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The Russellville Democrat., 1885-11-26
"Can You Show Me the Way to
 HeIl?'
BY E. CnENERY, NJ. D.

Such was the startling question asked | strange man and myself as we stood waiting for a street car on corner before . liquor shop on the day of General Grants funeral. Be fore we could collect ourselves for an answer the staggering man asked again; (Which is the way to helll'
 My companion was dumbfoumled and could not reply. But stepping forward and turning round, l point ed to the white lettering on the glass which my back had concealed, and said, "Here it is. This is the guide board-BEER SALOON. You are not out of the way. This is sure road; many have gone this way be fore you, and you will tiLd plenty companions" This sudden fitting but unexpected answer changed the mans countenance and softened his husky voice, and he as speedily slunk from us as he came, leaving us, who had never before met, to converse upon that terrible traffic which reduces its customers to such awful degradation as to send them along inquiring the way leading to the end of their downward career. o why, o why will man traffic in the souls of immortal men? When will the end of this business come?
 Boston, Mass, Sept, 1885.
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DIR. c. F. DUNCAN'S LIVER AND KIDNEY MEDICINE.

The great superiority of this medicine over all other Liver Medicines, consists m the com bination of those vegetable compounds, which possess the wonderful powers of arousing all the secretions of the whole human system to a natural ami healthy acton. It acts upon the liver direc,iy and at the same time sets up q proper secretion of those glands situated in the stomach and bowels. 1t k locking up of the seeretions Of tl,esc glands that brings on dys- pepsia. ind gestion, sour stomach, heartburn, palpitation Of the heart, vertigo or swimming of the head, sick or nervous headache, consti- patton of the bowels accompanied at the same time with pairs in the shoulders, back, sides limbs. To treat the above symptoms intcii- gently and successfully. as in all other cases, you must rse the medicine, that strikes at and removes the causes from the system that pro duce and bring disease. This Is .feetuallN done with Dr. Dunran'- Liver and kiane3 Medicine Price 15 cents-
 SPURLOCiA, PAGE & CO.
 Proprictors,
 Nashville Tenn For sale hy J. W. Wells, Russeiiviic, Ark.
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STRONG DRINK-Time is never more uselessly wasted, money never more wastefully spent, than when spent for alcohol, Society has no greater abomination to contend against. The wrecks it has strand ed on this side of the grave and on the other are scattered along the banks flife amid all nations, from the savage barbarian to the highest stage of civilization. The widowed mother, the fatherless children, the grief.stricken, gray bearded father, the broken hearted wife, the disgrac ed criminal, the fiendish murderer, illustrate in every class of society the helIish work it has done for sui fering humanity. The regulations it has ruined, the promising careers it has destroyed, the families It has disgraced, tue men it has brought to tue gallows, the lives 1t has cost, the disease it has wrought, the hestial- itles it has bred, point to it as the greatest of the worlds accursed evils. It is the ally of the gambler, the companion of the burglar, tine friend of the thief. the tool of the permer, the confederate of the assassin. It destroys virtue, mocks honesty, en courages crime, stimulates misery, excites passion, infuses hate, kills friendship, kindles strife, incites murder. From the time it leaves its source and enters upon its venomous career, until it reaches and poisons the blood of man, it leaves footprints of crime in it's track, and covers it's way with insanity, suicide, pesti- lence, destruction, and looks back with malicious pleasure at the deso- lation It has wrought. It has stain ed the escutcheon of every nation, befouled the thrones of empires, covered with shame the judicial CT mine, pulluted the jury-box, defiled the ballot.
The Russellville Democrat., 1885-11-26
NOTICE TO MOTHERS.

No mother who has children teeth- ing during the hot summer months should fail to get bottle of Dr. Dun- cans Blackberry Elixir, for it is the surest and the best remedy known for the speedy cure of DiarIh hoea and Flux, in grown people, as well as all bowel troubles of teething children. It is purely vegetable preparation, and very pleasant to take. Try it ionce and save your child. For sale by J. ". Wells. Price. 50 cents. If.
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TEE CALLING OF CHARITY CONE If we could sweep incompetence out Of the country, there would hardly be poverty enough left to give healthy exercise to the charitable impulses. Philips Brooks.
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Druggist, Russellville, Al
4 CAisD.
NotIce to Taxnnyers.

will be in the several voting pre- cinets of Pope county, Arkansas. for the purpose of collecting the taxes on real and personal property for the year 1885, at the following times and places,
The Russellville Democrat., 1885-11-26
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ROUTE.

