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The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09
Strange Passengers.

The legend of the mother of Thomas Beckett finding her way from Palestine to England by the help of one word of English, the name of her lover, Gilbert, has just been revived by an incident of Paris life. Among the passengers who arrived at the Orleans terminus a few days back was a gray-bearded man of about fifty, in oriental garb, with eyes wide open buttyoih nof expression, the unfortunate stranger being bllnd from cataract. He was led by the hand by a | little girl of ten, of interesting ap, ,,ear- ance, also in Eastern dress. The child guided the father outside the station and then, addressing a by-stander, said, l "IIopital! hopitalp' This was evidently the only word in French they knew. A | railway servant assisted them into a cab and ordered the driver to take them to | the Hotel Dieu but there they could not | be received, as the affliction rom which | the man was suffering was not one of those treated there. and besides he had
 not the required order for admission. The cabman then took them to the po- lice station in the Rue de PArsenal,
 where the police, moved at their dis tress, gave them food and allowed them to rest on the couches. The inspector on duty questioned them. but the only
 reply he could obtain was the words,
 "Mahmoud, Tella, Jerusalem, hopital.'
 Later the Commissary tried the old man
 in spanish. The later understood him
 and tken related the circumstances that
 had brought them to Paris. His name
 was Mahmoud, and that of his daughter
 Tella. He was small shopkeeper at
 Jerusalem, and while travelling in the . desert had contracted blindness from which he could obtain no relief in hi.
 own country. He then resolved to come
 to Paris to obtain treatment, and leaving
 his business to hIs wife and younger 5 children he started with his daughter
 carrying with them some carpets anl
 perlumery to sell on the way. The,
 sailed from Iaiia in q trading ship ans | landed at Bordeaux after a long and ia
 tiguing voyage Finally they hat reached Paris with just sum of 6 fran } and two carpets worth about 80 franc , remaining. The Commissary of the Pc
 lice obtained their admission 10 tn Rothschild Hospital, where Mahmou [ aud Telia win be kept while the opera
 ton for cataract is being performed 0 3 the man.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09
A Boston Turk to be Hang
ltb has been announced tn

3 It has been announced tn. leaving Alexandria, in Egyp Maynard tried a criminal, who protectian as an American citi4 murder, withoutn jury, found him and sentenced hiInts be executed l.n4 report is confirmed by private letter from Alexandria, which gives the name of the criminal as stephen Mirsan, and says he was condemned to be executed on the 2d of October, and that in the meantime he has been transferred to the American prison at smyrna to await there the mercy of the President of the United States, who has the right to com mute his sentence, or to be broug back to Alexandria to be hanged.
 We understand that the accused was formerly resident of Boston. where was engaged as merchant Tn smyrna trade, with his place of bus on Lewis wharf, and that he was alized in this city about twer years ago.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09
"And the Leaves were for tn
 IcdN the Nations"

This is fully exempliiied in stration that so common pastt smart weed, or waIer-pepper, medicinal properties which, whe with essence of Jamaica Ginger cfficacious vegetable extracts, Pierce's Compound Extract of Sm It constitutes most potent IT bowel affections as diarrhea. dysentery, Aux, etc It is also and. .efficacious medicine for colds, and to break up fevers and in fiamatory attacks, and for the alleviation of pain. Every family should keep $ of it, 50 cents by druggists.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09

thoroughly disinfected by it, if clear
 clean cloths are wetted in the liquid diluled with eight parts of water, ant then suspended in various parts of the room. In using this disinfectant plenty of frash air should be allowed to enter the room. as t is s,- cheaper and more effective than anything else for the pur
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09
THE PERlLS OF AN AMBASSADOR.
Ministers Who Have Performed Danger ous Duties.
 

