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When DO / n.ean 10 msrty - el.
Tia idie 10 dispute With hte;
nut ~ yoa ehosss N hear me tell
Pray listen vhlls a. the date.
when daughters haste 9Th esgr' ct
4 mothers daily toll 10 share.
Can make the Isrliins. shifh thsy at
And mend The siockinr vhieh ,hsy vest,
When naidens loot upon man
A. 10 him-if what they vouid mary,
And not o. army soldiersscan
A sutlsf o. commissafy.
when gentle ladies uho have .,
TIE onsr ofa lovers hand.
consent 10 share HE esrthly lot.
And 40 not mesn bis lot Of land.
when youns mechsnics are allowed
To hnd and wed the fsrmers' sirls,
Who do.'t espsct 10 ~ endowed
Win Futaes. diamonds and peafi.i
whsn vises. 10 short. shall freely Eiss
Their hearts and hand 10 aid lhsIrspouse.,
And live .. they ucps vont tolivs
within their sirs.. ons-siory houses
n~s, msasm-ifI'm not too old.
Reloiced 10 qait this losely ne.
rli brush ny beaver, eesrs 10 sold,
And loak shout me for via.
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Mistaken Identity.

A queer case Of mistaken identity,
cleared up by case ofalibi, was that Of
Sam Hall, recently sentenced TO be
hanged for a murder committed in the
Georgia county of Muscogee, in No
vember. 1876, The circumstantial
evidence against him was strong. and
the Sheriff swore that to the best Of
his knowledge and belief Sam was the
coiored individual who perpetrated
the crime. Sam, however, was not
troubled in his mind by fears of the
gallows, and after sentence of death
had been passed he came out with an
interesting statement, which delicacy
had induced him previously to with.
hold. This was to the effect that in
1872, he thoughtlessly carried off a
bride to which another mans horse
was attached; and for this act he was
sentenced to a term Of fifteen years in
the penitentiary, and that he did not
make his escape until February, 1877.
Therefore when the Muscogee county
murder was committed in February,
1876, Sam Hall was in prison, and he
logically argues that some body else
ought to answer for that crime. To
the confusion OF the prosecution and
their witnesses, this has been verified,
and Sam will go back to the Peniten-
tiary to serve out his old sentence for
horse stealing.
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study 20 Hare ideas.
A suggestive story is told Of the
late Joseph Harrison, Of Philadelphia,
inventor Of the sectional boiler for
which the Academy Of Arts and Sci
enccs awarded him the Rumford med
al. and widely known as the partner
Of winans In Russian railway con-
tncts. lie was climbing the Gemmi,
in Switzerland, accompanied by a
young man. and the conversation fell
on the younger's chances Of rising in
the world should he embrace the pro-
fession Of mechanical engineer. Mr..
Harrison favored the idea. saying that
this was the age Of invention and i'm
provement, that machinery was con
stantly being applied 20 new uses. and
that he who would make Il study
and master it in all It's forms would
never lack for remunerative employ.
ment. "But have no skill in draw.
ing" objected the young man. "Nei-
ther have I. said Mr.. Harrison, II
never had time to learn. But have
always found that il had an idea |
could express it on a single with
piece Of chalk. and let a draughtsman
work Il out handsomely and according
TO rule. And I've generally had ideas
enough to keep three or four draughts-
men busy. You can always hire
draughtsmen, but you can't hire ideas.
Study to have ideas. my boy ItI
may be added that Mr.. Harrison's
success was due not to scholastic adj
vantages, but TO native capacity and
personal effort.
II is a significant circumstance, and
one that furnishes the basis for the Sc.
verest criticism of the current meth
obs Of academic instruction. that men
who, like Mr.. Harrison, have attain
ed signal eminence for originality Of
thought have rarely been men Of much
schooling.
The grand aim Of the schools is to
furnish the student with knowledge,
great deal Of knowledge in little
time. To do this the method ofcram,
not that of original research and criti-
cal investigation, has to be adopted.
The students mental habit becomes
that Of receiver. not that OF a dis
coyerer. lie is loaded with knowl-
edge, but in taking on the load he
loses, through lack OF use. IL not
through stern repression, The capacity
to think or act except along the lines
Of conventiOnality Of habit The
scholastic bias becomes stronger than
the original hent. and the nsn lcses
IN productive power IN proportion as
he gains IN learning.
Inc iault does not lie wholly IN the
schools Tue people demand ior their
children a teaching that can De meas
urea quar'eriy--measuied oy quan'f
~ not by quality and on TINS score
the child who takes most kindly 10
secondhand IDEAS Is sure 10 wln' Va
paeliy LOT Original IDEAS Tor original
ana personal independent work. Is al
a discount In other words' what the
man most needs 70 nave Inc child OF
youth Is least encouraged N cni''sa-
ting. ALAI fLN
while knowledge and SKIN are beth
highly desirable, they are still OF sec
ond rank add Il Is possible to acquire
them At too great a cost. II a man
has 'deas-orig'nal' individual erea.
i've ideas he can usually hire skill
H.. Nv .L...lI 4. Al. -. A. -.
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How then net Ready for Dinner.
''My dear" said Miss Clara Morris
to her better-half, at the Palmer House
the other day, ARE you quite ready
for dinner p
lawfully quite, my love-
''Have you laid out the paste dia.
monds for the chambermaid to steal 2"
"Yes, ducky."
"And written the usual note to the
chief Of police ready for mailingf"
EVERY thing regular, my pet"
"And ordered a nice, gentle horse
to run away with me tomorrow ?"
"Yes, dear"
"And sent those marked copies of
the 'moxa' operation to the Sunday
papers :"
Certainly"
"And did you tell that reporter |
intended to buy a 100000 banana
plantation somewhere ?"
"All attended to, sweetest"
Then let us look unhappy and go
down"
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Beffer Late than Ser.r.

