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The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
JOSH KILLINGS.

The following, with the spelling corrected, arc culled from couple of columns of his sayings,
 Anger always hurts us moro than the one we get mad at
 What man gets for nothing he is apt to value to just about what it costs,
 Pills will sometimes refuse to net on the liver, but saving wood never will.
 When man ain't good for any thing else, hes just right to sit on | jury.
 About as low down as a man can get and not quite "spile" is to live on his wife's reptation.
 don't bet on prccocious children, the huelebcrry that ripens the soon est is always first to decay.
 Everybody seems to consider him self sort of moral half bushel to measure the worlds frailties in.
 He who has nothing in this world but to amusc himself has got the hardest job on hand l know of.
 When you strike oil stop boring Many man has bored clean through and let the oil run out at the bottom
 I have always said, and believe il still, that the time to be carfullest 1t when you have hand full of trumps.
 If you want to find out just how mean and dishonest you have always been get nominared and run for of l flee.
 Next in point of meanness to doing man an injury is to do him ia yor, and every now and then remind 1 hlm of it.
 Woman has always been more thar match for man. Adam held tho l best cards, but didn't know how tc play them well. l The mcu who is honest from poll
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
vEGETINE
PURIFIES THE BLOOD AND GIVES
 SI'RENGTH
D IN I14N V TIT DU QUoIN, ILL, Jan. 21, 1878.


 DU QUoIN, ILL, Jan. 21, 1878. MT. II. K. Stevens :-
 Dear Sir,-Your "Vegetine" has been doing wonders for me. Fave been having the Chills and Fever, contracted ill the swamps of the South, nothing giving me relief until l began the use of your Vegetine, it giving me imme- diate relief, toning up my system, pa- rifying my blood, giving strength ; whereas all other medicines weakened me, and filled nh system with poison ; and I am satisfied that if families that live in the ague districts of the South and West would take Veg etine two or three times week, they would not be troubled with the "Chills" or the malignant Feyers that prevail at certain times of the year, save doc tors bills, and live to good old age. Respectfully yours,
 J. E. MITCHELL. Agent Henderson's Looms, St. Louis, Mo,
 ALL DISEASES OF THE BLOOD. If Veg etine will relieve pain, cleanse, purify, and cure such diseases, restoring the patient to perfect health, after trying different physicians, many remedies, suffering for years, is it not conclusive proof, if you are a sufferer, you can be cured? Why is this medicine perform Ing such great cures? It works in the blood, in the circulating fluid. It can truly be called the Great Blood Purifier. The great source of disease originates in the blood; and no medicine that does not act directly upon it, to purify and renovate, has any just claim upon pub- lie attention.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
 An Undeniabie Truth,

You deserve to suffer, and if you lead Q miserable, unsatisfactory life in this beautiful world, it is entirely your own fault and there is only one excuse for you, u,--your unreasonable prejudice and skepticism, which has killed thousands. Personal knowledge and common sense reasoning will soon show you that Greens August Flower will cure you of Liver Complaint or Dyspepsia, with all it's miserable effects, such as sick headache, paipitation Of the hearS, sour stomach, habitaal costiyeness, dizziness of the head, nervous prostratlon, low spirits, etc. Its sales now reach every town on the Western Continent and not druggist but will tell you of It's wonderful cures. You can buy sam. pie bottle for 10 cents. Three doses will relieve you. Sold by J. NJ, liar key < Bro.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12