ta0s ous Dutses.
 M Pail Mall Gazette. e The position of an ambassador was not always quite such safe one as it is nowadays. Our Henry VIII. wanted to send Bonner, the bishop, as ambassador l to France with threatening message to Francis I. Bonner objected that 1t might cost him his head to utter def- ance couched in such terms. " If they harm you," said Henry, "Pll make many French heads fall for yours." May 1t please your grace" answered Bonner, "but doubt whether any head would fit my shoulders quite as we'll as my own." More than century later Cromwell hanged Portugese envoy for murder committed in London. Appar- entity however, he was not a regular am bassador. Possibly if he had been it would not have made much difference. 1 Ambassadors and their servants were l declared exempt from civil procedure in the reign of Queen Anne, an act of Par | liament having been passed to that effect i'll consequence of a slight offered | to the Minister of the Car. Peter, the | Great, was naively astonished because every one concerned in the buslness was not hanged. French became the recognized language of diplomacy about the middle of the seventeenth century, l though It had begun to assume that po- ! sition much earlIer. Dr. Dale, Eliza beths ambassador, at a certain confer ence, asked in what language the discus l sions were to be held French" de- | cided the representative Of Spain; "you know your mistress styles herself Queen | of France" |" If it comes to that.n po- litely suggested Dale, "hadn't we better talk Hebrew? Your master, you know, is King of Jerusalem." Cromwell, with l hls usual pugnacity, protesed against the use of French in international corres- pondence. "I will have nothing but Latin or English,' said the Protector | English was out of the question, there being less than two hundred persons out of the British Isles who understood oul tongue, but Latin, the medieval Language of diplomacy, was conceded. 1t was during the commonwealth that an Ital ian ecclesiastic, sent to London on { temporary mission, bitterly exclaimed that there was only one man in this barberous country who eoulC speak Latin, and he was blind. Milton was Latin secretary at salary of S28S { year, afterward cut down to S200 wher he required the services of an assistant
 Preach retained its formal assendanc,
 till the Congress of Berlin, in 1878, wheI
 it was decided that either English O
 French might be spoken. The Englisl
 plenipotenti.ries spoke in their owl
 language Indeed, Lord Baconsfielc
 cannot speak French with huency. Tn,
 Congress was held in the. capital of tn
 German empire and presided over by
 German statesman. perhaps the mos
 arrogant as well as the ablest his countr
 has ever produced, yet no one venture
 to claim for German equal honors wit
 English and French. -f e6gs
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09
nonnd for the Canary Isles.
s New York Star. agt

t@&e MHW New forR sur. t&fH@
 A small brigatine of antique build lies at Pier 47, East river. It came .fiom Laguayra, Venezuela, and IS temporarily consigned to, c. Martinez & Co. No. 4 Bowling Green, It is stopping here on its way to the Canary Islands, and has on board 106 passengers, who are on their way from South America to their fatherland. They arc either natives of the Canary Islands who emigrated to South America, or descendants of those who years agoleft their sunny island of the coast of Africa to find home on this continent. They are turning their faces once again to their old homes, thoroughly disgusted with their ex- perienee in the New World. They are nearly all agricultural people, who wish to live at peace under their own vine and fig tree. t... ts..-... ....
 The passengers left Laguayra July IA and will remain here for about five days in order to take in fresh provisions and a small general cargo, princlpally l grain and tobacco. The vessel has at tracted a great many visitors to the pier but few are allowed on board
 The scene on deck was an interesting I one. The travellers seldom leave tho ship, and when the reporter boarded i they were loling around in picturesque ] manner. All ages. were represented from the gray-haired old man to the in fant, The men were swarthy and agile and the women, with their dark, oiiv, complexion, raven black hair and larg
 dreamy eyes, were fair types of Andalu sian beauty. Capt. F, C.. Lopez, 2 sturd
 looking young Spaniard, was doing th
 honors in his cabin to number of Gus
 tom House officers, who had come to eS
 anime his papers. He was eenerou z with his spanish wine and iayan 2 cigars, and although the officials and th
 gallant Captain could not understand
 word that each other said. the meetln was cordial and satisfactory. ,s GEORGE w. PARsHALL, a Roehest' (N. Y J bird iancier, has been at inilnl
 trouble to get the national red, whi
 .and blue represented by three bir'
 which will live peaeeably in the san
 cage. He has finally eecrred the bir' ' of the same size and which eai tho san [ kind of seed, the red bird being sp i. cies known as the Napoleon, from Sou D America, the blue an mdigo bird fro Q inc same country, und the white sp' e TOW from Java.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09
The Wrong Leg.
Portland Advertiser.

