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The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
COUNTY MATTERS.

We are pleased to know that orr County Court at it's recent sit tlng took action in the matter of a county jail which promises to do away with the enormous ex- pense ofguarding prisoners. Col. W. B. Young was appointed as Commissioner to draft plan and specifications for jail and report to an adjourned term of the Coun- ty court on the 20th inst. Upon receipt of his report, due notice will be given of the letting { f the contract for the building of the jail, and by the lst of June we hope to be sup piled with safe place of the confinement for law breakers.
 The Court a.so appointed three commissioners, Esq. Maddux, w. L. D. Ewing and Clarke Bonds, to select and contract for the pur- chase of forty acres of land for a county poor-house. They will al so report on the 20th inst.
 Both of these measures, we think will meet the appreciation of the tax payers of Pope county.
 Petitions form the adult popula- tion of Russellville and Atkins were presented to the Court, praying that the sale or giving away of intoxicating liquors with in three miles of the institutes of learning at those places, shall be prohibited. An order to that eff feet was made il compliance with the petitions and in accordance with the law.
 Petitions were presented for licence for two saloons at Dover, and the same granted.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
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One or two more issues of the DEMOCRAT and the times of many our subscribers who started in for one year, will be out. We do not want to drop a single name from our books, and we do not wish our subscribers to miss a single number of the paper, so we urge upon all whose times are nearly out to renew at once. The paper will be fuller of interest, and the importance of keeping posted up on public affairs this year will be more urgent, than ever before. The importance to the people of Pope County of sustaining and sending abroad a creditable news paper is vastly great. To make our paper creditable we must have the support, the co opera ton and the encouragement of our people at home. If we can get this, we can send out paper this year which will bring q ten fold return for the amount it costs our people. One dollar and fifty cents year for each man in our county, to pay, is no. much, but in the aggregate it wlll make sum sufficient to enable us to keep the powerful influence of the press at work in the interests of our sec tion of the state. Renew your subscriptions without delay.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
THE ARKANSAS CENTEN-
 NAL REGIMENT.

For the information of "the boys" who are enrolling t6 form a company to join Col. Mills Cen tennial Regiment, we publish in to-days paper the circular of the Colonel commanding, perusal of which will give "the boys" an idea of what will be required of them. We would say before quitting this subject that there should be no foolishness or childsplay about this. Those who enlist should do so with the view of making a creditable display of cur citizen soldiery which will be credit to our State. If you are not willing to go into it and to submit to a strict, thorough discipline, such as will be actually necessary in order to insure efficiency and pro ficiency, you had better stay out. Read the circular and go into it adyisedly.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
THE SCHOOL LAW.

An Act to be entitled An Act to
 Maintain system of Free Com
 mon Schools for the State oi
 Arkansas.
 Be it enacted by the General As
 sembly of the State of Arkansas.
 Section l. That the proceeds of all lands that have lean or here after may be granted by the Unit ed States to this state, and not otherwise appropriated by the United States or this state; also, all moneys, stocks, bonds, lands, and other property now belonging to any fund for purposes of educa- tion; also, the net proceeds of all sales of lands and other property and effects that may accrue to this state by escheat, or from sales of estrays, or from unclaimed div dends or distributive shares of the estates of deceased persons; also, any proceeds of the sale of pubic lands which may have been or may be thereafter paid over to the state (congress consenting;) also, ten (10) per cent. of the net proceeds of the sales of all state lands; also, all the grants, gifts or devises that have been or hereafter may be made to this state, and not oth erwise appropriated by the tenure of the grant, gift or devise, shall be securely invested and sacredly preserved as public school fund, that shall be designated as the common school fund" of the state, and which shall be the com mon property of the state, except the proceeds arising from sale or lease of the sixteenth section.
 Sec. }. That the annual income from said fund, together with $l per capita, to be annually assessed on every male inhabitant over the age of twenty-one (2l years, and so much of the ordinary annual revenues of the state as may here after be set apart by law for such purposes. shall be faithfully ap- propriated for maintaining sys- tenn of free common schools tor this state, and shall be appropri- ated to no other purpose whatso- ever.
 COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOL FUND.
 Sec. }, That the governor, sec retary of state, and state supcrin- tendent of public instruction, shall constitute a board of commission CTS of the "common school fund, v and shall meet semi-annually, at the office of said superintendent, on the first Monday in February and on the first Monday in Au- gust, in each year; provided, that the governor may assemble the members of said board any time, at his discretion.
 Sec. I. That the governor shall be president of sad board, and
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
TAX PAYING.

