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Year: 1875

A portion of the funds of the city
and county of San Francisco were de-
posted with Mr.. RALsToN because be-
ing a very rich man he was consider
ed perfectly safe. The result is the
Taxpayers of San Francisco have lost
aquarter of a million dollars and learn
ed the lesson that rich men are not the
most reliable persons with whom to
entrust the public funds.
Year: 1875

MopEsr.-The historic modest woman who
wanted pantalettes put ON the piano will please
step down ont of her nicho to make room for
Mrs. Kent, of Springfield, who declined to let
her daughter participate in spelling-match
because she understood some knotty words were
TO be given out.
Year: 1875

The Republican Senators held eau
Gus this morning on the order Of busi-
ness. They came to no formal under
standing. They do not think there 10
any probability Of an extra legislative
session At all necessary. as the public
business 10 in such . state Of forward
ness that il can be transacted before
the close of this congress.
Year: 1875

The herd law question agitated in
the house last week, resulted in bill
being recommended for passage pro-
viding that county commissioners may
order an election to decide Oh the re-
peal, where the law is in force, upon
petition. Under the present law there
is no provision for repeal it the people
once vote 10 nut IL IA, force.
Year: 1875

The house Pacific railroad commit
tee have agreed, by . vote Of six to
five. to report and recommend tue pas
sage Of the Texas Pacific railroad bill
as agreed to by the subcommittee.
Year: 1875

And to secure the payment of the
above note - do hereby mortgage to
the said board of county commission
ers Of -- county, state Of Kansas,
all the following described real and
personal properly to wit
Year: 1875

NEW. CIrY RAILwAY.--A meeting
preliminary to organizing q new rail.
way company under the present city
railways charter was held yesterday
at the Board of Trade Rooms.


Several of our leading and most in
fuential business men were present
or represented.


The route proposed is from Market
out Front to Monroe, thence out Reed
to jackson, thence out Chestnut to
Union, and thence along Union to an
intersection with the present City cars
on Delaware Avenue.


The meeting wasa most encouraging
one and an effort will be made at once
to raise funds for the purpose.
Year: 1875

Washington, Feb. 2G.-It is stated
that Bartlett, the attorney of the Pa
citic Mail Company, left for Minnesota
this morning to attach the property of
VIM. S. King, with view to recover
the amount received by him in con-
nectiOn with the subsidy.


Senate. Morrill,, of Vermont, from
the committee on finance, reported
back the House tax and tariff BILL
and stated that the committee was
equally divided on the bill. He gave
notice that he would call it up as soon
as the civil rights bill was disposed of
| and it was placed on the calender.


At the expiration of the morning
hour the consideration of the civil
rights bill was resumed. Thurman
offered an amendment confining the
operation of the clause in regard to the
qualifications of jurors, to jurors in
United Suites courts. He argued that
Congress had no power under the
Fourteenth amendment, to prescribe
the qualifications OF jurors in State
courts,


Immediately after the meeting of
the House this morning, Randall
made Il proposition that if the Repub-
LEANS would agree to take up the sun
dry civil service appropriation bill and
discuss it until five O'Clock, then take
n recess ill half past seven, and then
take up the force bill, for debate only,
the opposition would not insist upon
the reading of the journal, which
would consume several hours. Co.
burn gave notice that he would to-
morrow, at /. p. m, call the previous
question on the force bill. RandalPs
proposition was then accepted, and
the House went into committee of the
whole on the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill


On the arrival of the train from
Richmond at Alexandria this morn
ing, it was discovered that Ex-senator
Nye, who when last seen occupied a
section of sleeping car. was missing.
His boots were still in the berth. He
Year: 1875

DECLINED.-The STATESMAN Is in receipt
of communication written IL BLACK letter
German, the publica ion of which we must
decline until such time as We can secure the
services Of a translator
Year: 1875

The improvement in the condition OF Vice


resident Wilson continued yesterday, and he
received several visitors. A basket Of beauti-
full flowers was sent to him from the Executive
Mansion !; also box of cut flowers from an old
friend in New York. His physician believes that
he will be able to return to Massachusetts in a
week.
Year: 1875

