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Year: 1877

In a discussion in the Sazerac
Lying club last night, a member
asserted that mules never die. He
said they took on the semblance
of death, bnt il was deception.
Sometimes they are turned into
newspaper editors and Roman
wrestlers, but they never ceased
to exist. He said there is a mule
now nsed on q whim on a mine IN
Humboldt county that was used
as a breast.work ut the battle of
New Orleans, was owned and
driven by Grant in California,
went all through the war Of the
rebellion, was blown MP in nitro
glycerine explosion while assisting
in the construction of the Central
Pacific Railroad, was in st. Louis
when the Southern Hotel was
burned, and is a pretty good mnle
yet, with the strength Of his hind
leg only diminished to about the
striking power Of q 4OO.ton steam
hammer. r4
Year: 1877

and battle business ont of him so
qnick that ip six weeks, If he is
alive, he knows more in a minute
about the price Of pork and flour
than he can tell you abOnt a
Greek root in nix months.-HaMk-
eye.
Year: 1877

A NEWSPAPER is not public institution,
but purely private enterprise. 1t is
usually printed, solely and entirely for the
benefit of its owners. This may be sel6sb
and, perhaps, sordid view of the ques-
ton, but it is, nevertheless, the true and
honest one. This obvious fact is too often
overlooked by individuals seeking the use
Of its columns for special purposes.


1t is matter of almost daily occurrence
for publisher to be solicited to print gra-
tuitously certain articles not bearing upon
public, but simply advocating private or
corporate interests. This is frequently
done on the specious plea that supposed in
dustries or municipal interests m ay be ul-
timately benefited by the publication.
when in reality no effort would be made to
secure the result if personal interest were
not a. the foundation of the transaction.


We are now speaking of covert adver-
tisements, articles written as interesting
matter, but shrewdly intended to put mo-
ney in ths purses Of the individuals or
corporations seeking their publicity. This,
Of course, does not cover great and grave
questions Of public policy, which every
honest and independent journalist will fear
lessly discuss without considering who NAV
be pleased or offended, or what effect his
course may have upon the question of pa
tronage. The point we desire to make is
that the same rules which apply to general
business should be invariably extended to
newspapers. The advertising columns Of
newspaper are exactly like the wares upon
storekeepers shelves, and it is from their
proper and legitimate use that the pub
Usher, in connection with the sale of his
paper, obtains the revenues which enable
him to issue bis journal.
Year: 1877

with the best papers in other states, and which will be entitled in fact to the name of newspaper. The re- cent improvements in the Gazette make it just such a paper. For size, for character of contents, for neatness of makeup and for true worth to the people of Arkansas, the Gazette now stands far above any paper ever published in Arkan- sas, and with Arkansas people should have the preference over any paper published anywhere. We heartily commend the Gazette 10 the people of our county.

 By very liberal arrangement with that paper, we can now fur nish the Gazette and our own paper to parties who wish to take both of them, for the very reasonable price of Two Dollars and Seventy-five cents per year.
Year: 1877

DOVER, PopE COUNTY, ARK,

 January 30, 1877.

 To the editor of the DEMOCRAT:

 The philanthropy which has been exhibited in the establish

 ment and successful operation of your paper, together with your zeal and indefatigable exertions in the editorial department to make it an exponent of the sent monts of the people upon all sub jects relating to the public good and more especially and particu- larly- as an earnest and devoted advocate of education and all matters relating thereto, Induces the undersigned, acting as com mittee at the request of and in behalf of the citizens of Dover and surrounding country, to in wade your sanctum and ask the liberty through your columns to give expression to a few things in connection with the material interests of this community, past present and to come, politically, socially, educationally and other

 wise. It is we'll known fact that after several years of the severest ordcals and trials which a pros

 trate people have had to endure, through poverty, oppression. an archy, misrule, and political in ternal dissension, and even blood

 shed, we have been permitted to survive the conflict and our town and people rejoice in peace, with the prospect of q brighter, ealmer, and purer atmosphere surround tng us morally, socially and polit- ically with no hatreds or bitter

