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The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
Management of Insane in Rhode Island

The Rhode Island system of caring for insane persons is so simple and econom- ical and so well adapted to the purpose that it deserves the study of the author ities in those States where the cost of insane paupers has become serious item in the public expenditures. In the first place there is no magnificent palace in Rhode Island for these persons to live in. The State has a farm of ASA acres near Providence, on which are grouped several charitable, penal and reforma- tor, establishments-the State prison, the Providence county jail, the State almshouse, the State workhouse and the asylum for the incurable insane, the last three having altogether 600 inmates and being under charge of one superintend- ent. The insane asylum is not stately building four or five storles high, built of stone and embellished with architec- tural adornments, and flanked and front ed with lawn and snrubbery; it consists of five long one-story structures, two of stone and three of wood A long room, with beds on each side, takes up the greater part of the interior of each of these buildings, which arc, in fact, little more than dormitories for the patients. The dining-rooms are in the wings. There are no stfirs to climb, and the advantage of having all the inmates on the same floor is found to be one of no small value. There is @ cottage, with small chambers ranged round the walls for the confinement of noisy and refrac- tory patients. In fair weather the greater number of patients spend therr time out doors, some at work, some at play, and others in harmless idleness. The cost of this simple establishment, when contrasted with the expensive asylums in Massachusetts, illustrates its merits In the Massachusetts asylums the cost of keeping each patient ranges from $3 to $3.7S per week; in the Rhode Island institution it is only Sl.4S per week-less than one-half. The cooking for the Rhode Island asylum is done at the workhouse, near by, and this is found to be great economy. The aver age annual cost of attendance and super vision for each patient in Massachusetts is $53 to SS8; in Rhode Island 1t is only Sl6 In Massachusetts the cost of house room for each patient is, at the North ampton asylum, S846; at the Worcester asylum, S2,660; at the Danvers asylum, S3,029 In Rhode Island it is only Sl35. And yet, although the cost of maintain ing the insane in Rhode Island is so much smaller than it is in the neighbor- ing State. it does not appear that in the former State they aye any the less hut namely provided for, or denied any comfort necessary to their walfare.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
RUssELLyLE POPE COUNTY ARKANSAS THURSDAY, AUGUST

and that so also Is the distiilery of spir. it's and the refinery of sugar. Moreover wherever there are sugar-works the bees are active and abundant. At Say for instance, the loss attributable to them is estimated at q ,000 year. M Delpeech gives facts and figures At an other refinery the number of bees killed daily amounted to 22 gallons full. He himself saw large glass of syrup dr., nk up in two hours As to loss of life he is equally circumstantial. He gives full list of people who died of bee stings in the course of the year. Most of the cases occurred in America, but many are furnished by France and some by Ger many The death is very painful, and in some cases extremely sudden. At Chemnitz, in Hungary, a peasant stung while cutting branch of a tree, died on the spot At Chester, in Pennsylvania, a farmer examining some hives, was stung, fell at once Into a state of syncope, and died within, quarter of an hour. In another case p minutes elapsed be- tween the wound and it's fatal conse. qnence. M. Delpech accordingly ap- peals to the prefect for the protection of the police, and what he asks is that the keeping of bees may be placed in the category of dangerous occupations. The fourth Georgie of Virgil may be read with new interest.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
A Corner in Opium.

A syndicate of New York capitalists has, it is said, been formed for the pur- pose of buying up or controlling the growing crop of opinm and making a corner in the drug. The coming crop is likely to be very small, not exceeding 1900 cases. A prominent dealer said yesterday:
 "All interested in the trade are pre- dieting high prices. The worlds con sumption of opium amounts to 5000 cases a year. The duty here is S1 a pound. The crop this year is So small, and the present market is so low and weak, that the prospective deficiency has given an opertunity for the forma- ton of syndicate of five New York capitalists, who represent $75,000, ,000 worth of capital, and who have perfected plans to control the opium market of the world. They have bought largely of the present supply on the market, and by agents in the producing districts of the East have made contracts for the grow ing crop. The combination causes much uneasiness among the large foreign man. ufacturers of morphine, who use the drug in large quantities. In letter from Smyrna we are informed that the crops have been injured by frosts, and a considerable advance in opium has been the result, with the prospect of a further raise. The price here is now 7.50 per pound, duty paid"
 The head of the combination is said to be MT. Dutihl, President of the Orient Marine and Inland Mutual Insurance Co.,, who is native of Smyrna and was formerly in the opium trade. He ad- mitted the truth of the reported syndi- cate, and said that it was composed of the wealthiest men in New York. Mir Dutihl said that he was acting as the agent of the other gentlemen interested because of his familiarity with the opium business. The others are mostly mer- chants and bankers, whose names he would rather not give.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26

