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The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26
Economy of Farmers.

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 A writer in the American Cultlva- tor says: "The farmer is the grea. economist of the world" In one respect this IS true. His gains are hand earned and come slowly, and this fact induces him to spend with q parsimonious hand. Upon dress for himself and his family, and upon all luxuries, he bestows less than those who follow other industries. He never buys oysters and seldom toys for his children. Books, as a rule are begrudged.
 In another respect the farmer IS prodigal. He wastes his property. His wagons are unprotected, his ploughs often stand in the last fur row. His reaper is left where this years work was finished. His har- nesses are never oiled, and small fractures of gears and tools are left to run on until ruin takes the whole. No other business could stand the strain of so much carelessness.
 The last year has shown up the character oi the farmer as a general manager. In ninety nine cases out of q hundred, the general failure of crops found himself stripped of ev- erything, and in those parts of the country usually most productive, he imported corn ana oats and bran for his stock and sold his lean cattle, store hogs and chickens for song. Why should he not save a surplus against such a contingency always possible? No business of any other class that succeeds, IS ever managed in this way. Railroads do not limit their wood or coal or other supplies to months use. Neither do omni, bus or stage lines lay in store of feed that will be consumed in week. These enterprises stock for the fu- ture. They provide against contin. gencies. They take advantage of a low market to bridge the span of a high market. They are never caught mapping.
 ne waste oi iarinlhg show its possibilities if conducted with prov idence and care. l. is poor policy for the farmer to sell out his pro luce and buy again al q prlce tliat gives profit to the dealer. What the farmer and his stock consumes should stand him out only it's cost. Enough should always be reserved from this years crop to cover next years contingencies. Risks in this direction are costly. Give to farm ing the benefit of business rules and it will respond in profit as well as any other business. Sheds to cover tools and machines are cheaper than repairs. Follow up break close and money will be saved. Loose ness and loss are inseparable.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26
Blasting by Means of Lime,

A trial of this new process of blast ing in coal mines by means of quick lime was made the other day in what is known as the Silkstone col fiery in England. A hole three inches in diameter and four feet deep was drilled in selid mass ot coal, and after clearing out, perfor- ated iron tube was first inserted, and then charge of compressed quick lime, formed into cartridge about three inches long. After forcing the cartridge into place and tamping the hole, water was pumped into the tube, and the coal immediately be- gan to give way; and in thirty min utes mass weighing about ten tons separated almost unbroken. The waste in dust and small coal was only six per cent, a much smaller proportion than is usual where pow der is used for extraction, and the new process seems likely to become popular. Scientific American.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26
Public Speaking.

Hon. John II. Rogers. democratic nominee for congr ess of the Third dis trict of Arkansas, will address the citi- zens of the district at tho following times and places:
 Greenwood, Saturday, October 2. Hot Springs, Monday, October 23. Little Rock, Tuesday, October 24. Atkins, Wednesday, October 25. Dover, Thursday, October 26. Russellville, Friday, October 27. Clarksville, Saturday, October 2S. Alma, Monday, October 30.
 Van Buren, Tuesday, October 3l. Fort Smith, Wednesday, November |. Solgahatchie, Friday, November 3. Hummer, Saturday. November 4. A full attendance is earnestly request ed. All opposing candidates are res pectfully requested to attend, and a fair division of time will be extended.
 II, B. HAMPSTEAD, Chairman Democratic Congressional Committee, Third District
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26
Practical Poetry.

"If everyman's internal care were written on his brow," says the bard, "how many would our pity share, whom we think happy now?' How well this applies to the dyspeptic none but he can ever know. Doomed to life filled with gloomy forebod ing, he is almost secluded from the varied pleasures of the world. Pain ridden, languid and inactive he seeks aid and receives none. It was for just for such cases as this that Swayne's Pills were made. They will also. however, cure sick head ache, liver and kidney complaint, biliousness, and q score of kindred evils.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26
AcOnite in Dysentery,

