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The Russellville Democrat., 1877-01-04
LITTLE ROCK & Fl, SMITH BY,
OFFICE of THE LAND COMMISSIONER, ] Little Rock, Ark, ist Octobe- -, fS16,

OFFICE of THE LAND COMMISSIONER.
 Little Rock. Ark, ist oetobe-, fS56i To Purchasers of Rdit,oay Laads:
 Having understood that the Assessors in various counties are now assessing the Lands donated to the Little Rock and Fort smith railway, and some of the counties having advertised a portion Of these lands tc be sold, and in some eases sold the same for taxes, take his method of announcing to all parties interested that they cd have no anxiety on the subject. Proper legal steps will betaken to test this question, the ease carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, and every effort made to ob- tain decision from that tribunal before tho time allowed by law for redemption shall expire. should that Court decide ad- versely to the claim of this railway to ex- emption from taxation of its lands, then this company will redeem the Lands sold for taxes prior to the sale of land by the so as to give the purchasers clear and unencumbered titles.
 W. p. SLACK, Land Commr.
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scattered throughout Massachusetts. New
Hampshire, Vermont and all are run by wa.
ter power. AS rule, those engaged in the
manufacture of clothes pms are Ouakers
Beech, white birch and poplar are the woods
used in making the article, the birch and
poplar being considered the best The ma
chinery employed is very simple The wood
Is first sawed into logs tour feet in length
and then cut into small square sticks by
means of a cutting machine. Each stock al
ter beng rounded in a lathe is passed into
another machine, which throws out number
Of perfectly formed pins with one cut and
with great rapidity. The pins are then thrown
into large revolving cylinder and sm0o,hed
by friction with each other. New York and
Boston are the principal markets for this
ware, and hence they are shipped in large
quantities to the West, and to England and
Australia. Over 100000 boxes of pins are
annually sent to England, and a correspond
ing number to Melville, Sydney, New Zea-
land and the Sandwich Islands. Owing to
the depression IN business, prices during the
past two years have fallen off % per cent,
and some of the manufacturers in New Eng.
land have ceased operations because they
could buy cheaper from the West than they
cOula manufacture themselves, besides say
ing the expense of packing and transporta
ton. The price depends entirely upon the
finish and number in a boy.-Nepark Adcer-
tiSey
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! We had sent the gold on by II circuitous
route with james Hill and Jerry Fame, and a
guard of friendly Indians"
He paused, but the burning eyes never wa
vcred.
They got safe 20 the nearest tort, and for.
wardei the gold by careful stages to Chicago.
But we were not SO fortunate. We We're en-
campcd one night, and John was writing to
YOU hy the fire light. He looked up at me,
10 ask if it WAS worth while to write, when
after so long Il silence we were going home,
and ahle he spoke the crack OF rifle told
us the Indians were upon us. The first shot
killed John. He fell upon the grass beside
me. gagplng, Dora---tell Dora-farewell.
forgiye-and died. have his letter, stained
with his lie blood. And I only, of all The
party, escaped | will tell you later of how
managed, but
The leter!" Dora whispered, "The letter"
81 have it here. And, Dora Johns share
Of the gold viii make you a rich woman.
Now, 1 must go back 10 mother, but will
bring her back at once"
Dora did not hear him. With dizzy brain
she was trying TO read the letter that was
Johns dying legacy.
Sadly Tom kissed her, and motioning to
Mamie left her, to hasten hOmeward.
Scant greeting he gave the loved ones
there, TO hasten his parents back 10 the farm,
where his widowed sister was reading her
letter.
In the deep arm chair, where Tom had
gently placed her, she rested, still casping
the blood stained letter in her hands. But
her eyes never read the lines there, her heart
broke over the fatal news that her brother
brought. She never touched the gold for
which she had widowed herself, she never
heard the story Tom had to tell of his won
drous escape. With her letter pressed to her
heart, she lay in the rm.char-dead.-Fd Fam
~ Story Paper.
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The Famine IN India.

1t now seems beyond doubt that the area Of
the Indian famine in 1S76-77 will greatly
exceed that of the really afflicted districts Of
Bengal three years ago. Excluding Madras
and Mysore, there are eight Bombay districts
for which the calculation ranges from great
scarcity" to actual famine. Among them is
Poonah, whose wretched condition led to Tie
"Ryots' Commission" of lS14-1S15.
