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The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30
PATHOLOGICAL.
An Article which the State Press will Oblige by
 Copying.

Having been commissioned by the Smithsonian institute to col feet specimens for the Centennial exhibition, with a view to the developing of the ethnology of the Indian tribes who have inhabited the continent of America, I desire to ask the cooperation of all who may feel any interest in the sub ject. We desire a collection of Indian skeletons, or parts of skel- etons, photographs or portraits, axes, arrow-heads, pipes, pestles, pottery, or pieces of earthenware, images, idols; in short, everything which has been fashioned by.the hand of an Indian, or used in any way by him.
 We also want illustrations of the ethnology ofhving tribes; such as various articles of dress, pipes, implements of fishing and hunt ing, of war, agriculture and man ufacture, domestic utensils, mod els of boats, lodges, tents, trap pings of horses and dogs, mats, baskets, etc.
 All collections to be sent to me at Hot Springs free of expense, or if too large to be sent, a list of the articles can be mailed, ar.I the ar ticles held subject to .ny orders.
 Label each artlcle carefully and legibly and write what you may wish in regard to how and when ana where they were obtained, and for what they were used, and inclGse it with the articles.
 These collections will be placed on exhibition at the Centennial. Full credit will be given to all persons who may make contribu- tions. Afterward they will be placed in the archives of the insti- tute for public inspection. l am also authorized to borrow specimens, which will be returned to the owners by the institute after the Centennial exhibition.
 Papers desiring to facilitate scientific researches will please copy this article, and oblige,
 WM. II. BARRY, NJ. D. 1 Hot Springs, Sep. l3, 1875.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30
The Mammoth Apple.

Dardanelle Independent: The mammoth apple of the season, was brought to our office last Tuesday by Mir. Josiah Hawkins. It was raised by him in his garden in Dardanelle. It measured l49 ln- cnes in circumference and weigh ed nearly 2l ozs. We challange the state to beat it.
 Easily done, see this one:
 Apples from Bradford station, White county, measuring fifteen and a half inches, in circumfer- ence, and weighing twenty-four and a half ounces, were received yesterday by T. B. Mills x Co., Daily Gazette, 25th.
 And this one from the Arkan- sas Sentinel;
 Our friend John R. Wilson laid on our table Monday, one of the largest apples we ever saw. It weighed pound II ounces, and measured l6 inches in circumfer- ance. It is of the variety known as Mammoth Pippin, and he has many nearly as large, some of which he brought to town to his friends. We advise John to send few of them to the St. Louis Fair, as a specimen of what old W ashington can do.
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relic of the rude, unbusiness-like customs of other days, not at all tolerable, or in the least effective in the present progressive age of newspapers and printing presses. In olden times when there were few newspapers and few news paper readers it may have been advisable, but in this day and time when every county has it's paper and no one thinks of being counted intelligent without read ing his paper, the idea of giving notice of important matters by little pinned-up posters is ridicu- lous and intolerable. If we have a law at all requiring public mo- tice to be given of any matter, let us have it so that the object to be obtained by said publication will not be circumvented by the worth less manner of giving the notice.
 Between the publication of legal notices by posters, and by advertisement in the county newspaper, there is no compari- son. The latter is the only noti- iication that should be recognized by law as legal.
 We hope to see our next legis- lature take action on this matter, and we have no doubt they will show their progressiveness and good sense by providing by en- actment that all legal notices shall be given through the news papers.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

