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The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

clares that gentleman picked up ter rapin's egg, and being busy at the time, put it in his pocket. Several days elaps- ed before he thought of 1t again, when, on searching his pocket for some article he discovered a live and kicking terrapin, which the warmth had matched. He has cared for it since with all mothers tenderness. A Louisiana paper says q woman set a hen on some eggs in a field, and when they were matched four little alligators appeared among the chickens. They followed the old hen as docilely as their halfbrothers and sisters-the chickens-and seemed en tirely unconscious of any difference. It is supposed that the alligator deposited the eggs in the hens nest
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
JOHN MoRRIssEY's WIDOW.
Her First Acquaintance With John, an
 How She Taught Him.
Interview in Philadelphia Record.

How She Taught Him.
 Interview in Philadelphia Record
 knew John as ragged little boy about Troy, barefooted and bellgerent always looking for a fight. When we were married he could not read or write and to tell the truth I was only trife better off in the matter of educational advantages. told him he must learn to read, and he said should teach him Well, we established lesson hours Every night before going to bed he de. voted himselfto his spelling book, and in the morning one hour to writing in a Hcopysbook. The rule of study wassin- flexible. We made it so. The morning after he fought John c. Heenan, when he was all sore and bandaged, and blind ot one eye as well, propped him up with pillows and made him write"
 How long, Mrs. Morrissey, did you keep him pupil?"
 "Till his fatal illness. Every night he studied something, and studied during the day that 1 might be able to help him. Of course, when 1 say we studied, T don't mean in the ordinary school children way. After we mastered the English branches we took up history, and when we were pretty well posted in that we made the living topics of the day a matter of discussion-the European news, the speeches of the great men. I read them in the daytime and John would go through them at night. Then we took up such books as DeQuincy, the writings of Carlyle, and, though John Morrissey was gambler, and by his pro fession made many enemies who frowned upon him, he was possessed of know ledge on many subjects independent of city politics and horse racing which would put to blush his sternest critics had they only been in competition with him."
 Did Mr. Morrissey follow this line of study because of natural bent of mind?" eess
 q don't think so. He would say: Now, this is no good to me, Susie, but l pressed him on, and he would soon get interested. Then he had such an indomitable perseverance. When he found thing he could not readily under stand he would master it out of very spite. l remember once of his throwing down his arithmetic, shortly after we were married, and exclaiming pettishly: I don't care about these fractions; they are only part of a thing, anyway! Whats the use of all this study, Susie?' 'John,' I said; if you don't beat those fractions you'll never go to Congress- Oh, that's your layout for me, is it?' Itis, indeed, my boy I replied. Then he took up his book again, and said: All right, my dear, we'll go to Congress- And he did, too"
 could continue this talk of Mrs. Morrissey's, and much she said would be of interest, but I will only repeat her last remark as left her. "We had ten children. l sit here alone to-day. There are ten little graves and one large one, where all my ambition for my own lies buried" The tears started to her eyes as she spoke.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
The Wrong Man.

One Orlando Greenfield is under sen aenee to be hanged on the 18th of De- eem6er next at Syracuse, N. r.. for the murder of his wife. He has had two afals, his defense resting on certain an- phymous letters declaring him innocent, ahe woman having been killed and out laged by the writer of the anonymous ielIers during the husbands absence
 tom home Little weight was attached .o these communications, and he .wss Ehen Ia convicted for the second time. 'lhe Grandmother of Royal Kellogg one oI Ihe neighbors of the accused, living ih lafayette, O., now makes the state
 aeht at that her gradson, a few months '@'er the murder, confessed the deed to
 Ter, threatening to kill her if she ex-
 tosed him. Whether this will give tain. 'N'''0 N
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
How Long Have I to Live.
N. Y. Mercury.

