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The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13
Home Love.

Home love is the best love. The love that you are born to is the sweet
 est you will ever have on earth. You, who are so anxious to escape from the home-neSts, pause and remember this is so. It is right that the hour should come when you, in your turn, should become a wife and mother and give the best love to others; but that will be just it, nobody, not & lover-not a husband will ever be so tender or so true as your mother or father. Never again after strang- CTS have broken the beautiful bond, will there be anything so sweet as the little circle of mother, father and children, where you were cherished, protected, praised and kept from harm. You may not know it now, but you will know it some day
 Whomsoever you may marry, true and good though he may be, will, after the love days are over and the honeymoon has waned, give you only what you deserve of love or sympathy-and usually much less; :; lest you lose that love which came in through the eyes because the one who looked thought you beautiful. But those who bore you, who loved you when you were that dreadful little object, a small baby, and thought you exquisitely beautiful and wonderfully brilliant--they don t care for faces that are more graceful than yours. You are their very own, and so better to them always than others Christian at Work.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13

In answer to correspondent the St. Louis Republican gives this def nltion of the word "Boycotting."
 The term is derived from Capt Boycott, landlords agent In Ire land, who delied the complaints and threats of the people around him and attempted to conduct the estate in the old style. The people refused to work for him, to furnish him with supplies and to hold any communi- cation with him-and they applied this policy to every one who attempt ed to deal with him. The result was that Boycott found himself vir. tually scquestered in the community his crops rotting, his supplies par. italy cut off and the estate falling into decay for want of attention. He had to send to the north of Ire land for laborers to gather his crops, and these had to do their work under the protection of troops. Since that time Bevcotting has came into use to signify the practice of placing under the ban all persons who are obnoxious to the land leaguers. Il is social excommunication.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13
The Demon in the Sky.

One of the most interesting sights in the sky, and one that can be watched without telescope, is the variation in the light in the star Al gol, whose Arabic name means the demon. It is sometimes called the winking demon. This wonderful star is now in good position for ob seryation, being nearly overhead at nightfall. It is the brightest of the little cluster called the Head of the Medusa, which, according to the old fable, Perseus carried in his hand as he rushes to the rescue of Androme da. For little over two days and Il half Algol shines as a star Of the second magnitude. Then it's light begins to fade, and in about two hours and q third it sinks to the fourth magnitude, glimmering SC feebly that a casual observer would be unable to distinguish it from the other faint stars in it's neighborhood Thus it remains for eighteen min utes, and then it brightens again and, in tue same time that 1t occu pied in growing dim, attains its for mer brilllancy. From one minimum to another is two days, twenty hours and nearly forty nine minutes.
 The fact that star thus bright ems and grows dim at regular inter vals is in itself wonderful, but it ap pears all the moro wonderful wher we are told that Algol is sun, hay ing an enormous dark body revolving around 1t at tremendous rate O speed. Some astronomers think this mysterious body will fall into the star, producing an outburst o light and heat that would be fatal tC any living being that might exis within millions of miles of that dis tant sun. Such catastrophe would be visible in the splendor of the star Chicago Times.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13
Democratic State Convention
 Official Call.