The law as it now exists, con corning the manner of giving publicity to legal notices, is the subject of articles in several of our state exchanges. That the present law on this subject leaves ample loop-holes for fraud, and for the exercise of rascality by persons who might be so disposed, is very apparent. That it some times places the oflicials-espe cially the Probate Judge-in a position where he is liable to re- ceive censure is also apparent. For instance; where it is left dis cretionary with him to order no- tice either by posting hand-bills or by inserting in the county paper, there is almost certain to be grumbling in either case; whereas, if the law provided plain ly and positively that public mo- tices should be given in a speci- fled way, there could be no cen sure upon the official.
 We are very well aware that the motives of the press who ad- vocate the amendment of the ex- isting law so that all legal notices will be made to appear in the county newspapers, will perhaps, be impugned. A moments thought, however, should convince any sensible man that the system of giving public notices by post ing handbills is very worthless and objectionable, Indeed it is q
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practicable, straight line between the two counties. And we object ed to the new line taking any more of the territory of Pope county on the Western side than is necessa- " to square up the counties. And thls is about all we said on the subject. We had not then investigated the subject sufficient ly to propose any line. Since that time we have taken the trouble to look into this matter, and we now have a line to pro. pose which we conceive will do equal justice to both counties,- which we believe is all the Van Guard or ourselves want,-and which will square our counties up and put them in much better shape. The line we have to pro- pose, and which we hope the next legislature will establish, con- mences at the middle of the Ar kansas river, and runs due North on the line between ranges twen- ty-one GID and twenty-two (22) until it strikes the Newton coun- ty line. This will be such a clear, plainly defined line that there can be no doubt or dispute or un- certainty about it; and while it will cut into both counties some, it will give Johnson county about 20 square miles more of our terri tory than we will get of hers. The matter of q few miles of territory, however, don't trouble us; what we are after, and ALL WE ARE AFTER, is to secure we'll defined line, doing justice to both coun- ties, which will forever settle all disputes about it. What says the Van Guard to this line?
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30
SHALL WE HAVE A JAIL?

The solution of this question must have the consideration of the voters and taxpayers of onr county sooner or later, and the longer it is put of tue worse it is for our county. Without a proper place for tho confinement of offenders we are in bad situ- ation to suppress lawlessness or to impress upon evil-disposed per sons a proper respect for the ob- servance of the laws, and the rights of individuals. The ex- pense of keeping committed of lenders is now too great for us to stand and the extra duty that it imposes upon our officials is more than ought to be put upon them.
 We are informed that another jail as good as the last one that we had can be built for one thous- and dollars and that there are propositions from responsible par ties to build one for that sum. But even if it costs three thous- and dollars, we should have a .iml. Our county judge is anX- ious to have this matter solved, and he assures us that he will be glad to receive any suggestions on it from any taX-paycr who may have any views to advance. As it is at present, we are in very poor condition to enforce q proper respect for our laws. We need a good substantial jail where offend crs may learn that it is no small matter to disregard the rights of others or to violate the laws of the country.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30

No MoRE SECEssIoN.-The Alabama Constitutional Conven- tioh has incorporated into the Bill of Rights of the new state constitution the following: "The people of this state accept as final the established tact that from the Federal Union there can be no se- cession of any state" Thus the state which furnished the first cap ital of the Confederate States, is the first to pronounce through her Constitution against secession, and thus is another hobby of such republicans as Boutwell,, Morton and others of like ilk, knocked cold.
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dent that it would yield a mucI
 better return for the labor thai cotton.
 In Our Home Journal, we fnt the following answers given t questions propoInded by cor respondent on this subject:
 First.-Cut the corn when tho tops have greenish color. ifleft until it turns yellow, it is depre- ciated from one-third to one half in market value.
 Second.-On the large, long tops of straw leave about i inches of stalk; on the thln, short ones about s to 10 inches, the object being to have it all of an uniform length.
 Third.--The corn should be dried in the shade, as that dried in the sun is very much reduced in value.
 Fourth. you allow the seed to ripen the corn will not be of much account. If you want seed you cannot expect to get much for the corn.
 Flfth.-Bale it about the same as cotton or hay, laying ) our corn perfectly straight lengthwise with the bale, and pack it so that the stalk comes to the ends of the bale. It must, however, not all be laid one way-it can be laid so that the straw turns towards the end of the bale but it should not be allowed to project beyond it. The straw should be laid so that when bound, it will hold together.
 Sixth.-On page 1S6, Vol. 9, date of March 20th, 1875, you will find simple machine de- scribed. If that is not cheap enough, the following plan can be tried. Take three pieces of wood ltx3 inches and 4 feet long, bore or I inch hole through the ends and drive peg through, which will answer as hinge, then pull the loose end of the middle one up, and nail q two inch board 6x10, across the ends of the two lower which should be cut off some ? or 3 inches, so as to make them that much shorter than the upper one. The upper piece should also have fastened to it, a piece of board 6x10, } inches thick, but it is better to mortise this, and let the end stick through 1t. The two pieces of board should be set so that the edges come squarely upon each other. On the inner sides of these boards nail piece of iron, the whole length, and you have cheap scraper with which you can scrape the seed off your corn, but it is considerable labor. Other plans can be. adopted, and, in the hands of mechanic q simple con- trivance be made to answer the purpose.
 Good broom corn brings from $ to 3 cents pound, when well cleaned of seed, and we'll cured The color of well cured corn should be bright green.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30
Pleasant and Profitoble E,,.

