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The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
How Often May We Eat.

It has been demonstrated that, at certain intervals, when food is received into the stomach, gastric juice is secreted to digest it, and that no more gastric juice is se- creted than is required for the di- gestion of the proper quantity ol food. If person eat twice or thrice day, at regular periods, the gastric juice is secreted by the stomach to digest the food it has received. If, while the food is being digested, more food is introduced into the stomach, digestion, in relation to the food already in the stomach, is arrest ed. Forinstance a person takes, in the morning, piece of bread and several potatoes; now it will take about three hours for the stomach to dispose of that food. Suppose the person, about an hour after eating this food, takes . piece bread and an apple or two; what would happen? The diges- tion that was going on in the stom- ach would immediately stop, and not be resumed until the food that was received last was brought into the condition of the first. Sup pose he took food every hour, what would be the consequence? The stomach would become per. manently worn out, and could do nothing perfectly-working all the time without rest. But if the person possessed good consti- tuition and a large amount of vital power, he would not feel, at first this drain upon his system, but sooner or later he would have to pay the penalty of outraged nature, For instance, a person may have q large capital Tn a bank; he can live upon the interest very we'll, but he draws upon his capital. He does not feel this drain at first because he has so large a bank account; but if he keeps on, he will become, sooner or later a bankrupt. Some persons have an enormous amount of vitality good constitutions. It is said of these persons nothing hurts them; they can eat and drink anything with impunily. This is a fatal mistake; see how many years of life they are cutting off by such foolishness. If such persons live to the age of seventy or eighty, they might have reached the age of one hundred or more years, by better dietetic habits.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
NO. 9
enough said upon it, and he did not feel called to add to it's fitness.
THE LIST OF pAYMAsrERs.

not feel called to add to it's fitness.
 THE LIST OF ADMINISTERS.
 Considerable comment is made as to the list of paymasters sent in and now before the Senate for confirmation. Since it has been recommitted to the Military Com
 mittec the history and record of some of the nominees have been made out, and it is said, they do not show very fatteringly for some of the aspirants ana~their friends In military circles about the hotels tonight and among ex-army men, now high officials of the govern ment, great deal of indignation is expressed that some persons among them, of very diseredlta- ble records, having already been dismissed from the army for drunkenness and other causes, should have been selected. The confirmation of some will, there fore, be resisted, and no doubt their names will be withdrawn under the pressure, and others sent in before Senators, who have not succeeded in getting their nominated, can be ap- peased. A few lobby agents have been employed by some of the imperilled to canvass the Senate for favoring votes; but they are sure to fail, on account ofthe tone of the Senate and the lynx.eyed circumspection of Senator Logan, who is averse to the appointment of men of questionable character to positions of high trust and will oppose them to the bitter end.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25

A Scotch lady had long been annoyed and fretted by her own town servants, and being no long CT able to bear their manifold tricks and malpractices, she inti- mated to her friends her purpose of getting an unsophisticated girl from the country, whom she could train to her mind; and she was fortunatd enough in securing a young woman from q remote cor ner in the land, and thoroughly recommended for activity, hones- ty, and good nature. How the process of training went on may be judged from the following specimen: The girl having seen something very wonderful going on in the street, in a tone of "un- sophisticated" familiarly called to her mistress. ',Eh, woman. come here and see this" "Womanl Do you presume to call me womany" "Ay; if ye are not woman, what are ye? Are ye a speeritT
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
Written for the DEMOCRAT.
 OUR PROSPECTS.
CooS VALLEY, ARKANSAS, ]
 NV.l. r-.l 1SES


 March 18th, 1875.
 Editor of the DEMOCRAT:
 Dear Sir: If you will allow me a little Space in your valuable columns, l will in brief. give you the prospects of our farmers in Coon Valley. There never was spring that opened to us with brighter prospects than the pres ent one, though we have had an uncommon cold winter for this country, the mercury sinking as low as zero and freezing the ground to the depth of four inches, and the spring is little later than common, still every indication is good for a splendid crop year. But still better than all is the bright prospects of a settled and quiet government, which has brought joy and gladness to the heart of every man, woman and child. May God bless our gov ernor, and give him q clear and sound mind in all of his official duties, is prayer that the majori- ty of the people of Arkansas can say Amen to.
 The farmers here appear to all be in the best of spirits, and are settling down to business in right good earnest, and each one appears to be fully determined that his crop shall be the earliest crop in the neighborhood, but there is still q disposition to plant too much cotton. I hope our farmers will bear this in mind, and plan. a little more corn, more potatoes, more vegetables, and by all means a patch ofcane. But says one we cant get the seed. He has not read the advertisement in your paper of cane seed for sale at the Hardware store in your town. So much he looses for not taking the paper and reading the advertise ments. There is now a good prospect for a large immigration to this part of Arkansas. learn that already there has been quite a number of inquiries from differ ent states about this part of the country. The extreme cold weath- CT in northern states will cause thousands of farmers to look for a milder climate. The climate that they are longing for, we have, and in this valley we have thousands of acres of as fertile soil as the sun ever shone upon, which can be bought at a low price, and on easy terms. Now we want the practical farmer, the thorough going energetic man that IS not afraid of hard work and the me chanics to come and settle with us, to all such we will give the hand and hearty welcome. Bring your wives, your children, your tools, your stock, and possess the land that will give you the best returns of any soil in the Union. JouN INGuH.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
.LvTLLE. ARK. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1875.

