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Year: 1875

He was middle-aged, corpulent, and,
to all appearances, highly respectable.
On ordinary occasions he is, no doubt,
dignified and majestic, but on Saturday
night, when he came up Baltimore street,
near Frederick, and saw the last red car
turn the corner of Gay street and 60 on
at rate of speed that is altogether un-
usual for street cars his nature seemed
changed, and he struck out afterit. The
old mans wind was first-class for a per.
son in his condition, and although he
waddled along at pretty lively gait he
didn't seem to gain much, and when he
got to Gay street the car was rafting
past Holiday street, and the driver
seemed to urge his horses to greater
speed every moment. The old man held
his own gamely, but couldn't gain an
inch, and when he reached Holiday
street the car had just passed South, and
still the driver could be heard telling the
became fearfully excited, his legs inter
fered, and he broke badly, losing several
yards. Hey, hey" he yelled; stop
that carl" But this being the last trip the
conductor was seated inside the car with
note book and pencil, busily engaged
in knocking his weeks expenses out of the
fares, and the job was so pleasing that
he did not hear the yells of the old gem
tleman. The car rolled on and the old
gent now got mad, loosened his necktie,
and struck gait that would have
astonished professional. This gait be.
gan to tell and he gained on the car at
every step and just after 1t passed Cal
vert street he put on magnificent burst
of speed, eollared and got on the hind
platform. He was wringing with sweat,
and when he bolted into the car and sat
down near the conductor that individual
thought he was "spotter" in the en-
ploy of the company and hastily con.
cluded balancing his accounts. The old
man had justgot little wind, paid his
fare, and settled himself in his seat,
when he looked out of the window and
saw that the car had passed his destina'
tion a moment after he got on. He only
Yanted1 to. go TO the Carrolltong Hotel
He roared for the conductor, ordered
him to stop the car, and got off In hu'
NOR that can be hetter imagined than
described, baltimore American,
Year: 1875

You have no idea how many of those
fellows who prey on other people come
about u.s." said an old postoffice clerk
yesterday. People think we don't see
them when they inquire for letters, sit
ting as we do inside a glass box, and
nothing of us visible but the face; but
if they can't see in we can see out, and
we take note of what we see. We get
20 know faces by sight as we'll as the
owners of them do, and take a certain
sort of interest in them. / have caught
myself feeling sorry enough for young
miss who came daily for letters and
never found any, until had a. great
mind to write her one myself, so that
she shouldn't be disappointed SO often.
That was when was at the lady's win
dow, long time ago. She disappeared
after while; don't know what became
of her; city swallowed her up, reckon.


"There was another woman-lady,
almost said-who lived in Newark, and
knew it, and know her too, who came
regularly once week and inquired for
letters in another name. They were for
her too. / knew well enough she had no
such eager interest as her voice betrayed
in another persons letters. Once when
she received asked her if she was Mrs.
Statira, and she said Yes and then
knew she lied.


"Once a detective came in and asked
me if certain man, whom he described,
called for letters. knew him as a man
| had set down for rogue without
knowing anything of him, and said:
Yes, he is here nearly every day. He
comes at such an hour, and if you stay
here will give you the wink So he
stayed where he could not be seen, but,
if you will believe it, that scamp never
came near the place for a week; great
pile of letters accumulated for him.
Finally the detective began to feel the
fellow had lit OUT as he expressed it.,
and said he would Just stretch his legs
a little and come back OF course
at that very moment the rascal appeared,
and / was in sweat, you bet. First
thing when saw him sent amessenger
after the detective; next thing | stayed
away from the window as long as dared.
When did go TO it / couldn't hear very
well, and had hard work to catch his
name. When that had to be stopped
couldn't seem to find any letter, though
there were hundred or so right under
my hand. / shuffled them all over, both
of us all the while on pins and needles,
he to get away and to keep him so he
shouldn't.


&c How do you spell it? l said.


He spelled it.


Where do you expect letter from?'


GO New Orleans


"I / threw one, two, three down.


"Ain't there no more?" he said.


