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Year: 1875

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Ners, writing
from the City Of Mexico, says Of President
Lerdo that all the powers Of his great mind
are directed towards the aggrandizement of
Mexico. immigration and railroads are the
absorbing questions with him at present,
and under his wise craftsmanship Mexico is
slowly but surely advancing in the path Of
intellectual and material development.
Year: 1875

SENSI BILE TALK.-The new Lieutenant
Governor Of the State of New York, Mr..
Dorsheimer, made speech in response
to serenade one evening last week in
which he said. There are those who eX-
press doubts as to the possibility of long
continued action by the Liberal Repub-
lican and Democratic party. 1t seems
to me, however, to be entirely possible
to act with the Democratic party in the
future as we now do, and have done in
the past; For the principles which the
Democratic party of New York have pro-
fessed are the principles which were de-
clared at Cincinnati, and they must be
the principles which shall be adoptedby
the opposition in 1876, and, standing
upon the platform Of Cincinnati, we stand
upon the same grouni IS lnAt occupied
BY the Democrats III tnClr platform adopt
ed at Syracuse; and it seems to me to be
the part OF wisdom and high PATRIOTISM
that we in the future unite with the De


mocracy, For myself have to say that
| shall do what lies in my. power to per-
petuate and bind more closely the union
WHICH now exists, to the end that in the
great Presidential campaign of 1876, the
misrule which now exists, both at the
North and South as well, may be swept
away, and that the great Centennial OF
cur National independence may be eel
ebrated in the worthy manner that such
celebration deserves; not by the exhi-
bition of the industries of the country
only, but by perpetuating those great


ainciples upon which the Republic was


ounded and by which it has been
brought to the.greatness which it now
hos
Year: 1875

Bcecher | do not think could have
come on that train with me. saw INN
the next day also. l fix the date be-
cause wished to see him on some little
business, and because he had moved up
for the summer. l recollect being dIsap-
pointed ut not seeing him as he went
back to New York for q week OF ten
DAYS.


Thomas j. Filney testified: ! am
Year: 1875

THE Kennebec Journal informs the argus
that the postal thief Phalon although former
ly Republican, last year voted for CASTOR for
Governor, consequently his crime cannot be
justly put under the head of Republican rob-
berries. since his letter pilfering began about a
year ago when he first voted the Democratic
ticket The unfortunate man fell into the
two crimes at nearly the same date.
Year: 1875

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


we cannot undertake to return reserve commu-
nj cations that are not used
Year: 1875

THE old Pennsylvania county of Berks
serves as pertinent illustration of the drift of
parties in regard to the finance question. In
August the Republicans of the county held
their convention and were foolish enough to
adopt soft-money resolution. A week later
the Democrats met in convention and adopted
hard money plank. But the Ohio cam
paign has given strange turn to the cam
paign. The Republicans have discarded their
heresy, and are now making hard-moEey
canvass. The Democrats also have shifted
their position, and are advocating imitation
The changes are in character. When Repub
licans by chance find themselves in wrong
position they hasten to shift it. When Dem
ocrats by chance find themselves in right
position they too hasten to shift it, and to
get wrong as soon as possible.
Year: 1875

NATHAN APPLETON has written letter
on our financial situation to the Boston
Globe. He proposes that our debt be funded
in four per cent. "ten-ffty" bonds, to the
amount of one thousand million dollars He
would have these bonds in denominations of
fifty dollars, coupon or registered, in order to
make the loan a popular one. They would
not be redeemed before ten years, but from
that date until the expiration of the fifty
years they should be called in for redemption
not oftener than once in five years, and in
sums to be determined by the financial posi-


