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atrerkly StatF5man.
RussIAN SupERsrIr1oN-To the Rus.

Russian SUPERSTITION. TO the Rus.
sian girl, Christmas Eve Is what All Hal
lowe 'en used 20 be TO the English lass
the mystic time when she may discover
her future lord. One method of diyina-
ton is 10 have supper laid for two. If
the young lady is in luck, the apparitlon
of the future husband viii come and sit
down beside her, but in order 10 secure
success the girl must not divulge to any
one her intention Of thus attempting to
dive into futurity. There is a story told
In Russia TO the effect that daughter OF
a rich farmer was in love with young
lieutenant, and he, suspecting that she
would probably have supper laid for two,
climbed the wall of the garden, and, sit
ting down by her side, partook OF the pre-
pared banquet-the girl being under the
impression that it was his apparition, and
not the real Simon Pure. However, rs
she soon after married another man, it is
probable her belief II ''signs' was speedi-
" destroyed Sometimes the inquisitive
husband-seekers viii take a candle, ard,
melting the wax pour IL on the SNOW,
after which she strives to discern IL the
hardened substance the likeness Of him
she seeks, whilst very favorite amuse-
ment at this season Of the year, and when
several girls are congregated Under the
same roof, it is to divine by the aid of a
cock. Each girl taking some corn, makes
a small heap on the floor and there con-
ais a ring. The chantic.er is then in
troductd, and is then let loose beside the
corn. Presently he begins to pick at the
heaps of grain. At last one Of the rings
is exposed to view, when its owner, ac-
cording to the popular belief, Will out
strip her companions IN the race for mat
rimcny-a happy result which is rs desir-
able in Russia as in other quarters Of the
civilized globe.
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SPECIAL FREEGslTS.