The soRru CENTRAL and soUSu AMERICAN EXPOSITION will open in NEW ORLEANS NOV EMBsR 10th, 1ss5.
 The management report that mors exten- sive display than last year will he made. Parties who contemplate visiting it or gum : tn Florida should ask for tirkets over the LnrIsvTLLE. NEW oKLEASs < TENAs RAILWAY and make a trip through the SUGAR aha RICK PLASTAlIOks of th- beautiful
 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
 For price Of tickets to vICKsDrNG. MISS, BA . TON ROUGE and NAV ORLEANS, LA. apd ALI ornkR FNiNTs REACHED BY Tnts lNE apply tc r R ROGERS. or A.J kNAfP. Gen. TrtS Pass gent. Gen. Pass. hgt.
 Nos fl Mouroe st. Memphis Tenn.
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The Mirror

is no hatterer. Would you make 1t tell a sweeter tale1 Magnolia Balmis the charm CT that almost cheats the looking-glass.
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MoRAviAN FALLS. N. c.

MoRAvtAr FALLS. N. C.,
 Nov. 25. 1884. MR. EDITOR: "An ounce of prevention is bet ter than a pound of cure,'' ai pound of cure is better than ship-load of argument in your columns. 1 saw sone time ago an advertise inent of medicine called BRADFIELD's FK- MALE REGULATOR and the wonderful results from its use, and my wife had been q suffer- CT and invalid for FIFTEEN YEARS from pro- lnpsus and congestion of the womb and pain full meDstruation, and the doctors could do her no good, was persuaded to try the remedy. So sent for two bottles, and the result was she improved so much sent for another pack age. and she is now able to do her household work. and goes about wherever she pleases. am confident she is permanently cured. sent for Q lot of this wonderful Female Regulator to sell and every bottle that have disposed Of has given complete satisfaction. and the suits arc in every case all that could be de- sired
 With thanks to the ssEnterprise,n which called my attention to 1t, and to the Bradfleld Regulator Co.,, and proprietors of this great
 J.w DAVIS F. S.--You can publish this or not as you see 1t, but for the benefit of woman, hope you will.
 Anyone who doubts the genuineness of the above can write to MT. Davis. who will give all particulars.
 Send for our book containing val uable information for women. It will be mailed free to applicants.
 Address
 THE BRADPIELD REGULATOR Co.,, 2 Box 2S Atlanta, Ga.
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Cure Your Cough.

A cough should not be neglected, as it often leads to consumption. For the cure of all lung disorders no remedy will compare to "Mansfield's Hungarian Balsam for the Lungs" ," Thousands have been cured by it, physicians prescribe it and It is the king of all lung medicines. If you have consumption try it, it has cured thousands. A few doses heals and cures as many certificates testify. Ask your druggist for it, Prepared by the Mansfield Medicine Company Memphis, Tenn. tf
 To read without rejecting is like eating without digesting.
 -Ircn, NANCE AND SCRATCHES of ev- cry kind erred in 30 Minutes by WooL- FoRD's SANITARY LOTION. Use no oth- CT. This never fails. Sold by
 J. W. WEsLs,
 Druggist, Russellville, Ark.
 It is always the mans fault when he becomes drunkard. Drink never takes to man. The man takes to drink.
 A C.skD.
 To all who are suffering from the errors and indiseretions of youth, nervious weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c., ] will send a receipe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE k. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America. Send n sclf-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH T. LYMAN, Station D. New York City.
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BRACE UP!