Dr. Owen reports the results of one hundred and fifty one cases of acute dysentery treated with aconite. He was induced to look about for another treatment than the conven- tlonal one with ipecac, on account of the nausea which often attends the latter, and which often drlves hospit- al patients, especially, to rebel against repetition of the dose. Dr. Owen gave the tincture of the Brit ish pharmacopGia, which Is of one sixth the strength of Fleming's s tincture. He gave one minim every fifteen minutes for the first two hours; after that, one mInim every hour. This would make thirty min inns in twenty four hours. Dr. Owen feels that his experience in one hundred and fifty-one cases justifies hlm in speaking quite positively in favor of the treatment. In his paper he gives very good analysis of his results.-N. Y. Medical Journal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26
trough on chiIls,"

Cures . cases Tor 25 cts. in cash or stamps. Mailed by John Parham, Atlanta, Ga.
 ENGLISH FEMALE BITrERs is intended for young girls as we'll as married ladies, who have by some exposure, become ir- regular, pale and feeble, with headache, ieueorrhma, pain in side and back, falling Of womb, or female weaknesses or ex- cesses. It's use streng gthens andtonesth the stomach, inyigorates the nerves, gives iron to blood, cofrects irregular uterine action and removes unnatural ohstructioEs.
 ROAMING and sparkling BdileY's Saline Aperient is the cheapest and most delightful purgative in use. For dyspepsia and habitual constipation, 1t delights everybody.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26
R. B. VIII. SON & CO.,,
 REAL ESTATE AGENTS,


hC9DiAl4I4f LILLE, Ahh.
 Special attention given to Probate and Chancery business, and the col lection of claims.
 The following are a few of the val uable lands and town property that have come into our control in the course of our business and which we offer for sale at very reasonable pri- ces:
 One nice cottage containing five rooms with over one acre of land, delightfully."- located in the town of Russellville. A good barn and other out houses, also two wells of excel lent water.
 One good house well finished, with , rooms and lot, conveniently loca- ted near the business portion of town. Good well, barn, etc.
 Several vacant lots in the town of Russellville, well and beautifully To- cated for residences, lying in differ ent portions of the town.
 Eighty acres of good land 15 miles east of Russellville, well improved with fine residence containing s rooms, splendid barn, fine young orchard and 35 acres in good state of cultivation. In splendid neigh borhood. All the improvements first class.
 so acres about B miles S E of town, about 20 acres in cultivation. Small residence. Very cheap.
 60 acres ofgood land adjoining the town of Russellville 35 acres in good state of cultivation; good resi- dence, well, barn and other out hous- es.
 so acres , miles northeast of Rus. sellyille. About 40 acres in cultiva- tion, dwelling etc. Good land Best watered place in the county. Very cheap.
 200 acres ? miles South of Potts Sta tion on l.. R. & F. $. R. R. so acres in cultivation. Good dwelling. Barn 30x20, two stories high, two cribs, 5 stables, COW house, never failing wells. In tirst-class neighborhood. convenient to school and churches. Land first-class hill and creek bottom. A very desirable place and offered very cheap.
 The above are a few of the lands and town property in our hands for sale. The titles to all of which are perfect and without . shadow. Call on or address
 R. B. WILSON & Co.
 Russellville. Ark.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26
How the Tariff Works.
Southern Cultivator.


