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Year: 1878

The Ozark Democrat felicitates itself upon not being so ignorant as we are in regard to the law prescrib ing the duties of Prosecuting Attor- neys. We'll, the editor of the Dem ocrat is no doubt a very smart man, but We have become convinced of one thing and that is that he is wag ing & persecution upon Major Byers to gratify some personal spite which he entertains against that gentle man; and we make it rule when au editor perverts the use of his col umns to gratify his spleen and spite, to cease answering anything he may say on that particular subject
Year: 1878

The Pine Bluff Press, one of our most highly esteemed exchanges, had an article in last Thursdays s issne headed sRnIe or Ruin," devot- ed to the task of slightly reprimand- ing the press of the Northwest for what has been said by them in re. gard to the rights of the Northwest. We must say that we rather like the general tone of the article, but we think the Press is unnecessarily alarmed, and is wasting valuable space when 1t takes a column and a half or two columns to exhort the Democrats of the Northwest net to .bolt" The very heading ot the Press article is inappropriate, for there is no more room to twit the Northwest Democracy about the rule or ruin" policy than there is to read dissertation upon the same subject to the Democracy of the Southwest, Southeast or Northeast. The democrats of the Northwest are as true as steel and if there is never any bolting done until they do It, the unity of the party will last for all eternity. So far as this paper is concerned we have added our voice to that of others in the Northwest who have spoken out on this subject only for legitimate purposes, and when it comes to aiding or encour. aging "bolt" we are not in. We have no fears, however, of anything of the kind occurring. We mean to do just what Major Newman says he will dc in the following paragraph only this and nothing more:

 "Of course, we shall fight for our choice in accordance with the recog uized rules of political warfare, and we duly acknowledge the same right in every man. This we shall do as long as there is any hope, and if we are disappointed, We shall submit to the inevitable without making any faces. The southeast has had but a single place on the State ticket, yet not word of complaint has been heard If the whole ticket is made up by the convention from the noun tain regions, we will cheerfully vote for tive will go. if we dc go. into the convention with the determina- ton of religiously abiding by the result of it's labors. We expect the great northwes. to do the same. The southeast. the southwest and the northeast are going there determin- ed to follow the piecedents of the party and to behave themselves, and expect the northwest to do the same"

 For good and becoming party be- havfor, for abiding by the precedents of the party and for conforming n our fight for our own section to the recognized rules of political warfare we dare say the record of the north west democracy will stand the test of comparison with any other section of the State.

 So rest easy, Bro. Newman, on this score, and go ahead in your fight upon the ignorant, incompe- tent officials of your county.
Year: 1878

E rVAA nAtIHs ATA%, 1ASu. -Os Q.

 Editor DEMOCRAT: Is 1t not a mat ter of surprise that man noted for clear head should become so mud dled as your nelghbor, Dr. MeGuire, seems to be upon tue coming cleo tion? Can it be that the recent hos pitality has demented the gentle man? For We imagine him almost ready to unsay the most eloquent ef- fort of his life. With battle scars yet red from a late conflict against the ring" (?) in which he was champion of the great Northwest, and with even victory still perching upon his brow, he discourages an eff fort upon the part of the Northwest to be represented among tue State offices, by committing himself exclu- sively to men in other portions of the State. He is willing to go for q northwestern man, provided there should appear chance for his elect ion. Yet in almost the same breath he commits himself for others for most every office unlsss it be for Governor. Now. we are not unwill- ing that the Dr. should be Governor if in his judgement he can afford to lay aside journalism for two short years and then resume without det- riment-but we would positively re- fuse to forever lose himasajournalist. However, we must insist that he is running crooked in this matter. Not in the sense of illicit action, but his mind seems seriously warped from it's former. position. The people of the northwest have been anxiously hoping that Judge Mansfield would allow his name to be used in con nection with the office of Supreme Judge, and now that he has consen ted, we had expected a warm en dorsement from Dr. McGuire. Bat we learn from the Arkansian that the people" are premature in this desire. Now it Is true that Judge Mansfield could not get round to tell the Dr. exactly hos it was and why his paper should be for him. And had we known the Dr. expected it we could have infor- ed him sooner of the Judges repugnancy to any thing less than genuine kindness to his fellow man and that his noble ness of character would not allow him to practice deception in any event.

