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The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11

CAMPBELL, Texas, March III
want to give : brief description Of
Hunt county Texas, for the satisfac-
tion Of my many friends back in
Pope and Conway counties. Now
friends, am not going to exagerate
atall on this county. What may
say you may rely upon. Hunt coun
ty is in what is known as north
Texas, being about so mlles south
Of the Indian territory, and loo miles
west of Arkansas. The county is
about 35 miles in length from north
to south, and is 20 miles from east
to west. 1t is bounded east by Hop
kins and Delta, north by Fannin,
west by Collin and Rockwell and
south BY Kaufman, Van Zant and
Rains couaties. Population: Hunt
county was organized in 1846 with
population of $50. In 1870 it had
l0,291 people, in 1880 had 1920,
and at present has fully $4,000, only
Z per cent colored. Hunt is cmplat-
icaliy white mans country. Soil:
The county is rolling prairie. There
is large per centage Of the blackest
black waxy land. The western and
northern portion is the black wax,
other parts of the county are rich
black sandy, many farmers prefer
the sandy part which are easily cul-
tivated, nine tcnths Of the county is
tillab'e. The products are: Cotton
one half to one bale per acre, corn 80
to 60 bushels, wheat IL to 20 bu.
hay l to 3 tons, oats 30 to 100 bu.
Potatoes, garden vegetables, melons,
peaches, apples, etc, do well. Some
fine orchards. Climate: The constant
prairie breezes render the county
pleasant. We sometimes have cold
spells termed northers. The ex
trcmes OF temperature in summer
and winter are 100 degrees in sum
mer 10 5 in winter, but these ex-
tremes are rarely touched, 1t rarely
remains below freezing more than
three or four days at time. Health:
AS Hunt county is high dry rolling
prairie, it IS as healthy as any part
of north Texas. Consumptives from
the north are often permanently
cured here. Water: There are many
fine wells in the county, but cisterns
are the best water. A good supply
Of water is easily obtained. Rain:
People say here II rains in each and
every month during the year. Seri
Gus drouths are very rare. Schools:
There are 100 school districts in this
county, with 5000 children inside
the scholastic age, from s to 16. The
county gets $50, 900 free school mon
ey from the state every year. There
Is some excellent schools at Camp
bell, Greenville, Kingston, Commerce,
Merit and Caddo Mills, with a fair
prospect OF several more in the near
future. Railroads: We have plenty
OF railroads, giving ample shipping
TO all parts OF the country. The
county seat is Greenville, it has 1000
population, with 100 brick business
houses, and a$l0,000 court house, a
$4,000 jail. The county has twelve
other towns in it. The taxable prop
erty is about $6,000,000. There are
q quantity of pastures IN this county,
but not large enough TO interfere
with the convenience of the public.
The southern, northern and foreign
elements all get along tremendously,
all such differences are forgotten
Prices Of. lands: Unimproved lands
range from So to ~ por acre, the i'm
proved LANDS range from 81 to SIS
per acre. lands here can be bought
on long time and easy payments
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11

A Western newspaper says that
the latest sensation is st. Louis
horse that chews tobacco; but the
greatest sensation is DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup, now used by every sensible
person.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11
Atkins. Ark, Feb. 26.

Salvation Oil always cures pain.
1t should lie che companies u every
travelling man. n sxkin Svsslsses
pain, whether resulting from cut
q burn, a bruise, or sprain. Get
only the genuine. Price twenty
cents q bottle.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11
A SUPERB
FLESH PRODUCER AND TONIC!
HEAR THE WITNESSES!


