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Don I w hfne.

Don't be whining about not having fair
chance. Throw sensible man out Of
a window, he'll fall on his feet and ask
the nearest way TO his work. The
more You have To begin with, the less
you will have at the end. Money that you
earn yourself Is much brighter aud sweeter
than any you get out Of dead mems bags. A
scanl breakfast Ia the morning Of life whets
tile appetite for feast later Ia the day. He
who has tasted sour apple will have the
more relish for u sweet one. Your present
want will make future prosperity all the
sweeter. Eighteen pence has set up many a
peddler Ia business, aud he has turned II
over until he ha. kept his carriage. As for
the place you are put in, don't find fault with
that; you need not be inor,se because You
were born In stable. Ii a ball toss man
of meltle sky-high. he would drop down into
good place. A llardworkIng young man,
with his wis about him. will make money
while others DO nothing but lose 1t.
who loves his work ami knows to spare,
May live and flourish anywhere.
As to little trouble, who expects to find
cherries without stones or roses without
thorils? Who would win must learn to bear.
ldleness lies in bed sick OF the mulligrubs,
where industry finds health and wealth. The
dog IN the kennel barks Mt ieas; the liunt-
ing dog does not even know that they are
there. Laziness waits till the river is dry
and never gets to market. TRY = swims 1t
and m makes all the trade. "Cant Do a.
wouli't eat the breai cut for him, but . Try"
made meat out of mushrooms.
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Mennonires In Kansas.

The largest body Of people In this country
keeping themselves separate from the
rest Of the population are the Mennon-
ties In Kansas. They are German In Ian
guaee and customs, thoagh they came from
Southern Russia. They undertook to estao-
lish village life in Kansas similar to that
which they had left In Europe, the farms rum
ming of from the village In long narrow
slips; but this plan was not found practica-
BILE, and the farming is now done In the ordi-
nary American manner. Where the hand is
owned In quaIter-sections, however, four
houses are built in the adjacent corners, en-
abling The inhabitants to become near neigh
bors. As rule, the Mennonites are richer
than the average Of Western farmers. They
are not communistic, IS has been said,
though clannish and opposed to mixing
socially or in business with the people
around them.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-07-08

A Texas man was stung by hornet twen-
ty years ago and the same instant struck
dumb. A few days ago his speech was re-
stored, and his first words were oaths. Texas
men must have good memories.--B Boston
Post.
Unconscious profanity sometimes comes to
the most exemplary Christian. A real good
brother said yesterday, 81 must get me a
copy of the new bible. hear the revisers
have knocked - out of it."-New Orleans
Pieayune. 4
Among the many advantages presented by
the Florida agricultnralist and adduced ss
reasons why newcomers should rejoice that
they have selected that sunny land for resi-
dences is one very singular one, to-wit {:
"We have fine coast for wrecks and enjoy
unusual facilities for plundering in this way,
the year round"
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AUNT NANCY,s MIND ON THE SUBJECT

Aud this Is the New Testament,
And lis come in the sweet o the year,
When the fields are shining in cloth-Of-gold
And the birds are singing 20 clear;
A nd over and into the grand old text
Revrrent AMI thoughtful men,
Through many a summer anl winter past
Have been peering with book AMI peni
rillthev've straight the moods and tenses
Oui,
Aud dropped each obsolete phrase
And soffrned the strong, oldfa'hioned
words.
TO our tiaintier modern ways
Collafed the ancient manuscripts,
Particle, verb and line
And faithfully done their very best
To improve the book divine.
haven't n doubt they have done 10 well,
But In Is not clear fo me,
That we needed the trouble it was 10 them,
On either side of the sea.
| cannot help it. "A thought that comes
You know am old and plain
But IL seems like touching the ark of God,
And the touch 10 my heart Is pain.
For ten years past. and for Ave times ten,
Al the back of that, my dear,
I've made and mrnded and Ioiled and saved
With my Bible ever near.
Sometimes In was only verse at noon
That lifted mc up from care, lark
Like the springing wings OF sweet-voiceo
Cleaying the golden airl
And sometimes on Sunday afternoons
Twas chapter rich and long,
That came To INV heart in this weary hour
With the Tilt of a triumph song
studied the precious words, my dear,
Whena child m NV mothers knee,
And tell YOU the Bible I've always had
Is good enough book for me.
NAV be stubborn and out Of date,
Blu: my hair is rs white ~ snow,
And love the things ] learned to love
In the beautiful long ago.
/ cannot be changing at my time
Twoud lie losing part of myself
You may lay the N"w Testament
Away on the upper shelf.
] cling TO the one my good man read
In our 6reside prayers mt night;
To the one my little children II ped
Ere they faded out of my sight.
| shal gather my dear ones close again,
Where the many mansions be,
And then thu Bible I've always had
IL good enough book for me.
-Hapers Bazaar.
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POETRY.
THE WEDDING FEE.
ny n. NJ. sTRFETER.

