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The Russellville Democrat., 1879-10-02
OKLAHOMA AND CIyILIZA.
 TI0N

TION.
 Dr. NJ. P. Roberts, editor of the official organ of the Creek Nation of Indians, has been interviewed at St. Louis. Dr. Roberts strongly de nounces the schemes of spectators to rob the indians of their territory. He says that if the Whites should be allowed to enter upon the domain now reserved for the Indians, the utter ruin of those nations so civil ized and prosperous, would soon fol low. He calls the Oklahoma bill g plundering scheme, and adds that "the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroad fathers it, from the fact that it owns hundreds of thousands of acres of land down Tn that section that will never sell for anything un- less Congress will let the whites in. This the nations intend to oppose with their full strength, and If jus tice is given them they will triumph" " We hope so intelligent and sensi- ble paper as the New York Sun, from which the above is clipped, will not be deceived by such "stutf'' as Is contained in this palaver of Dr. Roberts.
 It is strange, indeed, that the op- ponents of the Oklahoma bill predi. cate the very results as a conse- quence of the enactment Of that measure, that the measure is inten- ded, and certainly will, obviate, pre- vent and subYert For instance, Dr. Roberts asserts that Eff the whites should be allowed to enter upon the domain now reserved for the Indians the utter ruin of those nations, now 80 civilized and prosperous, would follow;"-while the truth of the mat ter is, the Oklahoma measure was originated with the express view of contributing to, and hastening for ward, the civilization and develop ment and prosperity of the Indian country.
 If by "the utter ruin of those na- tions" Dr. Roberts means the speedy abolishment of the half. civilized tra- ditional codes and usages, and the obliteration of the semi barbaric cus- tums which pertain to, and exist among the Indian tribes, and the substitution therefor of the broad justice and more advanced and civil ized ways of the enlightened Anglo, Saxon, then he is correct. If he means anything else he is either de- luded himself or trying to delude others.
 The Oklahoma bill might interfere with the schemes, interests and pur- poses of a class of plunderers and preyers upon the simple and unso- phisticated red man. It might and would, perhaps, "utterly fuiu these nations" to that extent, but no fur ther. For, wherever the Anglo-Sax on has gone he has taken civiliza- tion, enterprise. perseverance, justice and q broad humanity with him, and prosperity and thrift has marked bus advance wherever he has gone.
 We want those hundreds of thous- and land Dr. Roberts might have said millions upon millions of acres of land in that section which pr. R. in an unguarded moment admits will always lie vacant and wild, and never sell for cent unless Congress lets the white race in," opened up to settlement and occupation by the sturdy, energetic, enterprising Anglo Saxon, whose labor upon them will add annually millions upon millions
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-05
A Prince in the Kitchen.
london Letter.l

They are telling q good story in
court circles of Prince Peter of Old
enburg. chief Of the Russian college
for girls. At the Smoling convent,
which is under his jurisdiction, eight
hundred girls are educated and he
had received anonymously ana other
wise several complaints about the
food which was pronounced execra-
Bile. II will see to this myself" said
the prince, and one day, few min
utes before the dinner hour, he pre-.
sented himself at the end Of the pass
age leading from the kitchen to the
dining saloon. Hero he meet two
soldiers carrying caldron steaming
hot. "HaltP The man obeyed.
"Put down that kettle" The kettle
was at once deposited on tho floor.
"Fetch a spoon" Here Russian dis :
cipline wavered. One of the men
had the audacity to begin protest.
"S'death" exclaimed the prince |;
mold your tongue-fetch me q
SPOON" "But," stammered the sold
Ter. "Another word and place you
under arrest" The spoon was
brought. The prince dipped it into
the caldron and swallowed guam
tity of the liquid. 81 thought so,"
lie said. "Do you call this soup !?
Why, 1t is dirty water" at is, your
highness," answered the soldier who
had been threatened with arrest, 1--WE
have been cleaning out the laundry"
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-05
Disadvantages and Advantages Of
Deafness.

