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Year: 1878

Only stupid brutes are untamable, and
in spite of his ferocious instincts the
iaguar is not deficient in those higher
soul-elements which qualify animals for
the companionship of man. Under
kind treatment and judicious mixture
of vegetable and animal diet the tigronci-
tos usually grow up into amiable and
most interesting pets, and are found In
the peaceful fellowship Of monkeys, dogs
and black raccoons on many ranchos OF
Southern Mexico. They follow their mas
ter like dogs, share his seat in the CHM
newcomer, search his pockets for play
things, aid greet his return from a jour-
ney or hunting expedition by embrac-
ing his knees and licking his hands or
the lapels of his coat with indefatlgaoie
fervor. They climb and explore
stranger like tree, and if he encourages
their familiarity they have curious way
OF encircling his neck with their lore
DAVIS, and hang thus for minutes to-
gether, expressing their affection by q
snoring purr or by gently rubbing their
ears against his chin. In their rough
and tumble gambols with dogs they
generously forbear to make use OF their
claws, but the spectacle of a bona:,Tde
fight seems to excite their dormant COM
bativeness, and without any apparent
cause for personal resentment tame
iaguars have been known to rise from
their couch with an ominous growl and
expressive of murderous intent If two
urclins fought or dog got thrashln1g
in the opposite corner of the room. In
other ways, too, their savage instincts
assert themselves now and then and
the proprietor of wayside tavern IN
the neighborhood of U1mal told me that
he had to part with tame tiger because
in warm winter nights, when it heard
the wells of it's wild brethren from the
depths of the Lagotasso, the creature
frequently took it into its head to answer
these calls, and startled the inmates OF
the farmstead from their midnight slum-
hers by demoniac scream which was
repeated by all the echoes OF the sur
ronndine sierra. Moonlight nights
seem to make them restless they proWl
about as if troubled by some unsatlstied
want. or promenade on the roof to the
serious detriment of the weatherboards.
A liberal animal diet is said to make
them subject to aggravating fits OF this
kind. especially the males, which reach
their full size, if not their full strength,
toward the end of the second year.
Lppincott's Magazine.
Year: 1878

To believe business impossible is the
way to make it 80. .


Under our greatest troubles often lie
our greatest treasures.


The enjoyment of being able to make
a very little go a great way has real
zest.


There are many shining qualities in
the mind of man, but none so useful as
discretion.


Some speakers and writer's have a
river eff words, but only spoonful OF
thoughts.


No woman can be beautiful by the
force of features alone, any more than
she can be witty by the help of speech.


We should do by our cunning as we
do by our courage always have it ready
to defend ourselves, never to offend
others.


The wise man makes equity and JUS
tice the basis of all his conduct, the
right forms the rule of his behavior,
Difference and modesty mark his exte-
rior, sincerity and fidelity serve him for
accomplishments.


If you know a man who is willing to
kiss your boots because you are rich
you may be sure that there is some one
whom be compels to kiss his boots in
return. He who will crinee before one
who is bigger than himself will play the
tyrant over one smaller than himself.


You are a coward, if afraid to tell the
truth when you should do so. You are
coward when you insult the weak. You
are coward if afraid to do right, il you
shrink from defending your opinion,
from maintaining that which you know
to be just and good and you are es-
pecially coward if you know certain
things of yourself, and care not to own
them to yourself.
Year: 1878

On one side of the instrument, as seen
in the sketch is sensitive diaphragm,
which vibrates in accordance with the
sounds made in front of it. This dia-
phragm carries point as represented,
which closely approaches the surface of
a cylinder, around which tin foil or other
easily indented material is wound. The
cylinder is revolved by clockwork at
regular speed before the point, and as
the diaphragm is vibrated by the sound,
the point vibrates correspondingly
against the cylinder, and thus indents
the tin foil in manner exactly cores.
ponding to the length and frequency Of
the vibrations of which the sounds are
composed, thus making an exact record
of the sounds upon the surface of the
cylinder. Having thus recorded the
sounds in the form of indentations, it now
only remains to reproduce it or make
the instrument "talk back" or repeat
vocally what was previously recorded.