~ I. mSICuISs u
 It is not every one who asks himself this question, because, strangely enough, it is the belief of most persons that their lives will be exceptional lengthy. How ever, life assurance companies are aware of the credulous weakness of those whose lives they assure; and have, there fore, compiled numerous tables of ex- pectancy of life for their own guidance, which are carefully referred to before q policy is granted.
 The following is one of those well au- thenticated tables in use among assur- anee companies, showing the average length of life at various ages. In the first column we have the present ages of persons of average health, and in the second column we are enabled to peep, as it were, behind the scenes of an as- urancc office and gather from their table the number of years they will give us to live. This table has been the re- suit of careful calculation, and seldom proves misleading. Of course sudden and premature deaths, as well as lives unusually extended, occasionally occur, but this is a table of the average expect ancy of life of most any ordinary man ar woman.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

|lT is becoming fashion in Europe to |nyel in q private railroad car. The
 broness N. de Rothschild owns one lat cost 10000, and the Countess Pc. |cka has ordered one at s26,000. These
 ehicles are smaller than American cars, pt are very elegant.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

GhE grave of Rob Roy in the lonley lurchyard at Balguhidder, Scotland, is Iarked by a flat stone about a century d on which is carved fr-tree crossed ' a sword and supporting crown, but itb0N any name. It is proposed to rect a better memorial of the old chief
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The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

IT IS noted that the letter "y" occurs 'n the surname of every member of the French Presidents Cabinet. The Min 'sler of Finance is M. Say; of Justice, M. Rover; of War, NJ. Greeley; of Mar pc, NJ, Jaureguiberry; of Public Instruc- llon, M. Ferry; of Public Works, M' lreyAnet; of the Postal and Telegraph seryice, M. Cochey. In Grevy, too, there s Il nrn
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

A WOMAN inmate of the asylum for the kane at Maysville, Cal, imagining that
 k was imprisoned by enemies, and ht pen and ink were denied her, made Btatement of her case in needlework, a piece of cloth, and threw it out of
 e window.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

THERE is man in North Carolina who, pme years ago, married the widow of is own son, and she was also his own iece. The woman has had children by 'oth husbands. Not long ago, when one I the daughters was married, the hap y bridegroom demanded and received
 tabulatcd pedigree of the young
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

NAGLIovI, who has lost the.fortune she
 bde in her youth while the greatest |ncer on the stage, is now teaching bss of English belles, in London, to (p the light fantastic. Her instruction bbraces the general subject of graceful kportSient.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

A NEW and singular means of incendi- rism is reported by the Golos. In a Tllage of Poland cat was saturated sith kerosene by an unknown party, nd set on fire The unhappy animal nshed furiously to and fro, spreading ire all around, till it perished in flames, Iogether with number of buildings which caught fire from it.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

lections, even where the collector has a fortune with which to ogratify his crav- ing,are always incomplete, imperfect and unsatisfactory. Hence the desire to collect becomes an unsuitable mania--it never Is. and never can be, satisfied. Those who collect on smaller scale have milder attacks of the same insan- ity. but no doubt suffer proportionately.
 loads in Trees and Stones.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

ROBERT BoSNER's S7 cast-of horses,
 kich were sold in New York on
 ednesday last, brought oyer 5000. bd these nags belonged to plain John bith they would probably only have bught about one-tenth of that amount.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
rmpor,ant If True.

A Pennsylvania paper tells of a cat which caught young rat and swallowed if whole. The next morning it was heard sauealing Tn the stomach of poor nussy. who was trying to eject 1t from inc nremises. When the mail closed that evening, she had not yet succeeded, the rat still keeping up a rumpus Tn the interior. A North Carolina paper de-
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

fRs. lE, SMITH, the largest woman in pinia, has just died at her home in stmoreland county. She weighed
 r 600 pounds, and measured 34inches nss the shoulders. '
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

|uE law firm of which Secretary
 prts is the head, it is stated, has been hined by the Louisiana Lottery Co.
 lefend it against the assaults eff the rnrnment.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

AWNING crabs, q new industry at OK !, Md, gives employment to TO per 5, who put up from 12,000 to 15,000 bs daily, or an average of over 500,0oo ,o,Ab
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

eoUST TELFENER, the millionaire hus-
 hd of the sister of Mrs. Bonanza Mac \, proposes selling his palatial resi- bee i~Rome and opening Franco
 herican bank in Paris. <
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

FHE Mayor of Banbury, England, an- hnces that, in view of the hard winter
 ninent, he shall give 9l00 to charities the town, instead of eating it with rest of the corporation at grand dim
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

|IR EDWARD THORNTON has a son who
 } follow the calling of his father. The
 ing man will begin his diplomatic Der IS a member of the British Lega-
 at Washington. = .----- .s
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