 You are undoubtedly at error this time Dr. and not only the people of the northwest but the people from all parts of the State will not fail to appreciate she honesty, purity, abili- tv and high sense of justice, which is possessed by Judge Mansfield, es- pecially when it is remembered that such a combination is so rare in these days of so much depravity.

 The people of the northwest are not slone but the State of Arkansas would have member upon tue Su- preme bench to whose purity and efficiency they might point to with pride.

 Come back to us again Dr. and let us yet make them proud of this their own northwest by sending them sons with whom to honor the State.

 Come back and assist us in work of which We can never be ashamed: or will you refuse thls rare opportu nifty to assist in elscting truly an honest man to office. B.
Year: 1878

O'Clock she .wss found lying IN passage
way on the second floor of the hotel In an
insensible condition. She was carried to her
room and DR.. Webster sent for, who, after
three hours efforts, saved her life. This
morning she WAS almost entirely recovered,
although obliged to her room.
Year: 1878

The result of the election in Crawfort


shows that the ticket nominated by the


Democratic Convention, is successful


with the exception Of Sheriff and the
Member for the Legislature. The indie.
pendent republicans elect the sheriff by
90 majority, and tho representative BY
80 majority, We lose both of these Of.
fees through the raukest pcrfdy OF
men WHO were in the convention, and
obligated themselves to support the
nominees While tho Democratic party
has received blow from men in its own
camp, it will recover and purify itself ;
but the men who have proved treachor-
GUS to every honor and trust, will hard
ly ever be able to restore themselves to
the confidence and reliance heretofore
placed in them by the democratic party.
Personally, we have nothing against the
men who are elected; but, as a Demo
orat, we preferred other men, who were
the choice of n largo majority of the
Democratic party Of Crawford county.
AS test vote, Van Buren shows 81 dom
ocratic majority, and in the county 80.
Year: 1878

The Arkansas Democrat of the ID,
has card from Messrs Webb & Bur-
rows, announcing the sale of their print
ing establishment to Hon. j. n. Smithce.
Col Smithee, in connection with it, says


"By careful and strict attention to
business, l hope tc merit and receive a
liberal share Of The public patronage.
AS announced in the first number of the
Democrat, it is my aim to make the pa
per truly representative Democratic
journal, fully up with the times on every
question OF public interest. Above all,
il will be my aim to make it neuSpaper.
The past course Of the paper must be
its own guarantee as to the future"
Year: 1878

The reports from all the plague-stricll-
en- cities of the South, is terrible and
heart-siokening. From every hill and
hamlet there goes up the sincere prayer,
that the bitter cup may soon pass from
them. AT a recent session of the Epis-
copal Bishops, in New York city, the
following prayer was promulgated, and
ordered read in all the churches Of that
city


Almighty God, our refuge and
strength in time Of trouble, give ear to
our prayer in behalf OF the people who
are at this time suffering under grievous
sickness and mortality, and hide not thy
face from them in this season of their
distress remember them in mercy, not
in wrath; and stretch forth Thy mighty
hand to stay this pestilence, heal the
| sick, and deliver them not over unto
death cover with the shield of Thy
protection those who are exposed to dan
ger strengthen the weak hearted com
fort the bereaved and desolate; give TO
them that are sorrowful, beauty for ash
es, oil of JOY for mourning, and garments
of praise for the spirit OF heaviness be-
stow Thy blessing on those at home and
| abroad. who administer to the relief of
the afflicted sanctify this visitation to
the good Of the whole nation, humbling
our hearts, binding us in sympathy one
| with another, and by Thy grace making
us people-serving God, working right
eousncss so we may do honor to Thy
name and extol Thy mercy, through Je-
sus Christ our Lord. Amen"
Year: 1878

GENERAL HOwAED.-For years General
Howard suffered almost silently, under
the imputation of haying defrauded the
Freedmen's Bureau The charge WAS
heralded and repeated far and wide
throughout The country, and his assumed
guilt was made the pretext for opposing
and criticising him IN the most unfair and
unserupulous manner. In this way his
usefulness as ali officer OF the army WAS
more impaired than by any mistakes Ire
NAV have made The late investigation
Of these charges and the honorable &C
ouittaI OF Gen Howard Is an act of tardy
iustice which comes too late to repair
much Of the evil that was done both to
him and to his country; as 1t is always
hitter late than never to do right thing,
We congratulate this brave officer, whose
oalIantrv in the field and whose devotion
H. the service of his country none can
question, upon his being relieved from
the oSious and unjust burden OF these
charges. His case was investigated by
men of the most unblemished problty,
and he has bv them been fully acquitted
OF all completely in the matters referred
to in the charges made against him We
sincerely wish the g one armed hero
long career of future usefulness, and
hope that even his ener,ies may hereafter
be willing to do him justice.-Idaho
StateSaoa.
Year: 1878

