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Year: 1875

TIE DEMOCRAT is thoroughly in- dependent in it's course, under no 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 fearlcssly and at all times assert it, to speak its own opinions, on all matters coming within the scope of1its 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 local and state ncwspa- per, having for it's chief object the dissemination of the news of the day with such comments upon current topics as seem appropriate and arc conscientiously entertained by it's management. It will heartily sup port all movements, political or otherwise, which promise to fur thur, and unhesitatingly oppose those which would jcopardizc, tho 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 limits expen- diturc to the bounds of income; on- ly fools or enemies expect a degree of excellence in all points that can alone be attained by the possession of resources and income.
Year: 1875

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 Teach them self-reliance.

 Teach them to make bread. Teach them to make shirts. Teach them to wear thick, warm shoes.

 Teach them how to wash and iron clothes.

 Bring them up in the way they should go.

 Teach them how to make their own dresses.

 Teach them that a dollar is on- ly an hundred cents.

 Teach them to cook a good meal of victuals.

 Teach them how to darn stock ings and sew on buttons.

 

 Teach them every day, dry, hard practical common sense. Teach them to say No, and mean it; or Yes, and stick to it. Teach them to wear calico and do it like queens.

 Give them good, substancial common school education.

 Teach them that a good rosy romp is worth fifty consumptives. Teach them to regard the mor- als, and not the money of their beaux.

 Teach them all the mysteries of the kitchen, the dining-room and the parlor. Teach them the more one lives lives within his income the more he will save.

 Teach them to have nothing to do with incorporate and dissolute young men.

 Teach them the further one lives beyond his income the near CT he gets to the poor house.
Year: 1875

ps- NOTICE TO CAPTAINS or We ssELs ENTER
ING THE PORT OF NEW FORK AT NIGHT-The NEW
YORK HERALD has adopted a distinguishing Coston night
signal Tor use on board the HERALD yacht show.
ing while burning the coors green red. changing
the other succession, and can be
tra distant Captains OF vessels upon seeing this
signal will oblige by preparing any marine news
they may have for the Ship News Department OF the
HERALD


R1- Persons desirous Of communicating with vessels
arriving New York do so by addressing to such
vessels care OF HERALD yacht pier No East
River. New York Letters received from all parts Of the
world and promptly delivered Duplicates re-
quired.
Year: 1875

TEE fireman of the steam heating ap
paratJ.s at the Central depot yesterday
found a penny as he was raking over the
hot ashes in the furnace, and he took it
up with the tongs and placed it on a
bench outside to cool Off It had hardly
commenced to cool when heavy man
named Johnson, living in Saginaw, came
along. He was talking business with a
friend, and as he came to the bench he
parted his coat tails and sat down on the
penny, remarking: 'sAs 1 was saying,
you can have forty acres for-whoop y
Thunder and blazes-ouch-dash it
gosh to whoop p He galloped around
in wild anazement, the hot penny stick
ing to him like a brother, and 1t was two
or three minutes before any one found
out whether he had dropped down on a
tack or been bitten by dog. There
was a heavy aroma of burning cloth and
bIistered meat, and Mr.. johnson stretch
ed forth his arm and exclaimed that he
should devote the remainder of his life
TO hunting down the fend who thus
planned to waylay him.-Detroat Free
Press.
Year: 1875

An application of Photography, which
is aptly described as startling has been
hit upon by an English amateur, whose
name is not given. The inventor.claims
to have discovered 3 method OF fixing
the image of an object on sensitized
plate not more than half an inch in d-
amater, an impression from which can
be afterwrrd enlarged to the necessasy
size The plate is fixed into an ordinary
locket or keepsake hanging from q watch
chain, and can suddenly be exposed, by
touch of the finger, on entering a
room, and an image taken of a picture
zor of a person without any one besides
the operation being aware of it.
Year: 1875

A discussion which is going on in
New York as to the social aspects of
typhoid fever has elected from an old
physician the opinion that there is
something wrong about every house
where case of typhoid fever originates
and that If good sanitary condition
is maintained nothing like fever of
any kind can be generated. In nine
cases out of ten it is produced by poi
sonous exhalations or by impure water
In town of 100000 inhabitants and
upwards, all surface water is impure.
and that is, water drawn from wells
less than thirty five feet deep, as the
water in such wells is affected by drain
age or leach of feculent matter near
and remote.


