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Year: 1875

When / was boy, my father on on'
occasion sent me to the mill for grist
On arriving there, I saw some young.
sters in an adjoining field playing ball
After tying my horse to a tree. went
over and joined in the game Of ball.
When it was over, l returned to the
mill. which, to my astonishment, was
closed for the night. My horse, to add
to my annoyance, had broken loose and
wandered homeward. l was two miles
from home, and had to foot it. On
nearing our house, l saw my father
step from behind tree; but unaware
Of his motive, I boldly marched toward
him, full Of excuses As I reached the
tree, be stepped from behind it, and,
swinging stout hickory switch, he laid
it on me vigorously, yelling at every
stroke:


Are you going home, sir?


Yes, SIR I replied, jumping around
quite lively, and he striking me at every
jump. Of course we made quick time
home.


A few days after. while the old man
was feeding the sheep, and in the act of
STOPPING, GROSS ram in the flock struck
him head-foremost in the rear, and sent
him sprawling on the ground. As be
got up on all-fours, the ram charged
again, striking him in the same place.
They repeated this performance half q
dozen times, while 1 lay behind the
fence, yelling: Are you getting home,
sirp The old man, although pious
elder Of the church, after alighting on
all-fours on the other side Of the fence,
began rubbing the injured part Of his
body, and said: D. that ram
Year: 1875

The rude sarcastic frontiersman o
the Houston (Texas) Age takes occa
sion to satirize the eastern young mai
who travels for his health and can't licl
nothin' by telling the following story
A delicate. but self-satisfed youth o
great Gotham, recently found himsel
in one of our New Mexican coaches
In leaving the towns Of Los Cruces, The
shoddy exquisite placed himself care.
fully upon the back seat by the side Of
a miniature rifle and fishing tackle,
which be carried as part of his bag
gage As the coach drove over the
Acequi bridge the youth saw a picture
which caused his heart to dance with
delight. In the shade of the tall cot
tonwood trees which lined the banks,
gamboled group Of Mexican girls by
the limped waves Of the Acequia.


For Gods sake, Mr.. Driver, what
are those beautiful animals p


Them are mermaids,' answered the
stageman, suppressing a twinkle in both
eyes.


'Oh, hold on just one minute = and
out went the exquisite with line and
rod, while he threw the hook toward
the laughing group Nth gesture Of
beseeching agony:


The gay throng gradually closed on
the fascinated fisherman, as he sat upon
the bank drinking in the rapturous
scene before him, but paying but little
attention to his line or bait. Suddenly
black-eyed Peri Of about fifteen caught
the end Of his pole, and, with dexter
GUS movement, landed the fisherman
into the middle Of the Acequia. Every
mermaid Of the batch Immediately took
lively interest in irrigating their cap
tive, who only succeeded in crawling
up the Acequia bank after a desperate
struggle, and very much ip the condi-
ton Of a Norway rat. aa'


A washtrwoman at the next station
declared she never saw so much Rio
Grande mud on one suit of clothes in
her life, and the young man was heard
to mutter often to himself, 'D-d hard
fish to catch, those Mexican mermaids.'
Year: 1875

IL do not owe . dollar IN the


world" was the remark Of subscriber
last week, as he handed us his sub
scription for the present year. He was
a man little past the meridian of life,
hale. hearty and strong. He is the pos
SCISSOR Of landed estate and owns =
goodly share Of worldly possessions.
He is one Of the best farmers in our
county and his homestead and surround-
ings is a picture Of neatness and a model
for less thrifty farmers.


This gentlcman has history and
being acquainted with his early strug-
giles, as given to rs by those who know
him more intimately than We. we pro-
pose to revert to the true secret of his
success believing it may tend to en-
courage the sons Of toll who are strug-
Cling with poverty and striving to climb
the sleeps Of Independence and lay up
for themselves competency for old age.


