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The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-19
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1--WE had better understand each
other" he said. demeeatingly, as he
shambled into the editorial room. 'be
fore we begin. I'm book agent!p
Unmindiu,, cf the groans that met this
statement no went on:
''I' II not white-haired philanthro-
piss from New Haven, who has come
South through sympathy for Your
stricken people. Pm . fair. square,
bald headed .book-agent.'
Encouraged by the reception, of this
frank avowal, he took a seat. and drop
ping his feet in a waste basket, said:
ppm not retired clergyman who
SEEKS to scatter religious instruction
while he builds up his worn-o tt frame in
your halmy cline. I'm not an apostle
of art who has consented to seek your
benighted reg on, and educate your
people iy parting with a few picture
books in parts I'm not all OF these-nor
either Tan an unmodfied book-agent,
with none of the corners rounded, rum
ming on cheek in pursuit of tin.
Here candor. at least" remarked
the young man who writes the pubs OF
hardware stores.
YES; candor at best I'm not
gilded sham. You don't pick me up for
n Prince in disguise or art, or morality
going incog. do not fly the skull and
crossbones h d behind holiday lag till
I've grappled and boarded you. I've
got the regular old Deaths head nailed
to the mast, and Pm pirate from keel
TO center-board, and If you don't want
that sort of company blow me out of the
water"
He had the whole force on deck at
this point.
+ 1--WE gotno off hand preamble to my
bloody work. | do not lead you through
the ilowery paths of ease 10 where I've
got the trap sprung | do not beguile
with aneedote, inspire with eloquence.
soolhe with persuasion, or piqge with
local gossip. | was not directed to YOU
as a leader of culture or person who d
be likely to buy. won't show YOU n
LIST OF heightened decoys who have put
their names down to get rid of me and
TO draw you in. | don't show the work
I'm selling, and I've never been able to
learn the idiot soliloquy that explains
the pictures"
Here he paused while the manager
called for the cash-boy.
That's about the size OF me and my
business. The books right here fifty
parts, fifty cents n part plenty o pic
lures, and big type for the reading.
written by somebody or other, and
means $40 clear money to me every
time work one OIL Do you take, OF
do go?"
BY this time eleven copies OF the first
part were ordered. and the eleven
able" resumed their work. while the Of
flee boy indites this tribute to a man
who amt ashamed of his little racket
atlanta Constitution.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-19
GRANDMOTHER SERMON

The supper IS q er, the hearth is swept,
And In the wood fires glow
The children cluster TO hear tae
of that time 50 long ago,
When grandma's hair was golden brown,
And the warm blood came and went
Ger the face that could scarce have been
sweeter then
Than now in its rich content.
The face Is wrinlSled and careworn now.
And the golden hair Is gray;
But the light that shone in the young giri
eyes
Never has gone away.
And her needles cntch the firelght
As In and ont they 20,
With the clicking music thai grandma loves,
Shaping the stocking toe.
And the waiting children love IT. too,
For they know the stocking song
Brings mhny q tale to grandmas mind
Which they shall have ere long.
BUTT brings no story OF olden-tlme
To prandma's heart to-n ght-
Only a refrain. quaint and short,
Is sung by the needles bright.
= Life is q stocking" grandma says, a
And yours is just begun;
But am knitting the toe OF mine,
And my work is almost done.
- With merry hearts we begin TO knit,
And the rubbing is almost play;
Some are gay colored, and some are white,
And some are ashen gray.
" But most are made Of many hues,
With many stitch set wrong;
And many q row 10 be sadly ripped
Ere the whole is fair aud strong.
There are long, plain spaces, without q
break,
That in life are hard to bear;
And many a weary tear is dropped
Al we fashion the heel with care.
But the saddest happiest time is that
We count. and yet would shun,
When our Heavenly Father breaks the
thread,
And says that our work Il done"
The children come to say goodnight,
With tears in their bright young eyes,
While in grandmas lap, with broken thread,
The finished stocking lies.
--Snynlogd Sim
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-19
HOLME' s IMMINENT
on, THE
MOTHE:a'S FRlENDI

