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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-19
RING OUT, WILD BELLS.

Ring cut. wild bells to the wild sky,
The flying clo1ds, the frosty light
The year is dying II the night;
Ring out, villa bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring. happy bells, across the snow
The year is going, let him 60;
Ring ont the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here We see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind,
Ring out n slowly dying cause
And ancient forms of rarty strife,
Ring in the nobler modes of life
With sweeter manners, pnrer laws.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless GOODNESS of the times;
Ring out, ring out, my u.ournful rhyme.
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride in place AMI blood,
The civic Islander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love Of good.
Ring out old SHAPES of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars Of old,
Ring in the thousand years Of peace.
Ring in the valiant man ard free,
The larger heart, the kinder hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
- Tc0u,JSOu
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-19
They Would Celebrate.

The difficulty of repressing the joy
Gus frolic of Christmas Day, even at the
farthest winter outpost of extreme
Puritanism, is shown by Gov. Brad.
ford's record of Christmas time in the
Massachusetts colony. In November,
1921, about year after the arrival of
the MayAower, came the little ship
Fortune, of fifty-fve tons, bringing a
welcome addition to the settlement of
thirty-fve persons. Bradford senten-
tiously remarks, "Most of them were
very lusty young men, and many of
them wild enough" and then proceeds:
"And herewith l shall end this year,
only l shall remember one passage
more, rather of mirth than of waight
On We day called Christmas-day, yc
Gov'r called them out to worke Gas
was used), but We most of this new
company excused themselves and said
it went against their consciences to
worke on ye day. So ye Gov'r tould
them that if they made it matter of con-
science, he would spare them till they
were better informed. So he lefl-away
ye rest, and left them; but when they
came home at noone from their worke,
he found them in We strecte at play,
openly; some pitching ye barr, and
some at stoole-ball and shuch like
sports. So he went to them and tooke
away their implements, and tould them
that was against his conscience that
they should play and others worke If
they made ye keeping of it matter of
devotion, let them kepe their houses,
but ther should be no gameing or revel-
ing in We streets Since which time
nothing hath been attempted that way,
at least openly"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-19
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS.

: Twas the night before Christmas when Ill
| through the house
| Not creature was stirring, not even a Ino Sc;
The stockings We're hungh hy the chimney " tn
care
In the hopes that ST. Nicholas soon woulI be
there;
The children were nestled lalI snug in their
While visions of sugar.pums danced in their
And mamma in her kerehief and in may cap,
Had Just settled our brains for a long winters
nap
When out on the lawn there arose sacli elat-
ter,
sprang from my bed to see what was the
matter.
Away to the window / flew like flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash
The moon on the breast of the ew-fallen snow
Gave lustre of Midday to objects below;
When, what to my wondering eve should
appear,
But miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer,
With little old driver. so lively and qnick,
| knew in moment it must be ST. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled. and shouted, and called them
by name:
now Dasher. now, Dancer! now, Pran,er
and Vixen!
On! Comet; on Cupid; on Donder and
Bitten
To the top of the porch, to the top of the walll
New, dash away, dash away, dash away all''
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane Ay
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the
sky.
So up to the house top the coursers they flew.
With the sleigh full of toys-and st. Nicholas,
And then in a twinkling, heard on the roof
The prancing and paving of each little hoof
As drew in my head, and was turning around.
Down the chimney st. Nicholas came with
bound
He was dressed all in fur from his head to his
foot,
And his clothes were all tarn ished with ashes
and SCOT;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like peddler Just opening
his pack.
His eyes, how they twinkle,l, his dimples how
merry
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like
cherry;
His droll little mouth was drawn up like n
bow.
And the beard on his chin was AS white as the
snow.
The stump of pipe he held tight in his
teeth,
And the smoke, it encircled lis head like
wreath.
He had a broad face and little round belly
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl
full ofielly.
He was chubby and plump-a right jolly
old elf;
And | laughed when | saw him, in spite of
myself.
wink of his eye, a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know had nothing to
dread.
He spoke not word, but went straight to
his work,
And filled all the stockings then turned with
a jerk,
And, laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang TO his sleigh, to his team gave
whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of
thistle,
But heard him exclam, ere he drove out
of sight:
Happy Christmas to all, and to all, good
night!'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-19

