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Year: 1876

CHILDREN CRY For CAsToRIA. 1t is as
pleasant to take as honey, and is absolutely
harmless. 1t is sure to eXpel worms, cure wind
collie, regulate the bowels and stomach, and
overcome irrtability caused by rash or cutting
teeth. 1t is a perfect substitute for Castor Oil,
and for Costiveness in young or old there is
nothing in existence SO effective and reliable.
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Year: 1876

ana see them come strung out in line, heads
towards us, ears pricked, and eyes on fire
Ill, there! hi, there! Now see them swoop
TO cleft, and go tearing away like mad,
muzzles straight out and ears laid back, I'M
til they pass the ridge, and the valley catches
them from our sight! Circus-there never
was such circus as that! It's enough to
sur the blood in the veins of deacon. 1t is
the exercise lot, and the exercise lot alone,
that can take place and make good the alb
sence OF natures liberty. In it the colt can
run and jump and race, and double this way
and that, and check himself, as only colt
can when in full career, to his hearts con-
tent. Every owner of colt should have an
exercise lot. 1t costs little to make one, and
will pay for itself fifty times over in two
years.-Golden Rule.
Year: 1876

Low shall colt be treated in order to de-
velop IN him the highest degree of speed?
we will take an animal at two years f'age,
let us say, and inquire into the best method
Of cultivating the faculty and power of rap
i'll motion.


The first thing to attend to, be it observed
by all, is the lungs. Lung power is the best
kind OF power horse can possibly have, be-
cause it alone can make other kinds Of pow
er Of avail. Muscular power is very desira-
bic !; but muscles can never bring horse to
the wire in time, unless his lungs are good.
Nervous force is excellent; but no amount
of vital energy will hold a horse up through
the wear and tear of a four-mile race A
perfect bone structure is admirable; but
what are bones, if the breathing apparatus
is inadequate? The first point, therefore,
that breeder or owner Of lively colt
should consider is this matter Of lung de-
velopment The great question with him
should be, chow can expand and enlarge
his lungs %


TO begin with, then, let it be remarked
that colts need a great deal of exercise. By
nature they were made for rapid movement.
Like young birds, they develop in motion.
The number of miles a colt of high breed
ing,ss and in good condition, will go when
at pasture, each day, is something surpris
ing.


Now, no sensible man will turn q colt of
fine promise loose in the pasture after the
second year and we do not after the first.
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manner, especially if he be horse colt. He
should be kept in a large roomy stall, where
he can be attended to and trained day by
day. But do not forget his need Of daily ex
ercise. Do not think that box-stall will
suffice. Y on might as well teach an eaglet
to fly in large cage as to give the needed
discipline to colts legs, heart and lungs in
a box-stall. Many most promising young
sters are fatally checked in the development
Of their powers, by lack Of needed exercise
in their second and third years. We hold
that colt needs a great deal OF exercise; !;
not to the halter, which is good for nothing
but to sweat out lazy groom; but sharp
quick exercise, in the taking Of which every
muscle is brought into play, every joint
tested, and every vein, however small,
swelled taut with rapid blood, as is the case
when allowed the liberty Of hill and plain,
and to follow the promptings of nature


How full of bounding life the youngsters
are when in drove Of twenty, uplitted
heads, and tails erect, their long hair stream
ing straight out behind, they charge in thun-
dering columns across the shaking field !!
See how they tear along with hoots that
spurn the plain with changefal gait, and
actions free and swift as a swallow's! See
that sorrel trot Look at his stride! How
he "Opens out! Ha! did you see the chest
nut catch his step? How that brown one
runs Ho:: here, boys; here! Now look
Year: 1876

There is not a particle of doubt
that the following remarks are just
and timely, but it is little surp: ising
that they should be uttered by The
New York World: people who
clamor for public investigations of
all sorts of charges against public
men, can scarcely have reflected upon
the abominable injustice which such
investigations mustinflict upon really
innocent men. 1t is desirable that
public rogues should be punished as
that private rogues should be but it
is also desirable that honest public
men should not be unjustly smirched
and dragged through the mire." The
Worlds idea is, apparently, that the
investigation should be secret till
something tangible has been discov-
cred, and the point would be unan-
swerable if there were any depend
ence to be placed upon the men who
are managing the secret inquisitions
at Washington but experience has
proved that they are maliciously
leaky. The instant they get hold of
testimony affecting the character of
any Republican of high standing,
garbled report is given to Democratic
newspapers, and it takes weeks to
clear up false charges thus promul-
gated. 1t is therefore safer to throw
open the doors, let in all The reporters
and let the testimony taken be print
ed just as it is given. That is the
only defense honest men have against
the outrageously unfair method of
the Democratic scavengers.
Year: 1876




