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Year: 1878

Battenfeld, of the Russellville DEMOCRAT, few weeks since made big blow abont a 4-poupd potato which some farmer had donated to him. The Advance of last week ask ed if some Benton county farmer could not beat it. Parson Larkin Scott, who is "boss granger" as we'll as a gospel-dspencer, Thurs day sent to this office two huge sweet potatoes, one weighing four pounds, and the other four pounds and a half, and they would have grown larger but there was not room in the hill. Come again Brother Batten6eld.- Bentonvllle Advance.

 Now to settle this matter and show Benton County just how bad Pope can beat her in the sweet later line, we want some of our good farmers to send us one which will beat Donan clear out of sight.
Year: 1878

Let every Democratic voter in the Fourth Congressional District re- member that next Tuesday is the day for our congressional election. And while it is certain-almost as certain as any event to transpire in the future can be said to be-that the regular democratic candi- date will be elected, yet let us re- mind each voter that our liberties are only retained by the exercise of eternal vigilance. The mere fact of our district being largely democratic will avail us nothing unless we go to the polls and record our vote for our candidate. It is by indifference and apathy that we often see large ma jorities dwindle away, and allow a weak enemy to overcome us. It Is but one step from luke warm party membership to defeat and demorali- zation. Therefore we regard it as Il matter of importance that the full strength of the democratic party should always he polled at our con- gressional elections, and we urge all good democrats to come up to the polls bright and early next Tuesday, and vote. See that you get the right tlcket correctly written or printed thus: THOMAS NJ. GUNTER.
Year: 1878

Another old Pope county merchant, has found his trade and business grown to such proportions that he has just been compelled to add 20 foot extension to his house. "Hon est Bob' needs no commendanon to the people of Pope. He is a part of them and stands among our business men as one of the best and most prudent. He has just opened his fall and winter stock selected by himself and bought with special ref erence to the wants of his trade. In all lines of goods kept in Q we'll reg ulated dry goods establishment, hls stock Is fall and complete Dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, hats. hardware, ready made clothing and everything else that yoa want may always be found at his establishment ond a more pleasant and aceoumo dating lot of salesmen you will never find any where. l. is q pleasure to see prosperity attend such men and firms as this.
Year: 1878

This is the oldest drug house in the place. The stability of the con cern is established beyond all hazard or doubt, and the fine, roomy brick building which they have just erect ed on the corner of Main and Jeffer- son Streets, and which they now occupy with one of the best kinds of drug stocks, is the admiration of all who visit our town. The proprie

 tors are native Pope county men and have been in the drug business for many years. They commenced on a small capital, but by fair dealing and strlct business management they they now have grown to be drug

 firm of no mean proportions. The propmetors were both in the markets this fall and their stock is now one of the best to be found in the western part of the State. The. manner in which their new house is fitted out and stocked indicates a well merited prosperity in business. Not only are they able to supply all calls for goods in their line to the retail trade, but to smaller dealers throughout the country they will offer strong Inducements.
Year: 1878

Why doesn't New York put a wdeel before it's Barrow street? What's the use in doing things M halves!

 Even in Ohio when a bad man is warned to leave neighborhood he can't travel too fast to keep ahead of huckshot.

 It is only in New York that a street car, hearse, horse, a man, two boys and COW conld have a general collision.
Year: 1878

The mysterious injuries to the head and face Of
Dudley Wilcox, the lawyer who died In an ambulance
on Friday, while being removed from No. l52 Chat
ham street, stated In yesterdays HERALD have
been explained by the attendant at the Aorgue who
received the body and the driver OF the ambulance.
1t appears that while the former functonary was In
the OF transferring the corpse TO the dead house
the wheelbarrow which II placed slipped from
bis hands and toppled throwing the dead man
the sharp eoges OF the broken pavement. The fall
inflicted heavy cash on the temple ana a confused
wound on the faee OF deceased From Ihcse wounds
the blood had flowed freely.


