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The Russellville Democrat., 1875-10-14
Moral Courage.

Have the courage to discharge q debt when you have the money in your pocket.
 Have the courage to speak your mind when it is necessary that you should do so, and hold your tonge when it is prudent that you should do so.
 Have the courage to speak to a friend in q "seedy" coat, even though you are in company with q rich one, and richly attired.
 Have the courage to own that you are poor and thus disarm poverty of it's sharpest sting.
 Have the courage to tell a man why you will not lend him your money.
 Have the courage to cut the most agreeable acquaintance you have when you are convinced that he lacks principle; Q friend should bear with friends infirm- ities, but not with his vices.
 Have the courage to show your respect for honesty, in whatever guise it appears, and your con tempt for dishonesty and duplic- ity, by whomsoevcr exhibited.
 Have the courage to wear your old clothes until you can pay for new ones.
 Have the courage to prefer com tort and propriety to fashion, in all things.
 Have the courage to acknowl- edge your ignorance, rather than seek for knowledge under false pretences.
 Have the courage Tn providing entertainment for your friends, not to exceed your means.
 Have the courage to insure the property in your possession, and thereby pay your debts in full. Have the courage to obey your Maker at the risk of being ridi, culed by man.
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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 of 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 615. Provides that notices of the order of the County Court, for calling in county scrip, to redeem, cancel or reissue, to be published two weeks in succession, the Inst in sertion to be 30 days before the sitting of the court.
 Sec. 60. Notice to creditors, that letters of administration have been given, if order ed by the court
 Sec. f6O. Publication in case no heirs are known, 6 weeks.
 See. 129 After adjournment of Probate Court, clerk to publish list of administrators and executors, who filed their accounts cur rent for settlement.
 Sec. l5O In actions for settlement of es- states of deceased persons, notice to credit ors must be given by publication; court may order further notice.
 Sec. l8O Non- resident tdistributee. to have notice of application for distribution by publication 6 weeks.
 See 1IG No lands of estates can be sold for payment of debts, till notice of the appl- cation for such sale has been published in newspaper four weeks before the applica- tion is made.
 Secs. 1sT and 7ss. Notice of confirmation of title by purchaser, when the land is not redeemed, published weeks.
 Sec. 2426. Advertisements of cstrays. horse, mare, mule, Jack or Jennett, if 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. Si6s. Provides for guardians of insone or drunken persons, to give notice of ap- pointment times weekly.
 Sec. 35iO. Such guardian, before the sales of wards land, shall advertise as the court may direct.
 Sec SsG0-Si. Commissioner shall adver- tise-in the county where the land is-any confirmation of swamp land.
 See. 452s. Warning Orders four weeks in case non- residents defendant, in attach ment or other suits-by clerk or justice of the peace, as the case may be.
 Sec. 5a02. Clerk to publish notice of re- dempt ion of land sold for taxes. q for each tract.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING

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 12 m. Fri day. Those intended for the Editorial or local departments by Wednesday noon. Advertisements by Wednesday morning.
 Special notices double the above rates Editorial notices twenty five cents 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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American Wonders.

The greatest cataract in the world is the falls of Niagara, where the water from the great upper lakes forms river, tliree-quarters of mile in width, and then, be- ing suddenly contracted, plnnges over the rocks in two columns, to the depth of one hundred and seventy feet each.
 The greatest cave in the world is the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky where any one can make a voyage on the water of a subterranean river, and catch fish without eyes.
 The greatest river in the world is the Mississippi river, four thous- and one hundred miles long.
 The largest valley in the world is the valley of the Mississippi. It contains five hundred thousand square miles, and is one of the most fertile and profitable regions of the globe.
 The largest lake in the world IS Lake Superior, which is truly an inland sea, being four hundred and thirty miles long, and one thousand feet deep.
 The longest railroad in the world is the Pacific railroad, over three thousand miles in length.
 The greatest natural bridge in the world is the Natural Bridge over Cedar Creek in Virginia. It extends across a chasm eighty feet in width, and two hundred and fifty feet in depth, at the bottom of which the creek flows.
 The greatest mass of solid iron in the world is Tn the great Iron Mountain in Missouri. It is three hundred and fifty feet high, and two miles in circuit.
 The largest deposits of anthra- cite coal in the world are in Penn sylvania, the mines of which supply the market with millions of tons, annually, and appear to be inexhaustible.
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When a Nevada photographer wants to make a good picture, he puts the setter in his place, pulls out a navy revolver, cocks it, levels it at the mans head, and says, "Now, jist you sit perfectly still, and don't move a hair; put on calm, pleasant expression of countenance, and look right into the muzzle of this revolver, or I'll blow the top of your head of. My reputation as an artist is at stake, and don't want no nonsense about this picture"
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UssEILvILLE DEMOCRAT. THURSDAY, OCTOBER IA. 1875.