This open stem is simply the reverse
of the other. On the opposite side of
the instrument may be seen second
diaphragm, also provided with q point,
which, as the indented surface Ievolves,
rides in and out of the indentations
made by the recording point, and thus
causes the reproducing diaphragm to be
thrown into vibrations corresponding
exactly to the original vibrations,
and thus reproducing the original
sounds in all their integrity. This
reproduction can be effected any
time after the recording, 30 that
the tin foil can be removed from
the cylinder, be preserved for centuries,
and again. wrapped upon the cylinder
and made to speak, sing or laugh, &C
cording to the nature of the recorded
sounds, years after the speaker or sing
er had turned to dust.


If such thing is possible, as is now,
in fact, accomplished by the Phono-
graph, the question may, indeed, be
asked, what is impossible to human ge-
MUS and we are forced to exclaim with
a recent writer on the telephone


ooh! Science give us one more link,


That We may hear our neighbors think"


-New York Scientific Ne,os.
Year: 1878

A Cut of tho Wonderful Talking machine


and Description Of How 1t Works.


We present to our readers q sketch
of this wonderful machine which is now
causing so much sensation.


A machine that can talk, laugh or
sing, that can record the human voice
in silent type and reproduce it in vocal
sound o minute or thousand years after
it's record, is, indeed, such a wonder
that one can hardly realize its possibili-
ty. The inventor, Mr.. Thomas A. Edi-
son, who has already made so many sur
prising inventions, has in the produc-
ton Of the Phonograph capped the
climax of human ingenuity thus far.


The Phonograph is as remarkable for
it's simplicity as for its wonderful ef-
fects.
Year: 1878

We call tho attention of every public-spir-
tied citizen to the fact that but two days
to-morraw and Saturday-remain in which
voters can register their names. No voter who
fails to comply with this requirement can cast
his ballot on the 9TH of November; and
no voter who allows the pressure of business
or other engagements 10 prevent the registra-
ton of his name tomorrow, can be sure that
the next day viii bring lin any greater leis-
ure Therefore we say, Register tomorrow !


Make sure of the earliest possible Oppor-
tunity to put your name upon the lists, so
that you may cast your vote for George r.
Danforth for Judge of the Court of Appeals !;
for real hard-mOney platform, and against a
sham hard-money platform for party which
il fighting an honest fight in behalf of the
public credit, and against a party which is
courting the alliances of all enemies OF Ma
tional honor; for party which proposes to
defend the Treasury against Rebel claims, and
against party which will pay the Solid South


It's price rs soon as the South asks fOrit. Register,
so that your vote may help to keep at least
one Republican in the Senate of the United
States from the Empire State. Register, so
that there may be Republican Assembly and
gains in Republican Congressman. Register,
40 that you may vote for q better and more
economical municipal administration. We re-
peat, Register tomorrow! And in order to
know just what district you live in, and
where its books Of registration are kept, look
Year: 1878

hibited publications are printed in Chicago
and circulate harmlessly throughout the
Union, the presumption is very strong that
the German authorities are striking wildly al
every paper which savors Of republicanism.
Year: 1878

The ties which bound the Home Rule party
hat entered the British Parliament with high
aOpes four years ago, have gradually sundered,
and it is now divided into a party of action and
one of inaction. AS the former have acquired
full control of the Conference at Dublin, Irish
National politics now enters on new phase,
which may be attended with peril and excite
ment
Year: 1878

The brutal energy with which the Berlin
police are dissolving clubs and preventing the
circulation of printed documents will soon
enable the German people to comprehend the
despotic powers which the Reichstag gave
the Government when it passed the Force
bill last Saturday. As two Of the pro-
Year: 1878

A Canadian correspondent describes the
agitation which the approach of Lord Lone
and his royal wife has caused in the society of
the capital, and depicts, with nothing but a
list OF the prices of the Ottawa markets, the
modest and simple life of that city. 1t would
be a pity indeed if the advent of member of
the royal family fOstered extrayagant habits in a
community where servants wages run from
Sc month down, and all other prices are in
proportion
Year: 1878




VIC WV. up the rest of the room. The
cries of the wounded, the songs of the
healed brutes, and the comments of the
citizens made great and inspiring cheer,
but traffic was interrupted in that street.
The good physician hired a couple of as
sistant surgeons and got through his be-
nevolent work before night, first taking
the precaution to cancel his church mem
bership, 20 that he might express himself
with the latitude which the case required.


