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Year: 1879

Are farmers ready for rain, snow and cold? Because we have thus far had delightful autumn weather, there is no good reason to think we shall have it much longer. Rains and snows and cold winds will soon be hero. Are we prepared for them Are our houses and barns and sta bles and wood sheds ready for the visits of old Boreas. Ifnot no time should be lost in preparing for his coming Comfortable quarters should be prepared for all kinds of stock. If we have more than we can comfortably shelter and abundantly feed, it is wise to dispose of them as soon as possible. Keep only such stock as can be kept we'll. Sell the balance, even at a great sacrifice.- Colman's Rural World.

 It IS a shame to see how good many treat their stock. To see the poor dumb brutes which serve man SO faithfully standing out in the ram and sleet and winds half frozen to death is shameful. Take the advice of the Rural Word.
Year: 1879

Right here we will take the oppor- tunity to urge::upon the Directors of the State fair association the neces- sity of keeping down such institu- tions. It is disgrace to the State that her citizens cannot attend a State fair without coming in contact with a set of fakirs as those who in- tested the fair grounds during the week just passed. There were the usual number of. saloons, and many a glass of spiritus frumenti was hand ed out during the week.

 We heartily endorse the vlew ex- pressed in the above extract which we clip from the Atkins News. If the Directory wish to give tone and responsibility to these annual fairs, which, when properly conducted, are . great school for the visitor, they would do we'll to heed the admonition given by Brother Jennings.
Year: 1879

We despair, entirely, of getting our good friend Bro. McGuife of the Independent Arkansian, to under stand our position and intentions in regard to the Chief Justiceship. We see that it IS useless for us to endeavor to convince him that we have DO war to make upon the PER soNEL of any member of the Supreme Court. We have already disclaim

 ed any such intention, and at this time VIC only revert to the subject again to thank our good friend for the kind, but gratutous advice he has troubled himself to give to us.

 We also desire to disabuse our friends mind of the belief under which he seems to be laboring that we have been led into the position which we have taken in this matter by the "Counsel of bad advisers. '" We do not know whether or not 1t IS the Doctors custom to get counsel before he expresses an opiniou on a pubic matter, but we can assure him we do not. We do not wish to shuf- fle out of this or any other position taken by this paper in that way. 1 The editorial views expressed through the DEMOCRAT are the views of the editor written down by his own hand without the dictation, counse. or advice of anybody and he alone is responsible for the same. If we err, we shall err honestly. and have the consolation of knowing that thousands of editors before us, smar

 ter men than ourself have erred as well. But the fear of differing with some person else will never keep us from expressing our opinion up- on matters effecting the veal and happiness of our constituency.

 And now to ease our good friend S curiousity we have no hesitation in saying that we have no positive assurances" from any prospective candidate--not even 8 hint or a wink, have we had, Doctor. Neither do we know of any axe to grind-not even a good sized hatchet, nor even a very small one. No, Doctor, not even billy. barlow nor dog knife.
Year: 1879

press and people of Texas has been most striking. They now realize that notwithstanding all that has been said about States rights and the old secession movement and about the "faxoo plan" and the Kem- per county aoutrages," the defeat of the democrats in the Buckeye State is attributed to the money question. They believe that Ewing was de feated on account of his soft money heresies, and seeing now that this will be the real issue In New Yo>A, the people and the Democratic Tress of Texas begin to diverge from their Greenback ideas and to return to the theories and philosophy of a view more in conformity with the platform upon which the Tilden democracy stands. This correspondent goes on to say;

 Before the 4th prox., when Robin son will triumph, the pure, original interrupted and incorruptible Demo cracy of Texas will constitute . sol i'd phalanx from which the unworthy have been ejected. Some time ago there were many objecting to Til den's renomination because he did not resist with violence the lawless corrupt outrage done when he was cheated of his right to the office in March, 1877, but now i: is univer- sally confessed that his course was wisest and most patriotic, and when, not many weeks ago, he defied Kelly and his followers and entered upon this tremendous conflict in New York, the assumption that he was wanting in moral heroism was neces- sarily abandoned, and at this hour Tilden is stronger in Texas than when he was chosen president in 1876.
Year: 1879