An Atlanta Mans Weight and
Appetite.
s.ITOOK F0UR BOTTLES Guinn's Pioneer
and gained is pounds in nes;. My appetite has
been restored. have procured a ict for use
in my family. Yours respectfully,
GEO. THOMPSON, 90 Humphrics St,
A Man of Sixty Eight Winters.
am So years OF age, and regard Guinn's Pi-
strength has been restored and my weight in
creased ten pounds. A. r. G. CAMPBELL,
Macon, Ca, Feb. IA. "a Cotton Gin Maker.
A Crippled Confederate Says:
only weighed 12s pounds when ! com
menced Guinn's Pioneer and now weigh lat
pounds. / could hardly walk with stick to
support me and can now walk long distances
without help. Its benefit 20 me is beyond cal-
D. RUFUS BosrICK, Cotton Buyer
Macon. Ga.
Mr.. A. HI. Bramblett, Hardware
Merchant of Forsyth, Ga.
Writes:
1t acted like charm on my general health.
consider it fine tonic. / weigh more than
nave ~ = years <. H. BsRH.MBLErT.
MIR. w. f. Jones. Ma con, Says:
NV wife has regained her strength and in
creased y pounds ~ n, weagnt; ht ~; We recommend
W.T.. JONES.
DIR. G. w. DelbrIdge, of Atlanta,
Ca, Writes of Gulnn's Pi-
Oncer:
Guinn's Pioneer Blood Rcnewcr has been
used for years with nnpi ecedcnted success. 1t
is entirely vegetable and does the sy stem no
harm. It Improves tho appetite, digestion and
blood making, stimulating, invigoratiDg and
toning up all the functions and tissues OF the
system, and thus becomes the great blood re-
newer and health restorer.
GUlNN'S PIONEER BLOOD
REVIEWER
Cures all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheuma-
tisnl. .Ssrofula, Old Sores. A perfect Spring
Medicine.
fnot in your market 1t will be forwarded on
receipt Of price. Small bottles 800; large
bottles $i.75.
Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
49, MACON MEDICINE COMPANY,
Macon, Georgia.
For sale by j. w. Wells, Russellvilie.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11

WARNING ORDER.-In Pope Circuit Court.
Charles Mccoy, Luceil Mccoy, Elizabeth
The defendant WIN. Moore is warned TO ap.
pear in this court within thirty days and an
swer the complaint of the plaintiffs Charles
Mccoy, Luccl Mccoy and Elizabeth Western.
March 2, 1886. JAMES POTTS, Clerk.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11

Mr.. G. Il. Wells, prominent Mer-
chant at Jnnet, Grant Co., Ark, writes
under date, May Ii, 1885: Your Satan
ia Liniment is simply wonderful, cur
ing cases Of "Rheumatism" In "a hours.
/ guarantee 1t, and have not had any re-
turn. For sale byJ. w. Wells and J.
I. Odom, Dover.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11

All persons interested in the settlement Of
said estates are hereby notified to fle their ex-
ceptions to said accounts current. IL any they
have, on or before the second dav OF said term
OF court, or they will be forever barred from
excepting TO said accounts or any item thereof
Given under my hand and seal this
lSEAL.l
23d day of February 1886.
JAMES PoTrs, Clerk.
BY W. c. RESrRow, ID. q.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11
PRICE FIVE CENTS.


mechanic, or railroad man. Down
with one. idea men.--Morrilton Head
light.
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Il;] Is|sll4l |I7Is
OFFICE OF JoHN I. CHIDEsrER,

OFFICE OF JOHN Il. CHIDESTER,
Camden, Ark, Aug. l, 1885.
Satanra Medicine Co., Little Rock, Ark.
Gents II have used yonr Satanta in
my family for over year. l have
given it to my little one as well as the
grown people, and have never given
but one dose in each case to cure the
chills permanently. 1t is as harmless
as water as sure to cure with one
dose as the summer sun Is to melt ice,
and If the people of the United States
were aware of such a remedy being in
Little Rock, Ark, 1t would be sent out
in train loads. 1t is certainly the
greatest remedy for chills on earth.
Yours truly,
JOHN I. CHIDEsTER,
Camden, Ark.
For sale by j. w. Wells and j. +.
NJ.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11
Notice Of settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the following
Administrators, guardians and executors have
confirmation at the May 1885 term OF the Pope
Probate court. viz:
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11
Mvstic Societies.