meeting Of the democratic state central committed, held at the city or Little ROCK March IA, 1SS2, it was resolved by the commit tee that convention Of the democratic part, uf the state of Arkansas be called to assemoiea' tho city of Little Rock. at i2 o'clock, m on Thursday June i5, 1882, for the purpose or nom mating candidates for the state offices to be vo- ted for at the general election to be held on the first Monday in September, and a candidate for cougressman- at-large, to he voted Tor on the second Tuesday in Nov. lss2.
 1t was further resolved by the committee that the basis Of representation in sald cnnvehtleh shall he one vote for each four hundred votes, and one vote for each fraction of two hundred yotcs after adding together the votes Tor the democratic candidates for governor, presiuent and congressman cast at the election held m September and November, in iSSO. and dividing the same by threc-the latter representing the vote of the county, and the former the ratio Of representation; provided that each county shsil he entitled U one representative.
 uwas further resolv ed that the county con veutions be requested to designate, Dy name the proxies they desire to represent them Tn the convention in the absence of their regular delegate or delegates.
 The committee r. solved, further, to provide seats in the convention for only the number Of delegates which each county is entitled to nn- der the appsrtionment above and SCI out in toi' below.
 Now therefore, in pursuance of the above proceedings, a convention is hereby called to meet at the time and place above designated each county being entitled to the number Of delegates as follows, viz:
 Arkansas ,; Ashley 2; Baxter ,; Benton .; Boone ;; Bradley 1 {; Calhoun 1; Carroll ,; Chi cotl; Clark 3; Clay 2; Columbia 8: Conway :; Craighsad 2; Crawford 3: Crittenden !; Cross ; Dallas |: Desha 1 Dorsey |; Drew ,; Faulkner 5; Fulton ,; Franklin {; Garland ?; Grant l; Greene 2; Hempstead 1; Hot spring ,; Howart' 2; Independence .; lzard 5; Jackson ,; Jener- son .; Johnson 3: Lafayette I; Lawrence s; Lee 2; Lincoln l; Little River l; Logan S, Lo- noke3 ;; Madison ,; Marion ,; Miller ?; Missis sippi 2; Monroe 2: Montgomery 1; Nevada ,; Newton 1 ; ouachita 2; Perry j; Phillips 5; Pike 1; Poinsctt Polk 1; Pope }; Prairie 5; fulas Ri 5; Randolph 5; Saline ,; Scott 2; searcy U Sebastian 1; Scyier ,; sharp ?: St Francis 2; Stone 1; Union 3; Van Buren $; Washington 5; White 6; Woodruff ,; Yell 3, Total i6s
 ATTEST; !. x. SNFIHEk, Chalrman'
 wtITIANs Secretary.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13
A Catholic Pastoral.

The provincial council of the Catholic Church, that recently met at Cincinnati, Ohio, issued long pastoral letter to be read in all the churches. It is bold in language and contains much that will benefit and instruct Catholes. After con graduating the Church since the meeting of former council, twenty years ago, on it's transition from the mission epoch to condition of tixity, | it goes on to speak of the necessity of obedience to authority. It holds that al. men are not equal, and that men ordained to rule, as kings, mag istrates, bishops, and priests have rights which thelr subjects do not i It is very outspoken on the subject of labor unions, and says that mans labor is his own as much as the gold of the rich man, and that he has q right to sell it as he pleases at fair price, and so long as men ac cord to others the same freedom as they claim for themselves there is nc sin in labor banding together fol self-protection. But labor unions are liable to fail and cannot be sus tained when they attempt to force a man to join the union or to work for price fixed by the union Catholics cannot be partners in any attempt to coerce others. against theil just rights or to de injury to tue per
 son or property of others.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13
Ashes tor Sweet Potatoes.
Southern World.

A correspondent says; II notice the question is asked, which is the best fertilizer or manure for sweet potatoes? From the experience have had in maturing tue sweet DO tato, must say that rotted ashes. properly put on has preeedeucc over all others l have had any experience with. The plan that I adopted was to open deep furrow with a scooter plow and put in plenty of ashes. Bed on the ashes and sure crop may be realized en the poorest soil. Cow penning is good-so are cotton seed and stable manure; but, after experimenting with the ashes, they will all be abandoned, provided ash es can be had. l experlmented on as poor soil as l had, and the result was as fine crop of potatoes as l ever saw on any kind of land. Routed ashes is good for cotton also, and al. most any klnd of vegetation. 1 am convinced there is not better fer, tilizer made on any plantation than routed ashes. So every one will find It greatly to hls interest to take special care of il"
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13
The Teacher of the Age.
Washington Post