The water in artesian wells is from
reservoirs from one hundred TO five
hundred feet below the surface. and
quite beyond the reach of all surface
Impurities. A householde- may guard
his home from all impurities, but can
not protect himself against the 'impuri-
ties found on his neighbor's premises,
and is al the mercy Of those who NAV
care nothing for sanitary precautions
until stricken down by some malig-
nant fever.


While all this is true, however. will
some one explain how it is that ty
phoid fever prevailsin the purest noun
tain atmosphere in the United States.
and where the water is as pure as the
air P-Balt. San.
Year: 1875




The meub-rs of the State Board of
Charities wb". in cooperation with the
local Commissioners of Charities have been
for some time past employed in investiga
ting the public asylums and refugees of
New York and Brooklyn, are apparently
nearing the end of their labors. What the
final results will be it is, of course, idle to
anticipate, but the feeling the Board ap-
pears to be that while there is much to
improve in those public charities which
confine their ministrations to the adult
poor, a radical change is required in tbose
which have for their object the support
and training of pauper children. In thirty
counties of the State plan which is also
mooted for New York and Brooklyn, has
been carried ont with the most desirable
results. 1t is that of removing the children
from the almshOuses and nurseries and
placing them in private asylums in the
several counties to which they belong, the
Protestant children in Protestant asy lums
and the Catholics in Catholic ones, and
there defraying the cost of their support at
the public expense. To the desrability of
this course we DO not now propose to
call attention, and we leave it the more
readily because it's wisdom seems so en-
tirely apparent to those who will make the
final decision on it's merits. 1t is true that
there is some opposition to the plan, and
an effort made in certain quarters TO solve
the difficult question by wholesale eSpat-
ration to the West of the healthy children
under the care of the Commissioners,
transferring them in the first instance to
the New York Children's Aid Society. This
is a plan suggested by ladies, who are,
probably, mothers, but whose economic in
stincts have SO far outrnn their maternal
sympathies that we have the strange
spectacle of Charitable Board, composed
of men arguing the case of the poor parents
who would he deprived of all knowledge of
their children by this course, against n
CLIQUE of ladies who are apparently bent
on Carrying it into effect. However, as the
case stands at present, one is reminded of
the tone taken by one of Onr New York
weeklies on the Woman Question. 1t
broadly hinted it's belief that there was no
great reason to fear that men would be
greatly imposed upon by women even If
they got the ballot-po extreme measures
were likely to be taken when men pos
sessed, in the last resort, SO much more
physical force than woman, and 80 great
proneness to rely upon it whenever too
hardly pushed. The Commissioners seem
not at all inclined to overstep their legal
boundaries, and to be fully persuaded that
to send the county wards beyond the limits
of the State, and thus beyond their power
to protect them, would be unlawful as well
as crnel.


Every one is agreed that public charity,
at least as applied to helpless children, IS a
public failure--more expeBsive as to means
shan the private institutions, and as 70
Year: 1875

We have constantly increasing evidence of the
hold which athletic sports have obtained and
ara obtaining upon the youth Of the country.
Despite the abuses which have crept into pro-
fessional base ball playing that sport is noble
one and enlists the ardent sympathies Of thous-
snds Of boys and young men, Boating is a
fascination to other multitudes, and the interest
taken, from one end of the country to the other,
in the recent College races shows how generous
an enthusiasm it is possible to evoke out of
what sluggish and dried up people would have
us believe is waste of purpose and energy. To
these main sports must be added various others,
all tending to bodily exercise and to increasing a
love of life in the open air. Cricket has its votar
les (not 30 numerous as they should be) and the
believers in croquet constitute good sized
my. The University matches further make us
aware Of the extent of the interest in walking
and running contests, and yesterdays scene on
the Delaware, where many thousands of people
from Wilmington, Philadadelphia, Chester
and other places assembled to witness the john
son-Coyle swimming match was another proof
that there is deep popular sympathy with every
form of exercise calculated to display manly Wig
or and endurance.