APPOINTMENT OF A COMMITTEE BY COUNCIL TO DIS


TRIBUTE FUEL


Under resolution of Mr.. Lynch, President OF
Council Lichtenstein, last evening, appointed
the following committee to distribute fuel to the
Year: 1875

We exclude from the paper this morning
most of the report Of the investigation ut
Vicksburg, furnished by tie Associated
Press. 1t develops nothing new, and does
not aeen to us to be worth printing. It
ought usver to have been sent over the
scraa
Year: 1875

A short struggle ensued. when McHenry
fell dead in front of Slaton & Slaton's
office, with seven stabs in his breast, two
in the region of the heart. Mr.. Cooke
went home without assistance, but feel
ing himsel badly wounded, medical aid
was soon in attendance, when it was
found that he was mortally wounded, a
ball having struck him near the center of
his abdomen, ranging downward and
coming ont near the spine on the left
side. One shot also took effect near the
point of his hip bone, another struck
him lower clown on the other hip, and
the fourth made slight wound Just
above his ankle Vicks6urg Herald.
Year: 1875

BY MARY KYLE DALLAS.


1t was on Thanksgiving night, after all
the friends and relatives who had spent
a merry evening at the house had taken
themselves away with loud laughter and
invitations to "come over soon," shout
ed out of the darkness as the wagon
rolled away--after the children had been
sent to bed in high glee at the unwonted
infraction on early hours, and while his
wife was still putting away the silver and
fine table linen-that Farmer Fielding
went out alone, with lantern swinging
in his hand, to take last look at the
stable and cow-house, and make sure
that the great barn door was properly
fastened.


He should have returned in ten min
utes, but twenty had passed, wnen Mrs.
Fielding, looking at the clock, asked
herself in some surprise, what Hiram
could have found to dol And when ten
more followed without bringing him,
and ten more followed them, she grew
a little alarmed, and, tossing shawl
over her head, went down the path
that led from the kitchen to the barn
calling:


Hiram Hiram ~


There was no answer.


"Hiram 7" she called again, her voice
taking on that shrill and unmusical tone
which fright brings with it. Hiram
Speak Where are you


She stood by the barn door now. and
il was wide open, swinging in the wind
on its great hinges ; and within all was
silent and dark. There was not a sound
not a glimmer of light from the Ian
tern. Surely her husband would not
have left the barn open like that Surely
if he were there, she should see him, or
hear him at least, even if the lantern had
gone outl


"Oh, Hiram |" she cried. Don't
scare me +; don't try to scare me,
dear for indeed I'm turning faint. I'm
So"


There she paused, struck dumb with
terror. She had taken a step forward,
and her foot had struck something soft
Year: 1875

The passions which act most severely
on the physical life are anger, fear, ha-
tired and grief. The other passions are
comparatively innocuous. What is called
the passion of love is not injurious until
it lapses INTO grief and anxiety; on the
contrary, it sustains the physical power.
What is called ambition is of itself harm
less; for ambition, when it exists purely,
is a nobility lifting its owner entirely
from himself into the exalted service of
mankind. 1t injuries when it is debased
by its meaner ally, pride; or when, slim
ulating man to too strenuous efforts
after some greet object, it leads him to
the performance of excessive mental or
physical labor and to the consequences
that follow such effort.


The passion called avarice, according
to my experience, tends rather TO the
preservation of the body than to its de-
terioration. The avaricious man, who
seems to the luxurious world to be de-
barring himself of all the pleasures of
the world, and even TO be exposing him
self to the fangs OF poverty, is generally
placing himself in the precise conditions
favorable to a long and healthy exist
ence. BY his economy he is saving him
self from all the worry incident to penu.
ry; by his caution he is screening him
self from all the risks incident to specu-
lation or the attempt to amass wealth by
hazardous means; by his regularity of
hours and perfect appropriation of the
sunlight, in preference TO artificial illu-
mination, he rests and works in periods
that precisely accord with the periodicy
of nature; by his abstemiousness in liv-
ing he takes just enough to live, which
is precisely the right thing to do accord
ing to the rigid natural law. Thus, in
almost every particular, he goes on his
way freer than other men from the ex-
ternal causes of all the induced diseases,
and better protected than most men from
the worst consequences of those diseases
which spring from causes that are nm
comfortable. Popular Science Monthly
for NoUember.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Bloomington
Pdntagraph gives some interesting
items of the "deep snow in Illinois in
the winter of 1S30-31. He says:


The snow fell about thirty inches
deep. 1t then cleared off a little, then
it again showed till it was four feet deep.
1t was so soft / could walk through it
and the quails, when they flew, would
light in the snow and be buried, so you
could run your hand down into the
snow and get them out. In this way
you could catch an entire covey by
watching where they lit. The prairie
chickens would die III the drifts with
their tails SO that the snow banked over
them and fastened them in. You could
dig ont all of these you wanted also in
little while. But the great destruction
was with the deer we caught-thirty-
eight in two days, by four boys aud
three dogs. A slight crust formed on
the snow, which small dog could rln
on. When the deer came over o drift
they would break through. We were
going over or across some hollows when
we met three deer, with the dogs close
behind them. jumped out ahead of
big horned fellow, and the dog laid hold,
and all of us, being over "A hollow filled
up with loose snow some fifteen feet
deep, went To the bottom. Il happened
to get tail hold, and not fearing the
horns so long as l had good hold, we
were badly covered up in the snow. The
old buck commenced climbing up the
side hill till his horns reached the crust,
when he soon made hole through it,
but before he got out l cut his ham,
string. My comrades were looking all
around to see how they would get us
out The little dog followed me out,
and started off for another deer. The
last four we caught we brought home
alive. They had shed their horns and
were poor. We put them in n lot with
cattle, and they stayed till grass be-
came quite plenty, and then they forgot
to come back.


The drifting of the snow was very
deep. A long lane with high rail fence
was nearly covered, stakes and all. 1t
was a month before we got road
through the lane, and, when the snow
went off, the road-bed was four or five
feet high, hard and solid. The ten-ox
sled-load of youngsters would some
times upset and dump them in the
mud. All through the winter the
snow lay on the ground like floor,
never melting by the sun till near the
last of March. The frost was nearly
out before this, as we found in hunting
for sassafras for tea, which was the drink
in those days.
Year: 1875

the Fair. 1t contained the proceedings
of each day Of the Fair, local items OF In
terest, happy hits, &c.


RUBBER works in Bellaire is the talk,
now.


Col. g. l. PooRMAM will speak in
Barnesville tomorrow night.


The first two days Of the BarnesylIle
Fair caused the hearts of all interested to
beat high with hope and bright anticipa-
tions OF II glorious success. But Thurs
day morning came, the day that was to
eclipse all the other days, not only oil
the Barnesvllle Fair, out all other Fairs
in this section; but how changed the
scene! Sadness and gloom had taken
the place Of joy and rejoicing, and hearts
were sad that beat high with hope and
gladness the day before. But towards
evening yesterday the heavens ceased 70
weep, the frownS she had wore
few hours before passed away
and bright smiles played upon the face
of the sky, and then bright smiles OF
hope came back to all those who were
sad The Executive committee then
wen: to work and had bills struck an
nouncing that the Fair would be continued
over Saturday, and that the balloon as
cension would positively take place on
Friday afternoon regardless of the
weather, and Offering extra inducements
for trolting. The whole thing yesterday
evening, looked favorable for good
Fair yet, and the committee are making
extra exertions to have it turn out so.
Year: 1875

cussion of each topic Immediately after
the address or formal paper in which
it is presented.


Such meetings have been held with
great profit in number of places in
the west. They may be held under
the auspices of the county agricul-
tural society, Of county council Of
oranges, or single grange or club,
or in default of action by any one of
these, a half dozen farmers can readily
make all needed arrangements.


When there seems a lack of interest,
aud it is thought not advisable to
arrange for such an institute or con-
vention, much may be done by having
lectures ON agricultural topics. In
some cities the "lecture business" is
said TO have been overdone, but GER
tainly this is not true of most farming
communities. A lecture by a compe-
tent person on any one of score of
subjects more or less directly connected
with agriculture would be of value to
any agricultural community. Often
times there are men fully competent
to deliver such lectures in the county,
and if not they can be secured at n
cost which will be amply repaid by the
good done. .--Rrdl World.
Year: 1875