property" The Irish land thieves are furious, and they can not find language strong enough to condemn the Gladstone government for dating to think of com ing between them and their victims. And all this fury, and all this indigna- ton, on the part of these usurpers of a peoples right, is about measure for which the Irish people care httle or nothing.
 The light that has been let in upon Ireland during the last year, has shown the people that there is no salvation for them till they be fully reinstated in their inheritance With their minds filled with that thought, they have no time to bestow upon such petty measures as this bill. The only interest that it can have for them is the evidence it furnishes of the effect the land agitation is having on the English government It is but a few months ago since Gladstone, in q public speech, declared that England never conceded any thing to Ireland ex- cept when moved to do so by fear. This Compensation for Disturbance" bill is the latest illustration of the truth of Gladstone's words.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
FASHION GOSSIP.
Andrews Bazaar


 Tea leaf and linseed are fashionable colors.
 Trains are still the exclusive privilege of house dresses.
 Spanish lace makes handsome trim ming for black grenadine.
 India null is a favorite material for trimming coarse straw hats.
 Artificial flowers are made to look a little passe that they may appear more natural.
 Old lace veils and other laces are being brought into service by puffing over Leg horn hats.
 Deep tucks on dress skirts is a revival of fashion of ''ye olden time" now much liked.
 Scarf mantles of the dress-material edged with gathered ruffies are exceed ingly stylish with muslin costumes.
 Low-necked and short-sleeved bathing dresses are being used this season at some of the fashionable seaside re- sorts.
 French modistes use silk satin and fou- lard in combination with thin muslins for summer costumes. The effect is very pleasing.
 Cream-white satin remains the favo- rite material for bridal dresses, wi4h lace and tulle for trimmings.
 High heels are not so much worn as they were year or two ago. It is even rumored that the most stylish shoes will be made without heels next season.
 Petticoats are all made short. Long dresses are provided with dee balayeu- ses, according to tse length of the dress, instead of having to wear long skirts.
 A skirt of plain black satin plaited in at the waist, with the plaitings caught down at the hips and at the knees, and the remainder of the skirt falling open like fan is the new style.
 A correspondent says that the newest collar in fashion in Paris is called the Rio de Rome" because it is an exact copy of the collar seen on the pictures ol the son of Napoleon I.
 One of the prettiest bonnets seen IS small shape in white straw, the front rolled flat back. Falling over the front edge, and also joining the trimming of the bonnet, is spanish lace veil, which IS held in place on each side by gold headed pins, and the ends of the veil brought loosely under the chin.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
The Bozley Mail.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 "Now wonder who this can be from" 1" said Mir. Pozlev, of Prospect street, as he came back to the breakfast table with d letter which the postman had just deliv- cred. am fax
 ''Wlat's the postmark?" queried Mrs. Bozley.
 "I- Icaa'tsmake out whether it's Chi cago or-or Chautauqua," slowly replied the head of the family as he laid the missive alternately close to his eyes and altar off and wrinkled his brow in his efforts to make out the hieroglypbics.
 "Lemme see it." said Mrs. B., snatch ing it out of his hand. Why, it's no more like Chicago than you're like Adonis It's-it'sp-
 Well? It's''--
 "Why, it looks like Kalamazoo when you hold it this way" she went on, with a perceptible diminution of confidence, however, but when you turn it round it-um-m-m-no exactly like MiIwau- kee-but anyhow 'taint Chicago-nor- nor that other place." Here Master Georgie, aged ten, deemed it incumbent on himself to say "Mebbe it's from Uncle Dan and he's comin' to see us and bring that goat he promised me-" e N.
 q do wish. child, you'd stop calling him Uncle Dan. Whatever possessed ma to give my brother that name can't imagine. But 'taint from your Uncle Webster, child" "No, 'taint from Dan, cause Cleve- lands spelled with c and he always spells it with K," remarks MT. 5. in confirmation and is rewarded by with l l~.,
 "Lemme look at it, says Miss Stella, aged sixteen.
 And the mysterious envelope is pass ed over to her.
 "Law!p she says, after critically exam ming it; "I'll bet it's from Cousin Philip. Oh! dear, I hope it is and he's coming to see us this summer-he's so funne.' "Mynephew never wrote such scrawl as that" said Mrs. B. somewhat warmly; tits more like some of your fathers side"
 "Your fathers side, as you call 'em," retorted Mir. B., flushing up, "know how to spell, any way, and what's more we never had red hair in the family till l got married"-
 And Mrs. B. with scream dropped into chair and mysteries and cut of fur ther debate.
 When she finally consented to allow them to bring her to, after all the ap- proved remedies had been brought into requisition, Mir. B. proceeded to set at rest all surmises regarding the epistle by the novel method of opening and reading it; and when it proved to be a dunning letter from that odious Miss Trivett, who does the family sewing, he fiercely crumpled it up in his hand and muttered something that sounded like 'Idiotsl" and though Mrs. B. and the children didn't know to certainty who were meant they had their suspi- ciOns
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
Nitric Acid in a Crowd. Doll Mall Ea 1a4ta