President White OF Cornell University, in wei
coming the victorious boat crews day or two
since, made some very sensible remarks on this
subject which we wish could be brought to the
notice of all opponents of open air sports. MIR.
White said it could be proved that the scholar
ship of those colleges was highest where atten-
ton WAS given to boating and similar exercises,
and that only those institutions opposed boating
which had no water facilities. He in brief, con-
tended that it stood to reason that the healthest
body would render the best mental results, and
That to make the body healthy nothing could
take the place of exercise systematic and CEN
stant. 1t is singular to note how much example
will do in these cases. The men of a college
whose boat il first on the river can
but take an active interest in events
which are exciting such general concern, and
pale youths who entered as Freshmen, with no
thought of anything but their books, become be-
fore they know it--and to their infinite advan-
tage-lit up by the active life about them, and
find that the bat and oar have helped them in
their studies as nothing else could have DONE


So, every illustration in this field is of use to
him who chooses to see, and yesterdays swim
ming match, though with nothing refined in its
motive, and with much that was doubtless I'M
pleasant in its accompanments, teaches the
same needful lesson to men who work too much
and play too little.
Year: 1875

and the future appear shrouded in gloom, but
there is still much for her to live for even if the
Actives were beaten.


Against one thing we protest the story that
there was any sort Of "shensnigan," here.
Certainly, every effort was made to treat the
visitors politely and fairly. We beg our neigh
bors the Reading papers not to convey the i'm
preston to their readers that their delegation or
their players were received or used in any way
unkipdly
Year: 1875

Colonel Forney is having happy time abroad,
working for tho Centennial, enjoying pleasant
company and good living, and keeping out OF all
the troubles on this side of the water. Judge
Kelley needs his aid to initiate the currency, but
the Colonel persistenty stays away and deyotes
his spare wind all to sounding the praises of our
Great National Anniversary in the cars Of the
despots
Year: 1875

which enable the invalid who may require IT, or The
lover oi Soda Water who may desire IT, 10 enjoy the
use OF this delightful beverage at any time H home


We have ON drauRhL The following popunr
Year: 1875

To ALL, particularly invalids, spring is trying
season. Indications of sickness should at once be
attended to. Fatal diseases may be caused by al
lowing the bowels to become corstipated, and the
syst9m TO remain il, a disordered condition until
the disorder has time to develop Itself. An ounce
of preventive is worth pound of cure, an old
and truthful saying. Therefore, We advise ell who
troubled with the complaints now very prevalent
headache, indigestion, disordered liver, want of
appetite, Nausea, feversh skiD to take, without
delay, Schenck's Mandrake Pills. We know of no
remedy harm and decisive IN It's action. 1t at
once strikes at the Of the disease and produces
healthy tone to the system. People never need
suffer from any disease arising from a disordered
condition of the liver if they would take this excel
lent medicine when they feel the first indications
of the maadv. Families leaving home for the
summer months should take three or four boxes OF
these pills with them. They have an almost in
st .ntaneous effect. They will relieve the patient o
headache in one or two hours, and will rapidly
cleanse the liver of surrounding bile and will efec
tually prevent bilious attack They are sold by
all druggists.
Year: 1875

Has made the most Astonishing Cures !.
so quick, 50 rapid are the changes the
body undergoes under the influence of
this truly wonderful medicine, that
Every Day an Increase in Flesh and Weight


Is Seen and Felt.


The Great Blood Purifier.
Year: 1875

1t is wellknown fact, that the popular
remedies of the day do not meet the wants
of the age in which we live, often inert,
often pernicious in their effect, they are
not reliable in pleasing contrast to the
bulk of such articles Burdsall's Arnica
Liniment stands out in bold relief, it is a
preparation of unequalled excellence.
Year: 1875

on its retention are pressed.S The Bishop
should have gone on to inquire how these
worthy men reconcile it to their consciences
to draw stipends especially provided for
those only who have, as. they have, su ubscrio-
ed to the thirty nine articles. Theodore
Hook told the Vice Chancellor of his day
that he was ready to subscribe to "forty,
il you please" and doubtless these infdel
Oxonians are of like mind. It is enough
to make the pious founder, in most cases
devout Catholic, who hoped by such bene


factions to at least put some rungs into a
heaven ward ladder, turn his grave, to see
the uses to which his splendid gifts have
come at last.
Year: 1875