SCNChJJ iVCb Wluc.
Remember the poor on Christmas
Day.
Mr. Barnum has at last secured
white elephant. 1t is not the one
which Governor Pattison got rid Of
Beauty is only skin deep, and
sometimes it is only as deep as the
powner and paint
The hardest apprenticeship in the
world is to learn how to get along
without work.
A fashion paper says busties are
coming to the front. "So?" warbles
prairie editor
NO need to 20 to science or astro-
nomy for an explanation of those fiery
sunsets. The candidates for Speaker
were simply painting things red.
Allen Pinkerton, the great detec-
tive, was robbed recently while asleep
on Western train. 1t has been said
that detective never sleeps
Mr.. Charles +. Duden, Hellam,
Pa, says: Browns Iron Bitters has
happy effect on the digestive organs
and debilitated constitution"
--"The time draws near the birth of Christ;
The moon is hid; the night is chill;
The Christmas bells from hill to hill,
| Answer each other in the mist"
TENNysoN.
Yes" said the young man, ~
know / need some new hankerchiefs,
but shall not purchase any Just yet.
Christmas is only few days of, and
never get ANYTHING but handkercbiefs
for Christmas presents"
The festival of the birth of Christ
was celebrated by different communi-
ties of the early Christians Mt various
periods of the year, and it was not nm
til the fourth century that the present
! season was definitely fixed upon. This
is said to have been the act Of Julius
| L., Pope of Rome, A. d. 337-352.
There can he DO doubt that the end Of
December does not represent the true
anniversary, and there is reason to be.
lieve that the celebration was transfer
red from the last month OF the Jewish
year, when the birth was known to
have taken place, to the last month OF
! the Christian year
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-19
And She Rose UP.

1t was coolly planned and deliberate
ly executed in cold blood. They sat by
the fire, and as he perused his paper
she was busy with thoughts of Christ
mas. By and by be walked up and
asked;
Did any parcels for me come up to-
day?
No, DEAR she replied, rs her face
grew white as snow Have you been
buying anything?'
No. nothing much. | happened in
at Blanks this afternoon, aud, as he
was selling out his slippers at cost, |
bought me three pairs. Guess I'll be
fixed for the next ten years to come
Observation-Disclosures? :? she gasp
ed as she pressed her hands upon her
heart
Yes, and Dash came to the door as
| was going past, and asked me in to
look at his stock of dressing gowns
'And-and-'
And | bought me couple. Rather
handy garments, you know and these
are something extra NICE
DO you mean to tell me that you
went and
why, dear, how you tremble,' he
interrupted. Eyes, l bought two of
'em, and when Dash happened TO men,
tion that | ought to have a smoking
cap, twelve new shirts and smoking
set and cane, l told him to go ahead
and send 'em up. Fll order a new silk
hat, wristlets, gloves, sleeve-buttons
and six neckties tomorrow, and then |
guess III be provided for. Come and
kiss your old hubby"
But she didn't. She rose up and
gasped and rushed out OF the room with
fearful eyes and clenched teeth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-19
A Bridge Five Miles Long.

Among the notable bridges OF tho
world is the one at I.angang, China.
Ii crosses an arm of the China sea.
This structure is some five miles long,
and has not less than three hundred
arches. Over the pillar of each arch
reclines lion made out of n single
block Of marble and yet twenty-onc
feet long. The roadway of this bridge
is seventy feet wide.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-19

-"The poor will many care forget,
The debtor think not of his debts,
But as they each enjoy their cheer,
Wish il were Christmas all the year"
THOMAS MILLER.
1T is absurd to give your wife a
rocking-chair for a Christmas present,
thinking she will thus keep still.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-25
Political Contrasts.