The supreme government will grant heavy
remisslons OF land revenue, and authorize re-
lief works-itself expanding an indefinite
sum, 100000 at the lowest eStimate--on the
Delhi fireworks and festivities. This sum, ii
must be borne in mind, is exclusive of the ex.
penditure of the native princes, and the mon.
ey spent BY little potentates like the Duke Of
Buckingham, who IS said to have ordered a
silver howdah, and to be making grand prep
arations for a royal progress from Madras to
the Mogul capital. 1t is said that one chief
kas offered 60000 rupees for a iortnight's use
of a house in Delhi. Other charges will be
in proportion.
IL is unfortunate that all this fuss and waste
about n title, for which not one native in o
thousand cares anything, should occur at a
time when the starving cultivators of PoOnal
and the other districts are selling their Cattle
Tor four annas (sixpcnce) heed.-LoAdoR
Examiner.
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What our Churches cost us.

ScrIbner's for January contains al article
with the above title, in which various com
parsons are made TO prove the relative cheap
ness of church work We quote the authors
summing up
We have found that it costs less to carry on
the average church than the average business
establishment; less for the subsistence OF
those who perform the necessary service, and
less for their savings and accumulatlons; less
to the community and less to the individual
patrons. The church is worked more cheap
ly than any selfsupportlng business, because
it is worked at no higher figure than the bare
cost and more often at less than actual cost,
as lcharitable institution, and, to u
large part OF our population, a missionary
society. AS dlspassiOnately and dryly as be-
comes the statement OF statistical facts, we
have shown that no such pecuniary return is
made on investments in an education for the
church as on investments regularly made in
other lines; that no such compensation is
granted by the wealthiest churches TO the
ablest pastors as is commonly granted by
large secular corporations to those at their
head; that service IN the lyCeum is more
highly paid lLan service in the church, even
where the same individual serves in each :;
that concerts and theatres cost more than
churches; that various articles of luxury, aud
even our very dogs, make "a larger figure in
our expenses than the subsistence of the min
listers of the churches; and, finally, that it
costs Christians less to support their religious
institutions than 1t ancently cost the Jews to
support theirs, and less than it now costs
the heather to support theirs
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(From the Washington Capits.)
! We are threatened with the loss of our Lo
gan. John A. is about to leave US, land his
loss we'll badly feel"
Oh! John, when you shall leave us
Your loss we deeply will deplore;
Wen miss your views on finance,
Wen miss your senatorial roar,
When you clear the stricken senate
From the gallery down to floor.
John does not propose climbing the golden
stair TO meet his Andy johnson, but to take
hat dreary voyage up the Salt river-never
more TO return. This grieves us, as we have
said in cherub Childs' sweetest obituary. How
we shall miss the eloquent Logan What sen.
timental donkey was it from Illinois who
asked, Who will mourn for LJgan?" We
Will make a contract, on the easiest sort of
terms, TO mourn for Logan. We will mourn
little before breakfast, a good deal before
dinner. We will take turn at 1t in the
nighttime, and it will vary from signs, sobs
and gentle EXPLANATIONS, to howls that shall
awaken the police.
And why will we mourn for Logan on easy
terms? Because Logan is dear to us. 1t is
such comfort to look down from the gallery
upon the hairless heads Of senators varying
in appearance from solitary egg in hens
nest to a skating rink, and have the eye rest
1t is such comfort to know that under that
splendid prOiusion thrObs brain full of great
thoughts and vast attachments. When
knotty question comes before our John he
retires within himself and studies the same,
and no nan, be he even a constituent from
blessed Illinois, intrudes upon John until his
thoughtful brow clears, like a fog from the
Kidwell bottoms and the sunshine of thought
PLAYS about his intellectual countenance.
When the finance question came up our
friend John retired, and for two weeks, four
teen days, with intermission only for rest and
refreshment, did our John study finance, and
then, master of the subject, he came forth and
promulgated his views. No man has yet been
found to comprehend Johns views on tinnnce
They are SO deep. A well, look you, is not
deeper; nay, the Mammoth cave is not vaster
or darker or more full of nothing, to the or.
binary intellect, than Johns views on finance.
AS Bully Bottom said of his dream, man is
hut a stuffed fool who seeks to comprehend
Johns views.
But the president comes TO our rescue. He
is not a candidate for the senate-not he---as
against our John. His alcoholic majesty,
who gets his constitutional law from jug,
sustains our John, for that his financial views
are incOm Drchpnsiblp
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The Way OF En.iycninc Society.

