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Year: 1879

A Docs HIGH TONED Burial
The whims of some people had a Gu
rious illustration in an order received a
day or two since by. "a we'll known un-
dertaker's firm in New York to furnish
e JEiclss4 cloth covered 2assksetn .,Ss.s,
anh handles. The interior u the cas-
ket was lined with white satin and silk
trimmings. All this was for dead
dog belonging to wealthy family up
town. The animal had been nursed
and taken care of for the past twenty
years. The dead animal lay in the
casket wrapped in mantle OF white
satin, with white ribbons around the
neck. The remains were taken to a
cemetery close to New York and put
into the family vault. Six carriages,
containing the friends of the dog, fol-
lowed the remains to the cemetery.
Year: 1879

STRANGE SOURCE or \ FLORIDA
STREAM.-A-Party that visited Her
nando county, Florida, last week, say
that crossing the -hummock, three miles
this side of SumterviHe, no water could
be found, but, returning three days
later, stream was flowing through so
deep that the water came nearly over
the back of the horses Beneath this
strip of hummock is an underground
river, the water of which can always
be seen flowing through deep sink
hole few miles further on, and the
recent rains forcing the water to the
surface, caused the sudden appearance
of the stream.
Year: 1879

The FAN ElectiOns-Hayes Not Likely 10


Veto tho appropriation Hill = HOW


Randall win Organize the House


Cemmitt ees.


Especial to the Democrat


WASHINGTON, April 2.-The Radicals are
already getting tired Of the heroic programme
which they started out with. They expected
q tidal wave of the old war feeling to be set
flowing all over the North, but instead OF
that they are beginning to receive the plain
est kind Of intlmations from their constitu-
encies that 1t is not revolution, but financial
relief and q reduction of taxation that Is
wanted by the Northern people. Distin-
guished Western Republican Senators told
me this morning that this whole programme
of blood and thunder was adopted through
the advice OF Zach Chandler without sufficient
CAUCUS dellberaton aud without the least
provision for unforeseen contingencies. The
result is that the Radicals find that they have
expended their ammunition without accom-
plishing anything. and they would like to
turn the tide OF the debate In some other di-
reetion II the Democrats would let them. but
the Democrats say they have forced the Rad
icals into the attitude Of claiming autocratic
powers for the President, and as that Is a
good issue to go before the country on, they
propose To hold 1t right there.


The result OF the municipal elections this
week In the North show Democratic gains
nearly everywhere, and the general tendency
of the Democrats and Greenbackers to unite
This Is also very heartrendlng to the Kadi-
Gals and, to complete their sorrows, II ID be.
coming generally believed that Hayes will
not veto the appropriation bill with the re-
peal Of the election law as at present framed


There Is much speculation as to the House
committees, but nothing can be positively
learned beyond the statement Of Mr.. Ran
dali telegraphed last week that he would pot
appoint them till nearly the close of the SEES
sion. It may be considered certain, however
that Robertson will remain at the head of the
COMMITTEES en Levnes, and Atkins nf The Ap
preparation Committee, while the Ways ant
Means COMMITTEES is likely to undergo con
siderable reorganization. even to the
extent Of o change Of the head
Gibson will hold his place on the
Ways and Means Committee without doubt
The general impression is that Randall vii
display much broader spirit In making uI
the committees than he has hitherto done
Altogether the feeling In Democratic ranks
here ID much more harmonious and fraterna
than 1t has ever been before A.eC b.
Year: 1879

Governor Vance, of North Caroli>
IA, in his recent message to the
General Assembly Of that State,
speaks of the debt of tho State as
follows -