ton of the country year before each epoch.
Year: 1875

There is in Paris vast establishment
the most extensive of its kind In the
world-where the imitation of pearls,
diamonds, and precious stones generally,
is carried on with all the skill which
modern ingenuity renders possible, and
these productions are sent to the shops
OF all lands. Here the whole process OF
transforming a few grains OF dirty,
heavy looking sand into diamonds Of
sparkling hue is constantly going
on. The sand thus employed,
and upon which the whole art
depends, Is found in the for
est OF Fontainebleau; 1t appears to pos
sess some peculiar qualities OF adoption
to this purpose. The coloring mat
ter for Initiating emeralds, rubies and
sapphires is entirely mineral. and has
been brought to high perfection. Hum
dreds OF operatives are employed in
polishing the colored stones and in lin-
ing the false pearls with fish scales and
wax. The scales Of the roach and dace
are chiefly employed for this purpose;
they have to be stripped from the fish
while living, or the glistening line so
much admired in the real pearl will not
be initiated. These Paris pearls have
been Of late years so perfected that the
Roman pearl mas to great extent been
superseded. Tue setting is always OF
real gold, and the fashion Of the newest
kind.
Year: 1875

From late advices from Cuba, and from views expressed by those who ought to be posted on the condition ofaffairs there, there are ample grounds for believing that the end of the Cuban war is near at hand, and that the freedom of the patriots will soon be a set tied question. Count Valneaseda has been forced to abandon large scopes of the territory held by the Spanlards, and the fertile coun- try is now at the mercy of the advancing forces of the patriots. A we'll posted cores pondent of the New York Sun ex- presses the view that the Span iards can not continue the strug- gle longer than six months at best.

 We trust the patient and long winded patriots may soon be re- warded by complete acquisition of their freedom.
Year: 1875

There are unmistakable evi- dences occurring every day all over the South that the old feel ing of animosity, hatred and vim dictiveness engendered by the late war is fast dying out, and will ere long be extinct. The time is almost at hand when we will have reunited country. A good feeling between the followers and wearers of the blue and the gray is springing up, and will soon choke out all differences. The true men of both parties, those who were true soldiers when their country called them, and who were always found in the hottest of the battle, ever ready to risk their lives for what they deemed right, have already joined hands across the bloody chasm. It is only the follower and the vile wretch who attached him. self to the one cause or the other for the sake of plunder, who will at this late day foster the old war animosities, and taunt his for mer opponent with jeers or feel ings of revenge. The noble mind knows no such feelings.

 Let the country be again re- united in the bonds of brotherly love, and devotion to a. common country. Let the blue and the gray be united in a badge of uni verssl peace, and let the vile wretch whose bosom is too small to make room for feeling like this, be spurned from the asso- citation of true men.
Year: 1875

for all kinds of criminals and des- perate characters. What is there now to strike terror to the heart of any diabolical wretch who may see fit to harbor in our county?

 We blush that we are forced so often to bring this matter before the public, but we will not be si- lent when we see our country suf- fering from the ravages of desper- adoes and nothing done to visit swift retribution upon them.

 We hope it may be long before we may be forced to broach this subject again.
Year: 1875

The man Atkins, who got on q drunken spree short time ago and made an attack on the resi- dence of one Sullivan, by firing several shots into his house, and who was wounded by the return of the fire, was kept here in town AT THE HOTEL until last Friday night. On that night shortly af- ter dark he made his escape. He had recovered far enough to BE ABOUT ON HIS cRUTCHEs.

 How it is that every single, sol itary man-almost, who commits a crime here and is arrested, es- capes, is a matter which demands an investigation. Even crippled men who have to hobble about on crutches, find no trouble to make their escape.

 There is something wrong some- where!

 We do not know who should bear the blame, but one thing we do know, and that is this; when a man is arrested and the county put to the expense which always accompanies these arrests in sums varying from $50 to $500 he SHOULD be brought to trial and if found GUILTY he should be pun ished as prescribed by law; if not guilty, he should be discharged. If he has committed no offense worthy of an arrest and trial, he should not be arrested at all much less arrested and held in custody for weeks until the officers get tired of him and he gets tired too, and escapes; leaving a pile of costs for the tax payers of Pope county to foot. The case and fre- quency with which crime is com mitted and punishment eluded in Pope county is becoming alarm ing; and we now once more charge our people that if they do not join in with us in demanding at the hands of our officials more eff cient and energetic enforcement of the laws of the land, our coun- ty will rapidly become a refuge
Year: 1875

The published declarations of Judge Wm. D. Kelly in regard to the condition of affairs in the South furnish additional testimo- ny to the loyalty of the Southern people. Such testimony as this comes from every honest North

 ern man who visits the South.