LORD ASGLEsY sold the Middle Park Plate winner (Beaudesert) to Lord Arlington for S35,000, and his lordship will be the joint owner of the colt with Sir F. Johnstone. He has been backed at eight to one against him for the Derby in 1880.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

|Y the management of it's own gas Fks the city of Manchester, England, lin the last fiscal year, realized the Hs1me balance of S476,000.~
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

consists in the back being drawn into puffs that are stuffed with hair, and when worn, these form small hustle that holds out the skirts as much as is considered stylish.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

GLASS bracelet, of elegant workman }, has been found eighty feet beneath
 surface of the ground near Castro
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

Our readers will easily gather from the above tabulated statement the number of years to which their lives, according to the law average, may reasonably be expected to extend
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
Mark Twain In Politics.

Mark Twain Samuel NJ. Glemens) in- troduced Gen. Hawley, the speaker of the evening, at Republican meeting in Elmira, N. T., u few days ago. He re- ferred to him as President of the Cen tennial Commission, gallant soldier of the war, Governor of Connecticut, Con gressrnan, member of my church at Hartford, and,p continued the humorist, 'as author of the Beautiful Snow he has added, a new part to winter. He is an American of Americans--so broad, 80 bountiful in his character that he never turned tramp empty-handed from his door, put always gave him q letter to me. He is square, true, honest man in politics, and must say he occupies q mighty lonesome position"
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

|4E official cost of the last California
 |e election in San Francisco alone was Is-2. lG, or SLY vote.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

HANLAS now expresses his determination to settle the ownership of the s0,000 purse in the courts.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
TIMELY TOPICS.

kuE kshland Farm, the old home of hrv Clay, is for rent. 8
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

RACE horses are decidedly uncertain. Spendthrift beat Lord Murphy, then Lord Murphy beat Falsetto, who beat Spendthrift, and both beat Monitor, and now Monitor conquers Lord Murphy. Who has the crack three-year old of 1879 is a question that is not very easy to decide.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.

A singular coincidence recently oc- cured at Lafayette, Ga. Miss Wilson, an elderly lady, while out at her COW pen, by some mishap fell over rail and broke the knee-cap of her thigh-bone Soon thereafter she sent for her sister, Mrs. Greer, of Chattooga county. This latter lady went out the next morning to perform the same duty, and had the misfortune to fall over the same rail, breaking bone just exactly as her sister had done, They both now lie in beds in the same room, without the hope of ever again being able to walk 'F@~
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
THE sAGE's WIFE.

Mrs. Emerson is tall and slender in form, with silvered hair and refined and thoughtful countenance She dresses with 'severe simplicity" in manner. During recent supper Western lady, sitting between her and distinguished visitor, remarked that she had never be- fore been so delightfully."- sandwiched; to which Mrs. Emersrn replied; "The best part of the sandwich is always in the middle"
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
Keramic Insanity. Boston Transcript.

At recent sale in London, pair of China jars, enameled with birds and fowers-rsweet, pretty things-brought s2,22l. But while the keramie craze still continues, though that is moderat- ing, it is gratifying to note that some of the absurd collecting manias are subsid- ing At coin and medal sale in Boston this week the prices were very low--a Charles II. farthing bringing only 60 cents, Charles I. farthing 30 cents, q half penny of l775 cents, and other and rarer coins and medals were knock ed down at insignificant prices. Cur ious collections of certain kinds in mu- seums, libraries and public galleries are valuable, especially as illustrative of periods and history, but individual col
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
ITS ALLOY.

A vender of cheap jewelry was knock ed down by an Irishman the other night, and at slce brought action against his assailant. The defendant protested be- fore court that the agent had called him liar. The latter swore positively that he used no offensive language. Upon being asked to give the agents exact words, the Irishman said: "He tried to sell me an ould ring, yer honor. and l tould him it was brass, He then turned round to another man, and sez: Its alloy" The defendant was discharged. -Uticd Obserper. ituDGT rst1 2is E
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
SISTERS OF CHARITY.