 Once upon a time there lived in Leeds, England, an old man by the name of Jones. He had machine shop and made all kinds of agricul- tural implements. He had two sons, Tommy and Sammy. Tommy was something of tinker and took to the shop. Sammy wanted to farm Land being high and hard to buy in England, sammy concluded he would emigrate to America. The old man seeing Sammy bent on coming, per. suaded Tommy to come with him, engaging to set them both up in their respective business. So the boys came over, and the old man bought Sammy farm in Georgia, and bought an agricultural manufac turing shop in Pennsylvania for Tommy, and telling them both to he good boys and stick to each other, he went back to his shop in Leeds, ready to respond to any call the boys might make upon him, either for "plant," or for blows and rakes.
 Well, the boys went to work and both prospered. Sammy found the soil rich and generous, and made oodles of corn, wheat and cottoa.-- Tommy found coal and iron in heaps at his foundry door and made any quantity of blows and hoes and rakes. Sammy sold his farm truck for what he could get and was con
 tent, but Tommy wanted little more than that for hls wares, and when Sammy learned by letter from the old man, over the waters, that he could get hoe for fifty cents that Tommy charged him one dollar for, and as any one of us would have done, sent his order to bis father for his next years supply. Tommy kicked up . big TOW and appealed at once to the government to step in and protect him; and would you be- lieve it, the government did step in, and in order to help Tommy to double his wealth and increase his business by making sammy huy all his goods from him, it imposed n duty of tlrty cents upon every hoe sammy bought from the old man, and compelled him to buy all his hoes from Tommy, at just double the prlcc he con!d get them from the old man. And they keep that thing up yet, for notwithstanding the cot ton worms came and eat all Sammy's s cotton up and the drought cut his corn short, and then the fly got in his wheat, and he was actually on the verge of bankruptcy, and would have had to sell his farm and hire himself out for his vituals and clothes had not commission merchant stepped in and taking q mortgage on his crop and advanced him supplies. I say, notwithstanding all this bad luck that fell upon Sammy, and not withstanding further, that decline in wages, and advance in his goods have made Tommy millionaire, the government still puts fifty cents up- on every hoe Sammy buys from the old maa, and makes him buy from Tommy. sammy is beginning to kick, but it is no use. Tommy is a millionaire, and knows how to buy up Congress and the tarf commis sion, and sammy may kick until he raises cUrns on his heels as big as a Yazoo pumpkin for all the good his kicking will to. Tommy has got the money and money makes the law go.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26
vuIgarities of Society.
Son.hern Cnltlyator.

Asking questions, private or per. sonal, is one vulgar habit, and tell ing vour own business, which no one wants to hoar, is another Asking the price of present that has been made to you; pumping servant to hear what has been given any one at parting; loud talking in public, hard staring at table; insolcnt dis respect to wife, sister or brother; showing temper in tiiaes and mak
 ing scenes in public; showing an embarrassing amount of fondness and making love in public; covert sneers, of which people can see the animus if they do not always under
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26

Take care of your LIVER. A great number of the diseases to which man. kind are liable arise from disordered condition of this organ. Keep it ill q sound and healthy condition and you can defy disease. Prickly Ash Bitters are especially adapted for this purpsoe, being composed of drugs which act on the Liver, giving it tone and strength to withstand malaria. Inn.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26

Affairs in Alaska go from bad to worse. The United States have never established any form of civil govern
 mcnt in that distant region, and the natural result is general demorallza- tion among the inhabitants The lat est reports from .Sitka represents that the manufacture of hoochenco, peculiarly vile kind of liquor in digenous to the country, is on the increase; that gambling prevails, and that witchcrait has strong hold in some places, one squaw having been stabbed to death and several others tied up to exercise evil spirits. The
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26
SE CURE A HO M E ]! 
 LANDS!!
 LANDS!!!

The undersigned agent for the fine grant of lands made to the Little Rock < Ft. Smith Ry., now offers for sale and and all the Railroad lands lying in Pope County. These lands em- brace some very fine tracts including RIVER BOTTOM, PRAIRIE and dUPLANDS, and an easy opportunity is here offered of securing cheap farm caty terms. Correspondence so- licitnd from those seeking homes in T
 MILD, HEALTHY CLIMATE, and in new country which is rapidly devel- oping. and offers many advantages.
 To those who have Improvements on Rail- road lands, would say, no time should be lost in coming forward and entering into contract for the same. My instructions are sell ANY and all Lands, and delay in making application may entail loss upon you l am prepared to give full information in regard to any of these lands In Pope County. Come early and exam inc my plat and list of prices and secure cheap farm JAMES POTTS,
 Agent Russellvillc, Ark.
 The Little Rock < Ft. smith Railway is now offering for sale in tracts to suit purchasers, th ha. h, Ia Of fbat .f,ao mi iftean
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26

Rat holes may he stopped with broken glass and plaster of paris.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26

news from the mines is cneouraging, and the generel business outlook promising but the Territory caa never realize the prosperity possi- ble for 1t .until Congress provides some kind of FranK Lesle's Illustrated Newspaper.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-10-26
LAND GRANT,

AS there is every prospect Of large immigra- ton to Arkansas, it is reasonable to suppose that these choice lands will be in active de- mand, Persons desiring to secure them, should lose no time in doinc so. UncXceptionably fa- yorabe terms to tetual settlers.
 For full information apply to
 W. D. SLACK, Land Commissioner, Little Rock, Ark.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-09-15
Awful Warning.