One morning. fifty years ago
When apple trees were white with snow
~ fragrant blossoms, and the mir
Was tpell-bonnd with the perfume rare
Upon "A farmhouse, large and lean,
And lazy, with its double load,
\ ,un- brown youth AMI maid were seer
jogging along the winding road.
Blue were the arches of the skies,
But bluer were that maidcn's eyes!
The dew-drOps oh the gra,s were bright,
But brighter was the loving light
lhat sparkled meath each lonc-fringed lid
Where tho e bright eyes of blue were hid;
AdOwn The shoulders, brown anl bare,
toilei the soft waves of golden hair,
Where, almost Stranglrd with the spray,
he sun, willing sufferer, lay.
u was the fairest sight. ween,
That the young man had ever seen;
Md with hi, features all aglow,
The happy fellow told her so,
lud she, without the least surprise,
looked ON him with those heavenly eyes
saw underneath that shadr ot tan
lhe hand Omr features Of man,
And with joy but rarely known
'he drew that dear face 10 her own,
And by that bridal bonnet hid
cannot tell you what she did.
70 on they ride, tiIl among
The newborn leaves with de S-drops hung,
The parsonage, arraynd In white.
Peers 0ut--a more than welcome sight.
. Then, with cloud upon his face,
ID What shall W. do" h turned 10 say,
" Should he refuse to take his pay
From what /. in the pillow-c:tse?"
And glancing down, hi eyes surveyed
he pilluw-case before him laid,
Whose contents reaching 10 it, hem,
Night purchase endless JOYS for them.
he maiden answers - Let u wait
To borrow trouble, where's the need?"
Then al tlr parsons squraking gate
Halted the more than willing >ieHd.
Down from his horse the bril- groom sprung I;
he latchleSs gate behind him swung;
The kuocller of that startled door,
struck, 'lS IL never was before, fright
Brought the whole household pale with
And there, with bushes on his cheek,
10 ba hfu he could hardly speak,
The farmer met their wondering sight.
The groom goes in. his erraud tells
And a. the parsUn mods, he leans
Far DER the wiuduw-Sill. aud wells.
Come in! lie says he'll take the beans, "
Dh, how she jumped! With one glad bound
She and the bean bag reached the ground.
Then cla>ping with each iimplrd arm
The precious product of the farm,
he bears IL through the open door,
Aud down upon the parlor tiOor.
Damps the best beans vines ever bore.
All! happy were their songs that day,
When man aud wife they rode away.
isut happier this chorus still Iscenes
Which echoed through those woodland
God bless the priest of Wa'Sonville!
God bless the man who took the beans!"
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From the Carson lNepl dpped,.
"I want 10 tell you how my child's life
was saved up In the mountains The other
day,n said an old farmer who came Into the
appeal Office yesterday. :" You don't mind
an item with snake In IL, do your" Hear
ing no reply, the old man continued: Last
Tuesday | was coming down from the lake
with my little girl, when stopped the horse
To get out to get drink ut the spring, my
bottle having give out. While / was drink
Ing the horse got frightened and dashed
down the road with the child In the wagon.
only have twelve girls, sir, and wouldn't
spoil the sell for worlds. Well, gave up
the horse aud child for lost, but followed
them up and presently found the horse "n
the edge of prrcipice, at dead siandstili.
lie couldn't move an inch. When got
closer | thought that q strap had caught
around his fetlvck and one end had caught
around tree. went to pull on the strap,
and | Jumped about ten feet, for bust me
clear open II IL wasn't a fatllesi.ake thai was
holding the horse. lie lad wound his tail
around the bo,se's leg aud his neck was
turned three tunes around q sapline and ms
teeth were fast la The wood. lie was twelve
feet long, sir, for measured him right then
and there. A few pounds more strain would
have snapped the snake clear in two. got
tile horse away fipm the preeipice. And !
N chi a. well ieli you the whole truth. The
snake wasn't more than five feet long, for
when took the strain on he came back 10 hls
natural sire. You know how elastic snake
/ II. The Child Is four yeas old and waent
frightened III The lesst. a you pui thls Item
| IL Tie weekly send ~ fpsx cop.es-l was's
,nm 11r relnkfvco 4 ~ EnGlu1
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Miss Giadssone's Marriage