The public debt, it will be seen
by the Treasurer's report, amounts
to $16,9G0,045 principal and $40,
160,192 25 interest," This is known
as tho recognized debt, as contra>
distinguished from the special tax
bonds. What shall be dono with it
is question that deserves your
best consideration It is out Of the
question for lis to attempt to pay it
at it's face value. Indeed, I do not
conceive that thoro is any moral OBJ
legation Oh us to do so, nor do our
creditors expect it of us. Quite
one half Of our property upon
which our bonds were based was
wantonly destroyed by consent of a
large majority of those who held
them, and no court of conscience
upon the earth would permit a
creditor to destroy one-half of his
security and claim full payment out
Of the remainder. But we can and
should pay something. The reso-
luton Of last session constituting
the Governor, Treasurer, and Attor-
neg General a committee to confer
with our creditors gave no power
to make OF accept any proposition
whatever, and SO an invitation to
visit New York to confer with the
holders Of our bonds was declinod.
Besides this, no attempt to open
negotiations with us has been made
But have grounds TO believe that
very reasonable terms indeed can
be obtained if wo evince q deter
mination to settle the question and
bo dono with it. I refor exclusively
to what is known as tho ''recogniz-
ed" debt. So far as the special tax
bonds are concerned my opinion, as
expressed to your predecessors, re-
mains unchapged-that they are
not bin Ing eithor in law or
good morals, uless it may be rs
to very small fraction honestly
appropriated to the Statos use and
accepted by her For ono + avow
my readiness to corporate with
you to tho full extent OF my power
in devising tho method and bearing
the burdens of an honorable adjust
ment of all our Indebtedness, as
something which, sooner or later,
will have to be dono alike for tho
sake Of our good name and our fu-
ture prosperity.
Year: 1879

SAVE TIE MANURE-Even by farmers
who should'be the ones who would realize .
tho value there is in it, there seems to be
but an indifferent effort made to save tho
hen manure, for much of its value is wasted
by not taking care of it properly or in time,
while it is often used on such CROP. as are
not capable of utilizing it to the greatest
advantage or profit. Good hen manure
from fowls which have been literally fed is
worth as much as guano, for all kind
OF crops Tor which guano is used, and if
farmers and those who have small garden
patches would only realize this fact, they
would pay more attention to collecting and
saving the droppiDgs from their hens than.
they do. We do not think there is much
necessity for cleaning the fowl house out
every day, as some do, but clean it out
every week, giving it good sanding every
time it is cleaned, SO as to keep the floor
clean from droppiDgs and make it easier to
clean out when necessary. Some sprinkle
ashes, sawdust, chips, etc, on the floors. but
we consider sand preferable, for it seems
to separate, to disintegrate, the droppings
better, soon making it by little care in,
working over almost as fine and as easily
applied as guano or any of our superphos-
pilates We always put it into barrels as
soon as 1t is taken up from the chicken
house floor, and convey it to some dry, airy
place where Ve let it remain until wanted
Tor use, when we empty it out on q heap,
and work it over well before applying it to,
the crops.-Poudry Bulletin.


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Pay the printer what you owe, and re new.
Year: 1879

ton SO often discussed of how the bakers work and
what materials and utensils they use. The fact.
admitted by Mr. Schinkel Saturday night, that
he copper kettle. III which he mixes
certain preparations. furnishes clew which tho
bereaved family have accepted perfect explana-
tion ii the whole matter. Whether this hypothesis
will be established not remains to be seen, but
explanation which seems rational and simple
offered by experienced cook who had read the
story in yesterdays HERALD.


ut is very likely. said this cook. 'that if Mr.
Schinkel uses copper kettle in which 10 mix tho
ingredients OF his nernsue pies the particular pie
which Mrs. Wheeler bought made of the last Of
the mixture remaining in the kettle. Very likely
there was just enough left 10 make that one pie and
the kettle scraped out clean If scraped out
with metal spoon or lade, very likely SONS of the
copper or deposit on the copper was scraped
out with it and entered into the PIE. 1t may net
have been i'll contact with tie lemon until the
was placed upon the lemon the pie and the poison
may have formed in the baking"


Whatever the fact may be. and whether the pie
from Mr.. Schinkels not 1t s certain that he tce.a
pa nfuy the weight of the reflections that have been
cast upon him.