mEsS FKlENDa
One OF the greatest comforts to thoac expecting
70 be conanedis remedy upon which Implicit con-
sdence can be placed--one that viii produce safe
and quick deIivery--one that viii control pain and
shorten tho duration Of labor. such Is "4nE MoTH-
rR's FRrKSD." Tryitandsee what
A Blessing It IS to Sugoring Females
This Imminent when used two or three weeks he
fore confinement produces w@hagf ,h ense.,
ativeiy little pnn, and leaves the mother ~ con.
a rooa g Setting Up Under It's use labor il orna
r,iv occtpv much less Than the usual time and
~ NJ. nndiion Tor wilton this remedy Is offered Is
Of such character 10 forbid long array o. Ger
titicates. Tnse interested IN rs use are respect
fully referred to the hundreds who have used X.
READ THE TESTIMONIALS;
most earnestly entreat every female qeciinE
e be esni nope y VS. this entrea Vii add
That during large obsteircal prnftgs t.2i,S lOlr
saie anu euiins il. y ]. HoLMEs, NJ d. Atlanta Ga.
A lady from one OF the counties Of Middle Geor-
ga who has been acting IS midwife Tor many
yy,Tis FRIES i you sent me. and am DELIGHTED
WITH II. III every Instance where i has been
u 1ssS II is i:r 4 GREAT BLfssiNG.'
A gentleman writes: eldy wife used your Morn
Ems FRIEND nc her fourth confinement, ard her
testimony II that she passed through ~ with one
Sef Of the suffering o. either Of her former coniine-
urnts and recovered from II IN much loss time.
Sbp also recommended Ito a lady friend who was
abont 10 be confined for The first time, and she
"a ~. II HAVE NEVER SEfsN Any ONI rAss
Tfipousn THIS GREAT TRIAL. WITH 50 MUCH
EASE a - so LITTLE st FEEElSi.i"
Tie MINES OF all these, and many Others, can DO
had by calling At my office.
Having had the foregoing remedy THoRcueBLY
TisrnD in Atlanta and vicinity, now oiiel is 10
my patrons Ms possessing superior merits.
/ am permitted also 70 reief % tho following Well
known cifzens OF Atlanta G. g. Newton VIM nj
st.r. FY I, M m
are ready 70 testify 10 The merits OF tho prcrGFa-
ton. Price SlS8 per bottle
Prepared by
j. RRADEEELD, Sole Pxop'r.
Atlanta, Georgia.
For sale cgrycherc.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-19

DEMOCRAT and Ark. Traveller $50
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-19
a womaA,s nemEny.

A. certain efe9 nnd Eerois Of woinaa's iife there
comes CERTAIN troubles, aches PANE and nGorings.
These complaints and irregularities jsoiaraiKe tho
girls life ~ siroen, aud follow ~ aud haunt tho
married woman until ffler the "tuFG q tiie'
Some haze hsadaahrs. s-imminz % the hcaA
rlentsl and nervous rfostratleh, blarchco cheebs
blondless lifs, fsles3 eyes, cafisVd igAia; whlie
tlherp suaer with painful irrecnltres uterine d,-
laeepienis and ulcers, hySterical rpEsms physics.
Prostitution, chronts leIcorl haa chara5is surLref-
TONS. etc, which "a numerous caAcs end In eptptr
cts, cnnyutssons, insanity aud death. These Arc
generally the result 81 inafttntion. M females
know tsle ciass 81 complaints VIC Rfirde TO. N3T
adies, all ihese tronblts be Aytrted AID cured
Ne have proof ffom thouennds.
Dr.. Drcingeeie's English teuAle Bitters will cure
you sound anf wcl--sil meka you healthy Ard
hAppy--will make you feel lake nesv woman and
40 inistake. sold by all prug6.ais el Si.0o Send
your address for copy q Dr. Dromgoole's Fatally
Medical AdyieeI free 70 the opficfsd
y.k. DKoMuooLK a Co.,
RropEiesogs. Louisville. Ky.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-19