Miss Gladstone, the daughter of the Pre-
mier, Is shortly to be married to Dean Lake.
London society, the Cardiff Times reports,
believes that this announcement causes much
grief to Prince Leopold, the Queens young
est son. The Prince has been accustomed to
show marked preference for the company Of
the young lady, and As the two are very fond
Of music, they have been wont 10 practice
together BY the hour. It has long been
among the most interesting problems which
have troubled the breast Of society, whether,
after all, Mr.. Gladstone and the Queen
would be brought into family rsistionshlp
like those which exist between her Msjeaty
and the Duke Of Argyle. Poor /" "soclsty =
probably worried itself unnecessarily. Of
all the Queens sons, Prince Lsopcld Il most
like his father In temperament and pursuits,
and II b said 70 b one Of hsr MsteSlJ' dear
est wishes that be should make the Sinaili-
tade more complete aud take more astlve
part In the social problems and ope..lops Of
the day.
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Marrying in Russia.

If we may judge from an anecdote in the
Ssoolensker Bote, there are parts Of the Rus
sian Empire in which 1t Is no easy matter to
get married, owing to the autocratic willful-
ness Of the Russian clergy. A schoolmaster
In the district of Jacknow was engaged to
wed the daughter of land owner In tho
neighborhood whose wealth was not at all
proportionate to his acres. The bridegroom,
bride and the parents Of the latter called ON
priest in the lsdy's village in order to set
tie the amount Of the wedding fee. The
clergyman fixed it at twenty-five roubles.
Unhappily the brides father was determined
to make show more In accordance with his
ancestral dignity than with his impoverished
condition, and invited all his kinsfolk and
acquaintance from far and near to attend
the ceremony. The result was that the pro-
cession to the church included no fewer than
eleven carriages, all full of the invited
guests.
When the priest saw this magnificent prep
aration he hurled to the bridegroom and in
formed him that the fee for q marriage OF
such pretensions would not be twenty five,
but one hundred roubles. ......
When the man pleaded his poverty as a
schoolmaster, the priest replied by pointing
to the signs Of his father-in-law's wealth.
The wedding party held consultation, and,
indignant at the priests conduct, resolved
that the whole procession should drive to
the next village. The priest outwitted them,
however. His messenger arrived at the
brother cleric's door long before the lum-
bering coaches, so that when they reached
the door of the church and asked the price
Of the sacredotal function the parish priest
was ready with the reply: "One hundred
roubles." The procession started again for
farther village, but the messenger had been
there before them, and the priest of the par
ish would not marry them for less than one
hundred roubles. They experienced simi-
lar discontinue, according to reports, at nc
less than four villages, and 1t was only after
long drive across the country that they sue.
ceeded in finding little father who readily
consented to bestow the sacramental bene.
diction Of matrimony for the fee which the
lady's own pastor had originally asked.
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BABYS APPEAL.

"Most everybody leases me,
And tells me am thweet,
And say What pity little hanus
What tunnin' little feetp
And 'fain'f no fun for little me,
SO mllssed aud hauled about,
Wiz rough oil whiskerS all stratched up
/ Iwub my nose and pout.
"Say, big folks, how would 90 like
TO be in Snow D'ops place
Have each oil poke DAT tones along
Put tisses ON Oor face?
I" 90 would not like it, know dat
Now, would oo2 Tell me, sayl
Now, 90 must eezer tell a lib
Or div uorself away
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-07-08

Tho Atlantic steamers arc coming over 70
America with empty cabins and crowded
steerage. They 80 back with steerags empty
and cabins crowded. Ws..saw in window
to-day n aszanssnspt with the words ssGssat
American Filter" on Il. Gallons of dry
Thanes watsr pouring Into X, and gallons o.
clear valsr pouring out u 4. This sniera-
ton boelnos sfsikes - - still eresser
Aneris.n nltse. Crowds * - lovsr stx>aa
- ooctgey - pennng lrse Aznsriea. 80
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Child. eo.y and R.al.sn.L..

