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Year: 1876

Mr.. TLDEN's attempt 10 extricate him
self from the charge of perjury, and of de-
.frauding the Government oat of his income
tax, Is a sad failure. He has bat added
falsehood to perjury, and convinced no one
of his innocence, but many honest Demo
erats are now quite convinced to the con-
trary. And yet his party are satisfied with
him. He is representative Democrat of
to-day. The party who tried their best to
destroy the Government, who starevd Union
prisoners at Andersonville, are not very
much ashamed of his crimes. The fact is
they know their man. He was so long con-
neeted with Tweed and New York politics
that to be honest would have disqualified
him as candidate for the Democratic par
tV
Year: 1876

This reform Democracy profess to desire
to restore the national credit to good old
Democratic times. Let us look into this


When Buchanan administered the gov
ernment he failed to secure income enough
to pay the ordinary expenses of the govern
ment. And in order to do this he peddled
out 6 per cent bonds in Europe which he
sold for 50 cents on the dollar, or at II
per cent discount. The same kind of
bonds which Democracy under Buchanan
sold at SO cents on the dollar are now sold
at S1.25 when they run for 20 years, and
at s1.15 when they run for shorter
period.


Thus the difference between Democratic
and Republican credit is not less than 25
per cent.
Year: 1876

The triumph of our arms at the great
international Rife match, is a source of
qualification to every American, while we
can readily understand how our friends of
various foreign origin wish that father
land" had produced the best shooters It
is no use, however, America is the marked
of destiny, the favorite of fate. Times
noblest offspring is the last, you know"
We, not speaking editorially but nationally
propose to outstrip all creation from this
out. We are just getting iG trim. BY
jumping higher, diving deeper and staying
under water longer, coming up dryer,
swimming further, shooting better, running
faster, sailing swifter and Growing louder,
we propose to outbrag and outstrip the
"wide, wide world" See if we don't
Laurence Tribune.
Year: 1876

The subscribers to the stock of the great
Centennial Exhibition, it is now said, will
receive a dividend on their shares Of at
least 80, and perhaps, 70 per cent. This
is largely more than was expected, as prob
ably not one subscriber in hundred ever
supposed it would pay back cent; indeed;
in many instances the scrip has been framed
and hung up as an heirloom for future
generations of the family now possessing it.
Year: 1876

AN ADD RESS TO I'll 4 S l c K,
Do you want to purify the systomt
Do you want to get rid of Biliousness'
Do you want something to strengthen you!
Do you want a good appetite?
Do you want to get rid of nervousness?
Do you want good digestion?
Do you want to sleep we'll?
Do you want to build up your constitution
Do you want brisk and vigorous feeling


If you do, take


SIMMONS
LIV VER REGULATOR. L +.
Year: 1876

q" 1t was the winter Wild


While the heaven.born Child,


All meanly wrapped, in the rude manger lies.


Sweeter carols than bird ever sang usher
in the wintry weather. The poem of child
hood was chanted by angels on the hills Of
Palestine eighteen hundred years ago, and
its meaning has been deepening in the hearts
of Christian men and women ever since. The
secret of true poetry, as well as of all other
true things, lies hidden in the heart of the
Babe of Bethlehem--the secret Of heavenly
love, without which there is no beauty in the
works or words of men. "Peace on earth,
good will to man - is the hymn which must
be sung in the heart before any poem worth
keeping can be written.


Is it not beautiful, that when the flowers
of the wood and field have done blossoming,
when the trees are leaAess, and no birds make
melody among the barren boughs, the whole
world breaks out into singing over the era
die of its dearest Child


Some of the Christmas carols are as sim.
pie as nursery songs, and rude as the ages in
which they began to be sung, when Christi
anity itself was in its childhood. The was
sailcup and yule fires of the old Saxons were
often strangely mixed up with the tender and
sacred birthday story of the New Testament.


There are others which, through their very
simplicity, carry US back to the hills where
the watching shepherds listened to the song
of the angels, SO many centuries ago, SO that
we hear with them the first notes of that ce-
lestia anthem whose echo will never die away
from the esrth.-,& Nicholas.
Year: 1876

RbOda Rhoda How she starts up into
life out of the story in Acts, even as face
out of an old canvas, sharply looked at
See her stealing softly to the door and list
ing intently at the little wicket-gste, to fud
out who is there. Now she is hurrying back
in wild, joyous excitement, to tell the aston.
ished group on their knees that Peter is at
the door. Happy, rejoicing, enthusiastic dis
ciple!