q Daunelly Chapter No. ~ o. Z: s. meets
az, ~, Friday night in each mouth. rs. ).
stsa shscb W NJ, Miss Clemmie Holmes. Sec.
iIsr urssslivllle Chapter No. To R, A: n. meets M
,1,I n.rtsr H. p. A. B. Williams son. Sec.
healestine Commandery No. Z, meets first
vsSdsy night OF or after full moon. Geo. IL.
Ti3baIl, u. O., W, J. Reynolds. Recorder.
hipnsselivil,e Lodge No 274, A. r. and A. NJ.
III. rst saturday night in each month. w.
v peeler, W. NJ, b. +. Jobe. Sec
ashley Lodge No. 535, x. & L. OF u. meets
.eeond and fourth Friday nights each month.
: lone Protector, j. r. Munday. Sec.
p p.nne, Lodge No 1853 x. Of Ii. meets first
and second Friday nights each month. J. W.
pruItt' Dictator, Arthur Erwin, Reporter.
chosen Friends Lodge No 80 !. .. Q. +. meets
n y Baird. \, G., w, J. Reynolds. Sec.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11
,oa6--Directory --i006
-tb .Judicfa1 District.
-,vr OF HOLDING COURT:

rNy OF HOLDING COURT:
connty-First Monday in April and
yosempco' COUNTY COURT:
:. noycr. on thc4th Monday IN March ana
AZ Dse,, Dow in January. July and October.
isshop""' PROBATE COURT:
-. IN the list Monday IN May and 81
Az In January, July and October.
c,,,rcb and Society Directory.
o pRESBYTERI4E cHURcH
M,,ner. pastor. Preaching every Sab
Il. d. II a, m, and 1880 p. m. Prayer-meet-
bsth az ~ g Thursday at 1880. p. m. sappath
Ing " u' AZ Q a. m. every Sabbath.
~ BAPTIST oHURcH.
,,ou,ack. pastor. Preaching every I'd
Bhh "sahhath at II am. and7 80 pm. fray :
snd a.a,jng ~" every Tuesday night. Saopatn
a ai,nol q. m. evory Sabbath
METHODIST CHURCH, SOUTH,
Uov nastor. Preaching 2d. 3d and 4th
$50 >. o. r at ii am aud 7:S0 PIN, Prayer meet,
sunswSi M wSic1nesdays, 1880 p. III. Sabpath schooi
B.xa. M
yrrgopIsT EPISCOPAL cHURcH.
r. Jones, pastor. Preaching lst
a d a. Sabbath. II a. m. and 1880 y. m. Prayer
sInstng ~ Thursdays, 7:3O p m. Saobath scnoo'
ssn.
CHRISTIAN CHURH.
,-...hing the 1st and I'd Lords Day in each
an,h nv II. U. Dale. sunday School at p.
mo'. Zach Lords Day. and prayer meeting
Monday nights. All are inviteo.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11

Lbs PIPER s.. issss IS: Z: !: ss
sss isss = .sss ssVss;i u / 4 81 m; mn iISsS
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11
Warming Order.

W. 5. Davis a Son, the mail and ex-
press transfer company OF Little Rock
say Able's Blue Grass Condition Pow
ders remove all the morbid and diseased
matter and purifies horses system
better than any powders. For sale by
j. w. Wells and j. L. Odom, Dover.
The Russellville Democrat., 1886-03-11

For sale by J. W. Wells and j. +
Odnm Dover
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-11-18
A Rash EnterOrise.