Early IN the scgsOn-Say IN November
the owner of coy little home sent a note TO
families embracing thirty or forty of his
lricnds-no more than his double rooms
would seat comfortably - stating that he
would he lat home" Friday evenings, during
the winter, from seven 10 eleven, and should
be glad 10 have them come when they pleased.
They were requested To come in without
ringing, and soon learned TO dispose Of their
wrappings aud themselves without troubling
any one. The rooms were brightly lighted,
well warmed, and rs much ventilated ms our
brainless system of house. building would ad
init of, There were tables for those who
wished 10 play card or other games: an open
piano and music for the unsteady inclined :;
books, magazines and papers slrewn about:
easy chars around the fire for Stoiy.tellers
ar visitors. No refreshments" were served
but in one corner was table with apples and
popped corn, or wglnuts and raisins, candy
or, on especially cold nights, an urn of coffee
and plate Of dough-nu,s-to which all are
invited 10 help themselves or Others. as they
wanted. Husbands, wives or young people
came alone or together. as was convenient:
stayed according TO their pleasure; did rs
they wished, and went, as they came. without
more than r CHEEKY good night" The meet
ings were called "Informals," and whether
the number in attcrdance were ten or forty
made - dlt !ca.s, l"r iherc vas no expense
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INDIGNANT POLLY WOO
nY MRS. MARGARET EYrINGE.

4 toad, dressed in apple green,
sat on a messy log
Beside a pond, and shrilly sang,
Come forth, my Policy WOg-
My Pol-mv Ly-my wog,
Ny pretty Polly Wog;
I've something very sweet TO say,
My slender Polly Wog'
"Thc air is mOist-thc moon IS hid
Behind heavy fog,
No stars are out to wink and 6l.nh
At you, my Polly Wog-
Ny Pol-my Ly-my wog,
My graceful Polly WOg;
Oh, tarry not, beloved one,
My precious Polly Wog"
Just then away went clouds, and there
A.sitting on the log
The other end, | mean the moon
Showed angry Polly Wog.
Her small eyes fashcd-shc swellcd until
She looked almost frog;
" How dare you call me, sir" she asked,
your precious Polly Wog"
"Why, one would think your life was spent
In some low muddy bog;
I'd have you know, to strange young toads,
My names Miss Mary Wog."
One wild, wild laugh that tree toad gave
And tumbled off the log,
And on the ground he kicked and screamed,
"Oh, Mary, Mary Wog'
Oh, May, on Ry oh, Wogi
oh, proud Miss Mary Wogl
Oh, goodness gracious!-what joke,
Hurrah for Mary Wog"
--ScriJner for JdaudJy (Bric.d. Brack.D
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Statistics show that Boston consumes more
lager and bottled beer than any other city in
the country in proportion to Its size, and
guess there is good deal of truth in the fig.
ures. Some localities are mined, as it were
with beer saloons, and the scent of cloves ever
fingers roundabout on the sidewalks adjacent
The scent of cloves, however, is, am afraid
intended to disguise something else. Neither
the prohibltcry liquor law nor the license
law can stop the good people of the Hub
from drinking lager. This fermented article
seeing TO be rapidly taking the place
of whisky, and It's well; yet the records OF
the courts show that drunkenness is still on
the increase here. Why this is thus is
hardly PLAN; bnt temperance people Of the
DR.. Miner school say that people have the
"critter' at home in jugs, and there drink be.
tween drinks. Danish the thought! But
propensity. Even the tore-tathers were beer.
drinkers. In the early days the general
court regulated the manufacture and sale of
beer, and any mixture OF molasses, coarse
sugar, or other materials, instead of malt, in
duced penalty equal to $50 for every
offence. In 1913 the court declared that beer
was the principal commodity of New Eng.
land. An old writer says:
"Iops, reformation, bays and beer:
Came into England all in enc year.
The brewery became an early requisite with
our ancestors The emigrants TO Massachu.
sets Bay could not forego their accustomed
beverage; and among the early outfits was
forty.iv tons of beer and four hundredw eight
of hops. So you will see that the inhabitants
of Boston have come honestly by their beer
loving propensity and desire to worship at
the throne of King CorrespOR.
dence Of tie San Francisco CAL.