CORN IN THE CRIB.-Two cubic feet of good sound, dry corn in the ear, will make q bushel of shelled corn. To get the quanti- ty of shclled corn in crib of corn in the ear, measure the length, breadth and heighth of the crib, inside, multiply the length by the breadth, and the product by the hcighth; then divide the prod uct by two, and you have the number of bushels of shelled corn in the crib.
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Recipe for preserving Meat.

There is no good reason why farmers and their families should eat so much salt pork, leaving all the fresh meat to the inhabitants of cities and villages, when the following method will keep meat fresh for weeks even in the warm est weather. I have tried it for several years. As soon as the natural heat is out the meat, slice it up ready for cooking. Prepare a large jar by scalding we'll with hot salt and water. Mix salt and pulverized saItpetre. Cover the bottom of the jar with a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Put down a layer of meat, sprinkle with salt and pepper the same as if it was just going to the table, and con tinue in this manner until the far is full. Fold a cloth or towel and wet it in strong salt and wa ter in which a little of the salt petre is dissolved. Press the cloth closely over the meat and set it in q cool place. Besure and press the cloth tightly as each layer is removed, and your meat will keep for months. It is good plan to let the meat remain over night, after it is sliced, before packing. Then drain of all the blood that oozes from it. It will be neces. sary 70 change the cloth occasion ally, or take it of and wash it first in cold water, then scald in salt and water as at first. In this way farmers can have fresh meat all the year round. I have kept beef that was killed the 12th of February until the 2lst of June. Then I packed large jar of veal the same way during the dog days and it kept six weeks. This re- cipe alone is worth the price of any newspaper in the land.-Cor.
 N. Y. Times.
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Now and Then.

A very intelligent old darkey was met by an ante -bellum friend the other day for the first time since the war, and the old mans delight at seeing one of Massa's ticklar friends in old times was abounded. After n hearty hand shaking and protracted laugh peculiar to the Southern darkey, the gentleman asked:
 "Well, Uncle Joe, how are you getting along in the world?'
 "Sorter slow, Marse. Been had the rheumatiz right smart lately, and things ain't gone 'zactly right nohow," replied the darkey.
 "A great many changes have taken place since I last saw you, Uncle Joe. Death has taken your old master away, the family are scattered about the four quar. ters of the globe, the farm is di- vided up and strangers occupy the old house. It makes one feel quite sad, Uncle Joe, to think of the changes that have been wrought by old Father Time"
 "Yaas," replied Uncle Joe. You member when I was a slave l worked hard at odd times and made money huff to buy myself. I paid ole massa $l,000 for my freedom"
 "Yes," said Mn, Il remem- Der it."
 "Wish I had that money now," unused the old darkey.
 "Well, yes," replied Mn; it would be quite a fortune for you.'
 Lots of fortune sah," said the old man mournfully; "and every time I think about it I kinder rue de bargain. Nigger was wuff $1 ,000 den, but now he ain't wuff d.. Mighty changes in dis world massa." ."-Vicksburg Herald
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-10-14

So much is said and so little understood respecting the size of nails, that the following state ment, giving the length in inches for each number from 3-penny to 20-penny, will be information for many readers; 3-pennv, inch 4-penny, II inches; 5-penny, la inches; 6-penny, ? inches; 7pen- ny, 24 inches; S-penny, 2l inches; 10-penny, 2f inches; l2-penny, 3 inches; 20-penny, B inches.
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The Time to Select Seed Corn

The Time to Select Seed Corn.
 October is the month for har- vesting corn and is the best time to choose the best ears for next years seed.
 The writer would choose large we'll filled ears with large cobs and long or deep grains. The ears should be chosen from stalks well grown, not tall but large at the ground. Corn of this de- scrlption will not be so liable to be blown down, and the large cob and stalk will hold a large amount of sap to sustain the plant during . drouth if one should occur.
 As nine tenths of our corn is for stock, soft corn is always pref erable to hard or fiinty. Other things being equal most people will prefer white corn, but for stock it probably makes but little difference.
 It is very doubtful whether any of the rare-ripe or early varieties arc profitable if more than a patch is planted. But, to pre- vent deterioration the very best should be selected. T.
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Attention Changers,

We are now prepared to furnish both the DEMOCRAT and the St. Louis Midland Fur mer twelve months for the small sum of one dollar and seventy-fvc cents. The Midland Farmer is a handsome eight page Agricul- tural journal issued monthly, and is replete with well-writtcn agricultural essays, sta- tistics, market reports, etc. Specimen cop ies may be seen at this office.
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He was a lodger in an unpre- tentious Brooklyn boarding house, and for several days the landlady's daughter, sentimental maiden of thirty five, had leased him to write something in her album. He at last consented, and penned the following: "As the hostility to dogs diminishes, the quality of hash improves" An explanation was added in these words: q never could make rhymes, Miss Giles, and when I write poetry l have to express it in prose-"
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A Splendid Offer.