IL Is not an uncommon thing 10
hear young men complain that their
carly schooling was deficient in guam
THY, poor in quality, or, il neither Of
these, was wasted through bOyish in
difference and folly. They would get
along better in life II they knew more.
they are free to admit; but they do
not seelthat they are daily wasting OPP
potunities which, il improved, would
in few years give them n fairly good
education. They think themselves too
old to learn. and spend more time re-
GREETING their lack of knowledge than
would suffice to give the knowledge
they need. II is said that the father
Of Pref Sumner. of Yale College,
could neither write nor read when he
came to this country, young English
mechanic. Within twenty years there.
after he was known as one Of the best
read men In Hartford, one Of the most
cultivated communities in the coun.
try. Instead Of wasting his time in
idle regret of bis deficient schooling,
he learned to read, and read to good
purpose. In similar way many of
the best, most honOred and most sue
cessful men Of our country that our
country has over known have begun
their acquaintance with letters after
reaching manhood; and there is no
reason why the most illiterate mechan.
ic in our land, II possessed Of natu-
raj ability and sincere purpose, may
not increase his enjoyment in life, his
opportunities for improving his social,
and financial conditions and heehances
Of his family for the highest success in
life, by an honest effort to retrieve by
study the disadvantages by which ear.
ly poverty or lack of educational OPP
pOrtunities has surrounded him.
scientific American.
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Twas a printers devil who asked
for a kiss, but she quickly replied. did
this pert little Miss "You look inky
and black, though your head may be
level, and I'll never consent TO be
kissed by the devil" Years passed,
and the Miss became an old maid,
with frizzles and curls, false teeth and
pOmade. Then sadly she sought to
recall the old issue--bnt the printer
replied: "Ths devil won't kiss you"
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The sleeping hours Of plant where
changed recently by French chem.
ist. BY exposing ii to a bright light at
night, and placing it in dark room
during the daytime. At first the
leaves opened aud closed irregularly,
but at length submitted to the change.
unfolding >. night and closing in the
morning.
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The rumor that a religious maniac
would 60 over Niagara in a rowbOai,
expecting to he miraculously saved
from death. drew a multitude TO Goat
Island and the Canada shore. A boat
Was seen coming down stream, with
man sitting placidly in il. The sight
caused intense excitement, and. as the
craft neared the fall, several women
tainted, but the voyager did not stir
from his seat. Some Of the specta-
tors declared that they heard him
scream just before the dreadful plunge,
but that could not have been true. Tor
he was only man of straw, put
ahOat by some ways.
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Levi Taylor, who came to this State
from Virginia seventy.Gve years ago,
celebrated the centennial Of his birth
the other day. lie is going to "droP"
corn one OF these days and have his
great great-grandson cover IL.
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Patience under persecution is a
Christian virtue; but there are times
in the history Of communities as well
As individuals. when silence is sin and
Submission a crime.
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Let us eat and drink, for to-mor-
Ow-that is 10 say. in A. ID. 1901,
$40, We die. The sun, according 10
Prof Debois-ReymOnd, can continue
TO shine only 100000 years, by
which time the surface of the earth
will have been gradually covered by
glaciers. and nothing win survive Of
this generation save tew Circus jokes
and Susan b. AnthOny.-[C Chicago
Times.
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Making waistcOats at fourteen cents
each, oheviot skirts at 4 cents apiece,
heavy oveRlls at Is cents per dozen,
and wooden trOSsen at 10 cents a
pair, are some facts CLEANED by a 80
ciety of ladies who are investigating
the condition of the sewing women Of
Cleveland, Ohio.
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The DrinE Df0esify.