| UIIidl ttolNiCtCt Nio StibiN iCt a period less than six months from date of entry to time of payment; but this does not interfere with the right to pre- empt.
 The fact that person has had the benefit of the pre-emption act does not, in any case, interfere with his right to q homestead.
 The fact that q person has had the benefit of the homestead act does not prevent him from pre- -empting. But no one can leave his or her own land Tn the same State or Territory to take the benefit of tho pre-emp tion act.
 Insomuch as both homestead and prec cmption require actual residence upon the iard claimed, no person can hold land under both arts at the same time.
 HOW TO ACQUIRE LAND BY HOMESTEAD,
 Any person qualified for pre-emp- tion can acquire, by occupation and the payment of commissions and fees, one hundred and sixty acres of land, held at $l.25 per acre or eighty acres of land within ten miles of q railroad, and helu at $2.50 per acre. Every homestead settler, except sol diers, must in person go to the land office to make the filing, unless he is actually living on the land, and then it is allowable to make the filing be- fore the clerk of the county within which the land is situated. The right of land under homestead law dates from fling (nct from settle ment, as under pre- c-emption,) and then the claimant is allowed six months, within which he must take possession of the land by occupation and improvement. Within seven years thereafter the settler must go to the land office and prove by two witnesses that he has resided upon and cultivated the land for five years immediately succeeding the tune of filing, and thereupon the settler is entitled to a patent.
 Absence from homestead for more than six months at any one tune during the five years, works a forfeiture of all right to the land, if proven to the satisfaction of the |. s. register. Homesteads are not hable for debts contracted prior to settlement.
 There are millions of acres ol United States Lands i'll Arkansas that may be had on these terms.
 No person can brc- ompt more than once.
 No person can homestead more than once.
 No person call make second en. , tly to q homestead unless the frs, was illegal
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
How to Pre-cmpt Land.

Every head of a family, or widow, or single man or woman over twenty one years of age, being q citizen or having filed declaration of inten- ton to become a citizen, can pre- empt leo acres of iand inside or out side Of railroad limits, The first act necessary is settlement, or the com monce,nent of some work of improve ment upon the land, and the pre- emption right dates from first i'm provement or occupation on the land, aad the pre-cmption right dates from the first improvement or occupation of the land. Upon surveyed land the pre- -cmrtor must, within three months of settlement go or send to the land office in that district, pay two dollars, make filing" or writ ten declaration of intention to pre- empt, and within thirty months from Hing, the land must be paid for. If within ten miles of '. $. land office or railroad the price is S2.50 per acre; outside of that distance $l.25 per acre. No one can pay for iand under the pre-cmption law until the claimant and family eff he has one have actually resided upon the land for six months, and he must not be the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of land within the United States (exclusive of the pre- emption claim. No person can make a settlement or improvement on land for another which will hold for pre- -emption. No one can hire another to live upon the land for six months in such way as to answer the requirements of the law that the pre-omptor shall have resided on the tract. One land warrant can be lad on a quarter section l60 acres Tn pre empting, but if the land is S2.5O per acre, the $l.25 per acre must be paid in cash. Soldiers have no rights in pre-empcion beyond any other person.
 COMMITTING \ HOMESTEAD.
 Homestead settlers may pay for their land in cash tor warrants) at the government prcc-$l.25 or $2. .5c per acrc-upol making proof oi
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
Democratic Congressional Con-
 VentIOn.

A convention to nominate can. didate for congress for this (the Fourth congressional district of Arkansas, is called to meet at liar rison, Boone county, on the 18th day of September, 1878, at l2 m, Tue democratic county central commit tees are requested to take such steps as to secure full delegation from every county in the district. Repre- sentation the same as in the state convention. By consultation of the committee.
 TInFoRD DENTON. Chm. Omega, Boone Co, July Is, ITS.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12

Tho undersigned beg leave to inform the pub lie generally that they arc prepared to :hli all orders for shingles on short notice. Our stock Is of the best quality as cheap as can be bough. elsewhere, and we guarsnteo satisfaction. Call at Mills, or address us at kusseilyllls, for fur- ther particulars k. NJ. STEELE < kEIIY,
 Ru5sellvIlllc. Ark,
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
vEGETINE
HAS ENTIRELY CURED ME OF
 VERTIGO.