And move lively, like you had an ob- jective point ahead ofyou. and had de-Ss termined to reach it in the shortest time possible. It matters not what your avocation is, there is nothing like quick, active, strong. positive, and for you to succeed. Life Is too short, and time is too valuable for people to waste either "waiting for something to turn up" by which they car I've without labor. When you are in good health, your mind and body work to- gether, your ideas are clear, and your strength is sufficient c. carry yon through any Of the ardnous duties of life. Health k wealth. Win V ale most anything can Dc accomplished that Is pursued with diligence and iu- dustry, but without it the mind is clouded, the physical ability b. lack Ing, and the energy is punlNzed- 4 large majority of our most successful citizens regifdless Of their aVocntioas, are those who are healthy md strong. and are able to work wiih vim nt any and ail times. Therefore, fl you desire success, look after your health, If you value the pleasures and com fOrfs of life, keep yonr system In gnot condition and all will be well. bfowns Iron Remedy is a medicine that IS do- ing more to brace ID shattered and broken down constitutions than all other remedies and so-cailed tonics that are known fin this country. lt ia e remedy that IS prepared especially for the diseases and troubles Of the southern climate. ft strikes at the foundation Of such diseases, and eraci- cates them from the system. Browns Iron Remedy is the mortal enemy of diseases, because it literally goes through the blood, and removes all of its Impurities. It will cure Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour stomach, Neryouness, Loss of Appetite, General Debility, and brace
 mp and restore those that are frnil and wenk, and make them strong and hearty The genuine Browns Iron Remedy has n deep bfae terHpDeg trifa tpAife feffers, and a picture of q woman on the front of the wrap per, and is made only by
The Russellville Democrat., 1885-11-26
All Sorts of

hurts and many sorts of ails Of man and beast need a cooling lotion. Mustang L.iniment.
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Temperance department.

Conducted by the Ladies of the w. C. T. U. Of
 Rnsselivile.
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GRATITUDE!

Editors Atlanta Constitution:
 Below we hand you letter from a grateful heart. which was sent to and published in the Vanalystine, Texas, Enterprise without our knowledge or solicitation, and We desire to give it publicity through your colums. We Earnestly Entreat Every Suffering Woman who Sees
 this to Read 1t Careful
 Iy and We'll!
The Russellville Democrat., 1885-11-26

A good man will never teach that which he does not believe.
The Russellville Democrat., 1885-11-26
BETTER THAN QUININE. nr nuncan,s Chill Tonic is til

BETTER THAN QUININE.
 Dr. Duncan's Chill Tonic Is the best chill cure known. It is much bet- ter than quinine or any other chill ton- ic now on the market, because it is a fine blood tonic combined with the most powerful antiperiodics, or chill cure known. It is combined with Iron which tones and builds up the blood and the whole system, while it breaks up the chill. Hence the chiIls do not return, because the system is much stouter and healthier thanw hen broken with q,,ininc. Use it in all forms of malarial fever as you would quinine. Price, 75 cents. For sale by J.. w. Wells. If.
 Crosses are ladders that lead up to heaven.
 Nervous Debiiltatcd Men You are allowed free trial of thirty days of the use of Dr. Dyes Celebrated yoltaic Belt with Electric Suspensory Appliances, for the speedy relief and permanent cure oi Nervous Debility, loss of Vitality and Manhood, and all kindred troubles. Also, for many other diseases. Complete restoration to health, vigor and manhood guaran- teed. No risk is incurred. Illustrated pamphlet, with full information, terms, etc, mailed free by addressing Voltaic Belt Co.,, Marshall, Mioh. If.
 The man born in q cabin may some day name cabinet.
 An Editor. have been almost entirely cured of nasal catarrh of several years standing, by bottles of B. B. 5. l have tried many other remedies, but none equal B. B. B. It is a quick cure, while others are slow. J. J. HARDY, Editor News" ;" Nov. 30. Toccoa, Ga.
 Aim at cheerfulness without levi '
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CuRE EuiiPILES.

A coat of paint has no buttons
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THE BRApPIELD REGULATOR Co.,, 2 Box 2S Atlanta, Ga.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-02-14
The South Pole.

In this inquiry it must be taken into
consideration, among other things
that the South Pole, at the time of its
midsummer, in the earth's perihelion,
is some 3,000,000 miles nearer the sun
than the North Pole at the time of its
midsummer in the earth's apehelfon,
making {. difference of about one-six-
teenth of the average absolute amount
of solar heat at the North Pole, in
favor of the higher temperature of the
South Pole, during the respective mid
summers; while, on the other hand, for
similar, though opposite reasons, the
South Pole would have correspond
ingly colder winter, in apehelion, than
the North Pole, in perihelion, thus Civ
ing the Southern Hemisphere the ear
lier original cooling Qor the earth as a
whole and in every part, as we shall
see, lost heat faster than it received it
from the SUM and the greater extremes
of heat and cold.-M Y. Tribune.
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WITHIN THE GREAT WALL.
dow the FlOwery Kingdom Appears-A
Pleasant Pen-Picture.