plOyment.---"Beautiful." '" "Char- ming" ''Oh, how lovely u' "What are they worth! !" &c. Such are the exclamations by those who see tho large elegant New Chromos produ- ced by the European and American Chromo Publishing Co. They are all perfect gems of art. No one can resist the temptation to buy when seeing the Chromos. Canvassers, Agents, and ladies and gentlemen out of employment, will find this the 5est opening ever offered to make money. For full particulars send stamp for confidential circular. Address, F. GLEASON & CO.,, TBS Washington St., Boston, Mass. [3l-3t
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30
SCHOOL LANDS.
Circular Letter from the Com
 missioner of State Lands.

There is no public interest which is of greater importance to our state, and none which needs more fostering care than our pub. lie schools.
 We hope to see our present state government prove itself as excellent in its devotion to the true interests of the state in this respect, as it is in all others.
 We must have a good system of public schools and we shall ex- pect to see our next legislature look narrowly into this matter and sec what legislation is necessary to secure greater efficiency in our school system. The time has arrived when the people demand good school facilities and they will not long remain in love with any state which neglects it's edu- cational interests.
 We are glad to see, from the following circular letter, that our very excellent commissioner of State Lands is determined to do all he can to give efficiency to the public school system of the state: OFFICE COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDs,I
 LITTLE ROCK, September 24, 1875. To County Superintendents of
 Public Instruction:
 Your attention is invited to the following section of Gantt's Di- gest:
 "Sec. 54S1. County Superin- tendents of public instruction shall, as soon as possible, ascer- tain the number of acres of con gressional school land unsold in his county; also, the number of acres and description of such con- gressional school lands as have been sold on credit, and on which any portion of the purchase mon ey, or the interest thereon, re- mains due; the length of time since any payment of principal or interest has been made; the names of persons that perma nently occupy or have possession of the same; the number of acres each possesses or occupies; the condition of said land; the num- Der of acres under cultivation the kind and value of the i'm provements on each parcel of said lands; and shall report the same to the state superintendent of public instruction and to the com missioner of state lands"
 The law was enacted in 1873, yet no report of the kind or char acter contemplated above has ever been made to this office. The imperfect records in this office, relating to school lands, render such report absolutely necessary in order that the interests of the public schools of the state may be protected, and l earnestly urge each county superintendent to prepare and forward to this office, at as early a period as practicable, such a report as the law quoted above contemplates.
 j. N. SMITHEE, Comr of State Lands
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30
THE CENTENNIAL.