Drink has always been a difficulty.
In Nll ages, individuals have mad,
grca, mistakes AZ to the quantity o.
intoxicating liquor which il was ben
eficial for them TO consume. lntoxi'
cation is a species of poisoning, in As
much as alcohol Is brain poison; and
at first sight Il seems strange that any
one should wish, even temporarily. to
damage that thinking power which +
the sole distinction between the hu.
man animal and the beasts which per.
perish. But there are some obvious
explanations Of this apparent anoma-
ly. First Of all. alcoholic drinks are
to many. very delicious beverages. A
quaker was once sitting in q public
house, when q man came in blowing
his fingers, and said, "Give me a glass
Of brandy am 80 cold" one speed.
lily followed who had been running
hard, and he called out, Bring me a
glass Of brandy am 50 hot" Then
said the Quaker quietly from his cor
ner, Bring me a glass Of brandy--be-
cause I like IT," He spoke the truth.
Would not the great bulk Of those
who talk about health, fashion. etc,
say the same thing IL they spoke from
their heartsl Then, there Is 60 much
misery In the world that II is easy
enough to understand Byron's lines
"Nsn H. . re..onsbis being.
ThereIore he Get, drunt"
But the poets have much Of respon-
sibility in this matter. Bowl rhymes
with soul" Many Of our most beau
tifd songs are drinking songs. and
somehow or other Il has come to pass
that although drunkenness is now
pretty generally condemned ''from the
teeth outward. rs Carlyle has II. yet
drinking Is still looked upon as a de.
lightful and honorable exercise for ra-
tional beings. But emo excess" Oh,
MOI No one favors excess. But tho
no one favors excess. II is admitted on
all hands that, rs nation. we do ex-
coed, and that sl40, 100000 per an
mum is far too much to be spent on
brain poison by the people OF the Uni
ted Kingdom. II drink were merely
a harmless luxury, the above sum
would be a startling national expendi-
ture; but when we reflect that the
consumption of this liquor is by the
almost unanimous testimony of our
judges, police, prison and poor law
authorities ard all those in position to
know the habits of the people. pro-
nounced to be the main cause Of crime
AMI pauperism.it becomes truly alarm
ing. Il Nineteenth Century.
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An Ohio COW last week broke a
mans neck by a kick. A mule that
witnessed the casualty went behind
the barn and wept.
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DrnocRarIc srArE rr,xrr.
fOE GOVERNOR,
LUXE r. BLACKBUBN.

fOH GOVERNOR.
luxe r. BLACKBUBN
~ Jefferson County.
TOn Lr.-oOvERNOn.
JAMES n CANTBILL,
~ scoit County.
ron ATTORNEY GENERAL.
r. w. HARDIN,
az Merccr County.
TOR AUDITOR.
FiYETTE HEWITT
~ ilardin counig
roR rREAsURER.
JAMES W. TATE.
ofrnnhlin Comfy.
ron surf. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION..
J0S DESHA PICKETT,
N Fsye,is County.
rOE REGIsTER or LAND orrfcE.
RALPH SHELDON.
~ Nelson County.
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Louisville. Ky.