Among all the Improvements going on in Little Rock there is none which we note with more pleasure than the above enterprise, and none which promises to prove of more benefit and importance to the State. It is a venture which shows pluck, sagacity and entrprise on the part of the gen tlemen who have gone into it, and we are glad to know that every .rrnssPect is in favor of 1t proving successful ane profitable. It is branch of in dustry which should be fostered and encouraged in the South, and If it pays in New England, there is no reason why it will not pay even bet ter here. Our planters work hard to grow the raw staple and get but scanty remunerative prices. New England spinners have to ship so far that they pay but scant prices. When we get our cotton factories at home the producer will at least save freight and other expenses by find ing ready sale to our own homeepin. nsrs. Through the courtesy of Mir, J. H. Haney, Secretary and Treas urer, and Jno. M. Haney, Superin- tendent of the Quapaw Cotton Mills, we had an opportunity of inspecting the establishment last week. The gentlemen who have gone into Il evidently know just what they are about, and have made a splendid start toward establishing manufac- turing concern which we predict will grow to large and important propor. tions. The establishment now oper. ates some fifteen or twenty hands and has some very fine machinery in operation. One thousond spindles are kept buzzing, and turn of beau tiful smooth yarn. Eight sets oi batting cards roll out an admirable neecy batting on the opposite side oi the room. Wrapping twine, cotton rope and cordage will be made of all sizes and descriptions; and as soor as the enterprise gets fairly on its feet VIC presume the machinery for weaving cotton fabrics will be added.

 More enterprise of this kind is what the South needs.
Year: 1879

The newspapers throughout the State especially those along the line of the Ft. Smith road, denounce in no gentle terms, the spirit e we'll as the author or authors of the recent black-mailing letter written to Prssi. dent Converse. of the Little Rock & Fort Smith Road.
Year: 1879

The Greenbackers of Arkansas have level heads on one question at least. One of the blanks in their platform is as follows:

 GAS the stability and prosperity of government are in proportion to the education of its citizens, we demand . liberal free school system"
Year: 1879

A young lady of New York was married the other day in the we'd ding gown of her grandmother, made seventy years ago, without altera- tion, and so similar were the styles that no one knew but it was a new one made for the occasion"
Year: 1879

We wish we could impress upon business men the great importance of the projected turnpike from Rus sellville to Harrison in Boone. We are just as certain that 1t would bring an immense trade and business to Little Rock as we are that thous- ands at our late Fair left thousands of dollars with our people. In Italy all roads lead to Rome, and in Ar kansas a policy which looks to our future would make all roads lead to Little Rock. Every year several thousand bales of cotton go from this portion of Arkansas to Springfield, Mo. To the same point go thous- ands of cattle, sheep and hogs that ought to come to Little Rock. Spring field has grown rich from the trade of five or SIX counties Tn northwest Arkansas--from trade too, that nat uraIly belongs to us. Just little effort and the expenditure of a few thousand dollars by our citizens and few thousand more by the counties through which this proposed road passes, and we can secure the lions share of this immense trade. But we must wake up to the importance of the enterprise, and asking Jupiter to help us, put our own shoulders to the wheel. Build the Pine Blutf Rail.

 road. construct this important high
Year: 1879

speech at Mag What AneRl
ca Mss no Ssaasdn thetEAae n
The Tekio (Japan) "Times, "of Jul,
18th, says:


One Of the most important and sig
nifcant statements Of conviction re-
specting the rights Of Eastern nations
and especially the Independent privi
leges Of Japan, that has proceeded from
any high and commanding authority
was announced by General Grant a
Nagasaki in speech responsive to thu
address of the Governor Of that place
1t has not hitherto been printed fully
and we are glad to place it upon RECORD
here:


Your Excellency, Ladies' and Gentle
men. You have here this evening
several Americans who have the talent
of speech and could make an eloquent
response to your address. have NJ
such gift, and l never lamented it,
absence more than now, when there /.
SO much that l want to say about YOU
country, your people and your pro
gress. have not been an inattentiv'
observer of that progress, and In Amer,
lea we have been favored with accounts
of it from my distinguished frienc
whom you all know as the friend of Ja
pan, and whom it was my privilege tt
send as Minister. | mean Judge Bing
ham. The spirit which was actuated
the mission Of Judge Bingham-the
spirit Of sympathy, support and concil-
iation-not only expressed my OWE
sentiments, bnt those ofAmerica. Amer
lea has much to gain in the East.