Our engraving of the Art Build 1 ing, a part of the fixtures pre- pared at Fairmont Park, Phila- delphia, for our grand centennial i building next year, will, we hope, serve better and more useful purpose than to merely attract the idle gaze of our readers for a few moments.
 The preparations for this great est of all shows are going on with great activity, and if present in dications have any significance the occasion will be one altogeth- CT worthy of the progress which the first century of our existence as a Republic will mark.
 The development and growth of our Republic is to be placed on exhibition before the assembled world. The display which we make of the products of our soil, the fruits of our earth, the pro- auctions of our shops and facto- rlcs, the wealth of our mines, the varied results of our accumulated industries, and the diversified skill of our inventors is to be the guage of our advancement. The Old World will come to see what theNew World has been doing dur ing the century whose close will then be marked.
 Every day brings responses to our invitations, from nations older in arms than our own, and we will not find ourselves wanting in an assemblage of spectators wor thy, in point of numbers, and in appreciation of merit, to be- hold our best display.
 State pride will never find more fitting opportunity for be- coming and beneficial expression than through the completeness andexcellence of State representa- tiop at the Centennial Exhibition.
 The efforts of every citizen who has any State pride about him should go to the end that our rep rescntation there, shall be so full and excellent, so complete in va riety and minutie, that an inspec- ton of our products and articles displayed, will be almost equal to visit to our state.
 This end can only be attained and the benefits to be derived se- cured, by active and generous personal effort. The impression of popular exertion must be stamped upon it or it will be counterfeit. State aid can not make it what it must be; the people must put their impress up. on it.
 The question forces itself upon us, shall Pope county be dere- lict in doing her part in this i'm poftant matter.
 We hope not; we hope our peo- pie will make it personal mat ter and begin to act. Our County Board will next week issue an ad- dress to their fellow citizens of Pope, and we ask ready, willing and zealous response from the people.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30

In 1872 Maine gave a repub- lican majority of 32,300; in lS- 73ithis was reduced to 22,35S; in 1874 it was further reduced to II, 300, and now in 1875 it is whit tied down to 6000, and indications now are that the d mocracy of the state will have her all right by the time of the presidential cleo tion.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30

If money is so cheap and plentiful that contraction of our paper legal tenders is desirable, as the "hard- pan" schreechcrs al legc, why is it that the mlll own CTS in Massachusetts cannot af- ford to pay their operatives suf- ficient wages to enable them to work contentedly, without such fearful strikes?
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30
U N B l. USHIN DE M A
 COG JERRY.

l We must beg the pardon of our friend Nc, across the river. fol the heading we have given this article, but his remarks in the last issue of the Independent on the remitting of the 15 per cent penalty against delinquent tax payers of 1S73-4, force us to use those words to convey our idea ei his views and argument. And just about the cheapest and thin nest kind of demagoguery that we have ever seen, is his column article, in which, he tries to make it appear that he is lon the peo- ple's side of the question"
 Such allegations as that our legislature, which passed this lib eral act, "are robbing the poor to give to the rich, and such sar- casm as is contained in the state ment that "the State wants to fos- ter its good citizens and build them up; these poor tax payers and helpless widows don't amount to much, no way. Lets starve them out-rob the poor to fatten the rich!' is wholly uncalled for, and can only be regarded as the sill,est kind of demagoguery Such appeals to the prejudice of the poor, and such presumption upon the ignorance of the masses, show the untenab,eness of the position which our neighbor has assumed.
 How does it happen that our neighbor raises this howl of "usu- rious interest,"" now? Why has he never complained before? The penalty heretofore has always been 90, instead of b per cent. What, pray, would you call that? And now when our very generous legislature knocks off B per cent. allowing the tax payer the use of his money for the very insignifi- cant penalty of l5 per cent, we hear this great howl about "rob- ping the poor" "usurious inter- est" "fattening the rich," &c., &c. And then the ridiculous idea of the State giving her lands away to the speculators! Has not the poor man, friend Me, just the same priviledge of donating State lands that others have?
 The wisdom and necessity of imposing penalties for non-pay- ment of taxes has never before been questioned, not even when the penalty was 90 per cent.
 Our neighbor should take q sen sible, business-like view of this matter, and he will at once see his error. His policy is only cal. culated to encourage the indolent, worthless portion of humanity who would have others pay all the expense of government, while while they enjoy all the blessings. There may be isolated cases where misfortune has rendered it impossible for some taxpayer to meet his taxes, and in such case, we would think it much wiser in the legislature, upon proper showing, to remit his taxes, than to make an indiscriminate relief to all who did not see proper to pay. This thing of courting pop ularity with the "poor people"-or the rich ones either-at sacrifice of justice and principle, we can not exactly commend.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30
JOURNA NALISTIC.