LOUISIANA SAVINGS BANK.-On the fifth page
of to.day's STAR viii be found the statement OF this
well known bank. In these days of financial embar-
rsssments 1t is consclng find that at least few
institutions foushing and it may be truly said
that of these few in this city the Louisiana Savings
Bank is To the great financial abilities of its
managers and their high reputation for official integ
rty which the unity with that
essential to is due this fAttering result
Year: 1875

CoNCoRD, March 1.-THE entire re.
turns have not yet been received. The
Republicans still claim majority IN the
House Of eleven, which they say will not
H. reduced below nine. The Democrats
have majority in the Council, which will
BE- an obstacle in the way Of removals
from office. The Democrats elect two
Congressman, Jones in the First district,
and Bell in the Second district. Blair
Republican, is elected to Congress in the
Third district.
Year: 1875

WORK TO DE RESUMED AT ONCE ON PLANS MoDIFlED


BY THE NEW SUPERVISING ARCHITECT


WAsnINGTON, Sept. 26.-The new Chicago Gus
toir-housc Commission have submitted their report
10 Secretary Brstow. They recommend that the
concrete foundation be strengthened and finished !;
also that certain parts of the building be taken
down. Secretary Brstow has referred the repOr; to
the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, and has
detected him to proceed with construction at once
Tho building will be brought as near as may
La TO a uniform level before hard freez-
ing weather when work will be suspended
Work and such measures will be adopted as may
be necessary to protect the building thoroughly
during the Winter. Before resuming work in tho
Spring the Supervising Architect will carefully re-
wise the plans of the building redistributing the
weights and Tightening the structure rs much asprac-
ticabc IN accordance with suggestions IN the report
and will also reduce and cheaper the character OF
the stone-cutting on the superstructure. lie VIII
select for superintendent of the building the most
competent and trustworthy man he can obtain, and
will charge him specially with seeing that AL me
contracts are rgdy enforced and that all material
furnished is carefully inspected.
Year: 1875

HIS PARTY DISTURBED BY H-A POSSIBLE MOVE


MENT 10 FORCE HIM OFF THE TICKET.


lBY TELEGRAPH TIE TRIBUNE.


PuU,DFLPHIA Sept. 2G.-The announcement made
iy judge Pershing of his determination not to resign
hi. scat on the bench TO take part III the canvass IS
wet blanket TO his supporters here. The Times OF
to-morrow morning wIl demand that he shall change
lis purpose dofi the crnne, and lead liis party III
the contest The editorial, written by Col. Mcclure,
SAYS that Judge Pcrsling has dwarfed himself from
tnc leader of revolution to n mere stick of drift
wood at nood-tie that he has given the enemy
every possible chance TO beat linn that if he would
come 10 the front instead of ac;ngon the defensive
he wOnld be master Of the field while Iii his present
position, his party cannot make an aggressive hight
and will lose unless Ohio carries II through
t i reported that if Judge Perhng adhercs to his
determination to hold on to his present Office, a
movement will be organized 10 force him of the
ticket to make room for some one who VIII take an
active share in the wolk Of the campaign.
Year: 1875