At one of the Thomas concerts Mt Chi
cago, the electric lights suddenly went
ont, leaving the audience in perfect
darkness for few minutes. This was
thought glorious by some of the young
couples present, and over in the south
east corner of section b some one was
heard to say In q suppressed undertone:
'Je-whillikens, Susie, what the deuce
have you got in your mouth?' just
then the light blazed up again, and a
young man was noticed holding his
hand over his mouth. A stream of blood
was trickling through his fingers. and
the expression on his face touched the
observers heart. His girl took some
thing out of her mouth and put it in
her pocket; looking panied and guilty
She led him quietly to the door, and
they passed out. Young ladies should
not wear their hairpins in their mouths.
1t is not tho place for them, and u
wound in the side of the jaw, made by
coming suddenly and painfully in con-
tact with a cruel two-pointed hairpin at
a time when his heart is set on mo-
ment of ecstatic bliss, might result in a
GOODNESS on the part of the young man
which would be heart-breaking-IMl.
Udukee San,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-09-15
Pickle Fashion.

In cutting up an oak tree in Maine
says the Milwaukee Sun, lock of red
hair was found so far inside the tree
that 1t is estimated the hair was put in
the tree 240 years ago. 1t was proba-
bly, cut off and put in there by sensi-
tive girl when red hair was out of style,
and q red-haired girl was laughed at
and twitted about the sanguinary color
of her head covering. We are not $40
years old. but can remember when a
red-headed girl was a burden to herself,
because her hair gave her away. A
young man had to have a good deal of
independence who would escort red
haired girl anywhere, and the girls in
variably became old maids. It would
have been picnic to those girls if they
could have lived about these days. when
a girl with beautiful red hair is consid-
cred about the sweetest flower in ma
lures garden. Now that we remember
1t. the red-haired girls always were
good-looking and smarter than chain
lightning, and it is a COMPOUNDED shame
they didn't come into style years ago.
They are not cutting off their hair and
burying it nowadays.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-09-15
The New Testament,

The books of the New Testament were
originally writtenin the Greek language.
and at different periods of time, ranging
from 55 A. ID. to SO A. ID.
They were of course in manuscript
form, written on parchment or vellum;
and of the most ancient manuscript only
time.
The Alexandrian Manuscript, named
from the place where it was found, and
written in the fifth century, and now in
the British Museum.
The Vatican Manuscript, named after
the Pope's palace, and written in the
fourth century. 1t was taken from
Rome to Paris by the first Napoleon. but
having been returned 1t Is now very zeal>
ously guarded in the Vatican Library,
The Ephraem Manuscript, written BY
a Syrian divine named Ephraem in the
fourth century,. and now in the Nations
al Library at Paris,
The Beza Manuscript. named after
its discover and owner, and written In
the sixth century.
The Sinaitic Manuscript. named from
being discovered in the Convent Of st.
Catharine on Mt. Sinai. 1t was written
in the fourth century. and is now in the
Imperial Library OF St. Petersburg, the
capital of Russia.
From these manuscripts, none Of
them. however, being complete, differ
ent versions were made, at different
times, such as the Syriac, Egyptian,
Memphitic, Thebaic, Gothic, Armenian,
Persian, Ethiopian, Greek and Latin, so
named on account Of the language into
which, or the place where. they were
translated.
All of the Bible, including the Old
and New Testament, was translated In
to the Latin Vulgate in the year 405,
this being the only authentic version,
according to the Roman Catholic Church,
and from this and other versions the
English versions were made.-M a.
Trueblood tn CHI istian Worker.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-09-15
The Man Who Oircled.