We will send to any one forwarding us $3 50, the DEMOCRAT and ArtAnr's IIustra- ted Home Augustine for twelve months, and will give free te every subscriber for the two, splendid premium engraving. $2 50 year is the price of 4 rthur's Magdsine-so that your own county paper will only cost you q n year, and you will get the engra- Wing free.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-10-14

The DEMOCRAT is tho best advertising sheet in the State. Its 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- yertising their respective business and in- teresfs
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TIE DEMOCRAT

Has the largest circulation of any paper In the State, outside of Little Rock, and is not surpassed by any other paper in the South west being circulated in nearly every town and city in the south and west, and read by an intelligent cnterprising people.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-10-14
The Cheapest Manure Known.


 From the Rural Carolinian.l
 Dr. Daniel Lee, in the Nash vllle Union and American, says that land plaster Gypsum is the cheapest manure known to him, and he has been a careful observ- CT of it's effects for sixty years. He adds that it has been in use in this country one hundred years, since Franklin wrote his name in sowed plaster, brought from Paris to Philadelphia. which had such a fertilizing effect that all could read his name in clover and lucerne. He refers to Q locality in tue State of New York, where it has been used for fifty years, and though containing no ammo nia or nitrogen in any form; no potash, no magnesia, both of which exist in all crops; no phos- phoric acid, yet many upland fields were more productive in 1874 than in 1924, after the re- moval of fifty harvests, receiving in return less than seventy eight pounds per acre of true sulphate oi lime year. and never any other fertilizer. Can the learned Doc tor give the rationale of it's action?
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Agents for the Democrat.

J. R. ERWIN, E. R. FARRELL, J.M. HARKEY J. W. RUSSELL, J. l.. sHiNN, c. E. HOWELL, J. c. FERGUSON, R. J. WILSON, NJ. E. RoYs, JAMES l. POTTS. s. A. BUCK, N. D. sHISS, J. A. HEARSE, F.. II. POE, JAMES FOWLER, J. F. MUSDAY, G. W. HARKEY, JSo. QUINN, G. E. BURSEY, II. HARKEY, IT. c. HOWELL
 Nj. II. BAIRD and ED. J. B. DALTON.
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4th Senatorial Dist.
 or CHAS F.. TOREY.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Pope Court Calender.

County Court, Co. JUDGE TEACH, Pre- siding: First Monday in January, April, July and October each year.
 Probate Court: Third Monday in Janua- ", April, July and October,
 On the Fourth Monday in October. each year, the County Court. constituted or the County Judge aud majority or the 1usticcs of the Peace shall meet for the purpose of lowing county taxes anl making appropri- Stions for the expenses of the County.
 Circuit Court: Twelfth Monday after fourth Monday in February and August.
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AND TO MEMPHIS 0O HOURS.

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 Lading given from Ft. Smith Van Buren, Ozark, Clarksville, and all points on the road to New York. Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, &c. Rates low, and transportation rapid. THEO. HARTMAN,
 Superintendent.
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Noman's name put On our new subscrip ton book without the money paid down. Don't ask us to send the DEMOCRAT without the money, for you will positively be re- fused, -onc and all.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-10-14

"Sure pop"-champagne.
 Musical piracy-Stealing march.
 A farmers crib is q knawful place for rats.
 Comfortable quarters-twenty five cent pieces.
 If you wish to enjoy constitu- tional liberty, don't wear pull back dress.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-10-14

Buy your coal early this year if you don't want to pay T red-hot price for it.
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TERHS.