 ness to avenge or redress but with holier and higher impulses to govern and move us on, in the advancement of our race and fel- low-countryman. But short time since, sir, and doubtless you were an unwilling witness to scenes and monstrosities in and around our little town of Dover, which con- vulsed the country and plunged us in civil war, closing up our churches, our schools, our stores, our shops and business generally, driving into other counties the venerable pastors of our churches and the men of God, the profes- sors of our schools, our merchants and the best and most worthy of our citizens, for the better safety of their lives. Leaving their property behind them at the mercy of the Iawless invaders of their homes, and which was by them used and applied to their selfish and unholy purposes, and for the destruction of which every consideration of wisdom, justice and equity would dictate, ought and should be paid for by the State. Losses which imperative

 ly demand at the hands of OUR MEMBERS and the Legislature now in session for an act of relief and compensation for property de stroyed in this county, and espec ially in our town where head quarters were established. Acts winch were performed and CON NlvEp at by the very authorities of the State, whose duty it was to suppress them, but whose base and selfish ends were intended to be subserved politically, at the sacrifice of life and property. Will the noble and worthy men who constitute the CENTRAL As.
Year: 1877

AN INTERESTING COMMU-

 NICATION, Which Our Legislators should

 Read. A Measure of justice and right

 Proposed. Dover as an Educational Seat! A School of High Merit, which should be the Pride of

 Pope County.
Year: 1877

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING NEW
YORK. One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when In New York is the
Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot, kept on the Euro
pean plan--you therefore only pay for
what you get. Everything is first class,
and prices moderate, adapted to the string
ency of the times, You save the expense
of carriage hire, and by leaving your bag
gage check on the counter Of the Hotel.
your baggage will be delivered in your
rooms, fifteens minutes after the arrival
of the cars, free of expense. We advise
you to give the Grand Union trial
Year: 1877

Any person gifted with ordinary
common sense can perceive sbat life
is short, that tiEe flies, thot we
ought to make good use fthe pres
ent but it needs the union Of much
experience with tie most consu-
mate wisdom to know exactly what
ought to be doae and what oagh.
to be left unaone, the latter being
frequently y far the more import
ant Of .ls tgo.
Year: 1877

If we die to-day the sun will
shine as brightly, and the birds will
sing as sweetlY tomorrow. Busi-
ness will not be suspended mo-
ment, and. the great mass will not
bestow thought upon our mem
ories. "Is he dead?" will be the
solemn inquiry of a few, as they
pass to their work. But one will
miss us, excepting our immediate
connections, and in a short time
they will forget and laugh as merrily
as when we sat beside them. Thus
shall we all, now active in life, pass
away. Our children crowd close
behind us, and they viii soon pass
away. In few years, not living
being can say, "I rem amber him"
We lived in an other age and did
business with those who slumber
in the tomb. Thus is life! How
rapidly it passes
Year: 1877

Crop reports from the entire west
and most Of the south Indicate a
year of exceptional plenty. Prices
of breadstufs promise to keep up,
and almost everything raised by the
farmer AID planter will be in active
demand. Careful outstanding of re-
sources under these circumstances
will do much toward relieving the
r,ntry of debt and fastening the
advent of a new era Of business
prosperity.
Year: 1877

WISCONSIN does not appear to be as
seriously affected by the hard times
az other western states. The number
of failures in the State for the first
quarter of the present year was 3e !;
the number in the first quarter of
1916 was 90.
Year: 1877

One of the greatest evils of the
world is that men praise, rather
than practise, virtue. The praise
OF honest industry is on every
tongue, but it is rare that the work
er is respected more than the drone.
Year: 1877

THE people Of Minnesota vote on
the twelfth instant upon a PROPOSE
tion to settle the old State railroad
bonds. If we lived in Minnesota
and had one thousand votes we'd
cast them all in favor of the settle
nnent. The taint of repudiation
which has attached to Minnesota in
connection with those old bonds has
done more harm to the State than
the grasshoppers.
Year: 1877

There arc more babies IN this
city than IN any place Of It's size
on tho continent. Almost any
pleasant afternoon you may SEQ III.
tccn Or twcnty baby carriages IN a
row wheeling along tho streets.
Year: 1877