True, her mission is an humble one, just
to tell something, and tell it jOyously just
to be messenger. She didn't let Peter out
of prison. That was the angels work. She
only found Peter at the gate. That may
have been her accustomed work to slip back
the little wicket and see who was there
Hers was humble work. And it is true she
was not perfect in that. In the exuberance
of her joy, she forgot very important thing;
she left Peter standing on the door step =
However, in spite of all defects, even if her
great "gladness' did upset her self-pOSses-
sion, still she did blessed work. ] don't
know as the disciples would have gone to the
door at all if it hadn't been for Rhods. She
was the only cheerful thing about that lugu'
briOus circle, crying, "Is is his angel -
She persisted though in her good news, "cOn
stsntly affirmed that it was even SO." Sht
would have it that there was reason to bt
happy, and got them to the door at last
Blessed Rhods


There are many like her in the church to
day, sunny, cheerful souls who will persis
that there is bright side to Providence ant
try to make others see it.
Year: 1876

the recognition of the relation of the Church
to every side of its activity, and the control
of the Church over rsery sphere by means
Of properly elected representatives, acting
with the pastor as president and head. Such
Church need never fear the impetuosity of
the enthusiast or the sloth of the phlegmatic.
Alive to the needs of its neighborhood, it
would attract the earnest, the thoughtful, the
devoted. Vigorous in energy, it would dis
sipate sentimentalism in work. Well ordered
in its councils and government, it would con-
troll, rectify, and conceive. Such Church
could never be overawed by an individual,
for it would be strong enough to keep him in
check. Such Church would with difficulty
be rent by schism, for it would not have leis-
ure or reason for party spirit and vain dis
affection. Multiply such churches. Lst
there be one such to every myriad of our
and London in a generation
would wear the aspect of city of our God"


New York Observer
Year: 1876

Would you pray to God in a proper way


l. Read few verses Of the Bible before
you pray. Much of the language Of Scrip.
ture is in the form of prayer, and by using
it we find help 10 our approaches to God.


2. Always 60 to God with faith in Christ
Jssus. In his name you may ask for every
blessing; and through his merits, and for
his sake, you may find all that can make you
happy in this world, with pardon of your
sins, and good hope of heaven.


3. Seek for the aid Of the Holy Spirit, for
he will show US what We need, help our weak
ness, put right desires into our hearts, and
teach us how to pray Alright.


4 Have something to say to God. Do not
say words in an unmeaning way. Spend q
few minutes in though. before you begin to
pray, that you may not "mock God with q
solemn sound"


5. Leave the answer to the love and wis.
dom Of God. He will give to us those things
which it is best for US to receive.
Year: 1876

ONE has said with some propriety; Good
can use any sort of man-only let the man
give himself as he is to God. This is what
Elijah did utterly surrendered bis nature to
God" No matter what the popularity of
temperament, that popularity, if sanctifed
by grace, may be nightly and effectively en-
ployed in the divine service. The point is,
and it is the essential point, that there be an
utter surrender to God. Only let the indi-
vdual lie passive in the hand of Gcd, and He
will show forth his glory in employing him
in the great harvest field.
Year: 1876

IT is q good sign when the Lord blows off
the blossoms of our forward hopes in this
life, and taps the branches of our worldly
Joys to the very root, on purpose that they
should not thrive. Lord, spoil my FOOLS
heaven in this life, that 1 may be saved for
eyer.-RGtherford.
Year: 1876

In WHAT SENSE is THE WORLD CRUCTFIED
TO HIM WHO GLORIES IN THE Cross. That
which is cruci6ed and dead has lost its pow
or. To him who has drank deep of the wells
of salvation, whose eyes have been raVished
with the beauty of Christ, there is not the
charm which others see, and s0hieb he him
self once saw, in the world. Upon many of
its pleasures and honors he looks with indif-
ference. He wonders that they formerly
possessed so much influence in the control
of his life. That which appears beautiful
and desirable to the observer in one state of
mind wears different aspect when his mind
has been changed. Some, as Lord Chester
field, who have enjoyed eminent advantages
for partaking of all that the world could be-
stow have ended their lives in disgust of the
world, when the Christian, by grace divine,
discovers the emptiness of these things, as
others have discovered them by painful dis
appointment, the effect is not dependency.
Hope and JOY rise victorious among the ruins
and broken promises of the earth; the sorrow
of the world worketh death. The sorrow
of true believer, over the failure of the
world to give him rest, is unto life. While
his followers sink down in despair he rises to
better inheritance.