a o USEFUL ARTICLEs,A
BEAUTIFUL FLORAL uARono CARDS..
Size b 4 s, and asa illustrated
Book. To all who send TIVE
te. stanps for postage a.d
pnckinR. Mention this paper.
{. 0. RiDf0uT a CO., NEW YORK.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-19
SECURE A HOME !!
LANDS!!
LANDS!!!

The Little Rock &sFt. Smith Railway Is cow
offering rr sale in tracts to suit purchasers,
the whole Of their magnificent
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-19

-One Of the wiy-elected Wisconsin
judges in looking over the docket for
his first term. finds that of the seventy
three cases there recorded he has been
attorney in thirty-tye.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-19

Who carry full line of General Mer-
chandise, such as Dry Goods. Clothing,
Boots and Shoes. Groceries, Hardware,
Sewing Machines and Needles, Farm
ing Tools sl the best, Brinlcy's east
aud steei combination Plows and IIar-
rows Moline Steel Flows, Chilled Iron
Plows, Points-cast and steel, Plow
blades, Sweeps, Scraners, etc., etc., etc.
ALSO MANUFACTURERS AGENTS
for all kinds OF Machinery, Bctings,
Shafting, Pnlleys. Sc. Also ROUGH
and DRESSED LIZ BIER in any guam
tity.
They keep no shoGdy and inferior
goods to sell AT COST preferring to
sell only the BEST ARTICLES at a
reasonable profit.
10 prompt paying customers they
will sell OH the usual time.
HOWELTs, WHITE & CO.,
Jefferson ST., Rtlssellyille, Ark.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-19

Stranger asy, Mister Big Head, you SEEM
10 ta a little sofLi What ats sou 10
I3so Head We'll, yos; you see I WA ous
v.lh the bows Ast night, sad got kinder mixed.h
ktrGnges'-".t appears 30 ffon the looks %
3i0 iEead-~''r II don't Rel exactly III my head:
pears to 'e sil1or 'awcliad M, and IS u Il had
Notion 70 sust,' sud the lain Il Terrible"
SfrunGer-" ~ yon viii gct bottle of Bailpy's
Saline AtetisNi, one o. two doses viii 'lut head
on you,' that YOUR tfianls would rscoenis,.i'
IsfO Mead =" I'll do ony thing - Get III OF ell
tiia peiu and suifcring."
This marvellous remedy curcs those terrible hca1s
aches eesnses the stomach, Unicads the bowels,
unock5 tho LIVER, relieves constipation a. once, Eni
Fiyos the bile q chapc0 70 90. Is has become tho
popular and standard remedy for conatpaton BIZ
ioGsness, sick headache, heartburn, acid stomach,
and al diasases requiring resl nice AID ple-saas
p1reatiye physic.
Il never naussatcs nor rrlpes. acts IN ems or two
hours, and Is iust delightful aad refreshing
drink, Cha. cvery body likes IL.
IIncloGda and cogla tho htan Cuiets the svel,
And IL q me qa1 non for the heGdachs ct lGdics.
II raitg steq the Dancs nf rheumatism aud govt,
relieves kidney ant uEiaary troubles, and pam in
the back. For dgspeptle9 Il acts like charnl eui
has no equal in curing c2Asipctti hstN IL IL
hshly Recommended or persons who travel, for
merchants, clerks, tnechAnics, lactory hands stu
doLfs, teRehirs ant ali ycrsoua who lead cl5seiy
confined life and arc subject 10 headache, dizziness
Eno torr.d bowels, III yon Gre troubled wigt .
coated tongae foul breath, loss 81 appetite OF gen.
cad sluggshness, Bailey saline Areftrui viii Curo
pleasant ard falashie. snA . much tiearer n t.ct
II Is regular fimily medicine Ghost within iiself
Il spafkira aud fGaiua Just Ike o gllvs az soda
WATER and IL Just ns pleasant. o. ccafs aud sod
tte1y-wheIe. ]. +, ppgre0oik 4 CO.,
ffoprisiufs Louisville, n.
The Russellville Democrat., 1883-04-19
l. AND GRANT.