In the flush times of Vicksburg when
the phrase "hard case" meant something
more than it does now, Harvey jenkins
was admittedly one Of the hardest. The
sermon being over, the preacher request
ed all those who were friendly to religion
10 rise and hold up their hands. The
whole audience, apparently, were on
theIr ieet' After they were seated again,
the minister continued "Now, if there
n single one here who desires to see
sat'n and his kingdom prosper, he will
use and hold up his hand" Harvey,
WIN some difficulty, got to an erect po-
sltlon and said: "IIad the vote been less
unanimous should have retained my
seat but | make it a point of honor
neVer to abandon friend under adverse
circumstances"
Year: 1877

Now that probably he end is in view, that portion of .he dark road to the Presidency, through winch the people of the United States have been attempting to look, is so they might discover who is to succeed to the high office at the other end, when the light shall have driven away all doubts, it would no, be amiss to put in q claim for our side or tEe continent for re- presentatiye of our interests in the Cabinet of the next President. A posi- ton therein will probably be conceded our three States and half a dozen Ter rilOries. The next administration will need d representative from the Pacific side. because the interests of this sec

 ton are already very important, with a promise of still increasing consequence. If this justice shall be awarded, no man could more intelligently represent the people of the Pacific Coast, as a member of the Cabinet, with more wisdom drawn from the experience of many years among our people, our mines and our agricultural interests, than ex-Governor Mccormick. of Ari- zona Twelve years of his life have been spent as the representative of that Territory and this Coast in official position in Arizona or in Congress. He is thoroughly conyersant with the interests, wants and people of this section. No man stands higher in public estimation. No man has more of the suavIler in mOdO; no man more deserves his popularity, His life, his character, his services are and have been without Ieproach. He is a wise, experienced, honest and perfectly re liable gentleman, respected by all, and worthy of all respect and confidence. His appointment would be hailed with unbounded atisfaction-Alta Feb. 2j.
Year: 1877

A young woman recently answered an
advertisement for a dining-room girl,
and the lady of the house seemed pleased
with her. But before engaging her there
were some questions to ask.


"Suppose," said the lady--"now only
suppose, understand-that you were
carrying piece of steak from the kitchen
and by accident should let it slip from
the plate to the floor, what would you do
in such a case ?"


The girl looked the lady square in the
eye for a moment before asking Is it
a private family, or are there boarders p


"Boarders," answered the lady.


"Pick it mp and put it back on the
plate firmly replied the girl.


She was engaged.
Year: 1877

Too little rest, too little sleep,
Too many hours to SOW and reap


At last disease and pain
Weak grows tho never-looscned hand
The strongest rope parts, strand by strand


Beneath ceascless strain.
Lot him who burns his midnight oil
In the lonely and unwholesome toll


Think, when he trims his lamp,
That thus he trims his life as well,
And hastens toward his last low cell


Its darkness and its damp.
He who would travel far and long,
And keep stately stride and strong,


Must rest beside the way.
A ceascless pace At first may win,
But he who halts at wayside inn


At last shall win the day.
To weary feet all streams are deep,
All roads are rough, all hills are steep,


As way-worn travellers know.
One hour of rest is n precious boon
To him who tolls through heats Of noon,


With painful steps and slow.
Then, ye who hope to make your mark,
Ere your last nightfall, cold and dark,


And stand above tho throng
On some far, sun-kissed height Of thought,
Or do some deed no hand hath wrought


Work, rest-and so be strong.
Year: 1877

Every particle of iron between the
stone abutments of the bridge was swept
down by the weight of the locomotive
and cars, and the huge pieces of metal
twisted and torn, and piled together
with the wreck of the train that was not
consumed, presented seemingly inextri-
cable appearance. This state of things
has caused the removal of the wreck and
the search for the bodies. to be necessarily
slow.


THE AGONY OF DEATH.