The wisdom and philosophy of the world
are eruci6ed to the Christian, for he knows
that Christ is not in them, "they had to be-
wilder and dazzle to blind" The morality
of the world is cruci6ed. If Christ be no
in it, it is, though useful to men, not accep
table to God. And alas many homes o
the world, though pleasant and refined IL
the intercourse of affection and the fellow
ship of an elegant taste, are crucihed becaus
they are without Christ Their charms ar
of the earth and with the earth they shsl
die, with no hope of resurrection.
Year: 1876

i.


The THINGS IN WHICH THE APOSTLE
COULD NOT GLORY: In his own wisdom,
which had led him away from Christ; iu his
own conscience, which had persuaded him,
that while he prosecuted the Church he did
God service; in his own righteousness,
though it had been equal to that of any
Pharisee, for be had discovered that he was
the chief of sinners; in the forms of religion,
because he had learned that in Jesus Christ
neither circumcision svsileth anything, nor
uncircumcisiOn, but a new creature; in his
own plans, because the Holy Ghost directed
his steps; in his fame, because he had been
taught to take pleasure in in6rmities, in re-
prosches, in necessities, in prosecutions, in
disputes for Christ's sake; nor in his own
strength, because he had found that while
he would do good evil was present with him.


2.


He COULD GLORY IN THE Cross: Because
he received the pardon of sin; because it
revealed the truth which philosophers had
long sought, for the reformation and happi-
ness of man; because of the delightful fruits
borne by the preaching of the cross in some
of the most famous and corrupt heather
cities; because it superseded the bitterness
of revenge by the inward felicity of the
charity that suffereth long and is kind; be-
cause of the supports and consultations it af
forded him, so that while sorrOwful he was
always rejoicing, as the happiest of men /;
because it enabled him to transmit to be
levers, in all ages, the testimony of his own
experience that in the severest of all aflic
tions my grace is sufficient for thee;" and
became, in the defence and promotion of the
doctrines revealed in the cross he had the
assurance of certain victOry-all systems aud
all leaders would fail, but this would finally
triumph.
Year: 1876

To the editor of the DEMOCRAT: I see that in your paper of this week you speak again of Fair in Pope county. Perhaps there could I be nothing gotten up i'll this or any other county that would have as great tendency to enhance the I general interest of the people, as holding an annual or semi-annual fair, and thus exhibiting to our peo- pie and the world at large the natu- ral resources, and the mechanical, agricultural and horticultural prod I ucts of our county.

 But there are prerequisite steps to be taken before success can be achieved in this direction. The 1 first question which naturally sug- gest itself is what are those pre-req- uisite steps? And secondly, will the people make the effort?

 In answer to the first question, we suggest that the first necessary step to be taken is to organize what might be termed mechanical and agricultural associations; let these associations represent the mechanic al and agricultural interest of the county, let these associations be got ten up on the joint-stock-company basis, let each member subscribe say fifty or one hundred dollars or more as his purse might dictate; we will say let fifty dollars repre- sent one share, and one man could take one, two or more shares as might best suit his ability or conven- fence, let these associations be bodies incorporate regularly organized, having their proper officers regular ly elected and installed, let these subscribed funds or shares be invest ed in the purchase, or lease, and preparation of suitable fair grounds. And we will say, let there be at least an annual fair or exhibition Of the best county products, let the association offer premiums for the best home-raised stock--horses, mules, cows, sheep, hogs, &c., &c.; and for the best agricultural and horticultural products of every de- scription, and for the best display of mechanical skill and in- genuity, and the finest artistic work of both ladies and gentlemen; and indeed premiums should be offered and given for the best of everything that would make the fair interesting and beneficial to the county at large.

 Ard now for the second question will the people make the .ffort! Of course we will not presume to say they will; but we will venture the assertion that if they will It will rebound to their own personal in terest by enhancing the general in- terest of the county.