 The third-termers, of course do not relish such statements, and are quick to dcnounce any man who is honest and bold enough to tell the truth in regard to the af- fairs al the South. But the threats of the Buffers, Claytons, and Grants combined will prove intellectual to longer deter the honest men of the North from dc manding jnstice for the much and long abused people of the South. And the Haunting of the bloody shirt before the eyes of the honest
Year: 1875

Many important advantages have been gained already. The extrs session failed to pass some acts that should have been passed

 but it also adopted . number o1

 salntary measures, and, what if vastly more important, it has con firmed the Conservatives in 2 strong position, and given them g foothold and a voice in their own government. The value of this Is greater in it's indirect than it's di- rect effect. It has restored con. fidence in a greater degree and has inspired a better feeling than has existed for years. Strangers coming here no longer inquire anxiously whether it is safe to walk the streets at night. It made not a particle of difference whether this feeling of apprehen- sion was well or ill-founded. It existed nearly all over the coun- try, and insanity itself could scarcely hope that our material condition would improve in the face of such a state of feeling in regard to us. Three weeks of ad- justment have undone this mis- chief. It is known everywhere that we have a prospect of peace and order. Apprehension is re- moved, and favorable considera- tion of our prospects is being manifested ill every quarter. The extra session has confirmed dust ment and confidence, and that one item is worth ten times more to the State than the session cost. The most obtuse cannot fail to to observe the change for the better.

 Finally, but not least encourag- ing of the results achieved, it is plainly apparent that the idea of sitting in supine misery, and fig uring as an awful example for the benefit of presidential or other candidates, is thoroughly eradi- cated and everlastingly played out. Had the movement achieved but this one thing, it would have been anything else but failure.

 We rejoice with our sister state in any good fortune which may follow the adjustment; and we hope that the dawn of a better day is about to break over her destiny, and that she may in the near future enjoy as much prosperity as she has lately suffer ed oppression.
Year: 1875

oAhbA AsONAA, ~NNJ N3 AO'cs

 ED. DEMoCRAT:-I will write you few lines and if you think them unworthy of publication, throw them in the waste basket. I have not noticed any cores. pondent from Gala Rock town ship.

 can say that Galla Rock town. ship is alive, though the town is about dead. The farmers are making great effort to make a crop and appear in good hopes and willing to work, though some are not able to make a crop be- cause they have no horses, and some no bread, and are walking the road from house to house wanting to work for bread

 Farmersl plant plenty of corn this year, there will be good sale for it. Our farmers are almost done planting in this vicinity.
Year: 1875

Wheat looks fine and is earlier than common, and great abun- dance of it was sown.

 Why don't the people of Galla Rock township subscribe for the DEMOCRAT? It is the best home paper we can get. It gives the interesting news of the state gen. erally. I see piece from Rev. A. R. Winfield, it is good piece, suitable for the times and the people. <

 I hope the railroad will be built from Dardanelle to the upper counties. I think it can be done. I think the men who will take hold of it have courage enough to carry it through. Go ahead with it all you men who have capital. It will make good country. We will then have the best market in the northern part of the state. Then the good enterprising farm CT can supply the market with all kinds of produce and get his mon- ey; at home without shipping his produce. We can also have a cot ton market at home. The lands will be worth something then, and the trifling farmer will have to do better, or else hes will be going down the broad road that leads into starvation. Yours,
Year: 1875

masses oi the North has become threadbare and will no longer se- cure their sanction to the acts of usurpation and oppression against a section of the country, whose torn up condition must be mend ed in order to secure permanent prosperity and peace of the coun- fry
Year: 1875