One of the rashest enterprises in this
city, writes New York correspondent
to the indianapolis NeWs, is saloon
on Beekman street. 1t is a bio, i'm
pressive building, and has front win
dow unsurpassed for elegance if not
for real beauty Everything indicates
good liquor, polite service, and gener-
GUS free lunch. But lack-a-day! the sa-
loon has no bar. Sounds queer, doesn't
1t? Why not q theater without stage.
city hall without rogues, or comic
opera without chestnuts? Its attractive
exterior leads the prospective patron to
enter. He feels mild surprise when
once within the doorway, and thinks
that possibly he has mistaken the en-
trance. There is large side-board at
the left and a bdffet at the right. A
very gentlemanly person in an ordinary
business suit is looking ct the side
board. The prospective patron might
Withdraw apoiogetically were it not for
the sight of cigar counter in an ad-
Joining room just seen between the rich
brown portieres that hang opposite the
street door. Aha! thinks the patron;
this is simpl y pleasant little ante-room;
yonder is the bar. And accordingly he
steps confidently forward to the por-
there's, and comes plump against a mir
ror. It's an old delusion, and the effect
is discouraging. He turns about awk-
wardly, but the gentlemanly person does
not laugh. He bows politely and in
quires if he can serve the gentleman.
This is reassuring, and the customer
nominates. The gentlemanly person
quietly places a glass of water on the
sideboard, a pitcher of the sapie near
by, and neatly-folded napkin by the
glass, and then decapts the required
liquor, and places that within reach.
100: Even now the customer can not
1eel st ease; lie has his liquor before him
Win several luxurious accomplishments
IuaI under ordinary circumstances
"ould not embarass him. But what is
he to do? Where is the polished brass
rail to rest his feet on? Shall he lean
his elbow upon the sideboard or lounge
against it in the good old familiar wayp
Even while he muses. disconcertedly on
this annoying question, up comes his
left foot inquisitively and sways and
wabhles about in the air, vainly seeking
that brass rail. The customer realizes
the situation, and puts the wandering
foot down with something very like a
blush The liquor disposed of, the gen
tlemanly person Gt comes hard to call
him a bartender) presents a check,
which the old New Yorker knows Dy
experience must be handed to a cashier,
and he takes it to the cigar counter
near the window, the reflection of which
had deceived him. Another gentle
manly person accommodates him with
the change, and he withdraws in a ner-
yous persplration, half convinced that
he has outrageously misbehaved him
self He can not remember whether the
liquor was good or not, and he longs for
the plebeian association of a brass rail,
a black walnut bar, and a pine table.
The little Beekman street saloon has
none of these, nor a walters apron, nor
a chair. 1t is rash enterprise.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-11-18

our England of to-day as it is well pos
sible to imagine. Vast districts were
then covered with parks and forests of
many thousand acres in extent, and in
Vulnerable herds of swine were turned
loose in them TO feed upon the acorns
and mast Our eastern counties, now
so productive and healthy, were then
dreary swamps, undralned aud almost
proftIess. Our Westminster abbey and
ST. Margarets stood nearly alone, back
ed by thick wood which sheltered
thousands of swine. The country seats
OF the upper classes were then four
roomed houses, with the staircases, as a
rule, outside, and rarely possessing the
luxury of either chimneys or glazed
windows, and as to the laborers' cot
tages, they were nothing but mud
novels.
Again, we find that the trades follow
ed by our forefathers were very few and
simple compared with those of our day.
Of course, there were smiths, tanners,
and carpenters, but the manufacturing
interest,"" as represented in ''DOmes-
day." is confined to cloth workers and
potters.
The women of the various households
were, as we learn, SO industrious and
clever as to do away with the necessity
of employing bakers, brewers, tailors,
and weavers. They were quite able to
perform these tasks for their own homes
and families. The ArQOSu.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-11-18
THE SHEEP DOG.
An Animal Which is Evidently Friendly,
Faithful and True.