"' Wait minute, I'll see.' | stretched
the minute all could, till, finally, just
as he was going away cursing me for my
stupidity, threw down the whole of
was W R himself ms @ gathered @ T up T by the ' de- de-.
tective, who came back just in time.
He was one of the sawdust swindlers."-
NeaD York San.
Year: 1875

LARGE ears, as has been observed,
hear things in general and denote broad,
comprehensive views and modes of
thought; while small ears hear things in
particular, showing disposition to in
dividualize, often accompanied by the
love of the minute Large ears are
usually satisfied with learning the lead
ing facts OF case, with the general prin-
ciples involved-toO strict an atten-
tion to the enumeration of details, es-
pecially all repetition of the more unim-
portant is wearisome to them. People
with such ears like generally and are
usually well fitted to conduct large en-
terprises, to receive and pay out money
in large sums, in buying or selling would
prefer to leave margin rather than re-
duce the quantity of goods of any sort to
the exact dimensions of the measure
specified, and in giving would prefer to
give with free hand and without too
strict a calculation as to the exact
amount Small ears, on the contrary,
desire to know the particulars of a
story as well as the main facts; take
delight often in examining, handling, or
constructing tiny specimens of work
manship; are disposed to be exact with
respect to inches and ounces in buying
or selling to the extent at least of know
ing the exact number over or under the
stated measure given or received. Peo-
pie with such ears would, in most cases,
prefer retail TO wholesale business
chronological Journal.
Year: 1875

Cranberry Roll.-Stew a quart of
cranberries in sufficient water TO keep
them from burning. Make very sweet,
strain and cool. Make paste, and when
the cranberries are cold spread it on the
paste about an inch thick. Roll it, tie il
close in cloth; boil two hours and serve
with sweet sauce.
Year: 1875

-Hominy.-Two quarts of white corn; /;
three half pints OF white beans; two
pounds of picked pork. Wash the corn
and put 1t ON to boil in water sufficient to
cover it, and as the corn swells more
water must be added, so as to keep it
covered all the time 1t is cooking. After
boiling four hours, add the beans and
pork, which being done, the hominy may
be sent to table. Should the pork not
make it sufficiently salt, more may be
added This is very nice warmed over
the next day.
Year: 1875

fame TO pay for dilettante effort; heaven Is
not to be gained by it.


Looking back through history. the men
whose stature rises above tho dead level are
those who knew tho work for which they
were fitted, and strained every nerve and
muscle, not for day or year, but o life
long to accomplish 1t.


There is no better proof Of this than the
success of the revivalsts now among us. They
are not logical men, not scholarly; on the plat
forms beside them are dozens Of clergymen who
can preach sermons which will read better
than theirs--sermons full of learning, pathos,
and truth-and who have preached all their
lives to drowsy congregations; while tens OF
thousands flock to hear Sankey's simple songs
and Moody's ungramrlatical talks. The power
of the men lies in their surrender OF body ana soul
to their mission; churches, creeds dogmas arc
nothing to them but garments and wrappingsi
they only see men soon to die before theh'
heaven above and hell beneath, and Jesus
waiting, and they tell Ills of these things Win
a terrible sincerity. The effect OF t1elr ser
mons may be lasting or not, but it speaks much
for the sincerity of human nature that multi
tudes follow them; that Methodist, Quaker,
Ritualist, even Roman Catholic, throng to-
gether to hear this story Of the Savior told by
men who know in whom they have believed,
and do not question the manner in which 1t Is
told.


The moral remains. If our boys are to con-
quer anything in life, let it be money, fame,
or religious faith, the surest preparation is
to give them obstinacy of purpose-staylng
power. The half-hearted fellow, the man who
plays critic all his days, the man who sits
scowling in the corner, showing the old sores
of some long-ago disappointment, carping at
luckicr men-tbese will always be the under
dogs in the fight, and make but scanty meal
in life. AS for your humbug-your sham
no matter how well he plays his
part of hero or saint, or how brilliant
his apparent success he is sure to be
found out the world spews him out at last.