Ifthere were the least probability
Of the Democrats taking Judge Davis
for their candidate, it would be in
order to sharply criticise his conduct
as Judge of the Supreme Court in
actively canvassing for the presiden-
cy. He was at it fouryears ago, and
there were some ugly stories of the
way he secured the endorsement of
the Workingmen's Convention ; but
his candidacy is coming to be looked
upon as very much like that of
George Francis Train or Daniel Pratt
and his doings are laughed at where
they would be seriously condemned
in another.
Year: 1876

The unveiling of the statue of
President Lincoln in the city of
Washington on the 18th of April,
1876, erected to his memory by the
colored people of this country, shows
that gratitude still glows in the bosom
of men and women, who though of
darker skin belong to the great fami-
ly ofman. Eleven years had passed
away since he fell by the bullet of an
assassin and if monarch would
find it difficult to stand well with his
subjects when exposed to the fierce
light that beats upon throne, a
Republican President has nothing to
fear who was not afraid to do his duty
as man and patriot.


1t was graceful and pleasing
manner of recalling to mind one Of
the purest and most honored of the
Presidents of the United States. He
was patriot by right of birth, and a
Republican by conviction. The
principles of the party that called
him to occupy the Executive Chair
he felt by intuition were those only
that can hold the Republic abreast Of
time, to give it the stability it needs
and its proper rank in the family OF
nations. AS the official head of the
Nation, he was an example ofpolitical
benevolence and political virtue and
all his efforts were directed, after the
preservation of the Union, to heal
the wounds of war, and bring the
largest good to the country out of the
enormous evil which had been over
come by the sword. Mr.. Lincoln
felt that the Republic could not
maintain itself while one half was
slaves and the other half free. In
the emancipation of the blacks he
knew that he wiped out the cause Of
the war, making the Republic stronger
by that act of justice.


The remembrance of Mr.. Lincoln
has revive the old spirit in the hearts
of Republicans. 1t has also directed
attention to the disloyalty prevalent
in the South. And in view of the
disloyal character of Confederate
Congress the people will show that
they will not trust the Democratic
party North or South, for once in
power it would again commence its
old effort to destroy the Union in the
interest of Southern isolation.
Year: 1876

A good Illustration OF the number
of folks out of work at New York


was furnished in the result of an ad-
vertisement which some practical
joker had got inserted in the Sun for
''25 men for Philadelphia, S1.75 per
day; 10 women to work on machines, :"
and directing inquiries to the shop of
a small wares dealer in an obscure
street. Long before the unfortunate
dealer had started his fire in the
morning the crowd of work-seekers
had began to collect and all day and
late into the next night they poured
in, clamored for admittance,in in answer
to that advertisement, which he pro.
Year: 1876

tested in vain he did not know any,
thing about, and he was fairly forced
to seek protection at last from the
police. Some of the inquirers were
hard-fsted laboring men, and some
were genteel and well dressed. And
were in allthere at the least calcula-
tion, thousand of them.
Year: 1876

Editors of the Dispatch: do not know
on what ground the expectation was
founded, but do know that the citizens
were led to expect that after the completion
OF the new reservoir they would constantly
have clear water from the hydrants. In this
hope they have been sadly disappointed.
have never known the water from the hy-
drants to be more muddy than it has been
this summer. do not find fault with any
body, but I should be pleased to have in-
formation on several points. 1. Was the
expectation of improvement in the city wa
ter based on any official statement? =. Is
the present impurity of our water due to
failure in the construction OF the new reser-
yoir, or any neglect in its management? 3,
Is there any ground to hope for better water
in the future than we have had this sum-
mer? 4. Is it true, as has been stated, that
a competent chemist has affirmed that the
hydrant, though not freed from mud, Is
freed from all poisonous matter? 1t would
be some relief to the unfortunate drinkers
of it to know that, however offensive it may
be to the taste, it is not injurious to health
but for one do not understand how it can
be freed from other feculent matters and
not from mud.