l year Gin advance) ........S Sl 90 6 m 1nths ....' fo
 Single copy, 5 cents.
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CoaI-&-lron- Region
vaIuabIe--Tim5er CT,

principally oak, cottonwood, walnut, cher. ", hickory, gum, sycamore, maple, ash ana pine.
 The range is most superior, and very nne for stock raising. Clover, timothy ana herdsgrass grow well on the low lands.
 The counties are well situated for the con- yenience of transpo rtation, as they border on the Arkansas river, and the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway passes through Conway, Pope and Johnson, which Is com pleted and in active operation IS far as Ozark in Franklin county.
 The population of these counties is abou as sfollows:-Pope 1000; Conway 9,0OO; Yell 13.500, Johnson 10000. They also possess good educational facilities in the way of numerous
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BAPTIST CHVRcH--on Main street. Ser vices every third sabbath. All are invited to attend. Rev. w. W. Crawford, Pastor.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH On Main street. Services every fourth Sunday at 10 o'clock a. m. and T1s o'clock ?. m. All are invited. II. SMITH. Pastor.
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If rocks ever bled they would bleed quartz.
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METHODIST CHURCH South-every second All are invited to attend.
 Rev. W. J. DODSON, Pastor.
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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.
 All local notices must be paid for at the rate of ten cents DOT line, for each insertion. This rule Is imperative and must be ad- hered to.
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Sci,ooIs-A--Academies.

The various Christian denominations are well represented, and there are also numcr, ous lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows and Good Templars, all in an active and flour ishing condition. There is also live. wide awake grange in almost every township.
 Parties wishing to purchase lands thro' this agency, will place in this office dis cription of the kind and character of the land wanted, also the amount of money they want to invest in lands.
 Lands placed in the hands of this agency for sale, if the owner so desires, will be ad- vertised free until sold; then . reasonable advertising fee, with ten per cent. for sell ing will be retained. All further informa- tion will be given free upon application with postage stamp to pay postage.
 am also prepared to furnish Maps Of and information concerning all lanls in Pope County subject to homestead and will locate the same for parties on liberal terms.
 Among others we have the following lands for salc.-
 OnA ACRES, ncar Dover, the Coun- AOO ty-site of Pope County, partly mproved; situated in a fine community. in one half mile of fine steam flouring mill. Church and school facilities good. 10 miles from the l.. R. < Ft. s. Ky. Price $2,OoO.
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CT a n g e D e p't
c. E. TOBEY, Editor.

Communications intended for the Editor of this department should be addressed to him at Norristown, Ark.
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MAIL SCHEDULE.

EAST: ARRIVES I2:50 D. m DEPAuTs :2S 8. m
 WEST: ARRryEs 9:2S a. m DEPARTS 12:50 p. m
 NORTH: ARRIVES, Tues, Thurs, & Sat, il % a. m DEPARTS :O p. m
 SOUTH: ARRIVES 9:OO a. m DEPARTS f:l5 P. m The Eastern, Western and Southern mails arrive and depart daily, Sundays excepted.
 J. ARTHUR ERWIN, P. NJ.
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BOYS G. MIDDLE-A AGED MEN

Trained for Successful start in Business Life, taught how to get Living, Make Money, and become Enterprising, Useful Citizens, EASTMAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, PouGHKEEPsIE. x. r., on- the Hudson, the only Institution devoted to this especially; The oldest and only practical Commercial School, and only one providing situations for Graduates. Refers to Patrons and Grad uates in nearly every city and town. Ap- plicants enter any day. Address Tor par ticuIars and Catalogue of 5000 graduates in business. II. C. EASTMAN, LL., D.,
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LITTLE ROCK $ t. sl'?E RAILWAY,
 Time Changed!

On and after September Ist, 1875, trains on this road will leave Argen- ta daily, except Sundays, at 8 100 a. m., Memphis time, and
 ARRIVE AT ALTUs ... 500 D. m LEAVE ALTUs ..... G 80 a. m ARRIVE AT MAGENTA. $40 D. m Close connections made at RUSSELL VILE with daily line of stages for Da-daLelle and Danv,lle, and at ALTUs with stages for Ft. Smith and Van Buren. And Fayetteville Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Time from Clarksville to St. Louis
 0A HOURS
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METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURcH.-Every first and third Sabbath in each month at II o'clock a. m., and at T1s o'clock p. m. All are invited. E. JONES, Pastor.
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CITY OFFICERS.
FrateYn al.

MAsoSs-Meet on Main street on "A the fist and third Saturdays in each KY Month. J. W. Russell, W. Nj. J. E. \Erwin Sec'ty.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL at the Presbyterian church every Sabbath at o'clock a. m. All children and parents arc respectfully invited to attend.
 R. J. WILSON, Superintendent.
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Advertising rates sent on application
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CHRISTIAN NCHuRcH.-Eldcre J. E. Dalton, breaches every second Lords day in each month, and Saturday night before, at the Prairie Grove church, one mile east ol Russellyilie,