Defective hearing is not without
its elect upon the mind and charac-
ter of the patient. Preventing him
from entering into general conyersa-
ton, it has tendency to make him
observant, and he becomes locker
on in society. He learns TO notice
quickly expressions of pleasure, i'll
temper, interest, or WEAKNESS in the
faces of others. On the other hand
through his inability to engage in
ordinary discourse, he loses the
habit of repartee, and generally be-
comes slow, diffideni, and awkward
talker.- Mistrusting his hearing he
practically obtains most of his infor-
nation from print, in which cases he
has time 10 draw his conclusions at
leisure. He isapt in consequence to
lose the facility of rapid thought so
necessary in good onversationalist.
Els, however, very tenacious ofhis
leisurely-matured opinions, andlrnsts
to them implicitly, often gaining a
reputation for obstinacy.- This is
the chief reason of our hearing so
frequently OF people beng 'as deaf az
posts and as obstinate as mules
The deafer a man gets, the more dis
trustful he becomes of human speech,
and he hestitates to form a decision
on a question unless he has seen it in
black and white. His.loss ofsuscept-
ibility to the influence of the voices
OF others renders him less affected
also by their presence. Thrown so
much upon himself, he becomes alb
sent, and feels alone among crowd.
A confusion Of discordant sounds has
little power TO annoy him, and the
roar OF u catchy scarcely dietracts
him. lie is not worried by barrel Or
gans or street cries, nor do eqIinoc-
iial gales or barking dogs disturb his
SAUNDERS and he may always con.
sole himself with the reflection that q
large proportion OF the conversation
which he loses through his infrmity
is not worth hearing. His lot may be
sad one, but it is said that there is
no creature SO miserable or weak as
TO be ungiited with any means OF self
defense, and The deaf man is no ex-
ception 10 this rule. When his con-
duct is disapproved of and when his
errors and misdeeds have been point
ed out 10 him in loug and passion
ale harangue, he can utterly discon-
cert his accuser by requesting him
kindly to repeat what he had said.
All scandalmongers are dangerous
but the deaf scandalmonger is such |
ap unsafe member of society that he |
is unfit 10 60 about without keeper.
lie hears part of story, mishears
another part, and fails altogether 10
hear the remainder. He seizes his |
scraps and patches them together
Eom surmise. Armed with this val
liable information, he proceeds to
spread il broadcast. 1t is not often
that he can get hold of a story in any
shape, SO, when he can piece one to-
gether, he tells it to everybody he |
meets.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-05
A Woman's Loss.

itS has now become a mooted ,mestion
among scientists whether or not Woman
primitive beauty and vigor, which have been
action Of certain constitutional agents Ihesa
agents must necessarily regulate and build
up, fortify and antagonize all existing female
Irregularities and distractions which hay q
produced the i'll health, must re-vitalize the
blood and give youthful bloom to the cheeks.
The remedy must unload the locked mn secre-
tions, must add red c0rpuscles to the blood, aid
digestion and strengthen the feeble. We are
glad to announce that such q remedy has been
found, and thousands Of ladies are being re-
stored by Its use. 1t is known as DR.. Drom-
goole's English Female Bitters,
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-05
Armor VS.. Projectiles.

The British Government is now
building two steel-clad ships of war,
which are to cost 100000 each,
without armament. They are to be
plated with l6 inches of steel, to car
ny four guns each, to be of 9,lO0 tons
measurment, with speed of sixteen
miles an hour. No sooner were these
monsters laid on the stocks,
than it was found that one ofSir 10.
seph Whitworth's new guns was ca
pable of drivinga bolt ofchilled steel
through steel plate "a inches thick,
and thus once more the defensive side
of naval war making is found TO be
at the mercy of the offensive side.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-05

The Paris correspondent of the
Tribune tells strange story of the
Zulu war. In 1863 Capt. Lambert,
of the Fourth Voltiguers of tho I'm.
perial Guard, was caught cheating at
cards and was expelled from his reg
iment. lie decided to drown him
self, but his godfather convinced him
mat 1t would be better to try his
fortune in foreign lands. So he went
to the Cape of Good Hope, learned
the native dialects, and became pur-
veyor of ammunition to the Zulus, and
afterwards obtained commission in
the Zulu army, Of which he finally
became commander in chief. lie
died in the service but it is said that
TO him the Zulus owe their knowl.
edge OF military tactics.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-05
Thirty Feet of Bowels