AS there is every prospect OF large imnii,.ry
ton to Arkansas. IL is reasonable To suppos,
that these choice lands will b. in active de
mand. Persons desiring to sccrrc then. sho,lt
lase 10 tin'e N ,ioinc -. Ipexccptionally fa
yorab'e terms to tetua settlers.
For fail Information apply -
w. y SLACK, Land Commissioner,
Little Rock, Ark.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
The Cost of British Law.
From the Solicitors Journal.1


Parliamentary papers recently issued
question how far the civil administra-
ton Of justice in the high court of JUS
tice is self-supporting. Itappears that
for the year ending on the 31st of March
last the receipts and payments in the va.
rious branches of that court were as fol-
lows: In the chancery division the re-
ceints amounted to ell, 112, and the
expenditures to G2S8, 74S, including re-
firing annuiti* 8 to judges, and pensions,
ETC., to officers. In the queens bench
division the receipts were ELL, $40, and
the expenditures G204, 423, including
compensatlons and approximation al
iowances. In the probate and divorce
division the receipts amo lnted to G134,
719, and the expenditures to Gl64, $50,
including compensations and superan-
nuations. The receipts in the admiral
ty division amounted to 97, $50, and the
expenditures to ELI, 1877, including also
compensations and approximations.
The receipts in the district registries of
the high court amounted to G22, $50.
and the expenditure to E16, ITO. Thus
we fnd that the total receipts OF all d.
visions of the high court amounted to
EAST, 482 and the expenditure to 9691,
578; showing an excess of expenditure
over receipts of G204, O96, or, after de
Quoting compensations and superannu-
ations, of ETA, 404. It will be interest
ing to see whether the new table of fees
of court, which is in course OF prepare
ton, will be framed on such scale as
to make up this deficiency.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
!" shake ShtayS In.0


my boy Shake he comes a big shoke
on me, said pleasant-faced farmer at
the Gratiot Avenue Station yesterday.
Chow was that?"
'Vhell, Shake was RAIDER lazy und
he eat more on der table ash two men.
Last vheck he ehtrikes on me for wages. -
els he f age?"
"Oh, no. Shake vhas only Is. I
doan pellet he can earn his poard m t
any farmer, und so I tells him, / vhas
willing to poard und clothe him, und if
some circus comes along gif him feet
ty cents. Dot vhas goot enough for a
poy NIT sooch an appetite. But What
you pellet Shake does?
IL dunno"
"He comes to town and drinks some
peer und vhas arrested und sent up NIT
der work.house for seexty days. If
take him out haf to bay ten dollars
cash. Dot vhas big shoke on me, und
Shake he laughs all oafer himself"
Why don't you leave him in there to
serve out his time? BE gets bis board
and clothes, and you have nothing for
him to do at home in the winter"
"By Shiminey, but l nefer fought of
dot pefore Dots so-dot's so! Shake
vhas no goot at home, und vhas only ex-
pense on me. If doan pay dot ten dol
lar den he sbtays in.'
"And the joke is on him."
Dots so-dot's so. If I take him
out he laughs pehind my pack NIT der
poys. If leaf him in 20 oop to see
him once vheek und makes some grins
ind ask him how it vhas so far he goes,
Shake shtays in. Ha ! m ha I vhas
tickied already I"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
loctor said; they told me she wouldn't