The Democratic party has done moth
ing to inspire confidence in it. What ii
was it is. 1t has done nothing for the
country, and it is so constituted that it
can do nothing. nj
1t has pandered to the lowest ele-
ments and the worst passions of the
country to secure votes and power, and
what it has Zone in this way, it is now
doing and will continue to do.
p Needing the purifying touch of bound
less reformation, 1t points its finger at
reforms, and fiings away from itseh
every hand that would apply reform
to it. -
Greedily hungering and grasping for
power, it has done more than all other
agencies combined to encourage the
riotousness of mobs, and direct then
madness at the PROPERTY and prosperity
of the country. y g.
With the Democratic party in power
no form of property is'safe. As it bent
before fiatism, the Democratic party
will bend before communism. Its motto
is anything to win" and its efforts to
win are raising storm to beat upon the
gains of the Industrious, which is proper
fy, that the Democratic party will be
.powerless to control after it reaches
power, even if it had the good disposi.
ton to control it.
From a party of this character the
country has nothing to hope. 1t is most
harmless when it is out of power. In
power it can do only hurt. Such is its
history everywhere North and South.
The South has written its own wnunenviable
history in this direction, and under
|, Grover Cleveland, in New York, not
withstanding the many protests of ex.
cellent intentions, the Democratic
party proves its impotence in the way
Of good. That is Democracy. 1t car
be no better. 1t is not in the party to
be better. There is nothing palmer
than this in the history of American
politics.
There are few Republicans indeed
who do not understand and believe this
Even those who think their own party
might be improved in some points be.
lieve it as well as the others. And al
understand that while there. is hope
that the highest and best aspirations ol
political reforms may. and possibly be
fore long will, be engrafted in the law
and put in practice by Republicans
there is no such hope in Democratic
success. .s
For every possible good we must lool
70 the Republican party. For the pros
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-25

An English traveller, on the Ameri-
cans love for the greenback, says:
.sSince the year 1861 they hardly care
about handling silver dollars and quar-
ters. A friendly telegraph clerk in 1880,
in Chicago, in handing me gold
twenty dollar piece (about as handsome
coin as can be met with anywhere). as
change out for telegram to Europe,
,pologized for troubling me with what
he. called this truck (rubbish) instead
of giving me roll of paper.n
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-25

William Clark, ex-Consul to Italy,
proposes the scheme of an American
school in Florence for the education OF
American girls abroad.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-25

"A statistical publication, relating to
the population and mortality of Paris
indicates that the conditions of existence
in the French capital are decidedly less
favorable to the prolongation of human
lie than elsewhere in France
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-25
Ned, the lChildren's Dog.

Everybody in Midway, KY, knows
old Med" the children's dog. He
formerly belonged to the late Mrs. Mar
garet Buford, but as there were no
children at her house he came to town
and,took up his abode at Mr.. s. N.
Rogers. He goes to school with the
children every morning and remains
there all day. When they go out to
play he goes, too, and is quite expert at
catching ball; indeed, in a game, he
takes the place of a child When the
bell rings he is the first to run into the
school-house, and when the classes are
called up to recite he takes his place in
line at the foot. After the child next
above him has recited, he answers the
next question by an intelligent bark and
bow of the head. Should a question be
missed by the child at the foot of the class
and passed to the next by the teacher,
"Ned' will answer it in his peculiar
way. Spelling seems to be his fayorite
branch of study, his answers in that be-
ing exceedingly quick and vigorous.
Although he turns the children down,
after his fashion, he never goes above
them. .Hewil fight for any Of the pupils,
as well as teachers, and could not be in
dueed to stay where there are no child
ren.-Cor. Chicago Times.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-25
A few davs apo a laborer who ha

: "a few days ago a laborer who had
been employed all winter in digging up
frozen water pipes in the streets of Dem
yer died, and then it was discovered.
by examining the contents of the trunk
in the room he had occupied alone, that
he was a man who, twelve or fifteen
years ago, was a popular preacher
whose name was known as household
word throughout the land
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-25

The Presbyterian Church at Fort
Gibson, Miss, one of the handsomesti in
the State, was badly damaged on a re-
cent Sunday by the falling of a large
portion of the ceiling to the left of the
pulpit, accompanied by the rafters and
the woodwork. The accident occurred
Just before the hour of service
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-07-26
NormalIn Institute.