Pianos, Billiard Tables, Furniture. Glass. Glass
ware and rs contents IN e--s otherwise. QueeDs-
ware. Marble and Castings. taken only at Owner $
risk OF damage, breakaSe on l+akaxe-
Aeiis- Iurpentines, Burning Fluids, Oils and All
other E1nia-, ia or other vessels, at oSner q
risk OF leakage.
Eggs taken only at owners risk of breafige
fruits. Vegetables, and all Otbe= perishable prop
-Tty, at owners risk OF frUst OF decay.
Furniture not boxed, and all agricultural ara
Mechanical Implements, set Up or knocked down,
at owhers II Of damage and ehaling or breakase
Non VIII the Company lie responsible for denlencIes
N any part, unless the specially recepted -oT
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EVILS OF GoSsIP.-I have known Il
country society which witheTed away to
nothing under the dry gossip only.
Friendships, once as firm as granite, dis
solved to Jelly and then ran away to wa
ter only because of this love that prom
ised future as enduring and rs stable as
truth, evapOrated INTO a mist that turned
to days long tears; only because of this,
father and a son were set foot to foot
with the fiery breath of anger that would
never cool again between them and a
husband and young wife each straining at
the hated lash, which in the beginning
had been the promise of God-blessed love
sat mournful!y by the side of the grave
where all their joy lay buried. and all be
cause of tn S. | have seen faith transform
ed to mean doubt, JOY give place to grim
despair, and charity take on itself the fea-
lures OF black maIevolence, all because
of the fell words Of scandal and the
magic whispering Of gossip Great crimes
work great wrong, and the deeper TRACE
dies Of human life spring from the lar.er
passions but woeful and most mournfuI
the ShipwrecG often made of noble ma
lures ard lovely lives by the bitter winds
and dead salt water Of slander. So easy
to say, get 50 hard e. disprove-throwing
on the innocent all the burden and the
strain OF demonstrating their innocence.
and furnishing them as guilty Il unable to
pluck out the stings they never see and
10 silence words they never hear-,,,ssin
and SANDER are the loAiliest and crJelest
W. apons man has ever forged for his broth
ers heart.
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LAZY FARNERs- prevents a
man from getting off his horse to put on
the first rail that gets knocked off the
fence, and through his lazy neglect a whole
field OF corn is seriously damaged. Lazi.
ness keeps man from driving one nail
when one would do, and final Y costs a
carpenters bill for extensive rera;rs
Laziness allows a gate to be off its hinges.
to lie in the mud, or stand propped bv
rslls-a stable or barn 10 leak and dam
age a hundred dollars worth of proven
der. LazineSs, in short, is the proper
name for nine-tenths of the excuses for hal
farming But the most prolific of the
many wastes that are due TO laziness, IS
the waste of ignorance.
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A WESTERN paper received a poem on
the "Butis of Naches." There were 5 Y
t--three stanzas. Tie paper contents it
self with giving the first as follows:
Go see what / have sawn,
Go feel what have ielt,
Walk in the fields at early dawn
And smell what have smelt.
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a GESTLE HNT--A lady, comment
ing upon husbands who seem to think !;
not worth while to be agreeable at home
tells the following ~-ory, in which a wife
ey her reply let the cat out of the bag
A lady friend of mine once, il calling
upon a woman married TO this kind OF
man, SAID, Why, Mrs. Jones, what de-
hshttul husband you have. lie called
upon US the other evening, and was love
" Why, he is as pleasant as a fiddle =
hes, was the sober reply. ''but he al
ways hangs up his fddle at the door when
lie comes home"
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The practical value of the gov rnment
grasshoppsr commission is shown by the
fact that farmers have themselves discov-
cred ways Of getting rid of the pest by
tar and kerosene. b the tine the com
mission has its specimen locusts duly cias-
sifed and labeled, the insects viii have
cone to more charitable climes.
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VIZ read that deaf and dumb boy,
sixteen years of age, recently passed a
viva voice" examination at Harvard,
with honor. He e-celied in classics and
mathematics The honor of course would
not be so much for having fairly acquit-
ted himself in these as for the way in
which he came through the ''riva voice :"
II must have been quite honorary
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"TELL me, really" SAID a lady to Blr.
Labouchere, the other day, "can | take
Maria to see Pink Dominos p "You
not only can, but You ought" replied
that stern British moralist "Maria can
not too early learn how all domestic bliss
is destroyed by wives playing tricks upon
their husbands This most useful lesson
is inculcated by Pink Dominos."
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Miss THAcKERAY, the novelist, is about
to be married, and the London quidnuncs
of the press are making themselves hypo-
critically unhappy over the fact that her
intended husband is many years her Jun
ior. This is another proof, we suppose,
of the extreme care which personalities are
excluded from British journalism.
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A BRIGHT-EYED four year-old boy, upon
hearing his father read the touching story
of Joan OF Arc, was greatly moved by her
sad trials but when the part was reach
ed where she was about TO be burned az
the stake, the poor little fellow could not
contain himself longer, but sobbing,
clutehed his parents arm, and with big
tears running down his plump cheeks,
cried, But, papa, where were the pO-
lice p
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tbs Washington Monumental Society
had meeting recently and adopted a re
pot taking Issue With the board of en-
gineers IS TO the stability OF the founda-
ton for the monument and showing that
the commission fell INTO error from the
adoption uf erroneous data.
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TEE UNITED STATES are the largest cof-
Zee consurer5 IN the world. Germany
and France stand Eodestiy behind US
and we drink six times rs much as some Of
the European States.
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Mrs PIERCE of Eastbourne, England,
mas a new par OF baby twins. Mrs. Pierce
was Dom without arms, wears her wedding
.F1nS on her toes and does her housework
with her feet.
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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