But some things have their limits.
When once more the morning dawned
and the good physician looked out upon
a massed and far.reaching multitude of
clamorous and beseeching dogs, he said:


AZ might as we'll acknowledge it, /
have been fooled by the books; they
only tell the pretty part of the story and
then stop. Fetch me the shot gun; this
has gone along far enough"


He issued forth with his weapon, and
chanced TO step upon the tail of the
original poodle, who promptly bit him
in the leg. Now the great and good
work which this poodle had been en-
gagged in had engendered in him such
mighty and augmenting enthusiasm -
to turn his head at last and drive him
mad. A month later, when the beneyo-
lent physician lay in the death throes
of hydrophobia, he called his weeping
friends about him and said:


"Beware of the books. They tell but
half of the story. Whenever . poor
wretch asks you for help and you feel =
doubt as to what result may fow from
your benevolence, give yourself the
benefit of the doubt and kill the appli-
cant"


And 30 saying, he turned his face to
the wall and gave up the ghost.
Year: 1878

tube is attached; sufficient mercury ia


poured into the apparatus to fill the bag


and portion of the tube, and the in
strument is then placed over the heart
of the person 70 be examined. Arranged
in this manner, every pulsation of the
heaat is indicated by corresponding
movement of the mercury of the tube,
and BY suitable Photographic apparatus,
provided with a moving sensitive slip of
paper, a perfect registration of the ex-
tent and rate of pulsation is obtained.
The interesting fact is made known ty
this process that the fall of pulse some
times takes place in successive horizon
tai lines, the column reascending two or
three times before falling altogether.
Year: 1878

The iendishness Of the Italian pad
rones who conduct an infamous traffic in
the slavery of children does not seem
hitherto to have been realized to its full
extent, if we may believe story which
comes from New York. A blind child
found in the streets in the custody of an
Italian beggar had, it is said, been pur-
posely blinded to fit her to excite the
sympathy of passers-by, that her mendi-
cant keeper may profit thereby.
Year: 1878

President w. S. CLARK, of the agri-
cultural college at Amherst, Mass, offers
to furnish, gratis, seed of the early am
Der cane to all who wish to try making
their own syrup or sugar. He says the
crop requires just the same treatment as
broom-corn, and that from one hundred
and fifty to two hundred gallons of syrup,
or seven thousand pounds of sugar can
he obtained from the product of an acre
of land,
Year: 1878

and and then ssop-rss ssssI q Sc


Mark Twain in the At3sptic,


All my life, from boyhood upH have
had the habit Of reading a certain set
of anecdotes, written in the quaint vein
Of the WOrhrs ingenious fabulist, for
the lesson they taught me and the pleas
ure they gave me They lay always
convenient at my hand, and whenever I
thought meanly of my kind / turned to
them, and they banished that sentiment;
whenever / felt myself to be selfish,
sordid and ignoble turned to them, and
they told me shat to do to win back
my self-respect. Many times ! wished
that the charming anecdotes had not
stopped with their happy climaxes, but
had continued their pleasing history of
the several benefactors and beneficiaries
This wish rose to my breast 50 persist
emily that at last determined to satisfy
it by seeking out the sequels of those
anecdotes myself. So set about it, and
after great labor and tedious research
accomplished it. / will lay the result
before you, giving you each anecdote in
its turn, and following it with its SEQUEL



as l gathered it through my investiga-
tions. @


THE GRATEFUL POODLE.