Last Sunday aparty of about seventy
young men and ladies left this city on
special train, for the purpose Of enjoy
ing a quiet picnic in the woods. The
party took with taem an abundance IF
the choicest edibles, wines, etc, and
full string band, and spent the day
right royalty. During a lull IN the
festivities a-bevy Of young ladies, about
fifteen in number, withdrew to a quiet
nook and formed a secret society,
and then called for candidates for in
itiation from among the young men.
The ceremony Of initiation, the only
degree that was conferred on that day,
consisted Of blindfOlding the candi-
date, kadiug him into the center Of
the magic circle, formed of young Ia
dies, and after causing him TO kneel,
a sweet kiss was imprinted on his
lips, and he was made to guess who
kissed him. Quite a number were Inl-
tiated, and growled because they could
not take a few more degrees. One
young man, quite a Ladies man, who
has an immense opinion Of hIs own
individual sweetness, after much coax
ing, consented to take the degree, and
allow one Of the ladies the privilege of
kissing HIM. He was blindfolded, led
into the circle, and assuming his most
fascinating expression, knelt upon the
ground, although he knew be was about
to cause the breaking up Of the society,
owing to the row that would occur
among the young ladies in their eager
ness to press ischerry lips. The secret
OF the initiation was, that instead Of
being kissed by one of the ladies,
y.ung man was let into the secret, who
did the kissing, but IN the case Of this
candidate the master of ceremonies
substituted for himself a swarthy
negro. who had been taken along to
wait on the party, and Just as his india
rubber lips touched those Of the young
man the hoodwink was removed. HIS
look Of astOuishment was greeted with
a roar of laughter. OF course he was
indignant, but when he discovered that
all the other initiates had been kissed
by a white man, his wrath rose to a
fever heat, and ne determined to have
satisfaction. We learn thatnOtes have
passed between tie two young men,
and n duel is imminent. Having an
eve t. business, and believing that
sensa. ion may grow out Of 1t, our re-
porter withholds names, for fear the
police may interfere and spoil the
prosI ectlve item.
Year: 1875

MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS. Young men,
when they first go away from home, and
young women, at their first entrance up
on society, are apt to incur needless
isks to character and reputation from
sheer fooIhardiness. They do not intend
to do wrong, but they wish to ''use their
freedom" They feel strong and are
wise in their own cOnceit. They would
like TO do some daring deed and come
out unscathed, just to falsify the pre-
dictiOns Of Older heads. We have known
many youths to th-ow themselves in the
way Of wicked temptation, and TO walk
purposely on the edge Of some fatal
precipice, for the mere purpose Of show
ing their moral agility in escaping.


For such, and for all who have any in
fiuenee with such, we have a message
worth considering. Make straight paths
for your feet, lest that which is lamed
be turned out Of tire way, but let it rath-
er be healed.


Not even the Son Of God would make
a needless leap from the pinnacle Of the
temple Angels will bear us up in every
danger, 50 that no person doing his duty
shall suffer bruising; but he who chOos-
IS the toughest and most dangerous
paths without being called to tread them
is tempting God TO leave him to the nat
ural results Of his own wiekedness.
Year: 1875

We estimate a mothers importance in
her family, as high as any one can; and
yet We do not believe thai she mOnopo-
lies all the qualities needed in the great
work Of training up human beings. Her
familiarity with her children places her
in some respects at a disadvantage for
the exercise OF wholesome authority The
wise father will not indeed take the reins
Of the family government from his wife;
but he will make his children feel that
her gentle sway is sustained by firm
and steady hand; that behind "A mothers
tender heart stands cool Judgment, and
a will stronger than their own, and that
they cannot impose on the one nor resist
the other. But If he would De truly the
father of his family, lac must not be
stranger to them. 1t will answer no
purpose for him to come once in a while
to meet some great emergency, and awe
down rebellion By hard authority. lie
must be the companion, the friend OF
his children. Strong, natural love must
be the base Of beneficial discipline.


But this is also, we had almost said,
equally necessary for the father himself
Nothing keeps the heart so fresh and
young, saves it from bitterness and cor
rosiOn through the cares and conflicts
and disappointments of life, as the daily
enjoyment of a happy home. A man Of
business, or a scholar, who thus allows
himself time for relaxation, and for the
play Of domestic affections, will, in the
eourse Of years, accomplish more, with
less wear Of mind and body, than one
who has been all the time on the stretch,
seeking ''to catch the nearest way to
wealth or any other object of pe.sonal
or public good.
Year: 1875

THERE is ssdom a line Of glory written
upon the earth's face but line Of suf-
fering runs parallel with it; and they
that read the lnstrous syIlables of the
one, and stop not to deeipher the spot
ted and worn inscriptions of the other,
get the lesser half of the lesson earth has
TO give.