dow the FlOwery Kingdom Appears--A
Pleasant en-Picture.
OF the ancient Great Wall, only low
rampant remains, with square towers
diminishing toward the top, These
towers are generally placed on the sum-
mits of the mountains across which the
wall winds. L assembled one of them,
the better to contemplate the view, but
had no one with whom to share all the
admiration that felt at this moment.
1t is quite impossible to describe all
that the eye took in-mountains, val
leys, gorges, grass-covered slopes, pas
lures, farms, lakes. The presence of
lagos or town life, but the life of great
State. To the east, superb valley
dotted over with Chinese villages, sur
rounded with bushes and trees; farther
OIL, on several levels, chains of noun
tains, the tops of which were on level
with my eyes. To the west the ground
unduIates gradually toward the
plain, beyond which are more
mountains. On the south, magnificent
pasture-land, intersected by the Great
Wall with its ruined towers. On our
right the Great Wall, cracked and de-
stroyed by centuries and covered with
plants; on our left slope toward the
plain, laid out in artificial terraces with
heIds OF millet, oats, potatoes and
hemp. As to the Chinese, they are to
be seen everywhere, with Ion plaits
and bareheaded, attired in white shirt
and blue trousers. The women are
scantily clothed; and the children,
whose heads are decked with flowers,
are naked or nearly so. What strikes
one most is the sudden transition from
the barrenest desert Of yesterday to the
fertile and populous country of to-day.
1t seems like never-ending village of
small houses, covered with verdure,
gardens and flowers, the whole cx-
tremely tidy and pleasant to the eye.
This, then, is that swarming human
China.-P PidSSetskq.
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Piling Up the Argument.

Dust destroys as much propert,
every year as any natural agency ex
cept fire. In Denver this is especial,
true, as there dust is of q peculiarl,
penetrating quality. 1t can get into
houses through crevices that would bal
out even those angels, hundred
thousand of whom can stand on point
of pin. Dust is an expensive luxury,
which in these hard times we cannot
afford to indulge in.
1t soils the windows.
1t Injuries the furniture.
1t ruins the books and the pictures.
1t doubles the cost of keeping the
home tidy.
1t wears out clothing.
1t doubles the waSh-bill.
1t destroys shoe leather.
1t increases the expense and trouble
of keeping the person tidy.
Ii damages all kinds of goods.
1t spoils the groceries.
1t is deleterious to dry goods.
1t is hurtful to cigars and tobacco.
It plays the mischief with drugs.
1t devastates jewelry and watches.
1t is hard ON hardware.
II is the bane of the furniture dealer.
1t spoils the temper of the bank teller
1t takes away the appetite, and so
1eeces the restaurant.
1t represents all the aesthetic aspira-
tons, and so blights the life of the art
dealer.
1t drives all music from the soul, and
thus fosters treason's strategies and
hand-organs,
1t confuses the doctor, mixes up the
lawyer, and lays terrific burden on
the piety of the minister.
1t corrodes the temper Of all.
1t is bad, baleful, malign, dire, de
structive, deadly, 1t is lethiferous ana
azotic. Denver Tribune.
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woMEN.s BACK HAIR.
What Might Happen If Chinese Ports wer,
BlocLaded.

F'AA'~s 1AABAsS AAAhppcn II CnlueSo ROrtS Were
BlOckaded.
Few political economists have as vet
turned their attention to the probable
effect upon back hair of war between
China and France. Women, who, as a
rule, are profoundly ignorant of the
origin of their back hair, do not dream
that it would be in any way affected by
a blockade of the Chinese ports. Yet
to all black-haired women a war be-
tween China and any European power
would be one of the gravest, if not
most disastrous, of events.
AS is well known the back hair worn
by women is attached artificially to
their heads. A century ago it was be-
Heved that in many cases women's
back hair actually grew in stu, and
the existence of this delusion is testi-
fed to by scores of pictures painted by
the old masters, in which brutal men
are represented in the act of dragging
women by their back harlan outrage
which we know to be practically i'm
possible. Prof. Huxley, while he con-
cedes that the front hair of woman
frequently grows to the length of
twelve inches, has proved conclIsively
that the back hair is always attached
to the head by hairpins. He admits
that at an early stage of development
the female of our species frequently
had long black-hair, and that the male
undoubtedly dragged her by it. The
lives of the long-haired women were
shortened by this process, and in time
the survival of the fittest--that is to
say, the women who had no long black
marlborough about the extinction of
the long-haired species.
Nearly all the back hair worn by
black-haircd women comes from China.
Now, it is evident that the blockade of
Chinese ports would at once cut of the
supply of black hair. The price of
csswitches, /" which has already risen in
Vance, would go up to figure which
Mud place back hair beyond the
NcnSof any black-haired woman ex-
CT the wife or daughter of a million
md black hair of black color
wouTu pass almost entirely out of use.
IN. ~. Times.
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R2000n Gnrnnl