I do not know that any person IS under
obligations to answer these questions, but
T am quite sure there are thousands who
would be glad to have them answered as
well as A TAX-P AVER.
Year: 1876

O'Tooie Us. Belton.-A litigation was
ended at Granite Yesterday which involves
the right OF landing at the quarry ferry. 1t
appears that O'Toole had been carrying the
stone-cutters to and from the city on the
canal at the rate of three dollars per month.
Bolton put on boat and, reduced the fare
to two dollars. Upon this O'Toole bought
the right OF landing at the ferry, and or
dered that no one should cross the ferry
who did not come up by his boat. The
thing was tested at law yesterday, and Bel
ton restrained from landing ut the ferry and
bound over in the penalty of $3.50.
Year: 1876

Meeting of the State Committee.-A meet
ing OF this committee was held Tuesday
night in the Council Chamber. Its object
was to consider the proposition OF City En-
gineer johnson for chaginS the grade OF
cambridge street between Eleventh ana
Twelfth Streets. Colonel j. G. Clarke, the
former engineer Of the city, was present,
and made a forcible argument against it.
But the proposition OF Engineer johnson
was adopted after lively discussion.
Year: 1876

DISPATCH PRrNTING-HousE.-In order 70 meet
the constantly increasing demands Of our trade ne
have added a wcl-selecte1 assortment of NEW
TYPE, which, together with our improved MA
CIIINERY and sKILFUL MECHANICAL TALENT
warrant us In guaranteeing the VERY BEST CLASS
OF WORK at moderate figures and IN the most expe-
ditious manner
Year: 1876

Des Arc Citizen: A negro pris- oner confined in jail made his es- cape this week. He went out at the door by the jailor, who had no pistol. He made splendid time for the river bottom above town.

 Ark. Traveller: Two men nam ed Park and Young were waylaid and shot by horsethieves, in Monroe county, last week. It is bad enough to tolerate horse stealing, but when it comes to killing the owners, "short shift and stout rope," is the surest and best remedy.
Year: 1876

w. II. and Sue NJ. Hays. The angel of the Good Shepherd has again been among us and has taken another precious jewel for tht Masters Crown. The sweet story oi old tells us that the Savior while here among men said "Suffer little children to come unto me-" Little Willie is gone from his sorrowing parents, and we know they feel sad and disconsolate, but they should not mourn. He is not lost. "The loved and lost!" why do we

 call them lost. Because we miss them from our

 onward road? Gods unseen angel OCT our pathway

 crost, Looked on us all and loving them

 the most Straightway received them from

 life's weary load. They are not lost; they are within

 the door That shuts out loss, and every

 hurtful thing With angels bright and loved ones

 gone before, In their Redeemer's presence ever

 more,

 And God himself their Lord and

 Judge and King. And this we call "loss;" Oh sell

 fish sorrow Of selfish hearts! Oh, we of little

 faith. Let us look round, some argument

 to borrow Why we in patience should await rhe

 morrow That surely must succeed this

 night of death. Aye, look upon this drcary desert

 path,

 The thorns and thistles whereso-

 e'er we turn; What trials and what tears, what

 wrong and wrath, What struggles and what strife the

 journey hath? They have escaped these; and To 1!

 we mourn. Ask the poor sailor when the wreck

 is done, Who with his treasures strove the

 shore to reach, While with the raging waves he

 struggled ou, Was it not joy, where every joy

 seemed gone, To see his loved ones landed on

 the beach? A poor wayfarer, leading by the

 hand A little child, had halted by the

 well To wash from off her feet the cling

 ing sand, And tell the tired boy of that bright Where, this long journey passed,

 they long to dwell. When To the Lord, who many man.

