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, 1880-01-01
MILLINERY GOODS.

MILLINERY GOODS.
GAGE laRoTl1EHs d CO.
In no line Of business has the increase
been larger during the past year than In mil
linery and It's collateral branches, such as
fancy dry goots, notions, nnd knit goo,ls, OF
which GHge Brothers Il Co. are the leading
representatives in tho West. III the course
Of his rambles among the leading wholesale
houses, the reporter dropped Into tile house
nbove-nnincta, and, after elbowing through
crowd Of country merchants, had five
minute talk with Nfr. Albert s. Gage, IL,
wllic!', time lle obtained s2l!,l facts cnoiiEhSin
Chicago and tho Great West 10 MI several
columns of .TttE. Tribune.
III you don't believe Chicago Ii growing y
Sa ia,xial Mr & GqTe e. tSa way" And fo
Ills Srso estaGIs6e;t ts any s ei",ses ssr weqe e,
notet! since tho writer yls'tsl the house ono
najoalnF on thg n9rtl, !!ad been atltltd to tlia
cocr hasapplIcd his brush Will exquisite taste
nanl good Judgment. 4 lighter or more beau-
tiful Wholesale house there Is not in the city.
This fact Is particularly appreciated by the
HisltinE meTeai.t 1 alt. wo laS oecsion to exam
magnificent ,yyelvots, and black dress silks, MS
well rs millinery, for which this house Is
especially noted. The display of these arti-
clss y not exce!lctt IL Clieago, md probably
tbS,r H. ~ re5vnis a,,d s,tIsa H. ,,,ssnt rage @ on,
maufactrcrs % md % nav c sai t II t11etG bo IL
leading tOuso III tho city III these speclnlties.
;, We passed, via The elevator, 10 the second
floor, end thence sl,cccsstyely. upward until
the fifth floor was reached. Upon the vari-
GUS floors arc displayed In succession ladies'
hnta, felt md straw, IN innumernbln variety
p fsnnp coqse ono,s p p'a avarx % ne es,ig @
f. n" frndn eo'a7 % oso'S oeSe' 'p''"o A"o"'i
" "Yo,,r w rrH; rea].estate c1,to,n aotd Mr ooro
",a mt to inoS for ta nTowt% ~" ~ Chicnnm j s +
the s,bt!yisions of ree, estste. transfrs r. ,i ID
IL" T., ,uv n,i;on an,aa "a n wc.a stgn ns
IL Tx grn,..' Gv. r., as ,'}iiat Ms tnese
louscs m vh,ch fe nrns,nritss puscns nd y.
yo"t fjoe M non,,atjn, ~ ~ tgo gSdy, cts dsn,o u9 III
xoS d not Ss,'als nliiaesy exclusively,
r., w,,a+ roeroot AZ, az. a. A..
1,rras+ ;nnransno's oo'S sout t'a'o Blu" I1e
DIR miiiinHr,, trode hos ornondo;1 fo- ha-
yon,i orr axnectatin,,s n ~ fwn raars nrn ~ mt
shown n n,,r "nrsaf md n NV @ sG 5d ,n
nrts,t n,sM ~! ~, y, Mi Mncy Mty.g9ous ue-
md i,nnorted Novelties Va hnndln tia lnrn'
est stock Of e0rsets west Of New York, being
the SECOND house In America In th0t line.
ZIP @ Kmat Goons' emorac'ng nll Kinds 9f nse-
ainrs s,,stnrs n,,hna ntn 70 ~ aea a1a
In GiicnRs,.; ', ''s: ~ IT, '". p.,se =
The growth OF Gage Brothers & Co.'S
business during the past thrco years
y que Of the interesting top.
!cs Or Iconveraatlnn N the cpmnercial
ls5e,-hnt until Of latc,. has been content to
Nn business on tile "let-wcli cli-enougf,.n'one :"
plan, and, having largo and never auctNat-
ing class Ct customers TO that assured q hand
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
A Chinese Theater.
Portland Oregonian.