Deputy Coroner Cushman made autopsy ysster-
day found that death had been caused bv disease
OF the heart No one called to claim the body ana is
will be interrod In Potsers Field.
Year: 1878

DANGEROUS The new earth around the
walls which enclose the national subterra-
mean gas-machine at the custon-house is
settling, and in consequence the pavement
above it is gradually going. down too.


There are already two cavities, which have a
dangerous look to people passing along
Bank street. There is no danger, it seems,
of either the walls or the roof OF. the gas
works giving way, but nevertheless DR..
Mills would do well to erect q barricade to
warn persons from the locality.
Year: 1878

SUICIDE ON WEST BRoAD STREET.-Mrs


Mary. Ann HebriDg, aged about fifty-tWo


years, who resided at No. 92O west Broad
street, died yesterday about II O'Clock from


the ELECTS OF a dose oil. arsenic. The arsenic
was taken about B O'Clock ON Sunday after.


noon, and had beendn her possession about


eighteen months, she having determined
about that time to commit suicide, but re-


strained herself on account OF. her chill
.dren until Sunday. at the 4 inquest


yesterday 1t. was ascertained that she


bad made every preparation for death; !;
even taking out her burial-c clothes and max
ing other arrangements for her end. Her
occupation had been that OF milk-yender,
and some time since she went around with
o near relative to show him where her Gus
toners lived. This circumstance. ,at the
time did not impress the family, but now it
appears that she had an object in view.


About O'Clock on Sunday evening her
singular manner excited the anxiety OF her
household, and messenger was sent for
DR.. Davis. Upon his arrival she laughingly
denied having taken the poison, but the
family insisted that she had. Finally the
Doctor succeeded in getting the family
and gave an account Of the whole af-
i lptl uS al SCbtSi WnS uUOu SllCCS
Of sausage. She was very fond OF
sausage, and resorted to this methRd
in order to keep the poison down aid
avoid nausea. She then walked about and
discharged her household. duties in order
that the poison might permeate her system
thoroughly, and thus she would in q short
while be beyond the reach OF medical aid.
During all this conversation with the Doctor,
who used every remedy possible to restore
her, she was not only cheerful but seemed
happy at the thought that her life was so
near its close. She told him that all he
could do would avail nothing, and that,
she had prayed to God that the
arsenic might do its work speedily and well.
Shortly before her death, while in great
pain, and just before she became uncon-
cious, she was asked if she was not sorry
for her act and did not desire to lie restored.
She promptly replied in the negative, and
seemed happy at the knowledge that her
earthly trouble was almost over.


The jury rendered verdict in accordance
with the facts.
Year: 1878

FEAST AT TRINITY CHURCH.-The ladies OF
this church commenced holding q feast in
the 1ecture-room OF the church last night,
and fronl.th encouragement received they
propose to continue every night this week.
They have supplied themselves with oil
kinds Of good things, and are prepared to
entertain their friends and the public gene
"
Year: 1878

Now that the gathering season is
most over and the farmers are stor-
ing away or sending to market the
products and enjoying the profits
of their farms, we reasonably look
for some report of the present years
yield, but, so far, have failed to see
any. Why is it, now that we have
a RECORD, that the farmers and all
other classes don't profit by it and
advertise their lands and products
The reason is certainly the result of
a want of organization. Then sup
pose that each township organize
into club, and at some suitable
time in the spring, have meeting
and each one report the number Of
acres planted Of the various kinds of
crops, let the secretary condonse
the same and report to the county
paper. In the same way in the fall,
make report Of the average yield
per acre Of the several crops. But
as | am not farmer, l will leave
that matter for some enterprising
farmer to set in order.