Reader, did you know that for thirty feet
the bowels are lined with net work OF fine
sensitive neI YES? This surface is quite deli.
cate, and frequently by the use OF strong or
violent purgatiyes this tract is horribly torn,
tion, which affects the whole system. You do
not need pills, but you need gentle invigor-
atlng tonic action, something that will give
new vigor to the stomach and general system,
by gently clearing the bowels and liver OF ali
waste matter. BY using Bailey's Saline Ape
RENT you have the pleasant cathaftic action
desired. BY its saline action it is wonderful
preventative against disease, having their or
igin from exposures Of hot or cold climates.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-05
Malarious Headache,

Which returns at regular periods, sun pain,
Neuralgia, billionsness, dumb ague chills and
FEVER, are Immediately and pei manently cured
Dy the use OF a few doses Of Days Ague Tonic
IL never fails to cure long standing cases Its
peculiar combination is such that the cures are
made by prompt action uron all the secre-
uons. thus thoroughly antagonizing the MAS
kindly by the stomach, produces no unpleas-
adt symptoms and contains no Injurious drugs.
Twoo three doses Of the syrup have cured q
child in many cases. One dose taken before
breakfast is an eIectual prevention to those
who may be exposed to malarious section.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-05
Mr.. Robert Bonner again comes IN

Mr.. Robert Bonner again comes in
disDutably TO the front in the line OF
swift trotting. The sun never before
shone OH such heat as he drove on
bis exercising track, al his farm near
Tarytown, last Saturday-1:l51 to
wagon, OH three-quarter mile track,
with Mr.. Bonner's weight, which is
$50 pounds or little over. The heat
was driven without break. It is
safe TO say that $4,000 would not
buy Edwin Forrest to-day,-N. Y.
SHA.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-05

Bishop John j. Moore, OF the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal church,
sailed in the steamer Baltic, Saturday,
for England, where he will ask for
money 10 be used for educational
purposes among the negroes in this
country, and especially in the South.
lie hos letters from ministers and
others in this country 10 persons in
England who are likely to be able to
help him, and among others one TO
the Rev. Mr.. Sturgeon. lie will be
away about six months.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-05
Two Millions of Bottles.

Every one, no doubt, has heard Of
DR.. Prices Special Flavoring Ex.
tracts, but although upwards of two
millions Of. bottles ofthem are annually
manufactured, there are yet house
wives who know nothing Of their ex-
cellence. We believe that they are
the purest, strongest and finest flavor.
ing extracts in the market.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-05
NEWS SUMMARY.
The farniture-makers Of Chicago have
inaugurated an eight-hour strikes.