 sions had, Drew near and looked upon the

 suffering twain, Then pitying spoke, ''Give me the

 lad; In strength renewed, and glorious

 beauty clad, I'll bring him with me when I

 come again" Did she make her answer selfishly

 and wrong "Nay, but the woes I feel he, too,

 must sharen' Or rather, bursting into grateful

 song, She went her way rejoicing, and

 made strong To struggle on since he was free

 from care. We will do likewise; death hath

 made no breach In love and sympathy, in hope and

 trust; No outward sign or sound our ears

 can reach, But there's an inward, spiritual

 speech, That greets us still, though nor

 tai tongues be dust. It bids us do the work that they laid

 down. Take up the song where they broke

 on the strain; So journeying till we reach the

 heavenly town, Where are laid up our treasures and

 our crown, And our lost loved ones will be

 found rpain,
Year: 1876



 

 PINE KNOB, ARK, Aug. 23d, '76. EDITOR DEMOCRAT: Newspapers these later days have become to be as many books, and more likely to be read by the masses than books, seem to be the source of much use- ful instruction, and to some degree very efficient educator, guiding and edifying the masses in many ways furnishing the great table of information with almost every pal atab,e variety. How advantageous it would be to every family to take one or more good paper. The writer of these lines has experienced and observed for long life the great benefits derived therefrom. Surely those who have experienced the great benefits should canvass among the masses, to spread such source for information. Permit me to give you a copy Gin the way of making up the great variety) of some lines from my departed wife's scrap-book deposited by her many years ago, written by one among the greatest intellects ever breathed on this contincnt-Daniel Webster-on the death of child. A Pope or Milton never caused their pens to set forth anything more sublime. It may be some young mother may in like manner clip from your paper and make a like deposit and keep it floating on down. Mir. Webster at more than one period of his life dal- lied with the muses. In 1925. he had the misfortune to lose son three years of age represented to have possessed singular attractiveness of mind and character. On that occa- sion Mir. Webster enclosed the fol- lowing effusion in letter to his wife:

 "My son, thou vast my hearts de-

 light,

 Thy morn of life was gay and

 cheery; That morn has rushed to sudden

 night,

 Thy fathers house is sad and

 dreary. 'I held thee on my knee, my son! And kiss'd thee laughing, kiss'd

 the weeping, But ah thy little day is done, Thou'rt with my angel sister

 sleeping. ''The staff on which my years should

 lean,

 Is broken ere chose years cane

 OCT me; My funeral rites thou should'st have

 seen,

 But thou art in thy tomb before me. ''Thou rear'st to me no filial stone, No parents grave with tears be-

 holdest; Thou art my ancestor, my son! And stands in Heavens account

 the oldest. "On earth my lot was soonest cast, Thy generation after mine, Thou hast thy predecessor passed; Earlier eternity is thine. ''I should have set before thine eyes The road to Heaven, and showed

 it clear, But thou untaught spring'st to the

 skies

 And leavest thy teacher lingering

 here. Sweet Seraph, would learn of thee And hasten to partake thy bliss! And oh to thy world thou'lt wei

 come me,

 As first welcomed thee to this. Dear Angel thou art safe in heaven; No prayer for thee need more be

 made,

 Oh let thy prayer for those be given Who oft have blessed thy infant

 head.

 My Father! I beheld thee born, And led thy tottering steps with

 care;

 Before me risen to Heavens bright

 morn,

 My son! my father! guide me

 there."
Year: 1876

eBSAvE MONEY. For the benefit of our friends, and in order to en- courage everybody to read and keep posted we have arranged so as to furnish the DEMOCRAT in connection with the following papers at the price set opposite each name:

 The DEMOCRAT X l.. R. Gazette $2.S5

 1 Il l
Year: 1876

WORTH xJ AM WHERE.

 We offer one of these fine engrav- ings to any friend who will make us up club of fifteen new subscribers for one year; or will give q pair of them for club of tweUty-five new names accompanied by the money. our rate is $l ,50 per year. Clubs for these premiums must be made up and reported on or before the first day of September

 Commence at once and secure one of these handsome pictures.
Year: 1876

We have had several friends who have won our profound gratitude ever since we embarked upon the sea of journalism, by their kind and jealous efforts in behalf of our paper-and when we say our paper, we mean all the people among whom we live. Heretofore these kind efforts have been gratuitous and unrewarded. Such kindness has induced us now to show our ap- dreciation of our friends efforts, by procuring few very fine and really beautiful steel engravings, which we now propose to offer as premi- um for new clubs. These engrav- ings are not the common cheap af- fairs usually offered, but real fine engravings which cannot be pur- chased at any dealers for less than five dollars each. We now make the following liberal offer;
Year: 1876

