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The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1882-10-05
CHRISTIAN cHURH.

Congregational meeting at the Masonic Hall
every Sunday at IL a. m. Preaching by w. j.
Maple on the ist and Sd Sundays at II q. m, and
at Prairie Grove at right. DIR. Harkey will
preach the I'd Sunday night of each month al
Masonic Hail.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1882-10-05

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
j. 7. Hendrickson, pastor. Preaching LIST
and 81 Sabbath. II a. m. and 1880 D. IN. Prayer
meeting Thursdays, 80 p. m. Sabbath school
a. IN.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1882-10-05
Court 9Th Judicial District.

Hon. w. ID. JACOwAY, Circuit Judge.
Hon. A, s. McKENNON, Pros. Attorney.
TIME OF HOLDING COURT:
Pope County-First Monday In April and
Novembcc. % $3.50
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1882-10-05
. How to Grow Lean

If you can't ssBear''sa cough sRulln
it with DR.. Balls Cough Syrup.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1882-10-05

Al the bedside. tho physletsn's nrst qneeiie
al cases be properly al udsd @ a. once ny the
srong medicines, produce paln, gripping, sick b
Baiiey'a Saline Aperient is relieved Of all
causes fres dow o. Bile, relieves constipation,
indigestion, etc.
las White powder, ADD Is ~ cooling Aad
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1882-10-05

BY the advice OF Mr. Wynn, used your Pile
Ointment on a servant girl who had been suffer
ing for eight years with most aggravated case OF
piles She improved from the very first days use
81 YOUR Ointment, and before using the box she
was entirely recovered. @. w. FOSTER,
Cusseta, Ala.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1882-10-05

This is to certify that used Pryors Ointment
in q case OF severe burn, and that in very few
days IL was entirely relieved OF all Inflammation,
and healed rapidly. After the first application OF
the Ointment the patient suffered no pain what
ever. r. j. MORGAN, LnGrange, Ga.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12
rs ar LIBERTY.
Twelve Unarmed Men DIsarm
Their Guard and Fly.
Little Rock Democrat. 9.

0sAsNANNt Sa
Considerable talk on the streets
this morning regarding the break
made By the convicts yesterday even
ing. 0Ae cOlored guard had charge
of the twelve men at the time they
sele3ted to make their effort for liberty.
which proved 50 successful for one.
half of their number. The blood
hounds tracked them up and six Of
the d~esperadoes we're recaptured.
The arms taken from the guard were
used against the dogs, which brought
some Of them TO their death. Dark.
ness came and ended the pursuit.
leaving six coDvicts to breathe
the breath Of liberty, at least for a
spell.
Davis, Smith and Monroe were the
most desperate characters and they
are still at liberty. These men, armed
as they T and helped by their friends
with clothes and money, will be hard
to recapture at once.
Monroe and Bergman were convict.
ed Of burglariziDg a safe belonging to
Henry Peil, corner Main aud Twelfth
streets, and robbiDg it Of 1895. In
this peculiar trial each Of the robbers
was edT@.ly guilty, Jet Monroe was
sentenced for several years and BreR.
man for four. Nell Brady, a motor
ious woman Of Cincinnati, was in the
city yesterday. II is said she viii
furnish Monroe and his pals all tn,
money they may need.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12
IN ZOE
Awarding the Premium for the
Ear Wanted by Southern In
dustrIes-AnOlh0r Prize.