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or special trouble of preparation. 1t was pro-
posed TO have them rotate; but the objection
was held valid, that by so doing there would
always with some be an uncertainty as to the
place Cf meetings; rivalries in entertain.
ment would creep In; dressing up would
come TO be thought essential; and so the
characteristic charm of the gatherings be
Gispelled. They, therefore, continued as they
begun, and were efficient in killing off, for
those concerned, at least, the old stand-up
parties, or one side, and preventing social
stagnatIon on the other--G0l3eR Rue.
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The Dutch Flat, Cal, ForHa is irresponsible
for the following incredible story:
Mr.. James McManus, u resident of FOOLS
Hill, on Bear river, five miles west OF this
place, who is engaged IN mining, owns COW,
which eight months ago gave birth TO a calf.
The calf was kept up so as TO induce the
mother to return home IN the evening 10 be
MIXED and suckle IT, About SIX months al
ter she gave birth TO the calf, failing TO come
home as usual, Mr. McManus instituted a
search and found her, she having just given
birth to another calf of queer species, 1t be-
ing not larger than young iawn. with the
exception of lis ears beng small, lis head,
Ices and tail are those OF deer, the body, and
hair covering il like that of a cali. 1t was
quite spry, and the mother seemed TO be very
fond of il. There has been no trouble thus
far in raising it, and it is now two months
old and thriving splendidly. 1t is beginning
to show signs Of horns, which are covered
with velvst, like deer's. A good many per-
sons have been 10 see this really remarkable
curiosity, and it presents a problem for the
scientists la solve.
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THE TERRITORY OF HURON,
Its proposed Geographical Position, and the
Reasons for creating IL.


WASHINGTON, ID. c. Dec 24-Thc bill to es.
tabish the Territory of Huron and provide Il
tempory Government therefor, which passed
the Senate last week, proposes to create the
new Territory out Of the northern portion of
the present Territory of Dakota. 1t has been
before Congress for the past four years, and
having passed the Senate, now goes to the
House of Representatives for the concurrence
of that body. The present Territory OF Da-
kota contains l5u,Jj2 square miles, and the
new Territory would have an area of about
20, 600 square miles. 1t is to be a paralelo-
gram extending from Minnesota on the east
for something less than 40 miles TO Montana
on the west, and from the British Possessions
on the north 200 miles To the boundary of the
remaining Territory on the south. Its popu-
lation is estimated nj about 10000, having
received considerable accessons by lmmigra.
ton since the taking of the last census. 1t Is
said that one of the best farming regions in
the United States lies IN the proposed new
territory. Among the reasons given for the
passage of the bill is that the settlements IN
the present Territory of Dakota are comprised
in two communities entirely separate and
distinct from thor geographical position.
The inhabited portion Of Southern Dakota,
the old settled portion of the Territory, is
along the Missouri River. It's commercial
relations are with Nebraska. Sioux City, and
through Iowa to Chicago. Northern Dakota,
the portion which The bill proposes 10 create
into new Territory Is settled for 200 miles
along the proposed Northern Pacific Railway
and along the Red River of The North. its
commercial relations are with Duluth, St
Paul, and Milwaukee. The inhabitants of
the northern portion are often compelled In
winter 10 travel as far east rs Chicago in or
der 10 reach the Capital, Iankton, in the
southern part orthe Territory, there being no
direct means of communication between the
northern and southern portions. II was at
frs; proposed TO call the new Territory Penn
bina but The name was changed 10 Huron on
the motion ui Mr.. B1gy.
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THE LITTLE FOLKS.
The Letters at School.

One day the letters went TO school,
And tried 10 learn each other;
They got SO mixed I was really hard
To pick out one from ';othcr.
A went In first, and Z went last:
The rest all were between them
K, and NJ, and n, 0, p
wish you could have seen them.
B, c. d. T. and J, X, l.,
Soon iosted well their bctters;
Q, r, s, tt greve to say
Were very naughty letters.
or course, ere long, they came to words
What else could be expected?
Till E made d, J, c and T
Decidedly detected.
Now, through it all, the Consouants
Were rudest and uncouthest,
While all the pretty Vowel girls
Were certainly the smoothest.
And simple U kept far from @,
With face demurc and moral,
Because" she said ave are, we two,
So apt to start quarrel"
But spiteful Z said, Pooh for u"
(Which made her feel quite bitter
And, calling o, /, Z to help,
He really tried to hit her.
Cried A, Now + and C, come here.