The official investigation by the Coroner will begin
to-day, when jury is to be summoned, who Will
importance and the pc uiiar nature of the 1t
has been determined to select jury of profess
sional men, who will be able to understand tho
full bearings OF the disease and OF its treatment.
Nothing will probably be done to-day beyond the
viewing of the body, as the analyses, which must
be made before anything can be definitely settled.
will take weeks to complete. 1t will be neces-
sary, funds for the purpose are at the dis
posal of the Coroners, to make application to the
district Attorney for authority THIS IL to be done
plication to Judge OF tho Supreme Court for the
necessary funds. With the authority OF the Supreme
Court the analy will be made, and whom CONE
pleted the Coroner's jury will consider the case.
Year: 1879

Car Detective Reynolds. of Inspector Dilks' squad
OH Saturday evening noticed spruce young man
sitting among tho passengers In Grand street car
He thought he recognized in him Poodle Murphy.
for whom 1t is said several out OF town constapes
have been inquiring of late. He was ut once put
under arrest, aud pocketbook was found on him
which was laid ON the magistrates desk at the time
of his arr agnment. It contained some gold and sill
yer coin, paper currency Of low denomination and
some railroad tickets. It reserved to see if an
owner would appear for It who would serve as COM
planant, and the prisoner, who gave tina name Of
Henry Williams Ia Court, was remanded.
Year: 1879

Mr. Hinton Rowan Helper who has been SO long
In eclipse again breaks through the bars Of oblivion
TO, If possible, starte his countrymen When in
the ante-benum days he emerged from obscurity
with his Impending Crisis of the South" in his
hands no was not destined to be allowed to pass
away in silence. Great was the roar of the North
his book, which recommended to his fellow
Southorners the total abolition OF slavery, and deep
was tho howl Of the south at such preposterous
Year: 1879

MARsuELI, Tex, Aug, 15.-Miss Laura
Marsh, who shot herself yesterday even
ing few minutes after four, died this
morning at five. Her death has cast I,
groom over the whole community. She
remained conscious until three this
morning, and related circumstantially
how the shooting occurred. 1t was en-
tiroly accidental. Strange to say, the
coroner and jury failed to send for the
ladies who sat up with her. The pistol
was under the bed on the floor. She
reached down lying on her side, picked
it up and drew it to her. She put her
finger on the hammer and drew it par.
tally back, her finger slipped and the
cap exploped. lie arm was powder
burned from the wrist to the elbow. The
ball went entirely through her body and
fell on the floor
Year: 1879

Marvin Banning, of Hadlyme, miser
and a hermit, died recently, aged IA,
and he is said to have starved himself
to death. Having early developed hab-
its of industry, shrewdness and rigid
economy, he accumulated an ample
fortune before reaching the age of so,
He said he never had time to look for
a wife, and he lived alone, his diet for
the past ten years being raw pork and
hard bread. Sometimes he denied
himself food and fire for long periods
in the coldest weather, and many sup
posed he was really very poor. When
he was dying, however, he told his at
tendant that treasures were concealed
in and about his house, and since then
several bags of silver and gold, aggre-
eating $4,000, have been found in a
barrel of butternuts in the garret, while
a box containing gold and silver and
several thousand dollars worth of
United States and other bonds was
unearthed in the cellar. Banning was
a shareholder in the Saybrook National
Bank and large depositor in several
savings banks, but the amount of his
property is not known. As he left no
will, it all goes to his sister, Mrs.
Wright, of Deep River, who is in very
needy circumstance .-Neous sHaUen( Ct.)
Palladium.
Year: 1879

1t is matter of daily experience on


the part of everyone who purchases
such common necessities of life as but.


ter, bacon, cheese, sausages, ETC., that
these goods are almost invariably
wrapped up in printed or manuscript
paper. Perhaps we might also say that
provisions for picnics and other ham
pers are slowed away in similar cover
ings, and it will, therefore, not be amiss
if we call attention to the fact that dan
ger has been discovered to lurk in these
familiar wrappings. In the case of
printed paper, the characters have often
been transferred to the cheese or but
ter, and either they are cut away by the
observant cook or they are unnoticed,
and in due course become assimilated
in the process of satisfying hunger. 1t
is suppose that the ink or the paper
itself may possibly by some chance
contain something deleterious. But
written paper is even more likely to be
hurtful, inasmuch as in writing the pa
per has been in close contact with the
hand, which not improbably may be
giving off perspiration that may enter
the pores of the paper and may there
ferment, not with advantage to health
in the event of any portion of the man
uscript being allowed to accompany the
food down unsuspecting throats. This
subject has called forth some CORE
spondence in certain German papers,
and, though we would not attach absurd
Importance to it, it may still be said
that clean, unused paper is SO cheap
that provision dealers have small excuse
for using either printed or written mat
ter for wrapping up their commodities.
Year: 1879