The flight of time in it's never ceasing march, has brought around once more the time for paving taxes, and the Collector will soon be on his rounds gath erino in the taxes for 1875.
 Perhaps there is no other duty devolving upon the citizen which is less welcome or more reluctant ly discharged than the payment oftaXes. This, however, should not be the case, for when we come to look at the matter in the right way, we find that our taxes that we pay are not gratuitous dona- tons, as some seem to regard 1t, but merely the proper price that we each pay as a good citizen, for the protection, the blessings and the benefits bestowed by our government. Mankind has al ways found it good for them to have well organized governn- ents of some kind. Such govern ment can not he sustained free of rost and nS it's blessIny yt. fall olil<p on all, all should help sustain It. We advise our tax payers to be ready and pay up cheerfully and promptly. Every consideration makes it advisable to discharge this duty promptly. We caution all against depending upon relief from legislative cnaetment next year.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
Producer and Consumer
'. R. MILLS,
 Col. A. $. c.

The relation now existing be- tween producer and consumer is not what it should be, and it is not what it would be, if consum- CTS were alive to their own inter- ests.
 It is manifestly to the interest of these two parties that they be, as nearly as possible, allied. Thelr position at the present time is one of separation and practical ignorance of each other, they being separated by wall of partition known as middlemen.
 Middlemen are to a certain ex- tent necessary to the existence of trade, but beyond that limit they become burdensome, especially to the consumer. The retailer or breaker of packages, is necessi- ty, inasmuch as a majority of con sumers are of limited means, and it is essential that their supplies be dolei out to them accordingly, but the host of wholesale dealers and jobbers with their accompa- nying expenses, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars annually in single great city, might be reduced with advantage to both producer and consumer. Not the least item of expense of this class of middlemen, is q maintenance of an army of tray cling salcsmen or agents who are daily wandering up and down the country visiting every town and
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
RUssELLVILLE ARK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1876

vicinity for the centennial regl- ment.
 This number was secured in a couple of days last week and a roll of the company was duly for warded last Monday to Colonel Mills. The Pope County boys have always bore the reputation of making the very best of sold iers, and we guarantee that they will not be found inferior to any on this grand occasion.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
OF THE PEOPLE AND FOR
 THE PEOPLE.

At the outset of 1876, we wish to announce that the columns of this paper are open to all commu- nications from any and all who have wrongs to be redressed, com plaints to make or anything of in- terest to say. Our paper IS of the people and for the people, and we wish all who have any news to relate, any exposure of fraud or wrong doings to lay bare, any suggestions to make, or anything for the public geod, to make free use of the paper. If our paper is not large enough, we will enlarge it, if our friends show by their support that they intend to stand by it.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13