HAS ENTIRELY CURED ME OF
 VERTIGO.
 CAIRO, ILL, Jan. B, 1878. Mir. II. R. Stevens:
 Dear Sir,--I have used several bottles of "Vegetine"; it has entirely cured me of Vertigo 1 have also used it for Kidney Complaint. It is the best med icine for kidney complaint. I would recommend it as a good blood purifier.
 N. YOCUM. PAIN AND DISEASE. Can we expect to enjoy good health when bad or cor rupt humors circulate with the blood, causing pain and disease; and these humors, being deposited through the entire body, produce pimyles, erup- tions, ulcers, indigestion, costiveness, headaches, neuralgia, rheumatism, and numerous other complaints? Remove the cause by taking Vegetine, the most reliable remedy for cleansing and puri- flying the blood.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
"Facts" Worth Knowing.

The assertions are taken from an exchange and are vouched for as be- ing substantially correct:
 There never was | wood cock seen on the Pacific coast,
 There never was an ocean steamer that eyer burst her boiler.
 There never was dog went mad west of the Rocky Mountains.
 There never was a beech or syca- more tree struck by lightning.
 There never was an eel caught on the Pacific coast.
 There never was locomotive oi steamer struck by lightning.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
YEGE: TINE:

I Believe it to Dc a Good Medicine.
 NENIA, O., March l, 1877. Mr. Stevens:
 Dear Sir,--I wish to inform you what your Negetine has done for me. 1 have been afflicted with Neuralgia, and after using three bottles of the Vegetine was entirely relieved. also found my gen eral health much improved. 1 believe it to be good medicine. Yours truly,
 FRED HARVERSTICK. Vegetine thoroughly eradicates every kind of humor, and restores the entire system to a healthy condition.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
COUNTY ARKANSAS THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1878

cy needs as much watching a hive of bees just getting ready to swarm.
 One of the most reliable prophets l know is an old hen, for she don't propoccy any egg till the egg has happened.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12

A fashionably attired young lady, one done up in the night of the style-looks as though she were en- cased in an umbrella sheath.
 The courts of the District of O. lumbia have ruled that pianos are exempt from levy under an execution for debt.
 Guests at hotels in New Jersy arc not permitted to mash mosquitoes on the walls, buff must get 'em down on the floor and choke lem to death and ring for the porter to draw o4 the corpse.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
VOL. ".
Baby Power.

Six little feet to cover,
 Six little hands to fill, Rambling ont in the clover, Stumbling over the sill. Six little stockings ripping, six little shoes half worn, Spite of that promised whipping, skirts, shirts, and aprons torn, Bugs and bumble-bces catching, liecdless of bites and stings, Walls and furniture scratching, Twisting of buttons and strings. Into the sugar and flour,
 Into the salt and meal, Their royal, baby power
 All through the house we feel, Behind the big stove creeping, To steal the kindling wood, Into the cupboard peeping,
 To hunt for "somesin doot.' The dogs they tease to snarlins, The chickens knw no rest, Yet the old cook calls them darling And loves each one the best Smearing each others faces
 With smut or biacking@brush, To forbidden things anu places Always making rush. Over a chair or table
 They'll fight and kiss again When told of slaughtered Abel, Or cruel, wicked Cain. All sorts of mischief trying,
 On sunny days--in doors-- And then peryersely crying
 To rush out when it pours. A raid on grandma making,
 In spite of her new cap, Its strings for bridles taking
 While riding on her lap. Three rosebud mouths beguiling, Prattlihg the live-long day, Six sweet eyes on me smiling,
 HaZle, and blue, and gray Ilazle--with heart-light sparkling, Too happy, we trust, to fade Blue--'ncath long lashes dsrtling, Like violets ill the shade. Gray--full of earnest meaning, X dawning light so fair, Of woman's life beginning,
 We dread the noon-tidc glare Of earthly strife, and passion
 May spoil it's tender glow, Changes .ts celestial fashion
 As earth-stains change the snow. Three little heads, all sunny,
 To pillow and bless at night, Riotous Alick and Dunnie,
 Jimmie, so bonnie and bright! Three souls immortal slumber,
 Crowned by that golden hair. When Christ his flock shall number Will all my lambs be there? Now with the stiffness round mo, 1 bow my head and pray, "Sincc this heart has found thee, Suffer them not to stray" Up to the shining portals,
 Over life's stormy tide, Treasures bring--immortal,
 Savior be thou my guide.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
RUSSElLV!lLE SCHOOL.
REV. ROWLAND DoGGETT, A. M., Principal. Assistant Teacher, and Governess of Fb,nale Department, MRS. M. A. DOGGEff. Teacher of Musical Department,
 MRS, F. E. BARROW.