STRIKE while the iron is hot, is an
old maxim. Now, that the people of
thi. State are properly excited on the
subject of fish culture, and our Legls-
ture has the subject under considera-
ton. We hope sincerely that such a law
will be passed as will insure the pro-
tection Of fish in all OF our streams.
Let such law be enacted as will in
sure their protection, even though i'm
prisonment be added to it for its viola
tion
Year: 1876

THE Kentucky vagrant law is as u
dead letter, because that Statute is
not properly expressed. If it were
made the duty of some peace officer to
inquire into the tact u 10 whether sus
pected persons, white or black, were,
or were not, vagrants, that is, whether
or not, they had visible means of an
honest support, we would be enabled
to put a number of idle white and
black men to work on our public roads
or streets, who, now lounge around
cities and towns by day and night.
The number of this class o. persons is
much greater than we suppose.
Year: 1876

But for the torpedo service Of our
country. our coast cities and towns.
would be at the mercy Of the merciles.
Spanish Navy, in case of a war. Such
however, is the effectiveness Of thar
service. that il would be impossible
for the largest Naval force of the
world to enter any ofour harbors where
torpedo boats lie in readiness, or tor
pedos are sunk. The only trouble,
now is. that we are not as well guard
ell in this respect. as we should have
been long ago, considering the millions
Of dollars spent by Secretary Robcson,
on our Naval armament.
Year: 1876

We have no doubt that one half,
if not more, of the preachers and ply
sicians Of the State are ignorant of the
Registration law passed at a former
session Of the Legislature. They would
do well to consult some lawyer or the
General Statutes Of the State on the
subiect
Year: 1876

freely bathed from time to time with
Ponds Extract, and what is still better, a
compress of the same should be laid over
the afflicted parts, and kept in place over
night by suitable bandage; this should
be repeated every night for one week. Half
teaspOonful shoold be taken inwardly
every three hours during the first three
days. eod&w
Year: 1876

That there Is q gulf between the pure


ly practical man and his teacher the


theorist is one of the mistortunes of our
day; and that there exists bctween them


lack of appreciation, one Of the other,
" painfully apparent to anybody who
comes into contact with them both.
Neither will allow that II goodIy store of
the knowledge and experience possessed
by the other would not lie decisive
benefit to him. But the theorist well
knows that the efforts he may make in
purely practical pursuits however success
full from a mechanical point OF view, are
cure to he, comparatively. financial fail
ures; or, in other words, the expert
workman must a. a rule look for tinan-
cial success in the same degree as he
: abandons his practice and enters the do.
main of theoly. 1t is very easy matter
TO quotdeGamples'of great men, who, like
Galileo, threw their whole life and soul
into their studies, and rising to the pin
uacle Of lame, made the Yorld their
debtors; but how would it have been il
Calico had known that. 10 soon rs he
had advanced to certain hight in
knowledge Of his beloved science, he
must, to advance any further, abandon
il and enter an arena rev TO him And
this is the precise position of the expert
workman. The day hassone by when fame
alone is sufficient reward for labor 81
Sklll. Diogencs you'd in our day find
mis- tub kicked into the street. and him


self under lock and key as vagTant
Year: 1876

PROPERLY enough, Senator Bogy's speech
in favor of making silver an unlimited legal
tender was followed by notice from Senator
Morrill, of Vermont that he should ask the
Senate to take up the bill TO establish an ed
ucational fund. The first man to be edu-
Gated is Senator Bogy.
Year: 1876

As the time approaches for the selection of
our district delegates to Cincin natl the needs
of the occasion press for consideration. 1t is
very desirable that the delegates should be
not only men whose action would be discreet
but whose character and reputation are such
as to generally commend their action to the
confidence and concurrence of their constit-
uents. The suggestion of the name of Hon.
j. B. Brown as the Cumberland delegate
meets in the fullest degree all the require
ments of the situation, and the Republicans
of the district cannot do better than to ask
him to serve them in this important capacity.
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1876

IT seems to have been found necessary to
call in the aid of music to soothe the savage
breasts of the Indiana Democracy at their
State convention. After the indecisive ballot
followed by the withdrawal of Holman and
Landers the chairman ordered the band to
play and cover the confusion.