Health in this vicinity is quite
good, the weather very dry and
business rather dull. The crops are
very short-corn, about a half crop.
In consequence Of the yellow fever
being reported at Newport, the tide
of pedestrian cotton pickers has be-
gun to flow northMard, having ae--
quired but a small sum of the much
coveted G. b. D.
Year: 1878

TIE real attitude of the Demo-
cratic party on the greenbaek issue
lies not in the adoption of extreme
theories; but rather, in an agitation
for the retirement OF the National
bank currency and its replacement
by greenbacks. Were the place OF
the National bank notes filled by
the National currency we should
save the interest on the bonds
which are deposited in the treasury
as security for the former. This
saving would amount to in the
neighborhood of Fifteen millions of
dollars year. The policy could
also be announced OF moderate is
sues of greenbacks if the business
needs of the country should seem
to call for them. The mere an
nouncement of such policy would
cause money to circulate more
freely. Probably the most power
full of all The causes of the money


stringency which has annoyed and
even distressed our people for the
past five years has been the fact


that our currency, in the hands ol
the hoarders, has steadily appreci-
ated In value. This interesting
member Of society, by merely


clinglng to his greenbacks, an6
doing nothing, has made money
Through their enhancement. If ht


Is once made to realize that they


are liable TO depreciate on hi:
hands he will be willing to pas:
them around. But Of course sucl


a system would have to be sur


rounded by many safeguards ant


administered with iare moderation


aud wisdom. A mere deluge o
yreenbacks would result in mo


mentary saturnalia, to be followed


as the night the day, by fas


thronging disaster.
Year: 1878

In the PONET BUILDING, Main street
One suite of front rooms and single
rooms to suit. with good view of the city
Hot and cold baths and gas all through
the house. Enquire on premises of Mrs
Gray. sis
Year: 1878

Many people think butter cannot he
made without a large amount Of pains
taken, such as heating the milk. set
ting it on a swinging shelf. z and a dozen
other ways that cur grandmothefs
never heard Of. And yet they made
good yellow butter Now I have the
idea that | make as good butter as ehs
one esn At all events, I can sell it 1t
all seasons Of the year fer the highest
i,.iee to special buyers. Now say plan
for good butter is to have all ar6iciss
used f9r milk or cream kept sweet ans
clean. In warm weather I pos. aiss.is
pint of cold water to a galioIi of 4ulIk
when strained. except such as intend
TO use en- the table. In that put no
water, fer l ike to have good, rich
milk to use. In Winter 1 pour about
quart of boiling water to each GALLON
and half of milk that Is set for cream;
thus the cream Is made to rise to The
surface quicker, and makes better cream
too. As seon as taken from the .n5lE
it is placed IN a little warmer place 10
thicken But IN Winter f left tsa
long 1t becomes bitter. Therefore
ehurn as soon as it becomes a little sogr
l then have the best Of butter never
work butter twice except It Is very soft
and only in warm weather; for fad
that working butter 50 much only tends
to destroy the grain, causing It to taste
oily. Neither is much working at al
necessary unless the cream is allowed to
stand to long SO as to become clabbered.
| 10 not Slow cream TO clabbeq, but
.,st to thicken a little
Year: 1878

The wife of a Pennsylvania physi-
clan had or imagined vision, in which
she was told that she possessed mira
culous power Of finding gold The hus-
band believed the revelation was from
friendly spirits, and they went together
to Arizsna, where they prospected dill
gently. At length they disappeared
from their hotel, and were away four
days An exploring party was formed,
and the couple were found sitting under
the pines in the mountains, nearly
starved to death. They had deliberate
ly gone to die of starvation. The man
had taken with hun into the retreat
where they expected to meet death only
four ounce vial Of water, with which
he now and then wet his-wife's parehed
lips to ease her furnishing pangs. Food
was forced on them, and on regaining
sufficient strength they explained that
being disappointed in their search fo1
gold, and having no money, they had
decided to die.
Year: 1878

An Ohio young man sat down the
other day and wrote on the backs of a
couple of postal cards. Then he turned
them over and directed them, but by
sone mischance placed the address on
the wrong cards. The result was that
shirt manufacturer got very polite
invitation to go carriage riding some
where out in Ohio, while the young
mans girl was made frantic by receiv
ing the following: please send mt
samples of the stuff your shirts ar,
made OF"
Year: 1878