The scholastic term will be divided into two sessions of i've months each. The Fall Session will open 2d Sept. 1878, and close Ith January, 1879. The Spring session will open 2,th Janua- " and close 9th June It is our design to af ford to the young of both sexes the best educa- tiOnal facilities. and thus supercede the neces- sity of parents, of the town and surrounding country, sending their children abroad to be instructed, at least, until they are prepared to enter the advanced classes of College. And as our State University justly merits and receives our patronage, the course of study of our school will conform in Text Books and rangement to that Institution.
 TERMS:
 Primary Classes embracing the rudiments of language to the Fourth Reader, in oral and blackboard instruction on the fundamental rules of Arithmetic. per month, 2U training in Orthography, Pcnmanship, English Grammar, Composition, GeOgraphyI History, tU. S,) tS Arithmetic (Thrd Part), per mo-. 25O Senior Glasses, embracing the sciences, Cas- sics, and Higher Mathematics, per mo-, 3OO
 MUSIC:
 Instrumental mnsc, Piano, Guitar and Use of Instrument, 100 Payment made paactadliy at the end of each month. unless special arrangements are other wise made.
 Incidental fee, payable in advance, per ses- sion 5O cents.
 Pupils entering within two weeks of the be- ginning of the session will be charged from the beginning; otherwise from the date Of entrance to the end of the session, allowing no deduction except in cases of protrdcted sickness. When ever the necessity of the case requires it, pu- pil may be entered for specified time.
 Board can be obtained in the best families on reasonable terms.
 For further particulars address the Principal
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12

There is so much uncertainty as to the contaglousEess of yellow fever that when writer on the New York Evening Post questioned two physl- clans, both specialists in the treat ment of this malady, on that point, one replied: 'It is the most conta- gious disease known to man," and the other said: "It is not more con tagious than stumped toe.'
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-09-12
News Notes.

X we'll authenticated case of lon gevity is reported from Lexington, Ind, where Kinder Ferguson, the oldest man in the State bears the burden of 107 years. He voted for George Washington both times that he was q Presidential candidate, has used tobacco ST years and liquors occasionally, and now his sight is gone, though his memory is good and he is still able to walk about.
 A prize fight between women took place at Cobridge, near Hanley, England, few weeks ago. They were both married and with families. They tied up their hair and a ring was formed, each woman having her partizans. Teeth as we'll as fists were freely used, after three rounds one of them was severely bitten and re- tired.
 Ben Gafford, of Lebanon, Ky, be- labored his son of 19 with base ball club because he had eloped with Miss Eliza Bolton, 30 years his sen for. The ancient bride intertercd to save her youthful spouse, and draw ing pistol from her pocket, she held her irate father law at bay until he was taken Tn hand.
 Hezekiah Vlckery, a Berrien Co.,, (Ga. farmer has invented a sort of perpetual motion machine that runs without weights, springs or any arti licial power. A soft wood pattern ran without stopping till it wore out, and when his crops are in, the in ventor proposes making more en- durable machine on larger scale.
 It is good thing for Egypt that It's thriftiess ruler has summoned Nubar Pasha from Paris to help him set his house in order. Nubar IS thc most enlightened Minister the Khcdive ever had, and if his coun- sels had prevailed doubtless half the difficulties which now involve Egypt would never have occurred. He is Il man of about g, and speaks En- glish and French as readily as his own language,
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1878-02-04

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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1878-02-04

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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-04-17
Wednesday, April IL, 1873.