After all, modern philosophy or modern theO-
ries of human nature or sociology can yield
no better rule of life than that in which the
Hebrew King summed up his experience oil
knowledge, woman, wine, wealth, and religion
-" Whatever thy hand indeth to do, do with
" thy might
Year: 1875

some Of the Congressman who were bought In
q similar manner. IL Mr. Schenck afterward
refused to lay himself open TO censure by sell
ing his shares on n falling market, and II,
when the explosion came, he found himself
poorer than if he had let the speculation alone,
we are quite willing to give him as much
credit as his conduct in these later circum-
stances may deserve 1--WE do not think 1t Is
much), bnt no seems to have sold his name
all the same. In view of his own testimony
we cannot help thinking that one of the most
pressing wants of the day is Mr.. Schencks
resignation
Year: 1875

Since it has been settled that there was no
basis for the excitement about our relations to
Spain and Cuba, there is some curiosity as to
what is meant by the continued preparations
for service in the Navy Department. There
is of course the possibility that they may have
reference to something that is to burst upon
us in the Presidents message; but there Is
also the equal possibility that the vessels are
getting ready for another great sham fight of
the coast of Florida, as part of the show of
the Centennial year.
Year: 1875

Contributions by the members of the National
Academy Of Design for the liquidation of its mort
gage debt are to DO exhibited the 9TH of Decem-
ber, and sold Mt auction on the evening of the
following Tuesday. These are hard tmos for artists,
and the effort they are making in such season to
pay off the debt of the Academy is SO praiscworthy
that the public should at least meet them half way,
and SEQ that the pictures thus contributed not
sold at panic prices Owners of pictures have
another chance to help the artists by contributing
the collection.
Year: 1875

Mrs. Moulton's request for mutual council
of churches has not been denied. That
Plymouth Church would take the course they
have, we have already stated as probable, since


their action in relation to the whole business
has long since ceased to be characterized by
timidity. There is nothing in the questions to
be laid before the council that will
of necessity cause thorough over
hauling of the scandal. Ii will rest
with that assembly to say whether they shall
Year: 1875

In the Tweed case one of the arguments for
the release of the prisoner from Ludlow Street
Jail is that bis present detention is practically
an imprisonment for debt, and as such may
last through his life. If such were the simple
facts, it would not necessarily make the case
one that calls for sympathy. But the clam
that the present imprisonment is merely kept
up because the criminal suits did not detaln
Mr.. Tweed at Backwelfs Island, sounds less
like argument than like twitting the prosecu-
ton with failure that is really public mis-
fortune.
Year: 1875

A good many years ago Massachu-
sets man was elected to the office of
Lieutenant Governor. When the fact
Of his election was announced he was
called upon for speech. He proceed
ed to acknowledge the honor in very
handsome language, and added that
he had no doubt he would make a
good Lieutenant Governor, as that
was the office he had always held in
his own house.
Year: 1875

Since receiving the graphic sketch of an
act of noble heroism, performed by Captain
Matthew Webb when seaman before the
mast, elsewhere given in our columns, we
have found the following allusion to the
same event, in the New York Tri5une


Capt. Webb, the hero of the channel feat,
is the lion of the day in England Subscrip-
tions have been opened in London and the
provincial towns for the purpose Of present.
ing him with some token Of the popular
appreciation of his courage, and about 81,
600 has already been collected. II is pro-
posed also that the Queen confer upon
him the honor of Knighthood. Capt. Webb.
who is about &c years of age. learned to
swim at seven years of age. lie first signal
lied himself in the Suez Canal, by diving
under his ship and clearing away hawser
which had fouled her. On one occasion,
when returning from the United States
in the Cunard steamer Russia. he jumped
overheard in heavy sea. while the vessel
was going at full speed, to save a
man who had fallen overheard. The
Russia was running before the wind under
steam and canvas, and as she was going at
the rate of Is knots an hour, Webb was far
out of sight before the vessel could be brought
to. A life boat was sent out in search Of
him, and Webb was picked up after having
been for half an hour In sea such as no one
had ever before been known 10 encounter
successfully. For this gallant attempt 10
Year: 1875

We must remind gentlemen correspondents that the object in our soliciting correspondence is not to fill up. We can find mat ter enough to occupy all our space without soft silly nonsense, and if you have nothing better to com municate, don't write at all. If you have anything of interest to the people to communicate, write it in plain, concise manner, and don't try to sec how long a story you can make out of nothing. Our space belongs to the people, and we want it devoted to matter which will interest and benefit them.