Like the most men of the present day,
who have become the solid men of this
age, this gentleman began life poor and
without the aid of those possessing the
means to assist him, battled with the
world and by dint of energy, incessant
labor, frugality, abstemious habits, step
by step. fought his way through ad-
verse circumstances, surmounting OBJ
stacles and overcoming difficulties, until
he reached the solid ground Of inde-
pendence. To accomplish this there
must have been great self-denial. The
great secret Of his success has been in
the true theory "nover spend the dollar
before it is earned" GA dollar saved
is dollar made" is trite old adage,
and is as truthful now as In years gone
by, and those who thus carry out liter
ally this axiom. cannot fail to succeed
in life.


But the reversing Of this rule has
bankrupt thousands. There is an army
Of young men in the land who despise
labor and are continually at their wits
end to know how to provide for their
physical wants. They depend upon
their parents or friends to furnish them
with food and raiment. They are drones
in the great busy hive of life. They
are living upon the labor Of others and
eating out the very substance Of the
land. They are paupers upon the char
ity of their friends and are as useless as
the potato beetle.


Instead of not owing any man, they
owe everybody and are not the least
concerned about the pay. By such a
course of conduct they cripple the
energies Of our business men; destroy
confidence, become dishonest, careless,
worthless and finally suffer want and
misery.
To all such thriftless prodigals, vast
ing their time in inert idleness, We
would say initiate the example Of the
gentlemen alluded to. Work, labor to
be useful to yourself and the community. |
Avoid the extravagances Of the times.
Limit yourself to your real wants and
let the imaginary and foolish ideas con-
ceived and nutured from the false no
tions of others be abandoned. Be
frugal, honest, industrious and sober.
Avoid debt. "Owe no man anything"
.Denton Union.
Year: 1875




And my money, as promised =
Nellie and I heard your conversation
and determined to test you. We did
SO, and Nellie insisted on your being
tried


You have taken the deceit out Of
me-


But, though rich, be did not leave
his profession and enter into his care
less idle life again he steadily pushed
his way up, and is now one Of the most
influential men of the times-which he
always AYERS is more due to Nellie's
stratagem than. Marrying Fortune
Year: 1875

l ~~~>


Of this article is now very freauentl,


seen in our newspapers and police re


ports. It has but five letters, and ye


to what varied and painful reflections


does it give rise. 1t is a short word


and yet what awful consequences have


followed in its train. In the papers WI


read: "John Jones' Drunk and dis


orderly. Fined ten dollars, or SEN


sixty days to the work-housc.


Disorderly, sure enough. The whole


man, when drunk. becomes disordered
from head to foot, and he walks. thinks
and acts disorderly if be does at all
Now what is the cause Of this disorder
and disarrangement Of things which
takes man from his home, his bust
ness, and his family. and shuts him ur
in the lookup all night and the next
morning carts him off to prison? What
has come over this man that he should
permit the police to lay violent hands
upon his person and be compelled to
submit to the most degrading punish
ment? What was it that took away bis
liberty, bis self-respect and his money
needed by his family, and earned por-
haps by the most severe physical labor!


We answer, it was ardent spirits that
brought him SO low and humbled him
in the dust. He had drank too much.
No, will not use this term, because it
implies that man may drink with mod
Grafton. l will then say be had been
drinking, was drunk, and therefore dis
orderly as matter Of course. He could
net be orderly in such state any more
than water could be made to run up
hill.


A large number Of words are coined
from the use Of ardent spirits, drunk
drunkenness. degradation. dissipation,
disorder, delirium; to say nothing Of
deviltry. damnation, and death. And
just leok at the words beginning with
P. If you drink you have poverty.
privation, palsy and pain, as we'll as the
prison and the poor-house staring you
in the face. So, young man, if you
wish to save your credit and character.
don't drink. If you do, you permit
others TO have power over either your
person or your purse. two things over
which man should have the most ab-
solute control.