A sickening mass, resembling a huge
piece of burned beef, was the first body
Year: 1877

REMARKABLE PRESERVATION OF REMAINS
BURIED TWENTY YEARS AG0.-On Fri
day the family of the late MIR. Henry Dues
berry removed his remains from their for
mer restinS-place in Shockoe Hill Cemetery
to Oakwood. Dir. Duesberry died on the
29th OF March, 1857, and was buried about
the 31st of the same month-twenty years
ago. The remains were laid in handsome
metallic ease and buried in the family sec
tion. The grave, when opened on Friday,
was found to have in it q large quantity Of
water-indeed, the sarcophagus was entirely
submerged, the wooden box having rotted
away. When the ease was taken out
it was found covered with a thick
coating Of rust. With considerable diff
Guilty the heavy metallic plate which
covered the upper portion OF the coffin was
removed and theremaiDs exposed TO view
through the glass over the chest and face.
The remains were found to be in q state OF
perfect preservation, the face wearing as
natural an appearance as on the day OF Mr.
Duesberry's death. The clothing, shirt
collar, ETC., were just as when the burial
took place. Even the flowers in the coffin,
upon the breast and around the face OF the
deceased, looked as though they had been
put there yesterday, and instead OF being
withered had the appearance OF having 1ust
been piucked.
Year: 1877

The Young man whose heart stood
still every time through the long sum
mcr he thought ui ice cream at fifteen
cents Il plate. is now ready to lie down
and die a he smells oysters ut fifty
ccnt> a dash in the dim distance.
- lIawkcVr
Year: 1877

Learn thoroughly what you do learn,
hC ii ever 81 little, and you may speak
it with confidence. A few clearly defined
facts and IDEAS are worth whole library
OF uncertain knowledge.
Year: 1877

President Vanderbilt, of the New York
Central and Hudson river railroad, has is
sued a circular stating that of the twelve
thousand employees of the company less than


Eve hundred struck, and that no injury was
done to property. In recognition of their
fealty he directs that one hundred thousand
dollars be divided ratably, according to their
positions on the payroll, among all tho EN-.
ployes engaged in operating the road. He
says no men who, in time OF trial, embsrrass
the company can remain in or re'enter its
service, and adds that the pay will be in
creased the moment that business justifies it.
Year: 1877

CONCORD, Jan. 1.-The resolutions of
the Democratic state convention declare
firm adherence to the doctrines Of the
national Democratic platform, especially
the demand for reform endorsed at the
polls by a popular majority of 100000;
deBounce the conspiracy organized at
Washington by desperate and unscrupu.
| lous men among the leaders Of the Repub.
| lican party to thwart the clearly expressed
will of the people, through the action Of
illegally constituted and corruptiy control
| led returning boards at the south, as revo-
Iutionary and reasonable in purpose and
effect. inasmuch as it strikes at the very
life Of the elective franchise; denounce the
use of the military by President Grant in
South Carolina and Louisiana; call upon
the representatives of both houses Of
congress to unite in securing a peaceful
solution of the difficulty in which the
country is involved; counsel moderation


bus claim paramount the duty to defend


the constitution even TO the last resort;


call upon all who believe 10 the election Of


IIiiden, to unite 10 demanding his inaugu


ration and demand a reduction Of the


army. The resolutions concluded as fol
lows: Believing that Mr. Tildep received
majority of the whole number of -elec
toral votes, we pledge him our hearty an,


unqualified support in the full exercise 0


his authority 10 conformity with the con
stitution of the land.
Year: 1877

THE people of Rhode Island will hold
their genera! election to-moiTow-that is,
those of them who are allowed to vote,
several thousand foreign born citizens
being denied the right of suffrage because
they do not own real estate. The Demo
Year: 1877

THE country has been ridden to death
with soldier statesmen, so-called. These
men, bred and trained to think only Of
themselves and their companions, have
no care for the people, or the effect of
the dread Of civil war upon trade. War
is their businessman is what soldier
lives for, whether he is too cowardly to
fight or not-he recognizes state of war
as season of harvest-a time when he
may promote his own aggrandisement,
and this he is sure to do. The General
of Army never lets an opportunity slip
that he does not drawl out long speech
eulogistic of the American soldier. And
yet the glory and life of our country
heretofore was chiefly in the fact that we
had no standing army and would not
make use Of soldiers. Armies are great
cormorants and eat out the substance of
peoples, WI lie at the same time they de-
stroy all liberty and establish aristocratic
classes, from which the United States was
free. If the people will act wisely they
will urge the reduction Of the army to a
mere skeleton and advise the disband-
ment of three-fourths of the ten thousand
officers who now lounge about the coun-
try in idleness, while receiving high pay.
Only think Of the strange fact that the


rmy consists of 1900 privates and
10000 officers. The soldiers who occupy
high places will keep this up if they can.
A TRIBUNE DIsCovERY.-In an arti-
Gle on the carpet-bag exodus the New
York Tribune has made discovery
which has been apparent to all but vio-
lent partisans for many years. 1t says