hamlet, much to the annoyance
 of the people whom it is tLeil
 business to importune. Estimat.
 ing the number of travellng sales
 men in the United States at two
 hundred thousand, and their sala.
 ries and expenses at five dollars per day each, we find this luxury
 costs somebody about two hun
 dred million annually. The con
 sumer of course pays the bill.
 But, you say, these middlemen
 must do something for a liveli,
 hood. Very true. Yet if they
 were relieved from this unneces-
 sary employment, many of them
 would doubtless become produc- CTS, and while adding to their own wealth, would add to the real
 wealth of the country also.
 The system of employing tray cling salesmcn is founded upon wrong principles, although it is a natural ou'growth of the enter prise of our people. It has not been very many years since few enterprising firms discovered that the employment of travelling sales men gave them an advantage over their competitors, but the moment all their competitors adopted the same system the advantage was lost, and in it's stead was left only an additional item of expense, to be shifted to accounts of custom CTS by marking up prices. Tie system has outlived it's usefulness, and the question now is, how shall we dispose of it? The class of tradesmen who employ travel ing salesmcn cannot abandon them. A house dispensing with it's runners could not stand in competition with another employ ing them.
 The work of reformation, if ev- CT accomplished, must be begun and carried on by consumers, up 1 on whom the burden really falls, l and they can only accomplish it by concerted action, and deter to deal only at first hands. The agricultural com munity, usually slow to act in has at length realized the and failing to under stand why 20 per cent. of the r price of moving machinG should go into the pockets of a man who had no hand in it's pro duction, they have effected an or ganization, one of the objects of which is to deal directly with the manufacturers and producers This is step in the right direc- tion and the farmers have saved to themselves millions of dollars by the operation.-New Jersey
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
THE DEMOCRAT FOR 1876.

The new year has commenced. One more issue of this paper, and the new year will commence with the DEMOCRAT As we pass be- yond the old year, we desire to extend our sincere thanks to our patrons-both subscribers and advertisers-for their kind and liberal support. To our brethren of the press we would also make our acknowledgements for their uniform kind and courteous treat ment. We started our paper at a most unpropitious time. Times were hard; the people were desti- tute of money; the crops the year before had been almost failure, and dull season was before us, but we desired to test the matter and see if Pope and the surround ing counties from which we draw our support would appreciate a good newspaper. We ventured out, and we now have to say that our efforts have been nobly ap- preciated by our people. We started out with many three and six months subscribers, and we can boast that there has been but one, single, solitary man who did not renew when his time was out. For the past support so generous ly given us we are truly grateful.
 For the coming year we feel that we have a much wider field for doing good. The questions which will be brought before the people this year are most momen- tous, and the sphere of an honest. fearless newspaper to labor i'll and to do good III is wide and ex tended.
 We want every good citizen to keep himself posted this year, and we wish to place the DEMv- GRAF in every family in the sur rounding country. We shall strive to give our readers the in formation this year which will aid them to chose in the great con test which is almost at hand, the part which they should act in or der to promote the good, the peace ard the prosperity of our country.
 We ask our friends to put us in still better attitude for accom- plishing this result, by aid ing us to extend the circulation of our paper. We want centennial club from every neighborhood in this, Van Buren, Searcy and New ton counties. We ask our friends to exert themselves just little for us, and send in subscribers thick and fast. A few words from an old subscriber will almost al- ways secure new ones. We prom ise an honest, newsy paper, com; mitted to the best interests of the whole people, which will be worth ten times what it will cost during the centennial year.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13

our soil is also called for Send us a quart or more of the soil which produced some of the sam
 pies of grain which you may for ward. Those knowing where there are minerals, valuable buil- ding or burrh stone should pro- cure specimens and forward at once. Everything and anything creditablc IS desired, and we ask an early response to this appeal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
THE INTERNATIONAL EEK.
 HIBITiON OF 1876.