The sisters of charity in the United States numbered at recent enumera- ton 1,179, in charge of 106 establish ments for the care of orphans, infants, widows, patients, insane and school children. All of these institutions, if we read correctly, had their origin in the con secration and labors of one woman
 That is to say, Mrs. Eliza Seaton, better known as Mother Seaton, began in 1908; at Emmetsburg, in Maryland, the forma- ton of sisterhood, in connection with a school, and that was the parent of similar societies now widely scattered throughout America.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
SHE'S POOLING THEE,

The other day, at a Cincinnati we'd ding, the organist occupied the time be- fore the comingiof the bride and groom by playing various yoluntaries, and just before the, arrived at the church7doo he thoughtlessly struck up "rrnst her,
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27

Lightly striking it with the right fore finger-1 love you. Blowing it-Keep away from me or I'll holler Turning it up-I can't help it; it grew that way. -Wringing 1t with thumb and finger My heart is brolsed, ad Ibe god code i'd by
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
ROCKED IN THE CRADLE.

He was new man in the big music store. She was delicate blonde. She entered, and, timidly approaching the young man, said: Have you Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep?'" He an swered, with slight blush and some hesitation, gazing far away toward the horizon, "Well, I really couldn't say-I must have been very young at the time if have. e."-Retaeac.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
cUCUMBERs' HISTORY,

A London scientific journal says the cucumber is known to have been eulti- vated for more than three thousand years-that it was extensively grown in ancient Egypt. Perhaps it was the cu- cumber and not the asp that Cleopatra took to her bosom with fatal results. We always did doubt that snake story- NOrrisfOll7l Hernld Hea i-rE ' ..fr
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
GRANpFATuER's. CLOCK

London Truth says that our ancestors were satisfied with washing only their hands and their faces; that Louis XIV, of France took only one bath in his life; that Louis XIIIis not recorded as hay ing ever taken any, and that Mme de Longueville, with her dirty clothes, sme1t sour rE9 sgt .t '
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
CREAM OF THE. MAILS. ..
Nuggets of Wit md Wisdom From Our
 Exchanges.
FAMINE IN nUNcARyN

So there's a famine in Hungary. When men are famished,they are-that is to say, when whole nation is hung Try, they're apt to be--or rather. P. S-r We withdraw thisparaeraph for repairs Poptttar Science Monthly.s4 -s,s S's s3 ss
 FANNY TO THE REAR
 Fanny Davenport Fin~the-opiaion of the Chicago 7pnes. is rapidly fahing to the rear of such working actresses as Clara Morris and Mary Anderson, be- cause she hasn't had a manager shot or her backbone soldered lately.
, 1879-04-10
PROPOSALS..
d IL u Rstb RI AIN FOR IL EA u.
j. HTONEB FOR SOLDIERS uRAVkB.

Qv4TKHxAhTkRs slxkxH4LA 0YytCK.
WAaHINGT0N. no., March III, tK7El
hs:s1 pr?posss ~ flnliea.s ara herchy Invited for
tla1r aid city ceuetertca provided hy tlo law ap
gEosed February l871, Of which tho following Il
s2ttAct:
"Thst tho Secretary ot w., i.here5y authorised to
Iect HGaIs0hfA UfGr Tue graves OF 401eT1 who SERVED
Y the cguar V0luntcsT Army Of tue United States
SoofinY ttio war for thu Unlont md who hare boon
sans s1 miansf efoylds4 y thqsx y M.tsh la7a
Tho total number to 81 furnlsNed i eitlnlatod Il H.
H. n!e S Sspesttsaton. 4e.ern!ng r. fsta !ho .and.rd
Rotsa ran be had e application IN peraon or BY Gttor
cemsteFis. hes1xsw ws,sns'S: a u ID e''fa'
apeellnfnso of thu hcAdstoncs 10 ba furnished Ia
seenst tnI Qltfcc,
A!haa ahould 10 ACCOMPANIED by good md sufficient
tgaiseeity. ana none will 10 consldere4 etcept for
AcatIpn1, ~ "
oa1s lho11d 10 lc1Dsed In Aesed envelopes and
e. FropOsals for cadltoles, Enl addressed 10
st*lRntt II wlust wAoso ofce they will Ia
III H@ ts St mmencnx At II o'Clocka vi.
~ uMtEf y thn 61crst4ty Ut War.
-. =, MEtt6, 4uafteTnlasttf, General, u. 8. a.
, 1879-04-10
COMING EVENTS.
Their Forms So Tangible as
to Throw Their Shad-
ows Before.
In Elaborate Effort to Ascertain
the Fcoling Of tho
Union.
The Political Pulse Of Every
State 1mpartially
Touched.
Overwhelming Belief Among Repub-
hoans that Grant Will Be-
Nominated.
No Chance fur Any Other Nan than
Tildcl in The Democratic
Convention.
So that the Choice in 1880
Will Be Grant or
Ti1den.
A Very Significant Democratic Ex.
preston unfayorabfe to
Tilden.
| The NcW York World Believes lie Would
| Not Lire Through Presi-
Dental Term.
Hendricks Latest Ayowal Causes the Thur.
man Element Great Deal Of
Uneasiness.
The New York World Believes lie Would
Not Lire Through Presi-
Dental Term.
Hendricks Latest Avowal Causes the Thur
man Element Great Deal Of
Uneasiness,