Every admirer of the faithful and in
telligent sheep dog will appreciate the
following admirable sketch of his rare
qualities:
Dogs are best studied at work. and a
day spent among the hills with shep-
herd and his dog is fraught both with
interest and instruction to an intelligent
observer. Sitting on hillside. looking
across wide glen, the sheep of an ad
joining proprietor are observed crossing
the boundary line in search of richer
pasture. The shepherd addresses a few
words to his dog, which darts off like
greyhound. We watch him spanking
across the glen, now clearing wide
ditch at bound, then fording the
stream, half wading, half swimming.
He waits but moment to shake the
water from bis coat His master calls
to him. He raises his head and ears to
listen to the order, which is repeated,
and nimbly he threads his way up the
distant accIvity. He now comes in
sight of the sheep, and, in getting ahead
OF them, takes wide circular course.
The sheep have taken the alarm and
commence to run. but Tyne is too
swift for them and presently he appears
clear in front The shepherd, by sharp
whistle on the fingers, stops his dog,
which, at that moment. happens to be
on patch of thick heather. and were
it not for the splashes of white about his
neck and breast his whereabouts would
not be easily made out. The sheep are
slow to retreat; but, upon receiving an
other command, Tyne moves smartly
up behind them and in a few minutes
the poaching flock is sent scampering
back to their own proper walk. The
dog is seen leisurely retracing his steps,
He quenches his thirst as he refords the
stream and returning to his masters
side. sits down compOsedly, turning his
keen eyes toward the opposite hill as if
to make sure he has fully completed his
task. Such is simple performance of
the collie; yet 1t serves to show how
quickly and well he accomplishes
piece OF work which, without him, would
have occupied the shepherd many hours
The sheep may be scattered many miles
apart over wide range OF hills, and he
will collect them in shorter time than
a score OF men. Alone he will drive
the flock to any part of the hill, or bring
to the shepherd any sheep he may want
Distance is no object to a well-trained
collie; and although he may be mile
away, motion OF the hand is sufficient
to command him when oral directions
cannot be heard. Charles Scott
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-11-18
WHAT BAKING POWDER SHALL
WE USE?

This plain question comes home to
| every housekeeper. We all desire pure
and wholesome food, and this cannot be
had with the use of impure or poisonous
baking powder. There can be no longer
a question that all the cheaper, lower
| grades of baking powders contain either
alum, lime or phosphate acid. As 10th
as we may be to admit so much against
what may have been some of our house
| hold gods, there can be no gainsaying
| the unanimous testimony of the official
! chemists. Indeed, analysts seem to find
no baking powder entirely free from
some one of these Objectionable ingredi-
ents except the Royal, and that they
report as chemically pure. We find some
Of the Baking Powders advertised as
| pure to contain, under the tests of Profs
| Chandler, Habirshaw aud others, nearly
| twelve per cent. of lime, while others are
made from alum with no cream of tartar
| This, we presume accounts for their lack
OF leavening powder as sometimes COM
| pained of by the cook, and for the bitter
| taste found in the biscuits so frequently
complained of by ourselves.
| But aside from the inferiority OF the
work done by these powders, the physi-
| oiOgists assure us that lime aud alum
| taken IL the system III such quantities as
| this al injurious. They are not decom
| posed by heat nor dissolved in mixing or
baking. They go with the bread, there
fore, into the stomach, where their
| physiological effects are indigestion, dys-
| pepsia, or worse evils.
| Ihe question naturally arises. why do
rhese cheap baking powder makers use
these things! Alum is three cents &
round, lime still cheaper, while cream of
/ tarter costs thirty five or forty. The
teasons for the chemical purify of the
Royal Baking Powder were recently
.iveu III the New York lines il an in
| terestirg description of a new method
| for refuing argols, or crude cream OF
! .Grtar. 1t seems that it is only under
his process that cream of tartar can be
reed from the lime patural to it and
rendered chemically pure; that the
patents and plant for this cost the Royal
t'akiug Powder Com oany about half a
million dollars, and that they maintain
| exclusive control of the rights.
Prof. McMurtrIe, late chief chemist Of
! he Department of Agriculture at Wash
| ,ugton, d. c., in the interests of com
;n"rce, made an examination of this pro-
cess, and reported upon the results at
| ;ained in the refined cream of tartar
| The following extract from his report
| would seem to answer the question
| repeated at the head of this article, and
which is SO frequently propounded by
the house-keeper:
81 have examined the cream of tartar
used by the Royal Baking Powder Com
neny III the manufacture of their baking
| powder, and find it to be perfectly pnre,
and free from lime in any form. The
| chemical tests to which | have submitted
| he Royal Baking Powder prove it per
fectiy healthful, aud free from any
| lEleteriOus substance"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-11-18
Novelties IL SeismOmeters.