Under date of January 6, 1876, our State Centennial Commis- sioners, Messrs. Geo. w. Law renee and Geo. F. Dodge, have issued an address to the people of Arkansas, urging upon their care ful attention the urgent necessity for prompt and active efforts on the part of all good citizens in this very important matter. As our Commissioners very truly say, there is no time 10 be lost, and no chance for an honorable back out. We have gone into it, and the choice is before us whether we will make the occasion add honor and lustrc to our State, or cause us to hide our faces ill shame. We can, if we will, make a dis play which will place Arkansas high up in tlie honorable estima- tion of the people of the whole United States. nay raay win the admiration of the greater part of the world.
 Our State Legislature has made an appropriation which the Com missioncrs say will enable them to erect a beautiful and credita- ble pavilion on the centennial grounds, which will afford ample and conspicuous opportunity and room to make display of all our products and resources. A beau tiful site for our pavilion has been selected, and our Commis- sioners guarantee that the Flag of Arkansas shall float from the tower of Arkansas pavilion by the time the exhibition commenc- cs. Our Commissioners are do ing everything they can to en- sure a creitable showing for Ar kansas, but they must have the co operation of the people, and we most earnestly appeal to the peo- pie of Pope county and our sister counties adjoining, to WAKE UP AND BE DOING. Through the col nmns of our paper we have en- deavored at various times to i'm press this matter upon our peo- pie, and we would now again urge ACrIoN-IMMEDIAT ACTION.
 Our Commissioners want our county properly represented and shall we lose the opportunity? No, let it not be so. Select at once specimens and send or bring them to the editor of this paper and he will forward them in proper shape and free of all cost. Bring dozen cars of your finest corn, a peck of your best wheat or other small grain, specimens of your grasses, &c. The Commissioners also ask for samples of native mast, nuts, berries, peas, beans, fruits, &c. Tobacco grows well in o IT county and we would like a choice sample of the tweed. "
 We would like to have a small bale of the best cotton grown Tn the county this year to send to our Commissioners. Flty pounds say, nicely packed. Will not some of our gin owners pnt It up and forward it? Specimens ol
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
North Arkansas Democrat:

AN'i Nh Ahi hdHoao ipti''NiRts
 Nearly all of the farmers in this section are sowing wheat since the recent rains, and it is evident they have abandoned the idea that raising cotton is the only sure route to peace and plenty.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
POPE COUNTY COMPANY
 FOR THE CENTENNIAL.

We are pleased to know that a company of sixty five names have been enrolled from this place and
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-01-13
THoMpsoN's CONFESSION

From the Lewisburg state,l
 The following is a full comics sion of Thompson, made before
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-08-04
The Wonderful Manner in which Fall
ing Man Saved Himself.

Of all the champion gymnasts, says the
Parker (Penn.) Daily Herald, are none
that for skillful fall can compare, so fa1
as the records go, with an oil region we'll
driller. Last Thursday afternoon the en-
ployes at work on the Campbell farm well
were drawing the tubing, assisted by A. W.
Root. who was up in the derrick. In reach
ing for line the latter missed his object,
became overbalanced and started head first
toward the derrick floor. In that awful
descent he retained his presence of mind.
and sezing hold Of the tubing-line he sue
ceeded in changing his position, and at the
same time noticed that if he retained his
hold on the line it would come in contact
with the rapidly ascending block, which
was being taken up by the weight of his
body, and that the loss of his hands would
be inevitable. With wonderful agility he
turned his body around and by mighty
effort got hold of the line that runs ON the
shaft, and thereby prevented his brains
from being dashed out on the derrick floor.
In his descent he struck the working beam
which assisted in breaking the fall and
saving his life. He came violently in ron
tact with the floor, but in sIanting way,
which prostrated him at full length be-
tween the casing head and short piece of
pipe that is driven into the sills for the
purpose of holding the tongs while un-
screwing the tubing. Almost simultane-
ously with his striking the floor the block
reached the top of the derrick and by the
shock the heavy clamps were detached and
were about falling on the PROSTATE man,
when, again seeing his peril, he threw his
body to one side and again averted terri
BILE death, fer the clamps almost touched
his person and fell in the very spot his
body had occupied. He was assisted to his
feet and in a few minutes happily realized
that he was uninjured, and boldly reas-
cended to the dangerous and lofty perch he
SO suddenly left not ten minutes before, and
which is fully fifty feet from the ground.
1t is certainly the most wonderful escape of
the kind ever chrenicled.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-08-04
The Mikado's New Chariot.