For full particulars, as to Board. &e., address
MRS. n. q. TRUEHEART. Principal,
stanford. Lincoln Co.. Ky
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TAX n NOTICE.

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The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-26
FROM TEE GOLDEN STATE.
vIsALIA, CAL 5ane 6, 1879.

NIsALIA, CaI,, ; dne G, 1873.
 EDITOR DEMOCRAT: Seeing that you publish communications from different parts of the country thought l would venture few words if it is not intruding on time and space in your valuable paper, and thinking that it would be of interest to your many readers to hear some thing of the "Golden State" as I see it. 1 have been here something over year. To describe this eoun- try I would have to take each coun- ty in detail, which would fill q vol ume, so l will confine myself to the country in which reside.
 The lands here are divided into three classes: 1st, the sand plains on which the people don't expect to grow anything except gram and not that except where it rains in the winter season, which it has not done this year. When it rams this plain land produces from 20 to 40 bushels ot wheat per acre, and man can put in 500 acres with 1 horses and a gang blow. The second class of land is what is called swamp land; this produces crops, rain or no ram; they grow corn potatoes and vegetables of all kinds. Their chief produce is potatoes, of which they grow two crops year, getting from five to ten tons per acre each crop; and right here l will say that potatoes will pay better there 1 think than any thing that you can raise. We can raise potatoes here for % cents per bushel, The third class of lands are the foot hills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. these lands are mostly owned by stock men, yet there are some valleys of rich productive lands in these mountains.
 Now, 1 will tell you something of the inhabitants of this country. It is settled by people from every quar- ter of the globe, each one having their own religion, but as for Chris tian religion, there is very little of it here. Some keep Saturday for the Sabbath; some keep Sunday, and a great many don't keep any day. It seemed strange to me when l first came out here to see men blowing and doing other work on Sunday. My advlse to my many friends in Pope county is to stay where you are; you can depend on making a living there, and it is hard to break off from old associations; an old tree will not survive transplanting.
 If these lines find room in your valuable paper perhaps you will hear from me agaln in the future, Yours truly, J, E. SIMS.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-26

but our young friend and delegate from Pope--Mr. Lawrence Russell was the "guiltiest'' one of all; he dealt the unkind blow; he cut "the most unkind cut of all, consequent ly he carried of the prize. We con graduated him because we felt so much better. All the young gentle men who were in the contest deserve great credit--their speeches were soluminously fine, without doubt.
 Thursday night the grand musical concert came off. It was sweetened "deliciousness"--especially the vocal music by the ladies.
 Friday morning we, with Misses Dora, Alice and Llllie Harkey and Florence Pruitt, Messrs. Lawrence Russell and Amasa Bernard staged ourselves for our homeward march, starting at 6 a. m. and arriving at the Bostic Hotel, aforesaid, at D. m where we stopped till , o'clock Sat urday morning, and then ''boarded" the train for home, at which place we met with warm reception, &c., and "where we rolled back the bill lowy tide of years and stopped, and went straightway to our daily avoca- tions. J,
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-26

RoNDo, June 20th. This is 25 miles south west. of Clinton. Corn and cotton prospects good; wheat almos- failure; oats
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-26

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch calls attention to the figures to prove that the democracy really means economy in expenditures. It shows that m 1872, 1874 and 1876, the democrats promised economy and retrench. ment if they came into power. Well, since 1875 they did have the power to check. the seXtravagant appropri- ations of the republicans, And what is the result? What Is the official record?
 In 1876 the appropriations were actually $l6,000,000 less than in IS- 75.
 In 1876 the appropriations were actually $20,Oo0,000 less than in Is 76.
 In 1878 they were still $2,OOO,00O less than in 1877
 So that the practical result of the presence of the confederate briga- diers, and the absence of republi- can majority, is this:
 That in three years-1S76, 1877 and 1S7S-the actual cost of the government has been reduced to the amount of thirty-eight millions of dollars!
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-26
A sequel to Uncle Toms Cabin.