A highly interesting article on the pho
nograph, written by Mr. Edison, the III


ventor OF this latest mechanical marvel,
is published in the North american Re


rier. OF the future Of the phono@raph
its inventor confesses himself unable to
speak positively, because its application
cannot be defined like that of an instru


ment intended to fulfill specific purposes,
like clock, sewing machine or a reaper.
The range of application OF the phono-
graph seems unlimited, because the ne
reduced to a minimum by the simplicity
of its mechanism, and it is not dependent
on the operation Of forces other than
purely mechanical Yet Mr. Edison has
sketched for lis description OF the uses
to which the phonograph can be put i'm
medlately and without any further impor-
tant development of its powers. Baslng
his statements on the fact that the phono-
graph captivates fugitive sounds and I'M
prisons them for unlimited reproduction,
Independent of their source of origin, he
declares that The instrument can be used
for letter phoautograpiic writing, by
which the recorded sounds can be trans
mitted through the mails and reproduced
as often as desired at distant places. 1t
is, as it were, mechanical letter reader
operated by clockw0rk. The receiver OF
the letter sits at his desk and the instru-
ment reads his correspondence for HIM as
clearly and much more accurately perhaps
than clerk could do it. In like manner
photographic books can be prepared and
the instrument can read these aloud n a
public hall or school room for the benefit
of large audiences Music can be repeated
in the same manner, and the cries, calls,
&c, used for business advertising, uttered
in sonorous tones by tireiess, lungless
piece of machinery. The surprising ac-
curacy of the record Of sounds Is proved
by their reproduction. 1t Is in these Pro
eesses that the marvellous simplicity of
the phonoTaph strikes the observer and
hearer. The childhood of the future will
be amused In manner that can be at
once entertaining and instructive, for
speaking toys viii become as common as
the squeaking dolls and dogs Of to-day.
In combination with the perfected tele-
phone the phonograph promises to revOlu-
tionize the present system of telegraphy.
1t will be no longer necessary to write
messages for telegraph operator tc read
and transmit. They can BE- spoken and
heard only by the sender and receiver,
who are interested. As the steam engine
and the telegraph have been the great
engines Of this century one Of those of
the next will undoubtedly be phonograph-
Year: 1878

An angel in the house! All, yes.
There is precious angel there
A woman formed 70 soothe and bless,
Good, if she be not fair
4 kindly, faithful, patient wife,
Cheerful, and of temper mild,
One who can lend new charms to Life,
And make man reconciled.
Oh. It's pleasant thing to sea
Such a being going to and fro,
With aspect genial and free,
Yet pure as spotless snow
One who performs her duties, too,
With steady and becoming grace,
Giving 10 each attention due


In fitting time and place.
One who can use her husbands means


With careful thrift from day to day,
And when misfortune intervenes,


Put needless wants away
Who snoothe the wrinkles from his brOw


When more than common cares oppress,
And cheers him-faitlful to her VOW


With hopeful tenderness.
One who when sorrow comes can feel


With wOman's tenderness of heart,
And yet can strive with quiet zeal,


To ease another's smart
One Wha. when Fortunes sun grows bright,


And filings the clouds of care aside,
Can baSk with pleasure in its light,


Yet feel no foolish pride.
One can check with saint-like power


Wild thoughts that spring to dangerous birth,
And wake pure feelings, as the shower


of spring awaits the earth
Bring forth the latent virtues shrined


Within the compass of the breast,
And to the weak and tortured mind


Bring confidence and rest.
Good neighbor, not to envy prone;


True wife in luxury and need,
Fond mother, not unwisely shown;