It is not easy to discover what griev- ance against mankind in general or a mob in Harrington road in particular could have been nourished by Mr. Will liam White, described general deal er," who, on recent Saturday night, falling to secure ready sale for some stuff which he called "electro-plating," but which was simply nitric acid, un- corked bottle containing some of the liquid and flung it broadcast among his auditors. No fewer than eight persons received injuries from this onslaught, and in some instances articles of cloth ing were entirely burned through. Mir. White, nevertheless, proved to be an impartial distributor, for when he was removed to the Station-house he was seen to pour some nitric acid over him. self-with the ulterior purpose, it was suspected, of assisting his defense by striving to show that he had been mo- tested and pushed about by the crowd, and that the spilling of the acid was ac- cidental. Such was in effect his plea when he was tried at the Old Bailey on Friday for misdemeanor in having caused bodily harm by throwing a corro- siye fluid. The jury found White guilty but in rider to their verdict expressed an opinion that he had not intended to do nybody serious injury. In this view Mir. Justice mercifully concurred, and the general dealer, who was probably half tipsy when in so reckless manner he disposed of his stock in trade with out cash, got off with months impris- onment. It would be as well, perhaps, If in future the line were drawn good way on this side of nitric acid as an arti- cle to fling over reluctant customers. Difficulties, for example, might arise If a hawker of small arms took to discharg- ing the contents of reyolvers among a crowd; and the propulsion of soda-water bottles full of Eliminating picrate oi potash at the heads of people who de- clined to buy eough-lozengers would be practice scarcely in .consonance with the couriesies usually prevalent between vendors and purchasers.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
The City of Ninevah.

In lecture recently delivered in Lon- don by Dr. Samuel Kinns, who is consid- cred quite an authority on Assyrian archaeology, the assertion was made that the city of Ninevah covered twice the area of what is known as metropolitan London, and that Babylon in the days of greatest power covered space so great that if London entire were dumped into it it would occupy no greater pro- portionate space than what is known as the "city" in London holds to the entire metropolitan district. As far as area is concerned, Dr. Kinns is, no doubt, right; but if one were to draw the infer eflce from his remarks that the popula- ton in these two ancient cities was greater than that of modern London in the same ratio, the conclusion would be unfounded. Apart from the question of whether the inhabitants of these old cities were lodged as closely together as the high cost of land in our modern cities necessitates, it has been pretty well shown that large part of the space inclosed in the walls of Babylon was given over to agricultural and grazing purposes. The real city only occupied small portion of the area which was so elaborately fortified.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
A Dnnned Town.

The town of Covington, Iowa, says the Sioux City Journal, is a doomed city. Situated on the bend of the Missouri river, the banks are gradually being eaten away, and the ground on which the courthouse stood a year ago is now covered by many feet of fast flowing wa ter. The cutting away is done by fits and starts. Recently the current set in shore and took off strip of land 30 feet wide in a few hours. No invasions were made for another week, when another slice was taken of. Then about half a dozen buildings were moved back about some 30 feet, and the next day the land on which they stood was all gone. The citizens have tried to moor trees and logs to the bank in the hope of forming barrier for the flood, but the current is so swift and the water so deep that these attempts have failed. To give an idea of what the town of Covington has suffered in the past five years, the case of the ferry house and the principal hotel may be instanced. Two years ago there were 600 feet of land between the building and the bank, now you can toss a stone out of the hotel window into the river, and buildings are now being put on rollers for removal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
A Habit of Indscision
Chicago Ledger.