The furniture-makers of Chicago have
inaugurated an eight-hour strikes.
In consequence of the depression in
Lancashire, England. large numbers
of operatives are emigrating to Amer.
lea.
The New Hampshire House of Re-
representatives. has passed bill regul,
ating railroad passenger and freight
tariffs.
Wednesday, July 16, was the hot.
test day of the season throughout tn,
East. In New York City the mercury
reached lO2 degrees in the shade.
| Governor Mcclellan of New Jersey
has respited until August 10, Covert
ID. Bennett and Mrs. Smith, sentenced
to be hanged for the murder of the lat
ter's husband.
Napoleon Bonaparte, colored, was
hanged at Sardis,, Miss, on the 18th,
for the murder OF Tom Butler, colored,
in August last. The. execution was
witnessed by crowd of 5000, prin-
cipally negroes.
A Berlin dispatch says the cholera
has made its appearance to Smolensk.
The terrible epidemic diphtheria con-
tinueS its ravages in Bessarabia, while
the Governor has ordered the univer-
sal fumigation of the dwellings and
clothing of the peasantry.
The regatta ofthe Mississippi Val
ley Amateur Rowing Association was
held at Keokuk. The principal races
were the four'oared gig race, which
was won by the Peoria Club; the four.
cared shell race, won by the
Shoe. wa-cae-mcttes of Monroe, Mich;
ami the six-oared barge race won by
the Peorias.
The steamer State of Virginia,
from New York for Glasgow, went
ashore at Sable Island during storm. |
Three women and five children were
lost in the surf while landing. The
remainder of the IA passengers on
board were rescued. The ship was
t total lost.
Near Cloverdale, Putnam County, |
Ind, the other day, two boys, named |
Smith and Sims, were playing with
a shotgun. Smith pointed the gun
at Sims, playfully remarking that he
would shoot him. lie pulled the trig-
ger, and discharged the contents of |
the gun into Sims'S abdomen, killing
him instantly.
The Tooth anniversary of the Battle
Of Alinisink, in which "A New York
State militia, mostly from Goshen
and vicinity, were. killed by Indians
and Tories under Brandt, on the
opposite Lackawaxen, Pa,
was celebrated on the 22d at Goshen,
with large procession and public ex-
,rcises. Ten thousand people were
present.
Henry Stokes, a farmer, with his
vile and three children, attempted to
ford Flat Creek, five miles south of
Sedalia, Mo-, The stream being I'M.
usually high the horses lost their foot
ing, the wagon was swept away and
ho occupants thrown into the stream.
Stokes and his wife succeeded in
the shore, but their children
we're swept from their grasp and
lrowned.
At St. Lonis, George Rosenbaum,
'ged ~, apaper-hanger, was shot and
llmost instantly killed by his nephew,
young man named Edward Wild oil
quincy, ILL.,, while the two were troll
cking about the room preparatory to
,oing out on target-shooting expedi-
ion. Young Wild deliberately point
ID his revolver at his uncle and pulled
he trigger, utterly forgetiul Of the
act that he himself had loaded the
Geapon an hour before.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
Too MANY Grayeyards.

Somebody tells story of a traveller
who put up at Boston hotel. He was
given a room in the rear of The building,
and the first sight which met his eye in
the morning was gloomy expanse of
graveyard right under his window. He
was a man of sensitive nature, and the
landscape spoiled his appetite for that
day AS soon as his days work or
pleasure was over he quietly removed
his baggage to another house. Here he
asked for front room and went to sleep
in peace; but in the morning, as before,
Aurora's gentle beams gilded dazzling
array of tombstones across the street in
the Kings Chapel graveyard The gen.
tleman had another days bad digestion,
but, being of courageous disposition, he
made third trial and expressly stipu-
lated that he should not be given a back
room nor front one. The gentlemanly
clerk assigned him cheerful parlor on
the west side and the guest went to bed
happy. He arose feeling decidedly more
cheerful, and drew his curtains to feast
his gaze on the Old Granary cemetery,
with tombstones three hundred years
old moldering before him. It was too
much for the stranger. He paid his bill
and departed to hunt up town where
it wasn't so unhealthy that they had to
have a graveyard attached to every
hotel. ~ Worcester Mass Spy.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
The Lack of Home Training.

The convict, Barrett, who was shot dead
in Sing Sing prison, is described by his
father as a high strung" youth. 1t
appears that he had been n barkeeper,
had fallen in with dissolute companions,
and was arrested and plead guilty to a
charge which was supported mainly by
the fact that he was wearing a stolen
shirt. His father now says that the
young man had borrowed this shirt from
one of his worthless friends, and that it
was upon his own advice, in order to
secure short sentence, that his son
formally admitted that hewas guilty.
The boys high temper and unregulated
disposition finally led to his death. 1t
seems hard thing to say, but the
chances are that young Barrett would
have been curse to the community as
long as he lived. He appears to have
had no home training; he had neither
learned a trade nor adopted any useful
occupations; he had become intimate
with evil associates; he was like an un-
trained colt, and although he may not
have become absolutely vicious, yet his
unregulated nature and physical strength
made his acts as dangerous as they
would have been if they had sprung
from deliberate malevolence 1t is
obvious that all the evil which befell
him later in life came from the idleness
and lack of training of his younger
years. Many other boys are growing up
in this and our other large cities in pre-
cisely the sam circumstances 1t is
from this class that our criminals mainly
come. If these boys could be set to
work at learning trade or at farming
they might be saved; but without some
thorough and habitual discipline of this
kind they are pretty sure to come to
some bad end.-Mew York Eoening Post
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
Transfers of the Plains.