DUpsUANr TO 4 DECREE AND JUDGMENT
L If foreclosure IN. uT.t-I ~ sir, made by the Dls
rict Court OF the Frs Juiicl District OF Washing
ton Territory, bOdlu2 Terms at Nalla Walla Cit,
tor ;br e'nrti's of Walla Nala AMI Co, mba m D.
ee-tsin snit III s8i1 CoUit wherein ". NJ. EWING
WIS PgaiLt!f, and ChAlL LIS EAENEY Wa De
fenian winch decree aud ju 'rneut was rendered Ia
sand CoUr; oI thu S b day of May. 1877. whereby
:eyTeel and OT-re that Ihr InOrtgasei premises
hereinafter desc ibid, te sold 10y tbe Sheriff uf N.
said enaEty of Naa MAllt 70 satisfy the cunt IL.
sad decree and judgment found dae frcm D. -adahi
10 Plaintiff t0-Un: the of one hun lrei and sN
:loG J0l dollars in gold cOin and interest thereon al
the rate OF per cent. pr mouth, together with
&2i o. art7rn ys f7s. Hni co5-s Gf suit 4 c-rtii.,
copy Oi which deere and julgmAnt has teen du
cut aud under the sea- Of -sid Court, and TO
me- d.. vere tor Therefore, notice Is here
by given that ! wIl on
Saturday, the 2Ist day Of Juiy. 1877,
al the hour Of one O'Clock, ~, Of sad day. at III
Court House ao-,r, IN said e1Iuuty Of Walla Walla
W. I sell al Publi Au tiun to the ghes aud is-st
bier, Tor cash in gold coin, th mo-igag-d premises
III saia cree, juismnt and oGer Of sale nient ioei
and ''esc-iue'i as fllOWs IO-wIt:
o.s NUM- er ten, 10 eeyen, ID twelve 10 anil
thirteen. 49, ia BOX Humher TWO, ~ III Shells ad-
cIilon 10 the City Of haiia-wall eolnty OF Walhi-
wals, Territory Of Washington. together with all
and singular The tenemeuts. hsEelisam.nts end aI-
purt-n mos tuereuntp belonging any i-e AI1-
pertaining N satisfy sail decree Judgment interest
attoin.y fe-, aud costs.
Given ui-der my hand this s3l day Of June. 1871
GEORGE +. THOMAS
v T CATION,
PiaiI TINS Attorney ls95tl
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GHOSTS should be more circunspee, and
careful. One came out TO frighten lady
IN Homer, Louisiana, the other night, and
she fred pistol so closely in range TO the
apparition that it went away hoWling and
hmDing on one leg.
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Rates On Up Freight,
lPEH roS MEASUREMENT, 0,

GOODS. MERCHANDISE, ETC, ETC
From wallula TO waIls Walia- 81 90
From Maiiula TO Whtn,an 7j
From Whita-an 10 WaIa Walls ~
50 Building Material, Agri .ultural and Hechap-
zeal Implenents Lime Sc, Freighted to WallulGl ly
o. >. CO.. hoats at reduced measurement will be
trelghted BY US at the foregoing rates, on y. s "
Co 5 reduced measurement
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DOWN SPECIAL RATES,

Deiirered % the o. s. " Co.'S Boais at gdlIEd
Merchandise, Fruit and Vegetables, sane rates IS
atove ter ton measurement
Wool, oDe-half more than the above rates pr ton
weight. Beei hides each 10 eents-
Wod, Sand, Stone and Live Stock at agreed On
rats up or down, iy car load
Double rates on last freight ,--eksses, up OF
down, received from or delivered to beats.
All freight not delivered before P II On the dAy
after IT Is received at the depOts VIII be stored -
owners expense and risk
And all freight received at tdepOts will be- owners
rsk Of IRE until shipped or delivered 70 consigness
All bills payable IN gold coin before delivery oi
freight.
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CHA REN DON HOTEL.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Z1EB Err 81 KNOWLES
F-oprieiors:

SITUATED OPPOSITE ALL THE RAILROAD
- ard Steamship Ufhos- Street cars pass The H,use
every five DiDutrs.
EE Free Coach TO and from the House
2S-tf
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WHEN you have nothing to say, say
nothing, A weak defense strengthens
your opponent, and silence is less miuri-
oGs than = poor reply.
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SINGER SEWING MACHINES.

Ny PERSON wishing to exchange SINGER
MACHINE for atty oiier can hiy Any one IN
This Territory OF the =, II, ar fOa T. si0
70 bot, after three months wear; and after FIVE
yraIs wear, viii give two iOr SINGER Machine
loft IHOS ROMAN.
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PASSENGER RATES.
PASSENGER RATES.
From WafiIria 30 WaIla q SaIia-....-sS w
Prom waiiuia 10 Whiiman...-.----.-: : oo
From walla Walia 10 WailuIa------. W
Prom " hf ina N 10 Nailela ---------- 9o
Way Pass myers, per mile. -

HOTE.-The charges of the 'Salla Walla 4 W2iina
Transfer Company On down freight trAnsieIteIt - :.
u y y. Co.'S boats. ineluing the business OF 10.
wArtiIn9. Is 20 cents pc ton. And up freish
eeIvei irorn q. S. y. Co bosts AID ioTwar 70, -
cents per ton All down freight, for forward nv
ment. Dot CONSUMED 10 parties al waiiuia, sli
turned over to this Transfer Company TO tcr~A'o-
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WHITE WASHING, KALsoNINEISG Aep
w wALLCOLORING done at the sbos TEST noesIs
Inquire Of DEBolS, at p. Bozie's Hair prs>,.Hs
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I On MONDAY the 2sd day OF July. 1877,

ira sdneth thrrOn for
tbs 23, ihe
in rheoya crnntyo W day
until all Of said il sd
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Best Sewing Machine /.