!, In passing through life you will be
many times invited to take social
glass, and perhaps in case Of refusal at
tempts will be made to drag you to the
bar but say resist If It breaks friend
ship, and tears the coat from your back.
Let no man or woman tempt you to
drink. The moment man drinks,
treats or is treated he ceases to be inde-
pendent and responsible. and by these
acts places himself in the power Of
others, and is on the road to ruin and
death.
Year: 1875

In Southern California you may set
on the plains and hills thousands o.
sheep, but not man to watch them.
Around each flock or band Of, say q
thousand sheep, are half dozen dogs,
whose progenitors were imported from
the pastures of the old world. These
dogs take the entire care of the sheep
drive them to pasture in the morning,
and bring them home at night. These
dogs have inherited . talent for keeping
sheep; but the shepherds do not depend
wholly on that. They cultivate it in
this way: When lamb is born it is
taken from its mother sheep before she
has seen it, and puppy put in its
place. When the puppy grows old
enough to eat meat, it is fed in the
morning and sent out with the sheep.
It stays with them because it is accus-
toned to be with its mother, but it can
not feed with them. As they get full
the dog gets hungry. At length, i'm
patient to return where it hopes to get
another piece Of meat, it begins to tease
and worry its mother, and finally starts
her home the other sheep follow, and
thus the whole flock is brought in. If
the dog brings the sheep home too soon.
or comes home without them he gets no
supper, or is punished in some way.
Hence be soon learns when to come,
and sees to it that none of his charge
are left behind. These animals are
trained BY taking advantage Of their
instincts and appetite.
Year: 1875

KEEPING MEALS WAITING.--Iittle
things interfere with our comfort very
much, and one small annoyance is for
men to delay coming to dinner when
called. Sometimes they have an hour
or more of work which they will do be-
fore quitting, and then they go to the
house to find dinner cold, and the cook
discouraged. Nothing is more disheart-
ening to tired woman than a table full
of dirty dishes ornamenting the table an
hour and half later in the day than
usual. Punctuality is a virtue that men
should learn if they are in the habit Of
being uncertain about coming to their
meals. Any woman worthy the name OF
housekeeper, will be regular with her
meals if it lies within her to have them
Year: 1875

VERY STERN PARENT INDEED
"Come here, sirl What is this complaint
the school master has made against your"
Much injured youth-"It's just nothing
at all. You see Jimmy Hughes bent a
pin, and 1 only just left it on the teach
er's chair for him to look at, and he
came in without his specs and sat right
down on the pin, and now he wants to
blame me for it.
Year: 1875

A private letter received in Sheffield
from one of the crew of the iron ship
Glance, of London, which arrived in
the Thames from Adelaide lately gives
intelligence of terrible event which
recently occurred at sea. The Glance
passed an out-b bound vessel, bearing the
name of Jesse Osborne, and was hailed
by the cautain of the latter ship, who
reported that one OF his crew had gone
mad that for five days the maniac had
stationed himself aloft, and nothing
could induce him to return to the deck.
The captain further reported that the
madman had armed himself with a
large chisel, with which he was cutting
the ropes, and that the boatswain had
tried to bring him down. The maniac,
however, threw block at the boat
swain, knocking him on the deck and
breaking his arm and leg. As a mat
ter of safety to his vessel and crew the
captain of the Jesse Osborne consider
ed that it was necessary to shoot the
maniac, anl alter some consultation
that course was decided upon. The
crew and officers Of the. Glance we're
requested to be present as witnesses,
and In their presence the man was shot
with a revolver. In consequence OF the
way in which he moved about the rigs
ging three shots had to be fired before
he was fatally Injured. He fell dead
on deck, and his body was eventually
thro wn overheard. London Times.
Year: 1875