doctor said; they told me she wouldn't
know me, that i would disturb her. I
went in on my knees, crawled up to
the bed and locked at her, dear SAINT,
she was as white as the sheets, and her
pretty curls never stirred hair, and her
sweet eyes closed. and groaned in my
heart, for I thought she was gone, and
then she opened her eyes and there
came great struggle for breath, and
oh. my God, I'd have died to help her.
and she smiled on me, and says she, all
at once: joel Joe! and then she
made ner mother understand that she
wanted something. It was the little
bank: and she wanted me to have it. 1
took it to humor her, and thought I'd
give it back to her when she got we'll.
And then she smiled again, and I list
ened to hear her say: Joe ?'-and all
was still. You see I never would go
wrong now; but how did she know about
that little bank and my wicked thoughts :?
And she forgave me and loved me, too,
pretty dear. The smoke makes me cry.
There's our depot at the next station,
and we're running on schedule time, as
you see. gentlemen"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
Why Georgians Will Not Steal.


I have been living in Georgia seven
years and have never had but one visit
from beggar. I have never locked my
front door at night. My family some-
times go from home on visit to neigh
Dor and stay all day and leave the door
unlocked, and nothing has ever been
stolen that we know off. My stable and
corn crib are never locked. No hon.
ester people ever lived than live around
ue. My opinion is that our people are
most too lazy to STEAL and wouldn't go
after corn until it was shucked and
shelled and sacked. I believe that il
was to put q bagful of nice corn out at
my front gate some Teller would take it
and carry it off; but they won't go to the
crib after it. It is too much trouble.
Bayard Taylor tells of a canton in Swift
erland where the merchant marks the
price of his goods ard goes off to his lit
tie farm and leaves the store open, and
when man wants anything hemeasures
it or weighs it and puts the money in
the drawer. That is a good wav and
saves clerk hire, but would not advise
our merchants to make the experiment
for fear of accidents. The books might
not exactly balance when he took &C.
count of stock.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR.
By G. n.

By G. n.
ogin next door, dear girl next door,
Answer my questions few,
For tho you care not snap for us,
We long to know about you.
Are you sweet sixteen. O girl next door?
Are you tender-hearted and true?
DO you ever write poems on love and spring I?
Do you wear No. 5 shoe?
Are your tresees golden or black or brown
Are you sylph or sprite or human?
Do you speak in a soft, low, cooling voice?
("An excellent thing in Woman.")
Are you strong minded? And do you hold
"Advanced ideas and "vieWs"
OF filtration and science? Or do you deli ght
Only in gossip and news2
Are you learned ana grave or silly and gay ?
Are your cheeks OF rose leaf red?
Are You versed in science and classic lore?
In languages living and dead?
Your eyes, are they blue or black or brown?
DO you love the genus homOf
Are you artistic, and can you tell
painting from chrome?
And what is your name, Q girl next door?
IL it Susan or Kate or Jenny?
Or Mary Ann? and tell me, pray.
Have you suitors few or many?
Are you intellectual, brave and sweet?
Are you afraid of mice?
Do you believe in woman's rights2
are you very, very nice?
We're you ever in love, o mystic girl,
With u perfectly lovely MANI
Or do you just delight to dirt
With any one you can?
Do you like a tall. or short Young man?
Must his eyes be brown or blue?
Do you like to be out on rally day,
With one umbrella for two?
Are you very proper and wise and good9
Do you indulge in slang?
Do you ever whistle or swing your arms?
Or wear your hair in bang?
O girl next dc or, I've found ont naught,
Tho long now have tarried,
But tell me truly, are you engayed7
And when are you going to be married?
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
The Laws of Trade.

from the Wall Street Daily News.l
"Twenty-three dollars for that ere
stove!" she exclaimed, before Wall
Street News man, as she held up her
hands in horror.
"Yes'm-twenty.three."
"But iron is down."
Eyes"
"l've seen in the papers during the
last month where as many as six big iron
companies have failed"
swell"
"That ought to make stoves cheaper,
and I know it."
Madam, in the last two months death
has laid his hand upon as many as twen-
ty-five young 'uns in this town.
Yes, poor things"
! "But are nursing bottles any cheaper
than three months ago."
"N-o," she slowly admitted.
"Of course not, madam. The laws
of trade are lmmutable. The best I can
do is to throw in horse-radish crater,
+ you take the stove at $685."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
How 10 Save Bows.