now in use The different vtrirties Of Grover Il Bak
er's celebrated Sewing Machines row ON hand and for
sale at his Gunsmi'h Store, Nam street, Walh
Wa!la, ut San Francisco prices, with freight added
EssI Will guarantee TO te,p these Machines IN
gOod order, free of eh-.rge 10 the purchaser lStf
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ID. s. BAKER,
q oTICE

President VI. w. a. &. r. X. &c:
HAILA HALLA, AngnsI .. 1876 ira
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Given under my hand, this 30 h day of June A d 1871
GEORGE 4. T9sGNss,
TandTa cior ia GouatS W.T..
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.sherifs Sale for Delinquent Taxes for the Year 1876

Y STATUTES made and provided will
highest bidder. Law n the Unit
following Real Estate which remain unpaid
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And on The most favorable terms Ladies Will please
call AMI examine the dOl- sewing VI iclIlne.
II EEERIS a ABEL. Agents
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04
County Court Proceedings.

County Court met on the 1st inst. and levied taxes for 1877 as follows:
 County gen'l purposes 3 mills, Paul per II mills; Jail E mill; on judg- ments in obedience to mandamus 3 mills in U. s. Currency; to pay indebt- edness existing at adoption of new con- stitution mills to be paid in old coun- ty scrip.
 The levy for school purposes in the different districts was levied as voted by the taxpayers in most of the dis tricts. Some of the districts having sent up reports that were defective and irregular, no tax levy was made for them. Among the latter class are Holly Bend, Atkins, and two or three others.
 The action of the County Judge in vacation in regard to the appointment of beneficiaries and normal students to the A. I. U. was confirmed in open court.
 The directors of those districts who by their carelessness or ignorance have subjected their districts to loss of the tax levy for this year are subject to the penalty of the law. We took no little pains to impress this matter upon them and to give them the law on the subject before the August meetings were held, and there is now but little excuse for them. Had they done their duty by taking and reading their county paper they might have been spared the em- barrassing condition in which they are now placed. It was no pleasant duty for the justices of the peace composing the conrt to refuse to make the levy, but in the absence of proper reports they could not do otherwise.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04
Sensible Advice.

You are asked every day through the columns of newspapers and by your Druggist to use something for your Dyspepsia and Liver complaint that you know nothing about you get dis couraged spending money with but little success. Now to give you satis- factory proof that Greens August Flower will cure you of Dyspebsia and
 Liver Complaint with all its effects, such as sour stomach, Sick Headache, Habtual Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heartburn, Water-brash, Fullness of the pit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue, Indiges- tion, Swimming of the Head, Low
 Spirits, &c., we ask you to go to your Druggist, J. NJ. Harkey & Bro, and get a sample bottle of Greens August Flower for 10 cents and try it, or reg ular size for 70 cents. Two doses will relieve you. ieow.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04
OFFICE ARKANSAS STATE FAIR,
 LITTLE ROCK, Sep. =, 1877.


 Secretary County Fair:
 DEAR SIR: Being deslrous of mak- ing the State Exposition as complete and favorable as possible, we ear. estly request those counties whose enterprise and public spirit have eliminated in yearly exhibitions, to, as far as possible, send their pro dncts, stock, fabrics, etc., to the State Fair, to be holden here during the week commencing October P. We will cooperate with you in SC curing transportation and facilities for the comfort and advantage of exhibitors.
 The articles, stock, etc, will be so arranged as to secure the entire credit for excellence to the respec- tive counties exhibiting. Thus in the division of advantages, which we all have common interest in secur Ing, the meritorious will be rewarded. Sincerely hoping you will give your valuable assistance in the fur therance of this project am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
 JAMES. F. FAGIN, Sec'y.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04
Pope County Fair.

At a meeting of the Directors ol said Fair, held on the 2lst inst, the time of holding the Fair was changed to Thursday and Friday the 1st and 2d days ofNovember.
 We hope that this change will not interfere with the interest or success of the Fair. The County and Cir cult Courts being in session at the time heretofore fixed, it was deemed proper for the success of this enter prise to make the change as herein shown.
 We promised to give list of the premiums this week, but as the time is changed we will not do so now, but will give it in ample time.
 M. H. BAIRD, Sec.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04
ShaYinS Sale.