 There is a great deal of truth in. what agi(led writer says concerning habits of indecision or dilatoriness. It is so much of it pure habit that children cannot be too early taught, first the necessity of making up ones mind, and then acting uponit. The trick of hanging about" of waiting minute after minute, hour after hour, in work as in play-for idlers never play conscientiously--is often ac- qmred in mere infancy, in imitation of elders and betters, never to be got rid of to the end of life. What is in the boy or girl pure carelessness becomes in the man and woman confirmed peculiar ity, which haunts them like curse, causing no end of misery to themselves and to all belonging to them. One by one some application is neglected or thrown aside till the lost chance of ben citing ourselves or our neighbor can never be recalled; our remorse over an unanswered letter, when the writer has suddenly gone whither no kindly words can reach him any more; our regret over cordial visits unpaid, and pleasant meetings unvalued, till friendship, worn out, dies natural death, or burns itself to ashes like fire without fresh coals. Then we may lay the blame on Provi- dence, luck, circumstances; anything or anybody but the true sinners. ourselves but it IS too late. We can no longer help ourselves.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
Railroad Practice.
Boston Herald.

Some railroads seek for superior talent wherever it can be found, and employ it for the conservation of their interests. With such, complete revolution in the service list occurs at times, and very likely upon change in the presidency. Other roads, like the Pennsylvania Rail- roa l, educate all their employees, from lowest to highest, within their own body, and make men to fill the highest positions. The Pennsylvania Railroad system is undoubtedly the most perfect of any in the United States, and it is considered that this road can never be so well served-in fact, can not be thoroughly served at all-save by men raised" in its employ. The names on the entire list can be moved forward peg any day, and equal value of service ensue. Undoubtedly there IS immense advantage in this state of things. Simi- lar in principle, but very different in effect, is the system on the Vanderbilt roads. But from these systems to the fast and loose practices of some of the Western roads, the distance is beyond estimate, and the lesser lines scattered through all the States fill up the great gap between.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
The Compensation for Disturbance Bili.
 Irish World

Irish World.
 The land agitation in Ireland has startled the Gladstone government, which feels that something must be done to avert the danger that the ra- pacity of the land thieves is bringing upon the British government. These men, dead to every sense of justice and of pity, persist in exercising the barbar- ous power of eviction given them by English law. If they were allowed to do their savage work without any oppo- slti0n Gladstone would probably bother his head very little about them or their victims. But the scenes that have al ready occurred wherever an attempt has been made to drive men from their homes for the non-payment of rent, have warned the English minister that evic- tions, if pel sisted in, will inevitably bring on a civil war.
 In order to avert this danger, the chief secretary for Ireland, has intro duced into Parliament bill which pro poses, not to do away with the land thiei's right 10 eyict, but to impose upon some slight limitation. The bill says to Inc land gods; You can evict the starv- Ing wretches who are your tenants If you choose 10 do so. But if they can can show before the courts that they We're unable to pay your rent, for the very good reason that the bad crops placed il beyond their power to do so, why you will have 10 pay some slight damage for driving from their homes men whose only oiIense is that they can not do the impossible.
 Ibis attempt at placing some slight restriction on the exercise on the right ot eviction, has aroused a furious storm or ndigmauon in that stronghold of l.anndlordism, the British parliament. Already Lord Landsdowne, who claims t' 'UWn' immense estates in Ireland, hl5 resigned his seat in the Cabinet. Ihe Lond.n Times, and the rest of the ii5anl hicf organs in England, denounce tne bil in the bi,terest terms. character En4 ]. aa m attack upon the rights oi
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-26
SPARKS OF SCIENCE.

TIE next transit of Venus occurs in 1882, but after that there will not be another for 100 years.
 A GERMAN physician asserts that rail way employees are more liable to affec. tions of spinal chord than other men.
 IT is estimated that about 800, ,0O0 ,000,- GOO tons of sediment are yearly carried to the Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River
 STATISTICS of English mortality show that during the last thirty years more women have reached the age of seventy five or eighty years than men. The latter suffer more from lung, heart and kidney diseases, which have of late been on the increase in England.
 INCREASED attention to the laws of health has considerably reduced the death rate in London during recent years. The chief sanitary evil of the metropolis now is an impure water sup ply, to secure immunity from which the health authorities are striving.
 IT is stated that adulterated sugar may be detected bya very simple test. A little pure sugar is taken in the mouth, and when dissolved is replaced by lit tie of the suspected article. If the lat ter contains starch, gluclose or chloride of tin, distinctly bitter taste will be present.
 EXPERIMENTS with the solar engine are yet being made by M. Mouchot, in Algeria. With concave mirror 12 feetin diameter, he concentrates the heat of the sun upon small boiler, within which he obtains steam pres sure of about 120 pounds in an hours time. In the preparation of chemicals he makes practical use of the heat from the boiler.