Coung Ye Lung & Co.'s new theater was opened yesterday. The perform ance began at D. m. and lasted until past midnight. At D. m. the theater was crowded, five-sixths of the audience being Celestials and one-sixth Caucas- ians. About 3U Chinese women occupied seats in the gallery set apart for the gen. tier sex. The play presented is entitled The Treaty Between the Six Asiatlc Nations," and is embellished with the incidents connected with that treaty. The I lay embraces every shade of acting, from light comedy to heavy tragedy The actors knew their lines and their cues, and they also knew how to act; there were no qrIarrels between the leading lady and the soubrette, and the star and the leading man; there were not half hundred deadheads; there were no bouquets bought by members of the company and sent to themselves by the usher; there were no tedious acts between waits; the orchestra consisted of fiddle, two banios, machine that made nolse ike two boys with sticks striking paling fence going at full speed, and three pairs of cymbals-one pair as large as washtubs. The ensem- ble playing was a happy meeium be- tween the sounds of two pigs under gate and the melody of a boiler factory, with slight preponderation of the latter. The most thrilling scene was when ten actors, dressed kind of like fairy and kind of like an Indian, and kind of like turkey eoobler, came out and threatened to wipe the ground with their opponents army. They tackled an old woman, threw her across a block, and sawed away for minute with wooden swords, after which the woman turned somer- set, and walked off the stage, dead. The heorine of the play had her face painted like the sunrise of six-bit ehromo, and four young Romeos. after squandering q weeks salary on picnic tickets and boat rides for the idol of their hearts, without gaining her affections, threatened to have the life's be-lud of the other three. Taken all in all, the first Chinese per formance must be recorded as grand financial and artistic success.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
A Veterans Experience.
Detroit Free Press.

"Another boarding-house busted up, sec" sighed venerable Detroit landlady as she laid down her paper. "Well, it must have been extravaganza on the table. That's what bankrupts seven out of ten, and even then the boarders are crying 'hashp and complaining of poor meals. Now l run a boarding-house for twenty two years, and l made money and heard no complaints. How did 1 do it? Why it's all Tn planning. For in. stance, a neck-piece of mutton can be cut to look like rib-roast, and little extra fire makes it just as tender. Lawd save you! I've been complimented thou sand times on my selection of choice spring lamb when the meat was mutton four years old. and the toughest part at that. The idea of spring chicken on a clearinghouse table is absurd--ayel almost wicked. In my palmy days I could take tough old hen. pound the body with the potato-masher for ten minutes, and set before my boarders a feast to make every heart glad Now I'll venture that there aren't ten landladies in this city who can bake a pigs head and slice off the meat in manner to make every body believe that he has the choicest cut in pigs body; and it's wonder to me that there aren't more failures. Lots of landladies buy nice, fresh butter, and thus tempt man to eat five or SIX bis cults or half loafof bread. What econ omyl always had my nice butter on the table at breakfast, when we had little but toast, and the boarders got along on old butter the other two meals. It is all in the planning-all in the planning. I used to have beefste k every morning. Three mornings in the week l bought sIrloin, which. is very nice, you know, and the other four mornings | bought neck pieces and rubbed the case-knives over the grindstone. Give boarder a sharp knife and tough steak, and he'll never make complaint-neyer He'll put the blame on his teeth, and the more steak he leaves on his plate the more rabbit pie you'll have for dinner"
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
London Fogs and the Death Rate.
Examiner.

The kind of work done by the Meteo- rological Society of Scotland according to their last report, aptly illustrates tho variety of ways in which meteorolo9y is entering into relations with the every day business of life. The intense cold of last winter flooded them with requests for information as to the average done to gas-pipes, drains, etc., by extreme cold. and it's effect on the herring fishery was also an object of high interest to many others of the society's corres- pondents.
 One of the most curious papers pre- sented to the society last year was that of Dr. Arthur Mitchell upon London fogs in relation to health. These fogs, he showed, enormously increased the death rate all round, and the increase was contemporaneous with low death rate where no fogs prevailed. Asthma was the disease most fatally influenced by the great fogs of November, 1879, and the February of the present year. Deaths from bronchitis and other lung diseases seemed to be influenced by the fogs, but not in the markedly close and direct way characteristic of ashma. But with regard to whooping cough, the per- nicious effect of the fogs was noticeable in an alarming increase Tn the mortality from this disease. an increase which did not abate, as in the case of asthma, with the temporary clearing of the fogs. The deaths from rheumatism aId croup showed no relation to the prevalence of fogs, and, generally speaking. the per- sons who suffered most were those com pelled to earn livelihood by outdoor employment.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
Luxury in ChiIi.