The Monticello, Florida, Constitutisn Of .
recent date publishes the following very rs-
markable story, which seems almost incredi-
BILE, but speaks very well for the intelligencs
Of the pony:
A few days ego little son Of Mr.. =. b.
Taylor was playing in the yard in the rear
Of his fathers residence, and suddenly ex-
claimed 10, papa, look II thst pretty
big snake" Mr.. Tsylor rushed 70 the door.
but pony near By was mors prompt, for,
observing the reptile within afew feet Of the
child, IL made aleap and came down upon
the make, striking with one Of IL hoofs just
back Of the head and killing Il inztantly, Il
was large rattlesnake, and Il q possible the
pony saved the child's life.
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AN INTELLIGENT REPTILE.

AT Greet Fisk Of Death TO Itself Snake Saves
Ckiidis Life.
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The Russellville Democrat., 1881-02-24

Black, Of Carroll, Boon, Clancy. Col. lius, Davis. of Pike, Denton, Duna- gin, Ebberson, Emerson, of Colum bia, Files, Foster, Gray, Greening, Hare, Hawkins, Hewitt, Hill, Jen- nings, Jones, Marchbanks, Mars, Martin. Moore, Moss, Parlsh, Payne, Pindall, Polk, Roberts, Robinson, Tate, Taylor, Thomsson, Thweatt, Filler, Turner, Wallace, Waller, Warwick, Weaver, Wheeler. Will jams, Williamson, Willis and Thorn burgh -50.
 Those voting in the negative were Messrs. Adams, Altenberg, Ansley, Barnett, Riggs, Boles, Brown, Bruce, Clingham, Clyde, Coody, Grsnshaw, Crlttenden, Davis, Of Yell, Emerson, of Hot Springs, Fielder, Gaines, Henry, Howell, King, Markham, Me Daniel, McKennon, McVeigh, Meek, Kettles. Owens, Parham. Qaarles, Riddick, Sanders, Stanley, Tanner and Whitson-34.
 So the motion to table was carried.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-02-24
TEEaGhANsAS CITY AND GULF
 RAILROAD.

The last issue of the HarrIson Times announces that the surveying party engaged in viewing and locat ing the line of the proposed railroad from the Missouri lne to the Louis jana line via Of Harrison and Rus sellyille, have passed Harrison on their way south. or the proposed bill introduced in the legislature by Representative Weaver, ot Boone, the Times says:
 We see by the Russellyille DEMO GRAF that our representative, R. 5, Weaver, has done so or will, intro duce bill to donate the state lands Tn this and adjoining counties to q railroad to run from the state line on the north to the Louisiana llne on the south. As matter of course we know nothing of the bill, but we do know that if he or somebody else have not done so by thls time, it ought te be done without delay. Situated as the country is at present, the lands are worth comparatively speaking nothing to the state, but if a railroad was built through these counties property would so advance in value that the taxes annually would be more thon trebblsd, and tGe state be thus benefited. Give us such a law by all means"
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-02-24
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The members of the legislature seem to be applying themselves as
 siduouslv to the york in hand, and although the session is over hall spent, time enough remains for much
 needed and effective legislation. A bill has passed both houses and been signed by the governor changing the tunes of holding courts Tn the 9th judicial circuit. In the house
 house bill No. l2 to change the time of holding courts in the eleventh judicial circuit passed by 8 vote ol 59 to 0. '''sI In the senate, senate bill
 Ne. 27, prescribing how election tickets shall be prepared was lost
 9 to 20. - In the house Mr. Fielder
 of the committee on temperance, rc- ported, submitting as substitute for all the bills on temperance here
 tofore submitted to the committee, the following, being house bill No
 356. "A bill for an act to amend section l of an act to prevent the sale or giving sway of yinous or in toxicating liquors within three miles of any corporated schoolhouse in the state of Arkansas. ."'.'' Mir. Me. Kennon called up his motion to reconsider the vote by which house bill No, 60, ''an act to prevent the giving or receiving free passes on railroad or transportation companies" was laid on the table
 Considerable discussion arose upon the question, which was participa ted Tn by Messrs. McKennon, Flew
 it, Howell and Roberts. Mr. Rob
 erts moved to take up the motion tc reconsider The ayes and nays were called and the vote stood ayes
 30; noes, 3l. So the motion to ta- ble was carried. ''''I In the Senate five out of six of the joint committee on location Of the lunatic asylum re, ported in favor of locating at Little Rock. ''' Thursday Senator Can't
 from the committee on public health
 returned senate blll No. 12S with 8 substitute, and recommended the pas sage of the substitute. The substi
 tute is intended to regulate the prac. tice of medicine and surgery in tue state, and provides for the appoint
 ment by the county judge of a board of medical examiners in each county of three persons to pass upon the qualifications of those who apply fol permission 10 practice medicine or surgery. The substitute was read for information, and then put upon its first reading. In the Senate following new railroad bill has been introduced: Providing that all rail
 roads which shall hereafter be con
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-02-24
A WELCOME.