Jackson { Miss Clarion: "Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Toms Cabin, which did more to fire the Northern heart than the philipics of Garrison or Wendall Phillips, or the wit of John P. Haie, or the scheming Seward, resides partly in the south and has learned more than she knew when her cun ningly devised fiction was printed. She has contributed a noteworthy paper to the American Review in which she administers some whole some truths, with great many Tn. gredients that are not wholesome, for the enlightenment of the northern public in regard to the negro in the south, She points out that in all cases, except our own, the sudden emancipation of enslaved masses has resulted in terrible catastrophes. That we have no such catastrophes in the south, by q sudden emancipa
 tlon Of race unprepared for the responsibilities of freedom, is due to the wonderful fortitude and self restraint of the white race in the south. Imagination cannot des- cribe the test to which, their endu- rance has been put. Mrs. Stowe points out that not less than half q century ago the State legislature of Connecticut made it an illegal act to give instruction to colored per sons, and she states that educational laws in eight of the southern States apply alike to black and white, while there is hardly a christian denomi- nation that has not .undee it's man
 agement and support Q system with numerous workers for the elevation and education of the freedmen"
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-26

i pretty goodj health fine; money on a visit; country rough; people kind; the summer range for stock the very best; a great many hogs in good pork order; the finest beef cattle Y; large focks of sheep; and honey a common dish.
 June 12. A drive of D miles south over some very fine farming country, rich valleys, creek bottoms, tributa- ries to east Point Remove. To-day we passed the finest looking corn and cotton, that we have seen, corn some places in tassel. We saw some cotton knee-high. I should think there would be cotton blooms soon. Wheat good; oats fine.
 We reached Morrilton by sun set, very much fatigued from the dry earth and oppressive hot sun. Mor- rilton is emphatically q new town. Business dull. No rain yet. Provi- dence can't change the laws of na- ture, since He is their maker, there fore the people will never ask until the last brook has dried up, and the last spire of green grass is dead; nev, ertheless He whose word cannot faIl has said ask. TRAVELLER.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-26
FROM A TRAVELLER.
CLINTON, June !, 1879.

bLlNTON. U ulC [, lOiH.
 Editor DEMOCRAT: We are at Clin- ton, the capitol of Van Buren coun- ty. Clinton is gong up,-two new business houses, with a living trade, The Male and Female Academy is a two o-story frame, erected on bill 50 feet higher than the level of the town, which gives it commanding view of all the surrounding country. The building will be ready for the tall session. Some competent teach CT, male or female, and perhaps both would do well.to watch the opportu- nity here for building up school. The citizens should remember that prejudices and petty preferences, will never make school. Harmony must prevail. Money must be oX- pended. The youth must be educa- ted or take the lowest seat.
 There are some new residences put up and several old ones repaired. No doubt If there was a permanent school here, in less than twelve months, there would be quite a num- Der of good citizens move in and build, to get the benefit of the school and thus baild up and increase the value of town property. A man must help himself, before he can ex- pect much assistance from his neigh bors. No town can live without en terprise and sacrifice.
 The method;sts have q very good parsonage, a frame building, with four rooms, sufficiently finished for the preacher and his family to occu- py at the present.
 Crop prospects were never more fattenng; these valleys and creek bottoms abound with the finest corn and cotton, and wheat and oats were never better. Some farmers expect twenty bushels of wheat to the acre. l was shown some specimens of crops already harvested, and l never saw finer grains.
 The successful farmers tell me that the dryer the ground gets, the oftener and deeper they blow; that the secret in farming of dry year, is to get the season" from "below."
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-26

Mir. Howard NJ. Tlcknor, of Bos- ton, who has been nominated.to the United States consul at Carrara, Italy, is the oldest son of the founder of the old publishing house of Tick nor & Fields, and is at present con nected with Harvard College.
 A letter has been received in Washington by Marshal Fred Doug lass, from Bishop Holly, now al Port au Brince, Haytl, announcing that John NJ, Langston United Stotes minister to Iaytl, is danger ously ill wiGh yellow fever