No nation has greater interest at stake.
But America has nothing to gain ex-
cspt what comes from the cheerful &C.
quiescsnce Of the Eastern people and
insures them az much benefit as it does
us. should be ashamed of my coun-
try if its relations with other nations,
and especially with these ancient and
most interesting empires in the East,
we're based upon any other idea. We
have rejoiced in your progress. We
have watched you step by stop. We
have followed the unfolding Of your
old civilization and Its absorbing the
new. You have had our profound sym.
pathy in that work, our sympathy in
the troubles which came with it and
our friendship. Ihope that our friend
ship may continue-that it may long
continue.


As have said, America has great in,
terest in the East. She is your next
neighbor. she is more affected by the
Eastern populations than any other
Power. She can never be insensible
to what is doing here. Whatever heI
influence may be, am proud to be.
lieve that it has always been exerted in
behalf Of justice and kindness more
than Japan for the work that has
made such marvellous progress in tht
past few years is work in which w
are deeply concerned, and in the sue
cess of which We see new era in civil
ization. This we should encourage.


| do not know that can say any
thing more than this in response to the
kind toast of the Governor. Judge
Bingham can speak with more elo
quence, and as Minister with authority
But could not allow the occasion tt
pass without saying how deeply sym
pathized with Japan in her efforts
to advance, and how much these efforts
are appreciated in America. In that
spirit, ask you to unite with me in
sentiment: "The prosperity and the
independence Of Japan"
Year: 1879

Flagg's Liver and Stomach Pad will
always prevent any kind of malarious
disease by keeping the blood in good
healthy condition. Try one. Office
No. 7 East 5th street. Consultation
free.
Year: 1879

BY JouN u. GotEul


Now no man intended to become
drunkard. There are young men
here, there are boys here, when they
take their drop Of beer they do not
suppose they are going to become
drunkards. They argue in this way
i am not going into the argument
81 can let it alone when please;
l have got a mind Of my own, and |
can drink glass of ale without its
doing me any particular injury"
Well, but you must remember this,
that every man who has become an
Incorporate man has become so try.
ing to drink moderately, in trying to
take glass with his friends. And
when a man finds out it is injuring
him, he says he will quit it. But
that is the very time when man
will not quit it.


went out one Sunday between II
and l o'clock-half.past II and l.
down Seven Dials, London. I went
to see what was to be seen there.
There we're crowds Of people-quite
a large crowd. One man was telling
some pretty strong temperance truths
but look at the people! There
was one woman it seemed to me she
had but one garment on her, and it
was bitter cold day, as you know.
She stood shivering in the cold, but
she had threepence in her hand and
was watching the door of "The
Grapes" | saw men licking their
white lips, and their tongues were as
white as their lips, waiting for the
door to open at ! o'clock.


saw boys and girls os sixteen
years Of age in such wretched state
of poverty. Now l do not believe
such poverty need exist. My heart
bled for them, waiting crowds for
those doors to open at l o'clock, with
a few pence. And that man who
spoke to them, said:


"Why, some of you have not got
shirt on, and yet you are going to
pay money that ought to buy you a
shirt into the brewery and into the
public. house. The consequence is
there is lot of shrting in the facto.
ries, tradei is bad, and people cannot
get employment because the facto.
ries are over. stocked. Why don't
you 90 and buy linen and shirting
and leather instead of making away
with our money in beer, and you get
nothing for it"


/ stood and locked speak my
own sentiment, not yours-I looked
at the name on that public house,
"Truman, Hanbury s. Buxton" l
shall answer for what in say in the
day Of judgment, but so help me
God in the hour of extremity, l
would not have my name on such a
house as that for all the money spent
in drink, and that is 140,O00,000
pounds sterling year.
Year: 1879