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.-The Chronicle
publishes in substance the following mar
rel. Captain W. F. Swasey, the Oldest pio-
aeer of the coast, makes a statement Of the
intense suffering of his friend Colonel D. j.
Williamson, an Army officer of distinction,
Ind an Ex-U. S. Consul, who was attacked
m the winter of 1862 with violent rheu-
natism. So great was his agony in after
years he became a helpless cripple, and
litter trying numberless remedies, the baths
Of other countries and spending a fortune
Of $4,000, the disease seemed to assume a
more virulent type. Finally, he was per-
suaded to try St.Jacobs Oil, the great con-
4ueror Of pain. 1t worked a miracle of
cure. In a letter to the Chronicle he con-
firms Captain Swasey's statement and adds:
~ cheerfully give my unqualified attesta-
tion to the truthfulness of the statement,
because 1 feel perfectly certain that a
knowledge of my cure by st. Jacobs Oil
will prove the means of relieving hundreds
of sufferers"
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DIAMOND cur DIAMOND.
Birds hs borrowed Plumage, and What
Their Folly Leads To.

Birds IT. borrowed PIumage, and What
Their Folly Leads To.
It appears from recent revelations
that many rich people are in the habit
bf hiring their diamonds with which
they shine resplendently at balls,
parties, receptions and at the watering
places, and that the untold wealth
which they display upon their persons,
70 the establishment and bewilderment
pf the vulgar, does not belong to them
any more than the ''private''7 carriage
with the coat of arms upon it for which
they pay SO much day.
They are really birds in borrowed
plurnage, though they put on more airs
than the peacock whose 'tunnumbered
eyes" belong to himself and to no
other biped. And after all. how much
pretence there is in what we call So
cietyi We bow down before rich men
or women because they are reputed to be
rich, when in reality they are no better
u SO well off as ourselves. We take
the shadow for the substance so often
that we are incapable of distinguishing
one from the other, and we make our
salaams to bejeweled and bedizened
madame or sir, who may be but one
day removed from the common iail,
When they are discovered to be i'm
posters we shake our heads wisely and
say, social hypocrites that we are: ''We
always thought So" Then we rush on to
worship the next idol, who usually is
= more worthy of our alteration than
tqne we have just dethroned.
ianwhile the philosophers sit and
6;AeSe at our folly s.sd say that the
sarld has not Improved since the DAYS
z DOG eK.ss and his tub. Fashion in
arsss may change, but history con-
sgsntly repeats itself in the struggle for
<6ort-lved social distinction. Every
thing is sacrificed to it. Banks are
robbed by their cashiers, mercantile
houses by their bookkeepers, manufao-
turing companies by their treasurers,
IN order that their families may shine
the butterflies of season. The crash
comes of course at last, and they retire
to well merited obscurity. But thew
have plenty of followers. There are
always new creatures to fiutter about
the aame, though inevitable destruc-
ton await them.
Vive la bagatelle! Let the diamonds
glitter though they are not your own.
The world believes so for the time being
ut least, and you are comparatively
happy while you play the old, old game
Of diamond cut diamond. Boston
BatdQet,
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-Messrs. Miller and Lux, two cattle
kings of the Pacific coast, were poor
men twenty years ago, and are now
rated as worth IS, OO6, 900 to $40, OOO,-
900. They have about 10000 head of
cattle and 10000 head of sheep, of
which latter they kill 5000 per month.
They own an irrigating canal worth
100000, fences 800 miles in length
"a fortune in ITSELF, in California 600,-
BOO acres of land, in Nebraska 10000
acres, and $4,000 acres of alfalfa grass,
San Francisco Chronicle
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The French railway companies are
about to adopt an electric gate opener.
A catch, connected with an electro.
magnet, keeps the gates closed. When
a train approaches it closes the circuit,
releases the catch, and the gates lily
open. The last car ON the train, as il
passes through, opens the circuit and
the gates are again closed. The same
apparatus rings bell violently on the
approaching train,