The November issue of Southern
Industries contained the following
offer; A single ear of corn wanted.
for which we will give one annual sub.
scription to Southern Industries-$2.
The ear Of corn must contain twenty
four rows-they are not unusual. We
have one and want a pair.
There are some curious things about
corn, and one is, where do the red
ears and speckled ears, the red cob
and the white cob come from, when
only one colored cob aud one colored
corn is planted. Glover is usually
three leaf, but we fRd four-leaf
clover; but we have never found the
odd row on an ear Of corn yet, 1t
is always II, 16, 20, "a, or some even
number. Is there luck in even mum.
bers? We would be glad to see a per.
feet ear Of corn with an odd number
Of rows, and would be tempted to
offer a good premium for such.
Twenty entries we're made for the
above premium, representing West,
Middle and East Tennessee, Arkan-
saw, Mississippi and Alabama.
The following judges we're selected:
Captain William Stockell, John N.
Thompson. II. w. Hart, Jas. Phillips
and NJ. A, Parrish.
The corn was all tagged with the
number Of entry. Two ears were
selected by the judges as the best, and,
to determine tho choice between
these two, the corn was shelled and
weighed.
Mr.. Joseph Baugh, Of Williamson
county, sent an ear which measured
nine inches in length: the corn weigh
ed, net, l pound 3t ounces; the col
weighed 4tounces.
Q. N. Meriwether, Of Montgomery
county, sent an ear that measured
inches in length; the corn weighed
net, l pound II ounces; the cob
weighed 81 ounces. Deducting the
difference in the weight of the cobs
this would give Baugh's corn 1;
ounces more corn and 10 him the pre-
MUM that was awarded. Some O
the grains Of Baugh's corr measured
of an inch in length by
wide. The ear was perfectly
filled to the end. Nj. Baugl
writes that he raised 1871 barrels L
the acre. The seed we're obtained
from Mr.. John Il. Ewin, formerly o
Nashville. who is at present fafminl
with success in Williamson county
1t is Of the gourd seed variety anC
came from Ohio three years ago.
Mr. Meriwether writes that he Sc
cured his seed from Georgia and cul
tivated it nearly two years nea
Birmingham, Ala. He has had ear
with thirty, thirty.two, and even fort,
rows; he has been cultivating it 6vv
years in Montgomery county, Tennes
see. Mr.. Meriwether considers it tn,
best corn he has ever raised.
The Southern Industries will Civ
one years subscription, $500, for th.
best ear Of corn, length, size AM
weight Of ear to govern.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12

had abandoned the stage. When
the eventful and badly selected night
came. about one hundred Of Mr.
Payne's personal admirers appeared
and modestly seated themselves in the
second row; about Is many more Of
the public had seats lower down; Ger.
tain|g not 300 In ell appeared. The
PLAYING began, and II required 6 strong
effort on the part Of the committee
and their families 10 keep from Laugh.
log or crying aloud. To crown eli, Al
the end Of the supremacy melancholy
exhibition, some one, prompted BY
the same spirit that had kept the
sovereign people at home, cried out
for 'Paynel Paynel' and the poor mar
had to come forth. and in the sweetest
tones, for which he was celebrated,
thanked the public for the great com
pliment paid to him. Forever after
that night bore the appropriate title
Of The Festival Of Pain
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12
A Privilege Of the Press.
Washington Press.

A recent decision on the question
Of press privilege by Judge Cooley, Of
the Michigan Supreme Court, justifes
the reputation for sound, practical
sense which that eminent jurist has
attained. The Detroit Post and Tri-
bune, having commented in severe
terms on the official conduct Of a police
justice, and having charged official
malfeasance upon him in direct terms,
was promptly proceeded against for
libel by the offended magistrate. The
defendants plea was that to call public
attention to a matter of misconduct
was a matter of privilege, and that by
presumption of law a papers motives
for doing so must be deemed proper
and mot malicious. In his charge
to the jury tile Judge who tried the
case held that there was
no such privilege, and
that a publication a~rraigning
and condemning the conduct Of q
public magistrate, was subject to the
same presumption and the same law
OF libel as a publication in regard to
the character and acts Of a private
person. The Supreme Court revsrses
this ruling, and in delivering the de-.
cision Judge Cooley said;
mo declaration Of this or any other
court can convince the common
reason that there is not a plain and
palpable distinction here. Few
wrengs can be great er than the public
detraction which has only abuse OF
profit from abuse, for its object. Few
duties eau be palmer han to challenge
public attention to official disregard
Of the principles which protect public
and personal liberty. The matter
discussed 10 the publication in ques.
ton were ofgraye public concern and
therefore it was privileged"
That is an admirable statement O
the true character of malicious libel,
aud clear, terse and comprehensive
presentation Of the right and duty
Of the press to take proper notice O
the official acts Of public servants
Ju6gc Cooley gives no warrant fol
calumny. He says there is q "plair
and palpable distinction between THU
case and publications that involy,
merely private gossip and scandal.
His decision rests On common sense
and will commend itself to the spprova
of the intelligent throughout th,
country.
Few acts are baser than malicious
assault on personal character. The
press or the tongue hat wilfully
maligns character by reason Of malice
or with the hope Of gain, commits al
outrage that would not be too severed,
punished if it were treated as a felony
But in plain, candid criticism, O
manly denunciation of official miscon.
duct, the press is simply discharginl
a high and imperative duty, and thu
bench is that part Of our system o
government in which wrong doing i
d~eservedly condemned with the great
est severity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12