 The Summer is past, Autumn is here, soon the winter with its rear ing winds and chilling atmosphere will have divested our fields and forests of its beautiful foliage; then during these dreary months let us not be idle, let us be up and doing, let us prepare for the bright Spring that follows the dreary winter. Let Us begin in time to have every thing complete and have a nice and interesting Fair in the Spring; let our dear Old Pope county take the lead in this matter and our sister counties will follow.

 What say you Mir. Editor? What say you gentlemen and fellow-eiti- Zens of Pope!

 NovUs HoMo.

 DOVER, ARK, Oct. 7, 1876.
Year: 1876

Governor Garland has offered a reward of One Thousand Dollars for the apprehension and conviction of each of the persons engaged in the recent ballot box robbery, by which the ballots from Big Rock, Badgett and other precincts in Pulaski coun- ty were purloined from the clerk s office

 All honor to A. II. Garland for his prompt and decided action in this matter.
Year: 1876

and fever, the disappointment aud sor-
rows of life are over then there is u
plac and the rest appointed of God
Oh, homestead, over whose roof fall
no shadows or clouds; and over whose
threshold the voice Of sorrow is never
heard; built upon the hills aud stand
ing with thy spires and pinnacles Of
of celestial beauty among the palm
trees Of the city on high 1. those who
love God shall rest under thy shadows,
where there is no more sorrow or pain,
nor the sound of weeping, Some
1Utere.N
Year: 1876

Boil few pounds of ham, and Chop
1t very fine while it is yet warm-fat
and lean together rub dry mustard
IN proportions to suit your taste
through the mas; add as much
sweet butter as would 20 20 the spread
ing Of your sandwiches, and when il
Is thoroughly mixed, split light bis
cults in halves and spread the ham be-
tween These can be eaten without
trouble, and will be found excellent.
Year: 1876

Michael Gelgiman, a well known
sneak-thief of Elizabeth, n. j., was dis
covered trying to rob a saloon, last
Thursday, and, in trying to escape from
the officer who pursued him, darted in
to the mouth of the large sewer which
empties into the river. The officer pro-
cured a lantern and followed him for
short distance, but was finally so much
overcome by the gases and offensive
Odors that he was compelled to retrace
! his steps. In the meantime Gelgiman,
who had seen the CLEAN of light from
! the lantern in the hands of the officer,
crawled into one of the branches con-
Meeting with the main sewer and made
his way to the man-hole, through which
he hoped to make his escape, but he
! found that he could not climb up its
sides. After wasting his strength in
desperate but Intellectual struggles to
release himself, his agony became in
tensified on finding that the tide was
rapidly rising. The water rose until it
reached his breast, and he was nearly
suffOcated by the fetid atmosphere which
he was compelled to breathe. HecOuld
hear only family the noise of the traffic
on the street above, and he shouted
while particle of strength remained,
but his voice could not be heard. When
the water receded he renewed his strug-
giles until he fell fainting and complete
" exhausted into the mud and filth
with which the bottom of the sewer was
severed. His face came in contact with
some water flowing through, and this
seemed to revive him. Then he began
to crawl backward, and his utter despair
produced feeling of desperation,
which imbued him with new
strength, and he continued his desper-
ate struggles, until at O'Clock, Sunday
morning, he was overjoyed at finding
himself again at the mouth of the main
sewer. He fell unconscious on the san
DIV shore, where he was discovered by
some passers-by, who rendered him as
sistence. He was in horrible condi-
ton. The flesh was worn off his fin
gers, and the nails had almost entirely
disappeared. His hands and knees
were bleeding, and in some places the
bones were exposed. His head was
one mass of bruises where it had come
in contact with the brick walls, and his
clothing was torn into shreds. He was
covered with dirt and filth from head to
foot, so that he bore only a slight re
semblance to human being. He had
been in the sewer three nights and near
ly three days, but they seemed to him
to be months. Gelgiman was taken to
police. headquarters. and thence re-
moved to the ain house for medical
treatment. Being man of unusually
strong constitution, he may recover
from the effects of his forced imprison-
ment, but it is considered very doubtful.
As it is thought he has been sufficiently
punished already, the charge of larceny
will not be pressed against him in case
he should recover.
Year: 1876