If both will aid minute,
Good p will join in making peace,
Or else the mischiers in It,"
And smiling Z, the ready sprite,
Said, Yes, and count me double"
This done, sweet peace shnne DER the scene,
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As YOU LIKE IT.
by LUCY LARCOM,


Robins in the tree top,
Blossoms In the grass,
Green things a-growing
Everywhere you pass;
Sudden little brcezes,
Showers Of silver dew,
lack bough and bent twig
Budding Out anew;
Pine tree and willow tree,
Fringed elm and larch--
Don't you think that May-time's
Pleasantcr than March?
"Apples in the orchard,
Mellowirg one by one;
Strawberries upturning
Soft cheeks to the sun;
Roses faint with sweetness,
Lilies fair Of face,
Drowsy scents and murmurs
Haunting every place;
Lengths Of golden sunshine,
Moonlight bright as day
Dom you think that summers
Pleasanter than May?
Roger In the corn-patch,
Whistling negro songs;
Pussy by the hearth-side,
Romping with the tongs;
Chestnuts in the ashes,
Bursting through the rind;
Red leaf and gold leaf
Rustling down the wind;
Mother dom peaches -
All the afternoon
Don't you think that autumns
Plcasanter than June!
Little fairy snow flakes
Dancing in the huc;
Old Mr.. Santa Claus,
What Is keeping You!
Twilight and freight;
Shadows come and 20:
Merry chimes Of sleigh bells,
TInkling through The snow;
Mother knitting stockings
tPussy's rot the baln-
Don't YOU think that winters
Plcasantcr than all?
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ABOUT CLOTHES PINs.-InsIgnlfcant as the
common wooden clothes pin Is in ITSELF its
manufacture forms no mean part IN American
industries. and The numerous factories IN the
New England and other states furnish EN-
ployment 10 thousan Is of persons. There arr
several large clothes pin factories in Pennsyl.
vania aud Ohio. and one In the vicinity OF
Saratoga, y. y, each of which is capable of
turning ont 1900 boxes, or 10000 pms, per
w,tk. There are several small factories
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n NJ CDO GAI.E., successor to Cameron A.
~. McDougal) Attorney and Counselor at Law, Office
In Glover q COOKS Block Ottaaa Ills. Also u. Com
missioner. declI6
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The hotel season ut Niagara Falls is about
,yer, ou.h the falls will 90 on Us usual.
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II. DkUiI'yI', Attorney and Counselor at
Law ottawa. Ill. Uice, No % La Sole street.
fblps Bros grocery store NliI attend promptly all
business entrusted to hts care Special atcat,i paid
SoH'ctohs Gug49-OuOs
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n UEISs RANDALL & STEPHENS, Manu-
IL facturers OF CHICAGO WHITE LINE Wood burned.
Office al Lime Works Broadway and Nermillioa
streets Streator m W II. ukns Strestor; j. W. Ran.
DALI Baisyis; 5. stephens. Aurora Ceci2-iy
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- ELL ~ GILMAN, Attorneys at
i,' Inv Once IN Busnneils building, west OF Lour
"''' O''""a' III. MAJ <i',0 ly'
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= a. DAVIS, Counselor at Law. Rooms 81 =
upera HAN Du!dng La Sale, ILL., Special care gwen
W INSURANCE Gases. JUNE lO-ly.
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nooU AND JOB PRINTING OF
Is every description, done neatly, correctly and ct
owst pric,s Give call. and will eBdeavor 70 CIV
Won entire satisfaction. OSk4N 4 RdPEkAk
West of Court Ho1s
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n.g IL. y GA n .-.EON, Attorney and
C0uhselor at Law aud Nosary p,bllc ,,ihc, second
Hoor Hoes eands boch north vest corner Court use
f0' N"'' h1iuois. luno't6
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H. r.. ~ - LII, Attorney at Law. Office over CITY
IL Drug store northwest corner OF La SuiIe sd Nani.
81" s"e''' N'saNs' ILL., may2U7o
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u r.. LINCOLN, Attorney at Law Office over
ID. No. 10 La sale street, siae OF the Court lose
ottawa lis lulyy75
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B. NICHOLSON. D. B. SNOW.
- lCIiDLSON ~ SNOW, Attorneys and
~ Counselors at Law W pr sctice In the courts La
sale and adjoining counties Office Vi Court House
Ottawa, Ills. NOVA
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EDWIN N. LEW is, Attorney and Counselor
IL at Lew. Glover Il Cooks Block. Ottawa, III. aprS
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| IL. FL &c MING. Attorney and Counselor at
q. Law, Ottawa Ill. Oice in Clancy block northwest
OF Court House. ieOl2',6