To the eye of Him who watches over
q sparrow's fall there is nothing great,
nothing small. The man of science
trains lis eye to a similar impartiality
in looking at nature. A moss to the un-
trained eye seems insignificant. To
the eye of the bctanist it is little
world. A friend once complained to
the great Swedish botanist that Sweden
did not afford scope enough for the
study of nature. Linn@us laid his
hand upon bit of moss, on bed of
which they we're reclining, and said:


Under this palm is material for the
tudy of lifetime!"


One day, when lost in an African
desert, Mungo Park came across tuft
of moss. This bit of green growing in
az arid waste was messenger from
God to the desponding explorer.


eff God cares for the MOSS" he said
to himself, " surely He cares for me"
And he went on his way, exhilarated by
the sight of bit of moss.


Wordsworth speaks to ears that can
hear:


To me the meanest flower atblows can give


Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears,
Year: 1879

A new comet is coming-sit down,
sit down, sit down; what's the use of
getting excited? 1t is only visible from
the second peak of Mount Avt-
chimboguandalahasta in Central Asia,
and only there with three-story tele-
scope and then it is only visible twen-
ty minutes at midnight, and not then
unless the atmosphere is exactly right ;
and when it is visible it only looks like
a star about half the size of the little
one in Jobs coffin. BY all the starry
worlds that swing in space, when "we'
were boy the comets used to come
around every summer, with heads on
them like fre-balloons, and tails that
stretched from the big dipper to the
southern cross, and wagged back and
forth like bewildered torchlight pro-
cession, and came so close to the earth
that they put the moon out. Out on
these single -barreled comets, three for
a quarter, that they get up for U.S. in
these degenerate modern days! We
wouldn't walk from here to Asia to sec
a hundred of 'em.- Btrdette.
Year: 1879

The heated term-the time for disease and epidemic complaints to prey upon the human system is upon us, therefore Q word of warning and caution to our readers. The yellow fever broke out in Memphis on the 9th. In our own section there are complaints of minor disorders, such as epidemic dysentery in this county and scarlet fever in Yell. Let every body exercise caution and prudence. Be careful what is taken for food. Avoid trash, such as melons, half ripe fruit, &c. Eschew all food but that which is of well known health ful and nutrlcious qualities. Es. chew strong drinks and stimulants. Avoid immoderate exercise of the body or mind. Keep your premises clean and clear from all garbage cal culated to evolve poisonous gasses and hurtful vapors. Be cleanly in your person.
Year: 1879

We call the attention of all parents and guardians who may have chil- dren or, wards to send away from home to school to the advertisement of the Arkansas Industrial Univer- shy, which can be found among the new advertisements in this issue of the DEMOCRAT.

 The success of the A. I. U. is now a firmly established fact, and it ought to be proud satisfaction to every Arkanslan to see the very bright prospects now attending the efforts of the faculty to make it A FIRsT-cLAss INSTITUTION IN EVERY RESPECT. In point of buildings, campus and surroundings; in point of ability of the faculty (the recent election giving full faculty of if teen professors, with Gen. D. H. Hill as President;) in point of num- Der of pupils enrolled, and In any other point the University will bear comparison with similar institutions in any other State.

 The contract has just been let for the completion of the fifth story of the building, and no effort is being spared by the Board of Trustees or the faculty to make the institution all that it should be.

 The enrolment at the last session numbered 4l5 pupils, and it is con tidently expected that the number who will be enrolled at the next ses- sion, which opens Sept. 1st will be over five hundred. Pope county had eleven pupils there last term and ir every case they express full satisfac. tion with the school, and full conf. dence in the ability, efficiency and character of the faculty and the discipline.