Not many years ago, when a lofty
building was on the point of completion,
the mason who was finishing the highest
portion was in the habit OF whistling to
the laborer who was attending him when
ever he wanted fresh supply Of lime,
and, as the scaffold on which he wrought
was rather small, this occurred very often
during days work. A joiner who was
fitting in a window Immediately under
Death, noticing Pat answer dutifully TO
every whistle from the mason, thought of
playing trick on him by initiating the
whistle, and thus brought him up with
hodful of lime when there was no room
for 1t. The mason told Pat that he had
not whistled, so he had no other alterna-
tive than to trudge back with his load
This having occurred for the third time
during one day, Pat thought he would
watch to hear where the whistle came
from. He had not waited long with the
hod on his shoulder when he heard the
identical whistle directly underneath
where he stood, and, leaning over, he saw
the head Of the joiner protruding out of
the window Immediately below. Pat,
without more ado, emptied the hod right
over the whistler's head. The Joiner
yelled and spluttered while attempting to
clear himself from the adhesive mass
and, in the midst of his confusion, heard
Paddy above shouting at the top of his
voice, "Whistle when you want more
ElOrtarn
Year: 1878

Lieutenant Sayce, retired officer of the
British army, has patented steel shield
tor soldiers. 1t is carried, when required,
by the men, suspended in front of the
chest, and in this position protects the
vital parts of the body; but the particu-
lar feature in these shields, and which the
inventor claims as the special novelty, is
their use, when several are set up in
line upon the ground, in protecting the
men while lying down or kneeling and
firing from behind them. The shields,
being slipped eff the hooks, are set up by
themselves, hinged double rest at the
back supporting them, this rest requiring
to be fitted in 2 particular manner, to en-
able the shield, when standing by itself,
to resist the shock of bullet striking it,
without being overturned. This arrange
ment proves to be considerable difficulty
In pertecting the invention The princf-
pal objection is the weight, but more than
this would have to be carried extra, were
it once proved there was an advantage in
doing so, heavier weights having been
formerly submitted to in ancient times,
when physical activity was as necessary
as it is at the present. One cart would
carry a supply for two companies of a
regiment, as the shields need not be issued
to the men until they are in proximity to
an enemy
Year: 1878

We have sometimes had no little diff
Guilty procuring seed corn that would ger
inmate. Some seasons the corn is not
sufficiently ripened before the frost. On
this subject the Cincinnati Grange Bui-
letin tells why these failures occur, and
adds few seasonable hints on the saving
of tomato seeds.


The perfecting Of seed is the whole end
and ain of all annual plants; the whole
energies of the plant, from termination
Of the seed down to the frost that kills
the plant and stops the flow Of sap. are
absolutely required to make perfect seed.


The Immature sap of young plant
never could produce mature seed; it re-
qulres all the whole volume from infancy
to maturity, the weak and the strong life
blood or the plant, to give the seed its
full power of transmission. Especially is
it necessary that the last remaining flow
Of sap from the stalk, matured by age,
the season and the approach Of winter,
should enter the seed. Hence to deprive
seed of this final act is to weaken it; it
may have vitality enough without it to
grow and produce other seed, but it is
itself immature, and must produce imma-
ture seed.


To gather corn in the glazed state, and
hang it up in the shade, is to deprive it of
all the mature sap of the plant, and also
Of the ripening influence of the sun.


Nature never ripens seed in that man
ner. She gives it every chance, every in
fuence, every particle of nourishment
from the suns rays, the nights dews, and
the perfecting influence of the waning
season. This much for corn especially,
but also for all others.