There was an eminent sergeant~at-law
 some years ago who had cork leg that was triumph in artistic deception, None but his intimates kucw for certain which was tho real and which was the sham limb. 4 wild young wag of the
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09
THE HAPPY BUD.
st N,1holas for Anr,I

St, Nicholas, for April. ! bud dtoops low on grassy lea She does not know what her fate will be; So she waits, and longs, and sips the dew; And sings the songs that sing to you; 'I am SO small.
 And the world go widc-- And the trees are SD tall ThOt whisper and call By the brookiets side, That I could not sec,
 should open my eyes, The sunny iea.
 Or the waters free,
 Or the beautiful skies. 50 foolish seem,
 And the world so wise, That l can not dream What flower will gleam tt When greet the skies
 But though Pm go small, And the world so wide-- Though the trees are SC tall That whisper and cali By tho brooklet's side I'll do my best
 To be sw go. and brightl Ana .. work and wait fo' a worthy fate,
 ill find the light" Q, happy bud on the grassy len. Filled with the beauty that is to be. We'll may she trust to th sun and dew, As she sings the song that I sing to you.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09

ately as he would, he would soon have been overpowered, but that the Colonel had shen bis danger. Squirting his Horse ahead of his men, he had flown to his rescue, charging down in the very midst of shower of arrows. W
 ''It was decd worthy god" my hus- band continued. thought we were both unhurt, almost. miraculously so. We were beating a retreat to our com nand, when one of the willy savages launched tomahawk at my breast. The Colonel saw it glittering in the air, and throwing himself before me caught the blow. The next minute we were in safety, but safety gained too late: Don't regret it. he said, pressing my hand. Tell her did it for her sake. loved her Roger, my boy. 1 have not cared much for living since; and now w--now that have spared her the suffering l would once have wished her--I am gtad to die Ask her to forgive ne for those rash words--I never meant them and let her future happiness buy my atonement.'"
 I have been Rogers wife many happy years now. He, was too noble to re proach me, though told hlm all but through my happiness fingers ever my hearts selfreproacb, and the wonder if, at the judgment bar of God, Gains brand will not be upon nay brow
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09

MUSICIANS are known by the accom- paniments they keep"
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
WHAT THERE IS IN WHEAT.

A QUICK and efiectual method to des- troy plantain and other weed pests on lawns is to cut the plants of at the crown, and drop onthe top of the root two or three drops of kerosene oil. The lawn will not be defaced by digging, and the work is at. once completely donei the root dies as surely as if struck by lightning.
 WEEDS on gravel walks may be des- troyed and prevented from growing again by a copious dressing of the cheap est salt. This is better method than hand pulling, which disturbs the gravel and renders constant raking and rolling necessary. One application early in the season, and others as maybe needed, while the weeds are small, will keep the walks clean and bright.
 Ir is of the very utmost importance that stock should have good, pure water and plenty of it. The thirst of animals during the hot weather can readily bt imagined from judging It by the human thirst; and to deprive the animal of { sufficient drink IS about the worst spe cies of cruelty that can be inflicted upor the brute creation. The agony of ex cessive thirst is simply terrible. AN English seed firm of high standin, suggests the following remedy for thu | turnip fiy. ft is to drill little exlri seed in the rows, and to scatter littl' seed broadcast between the rows. WI 1 have known this 10 answer admirabl, l in checking the pace of the flies througl
 the row, and thus afiording time for I sufficient portion of the plants Co de I velop from the seed leaf, after whio period the plants are proof against th I fly.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-09
Olive on.

Some wears ago bill of damages wes
 sent in to railroad company for parcels
 or olive oil shipped from Cincinnati 10
 New York which had been destroyed Tn
 a smash-up. Asthe oil appeared to be
 going in the wrong direction the ral- road company had no difficulty in set
 ting for it on the basis of the market
 nrice of lard oil at a considerable abate-
 ment. The Treasury Department at | Washinpton is now informed that the Italian Government, in order to protect | olive oil, which is one of its chief Mti- | cles of export, is about to impose an mn | port duty on cotton seed oil. ltappears | that large quantities of cotton seed OH
 are produced in this country and ex- ! ported to Italy. There, without any | change or addition, it IS put mp as olive | oil. branded as such, and exported as the genuine article. large trada ms crown up in cotton seed "olive" oil. lt
 is stated that the cotton seed oil is ms
 good. if not better, for all purposes, than
 inc genuine olive oil. Unless the cot
 ion Seed oil is Aa better substitute for : olive oil than the rancid Cincinnati
 product few persons wlll desire to try It.
 --------- ----~------- A SAN FRANCISCO manufacturer has , received from the interior of the Stale an order for a pair of boots which, if tic numbers in use ran so high, would n' !. eighteens in size. They will be " ' inches in length. The man who is [ wear them is small except as to 7 hands and feet.
 PUBLIC squares are great bless [ the community. We can say the II pr Bulls Baby syrup; ltis the bes' ~ for the cure of all diseases Babvh T encounter Price only % cts. o - A. TIE French government " M. Pasteur 10000 francs tr il to carry out his research )e tagious diseases of anims
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-03-13