 MT. J. L. Shinn, our worthy chairman of :the executive com mittee of the Russellville Printing Association, under whose auspic- es the DEMOCRAT is published and maintained, has just returned from Little Rock, and informs us that several of the enterprising firms of the City of Roses have promised to forward their busi- ness advertisements. Send them along, gentlemen, we await your orders with patience, and assure you our paper is circulated and read in a scope of country from which you may receive a lucretive trade.
Year: 1875

A very liberal contract, which we have just completed with the Weed Sewing Machine Company, will en- able us, we hope to place their eel ebrated machine in many families throughout the country. So fine an opportunity to secure a first-class sewing machine seldom occurs. May we not expect the friends of this paper to make an earnest, uni- ted effort to extend greatly its circn- lation and thus help to increase it's influence. We will literally re- ward those who work for us. Read CT, can you not form a club in your neiglborhood and secure this sew
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 fearlessly and at all times assert it, to speak its own opinions, on all matters coming within the. scope of it's duty as an independent journai. wratcyer pronirncnUo r 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 newspa- 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 it's 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 enterprise ing as its patronage will justify. Sensiblemen will approve the busi- ness management that limits expen- allure to the bounds of income; on- ly fools or enemies expect q degree of excellence in all points that can alone be attained by the possession
Year: 1875

In response to numerous requests we republish the
following poem which appeared in our issue of octo-
Ter 18th. 1t from the pen of James g. Clark.GD.
Leona, the hour draws nigh,


The hour we've waited so long
For the angels to open door through the sky,
TIL at my spirit may break from lis prison and try


Its voice in an infinite song


just now, as the slumbers of night,


Came DER me with peace giving breath,
The curtain, halfIifted, revealed to my sight
Those windows which look ON the kingdom of light


That borders the river of death.


Ard vision fell solemn and sweet


Bringing CLEANS of morning lit land
| saw the white shore which he pale waters beat,
And beard the low ull they broke at their feet


Who waIkesi on the beautiful strand.
And wondered why spirits could cling


To their clay with struggle and sigh.
When life's purple autumn is better than spring.
And the soul flies away like sparrow to sing,


In climate where leaves never die.
Leona come close to my bed,


And lay your dear hand ON my brow;
The same touch that thrilled in days that fled
And raised the last roses of youth from the dead


Can brighten the brief moments ro W.


We have lived from the cold world apart,


And your trust was too generous and true,
For their hate to oerthrow when the slanderers dart
Was ranking deep in my desolate heart,


was dearer than ever to you.


thank the great Father for this,


That our love is not lavished in vain
Each germ in the future will bloss ON to bliss,
And the forms that we love and the los that kiss


rinE Of = o5o rs main


By the light of this faith am taught


That my labor is only begun
In the strength of this hope have struggled and ou ght
With the lie Eiops of wrong ill my armor has caught


The geam of Eoernitys sun.


Leona. look forth and behold,


From headland, from hillside a1d deep,
The day-king sunenders his barne4s OF gold
The twilight advances thl ough woodland and wold


And tie dews are beginn ng to weep.
The moons silver hair lies urcurled,


Down the bro. d-breasied mountains away;
The sunsets red glory again shall be farled
On the walls of The west DER the plains the world


And shall rise IN limitless day


Oh come not in tears to my tomb,


Nor plant with frail flowers the sod
There is rest among roses to sweet for its gloom,
And life where the lilies eternay bloom.


In the balm breathing gardens OF God.
Yet deeply those memories burn


Which bind me to you and to earth,
And sometimes have thought my being would yearn
In the boHeIs of the beautiful home, to return


And visit the home of its birth.