SCENE IN CoURr.-'How was it
McFlinnegan?'
Sure your Honor, and it was all the
nayger's fault. / was a-coming down
the av'nie, quite as lamb. sor, sayin
nothin' to nobody, whin that shpal'
peen came fornist me, SCR, wud bis
elbow, an up an hit i'm upon the
spur o the momint'-
No, sab, he hit me on the nose, sab
ON the spur o the momint-
On de n0se, sab
Never mind fine distinctions said
his Honor. 1T costs man ten dollars
in this court to hit man, whether il
be on the spur of the moment or upon
the nose. George Washington, you are
discharged N. Y. World.
STAND by your friends, let come
what may. is a good motto. If you
don't stand by them, you needn't ex-
pect them to stand by you SO, whether
they he friends of high or low degree,
in affiuence or poverty. stick to them,
and don't stop to enquire whether it
will pay or whether il will be popular.
Whenever you prove traitor and desert
those who have stood up for you and
helped your battles, you will find your
self without any one To congratulate
you upon your achievements, or COM
fort you in an evil hour. when misfor-
tunes come thick and fast.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-03-02
State Superintendent ofFree Schools

NJ. Penilc,on closes his letter to
y. ". Bailey, President Of tho Board
Of School Commissioners, (Which will
be found else rhcrc) as follows:
Il is IA damaging fact to the eharsc.
TER oftds management
This is the fIs! information we have
lad tia. the presen, School Board was
not properly managing the schools in
Weston. We have not heretofore
heard OF auy improper management, bat
on the contrary, wc heard many whU
take deep iu.eres, in the success OF
the school, speak iu the highest terms
Of The good management aud interest
manifested by the members o: the pres.
eRt Board.
Possibly Mr.. PcnlIetcu has informa.
lion on this subject not known to the
public; and If he has, ii is due to him
self, tolhc Weston School Board aud tc
this community to make it public.
II his bull declaration has been made
without authority. he uas assumed q
degree Of arrogance tLa; is seldom il
ever equaled BY public officer.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-03-02
I'richIna 'l'oriures.

souru BEND, ND, Feb. GA
good deal Of excitement has been Gre
Atcd and still exists here 10 regard to
triehipa, The Illness Of u family.
caused by eating wisner ~urst, was at
tri5u.ed to trichiua. but that belief did
not obtain genera! ctcdsnre until quite
recently, whom the head Of,hO family
mentioned, August Schacfer, died. and
pos, mOyttm examination Of the body
aud microscopic investigation Of the
tlr.h established beyond u doubt tina.
the di4easc was really ,richina.
Scaaetftr died last Sunday, and on
Tuesday night his mother.iu.law, Mrs.
Michael Tcamer, also died A piece
Of the muscle taken from Mrs. Tes.
uer's forearm, 10 size the mercst wa.
fer imaginable, was today placed IN
der microscope and about fifty well
defined specimens Of ,tiOhina spiral.
were couated. 1t il believed thar
there must have been millions urnu
aillious Of the worms in the buli.s Vi
Sch4cffrr and MrS. Tesmer.
The disease il their cusrs brgau
with jiarrhea. 4 swelling Of the lower
limbs followed. like dtopsy. While the
mu ,cles were powerfully contracted. in
the Gaze Of tho arms drawing to au
akiInbo position, from which they could
net be Strengthened Thi, paraly.i.
effected the whols hndy. making the
sufferers helpless to move. Iu the lat.
ter stage light rHspiug cough super.
veaed with full symp,uIAs oi severe
pneumonia.
10 addition 10 those elrca6y dead
fifteen others who partuUk OF the pusk
-neighbOrs to whom it was given, and
Two cousins OF the Schaeher's. who
wors here visiting -wers more or less
seriously Infected, The hates, case is a
: Lt,l,, ,,,rl IN rim fum;lv nf Mr. TnihoII