One day a benevolent physician (who
had read the books), having found stray
poodle suffering from broken leg, con-
veyed the poor creature to his home, and
after setting and bandaging the injured
limb gave the little outcast its liberty
again, and thought no more about the
matter. But how great was his surprise.
upon opening his door one morning, some
days later, to find the grateful poodle
patiently waiting there. and in its COM
pany another stray dog, one of whose
legs, by some accident, had been broken.
The kind physician at once relieved the
distressed animal, nor did he forget to
admire the inscrutible goodness and
mercy of God, who had been willing to
use 50 humble an instrument as the poor
,utcast poodle for the inculcating Of, &c,
&c, &C.


SEQUEL.
The next morning the benevolent ply
sician found the two dogs, beaming with
gratitude, waiting at his door, and with
Them two other dogs-cripples. The
Year: 1878

The demand for the repeal of the bankrupt law is almost universal. Whatever may have been the inten- tions Of the framers of the law, il is quite apparent that it has proved an utter failure. As the law stands, it is but llttle else than a premium on dishonesty, atiording safe means for dishonest debtors to rob creditors. Thousands Of men go into business with view to bank ruptcy, knowing that when their creditors are compelled to look for redress by legal means, the chances are invariably against them. The bankrupt law stands Squareiy in the way of the restoration of confidence between man and man, without which there can be no prosperity Tn business.

 The closing sentence in the above paragraph clipped from the Little Rock Gazette is the plain, incontro- vertible trath, and comes nearer af- fording key to the solution of the problem of shaky times aud panicsl outbreaks in business circles than all the fire spun theories about the currency which We nave yet seen adduced Where there may occur one isolated instance in which an honest man is. afforded needed relief by the bankrupt law there are hun dreds of eases in winch dishonest parties use Il as 8 Subterfuge to ue- fraud and rob creditors. Under the operation of this law We see men and their famiiles decorated n asi She trinketry, and urroauded by ali the ease and luxury of princes-men who are not worth B straE aud who never do an honest days labor, beat ing their way through the world on the very top wave Of society. The hardworking honest toller is the sufferer and pays the bill.

 The practical working of tho bank rUpt law Is & positive evil. and hon. est men should unite in a strong demand fer it's repeal
Year: 1878

The financial policies advocated by the "Gfeenbackers," so-called, are, we verily believe, sound and wholesome. The only thing we have ever seen wrong about it is the insane idea of leaving the good old Democratic party-the sol d, substantial party of the country and the effort to patch up Q new party of odds and ends to carry out the principles of the Greenbaekers. If the leaders of the new movement would remain in the Democratic party and wage thelr war there against monied monopoIists, bond

 holding corporations aud currency abuse there would be great deal more efficiency in their eSertions. We believe it will be the part of wisdom for the Democratic party of Arkansas to consider this matter in framing their platform this year. The masses of the party are in ac- cord with the sentiments expressed in the Indiana platform, and we be. believe onr State Convention should insert q plank in the party platform placing the party unequivocally and firmly upon these principles. As the Globe says, we think this would pretty etiectuallv put stop to ali this nonsensical talk about new par ties, bol5ers and disorganizers. It is matter worthy, at least of the most serious consideration, and de serving of candid treatment And if the Democratic party of the State will adopt this course we will then know just exactly where to place all men who hold aloof and still refuse to come into the regular party.
Year: 1878

DOVER, Ark, March a6, 1878.

 Ed. DEMOCRAT: I see in your last issue some one wrote under the above caption. and as some persons in this community know. that your unworthy writer has been writing under this heading. and as thei. was something said last week under Do yer Dots that was not pleasant to some certain persons in town, l think that it would be but just and right to let those that think l wrote the Dots last week know that am not the author. I do not know who wrote the last Dots, neither do 1 know why they used this caption. expect to trouble you occasionally but will not use heading that some one else has been writing under. l do this to set myself right before those that think l wrote the last weeks Dots J. C. RYE.