Women who have sons to rear, and
dread the demoralizing influence of bad
associates, ought to understand the ma
ture Of young manhood. It is exces.
sively restless. tits disturbed by vague
ambitions; by thirst for action, by long
ings for excitement, by irresistible de.
sires to touch life in manifold ways. If
you, mothers, rear your sons so that
their homes are associated with repres-
sion of natural instincts, you will be sure
to throw them in the society that in
some measure can supply the need of
their hearts. They Will not go to the
public houses at first for love of liquor
very few people like the taste of
liquor; they 60 for the animated and
hilarious companionship they find there,
which they discover does so much to re-
press the disturbing restlessness in their
breasts. See to it, then. that their
homes compete with public places in at.
tractlveness. Open your blinds by day
and light bright fires at night. Illumin-
ate your rooms. Hang pictures upon
yonr walls. Put books and newspapers
upon your tables. Have music and en-
tertalning games. Danish demons of
dizziness and apathy that nave so long
ruled in your household, and bring in
mirth and good cheer. Invent occupa-
tions for your sous. Stimulate their am.
billions in worthy directions. While you
make home their delight, fill them with
higher purposes than mere pleasure.
Whether they shall pass boyhood and
enter upon manhood with refined tastes
and noble ambitions depends on you.
Believe it possible that, with exertion
and right means, mother may have
more control over the destiny OF her
boys than any other influence whatever.
-Applet0n's Journal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
Useful HinlS,

MILK will usually remove ink stains.
BoRAx water wllitens and softens the
hands.
AMMONIA is the best for cleansing
brushes.
L1SsEED oil will remove rust from a
stovepipe.
To freshen velvet hold the wrong side
over boiling water.
Wet widowed fabrics with lemon
juice and lay them 10 the sun.
To iron embroideries lay them on
flannel, right side to the flannel.
RUB hat-ilons on salt If they are
rough. Beeswax will remove fakes OF
starch.
READING aloud with the teeth closed
for two hours a day is said to cure STAN.
mering.
VINEGAR and water to clean mica in
stoves. Vinegar Is best to mix stove
polish with.
If you do not wish to lay on too much
fat, as stockholders say, eat lean meat
and few vegetables. Avoid much sugar
or butter.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
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CHlcAco,
MILWAUKEE,
4xe Sd: PAUL:

Itovna and operstes over $500 miles of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa snd
necHons reach all the great business ccnters OF the
North west and Far West, 1t naturally answers
the description Of Short Line, and Best Route
between
Minneapolis.
Chicago. Milwaukee. La C1o.se aoo
ch;sss sage, ! %,,waukee' Aberdeen an"
Chicago. milwaukee,, Eau Claire and
Chicago. Milwaukee, wau.au and
Chicago, milwaukee,, Beaver Dam
CHICAGO. milwaukee. Wauke.ha and
Chicago, MniS nukee, Madison and
Prairie du Chien.
Chicago. Heioit. Janesvt'le and Min
Chicago. EIgin, Rock ford and Du-
Chicago, Clinton. ROCK Island and
C.s Ss"ss t co%"c;i Bluff. and Omaha.
Chicago. sioux City, Sioux Fails ard
Yankton: .,, .
o"s GssS'be n' N ~
Rock Island, Dubuque st. Paul and
Pullman, Sleepers and the Fine~t
main inc So q :n ~ fne G II ~
KEE G. ST: PAUL RAMA y, and
every attention Is paid to passengers by courteous
employees Of the Company.
s.. Merrill, Avn. S5 se.. e.,
1T. Clark, Geo. Il. Heattord.
aen7supt Asst Gsnr Pass Az