By observing the habits and as- certaining the inclinations and course of the boys and young men of a country, it is easy to form a pretty clear conception of what that country will be when those young men and boys arrive at manhoods estate and assume the sober duties of life and the responsibilities of citizens. After q while those who are now the heads of families and the guardi- ans of our public interests, will have passed away, and their places will have to be filled by the boys and young men who are now growing up. Time rolls on in it's never ceasing undulations, and on its waves it rapidly bears away those who now stand at the helm; and as speedily as it bears away the father, it ushers upon the busy stage of action the child and son. It is easy to see, there fore, that the proposition with which we set out, that the condi- tion of the country, and the pros perity of the people who will in habit it a few years hence, can be divined from, and depends upon the character, habits and inclina- tions of the boys and young men.

 It is not our purpose now to call attention to this fact with the view of giving disquisitlon upon the duties of parents in training up children; but we would be glad If parents should be put to thinking by the perusal of this article, for of course the inclina tions of children and their habits in after life depend almost entire ly upon the training they receive from parents or other mature per sons while they are in the tender years of youth.

 Our purpose in this article is merely to take view of the situa- tion as we now find it; and from a careful survey ot the surround ings, to make a calculation of the probabilities of the future. And we are proud to say that an in- vestigation of this kind in respect to good old Pope county-the scene of many of our boyhood sports, and the probable field of many years of our future life and labors-affords ample grounds for congratulation. We have no cause to be discouraged when we take a scrutinizing view of the situation. On the contrary, the outlook is good. We see with no small degree of qualification that there is an increasing tendency among the young men of our county to be industrious and not to shirk labor. Our young men take sensible view of manual labor, and we find most of them as they grow up, selecting the az ricultural industries as their oc- equations. The selection is a wise one, an honorable one, and, if the avocarion is pursued in the proper manner, a profitable one. There IS no surer key to happi- ness, prosperity and wealth, both to individuals and countries, than vigorous and manly building up of the agricultural interest. No country can prosper without az riculture and the higher degree of perfection to which agriculture is brought, the greater civilization and prosperity of the country. We are therefore proud to note the fact that in Pope county at least, the tendency among the young men is to seek the manly labor of the farm; and we shall never fail to honor and respect them for it. We wish them God speed in their efforts; and we can safely predict for Pope county future of great prosperity.
Year: 1875

state; and certainly Pulaski coun ty has as efficient men as could be found elsewhere. We have, for 2 long time, noticed among the country press, a spirit of envy and opposition against Little Rock. Why this is so, we cannot imagine. For ourselves we are proud to see our Capital soar ahead, and take the lead in Important matters. Our only regret is that she does not grow in importance and mag nitude faster than she does. We would like to see this feeling of envy against Little Rock and her citizens wiped out.
Year: 1875

We understand that they have found out in Russellville that there is considerable difference in running paper themselves and in having Cloyd run one for them. Independent.

 So we heard one of the readers of the DEMOCRAT say, as he spread a copy of our paper out by the side of the issue of the Indepsnd. ent containing the above. Most any fool could see that there is a very wide difference, but we prerume Russellville will not sui fer to any serious extent from the the effects of the change-at any rate we hope not.
Year: 1875

IT will be remembered that there was no choice by the people for Q Governor of New Hampshire at the late election. The New York Sun says it is not certain after all that the Republicans will have their man for governor. They claim majority in the new Lcgis- lature, which will make the choice for Governor, but there are enough seats contested to leave the mat ter in doubt.
Year: 1875

THE local of the Van Buren Press is in distress because he has exhausted all his powers to get up spelling match in town, and has failed. Can't some of the girls and boys exercise little pity and gratify him a spell.
Year: 1875

OUR worthy contemporary of the Boone County Record speaks rather sarcastically of the action of our centennial commissioners because they appointed majority of the advisory committee from Little Rock and Pulaski county. We'll, what if they did? Perhaps Messrs. Lawrence and Dodge know their business as we'll as our friend of the Record. We think it eminently right and proper that the majority of the committee should be in close proximity to the Capital of our
Year: 1875