MIXED RUBBER p

THE REAL ARTICLE OF EAST INDIA
Chutney in quart Bottle, assorted,
al 10 For Sale by BOLLEs 4 Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-03-13

nF ALL SHADES, IN AND SMALL
" Packages For Sale by
jail re BOLLEs & co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-03-13

TAR, TAR
RIFT BARRELS wILMINGTON n. c..
u Tar, per Amy Turner. (o1s 7) BOLLES & CO.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-03-13

WHITE CEDAR BOAT BOARDS.
DECEIVED PER AMY TURNER, FOE
h (ols TeO Sale by BoLLES & co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-03-13
VANITY FAIR.

UT IL WITH WE ANNOUNCE
II that our Vanity Fair Tobacco and Cigarettes, in their va
rous styles, have been adopted by the French Government
BeioH Ee quote from the Rochester Democrat and Chroniele=
"lt Is matter Of pride TO Rochester, as vel as 10 the Drm
directly interested, that yesterday a cable dispatch was re-
ceived stating shat the French Government had adopted the
Tobacco aud Cigarettes manufactured by Wm. 5 kimball &
Co., Of this city We should explain, perhaps, that all Tobae-
co sold in France up 10 this time has been manufactured by
the Government. OF late the demand for other makes has
arisen, and the Government, TO meet il, allowed English and
American Manufacturers 10 enter goods for competitive test
with a vies 70 the adoption Of the best. The fact that WIN.
= ktmbal 4 Co. have come out far ahead Of al other manu-
facturers IN both countries. Is unmistakable proof that their
goods are the best the world produces Their Tobacco and
Cigarettes vii hencef5rth be on sale In Paris as freely as in
New York, but no other make, except the French, viii be
found there. In other words, the French Government, on The
report Of its experts, declare the goods Of Wn. 9. Kimbal &
Co. the best in the world"
HOLLISTER s. CO.
ja4 Sole Agents for the Hawaiian Islands.
The Osceola times., 1880-05-01
JoHN M. COLLINS.

Mr.. Mathis, a promising young
lawyer of Osceola, was in town last
week. He speaks of making this
place his home at no distant day.
Shouldn't wonder.-[ Forrest City
Courier.
Shouldn't wonder! Umph, rather
ambiguous. Wonder what the cdi
tor of the Courier means by that !
Is there female woman in the case
or is Ed. just naturally gong to
leave Osccola without consulting
his numerous friends?
The Osceola times., 1880-05-01
Els.esOt Items.
by our Spec.a, Correspondent

bl buI Nlttat AbIEtfpoLutut-
EDITOR TIMES 1t may be a fact
that some of your readers are not
familiar with the location Of Elmot,
to such | would say that EImot is
Immediately on the bank of the
Mississippi river. five miles above
Osceola. The farming lands in the
vicinity are equal to. any in the
county, and none of them can be
surpassed in the state. During the
Fail and Winter of 1879, as much
produce was received and shipped
from this place us any small place
we know of. Soon, n good hotel
will be in readiness, 10 receive and
welcome all visiting this portion OF
the county.
As yet, we have had no Mayors
or Aldermen, no quarreling, no
high or low taxes, no working the
streets, no ono claiming exemption
from working the streets on the
score OF poverty, or anything OF
that kind; yet we have some live
citizens-some claiming the earliest
cotton Of the season, making the
biggest crops in the county, and,
last, though not least, growing the
largest and most beautiful daisies .
Who the daisy growers are, pre-
sumo the young ladies know.
AS Ills So long before the election,
not much rs beng sud about it;
yet, when tho crops a.o. well ad
vanced, the cauildatcs all well ad.
vertised IN you paper, aud We know
officially what they want, EImot
will take a hand aud make hor sc.
lecuons.
We do not propose to blow "any
mans horn" or try to create Il
boom for any one, yet, IN the Ian
guage of " Uncle Jake :" Osceola
has one man that we wish to honor.
Sir, we know him competent,
truthful, goodlooking, moves as il
he was shot out of gun; every
inch man, and if he will permit
MS. CUnclc Jake and Mr.. Whitel, we
will beat that id Gene Pettey so
bad he will never run for Coroner
The Osceola times., 1880-05-01
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
STATE OFFICERS.