find un~selhshness in partnership with
success; but it is a career that ought
70 commend itself to all young men
who are ambitious TO make AAeiF mark
in the world, andto stamp themselves,
90 to speak, uron their times, Major
Wallace is eminently 9 man Of afairs,
but be has demonstrated that citizen
may neTFe his stats without plying
the trade Of q politician. Il Is doubt.
ful ghether, without the EealouH labOFs
Of Major Wallace, the railroad com.
mission. which has conferred such
vast benefits upon the people Of Geor.
gia, would have succeeded In per-
forming the delicate duties entrusted
to III but Il has performed them, and
so far as this State is concerned, the
railroad problem has been practically
solved. This success is largely due to
Major Wallace, and it is hardly prob
able that his labors in this direction
will ever be appreciated as they de-
serve; for the benefits conferred by a
just and an equitable solution Of the
transportation problem are cumulative
and a perpetual as the State itself.
They will DO felt. but hardly appre-
ciated, by generations yet unborn; they
will be rooted and grounded in the
policy Of the State.
Fortunately for the State and for
Atlanta, Major VILLAGES seventy
seventh birthday finds him still ca
able Of performing an immense amount
Of work, and still jealous in behalf OF
the people. Gray head and golden
heart grow old together, and though
the shadows stretch away to the east,
the sun still shines brightly in the
west.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12
Marriage ana Consumption.

A Toronto (Canada) doctor, Mr..
Playter, who makes a speciality ofcon.
sumption, has collected some very
curious and valuable information con.
corning that fatal disease. In order
to obtain the most accurate statistics.
he addressed to hundreds Of physicians
p%racticing in Canada, New York.
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and
Louisiana a list Of questions relating
TO the age, sex and general structure
OF the patients and to their ancestry.
general habits, etc. He received an,
swers from about two hundred and
fifty physicians, which answers, Of
course, covered a larger number OF
cases.
These statistics showed forty-six
per cent of consumptives to be males
and hfty-tour per cent females; seV.
enty-two per cent were unmarried;
the average age was twenty seven
years. In every case the circum.
terence Of the chest was considerably
below the average of vigorous persons
OF the same hight, the average hight
being five feet FIVE and one. half
inches, and the average circumference
OF the chest only thirty. one and
one-half inches. About fity-fve
per cent Of the patients had
light hair and light blue eyes, and the
majority were Of nervous tempera-
ment. About seventy per cent had
been engaged in indoor, sedentary o.
equations, and spent little time in the
open air. The larger part of them
did not usually wear flannel next to
the skin, did not habitually battle and
slept in small, unventilated rooms.and
generally occupied a bed with another
person. Only q few used alcoholic
spirits to excess. The ancestors Of
only thirty.six per cent had died Of
the disease, but Owe seventy per cent
had lived in a locality where the at
mosphere was humid and cool.
DR.. Playter concludes that under
ordinary conditions marriage il unfa.
vorable to the development and prog
ress OF consumption; heredity, except
so far as it affects the structure Of the
body, is not as important as has been
generally believed; and that the most
effective means TO prevent the devel.
opmeRt Of the disease is that of in
creasing in early life, by judicious
physical exercise, the size and capaci-
ty Of the respiratory organs.
Consumption destroys more lives in
the United States than any other
single disease, aud anything that will
tend TO decrease its ravages will be
hailed with joy. So simple a remedy
as that suggested by DR.. Playter can
easily be tried, and even though the
results should not in all cases be what
would be hoped, some physical good
would undoubtedly result.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12
Negro Mortality.
Chicago Tines.