 No man has stamped the impress of his character deeper upon the age in which he lived than Henry Ward Beecher. There have been great soldiers and great publicists who have attracted more attention and achieved quicker fame, but it would be impossible to name one who has directed or controlled as many minds; who has wielded so vast an influence, or who has so thoroughly moulded the thought of this country as Mir. Beecher.
 The secret of his power lies in the possession of common sense, that faculty which sees objects clearly, without distortion from the refrac' tion of the media in which they arc viewed, and seeing, expresses them as clearly to the comprehension oi his listeners. This faculty is genius and is as rare as it is powerful. In Mir. Beecher's case, it is directed by the loftiest intellect and animated by the kindliest heart. Every i'm pulse of his heart, every motion O his thoughts has been in the direc tion of raising humanity to tue Di vine level, instead of trying to bring the Divine down. The effect of hi' labors has been prodigious. To hin more than to any other Christian minister of the age--to his nor, than to any one heart and brain - are due the already catholic spiri of our humanity and the growing broadness ot it's tendencies. Mor, than any other preacher of the az, has he brought religion from the alb straction of dogma and the specula tions of creeds to the daily practice of lite and the actual wants of hu manity. Forty years ago Protestan theology dealt with distractions tha had lost their vitality, almost theil meaning, and become negations. q: unsatisfactory as they were dIstastc ful to the heart. Protestant litera lure had lost it's spirit and shamblec along Tn worn out body, so weak and feeble, it had not strength tt carry any of the graces. Only, there fore, by remembering the theology of his youth can we appreciate th' marvellous emancipation Mir. Beech CT has wrought for himself and tn, magnitude of the work which fol lowed. To this task he has brough fervid eloquence, picturesque ness and beauty of language, a deptl and clearness and strength of men tai power unequaled by all of hi contemporaries and surpassed b, few of the great leaders of human thought. How great soever hi, faults, the world is vastly better fo his having lived in it, and, disagree ing with him as we often do, anC doubtless often shall, we cannot neg lect the present opportunity fo thanking him most deroutly for al that he has done for humanity, or 0 wishing him life prolonged to tn, uttermost limits of usefulness anC enjoyment.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13
B. F. LOBE, Manager,
-rhs Exangel, the organ ofthe Ba

The Evangel, the organ ofthe Bap- tists of Arkansas, is now published In this city and will go to it's readers here. after filled with the usual amount of good things, in fact it is the intention of the publisher to make it better than over. The circulation of the Evsngel is large and constantly increasing and 1t has as bright future before it as any denominations paper published in the Southwest. We will club the DEMO- GRAF with the Evangel at tho low rate of ss.l0 per year for both-cash in ad- vance.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13

A Posey county justice concluded recent marriage ceremony thusly: Them as this court has jined to- gether. let no man put asunder; but suffer little children to come unto them, so help you God"
 An Edinburg professor, having discovered that an animal struck by 1 lightning, or by an electric shock under scientific direction. is made delightfully."- tender in moment, re- marks that this truly inestlmable knowledge will revolutionize the whole boarding house system in one l flash.
 William Mattison, q colored far mer living near Abbeville, $. C., re- gently attended sale of real estate at the court house, and bought in q valuable property at S5, 300, which he had the money in his pocket to pay for. When Madison was eman- cipated all he had in the world was the ragged clothes in which he stood, 1 but he turned his attention to hard work, instead of craftsmanship, saved what he made instead of squander- | ing it, and is now an independent land owner, with the respect of his neighbors, the respect of himself, and good credit.-Was ashington Post.
 On recent Sunday the Rev. C.. II. Sturgeon, of London, was so ill with gout as to be unable to appear in his pulpit. There is no danger from this source in America. Min isters do not receive large enough salaries to enable them to get the gout.
 A daughter of the late President Johnson is living near Albany, Shackelford County, Texas. She will be remembered as Miss Mary Johnson, but is now Mrs. Daniel Slower. With her son and tive daughters she manages farm and ranch with success.
 II every person would be half as good as he expects hls nelghbor to be, what heaven this world would be.
 The inconsistent lives of profess ing Christians do more to retard the victories of the cross than all the works of unbelievers.
 He who wishes to exert useful influence mus. be more careful to in- suit nothing. Let him not be troub- led by what seems absurd, but let him coGsecrate his energies to the creation Of what is good.
 How bravely man can walk the earth, bear the heaviest burdens, perform the seVerest duties, and look all men boldly Tn the face, fine only bears in his breast clear con- science.
 Sorghum seed, as grain for flour or meal, is gradually becoming un- derstool. IL is preferred by many Co buckw heat and corn for batter cakes, and will soon be used satis iactersly for biscuit and raised bread. -kansas Farmer
 No said the Cincinnati man, Il can't become q Christian. can't beSr to give up reading the local pa pers. "-Louisvilie Courricr-Journal
 This world, with all it's DO vertv, does not need a!ms-giviyng Sd much as IL needs pure hearts and honest lives.
 Gen. J. c. Tappan, oi Helena. has stepped into the amendment ranks. The General alter thoroughly con- sidering and investigating the meas ure, glves 1t his unqualified indorse. ment-Ft. Smith Independent.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13