A cool head, an investigating mind, a warm heart, and diligent hands, with benevolence and hon esty, piety and perseverance, will insure success in any laudable undertaking within the sphere of personal ability; will secure re- spectability in virtuous society, and enable us to meet death with composure. A cool head will save us from the endorsements and disgrace which passionate people often experience. By investiga- tion, we learn the nature of things, and how to adapt means to ends. Sympathy and kindness to others will enlist their interest in our be- half. Diligence, which effects something every moment, will ac- complish much in the aggregate of time. The spirit of true benev- olence will aid in forming habits of industry and economy; and this is of great importance, es- pecially to those who wish to ac- complish much with small means. Strict honesty is always "the best policy" and will secnre the con fidence of all but those who are so jealous they can trust nobody but themselves. True piety will give confidence in our Creator, and en- courage perseverance, and some- times lead to success, even when our prospects are difficult and doubtful. By perseverance, that which seems impossible may some times be accomplished, and with out it no one will ever accomplish much.- New England Offering.
Year: 1875

God has so made the sexes that women, like children, cling to men; lean upon them as though they were superior in mind and body. They make them the suns of their systems, and they and their children revolve around them. Men are Gods, if they but knew it, and woman burning incense at their shrines. Women, therefore, who have good minds and pure hearts want men to lean upon. Think of their rev erencing drunkard, a liar, fool, or libertine. If Q man would have a woman to do him homage, he must be manly in every sense; a true gentleman, not after the Chesterfield school, but polite, be- cause his heart is full of kindness to all; one who treats her with respect, even deference, because she is a woman; who never condo sccnds to say silly things to her; who brings her up to his level, if hls mind is above hers; who is never over anxious to please, but is always anxious to do right; who has no time to be frivolous with her. Always dignified ill speech and act; who never spends too much upon her; never yields to temptation, even if she puts it in his way; who is ambitious to make his mark in the world, whether she encourages him or not; who is never familiar with her to the extent of beng an adopt ed brother or cousin; who is not over careful about dress; always pleasant and considerate, but al- ways keeping his place of the man, the head, and never losing it. Such department, with noble prin- ciples, a good mind, energy and industry, will win any woman in the world who is worth winning.
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 its duty as an independent journal. Whatever prominence it maintains in the affairs of this county or State, will be voluntarily accorded by the people who support it. In short the DEMOCRAT wishes to be judged solely upon its own merits as local and state newspa- per, having for it's chief object the dissemination of the news of the day with such comments upon current topics as seem appropriate and are conscientiously entertained by its 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 enterpris- ing as it's patronage will justify. Sensible men will approve the busi- ness management that limits expen- diture to the bounds of income; on- ly fools or enemies expect degree of excellence in all points that can alone be attained by the possession of resources and income.
Year: 1875

Whatever be your calling, be proud of it. Are you shoemak CT? Try to make a better shoe than any other man can make. Yes, whatever your trade or profes- sion, excel in it if you can

 Bear in mind that any kind of honest labor is honorable, but choose we'll. "In whate'er you sweat, indulge your taste"

 If you like the free life and honest labor of a farmer, do not drag out long years in the study of law or medicine, for that would only be "vanity and vexation of spirit;" but go immediately to the farm, and in the life you love enjoy that perfect peace of mind peculiar to every individual that feels he is in his fort, doing what God designed he should, and who will never have to realize that cold, humiliating, and sickening feel ing that his life has been failure.

 Suffer not that feeling to creep over you, but be up and doing. Look we'll to the ways of your footsteps" Keep clean the house of clay in which God has placed you. Touch not, taste not that which will corrupt it. Go not to your grave q composition, one third whiskey, one-third tobacco, and the remaining third corrup- tion, so filthy that even the ghouls and ravenous worms would scorn to touch you.

 Be true to yourself. Deal hon estly and plainly with your fellow men. Remember that

 ''Thc pleasure is as great

 In being cheated as to cheat"

 Hard drinking-chewing ice.

 An executive oflice-the hang mans.

 Common pleas-please open the door.

 A poor relation-telling an an ecdote badly.

 Sure to produce short crops the barber's shears.