Below Is list of the names OF
teachers who have so far enrolled in
the Normal Institute, which opened
it's first session here on Monday last
j. r. G. w. N. Adams, Susan M.
Gibson, John H. Myrz, Yell. Dan
lei ). Evans, Chas. l.. Sampson,
johnson. G. A. Jones, JOSIAH Ii.
Shinn, Jane +. Thach, Lizzie Pat
rick, Eta Hamlin, w. T. York, S. T.
Church, G. +. York, r. II. Tate, III.
p. Tate, Pope. X. T. Hooper, Frank
lin.
Following is the list of speakers
who will make addresses on various
subjects during the Institute:
Friday night, July 9th, j. w.
Boswell, Morrillton. Monday night,
July Both, J. w. Heagen, Dardanelle.
Wednesday night, August LIST, G. A.
Jones, Russelville. Thursday 2
o'clock p. M. August End, Hon. Jor
dan E. Cravens, Clasksville. Thurs
day night, August End, Rev. NJ. +.
Butt, Morrillton. Friday night, Aug.
3D., DIR. J. w. Prutt All night lee
lures at the NJ. Z. Church (South. J
The lecture of Hon. Jordan Il. era
vens will be at the Public School
Building.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-07-26
STATE NEWS.

The Telephone Exchange of Fort
Smith will be in operation by the lst
prox.
The Pine Bluff Press Eagle of the
18th says: We are informed that the
bridge across Plum Bayou, at Raj
neysville, fell in yesterday, and that
large number of colored people
who were just in the act of crossing,
narrowly escaped with their lives.
The bridge was built in 1868, and
was the largest IN the county.
Van Buren, Graphic: The public
school board met a few days ago and
resolved to build $4,000 school
house. and the secretary was author
lied to correspond with architects
elsewhere in regard to plans &c for
building. A committee to determ-
inc on suitable location for the
building was appointed. In sub
sequent meeting of the board above
named, the committee on location
reported in favor of the old Semina-
ry grounds.
Dardanelle Post, 10Th Mr.. Ii. u.
johnson, who has been rusticating
on the Pacific slope for month or
two, or three, returned last week,
coming by Eureka Springs with the
intention of disinterring the body OF
his mother and bringing it to Oar
danelle for interment in the family
burying ground. He proceeded so
far as to have the grave and the
coffin opened when to his great sur
prise the body was found to be in
perfect condition with exception OF
a part OF one hand. The whole body
with the exception noted had been
continuously submerged In water.
A leading physician assured Mr..
Johnston that il allowed TO remain
the body would retrify whereupon
the lid of the coffin was replaced and
the grave refilled. The features were
az natural as they we're on the day Of
interment.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-07-26
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.

The August number is remarkable for
the variety and excellence of the con-
tents. Among the leading, profusely
illustrated articles are; "The Home OF
illustrated Literature" "a description
of the Frank Leslie establishment;
San adventure with two Gentlemen OF
Verona; 1.-The Garden of England
by n. Robinson; '"rhe History of a
Playhouse" by Henry Tyrrell; ''The
Coronation of the Gar. Alexander
ILL.,; The Real Lord Byron" by
Alfred III. Guernsey, etc., etc. The in
terestiHg serial "'rhe Beautiful Count
ess Of Clairvill," ia continued, and
there are delightful stories, sketches.
etc, by Amanda NJ. Douglas, Surry
Wyatt, I. r. G. Peck, Eta W. Pierce,
etc. There are some excellent poems
several admirably illustrated, and
most comprehensive, entertaining, and
instructive miscellany. The number
contains l2s pages quarto, over 100 IL
lusti ations, and beautiful colorsd
frontispieee, "A Declaration OF Love.
The price 10 only rs cents number;
81 Il year, postpaid.
Address, Mrs. Frank Leslie, Publish
er, %, 55 aud 81 Park Place, New
York.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-07-26