The conclusions OF DR.. Thornton
are not warranted by the returns of
the last census. They show that the
percentage Of increase in the entire
population Of the United States dur
ing the last decade was 30.08. Among
the whites it was 1920, but among
the blacks it was 81 81. In the States
Of Tennessee, Alabama and Missis-
sippi it was about "a for the whites
and 80 for the blacks. These figures
do not indicate that the whites are
gaining on the negroes. 1t is prob
ably true that tho mortality
amongsnegroes who live in cities
is much greater than among those
who live in the country. It is not
likely that they take as kindly to the
somewhat artificial life Of the city as
whites do. Physicians state thu.
blacks are much less liable to nervous
diseases than whites, and that they
are less liable 10 be carried of BY
malarial aud epidemic diseases.
Most would wish that the conclu.
sions Of DR.. Thornton in relation to
the decrease Of miscegenation and the
tendency toward a complete separa-
ton Of the two races were warranted
by the observation of others. But,
unfortunately, they are not. a
writer in the Princeton Review some
time ago called attention to the
fact that the process oI
bleaching out the black race
was already more than half Iaocom-
plished. He Affirmed that a pure
black person would be regarded as !
curiosity In almost any part Of the
country.
He argued with apparent reason
that unions between the whites and
those Of mixed blood would becom,
more and moro common as the latter
became more nearly white. He be
lieved the negro aud the Indian race,
were certain to be absorbed in the
more numerous white race. 1t is Ger
tain that there is no trace Of the bloot
ofthc black slaves that were taken L
some countries in Europe severa
centuries ago. 1t is equally certain
that few If any traces are left Of the
MOors, who remained in Spain after
the conquest.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12
ENcLIsH THE WORLDS Ian.
GUAGE.
A Russian Priests Conclusions
After lis Trip Around tho
World.
New York Sun.

NoW AOth EAns
A Russian priest, Father Alexan-
der Diligentsky, is now in this city,
on his way back to st. Petersburg.
II was sent to our church at San
Francisco hesaid to a reporter, "and-
instead Of going west through Europe
and over the Atlantic, | went east BY
way of Odessa and Nagasaki to San
Francisco. | came from that city by
way Of tie Isthmus. Now, after two
years service at San Francisco, l am
going home, and thus completing my
journey around the world"
What has struck you most during
your tripP'
"The lead that English speaking
people have taken everywhere. En-
|glish has become the international
language. With my limited kuowl.
edge of English during my trip | have
been far better off than any of my occa-
sional German and French friends.
English has a glorious future, It is
bound to become the universal lam
guage of science, trade and industry.
There has been three great epochs in
which all the educated men talked
Greek, Latin and French respectively.
Now we are entering the epoch Of
English The Greek world was too
limited in both area aud age. The
Latin world was larger than the
Creek bat its field, politics, was
too narrow. The French epoch
was too narrow. Now the English, or
rather Anglo American, epoch will
embrace the whole world. The Eng
fish speaking nations lead the world
in the higher positions and in indus
try and trade, and they are unsur.
passed by any nation in scientific, re.
ligious or philosophical thought. Our
German friends object to English on
the ground that it is in their opinions
not an original language, being rather
a mixture of German and Latin, Il
my opinion, this is rather an advan
tage, for English is not quite a foreign
tongue to Germans and to the nations
Of Latin origin, and SO much the more
easily a be adopted by all of them
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12
sERIO-COMlc.
Five Fleeing 0Onvists Capture a.
Hunter HeaE Little Rock,
Fleece Him Of Bis Clothing end
vaiuahlea-.scenes with
the DesperndOez.
tllIls Rock Gazette, 10Th.