A correspondent writing from Egypt
years to see various forms of misery and
oppression among tho down-trodden
Fallahecn, 1 have never witnessed such
scenes of hopeless wretchedness as I be-
held this year. Scarcely ever-did and
my companions approach a village but
the thrilling "keen" of the women bcto-
kened q recent death, and these deaths
were always ascribed to starvation. In
one town, How, near ono OF tho largest
Khedivial sngarwor orlls, saw two men
actually dying of starvation in the oTen
street, the one an old man, the other in
the prime Of life. Both were SO utterly
enaclated as to Wear the appearance of
skeletons covered with brown skin. I
shall never forget the frightful, woltish
aspect of IL fellow creature in the same
neighborhood. He was n young man,
once good looking, whose wasted face
seemed all eyes, so much had the lower
part fallen away, who sat a nero bag of
bones, in the midst of q field from which
the sugar crop had been carried away,
ravenously gnawiug bits Of desiccated
cane brash. So weak was he that when
called to receive q small sum of money,
he could scarcely drag his emaciated body
up to the path, although it was but u
foot or two raised above the field. He re-
ceived the money without a sign Of pleas
ure upon his shrunken face-he was too
far gone for that. But when bethouGht
me of q dry cake of Arab bread, and gave
it to him. he devourel it rapidly, and
tottering after us he at length found
strength to express his thanks. Through
out the Saeed, the emaciation of the wo
men and children was something awful
to witness; literally, multitudes appear
ed to be absolutely fleshlcss.
Year: 1879

ryThe Republican party is the war
party. Tho lordly Conkllng. fourteen
years after the las gun was fired that
closed the rebellion, must needs sneer and
ridicule Judge Davis because he talks c f
pacitication between the North and tho
South. His private graveyard yawns
for tenants.
Year: 1879

next Thursday. They can't be got on after. wards--that is "hardly ever.n II, would re- quire more science..and skill and legar fesfns ing than it did under the old sYstem of. Bpe- cial pleading. The great object of the flaw evidently was Chow not to do it'' and, itsis a splendid success. If a man has been once ad- mitted in town it is. supposed not to be nee: essary for him to be admitted again, but if he has never been admitted in it, 1t is necessary for him to "be made" even though; he may have lived just over the line in an adjoining town and been voter there the last seventy five years. If It were asked why it was necessary to thus humiliate an old elector of the State, we can't imagine what the reply could be unless it were this: Formerly the theory of government here was, that it was for the people Fog the people. Now it is changed and the theory is that it is to put straight jackets on the people. 50 that they may do themselves no harm, and to enable the kind-hearted few to exercise a paternal care over them. To entitle person to vote in this State he must have resided in the State the ye0r and in the town the sic montAs next preceding the day of election. If his rights shall mature on election day he is enti- tied to be registered on one of the lists and if on the list "to be made" he can be admitted on the day before election.
Year: 1879

-Smartness, like yaulting ambition, some times overleaps itself and falls on the other side. This was illustrated the other day in

 the Hayden trial in New Haven. While the prisoner was being arraigned his counsel de, teeted clerical error in one of the counts of the indictment 1.-the name of the murdered woman had been written Mary E. Hayden Instead of Mary E. Stannard-and immedi- atsly raised the objection, insisting that it was material and not amendable. The result was that the prosecution noled the indict- ment had new grand jury summoned who found new bill containing an additional count Charging that the deceased came to her death by means of the knife and poisonl and yesterday the trial again commenced. If tie counsel had reserved his objection and it proved to be what he claimed it was, he would have had in case of conviction, good grounds for motion in arrest of judgment and LOT Qnashing the whole proceeding.
Year: 1879

Those who happened to be in the Boston
and Providence depot at o'clock Thurs
day afternoon witnessed sight which
caused many to feel sad. AT that time
there came into the station an old man
mt less than sixty years Of age. barefoot,
bareheadod, and, in fact, with nothing on
but pair Of well worn overalls, which
reached nearly to his knees, and thin
white shirt, which was thrown open In
front. With the unfortunate man was a
small child, warmly clad, which be SEEM
ed to take great care Of. On entering
the depot he went into the gentlemen's
waiting room, where be placed the child
near the stove, while he proceeded to pur.
chase ticket. After buying his ticket
be took a seat near the child, and was
soon surrounded by a large crowd. One
gentleman, anxious TO see if the man was
in need of money, asked him why be was
so poorly clad. To this question he
at first seemed not inclined TO answer,
but be finally said that in bis early days
be bad been very wicked, and that be
was now Furnishing himself for II by 60
ing in an almost naked condition. He
further stated that his intentions we're TO
10 in that condition the remainder of the
winter. AT this point he took the child


which accompanied him by The hand and
boarded the 4:30 train on the New York
and New England Railroad for Berlin. A
gentleman present who seemed to know
informed those who collected about him
that the fellow was really worth consider
able money, he being the owner of three
houses on Smiths Hill, and 9 small farm
near Berlin, Com fProvideuce Press,
NovsS Fg DCTOH'
Year: 1879