"Mellow as old wine" Is 8 prover- bial expression, which, according to recent news, seems likely to pass away. It is said to have been re
 gently discovered that the treatment of new wine with electricity gives 1t all that delicacy and rare purity of excellence otherwise only to be ob- tained by leaving it in a cellar for years. The history of the discovery IS very curious indeed, and exempli- fies the cid axiom that the greatest inventions are the result of accident. A vinedresser residing at Digne, in France, slowed away several casks Of new wine in his cellar. Very short ly afteward the house was struck by lightning, and the electric fluid, des- cending into the cellar, played havoc with the wine crop. Several casks were shattered, and the wine ran down into a sort of little tank expressly contained in the floor to provide against accidental loss of liquors The proprietor supposed his wine to have been spoiled; but subsequently found to his astonish- ment it had been so improved that he was able to sell it at four times the price first asked. He consulted several eminent scientists; and ex- perlments were made with A view to determine the action of electricity upon wine. According to French periodical (Journal des Connois, sances Utiles) several kinds Of wine were treated electricallyi simple battery with Its conducting wires terminated by platinum wire to which platinum electrode was sus- pended, constituting the whole ap- paratus. The electrodes were plung
 ed into the wine, and continuous current maintained, with the sur
 prising result that the cosrseSt and worst grades of wine became agreed ble and mellow. Prof, Scoutetsn, of the French Academy of Science, has given perfectly comprehensible explanation of the metamurphosls.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13

Whittier said not long ago: No l cannot go out to dinners and re captions now. Longfelow and Elm. erson do not either; but Holmes Oh, Holmes will never be an old man. He couldn't if he tried, but will be young as long as he lives r'
 A London dispatch says: The latest scientific curiosity inspired hy Edison's electric lamp is q lady's brooch, in which q tiny incandeseent spark takes the place of and outvies the brilliancy of a diamond of the purest water
 The most remarkable feature of the Queens last drawing-room were the enormous bouquets Of simple flowers carried by the ladies. Daf- fodilS, primroses, jonquiis, narcissus, daisies and lilacs in huge bunches are now the correct thing for wear, while eNotics are reserved for deco. rating the house or dining table.
 ne meaneSt man on record sent through q post office presided over by woman a postal card on which was written, Dear Jack Here's the details of that scandal" And then the rest was Iu Greek.
 Queen Victoria completed on Ov toher 25lh reign of II years and lsS days, which Is just the length Of tune Queen Elizabeth sat on the throne. Victoria has now reigned longer than any other English sov- ereign except Gearge III, Henry III, and Edward III.
 Subscriptions to the Little Rock Gazette or Democrat--iaily or week ly--at publishers rates, taken at this office.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13

A few days ago one of Adams Ex-
 press Company's great wagons drawn by a magnificent palr of black horses drew up in front of the main
 basement entrance of tho United States Mint in Philadelphia, and in a few minutes its load of flat, curious looking iron bound boxes was trans. ferredto the vaults of that institution. This wagon was followed by three
 others similarly loaded. Upon in, quiry it was found that these wagons contained in all l06 boxes. contain ing over thousand gold bricks
 aggregating S5,000,0 ,000 in value anu weighing about 10 tons. The ship, ment was from New York from which point the Philadelphia Mint receives about $I000,o00 monthly in bullion.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13
Dr. Isaacs, in lecture on Hebrew