"The fact is that the republican party
has been running political poorhouse
quite too long. The one fatal defect Of
its policy since the war has been that
it gave opportunity for adventures, who
were utterly without standing or consid-
Grafton in any Northern community, and
who, if not propped up by the United
States bayonets, could not have been
elected to any Office by colored men oi
the South, to fasten themselves upon the
party and the country as the representa-
tive republicans Of reconstructed States


Had the Tribune held to this view
years ago it might have done the country
a service. As it is, the very excesses o
the carpet-bag governments in the Soutl
have at length proved their downfall
The people throughout the country hav,
voted their extinction.
Year: 1877

"A lady sent note to the newspaper
to get a recipe TO cure the whoaping-
cough IN pair of twins. BY a mistake
a recipe for picking onions was uneon-
sciously inserted and her name attached,
and she received this answer through the
" Answers to Correspondence; Mrs. l..
H. B.-If not too young skin them pretty
closely, immerse in scalding water,
sprinkle plentifully with salt, and inn
merse them for a week in strong brine,
Year: 1877

The idea is rapidly gaining ground
here that perhaps the war may be fin;
ished this year. Certainly great effort
will be made. 1t is generally believed
that in the event of success Russia will
demand free passage of the straits and
autonomy of Northern Bulgaria under
some German Prince, with the guarantee
of the great powers.
Year: 1877

You may talk as much as you please
about man being able to accomplish any.
thing he undertakes if he sets about It In
earnest-we demur When it comes to
scratching the back, dead square between
the shoulders, fat man has to let out
the job, He may pierce the ocean wave
with the lightning's flash, make fraud an
honoTed profession, get up a telephone
that wiz carry Russian names without
bending the wire, but he comes TO an i'm
passable stone fence sometimes Gin.
cinRati Breakfast Table. sBiH7s oms1
Year: 1877

= HEAVY FREIGHTs. to the immense
quantity Of cotton and other heavy freights
now passing through this city the Old Do
minion Steamship Company brought, two
Of their large steamers here yesterdayAthe
Old Dominion and the Hatteras The latter
vessel left for New York last night, and the
Old Dominion will sail this morning. The
company will have another steamer here to-
day, and also one on Saturday.. -.
Year: 1877

We yesterday became little too anxious,
and hurried UP Christmas little. We hpye
Few more days yet in which to prepare and
accumulate the fund OF good ihumor and
JOY. Let us make the most OF our capital. i
Year: 1877

I On, Be JoYFUL.-A number OF citizens
| who allowed the genial glow OF the Christ


mas season to come upon them too early
land often found themselves in the hands OF
the police last night, and made business at
the station-houses rather brisker than 1t bad
been for some time past. t-Atf5.l
Year: 1877

Haste in making ones plans is less
valuable than slowness and sureness in
the consideration, and all due speed and
promtitude in carrying them out. Hasty
impressions of things are as certain to
be wrong as.hasty impressions of people;
and that half knowledge that results
from superficial scamper through
places is almost worse than no knowledge
at all. Undue haste, indeed, which
must be confounded with energetic action
wisely considered and powerfully per-
formed, is form of unwisdom to be
deprecated wherever met with, and is
sure never to come to good ends. 1t is
better to go upstairs step by step with
safety, if little slowly, than to break
your shins by mounting two at time
and tumbling over your own feet; and
it is better to come down at q sensible
and rational speed than to make one
stride, and that long one, from the top
to the bottom, with broken neck or a
bruised back as the result of your over
speed. 1t is better to go quietly up the
mountain than to rush along at railroad
pace and lay the foundations Of heart
disease in consequence and in all things
slow rand sure" go further than
Trash and swift" and the accomplish
ment of the end is more important than
the quickness Of the means by which
that accomplishment may be brought
about, but also may be entirely fl dstsat'
ed instead.