Awriter SAYS: "Ncver take "Come
and see me-" ms a phrase meant in
earnest unless it be accompanied with
a date. Such an invitation amounts
to nothing at all. If a lady or gen.
tlcman desires your company he or she
will appoint a time for your visit.
"Call on me when you can make it
convenient drop in as you are
passing" Make us visit whenever
YOU have an hour or two to spare"
are social antiquities by which men
and women of the world understand
that they are not expected to do the
thing requested. When people wish
to be cheaply polite there is nothing
like this kind of vagueness. The COM
plimentary, small change of society
must always be taken at large dis
count. 1t is never worth its face or
anything like it. Yet it is a conve-
nient medium of exchange, and heavy
debts of gratitude that ought to be
SECUTED in better coin are often paid
with it. People who have more polish
than principle use it lavishly-plain,
blunt, honest men, sparingly or not at
all. Whoever makes friendly visit
to fashionable house ON the strength
of mere "Come and see me- will
very often find that the family circle
he has dropped into by request is as
ungcnial ms the Arctic circle, and he
will probably leave it with a chilly
feeling that will prevent him from
venturing into the same high latitude
again. But when whole-souled man,
whom you know to be your friend,
grasps you vigorously by the hand and
saws, "Come and dine with me to-day
dinner on the table at 5 o'clock--be
sure to come-we shall expect YOU,
YOU can take it as certain that your
presence is warmly desired. 1t il
pleasant always to make or receive a
visit from a friend, but nod on
the street is all sufficient from a
fashionable acquaintance.
Year: 1875

SEED PER ACRE AND SEASONS FOR
SOWING.


The table annexed, as amended by
us, with time for sowing and quantity
per acre, will be found valuable for
reference. The letter ga" signifies
the month when they may be sown:
Year: 1875

SHE was one Of those sentimental
young creatures who linger at the door
way to bid you goodbye in the star
light, and after she parted from him
the other night, she went up to her
room murmuring: "Yes, ! would
know it was hard times, by the kind Of
hair oil be uses pow,"
Year: 1875

Mr.. CHAs. DUDLEY WARNER, wri-
ting of the Italians says: "1he Italian
is a talking machine; you only need to
touch a spring and he is perpetual mo-
ton. Ifwords were deeds the Italians
would have gabbled themselves into
the seventh heaven of prosperity long
ago. They are not without ambition.
They want to shine, to he rich, above
all to be conspicuous in position, or in
clothes. They have Il noble inflated
ambition to be somebody. But they
are not willing to work for it. They
hope to speculate themselves by a
kind of internal evolution into some
shining position. What they want,
and it seems only reasonable that they
should have it, is republic in which
nobody will be obliged to do any work
or pay any taxes, and every one will be
in the first position. Clearly it need
a revolution for this
Year: 1875

You are well off when you are in a
healthy neighborhood, with enough to
eat and drink, comfortable, we'll
ventilated apartment to sleep in, and
you are paying all your expenses and
laying up something-even slowly
for a rainy day, and, in addition to all
this, acquiring knowledge and strength
enine your character. Young men
whose situation combines all the pre-
cceding advantages should be very
cautious about exchanging such a GER
tainty unless it be for another certain
ty. Happiness does not depend upon
great wealth so much as it does upon
independence and intellectual and
moral culture.
Year: 1875

HE DEMOCRAT is thoroughly in- dependent in it's course, unde" nc pledge or covenant to support the schemes or fortunes of any man or set of men, always having at heart

 first, the good of the people of Pope county, and of the state of Arkan sas. It claims no right to lead or direct in politics, or any other sphere; but it does claim the right, and will fearlessly and at all times assert it, to speak its own opinions, on all matters coming within the scope of its duty as an independent journal. Whatever prominence it maintains in the affairs of this county or State, will be voluntarily accorded by the people who support it. In short the DEMOCRAT wishes to be judged solely upon it's own merits as a local and state ncwspa- per, having for its chief object the dissemination of the news of the day with such comments upon current topics as seem appropriate and arc conscientiously entertained by its management. It will heartily sup port all movements, political or otherwise, which promise to fur thur, and unhesitatingly oppose those which would jeopardize, the interests of the people. In every department it will be as enterpris- ing as it's patronage will justify. Sensible men will approve the busi- ness management that cxpen- allure to the bounds of income; On- ly fools or enemies expect a degree of excellence in all points that can alone De attained by the possession of resources and income.
Year: 1875

to tell the truth, had the vision before my fancy of benign, compassionate, el- derly Mrs. Draper, with whom, perhaps, might venture to throw of my false pre- lenses. and by whose aid some way of es- cape might yet offer.