 TThe above letter was intended for last weeks paper, but was received too late. In justice to our new Do yer correspondent it must he said that he did not write under that head, bu; It was supplied by this of fee, and we did not think anyone could mistake that letter for Mir. Rye's.
Year: 1878

Lewisburg State: "In accordance with the statement in our last issue MT. Byers has formally announced himself candidate for re election to the position of Prosecuting Attorney for the 9th Judicial District. The holding of the office for two terms is a guaranty of his ability to coinpe tently discharge the duties of the of fee. During his term of office he made more convictions than has ev- CT been made by any other Prosecu- ting Attorney for the District in the same space of time. He refers to his record and asks the support of the people if they feel satisfied from the showing that he is worthy; and taking into consideration that his record in the courts is good, he is therefore suitable man for the po- sition and deserves election"
Year: 1878

to be Of true worth, of large heart, and an excellent officer, and worthy of any position he may be called to fill.p

 Pine Bluff Press: .The following notice of Gen. ChurhiiI appeared in the Rose City Globe, (a new paper just started at Little Rock ], on last Sunday morning. We take pleasure in reproducing it, and in doing so desire to state that we do not pursue this course to the Encouragement of Mai. Woodruff, but we cannot forego the present opportunity of saying a kind word of that brave and chival- rous soldier and citizen, Gen T. J. Churchill. For years during the late war we served with him. At Marshall, Texas. after we all had of ficially learned of Gen. Lees surren der, we in compahy with many others met Gen. Churchill at one cf the ho- tels in that city. The old soldier who had gone through the Mexican and Confederate wars drew his trusty sword from it's scabbard and lifting it high in the air swore that if the army of the Trans Mississippi would agree to stand united he was will ing still to lead on to battle against the victorious army He was as true to the people on that eventful day as he was at the beginning os the internicine strife. Again, when the State needed her braves to de- fend her honor against the usurpa- tions of Joseph Brooks, Churchill mounted his war horse and offered his life to the people of his State. What more can our friends ask of him?

 In the position of State Treasurer he has given universal satisfaction. We have vet to learn of a single com plaint, and why should a good officer

 "a noble old soldier and one of the States best citizens be removed from office? We are sorry that Maj. Woodruff IS his opponent, for we ad- mi,e him also greatly; but we can not have it in our heart to turn Gen. Churchill out. at least for two years more"
Year: 1878

Mir. Ep.1ea: notice in Y ur last issue aa asticlc over the signature of "Vox Populi," in most of which l cor. dially agree with the writer. It is a deplorable truth that the farmers have the least percentage of repre- sentation in all the departments oi Government, both State and Nation al, than all other classes, and tue very reason of 1t is, as sVox Populi" says: the farmers are not very much con suited in candidate making.

 Now sir, I believe that if every yo- ter in the land would pledge himself to support no man for no office, un- less he makes full declaration of his policy, before election day, that the evils of radical parlisanism would be averted.

 We want wise men for our Legisla- tors; we want them to be pure and honest. and if he is farmer so much the better. men who will not legis- late for the exclusive interest of mon- ey lords, syndicates and swindling corporations. men wao can't Dc bought for all the gold in Wall street.

 As agriculture is the whole sup port ofall other callings it's burdens should be frightened by proper legis- lation, in the way of light taxation ; and then by making our money all a full legal tender, no matter whether it is gold, silver. paper, copper. tn or leather, dollar of 1t ought to be and to pay dollar any where and for anything, and 1 will vote for no man for any office, who Is in favor of one kind of money for the people and an other kind for the bondholders, if 1 know 1t.

 "Vox Populi" has mentioned some good men for office. but 1 will inform hlm and everybody else that has con nected my name in any way with of flee, that I am no candidate for any office; that l prefer, and bellevc that I an better qualified to stay at home and attend to my own business, than to attend to any one elses.

 We have plenty of good old wise  heads yet in Pope, and when they are needed they will respond to the call of the yeomanry of our land, the farm CTS and lead them to victory But we must beware of those who do hanger and thirst after office, those who try to ride in on all and every hobby they can straidle.

 No sir. have been guilty of too many bad tricks to consent to run for office, for then they would all he found out on me, like the man who run five days for office and quit in disgust, and said ''they have accused me of stealing hogs, and if run on five days more they will prove it on me"

 '.Vox Populi" is not consistent in urging the claims of the farmer, he turns round and nominates lawyer who is not farmer fer office. And now MT. Vox if we put in a lawyer let us know thar he mixes in farming with it, even ii he don't know geurd from pumpkin. J. R. DUKE