Dr. Isaacs, in lecture on Hebrew humor, told an amusing story O. King Solomon listening to the con versation of two birds, one of whom bossted to the other that he could with one flap of hIs wing annihilatc Solomon and his palace. Under standing the talk of the birds he asked the meaning of the boast The birds answered that there was no truth in what he said, but his wife believed him to be a wonderful creature, and he was only giving hel tatty. Many of the wives of to day think in the same way of their hus, bands, and with as little reason.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13

Who is the sditorg Is he q far, mer? Oh no, the editor is not far mer, but he is nice wise man who tells the man who is farmer how to farm. He will tell you how much corn, peas and potatoes to plant and how much meat to raise for hls family during the year, and a wlse editor wlll tell good farmer not to plant only enough cotton to pay the subscription for his paper, and if hs has any money left lend il to the editor Children, when you get grown you must all be editors, as they attend to their own business.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13

Dr Warren Bey, an American physician of Paris, has been created Knight Commander of the Order Of osmanle by the kkedive of Egypt.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13

No gdod that the humblest of u. has wrought ever dies. There is one long. unerring memory in tue universe, out of which nothing dies.
 Don't let the duties of to day lie over to be fulfilled tomorrow. A life, like business transaction, car ried on on such principle will result ia failure.
 To worship nightly is to love each other-each smile hymn, each kindly deed prayer.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13

Wlldness is thing which girls cannot afford. Delicacv is d thing which cannot be lost or found. No art can restore the grape its bloom. Familiarity without regard, is des- tructlve to all that make women ex- alting and ennobling. It is the first duty of woman to Oe a lady. Good breeding is good sense. Bad man ners in & woman is immortality. Awkwardness may be ineradicable, Bashfulness is constitutional. Ig. noranoe of etiquette is the result of circumstances. All can be cendoned and not banish men or women from the amenities of their kind. But self-possessed, unshrinking, and az, greSslvc cosrseness of demeanor may be reckOned as a states prison of fense, and certainly merits that mild form Of restraint called imprisou- ment for life. It is a shame for women to be lectured on their mau. ners. It IS a bitter shame that they need it. Do not be restrained. Do not have impulses that need res traint Do not wish to dance with the prince unsought; feel differently. Be sure you confer honor.-Ex.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-13

The DEMOCRAT Is published every Thursday morning, and mailcd prepaid to subscribers a' tI.50 per annum in advance.
 Our columns will be found to afford to busl- mess men, Of all professions and occupations ono of the best mediums for advertising.
 Correspondence containing items of news solicited.
 Any subscriber who fails to receive the pa per will confer favor by notifying us immedl- atoly.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-03-04
BOurse Gambling.

"The passion for Bourse gambling, ~
says the De6dtS, "has spread of late
with vertiginous rapidity in al classe-
of society. Even women have caught
the infection. There is hardly family
which is not just now in anguish or IN
tears. The lesson is a rough one-let
us hope it may be wholesome The
practice of gambling in stocks, which
has been carried to such an excess in
Paris that in many of the best salons the
jargon of the Bourse is more often heard
from ladies' lips than even the gossip OF
society, to say nothing of literature and
politics, is unfortunately by no means
confined to Paris. The American pa
pers have recently been lamenting the
extent to which it is carried at Chicago,
where the wives of spectators gamble
for the rise or fall of the corn as regular
ly as their husbands and thereis some
thing more than suspicion that good
deal of the same kind of thing goes on
in London. 1t is better concealed here,
no doubt, but if crash were to come,
there are perhaps more houses within
the ,fOur-mile radius than most people
imagine where very disagreeable reve-
latioAS would follow.-PdH Nell G0.
s6tte.