sion of the subjects before the convention then took place.
 St. Louis was selected as the place for holding the next meet ing, the time not being decided on.
 Adjourned till 10 a. m. to nor row.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
Progress.

How beautifully has the Quaker poet, Whittier, expressed the mighty march of events--the lightning-like progress of the age. Behind the squaw's light birch canoe, The steamer rocks and raves; And city lots are staked for sale Above old Indian graves
 hear the tread of pioneers
 Ofnations yet to be-
 The first low wash of waves where soon
 Shall roam human sea.
 The rudiments of Empire here
 Are plastic yet and warm;
 The chaos of mighty world
 Is rounding into form.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25

Noman's name put cn our new subscrip tion book. without the money paid down. Don't ask us to send the DEMOCRAT without the money, for you will positively be re- fused, -one and all.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25

Pause. young man. You want to get married, and it is about the time you did. But recollect that unmarried mon don't have to sit up all night once a week with q shotgun, watching the clothes line,
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25

"Where is the hoe, Sambo" "Wid de rake, Massa" Well, where is the rakeT "Wid de hoe" But where are bothF "Why bof togeder: you pears to be bery tic ular this morning"
 "Good wine needs no bush, and my goods need no advertising" Good wine needs no bush, but how are people to know that yours Is good wine"
 Where would you look to find the names of the most successful men you are acquainted withf In the ncwspapers9 Is your own name beside theirsg
 Mir. Bergh's attention is called by the Detroit Free Press to the fact that the wolves of Winconsin are actually starving. Good gra- cious. didn't they getelccted elth- CT?
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25

Josh Billings says: "rhere ain't anything that will completely cure laziness though second wife has been known to hurry it some
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
Forever Fading.

The verdure of the leaf,
 The rfTmeH of the rose: Alas! alas! how very brief Their beauty glows. The brilliant summer sky,
 How soon 'tis overcast. The lov ing and the lustrous eye Finds time to rest at last. Ambition's glorious dream
 Fails of it's loftiest goal; Iris so with every worldly scheme, Only. survives the soul.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
 TERMS:

The DEMOCRAT is the best advertising sheet in the state. Its extensive circulation in the Southwest, among the planters, mer- chants and business men, renders 1t espe- cially desirable to those who wish to reach the general and substahcial public by ad- Iar
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
Too Happy to Live.

The Paris journals cell of a
 young couple who were too hap
 py to live, at least the accounts
 seem to be colored with that idea.
 NJ. Bastein was young architect
 of promise. He had married a
 young lady of beauty and accom-
 plishments, the daughter of a rich
 merchant, M. Channard. The
 couple had been married nlne
 months on last New Years day,
 aud appeared to be sincerely de-
 voted to each other. Mime. Bas- tein expected soon to become q
 mother. On New Years day the couple went to dine with NJ. Chan nard, and returned home at mid night. M. Channard was engaged to dine with them next day. In the morning the lady went out to make some purchases, and return ed at noon. In the afternoon there were several rings of their doorbell, but no answer was re- turned. According to appoint ment NJ. Channard came and rang-no response. He was told that several other persons had bsen equally unsuccessful. A locksmith was called and the door was opened. The young people were found dead in their bed. Mime. Bastein, clad in her dress ing gown and her husband in his trousers and waisteoat. The re- mains of the breakfast of which both had evidently partaken were on the table. A bottle of ammo mia and one of sedative water were on the mantelpiece. These were the only answers to blank inquiry and searching grief. Nothing was disarranged in the room, and there the young man and wife lay locked in each others arms, and death had caught and clutch ed the last smiles on their faces. l It was a photograph of love and peace. They were perfectly hap py, and they locked themselves in with their happiness and called death to turn the key. The world could not rob them now, and they lay and smiled the smile of victo- ". A medical man said they had poisoned themselves, and gave it as his opinion that the wife died first. Was there just a moment of regret at the separa- tion in the husbands heart? Did he look in her face and smile when he thought that he was about to rejoin her and meet that sweet face on the other side?
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
Asked God to Help Her.