A young man of 20. built like an OK
and full of ambition, came in on one of
the popular excursions to Detroit says
the Free Press, and while idling around
the Central Market caught sight of a po-
liceman about half as big as himself.
He was instantly taken with an itching
to try conclusions, but having grain
of prudencs in his head he inquired of a
stall-keeperI
Suppose should walk up to that Of
ficer and tell him could lay him on his
back-what would he dop"
'Tell you to move on"
''Then suppose I circled around and
came down on him and offered to bet
that 1 could stand him on his headp"
He'd probably give you another
"Well, I'm aching to try him on, and
I'll begin now"
He didn't lose minute in walking up
to the officer and asserting his belief
Chat he could dust the floor with his
back.
"You move onr' placidly replied the
officer.
The young man took a circle around
and came back with the information
that lie could pick the blue coat and
make his heels kick the air.
81 tell you to 60 away from mel" ex-
claimed the officer as he walked on.
The young man sailed off again, and
at the end. Of ten minutes row was
heard at the further end of the market.
People rushed down to see the officer
wolloping the buffer over the empty
benches and rubbing his back on the
floor. and the handouts had just been
snapped on when the stall-keeper came
up and asked:
''Well. have you got through circling
aroundw
,"Say! what fool wasr' replied the
young man. "You told me how the
first and second bluffs would work, and
durn my buttons if didn't forget to ask
about the third! Why, hadn't finish
ed telling him that didn't want over
fifteen seconds to turn him wrongside
out and sell him for. pulp when he
knocked a barrel to pieces with my
heels!'
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-09-15
A LONG PARTING.

elbow handsome he is" thinks Daisy,
as she leans over the rustic fence watch
ing the mower rs with long sweeps of
his sythe he cuts down the swaths Of
grass. II really believe that a man
looks halter in the toughest of clothes
than In those stiff immaculate garments
they call 'dress-suilS' -that is if he is
good-looking ut ALL"
II is only this morning that Daisy
has come to the country, to revel In It's
bracing air for the first time in her
young life.
"Whcre are your roses, pet?" her
father had asked her one day, few
weeks l,efore, waking from his business
plans to NOTES the pale listlcss look OF
his child.
ii think ! want quiet papa. ! am
tired Of dressing. calling, and parties,
Papa, may not 60 to the cOuntry-to
my old nurse s-instead OF To the Branch
this sunlmerr'
And Mr.. Nelson had answered yes.
IL would like To come with you. but
business will not allow of it. So. enjoy
yourself all you can, my pet, and write
me very often"
And with these words, kissing her af-
fectiOnately, he had left her in Farmer
Shears care, who WAS waiting her ar
rival at the small station. Farmer
Shears VITA had been Daisy's foster
mother, caring for her ever since her
mother on her dcath-bed. calling her
weeping hOusekeeper to her, and laying
her child in her arms, had said:
"You have served me faithfully, Su.
san, and know you will be kind to my
baby"
And well that trust had been fulfilled.
The first great grief Daisy had ever ex-
pcrienced had come to her when, two
years before our story opens, her kind
nurse had left her for home OF her
own, offered her by q worthy farmer.
who recognized in her just the sensible
qualities his farm needed in o mistress.
1t Is two o'clock; dinner has boon
over couple of hours, and since then
Daisy has been luxuriating in tho wild
flowers and thousand and one delights
new to her city-bred eyes. For the past
ten minutes she has been watching the
mower at his work. She. knows that he
is Farmer Shears nephew, for she met
him ut dinner; but she only gave him
the most casual observation then, and
now she notices, for the first time, how
more than averagely fine-lOoking he is.
She thinks herself unseen; but she is
not, for pair of amused dark eyes arc
watching her furtiyely rs she peeps
through the only partially concealing
screen OF wild-roSe vines that trail about
her feet. and, clambering upward. fling
their scented arms high over her head,
making a charming frame for charm
ing picture. A great red lily lifts its
tinted chalice in the centre of the mead.
ow; the sunlight touches it and makes
it sucha thing of beauty that Daisy
longs to possess it. But the scythe with
| its measured strokes is nearing its slen.
der stem.
"Oh don'tr'
The exclamation is involuntary, and
Daisy fiushes crimson as the mower
chances up as if just conscious of hel
presence. -.
1.-THE lily" she says, in answer to his
questioning look. Thought you wert
going to cut 1t down, and it is SO pref
ty."
"Permit me-"
It Is the action Of moment to plucl