It is with exceedingly great pleas ure and the deepest sense of appre- citation that we note the earnest and interested attention that is now being turned toward our state by the citizens all oyer this union, and the particular attention and interest ax- hibited by the capitalists of the east. And since the tide of immigration has turned toward our state, may It increase in volume, like the Missls- sippi, rising far up in it's mountain home. and though however small each additional increment, swelling in it's onward flow until the mighty rlyer it is, it's vast contents finds rest in the level of it's flow. Gentle men of the north and east, our lands are broad and fertile, and our popula- tion is but meagre to what they will supply. Our forests are many, and the woodnan's ax as much a stran
 ger to, as the miners pick and shov- el, the treasures that lie hidden be neath her richly yielding surface. Our water power is great, and flows alone for nature down her timeworn banks. We bid you welcome. With open hearts and outstretched hands we anxiously await your coming. Come at once, there is room enough for all. Leave the old and contract cd lands of your fathers, for the broad and fertile fields of our happy sunny south. With the acceptance of our invitation, and with our unit ed efforts, we will bury former diff entities and discords, and wita "the horn of plenty" and "pipe of peace sound the prosperity of happy, united people. Again we bid you come. You are most welcome.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-02-24

The following is .sae make up of the house ofrepresentatives Of the twenty third general assembly of the state of Arkansas, including mem
 bers and officers: Natives of Ten nessee, 24; Arkansas, 23; Alabama, II; Georgia, '; North Carolina, 6: Virginia, 6; Kentucky, 6; South Car olina, 5; Mississippi, ,; Indiana, 2; Missouri, }: Illinois, Louisiana, l, and Ohio l.. Farmers, 43; law yers, 35; physicians, ,; merchants, ,; ministers, 1; editors, A. teachers, ?, and mechanics 1. Methodists, 1 l l; Baptists, 20; Presbyterians, ,; Christians, 5; Episcopalians, I; Catholics, l; Protestants, :; Spirit naists, l; no religion, 21. There are 90 democrats, 3 republicans, l greenbacker and 1 conservative.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-02-24
4 TEMP FRANCE PROPOSE
 TION IN CONGRESS.

Mir Blair has introduced in Con- gress Q resolution for a eonstitu tional amendment, which, if passed will meet ths endorsement of all classes who are in favor of the i'm proyement of the moral condition of of man and tho lessening of crime. It is joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution, pro- hibiting, after 1900, the manufacture and sale anywhere within the United States and territories of distilled alcoholic and intoxicating liquors mixed or adulterated with ardent spirits, or with any poison whatever, except for medicinal, mechanical chemical and scientific purposes. Ic also prohibits the exportation or i'm portation of such liquors and their transportation through any part of the United States except for the uses above mentioned.
 A great many senators and repre- sentatiyes ara receiving petitions and memorials from thelr constitu- encies urging them to advocate Mir. Blair's resolution. By It's adoption the fruitful source of crime and mis- cry throughout our fair land would be efTectually checked