 "Y0u can possibly imagine something of my dismay when was received instead by your daughter, and began to realize the sacriIege to which I seemed helplessly committed. made some foundering at tempts to deliver myself even then, but so evident was it that should fail to put in an appearance, your pulpit must be empty, and my poor friend DrurY dis graced in his own eyes, and so impossible did it seem to expose myself 10 your daughters just indignation, that I silenced my scruples and yielded to the delight which Miss Draper's dignifed. yet most friendly hospitality afforded. YOu will do me the justice to believe that did not know until late on Sunday morning that your family was so small, or l should not have been so rude as to intrude upon Miss DFaper's solitariness, and by that time, must confess. it had become so delightful to me to remain, that I presumed upon the evidently accepted custom.

 Forgive me, if seem to magnify my OuCuSG 1Ka1USt NOuL 16ulIlIS dDONC tu&b against your sacred office. The truth is, that as my associations have been hereto fore altogether with the Episcopal Church, my notions of the conduct of other de- nominational services were very crude, and it was only when found myself about to offer audible prayer in public, that any consciousness of the impiOusness of my imposture came home to me.

 "1 glanced down at Miss Draper and met such a troubled look in response to my almost agonized gaze, that instantly determined that she at least should be spared, so far as I was able to shield her, any wound to her sweet piety and beauti- full loyalty to you and your official iEteT- ests. So, rallyiDg all my courage and force, I prayed and preached as we'll per- haps as a law student of my caliber could be expected to do, but you will readily believe that can never have a sharper trIal of nerve than that Sundays service cost me. ..- ...v .-...#

 "And now, if dared ask favor of one so deeply wronged, should beg yUu to withhold the fact of my criminal nasque- rade from Miss Draper, for, although, when my averaging conscience drove me from your house in the early dawn of Monday morning, yielded to irresistible impulse and wrote little note, telling her l was worthless scamp, yet it would kill me should she know how I had wronged her f'ever-precious' aea1n care fully erasedl Hospitality. And if the time should ever come when your righteous anger at my impiOus presumption should soften so that you could tell her that my, to her, unknown crime was born of ignor- ance and compassion for a suffering friend. it would be the best hope possible to Your Obedient servant,

 ''CHAKLEs WxTHRoP.

 "P S.-I gave my first name only to Miss Draper, but l am tine unworthy son re Teparation n po"aibie % oT sny pubIic @ aetno~ 1 edrement which voT nav ordain5 ii is my earnest desire to render at once CIV"

 CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK a p.
Year: 1875

The Supreme Court of New Hamp-
shire refuse to decide the question ~
to the eligibility Of Proctor and Priest
in the State Senate, simply because,
we presume, the question does not
come properly before them.
Year: 1875




Pail Mall Gazette. rs f~o


The latest novelty" in woman at
tire does not sound comfortable. She
has, it seems, adopted a garment in
which it is almost impossible to walk or
sit down, or to enter carriage, and
which car only be worn by throwing the
body into the most powerful oontortions
according to the instructions specially
given by the dressmakers who manufac.
ture it. The Paris correspondent of the
Queen gives the following account of this
new article of dress; "Demi-trains,"
says the correspondent, are inconve-
nient for the street, and even for getting
into q carriage, and they 60 SO tied back
and banded with elastic that walking,
and, above all, sitting down are not easy,
careless movements of yore. Some
dressmakers give instructions as to the
management of the demi-trains. The
best manner Of gathering up the train is
to turn to the right, bending slightly
backwards, and to take hold of the dress
as low down as possible. When you
straighten and stand upright again the
skirt will be slightly lifted and thus be-
come no longer than short costume.
When you wish to let the skirt trail
again you must throw it, back with q
sweep of the right hand. This will be
found much more graceful way of pre-
serving the train from contact with the
streets than by lifting it on each side
with both hands. Man dressed in coat
or pair of trousers involving so much
trouble and agony would hardly feel up
to performing those duties which woman
kindly proposes to take on her own hands.
She is, however, very strong-minded, and
delights in life OF active occupation."