 We consider the degree of excel lency to which the University has been brought matter of congratula- tion to our State, and we hope it may continue to grow and prosper in usefulness and in the affections and confidence Of all our people.
Year: 1879

EDITOR DEMOCRAT: l am ono Of the oldest subscribers of your paper, and for the first time in over three years thought would give your many readers . few hints for consid. eration. l am not much for gassing and therefore will be pointed and plaln, as this will be my last shoot for while.

 Well, wheat is threshed; not much made, but grain good. The prospect for corn and cotton as good as com mon. Health good. Very interest ing Sabbath school. Preaching and prayer-meeting regular.

 Mir. Editor, come out to our camp meeting, embracing the second Sab bath in September, and sec the new territory that one of the Cagles Millites had so much to say about in your issue of June 18th, '79, and dated June 7th. Now, Mir. Editor, can safely say that over one thous- and of the citizens of Pope Co. are personally acquainted with this part of Pope O., and know that the gen. tleman has made some false repre- sentations of this matter as he has done upon other occasions. It is not necessary for me to glve your readers this gentleman's name, tor it is well known who it is down there, as sly as he may be that takes hold of such things for the purpose Of keeping up that old hatred and strife that should have been buried long since. Now, Mir. Editor, we are sick and tired of such stuff being put Tn such a valuable paper as the Rus sellvile DEMOCRAT; we don't want any such stuff on file in our houses. My advice is that we had better not write any more such stuff; it is not calculated to stimulate our people in the right direction, and it will iniure our county papers, one of which is the most highly esteemed of any county paper in the State, both at home and abroad. TRUE.
Year: 1879

We had the pleasure of meeting State Land Commissioner Lear in town last Thursday, as he passed down the road enroute home from a trip to Harrison. Mir. Lear informs us that he was at the Harrison Land Office getting list of every tract of government land in that district, He copied q list of something like forty thousand tracts, requiring him to put in eleven days labor at that office, At the Dardanelle Land office Mir. Lear took list of near thirty thousand tracts. He says he intends to get lists from the Little Rock and Camden districts also, so that he can show and tell any applicant by q glance at the plats in hIs office any tract of land of any description in the State, no matter whether it be State or Government land. He will

 

 then also be able to correct the many errors which arise from assessors and clerks getting these Government lands on the tax books, and will thus avoid the confusion and expense incurred by having lands appear as subject to donation, when they are really Government lands. It is Q big undertaking that Land Commis- sioner Lear has voluntarily and gra- tuitously taken upon himself for the public good. It will cost him time and money, but he says he is deter mined to have the statistics and rec ords of his office so full and complete that he can give correct and reliable answers to tue thousands of lnqui- ries which are flooding his office. It will be a great auxiliary to those who are seeking information in re- gard to lands in our State, and Mir. Lear deserves high credit for the zeal and pluck and energy he is displaying.
Year: 1879

What the people now demand of the Board of Health of Memphis, and likewise of the health officers at points where they may be stationed to prevent the infection from spread ing, is honest reports and manly brave efforts in the faithful perform ancc of duty. We want no "sporad- ic" efforts toconceal and deceive the country as to the true state and the real danger.
Year: 1879

EDITOR DEMOCRAT: As our Leg islature failed to take any action with regard to the practice of medi. cine, by those who have not gradu- ated or at least have no diploma, l would like to inquire what protec- tion the people have against quacks. A man may come in the county and say he is graduate and has his sheepskin all 0. K, at the same time had probably never seen inside of q college; or If he had it was in some meniai capacity. l have case in my minds eye, of q man who came into this county, claiming to be q graduate of the New York Medical College. On one occasion he called at q drug store and asked for three different kinds of medicine, as he supposed, and received the same kind each time, calling it different names, all meaning the same thing. l hardly think any one believes he was graduate. So tho people are imposed upon and they have no remedy. A man claiming to be q graduate, soon it becomes circulated, and he is puited in the papers as graduate; at the very same time all he knows of medicine was acquired as hospital steward during the war. Please air this question a little Mir. Editor, in your valuable paper; and where these quaclls have been inn posing on the people let them be ex. posed; call on them for theIr sheep skin. INQUIRER.