--Rumor has It that the Dt
 valls Bluff Journal has suspend
 ea publication.
 The Star of Hope of the 18th of August, had ALMOST TWO COL UMNs of original reading matter. The Pine Bluff Press says Mir. Sample, of Jefferson county, will exhibit four-legged chicken at the County Fair.
 The Little Rock Gazette says the City of Roses" will probably boast of the Holly water works system in the next three months.
 The Lewisburg State does not approve of putting Southern man Forward for Vice President thinks it would be bad policy.
 MT. Geo. L. Brown, of the Ozark Banner, has arrived back home. We are sorry to learn that his visit to the springs did not benefit his health much.
 The Highlander, of the 18th inst, may have had some very good things in it, but our copy was so dim and blurred that we could not read it to see.
 --Pomeroy's Democrat never wearies laundering it's denuncia- tions with telling force at the cor cupt rings, the bond holding aris- tocracy and the radical despoilers who are robbing the blow holders.
 The Texarkana Democrat has changed hands; Major Bancroft sold out to Messrs. F. G. x J. II. Wooten. Success to the new management.
 The Savannah News says there is no truth in the report that Gen. Joseph E. Johnson has accepted the appointment as Com manderi in chief of the Egyptian Army. Gen. Johnson, the News says, is at White Sulphur Springs.
 The Fayetteville Democrat thinks the young man who pulls of his coat and goes to work is doing more for Arkansas than a thousand loafers who wear out the seat of their pants sitting around waiting for money to get easier.
 The Bentonville Advance thinks that they will have immi- grafton of good class, into Ben ton county during the coming year. A good live newspaper like the Advance, will do much toward securing it, and the peo- pie of Benton should lend sub stantial support to that paper.
 The Steubenville (Ohio) Ga zette is redhot sheet just now and is doing yeoman service for the Democracy of Ohio. Every is chock full of good, l sound campaign reading. May | it's efforts be crowned with victory | at the approaching election.
 The Hot Springs Telegraph makes the most egregeous blunder when 1t connects the name of w. l C. Stout, of the Lewisburg State, with the Radical legislature of 1864. Such ignorance is hardly l excusable in one who ought to be as well posted on Arkansas mat ters as the editor of the Tele- graph.
 The Jacksonport Herald wants it distinctly understood that it has no one whom it wishes to make Governor. It is willing to let the Democratic party, when assembled in convention say who shall be our next nominee for governor.
 Quite ripht. Bro. Lynn.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30

The State ticket nominated ly the New York Democrats at Syracruse is q strong one and will no doubt be elected by an over whelmino majority.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30

Capt. Thos. Card, q ccnten- arian of Dover Point, N. H., :died very recently at the age of 100. He was never ill until his fatal sickness, and never missed voting at an election since he became of
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Vice. President Wilson

Vice President Wilson is out in letter refusing to allow his name to be put forward for noml- nation for Governor of Massachu- setts. Perhaps he aspires higher.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-09-30

Cardinal McClosky has been appointed by the Pope, a member of the following committees :: Committee on Index; on Sacred Rites, and on Bishops and Regu-
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CANCERS

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J.E. BATTENFIELD, - ED1roR.

Charles Francis Adams de clines to be a candidate for Pres ident in the next campaign.