A correspondent who writes from
Deadwood in the Black Hills says: An
interesting class of men, many of whom
are to be seen on the road between the
railroad and the Black Hills, are the
!" bull-whackers or teamsters. Freight
ofeyery kind destined for the settlements
here has to be brought from $50 to 800
miles in wagons, and this gives employ
ment to great number of men and
teams. A wagon generally consists of
five or six teams of from eight to twelve
yoke of oxen each and drawing two inn
mense wagons, one attached behind the
other. There is one man to drive the
team and q wagon-master who accom-
panies each train, on horseback, and has
general supervision of it. The skill
with which the bull-whackers man
age these great teams is wonderful.
Each one carries a whip, the handle of
which is about six feet long with twice
that length of lash, and two inches
thick in the largest part. Taking this
whip in both hands and standing off five
or six feet on one side, they will bring
the lash down upon the back of an OK
which is not doing his share of the work
with crack that sounds like the report
| of a pistol. Besides using the whip. the
drivers curse their teams with pecuI-
lar kind of oath, without which it was
said. the animals could not be made TO
understand. The constant use of TINS
oath reminds me of good story told 10y
Minnesota bishop about young theo-
| logical student whom he had assisting
! him at one of his frontier missionary
stations. The young man had gone up
into the Indian country late in the au-
! tumn, and was oyertaken by the sncws
! so that he had to return, several DAYS
journey, with dog team The half
breeds who were his companions spoke
a sort of mongrel French. and in driving
! their dog-teams cursed them incessant-
| ly. The young missionary at first had
| great trouble with his team. but finally
| caught the expressions ofthe halfbrceds,
without knowing their meaning. and got
along as well as any one of the party
| The good bishop describes as very funny
the effect upon the people at the mission
airy station when this young theologian
drove up cracking his whip and cursina
his team as glibly as a native.
! The bull-teams make the journey
from Sidney to Deadwood in from twelve
! to fifteen days. At night a camping
place near some stream is selected. the
wagons are drawn up in n scmi-circle,
and the oxen turned out to Craze. The
men cook their suppers over a little fire
and then rolling themselves up in theil
blankets, sleepin the open air.
The Newtown bee., 1879-09-03
How the Zuius Smoke.

When the white man "inhales," he
rarely allows the smoke to pass beyond
his mouth and nostrils; but the Zuiu
Kaffir fixes his lips over the broad
mouth of the bullock's horn, closes his
nostrils with his hands, and draws in
the reek of the burning weed till his
lungs are filled. Then, handing the
pipe to his neighbor, he lays hold of a
small tambooty reed, and slowly blows
the smoke through it until his lungs are
empty. Thus unconsciously do they
illustrate the lyrical conceit of the time
when tobacco was young in England
they fairly ''drink tobacco" There is
no haste or wildness in the earlier stages
of such a festival; for. sententiously
talking together as the pipe goes slowly
round, and waiting their turn in order.
they blow out the spittle from their
several reeds, and trace in figures on the
ground the plans and pictures that give
body to their talk. But one such
powerful inhalation of the weed is not
enough for Il seasoned smoker amongst
the men of Zululand. Again and again
| does each warrior fill his lungs to reple-
through his tambooty reed, until the
powerful narcotic either lays them pros.
| trate on mother earth or drives them
into paroxysms of madness. Il have
seen them so excited by smoking" says
one who knows them well, "that they
have jumped to their feet and run away
running till they were out of sight;
and on one occasion remember fellow
running at full speed, under the in
fluence of this excitement, till he
dropped down dead" 1t is clear
enough, from this example, that the
Zulu knows nothing of the pipe OF
peace, and that he would be hopeful
subject for the philanthropic efforts OF
the Anti-Tobacco .Society.-Neao Eng
land Grocer.