'Twoud even be pleasant to stay
And walk by your side to the last;
But the land breeze of heaven is beg ming to play
Lifeshadows are meeting Eternity's Cay,


And its tumut is hushed in the past.
Leona. goodbye should the grief
That is gathering now, ever be
Too dark for your faith you will long for relief
And remember the journey, though lonesome isbIief


Ger lowland and river to me.
Year: 1875

a gentleman in Milwaukee, whose char


acter forbids the supposition that he would


fabricate story, tells me that one winter


he stood upon wharf near one of the huge


elevators Of that city, which serve as domi-


Giles for an innumerahle multitude of rats.


rat was running across the ice on the
river, and a dog on the wharf seeing it,
gave chase, and was overtaking it SO rap
idly that it seemed almost certain he would
catch it before it could reach the bank.


When opposite the elevator the rat gave
peculiar squeal, and thousands of rats came
out of the elevator, sprang upon the ice and
attacked the dog, literally covering him.
and very soon killed him.


Another gentleman, the proprietor of
mill in the nelghborhood, told me that his
mill was much infested with rats, and he
consequently kept large cat; but still the
rats increased in number, and for the pur-
pose of killing some Of them he determined
to lure them into place where they could
not escape, and to set the cat upon them.
To accomplish this he left the door and
windows Of his Office open, first strewing
the door-sill and the floor with grain. Soon
hundreds of rats were in the room, and
when the gentleman saw through the win-
dow that the tioor was covered with them,
he stealthily went around and closed the
door. Then, taking up the cat in his arms
he put her in through the open window.
Upon seeing their enemy the rats, retreated
to the sides of the room, facing inwards;
the cat made no hostile demonstrations, but
quietly sat in. the middle Of the room sur
veying them for a few seconds Suddenly,
esteeming discretion to be the better part
of valor,. she sprang through the window
again and escaped. The gentleman thought
it sse Of cowardice; but in few min
utes the cat returned followed by six other
cats, and all sprang, one after another, into
the Office through the open window. The |
squealing of rats that ensued was "cau- |
tion to rodents


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Year: 1875

Professor Fritz finds that the seasons
when hail is the most frequent are those
when spots ON the sun are most numerous.
On the other hand, in years when the spots
are at their minimum, hail is rare or absent
Alss. when the aurora is very frequent dur
ing the winter, frequent hail storms occur
in the following summer.
Year: 1875

hen that got over to Uncle Gillies's
and paid for in sassengers. She's a
real. .Dorking. Give her to me right
here, or I'll use forcel"


"She's my hen, and you touch her
if you darep'


"Pll show you what / dare" yelled
ing the fowl by the tail, she gave a
wrench and the tail came out in her
hand.


The sudden cessation Of resistance
upset Mrs. Weaver's balance, and she
fell backward in the brook, splattering
the mud and astonishing poliywogs in
every direction.
She was spry woman, and was soon
on her feet again, ready to renew the
assault.


"Give me my hemp she cried, thrust
ing her fist into Mrs. Hayes face. you
old hag and hypocrite, your and she
made a second dive at the bird.
The hen thought it proper to show her
colors, and uttering an earthly yell she
few ont OF the covert square into the
| face of Mrs. Weaver, which she raked
down with her nails until it resembled
red ink.


Mrs. Hayes caught stick of brush
wood from the fence-Mrs. Weaver had
the same, and regular duel would pro-
bably have been the result if the bank
of the creek had not suddenly gave way
and precipitated both the indignant wo-
men into the water.


They scrambled out on opposite sides,
and the hen sat perched on an apple tres
and cackled in triumph. Ill Z p
The ladies shook themselves and by
mutual consent went home. They have
not spOken since
The hen disappeared and was not seen
until three weeks afterwards, when she
made her appearance with eleven nice
yellow chickens. She found some other
| fowls nest, and had set in spite of fate.


But although not "broken up" herself,
she broke up two matches-for Cynthia


Bennett was not at home the next time
Timothy called, and Mr.. Henshaw never
forgave Helen for having such a temper.