course
for five years and add ten per cent. annually to
the loss (which could be realized on that much
proft) and it approximates $1,000 clear loss.
And when we take review of the past FIVE or
six wears and call to mind the many failures
in attempting to farm with the free negro labor
on a large scale, the experiments will, with
the exception of scarcely one out OF every
twenty, say these figures are true. We see not
only from figures, but from practice, that our
system will not do. What is to be done? Gan
We control this labor and at lower rates, and if
80, how? Your committee is of the opinion
that it can be done by using only half the
amount of it that we do use, and at living rates
to them and more profitable to ourselves
Well. how? By changing our system OF agri-
culture: and for an illustration, your commit
tee will again take up this 800 acre farm, which
vou will see was run at a loss of 1888 one year,
and a cost of s459 for one plow horse and two
hands, making for II horses and "a hands
$55O8. We will now dispense with half this
force, and consequently half the expense.
S550S. 2,7540O
Sow 200 acres small grain (oats,) seed
2UO bushels. Aoo'oo
s2,e54OO
1125 bushels at .........,.......s1 ,125oo
1000 @ lbs T at ls cents.................. $4,000
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acres sweet potatoes, rs bushel per
acre, 375 bushels at 50 cents per 7o7 M
DuShel Ao''oo
200 acres oats, Is bushels per acre,
5000 bushels at rs cents per bushel.. 2,25O.OO
10 tons oat straw, S5 per ton..........." 5o.oO
1890
5000

s4,OO2OO
Your committee would here contend that
under this system six plow horses and twelve
hands could seed down 200 acres in small grain
and give close cultivation to Is acres tor one
horse and two hands and have plenty time and
labor for harvesting the grain with less strain
than for the same one horse and two hands to
cultivate 25 acres, and gather half corn and
half cotton-at least 10 per cent: less strain II
improved implements are used in reapn1ng'
This will give acres more, or 9O8 acres. Gull
tivate acres of this in sugar cane, at reason
able product per acre, 100 gallons per acre. at
rs cents per gallon, 400 gallous.........s 10000
Four acres pinders, so bushels per acre, oooo,
200 bushels at S1.."......"........"" 2OOOo
Other products before stated........... 4,0O2.5O
Total nrodnct;ons 81, ,5O2.5O
Cost of producing. ............... 2,9540O
Gross nro6ts. 6ts....,......................$1 $3.50
Deduct for expense of experimenting ooO.oo
Net profit. ,O7S.5O
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Cost per acre of cultivation, S1S.96, pro-
ducts of 122 acres of cotton, per acre
as before $50 pounds lint, 1875
pounds at 13 cents..................".
12s acres corn as before, Is bushels per
acre, 120 bushels at 81 per bushel.....
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Cost of cultivation per acre s21-saS6.oo
Now, assuming that three acres produce one
bale Of cotton Of $50 pounds-equal to lou
pounds lint per acre.
acres, 1900 pounds, at 13 cents........ Sl56.O
s acres of corn, Is bushels per acre, 12O
bushels, at 81 per bushel......."......... l2o.oo