Governor W. Il. Miller.
Sec'y of Stlte-Iacob frolich.
Auditor-John Crawford.
Tr,asu 4. J. Churchill,
Atty Gcn'l.-W. +. Henderson.
Com. State Lauds--D. W. Lear
Chancellor--D W tmIoll
Chnnccry Clerk W Calaway.
Chief lustice-E. H. English.
Associate Justices John Il. Eallin. and
". NJ Harrison.
ours Pub, Inst l.. Denton.
Ist. CONGRESS GONAL DISTRICT.
Congressman, lst Observation-Disclosures Dunn
JUDICIARY.
Second CIrcmt- Counties of Mississippi, Gross
Irittendcn. Pointsett, Crlighead, Greene, Clny-
ton and Randolph
Circuit Judge L. l.. Mack,
Pros Att'y.-E Foster Brown,
LEGISLATIVE.
Goth Dlstrict-COrntes of Mississippi J, JaCks0h
puintsctt and CraighCad.
State seuutor-B. Harris
Representatives.. q. Blackwood
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Coj.uiy iudge-J y. fclts.
ShcIin-W. b ta-k'ns.
County Clrrk-J. Il. 7. Hale.
Treusurrr-J. " DNlel.
SgIyryor--B. Hdchu~.
Assts~or-W NJ Speed
Coroner q E. Peitcy.
The Osceola times., 1880-05-01

Hon. John b. Baxter, candidate
for State land commissioner, charg-
es Mr.. Lear, the present incumbent,
with securing the enactment of the
clause IN the law passed by the last
legislature relative to lands delin-
qucnt FOR taxes, allowing any per-
son who is "A citizen of the United
States to donate or buy said lands
after twelve months. He also
charges him with reporting several
thousand actual settlers located on
donated lands when in reality near
ly all these lands have been taken
up by spectators for the benefit of
the timber &c, and that the state is
thus beng deprived Of her lands
without receiving any benefit there
for. If tins be true we do not de-
sire the services of Mr.. Lear any
longer.-Jonesboro Times.
True or not true, the result is the
same, and we are willing that the
charge should be laid against the
last legislature, where no doubt, il
properly belongs. They enacted
the law, clause and all and if they
were influenced by Mr.. Lear, into
inserting clause by which the
state is being robbed of her revenue
and striped Of her best lands by
sharpers and spectators, then their
action is the more reprehensible,
and no time should be lost in cor.
rectlng the evil. Another injustice
is beng committed by the present
delinquent system, which seems to
haze been overlooked, and that is
to the Collectors. Under the pres.
ent law, the Collector is compelled
to turn ovcr ms books on the day
fiXed-no matter how busy be may
bo-no time Is given hlm TO make
annotatlons or corrections on that
day the Clerk demands the books,
and he becomes detacto County
Collector and receives The perquis-
ties that OF right belongs to the
Sheriff or Collector, who is requir-
TO give a heavy bond for the faith
lul discharge of this duty. If for
instance, rs is often the case, one
fourth, or even one fifth OF the tax
able property is returned delin'
quent, the Clerk, after the first
twelve months collects the delin.
Quent tax with the accrued tax for
The incoming year, which virtually
makes him collector of one half or
two-fi.ths OF the entire tax of the
county, and that without any soou.
rity TO the county or state for its
proper disposition, further than his
bond US clerk.
The Osceola times., 1880-05-01
That Cincinnati Trip.

According to promise, when we
found there was some doubts about
the fare for the round trip to Gin
cInnaii, on the proposed excursion
duNng the session OF the Democrat
ic convention, we now state on pos
tive authority that round trip tick
cts from Osceola to Cincinnati and
return, with board while in port
SIS 90. A great many who antici.
pated going on the first, $500 tick
ct, will now remain at home, nc
doubt; but it was no fault of ours
the letter from Capt. Wise, which
Is yet IN our possession, SAID So as
plain as figures could be made.