I never look at my old steel composing rule that 1 do not bless myself that, while strength lasts, l am not at the mercy of the world. If my pen is not wanted l can go back to the type case and be sure to find work; for I learned the printers trade thoroughly-news- paper work, job work, book work and press work. am glad l have a good trade. It is as a rock upon which the possessor can stand firmly. There is health and vigor for both body and mind in an honest trade. It is the strongest and surest part of self-made man. Go from the academy to the printing office or the artisans bench; or, if you please, to tffe farm-for, to be sure, true farming is trade, and a grand one at that. Lay thus a sure foundation, and after that branch off into whatever profession you please.

 You have heard, perhaps, of the clerk who had faithfully serv- ed Stephen Girard from boyhood to manhood. On the twenty first anniversary of his birthday, he went to his master and told him his time was up, and he certainly expected important promotion in the merchants service. But Stephen Girard said to him. "Very well. Now go and learn a trade"

 "What trade, sir?"

 Good barrels and butts must be in demand while you live. Go and learn the cooper's trade; and when you have made perfect barrel, bring it to me"

 The young man went away and learned the coopers trade, and in time brought to hls old master a splendid barrel of his own make.

 Girard examined it, and gave the maker two thousand dollars for it, and then said to him,-

 "Now, sir, I want you in my counting room; but henceforth you will not be dependent upon the whim of Stephen Girard. Let what will come you have Q good trade always in reserve"

 The young man saw the wisdom, and understood.

 Years ago, when the middle aged men of today were boys, Horace Greedy wrote,-

 ''lt is a great source of consola- tion to us, that when the public shall be tired of us as an editor, we can make a satisfactory live lihood at setting type or farming, so that while our strength lasts, ten thousand blockheads, taking offence at some article they do not understand, could not drive us into the poor-house.

 And so may man become truly independent.- Weekly Grange.
Year: 1875

with four inch swab stick pro- jecting from the mouth, and the snuff juice dripping from the end. Preach to us about our tobacco being disgusting to such refined

 senses of the female members of the family whose sense of smell

 ing and tasting is benumbed with

 the filthy" habit of ofdipping snuff that is made from the refusals of what we use, and the sweepings of the tobacco factory, and sold out to the 'sdelicacy" of the family. We admit that the chewing and smoking of tobacco is filthy and expensive, but no more so than the use of snuff and it is no worse for us to spit on the church house floor and sitting room, than it is for the ladies, and the breath of q snuff dipper is certainly very dis gusting to the refinement and cultivated organs of the gentle men. ToBAcco CHEwER.
Year: 1875

Letter from Galley Rock T'p. GALLA RocK Township,l

 May, 1875.

 Ma. EpIToR:-As it is q con- mon thing, these days, when a man goes to town or to the black smith shop, to write history of his trip to some newspaper, l shall beg leave of you for a few random shots through the DEMOCRAT. l am not in the habit of writing to the public via the newspaper, but for q start will send line to the DEMOCRAT. k X

 For several years after the war the farmers seemed to be trying to see. who could raise the most cotton, and as soon as it was gath cred it was hauled to town and turned over to the proper owner (the merchant). If any failed to be able to take it all out in the store, of course he was paid the balance in money which was spent for corn and meat to make anoth- CT crop on. But when one failed to have enough cotton to pay up he went home, doubled his dili- gence and increased his cotton patch few acres to get able to pay up the old score and make q new bill for another year. The farmer is able now to see the fol ly of such system. Thus the farmer has been working hard these nine long years to make an honest living by the sweat of his brow, but somebody has got the cotton and somebody else the money, and the farmer to-day is like poor Beecher, "sitting on the ragged edge of despair"

 And what is to be done about this bad state of affairs? How are we to get out of the old rut? Why honestly of course; by changing our mode of operating and going to work. Let us plant less cotton and make more of our own bread and meat. Then we will be out of the old rut, and be self supporting. F.