Probably the most costly state chariot
yet built has just been completed for the
Mikado of Japan by Messrs. Morgan 6 Co.
of London, her Majesty's coach builders.
The body of the vehicle is Of the finest
Spanish mahogany and fashioned after an
old French pattern, which allows an unlim-
tied amount of ornamentation and excep-
tional interior comforts. 1t is considerably
larger than European state carriages gem
orally, but the peculiarity of its construe-
tion admits of the draught being very light.
The panels are painted rich pale green,
with white and gold trellis. and scroll and
ornaments, the gliding being very profuse.
The metal appointments are silver gilt; tho
door, handles and lamps being richly chas-
ed. Traditional embleins of Japan, con-
spicuously the tortoise and the dragon, sur
mount each corner of the roof, in the CEN
tire of which is the Japanese crown. The
interior is luxuriously upholstered with
cloth and gold, rich Yalenciennes lace and
green silk velvet ornaments. The under
carriage is scroll shaped, and richly carved
and gilt, the color of the wheels matching
the body of the vehicle.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-08-04
A Porter's Fortune.

The San Francisco Nesos Letter says
Dennis McNabb was a porter in q mining
company's Office on California street. Den
mis- swept out and busted things, kept the
desk in hlotting pads, and in the winter
made that fire which is totally unnecessary
in our wonderful climate, but which every
body insists upon having about four months
in the year just to remind them of the
States. Dennis felt very humble and low
ly indeed. as his salary was only $40 a week
and when the secretary-who got $400 a
month for putting his feet on his desk and
writing notes from the "Poodle Dog -
scowled and wanted to know where in the
bottomless pit the stock report was, Dennis
felt very much overpowered and down
trodden indeed. But Dennis had heard of
Wilmington and Franklin, and John Nc
Colloch and other great men, and SO he
worked patiently ON, washing the spittoons,
taking around assessment notices, listening
at the board-room key holes and biding his
time generally. Patience and frugality is
it own reward, and one day Dennis heard
the President read a telegram from the Su-
perintendent up On the lode. They had
struck pay rock at last. That night Dem
mis- drifted around and conferred while
with McCarty, who kept the saloon at the
corner. Then he whispered with Hoolihan
who had made a few dollars running the
hack stand. MeNabb had also something
to say to O'Flynn, the stevedore, of con-
fdential nature. The next morning the
secretary of the Yellow Cat Gold and Sill
Yer Mining Company found MeNabb's bro
gans in front of his ink stand and the spit
toon being cleaned by q Monaghan. Be.
fore the astonished official could recover
his breath a small Fenian procession filed
in. There had been corner in Yellow
Cat that morning, and in less than ten min
utes the old board was voted out, and the
meek McNabb elected President, and was
busy signing notices of a fve-dollar assess
ment on the " outsiders = And now Mr..
Dennis McNabb rides languidly down to
the Office in his coupe, and in the evening
he sits on satin sofa up at the ex-Presi-
dents house, with his French boots on the
steinway grand and q four-bit cigar in his
mouth, while the ex-Presidept's daughter
sings for him in Italian.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-08-04
Troops for the Frontier.


General Sturgis, commandant at the ar
senal, has received orders to send out all
The men he can possibly spare to General
Terry, on the frontier, and in obedience to-
this order, Capt. Hale will leave tomorrow
evening in charge Of $50 men. Capt Hale
will leave Tomorrow evening in charge Of
100 men. Capt. Hale will turn the men
over to an officer of General Terry's COM
mand at Fort Lincoln and will return to
St. Louis. General Stnrgis has not been
ordered to the frontier himself, but win re-
main in st. Louis, 4 fact that will De graft
flying TO his many friends in this city. It's
reported that Fred Grant has been assign
ed % the Seventh Cavalry lGen. stnrgis'
regiment) and will he ordered ont to tight
The Indians. This report Is likely true, as
the late slaughter of 10 many officers Of
that regiment viii make promotion rapid.
ST. L0Bis Times