Blameless in thought and deed,
Whoever claims 81 rare wife


Thus should his earnest words be given;
"She is the angel of my life,


And makes my home Heaven"
Year: 1878

WEBSTER DIsAPPOINTNENT.- Web
ster is reported To have said to friend
that although he knew that he had a pub
lie reputation to leave 20 posterity, yet if
he we're to live his life over again, he
would, upon no consideration whatever,
permit himself to enter public life The
public, he said, are ungrateful, and the
man who serves them most faithfully re-
ceives no adequate reward Do your duty,
he added, as a private citizen, but let
politics alone. 1t is probable that he said
this substantially as it Is reported, for
there was never a more bitterl Y disap-
pointed public man Toward the end of
his life there was almost gloomy melan
choly in his aspect. At the completion
of the Erie railroad, IN 1851, as secretary
Of state he heaccompan:edpresld Fillmore
and very distinguished party Of public
men on an excursion along the road from
New York to Dunkirk, and upon reaching
Dunkirk he spoke from platform in the
street. During the speech the Easy Chair,
who was a spectator, observed that the
sun was setting just behind Mr- Webster
as he stood erect, his gray hair lifted by
the breeze, his great head and sombre,
mournful face drawn against the illumi-
mated west. 1t was significant and pa
thrtic spectacle. i little later the natIon-
al convention OF his party passed him by
and nominated another candidate for the
presidency Still little later he died, as
was generally felt, broken hearted man,
not only, it was believed, because he had
failed to receive the adequate reward"
but because OF some things he had been
willing to do to obtain it. On the even
ing Of the 9th Of March, 1850, the orator
at Plymouth Rock said to friend
and member Of congress, who told the
Easy Chair, ''to-morrow / am going 70
annihilate you-abolitionists- -"-Harp-
eT's Mdgazine-
Year: 1878

LIFE IL C0NSTANTINOPLE.-Th people
of ConStantinopie are not yet relieved
from their tension. Wild rumors gain
best growth at nightfall, and everybody
reiires in the most excited condition to
be Gained in the morning by new explain
atoms 'Hhe city is how held in check by
a firm hand, which may he thar of Ahmed
Vetik Pasha, but which bears strong
resemblance to that Of the irrepressible
Mahmoud Damah, who is again attaining
favor in high places. The government is
in constant agony Of fear lest some of
the fiery patriots OF the city should take
to bush whacking Russian soldiers, and
so precipitate the seizure of that city
which would force the Sultan to leaye
There are plenty Of Turks who openly
denOunce the Sultan as Russian Glaour,
and although there is no reason to appre-
hend an outbreak, one cannot help feeling
that each day of quiet is more than We
could EXPECT There are fiery bigots here
who believe and publicly declare that the
holy standard ought to be brought out !;
that the Sultan should give all Islam a
chance of getting to heaven by short
cut. with the alternative OF hell in case OF
disobedience to summons of the Ilhad
(holy war;. These men are the only really
hopeful men one sees. Their only hope is
that after peace with Russia they will be
able TO throw overheard all European in
ventions and return to the Koran pure
and simple as the rule of government.
In fact, their hope is TO wage successful
war against the nineteenth eentnry.-
Cor. Ne,r York Tribune.
Year: 1878

A man who eame West to grow up with
the country, embarked IN the ferry bust
ness upon one of the rivers which con-
gess has given an appropriation, and
would have done well but he had to haul
water to keep up the ferry.
Year: 1878

All this may not sound as if we were likely to
cover ourselves with much glory on the opening
day. But must repeat that, so far as can judge
from what is to be seen, and from what hear few
nations arc much more favored than we are. Ger
tainly the French are not How happens IT, then,
that under all the disadvantages have enumerated
we are so ne.rlyAbreast-in point OF preparation
with other nations 1t must be due to energy ana
good management 1t is too soon to be praislng
anybody very much The praise ought to be lett
for the end, and must be measured out in accord
ancB with results. Bat l may explain briefly what
has been done.