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an execution issued and to me directed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pope County rpon a transcript of a Judgment having been filed in said Clerks office rendered by II. $. Maddux a Justice of the Peace in and foy Illinois Town ship, Pope county, in favor of Moses Green wood X Son against M. II. Caldwell, will on the 18th day of October 1877. between the hours prescribed for judicial sales In the town of Dover, Pope Co.,, Arkansas, offer for sale at public auction to the highest and best bidder on credit of three months the following de- scribed real estate to-wit:
 Commencing on Jefferson Street 90 feet south of the Northeast corner of ]. L. ShiBn's block running South 50 feet thence est 3f feet thence North fifty feet thence East to the place of beginning in the town of Russellyilie, Pope County, Arkansas Bond with approved se- curity from the purchaser required and lien retained on the land for the purchase money.
 R. IS. HoGlNS, Sherin.
 RYJ. ". QUINN, Deputy.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04

---Among the best Commission houses and Cotton Factors in the Bluff City is the firm of Messrs. Hill, Fontaine X Co., whose advertisement we take pleasure in presenting to the shippers of this section through to-day's paper Memphis can boast of as good cotton dealers and has some houses as well prepared to handle the staple as any place in the country, New Orleans not even excepted. No house in that place ranks higher, perhaps, than that of Messrs. H., F. & Co.,, and certainly there is no more urbane and accommo- dating gentlemen than are the whole force of this house. Mir. James Payne, representing the firm will wait on the shippers of this section during the pres ent season, and we bespeak for the firm a portion of the patronage of our mer- chants.
 Uncle Caleb Davis, of Gum Log, is entitled to the blue ribbon for the tall est stalk of sugar corn. He sends us a stalk measuring full 16 feet and cut of above the ground and below the head. It can't be beat.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04
ATKINS, Oet. 2d, 1877.

Cotton.
 Still warm.
 Business lively.
 Streets very dusty,
 Call and see Mourning x Bros new goods.
 For fancy groceries go to Newt. Holyfield's. He keeps nice stock.
 A few more of our boys have an invitation to attend Court this week.
 Our physicians say the health of this section is improving, and of course they are glad to know it.
 Mrs. A. T. Embry and Miss Lu- cy Williamson visited Little Rock last week.
 Mn. A. P. Scarlett has been quite sick for the pas, few days with bilious attack.
 Our friend Tom Halliburton left for Morrillton last Friday, at which place he will make his home during the busy season. Come up and see us, Tom, when it suits your conven- fence.
 Will Mourning returned from Louisville last week, and we were very much surprised to see him look ing so remarkably well, after such a prolonged absence
 --Bejach, Less X Go. have on hand the largest and most complete stock of goods ever brought to At kins. They will sell at any price and it is well worth the time to call and see their immense stock.
 Our friend, A. w. Gross, is ve y suspicious of beardless ouths sine. he was indicted for selling whiskey to minors. A nan about 50 years old called for drink the other day
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04
PaYne,S Age of Reason.

PAYNE'S AGE OF REASON is the largest and best liberal publication in America. While it's mission is to un- fet.er the min Is of men from the dis maj superstitions of the past, it is a first-class family journal as well. Every Independent Thinker can but be pleas ed with it and such gre respectfully solicited to give it their support. Spec imen copies fifteen cents. Address,
 SETH WILBUR PAYNE, Editor,
 Al Eighth Street, New York.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04

per. It is only twelve and a half cents per month. But we are anxious to get all the masses more in the habit of reading. We know that if they will read their county paper they will keep better posted and be more prosperous
 they will think more and be more prac- tical and prevalent and better times will be brought about. Urged on by this desire we now make this offer, to-wit: to everybody who will remit us one dollar and fifty cents we will send the DEMOCRAT from now until the lst day of January 1879. Is not this as liberal as you could ask, and cannot every man in Pope County who is any man at all afford to take his county paper at this low figure. Send us your money at once and have your names enrolled on our subscription books, and you will never, never, never regret it.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04

and was refused because he was cleanly shayen. Adolph thought he was a lad of sixteen. That is right; be particular in future and you will come out all 70. K.'
 MT. E. A. Darr is doing rous- ing business this week. He informs us that he sold $500 worth of goods last Saturday.
 Miss Lucy Williamson began teaching a select school last Monday. We congratulate the citizens of our town on securing the services of such an accomplished young lady, as we are satisfied she will give entire satisfaction. A. 3-M. NJ.