Tomato seeds require different man
agement, because they are more tender
In this case leave the earliest, finest.
smoothest, largest fruit on the vines till
slight frost admonishes us of winters ap-
proach. Then gather them, lay them on
a board in the sun during the day, but in
the house at night, for three or four days
then cut the tomato in half across the
stem way, scoop out the core, seeds and
all, throw them into bucket till they
sour and ferment, wash out the seeds, dry
perfectly In the sun, not in the oven, and
put away in "a dry place
Year: 1878

When Sir William Smith, a wealthy
English miser, was, at seventy years of
age, deprived of his sight, he felt it to be
a terrible aff1iction. He was persuaded
by Taylor, the celebrated oculist, TO be
couched; who was, by agreement, TO have
sixty guineas if he restored his patient to
any degree of sight. Taylor succeeded
IN his operation, and Sir William was en-
abled to read and write without the aid
of spectacles during the rest of his life
But no sooner was his sight restored, thar
the baronet began TO regret that his agree
ment had been for so large a sum; he
felt no joy as others would have felt, but
grieved and sighed over the loss of his
sixty guineas. His thoughts were now
how TO cheat the ocuIist; he pretended
that he had only a glimmering, and could
see nothing distinctly; for which reason
the bandage on his eyes was continued a
month longer than the usual time Tay-
Ior was deceived by these misrepresenta-
tons, and agreed TO compound the bar
gain, and accept twenty guineas instead
Of sixty. Yet Sir William was an old
bachelor, and had no one to care or pro-
vide for. At the time Taylor attended
him, he had large estate, an immense
sum Of money in stocks, and thirty thou
sand dollars in the house.


When the government desired to bor-
row large sum of money from the i'm
mensely wealthy miser, Foscue, he re-
fused the loan on the plea of poverty.
Fearing, however, that some Of his neigh
bors, among whom he was very unpopu-
lar, would report his immense wealth to
the government, he applied his ingenuity
to discover some effectual way of hiding
his gold, should they institute a search to
ascertain the truth or falsehood of his
plea. With great care and secrecy he
dug deep cave in his cellar; to this re-
ceptacle for his treasure, he descended by
d ladder, and to the trap-door he attached
spring lock, so that on shutting it would
fasten of itself. BY and by the miser dis
appeared; inquiries were made; the house
searched; woods explored. and the ponds
were dragged, but no Foscue could they
find; and gossips began to conclude that
the miser had fled with his gold to some
part where, by living incognito, he could
be free from the hands of the government.
Some time passed on; the house in which
he had lived was sold, and workmen were
busily engaged in its repair. In the pro-
gress OF their work they met with the
door of the secret cave, with the key in
the lock outside. They drew back the
door and descended with light The
first object upon which the lamp reflected
was the ghastly body of Foscue, the mi
ser, and scattered about him were heavy
bags Of gold and ponderous chests of un-
told treasure; a oandlestick lay beside
him on the floor. The worshipper of
mammon had gone into his cave to pay
his devoirs to his golden god, and became
4 sacrifice to his devotion.
Year: 1878

A correspondent of the Detroit Free
Press says the man who is honored above
all others In legal circles in New York is
Charles O'Conor. He looks quite as well
as before his wonderful battle with death,
when the doctors gave him up, and he
took the fight entirely into his own hands.
Alr. O'Conor was always delicate in ap-
pearance, and is so still, but, as the issue
of his contest with death proved, he has a
constitution of wonderful elasticity and
recuperatlve power. He is now entirely
out OF active practice, but he occasionally
acts as counsel in important cases, confin
ing himself exclusively to an examination
OF the law, and never appearing in court.
All his professional brethren, from the
highest to the lowest, willingly concede
his profound knowledge and clear acu-
men, but all are ready to declare that his
high reputation is due quite as much TO
his lofty personal character as to his legal
learning. There are other lawyers who
can scarcely be called inferior to him as
Jurlsts, but there is no other who has
won SO high place In the confidence
that rests on pure and strict integrity.
de has seen nearly all those who were
near to him pass away, and now is lone
ly old manAbut his Life does not change.
Most OF his time is spent In seclusinn, anG
1t Is but rarely that he seeks social enjoy
ment OF any kind. The few friends who
are sufficiently intimate to visit him he is
always glad to see, but his relation to So
eiety at large is very much hike that Of an
snchorite,