The Danville (Ky.) Advocate says: "An interesting little daugh- ter of Prof. C., of this city, last summer, in eating q watermelon, got one of the seed lodged in her windpipe. The effort was made to dislodge it, but proved ineffect- ual, and it was thought that the child would have to be taken to one of the large cities to have an operation performed by skillful surgeon. To this she was decid- ly opposed, and pleaded with her mamma to tell her if there was no other way of relief Finally, in order to quiet her childish fears, her christian mother told her to ask God to help her. The little one went into an adjoining room, and shortly thereafter came. run hing to her mamma with the seed in her hand, and her beautiful and intelligent face lighted up with joy. In response to the eager in quiry of the mother, the little one said she had asked God to help her, and while she was praying she was taken with 8 severe cough, in which she threw up the seed"
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
MAIL SCHEDULE.

EAST: DEPARTS s:15 a. m
 WEST: ARRIVES S:t5 n. m DEPARTS 2;55 p. m
 NORTH: ARRIVES Mon., Wed, and Fri., II .00 a. m DEPARTS ' q '' :00 P. m
 SOUTH: ARRIVES 500 a. m DEPARTS :i5 P. m The Eastern, Western and Southern mails arrive and depart daily, sundays excepted.
 J. ARTHUR ERWIN, F. NJ.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
CITY OFFICERS.

Mayor, ...,....-., .,...... B. W. CIEA ER.
 Recorder, ,.....,...'.,. II, r. WHITE. street Commissioners, JAS. W Rt SELL. Town Marshal, ,...,....,,.C C. (, ItkER.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
STATE OFFICERS.
Eth Judicial District.

Composed of the counties of Pope, John son, Franklin, Crawford, Sebastian, sarber and Yell. ,.. .
 Pros Attiv v.,..J J. r. BYERS.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25


 Coop HINTs-The way to get credit is to be punctual; the way to preserve it is not to use it much. Settle often; have short accounts. Trust no mans appearance; ap- pearances are deceitful, perhaps assumed for the purpose of ob- taining credit. Beware of gaudy exteriors; rogues usually dress well. The rich are plain; trust him, if any one who carries but little on his back. Never trust him who flies into a passion on being dunned, but make him pay quickly if there be any virtue in the law. Whenever you meet man who is fond of argument, you will find one profoundly ig- norant of the operations of the human heart. Mind your own affairs. Let all the errors you see in other management suggest correctness in your own.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

special notices double the above rates Editorial notices twenty 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 four twenty centt per line.
 Cards or communications of personal character, if admissible at all, double the usual rates, and strictly in advance.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
Spring is Coming.

Ho! oh! ho. the winds are saying
 '.Spring Is coming, full of mirth, You may hear her footsteps batter
 Lightly on the frozen earth. storms may wake and winds be wailing,
 Clouds he black with icy rain: Yet be sure the grass is creeping
 Upward to the light again"
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
THE 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, enterprising people.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

CUMBERLAND PREsBYTERI,N CHuRCH- On Main street. Services every first Sunday at 10 o'clock a. m. and 15a o'clock P. m. All are invited.
 II. SMITH, Pastor.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25

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 continued, without mo- tice, unless special arrangements are made.
 All local notices must be paid for at the rate of ten cents per line, for each insertion. This rule is imperative and must be ad hered to.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25

BAPTIST CHURcH-on Main street. Ser vices every third Sabbath. All are invited to attend. Rev. NJ. M. Crawford Pastor.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25

METHODIST CHuRcHs South-every second Sabbath. All are invited to attend.
 Rev. W. J. DODSON, Pastor.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
Fratern al.

m MAsoNs-MIeet on Main street on "A the fist and third Saturdays in each &E Month. J. w Russell, W. M. J. B. W \Erwin Sec'ty.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
A DiscOntented Poet.

Mans a fool!
 When it's hot he wants it cool; When it's cool he wants it hot Ne'er contented with his lot. When it's dry
 He for showers is heard to sigh: When-to meet his wish-it rains, Of the wet the fool complains. Hot or cold, dry or wet, Nothing suits that he can get; consider, as a rule, Mans q fool.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
E. Q. C. T..

Meet every Wednesday night of each week. J. W. Russell, w, C. T. J. r. Munday, Secretary.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHuRcH.-Eyery second and fourth sunday at II o'clock a. m. and at 71s o'clock p. m. All are invited.
 Rev. ENOCH JONES, Pastol.r e
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25
4th Senatorial Dist.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

 Senator, ...........C .CH AS. F.. TOE
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-25

CHRISTIAN CHuRcH.-Elder J. B. Dalton. breaches every second Lords day in each month, and Saturday night before, at the Prairie Grove church, one mile east ol Russellville.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-07-23