''How shall we secure the conversion
of Sunday school schoiars?" Dis
cussion opened by p. w. Gillian,
followed by Hon. Caleb Davis, j,
X. Perriman, w. l.. Sibley, and
almost every member OF the Asso-
citation. The interest of the entire
meeting seeming to center OIL this one
question, it was very ably discussed.
Judge Caleb Davis stated in his remarks
that Sin his school at Davis Chapel
that was not one pupil. over twelve
years of age, who was not professor
Of religion"
Adjourned till a. m, tomorrow
July 10, 1888.
SECOND DAY--NoRNISG SESSION.
The Association was called to order
by the president, and was opened with
religious services by G. b. Mossley.
The committee on addresses reported
the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That The RUssEI.LvILLE
DEMOCRAT, Pope County Reflector, and
Arkansas Evangel be requested to pub
lish the address of welcome by j. j..
Bowden, the response thereto by j..
Hazen Shinn, and the essay Of Mrs.
Jane L. Thach ON can Ideal Sunday
School"
The president presented his annual
report, which was referred to a special
committee of three, viz: J. X. Peril
man, G.. w. o. Davis and G.. w. Lipe.
''Should a Sabbath school session be
longer than an HOUR" Discussion
opened by VIM. Bowden and followed
by others In spirited discussion.
"The best means of securing and
keeping full attendance" Discuss
len opened by w. J.. Slbley, followed
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-07-26

The town council, at its last meet
ing, took steps looking to the better
management of the city cemetery.
1t is pity that Russellville will
suffer her burying ground to stand a
perpetual reproach to her. She may
not think that she is entirely to
blame, but it is a proposition too
lame to discuss to say that she is
not, and has not been able all the
while to put her cemetery, if not in
fine repair, still in such repair that
her citizens would not be ashamed
for strangers to look at it. The ac-
tion of the council was to appoint a
committee to wait on parties who
had taken up lots in that portion in
tended for sale, and tender them
their deed, and collect the money
for them. We would suggest to the
town authorities, to change the road
that runs through the grounds at
once. Do it without delay. 1t will
be an easy matter to turn the road
around, and another day should not
pass without its being done We
also think that enough money is in
sight to warrant the council at once
to undertake to fence the grounds, at
least to put plank fence around
them. Dir. j. L. Shinn has about
1888 in his hands belonging to the
Ladies Cemetery Society, and pro-
ceeds of Bro. Campbel's lecture, and
the Russellville Literary Guild have
800 or such matter in their treas
airy which they propose to donate to
this cause, il the council will under
take this work ut once We can
conceive of nothing that should en-
gage the councils earnest attention
more than this.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-07-26
ADDITIONAL LOCAL INTEL LIGENCE.
~-~>-oo>~coc-- ~c~c-c>>>->-~ON~
LADIES, READ!
An Invention that will Tighten
the Labor of Quilting.

What is it? will be the query.
Well, it is nothing more nor less than
a new, labor saving quilting frame,
known as the "Queen," now on exhi.
bition at Poole's jewelry store on JEFF
ferson street, where many ladies
call daily to witness its practical
workings. A glance will be all-suf-
ficicnt to convince the ladies that the
Queen Quilting Frame" is bound to
take the place OF the old fashioned
ones. We have seen this frame in
practical use and frankly state that
it is all heinventor and agent claims
for it. Messrs. James N. Touch
stone and G. w. Davis, agents, are
now in our city to dispose Of rights
for territory, or sell the frames. The
tirstnamed comes among us highly
recommended by some of the best
citizens Of Arkansas, which fact and
the gentlemanly department of him
self and his partner will insure ia
vorable consideration at the hands OF
our people. Call at Poo'e's jewelry
store and see one Of the BEST labor
saving machines of the age. Mr..
Touchstone informs us that he has
about twenty counties in this State
to dispose of. Here is chance for
an enterprising man.
j. w. Poole has purchased the
right OF Pope county on the "Queen
Quilting Frame, and will now fur
nish the citizens of said county with
the Quilting / anne in connection
with his fine sew ing machines. Good
agents wanted.