The southern earthquakes have de
yeloped much interest in seismometers,
or instruments designed to record the
nature and force of the shock. Several
ingenious instruments have been invent
ed for the purpose, some very elaborate
and others extremely simple. One of
the latter class consists of q glass of wa
ter on which is 4 scum of oil. ANY agi-
tation of the fluid causes a wave which
shows in mark left by the oil on the
side of the glass. Another simple de-
vice paralyzed certain learned COM
pany in Japan into whose presence it
was introduced by q scholarly but wag-
gish American. 1t consisted merely of
the familiar japanese toy of turtle
poised on point. This, gentlemen"
said the servant, sis the seismometer |
employ. By this simple but delicate in
strument | can at once estimate the
energy of the disturbance. If the shock
is slight, the turtle shakes only little;
if severe, the turtle shakes a great deal. :"
But the most novel seismometer which
the recent earthquakes have developed
is colored clergyman residing in Ak
en- county, South Carolina. For some
reason the nervous system of this rev.
erend man is so organized that he not
only feels the slightest shocks, and large
ones in proportion, but he can even per-
ceive their approach. On several oc-
casions he has notified his neighbors of
a shock ahead of its coming. Such a
man should be in demand just now as
a janitor.-N T. Commercial .Adrer-
tsSer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-11-18
TWO VISITORS FROM MUSKEGON,
MITF

MICH.
New Orleans has been complimented
ny visit from two distinguished citizens
# Muskegon, Mich. .-Messrs. William
IL. Brown and Charles j. Hermann.
The cause of this unexpected visit was
2 Louisiana State Lottery ticket bearing
Lbe numbers 26, 6,442, which in the Draw
ilg of Oct. II, drew the capital prize of
$4,000.
Mr.. Hermann, the holder of one fifth
II the prize ticket, aud his employer,
Dir. Wm. Ii. Brown, President of the
lewis l.. Arms Shingle and Lumber
company, at Muskegon, concluded to
make pleasure trip to the Crescent
City.
On their arrival they registered at The
ii. Charles Hotel, where they st,Ii re-.
lain, and on Thursday moruirp visited
-1e headquarters ofthe Lottlry Company.
II st. Charles street, They were polite.
" received aud requested to call at noon.
Ehen check OF $l5, 900 would be ready
for them.
Promptly on the hour both gentlemen
reinrued, and, being introduced to the
Fflter, the following facts were elected:
-ti- iASAI LuaIL, u young man, tor HaDy
years III the employ of the shingle and
amber company named above, has played
Vat once before III the lottery. Last
month he wrote to friend residing in
fiaquemlne, La, for a fractianal part of
ticket, and that friend very kindly sent
lin the winner of the capital prize.
Unaccustomed to travel and being
more of IA workingmau than a financier,
he invited Mr.. Brown to make the trip
~lth him, and, under the circumstances,
II Js presumed that their first impressions
of New Orleans are favorable.
check for SIS, 900 having been given
them IN exchange for the ticket they
reid, they departed for the New Orleans
National Bank and converted it into
slght drafts on New York.
Messrs. Brown and Hermann are in
teligent business men, representatives
of one of the largest interests in their
State, controlling a mill which turns ont
aunually S0,000.0OO shingles, to saw
oothing of dressed lumber. They will
depart for the West on Sunday Neg
Orleans, Oa,) Picay,oae, Oct. %.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-11-18

Soft looking Or delicate clouds fore
tell fine weather, with moderate or
light breezes; hard-edged, oily look
ing clouds, winds. A dark, gloomy,
blue sky indicates fine weather Gen
orally the softer clouds look the less
wind, but perhaps more rain may be
expected, and the harder, more greasy,
tufted or rugged, the stronger the
coming wind will prove. A bright
yellow sky at sunset presages wind; a
pale yellow, rain; and a greemsh,
9ickly looking color, wind and rain.
Thus by the prevalence of red, yellow
or other tints the coming immedi-
ate weather may be nearly foretold.