SALT mackerel for breakfast at this
season of the year clears the complex
ion, invigorates the intellect, and i'm
parts flavor to the mustache that will
vanquish the most obstinate odor Of
hair dYe.
Year: 1876

MADAME GAY-LUSSAC, who has Just
died at an advanced age, was the hero
inc of romance. In the year 1902 a
student of the Polytechnic School en-
tered a shop to buy some shirts. He
was surprised at beautiful young girl
devouring a book, and asking her what
was the title, was informed, "a Treatise
on Chemistry" The collegian did not
feel like himself at all that evening, but
was better next day when he called to
increase the order for shirts by another
half dozen. Then he lost his handker-
chiefs, and found an occasion to return
to the shop; and still again to purchase
cravats. To end the matter, he learned
the young girl-the eldest of three sis
ters-had cOurageOusly opened a shop to
make a living for her father and the
family, who had lost their property by
the Revolution. He proposed, and was
accepted; and for fortune he had only
twenty-eight years and membership OF
the Academy. He was not then either
a peer of France or a celebrity. They
were only married few months when
he was conveyed home, his eyes nearly
burned in his head from an explosion in
ais laboratory. For twelve months he
had to keep his room, and could sup
port only feeble night-light, by which
his wife read to him. She was not only
beautiful, but witty, and distinguished
in society. She was her husbands pri-
vate secretary, and her writing could
not be distinguished from his. Their
honeymoon lasted-forty years.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Woillez, who last year gave the
French Academy of Sciences descrip-
tion of the spiroscope, an instrument
for the auscultation of the lungs, has
now communicated to the same learned
body paper on another apparatus which
he calls spirophore, and which, IN his
opinion, will render great services In ca
ses of asphyxia by drowning. 1t con-
sists of q cylinder of sheet iron closed
at one end and open at the other. 1t is
large enough to receive the whole body
of the patient, which is brought in up
to the neck, the head remaining outside
exposed to the air: diaphragm closes
the opening round the neck. A power
full pair of bellows, situated outside the
cylinder, communicates with it by q
tube, and is set in motion by a lever,
the lowering of which causes the aspira-
ton, by the bellows, of the air that is
confined round the body. A translucid
glass plate fixed in front of the cylinder
enables the practitioner to see the pa
TENTS breast and abdomen, while yer.
tical rod, sliding up and down in tube,
and resting on the sternum, reveals the
motions of the latter. The apparatus is
worked as follows: When human body
has been introduced into it and secured
as described, the operator briskly pulls
the lever downward the air inside the
cylinder rushes into the bellows, pro-
ducing vacuum round the body. The
consequence is a simultaneous tendelcy
of the breast to heave and of the outer
air to penetrate into the lungs through
the nostrils and mouth. The sternum is
thus seen to rise, as in the action OF
breathing, to the amount of centimeter
and more, which is shown by the rod.
Moreover, the epigasrium and even the
abdomen move upward, proving that the
capacity of the breast increases, not only
by the upheaval of the ribs and sternum,
but also by the depression of the dia-
phragm. These respiratory motions may
be repeated from fifteen to eighteen
times per minute, and the air thus ad-
mitted each time measures liter (near-
ly two pints), whereas the physiological
average is only half that amount: This
apparatus may therefore be useful, not
only in cases of drowning, but also in
asphyxia of infants, in that caused by
chloroform, etc.
Year: 1876

In referring to the fact of the terrible
fatality among the children in New YORK
city, the Herald says: Rings control
the city. TO please one ring rapid
transit is postponed; to please another
SOAP factories are permitted to pollute
the atmosphere; to please a third the
Harlem fats and other nuisances are al
lowed to generate malaria; to please q
fourth we give up one of our downtown
parks TO a railway and propose to throw
in the Battery; to please others we GLOW
our streets to be paved with wood and
tar. which rot slowly away. We have
sewers which generate diphtheria; We
have sidewalks burdened with death.


There is not one of the gentle, suter
ing. innocent souls of the two thousana
children who have died within month
from the want of fresh air who is not
martyr to the system which sways TINS
CITY. If ever there was time when tlo
people of New York should look TO their
lives and homes, the lives and happl-
ness of their children, it is now, when
the children of the poor are dying by
thousands.