About four miles from town, due
west on Major s. H. Nowlin's farm,
Mr.. james Noble encountered, Friday
afternoon, five OF the escaped convicts.
1t was a genuine surprise to all parties
and was of a serio. comic nature. Mr..
Noble, brother-iI law Of Major Nowlin
and living at the Majors house, was
out hunting Friday, and while
leisurely striding along, locking
for game, he suddenly heard a
rustling noise, like cattle COM
ing through the bushes, and
casting a quick eye in the direction Of
the noise, saw to his sorrow FIVE striped
fellows hurriedly going west At
FIRST the fugitives did not discover the
hunter, but in a moment one Of them
exclaimed: Look" In another in
slant one of them, who had a Spring
field riho, leveled it at MIR. N. and told
him to git" Then they commanded
him to wait a minute. he waited.
-Four of them surrounded him, and
with drawn knives commanded him to
strip" This he did with alscrity.
Then the process Of getting into the
less conspicuous clothing was begun by
some of the convicts. And as one OF
the larger attempted to get into the
rather small clothes Of Mr.. N. the fun
began, and it continued to be both
~laughable and administrations, be
cause they took Mr.. Mobiles double.
barrel shotgun, his ammusition,
clothes, in fact everything but two
garments, which in winter do not add
much to comfort. Ia
DON'T SHOOT HIM"
The fellow with the rife proposed Ia
shoot their captured hunter, but the
other objected--and SO did Mr.. N,
and SO, after leaving him bare, and
minus everything but their discarded
stripes the iugitives rushed on. Com.
ing to a negro cabin shortly, they
stopped to rest and eat, and while
engaged in this delectable business (to
them) the deep. ominous bay of the
bloodhounds was heard in the dis
lance, and getting closer rapidly anC
surely. Finally the brutes rushed in
sight and up to the cabin, and the In.
dian who was along, knowing the
bloodhounds, with shrewd tact Sc.
them ou tho calves in the yard. They
literally tore them to pieces, while thu
conyicts enjoyed the scene with smil
ing faces. They then left the housI
Of the farmer, Jake Green, colored
and once more took to the woods
They passed the house Of Judge job
Karr, but did not stop. But Mrs. X
was badly frightened, judge K. beinI
in town at the time. Up to las
accounts none Of the five had bee
captured,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12
HON. TOW O%CHILTREE, NJ. Q.
The Lovely Texas PreVaricatOr
states the story OF His Sue
cessful Canvass.
speolal q and OourIsr.Journll.

WASHINGTON, December 8.-Among
the arrivals at Wizards Hotel to-day
was "Tbos, Ochiltree, ESQ.,, Texas
After he had registered, the clerk
turned the register around and pre-
fixed the signature with Hon"
Tom said: II want that page, and !
am going to have it; | want to frame
it,
0chiltree was aked about his can
vass, and replied: Talk about Perry
Belmont and Ansen g. McCook, who
can ride over their districts in two
hours in a night liner. Why, my
district comprises 1880 square miles.
l stumped it horseback, muleback,
assback and afoot, and here | an
landed, a full fedged M. o. Of the
Forty. eighth Congress, ready for any
jobbery or thieying on foot"
During this evening 0chiltree held
a levee in front Of the clerks desk
at which we're present all the old
FOUNDERS Of Washington, including
the Colonels, Jedges and Majahs
who waited anxiously for him To
shout"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12
Major Campbell wallace.
Atlanta Conssitutlon, I.


To-day Major Campbell Wallace is
seventy seven years old, and his friends
will have occasion to send him greet
log and give him congratulations. In
these congratulations and greetings
every citizen Of Atlanta will gladly
join. 1t is fitting that this event, in
a life whose usefulness cannot be
measured by the length of years,
should occur at a time when the
thoughts Of old and young are turned
pleasantly to the holidays; for, some
how, those who know Major Wallace
best, invariably associate his name
and his personality with the tender
ness. the bene6cence and the humor
that find their way to the surface
when the heart is warmed by its own
happiness or the happiness Of others.
Here is a citizen who has lived to a
hale aud hearty old age, and whose
whole life has been devoted TO IN.
selfish ends-a life Of large purposes
aud oflarge usefulness. and sweetened
BY every generous impulse that makes
life worth living.
The career Of Major Wallace is not
a typical one perhaps, for II is rare 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-12
Beer Not Made From Hops,
Pail Mall Gazette.


What is the proper definition Of
"beer2' The authority of George
Ill as well as the common opinion
Of mankind, has always been thought
to determine that heps had something
TO do with it. This, however, is a
vulgar error. Hops may come and
hops may go, according TO Messrs.
Joseph Brothers, brokers, but we
shall have beer, aud the orthodox
bitter into the bargain, the same as
ever. Next year, owing TO the partial
failure Of this autumn's hops, and the
increased demand from America, the
bitter favor Of the hop, which is re-.
gardsd as so essential and agreeable,
will be impaired to q considerable
portion Of our beer, not by hops
at all, but by columbia root,
Guinea grain, cheretta, quassia,
and cammomiles, q nasty looking
company in all conscience, though
declared on good authority to be
mostly very harmless. The price
Of some Of these substances has come
up as much as 800, and 1900
per cent in view Of the new role they
are to play in the production Of what
still remains, despite the eloquence Of
reformers. a necessary Of lite to tho
majority Of the population. And
certainly 1t is better beer, even ii
made of cammUmiles and quassia than
that people should takO to supplying
the deficiency by an increased con-
sumption Of gin.