 Carpets are bought by the yard and worn by the foot.

 Home stretch-the stretch across the maternal knee.

 Order is Heavens first law and it has never been repealed.

 To make a tall man short try to borrow five dollars of him.

 Speaking of the round world, much can be said on both sides.

 A musician and a sailor should always know how to sound the C.

 Wasting sweetness--putting your arm about q pretty woman.

 Boston has a woman newspaper carrier who is eighty seven years old.

 When horse cars have good conductors they are never struck by lightning.

 Why is a compositor like a cripple? Because he can't get on with out a stick.
Year: 1875

It is noted that all great humor- ous are sober and sedate, with a melancholy cast of countenance. It is rather serious business to be funny.

 Ever since we have heard of that Maine editor named T. Pot, we have been filled with anxiety to know if triile would make him boil over.
Year: 1875

Self-Made Men.

 eff you are to be an exception said Mir. Crabbe to his young friend, "you will be the first in all my observation and experience. You may take the whole population of Maryland, and select from it fifty men, who are most distinguished for talents, or any description of public use fitness, and 1 will answer for it, they are all, every one of them, men who began the world without dollar. Look into the pubic councils of the nation, and who are they that take the lead there? They are men who make their own fortunes-self-made men, who began with nothing. The rule is universal. It pervades our courts, state and federal, from the highest to the lowest. It is true of all the professions. It is so now; it has been so at any time since I have known the public men of the state or nation; and it will be so while our present insti- tutions continue. You must throw a man on his own resources to bring him out. The struggle which is to result in eminence is too arduous, and must be continu- ed too long, to be encountered and maintained voluntarily, or unless as a matter of life and death. He who has fortune to fall back upon will soon slacken from his efforts, and finally retire from competi- tion. With me it is Q question whether it is desirable that a pa rent should leave his son any property at all. You will have a large fortune, and 1 am sorry for it, as it will be the spelling of a good lawyer. These are my de liberate sentiments, and l shall be rejoiced to find that, in this in stance, that am mistaken"

 Staying buslness-making bar rels.

 Mrs. Gubbins says her husband is like Q tallow candle he always smokes when he goes out.

 MT. Sherry, of Indiana, has become pale Sherry on being ar rested for obtaining money on a worthless draft.

 Now then as there is no longer any occasion for secrecy, won't Mir Spinner be kind enough to tell us what the two initials to his name really are.

 Some ingenious observer has discovered that there is a re- markable resemblance between . baby and wheat, since it is era died, then thrashed, and finally becomes the flower of the family.
Year: 1875

THE Boston Aduertiser says that it is no
secret that the subsidy grabbers have turned
their attention to the Democrats and that,
under the pretext of giving the South road
to the Pacific, they have secured nearly or
quite the whole southern vote in Congress
and that the system of log-roling is to be
used to carry other schemes calling for enor-
nous grants from the government Every
Congressman who represents decenay in
tegent constituency knows that the people
are hostile to any possible scheme of subsidy
for building railroads. We have completed
the history of one Pacific Railroad, and it is
not of character to lead us to begin another
work of that kind. We can't think that a
Democratic House will set so deliberately at
the work of self-destruction as to pass a sub
sicy bill. As for the Republicans, it would
be better for those who support such meas
ure that they had been cast into the sea with
On old.fashioned millstore at their neeks.
Year: 1875

GEN. Egbert Viele read an intere sting pa
per on sewerage, drainage and water supply
before the Health Association at Baltimore
the other day. He took strong ground in fa-
vor of radical change in the present defec-
tive method of disposing Of the refuse OF
dwellings in cities, urging as remedy the
pneumatic system now used very successful.
ly in Holland. He also dwelt upon the i'm
portance to health of thorough and syste-
matte system of drainage, and in his remarks
on the water supply of cities opposed the idea
that supply of pure and healthy water can
be obtained from rivers and streams con-
taminated with organic matter and sewer
filth.