The idea On which Governor Mccormick has
Year: 1878

A leading article in the Time., after
considering the terrible consequences that
would follow great war, and the terrible re-
sponsibility on the power which brings it on,


concludes as follows: Nevertheless England
must adhere to this demand that the entire
treaty Of San Stefano must be submitted to
the Congress. The alternative plan suggest
ed by Russia would raise the previous ques-
tion on every clause OF the treaty, except
those which Russia Of her own accord brought
Year: 1878

08 1te10Fecs


Judge Larremere in the New York
court Of common pleas has given his decision
upon the application of Francis G. Saltenstall,
Of Chicago, for the removal of Selah tham-
berlain as receiver of Warren Z. Greenleaf,
surviving partner of the firm Of Greenleaf,
Norris & Co. Judge Larremere says as an
officer Of the court, Chamberlain is control-
ed and restricted by the courts order and
amenable to its direction, and he cannot
legally dispose of the trust property except
by general sanction. No act of his was shown
that was subversive of his trust, or that tended
to violation Of official duty. Saltenstall, as
mere creditor, should not be permitted to
vacate the judgment, without showing fraud
or collision in its recovery. A creditor can
in no case be appointed as receiver of debt
or's property. The appointment as such was
not necessarily improper and invalid, and all
authorities led. to the conclusion that re-
ceivcr appointed by court of competent jur-
isdiction and in the exercise of it's discretion,
should not be removed by any judge of the
same, court except for valid cause. Judge
Larrimere says. however, his conviction is
clear that as a nonresident or temporary
resident of the State, Chamberlain would be
disqualified. AS the question Of residence was
one of doubt he directs the referee to take
proofs and report to the court with his opin-
ion. For the present he dismissed the appli-
cation.
Year: 1878

of the most critical epochs in the history OF
India. A single false move in the con
duct Of the mission at Afghanistan
may involve not only costly front
Ter war, but wider complications. The mis-
sion forms a single step in an extensive con
certed scheme for the protection of India.


In speech read from the throne on the 9th
Emperor William expressed the hope that the
anti-Socialist bill would he adopted, and that
the spread Of the pernicious Socialist move
ment may be arrested, and that those who
have been msled by it may be brought back
to the right path. 'u
Year: 1878

The man who desires to compile
a complete catalogue of his friends can
make the work authentic by trying to
borrow five dollars in time of adver-
sity. He will have a tired pair of legs,
though, and much smaller volume
than he anticipated when the task is
completed.
Year: 1878

A Boston paper tells of a fasti-
dious and bashtul old gentleman
at Boston arrayed himself in Q
black suit Of clothing which had
been hanging in closet for sew
eral weeks, on recent Sunday,
and started out for a walk Just as
the streets were crowded with
church>goers. Before be had
gene tar his suspenders sudden>
ly parted, and, as he excitedly
clutcEed at his pants, and they
broke away like burned paper
and fell into fragments to the
ground. With shrek he fed
to homewa'd, but, before he
reached the friendly shelter OF
his house, he was almost naked,
his coat aud vest having dropped
piecemeal to the sidewalk, and as
be passed through the gate his
shirt caught upon Eail and he
was stripped to the skin.
Year: 1878

There is no better month to kill
Canada thistle, as we'll as weeds
generally, and the destruction OF
bushes, than August. It is also
peculiarly time when farmers are
not SO 1luch hurried, and wheE
the weeds have fully developed
themselves. The farmer can see
ia a glance, indeed has Seen al
the season, the necessity of cons
meneing the work OF destruction.
The best thing to be done with
weeds Of all kinds dxtirpated from.
the land Is to use them in the


compost heap, or tv gather them
IN large heaps to remain there un-
til, dry, and then burnu p, root


andbranch. The practice OF some
farmers who look only to their
ownselfish purposes, who live tor
themselves and rarely have a
neighbor with whom they are on
friendly terms, is to pull up and


throw into the public highway the
weeds from their fields. There
they are left to l1pen their seed,
and the fret wind that comes they
are carried away, sometimes for
miles, either into the land Of some
other farmer or into a stream, te
be landed along the banks for a
great distance. We have more
than once eeen people calling
themselves farmers and christians


engaged in tnls mean business.
Year: 1878

livery now aud then some chap
writes to newspaper for receipt
to prevent hair from corning ont
II men would go home from the
lodge bef,re midnight. with their
legs sober. their hair woulG hot
come onl SO rapi .ly. We always
go home early. and we have more
hair now than the day we were
born.
Year: 1878

A DISAPPOINTED lover who welt
South three months ago with a
bllghted heart and strong appe-
tite tor death aud oblivion, came
chasing back the other day with !,
face like new .hitewash, camphor
bags IN every pocket and an OYER
whelmang anxiety to behold the
scenery beyond the Lakes. YeI>
low fever and nonsense won I
bunk together.