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11n'es gives snls morning " rens:t lle popu.a1
eehtiHent a. acatt}. l,ooo u'AsIe"t sosa's'ee
pec'ty evenly o1s1''uutsu o!ss ns r, m"ots ~.
Rfaphlca' e1tcnt ol Tue Country. t"e .., IG..ess
come from 1htclll.eht !hen " ooIn postHaa
, 1879-04-10
SIGNIFICANT.

TIE NKw YORK WORLD "Colp" on TtLpEh.
Sptciai Dlspsstch to TAs Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D, G., April 0!-llle following.
Significant passagas fst'tn thu lFDrtd tcadeF are q
to1ubslell Iu tllu uclnocrat1c can,p:
Now York IL undoubtedly thu vteaae1t sl1to ~
Tho UutUt,, but 1t tuua nut follow ttIat New insk
politicians Of either party arc quits saru t1 ~ t!s
Ktsateat satsausn or eyen ths vtsae.t p9'1'e%.s
nt,x t,nca uuru c0utfol4 thu National Le2lalatAru
a. Washington. ana Il has ss.s1u!oss escou.e .nat-
fVr Of Immediate lnpurtnnca thai uru'ucfats 10
New York Should 10 1nate &o understand that thar
hounr to tAp great l)pnlocEatc parry u{ the Vnpn.
sn.i thut ths gtsa. Democratic party Of tha Un!ou
TLv auullaly Of thu nemucfutlu position In New
York +, hut while ~ t,Iu pemoci4ts a. Now iok
aru 4x1eed in thinking tnal pr. Tii4sn waa
Utrp to which lu wt4 elected, q CgrtAtn numGer of
tAQ Democrats VI New York thIuk II Was = great
, 1879-04-10

GEQkGMs
The Democrats womb like Uayard or Thur
1t,at,, but secn to tlavc concluded Tsl0cn Is to
bu forced on them, md VIII support HIN I'LL
Willingly. Thu Republican sentiment Is cyi-
us,ltly for Grunt. though Blaine, Edmunds, or
sI,crinan are ,.ot without supporters.
MISSOURI.
Thurman md UoudrEcks clalm tho allegiance
Of most Delnogsats. Tlltlen woald he swallowed
by sonlc on conlpulslon; uthcrs would bolt Ills
uu1nfnutton.
Tho Republican party is almost solid for
Grant.
Nobody but Gfaut IL mentioned by Republic
The Democrats dlsldo between Thurman aEa
Hendricks, With small following for 1lldcn.
ILLINOIS.
Gen. Grant is uppurmost IN tho nlthls OF tho
Republicans OF illinois, Tlle stsength of hs
c..l,1tdacyis admitted by !ncn who would oppose
his nomination. Nonc OF tic other pFopuscl
candidates are strong IN tho statu.
lu some sections, notably rcorln, Nen'1ricks
name loads among Democrats, but tllu tmpEcs'
slou gained from our correspondents letters Ia
that I'lllen has lhu strongest foIloWIt.s
IOWA.
The sp,uo body Of Influences th4t has IN most
Suites created strong feeling tint tile
country uecds tt!rd term OF Grant
has been ut work Oh Iowa Republicans
with suIIar results. R'aino Ia ycrY popular, aud
| Republicans wuull llku to seo hlm President,
! hut Two correspondents, rejecting pretty ac-
eusntesy the sentiment Of tbs whole State, Guy
| thu drift Ut purity protcro uco IL toward 0rant.
Tla uctuoeIatio .uasscs a1e found decidedlS tn
fasos Of Tllslcu.