There is touch Of pathos about doing
even the simplest thing for The laat time.
1t is not alone kissing the dead that gives
you this strange pain. You feel II when
you have looked your last time on somo
scene you have loved-wben you stand
in some quiet city street where you know
that you will never stand again.


The actor playing bis part for the last
time, the singer whose voice is cracked
hopelessly, and who after this once will
never stand before the sea Of upturned
faces iisputing the piaudits with frother
voices and tairer forms, the minister who
has preached bis last sermon--these all
know the bitterness Of the two words
never again. We put away our boyish
toys with an old headache. We are toe
old towaIk any longer on stilts--too tai
TO play marbles ou the side walk. Yet
there was psng when we thought wo
bad played with our merry things for The
last time, and llie's serious, grown up
work was waiting for us. Now we do
not want the lost back. Life has larger
and other pIaythlugs for us. May 1t not
be that these, too, shall seem in the light
OF some far of day ne The boylsh game,
seem TO our manhood, and we shall learn
that death Ia but the opening Of the gate
into the land Of promise2
Year: 1879

those who hold tho power and
abuse it the people will rise and
ard hurl them out. Parties oftcn-
times think they are SO strong as to
be able to say, 'We don't care for
the people, In 1874 tho Repub-
licans were defeated all over the
country, at time when they were
in the zenith of their glory and
power. The Democrats did not
expect victory then, and were as
much surprised AS were the Re
publicans themselves. So far as
the parties arc concerned their
power is about equally divided. 1t
is the great army ofthinkers- and
watchers who make mp the paa-
jority of either party. Whichever
way they xote> when aroused, so
goes the victory 10 the pazty."-
Turning to the Republicans the
Senator remarks: 'FThe Repnbli-
can party should be disqualified
because of lis sectionalism. A
man who hates one part of the
country is not ut to be President
over all OF it.. Ard yet this quail
tication is the essential one for tho
Republican candidate. 1t has been
settled beyond all doubt that this
is to be Union of States, indis-
soluble and whole. Then why
should the North be educated to-
look upon the South with dishonor
and distrust and regard hen people
as cut-throats and murdercrs 2 The
result of this will be that the
Sonth will become like a fostering
sore in the side of a great body.
Its condition will be akin to that
of Ireland in her relations with
England, and that sgreat country
become a great enrse instead of a
blessing, AS it should be. Wore
this the case with any other coun-
try on the face Of the globe the
wise men of the Republican party
would soon suggest some measures.
for making the interests of the two.
sections identical !; but here it is,
political capital to traduoc people
who are their own flesh and blood,
Look what Austria has done for
Hungary. Some of the best gen.
erals of the Austrian army are


Hungarians, and the very men
who were exiled with Kossuth were,
given positions of honor. This
thing is carried too far, and even
enters West Point. Were many
of the affairs which occur in tho
South, and are denominatcd ont.
RACES, to take place in Massachu-
setts or any Of the New England
States, the penalty of the law


would soon be inflicted upon tho
guilty parties instead of them being
made heroes. l will cite an in
stance of a man who was Sheriff of


Yazoo county, Miss, and who, as
you say, was stumping Pennsyiva-.
MIA for the Republicans in the


recent campaign. He shot and
killed his rival Republican, candi-
date so as to get his Office, and was
released from Jail by Governor


Ames. When order was restored
in the State true bill was found


against this person for murder, but


he has kept out of Mississippi since


then"
Year: 1879

The Philadelphia Reyieao of the
10th inst, prints an interview with
Senator Bayard, in which he is rep
resented to have said


s'The mission of an opposition is
to closely watch the party in pow
er and to keep it straight When