AFFAIRS IN CECIL COUNTY We gather the
following items from the Elkton Democrat:
Mr.. VIM. Brown, near Rising Sun, thrcshed
lot of wheat yielding IS bushels to the acre.
Captain Clay caught shark in his net
few nights ago near Frenchtown. 1t was SO
large the seine would not hold him, and he rot
away. The captain thinks it would have weigh
ed more than 500 pounds.
Probably True.-"Brick Pomeroy' writes
to gentleman at Rising Sun that he will be
present at the Good Templers' mass meeting
to be held on Woodland camp ground, express
ing the opinion that by the suppression of rum
and Radicalism an unparalleled degree of pros
perity would follow.
MIR. VIM. Campbell, of the flour firm of Elk
Mills, killed dog few days ago belonging to
Charles E. Lewis, for which he paid twenty,f five
dollars. The dog, it seems, had been killing
Mr.. C.'s ducks, and lie shot him. MIR. Lewis
sued him before Justice Brown, claiming 800
for this valuable dog. The trial commenced. and
Campbell became frightened and compromised
by paying the $25, which no doubt paid Lewis
better than II the trial had gone on.
On last Sunday night week ago, an old
but much priced horse was stolen from Mr..
John L. Lee, who lives near Elkton.
PORT DEPOSIT AFFAIRS
The members of the NJ. E. Church have Or
ganiZcd Church Aid Association.
The firm OF Armstrong Bros, are preparing
to erect large warehouse adjoining their stove
foundry.
Mr.. James Reynolds lost his infant dauob.
ter, on Monday of last week, from cholera in.
fantum.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-07-23

JUSTICE LONG DELAYED.-ln 1857, a party
of emigrants from Missouri and Arkansas
were on their way through Utah to Califor-
nia, when they were attacked at Mountain
Meadow by hand of Mormons disguised as
Indians. They defended themselves gallant
ly, until Major John d. Lee and Lieut. Col
w. II. Dame with a body of Mormon mill
tia came ostensibly to their aid, and induced
them TO surrender their arms on the preteXt
of appeasing the savages. AS soon as they
were deprived of all means of defence they
were led out TO slaughter, and seventy six
women and children and fifty.fve unarmed
men were butchered by the disguised Nor
mons. The Mormons at the time were hos
tile to the United States and 10 Gentiles
generally, but the immediate motive for the
massacre, it is alleged, was revenge on the
part of the Mormons for the murder of one
of their apostles, Parsley P. Pratt, while in
Arkansas, from which State he had eloped
to Utah with married woman, and to which
he returned for her children when he was
killed by the injured husband.
Dame and Lee have been indicted fol-
murder in the U. s. District Court at Beaver
in Utah Territory, and the trial was COM
menced on Monday. 1t appears that seven
teen children were spared, the Oldest being a
girl of thirteen, who will appear as wit,
ness. Subpenas have been issued for one
hundred and seven witnesses.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-07-23
OBITUARY..
REV. JAMES G. MOORE,

The deceased was well known in Hartford
| county. The greater portion ofhis childhood,
was spent here, and during the years 'GS $50 and
70, he was in charge of East Hartford Circuit, Ii
can be truly said of him, "that he was an Israel.
lite i'll deed and truth, in whom there was no
guile" He was pre.cminent as a man, for the
purity of his life, and of all the men, with whom
the writer has been acquainted, he rose above in
the sacredness of his fife.
Everywhere, at all times, and under all cir
cumstances, he seemed invested not with simu-
lated sanctity-best u christlincss that was beau.
tiful as it was impressed.
He was transparent in life, and uncompromis-
ing in his integrity, making everything mat
ter of conscience having an abiding faith in
God, and the success Of right. He was possess.
ed of sprightly powers Of mind, and had his
physical strength allowed close application to
study, he would have taken front rank as n
pulpit orator. His discourses were generally
brief but delivered in an earnest, pointed and
intensely feeling manner. Under his appeals
tears flowed freely, and the truths of salvation
found way TO many heart. Wherever he
labored, his efforts were crowned with success,
and no doubt very many, who through his
instrumentality, were brought to Jesus, will
rise up and call him blessed, Mt the last great
day. His ministry on the East Hartford Circuit,
was abundantly owned ofGod, in the buildngup
of the church, and the salvation of souls
On this charge he made very many warm
friends. Yes, everybody was his friend, aud
he was the friend OF everybody. His friendships
were warm and enduring, and many a heart out
side his deeply smltten family feels that golden
thread has been abruptly torn from affections
MYSTERIOUS chord, which years cannot restore
Thegospcl he preached to others, sustained him
in his closing hours, and now his emancipated
spirit reyels amid the bliss and glory, that awaits
every child of God who dies in the faith of his
son, Jesus Christ. He leaves wife, and five small
children to mourn his loss. May the God of the
widow, and the father of the Orphan supply
the every want, and at last bring them to The
enjoyment of glorious reunion, with him who
has gone before, in that land, where separation
can never take place. L.