Santiago Correspondence of the London Times.
 These wealthy land owners. haei- dados, or possessors of very large farms, are, as rule, mere absentees, having little more than pied terre on their es- tates, which they only visit for month or two in the year, and hardly ever leaving their homes in the Capital, to which political or social duties are sup posed to bind them, except for a short residence at Valparaiso or some other watering place on the sea or inland. The extrayagance of this gentry is described as boundless. More than El 100000 has been spent in house building Tn the period of four years (1S72-8), some of these private houses at a cost of G20,000 to f25 000 each, and "the carriage li- censes taken out in the latter year show that there were altogether ,2S4 private carriages, besides All public convey ances and 2,750 carts and drays.n This will appear somewhat considerable if we reflect that it refers to town mastering a population of 100000. The luxury in
 which the Chilean magnates so literally indulge has the effect of raising the price of all commodities, and especially of all al ticles imported from abroad to an enormous extent. A book or an al- manac charged Is in London at shop price cannot be purchased here for less than 3s Sd; par of kid gloves is not to be had for less than los, as rule, a dol lar, a silver dollar, the value ot which
 varies from As to 5s, will go further than Is would do Tn the old countries. The charge for hair cutting in Valparaiso is $l 50; a three-and-sixpenny Let's dairy costs S2 50; tall hat Chimney pot) costs 5Ss; you must pay 6d each for parchment luggage labels, Sd apiece for quill pens, As for quire of common note paper, and so on in proportion. All such articles for one who, like myself, tried the shops in both places, are even dearer in the Capital than in the sea- ports. The people here seem to value things rather from their cost than from their actual worth. The extravaganza of all Americans is something that far transcends the limits of Old World com prehension. At Guayaquil, the shabby seaport of the "one.horse republic" of Ecuador, have seen a top shop where the price of German wax dolls varied from twenty to eighty silver dollars (El6l. A Panama hat would De charged 50 or 60 guineas, and prices of the sa0se enormity are charged for a guanaeo coat
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11

q doesn't plead at all. I isn't no lawyer. Yer can't ketch me wid yer pints."
 Look out, you imp-dent rascal. Are you guilty or not guilty?"
 Now yer's gettin' at the facks. I has de honor ter state dat l IS not guilty"
 "Yis, he is, Jedge," exclaimed Cobb He hit me in the mouf wid his fist"
 T neber tetch de man."
 Didn't you hit him in the mouth?'' asked the Judge.
 No, sah; didn't put my ham on him. In fack, neber teteh him.''
 Judge, l swar on de biggest Bible dat he hit me-
 Now, look a heah," said Simms, "de courts of dis Ian ain't teehnicura enuf. When yer jerks man up on charge yer's got ter stantlate de charge If dar wuz noah edycation mong de niggers an white folks dar wouldn't be half de trouble in de courts. Is my han techin' dIs table, Judge?" And he placed his hand on the desk.
 "Yes, sir"
 'Dar's whar yer's off. Case why? 'Gordin' ter de flosofy what I'se been studyIn' yer can't tetch nothin'. Dat is air tween my ham 'an de table. Elf my han totch the table hit would stick dar. Now, look aheah, Ant'ny," and the pris- oner turned to Cobb, lis yer gwine to put yerself in such a ignorent light? 1er's been stucent too long not ter know better den dis. Is yer goin' roun' town branded wid ignorence? Is yer gwine ter add yer weight to holdins de culud people of Little Rock ter de groun'? Now, ez a stugent an man what understan's fosofy, did tetch yer?"
 Come to think ob hit" answered Cobb, sI doan believe yer did,"
 Now, Ant'ny, ez q stugent an man ob science, didn't yer run agin post an knock deem teef out?"
 "Viewin' this subjeck in a scientific light, believe I did"
 An now, Ant'ny, as a stugent an a iarned man, won't yer withdraw dis case pendin' agin me, Ill which yersef is de scientific painter, an in what l is de scientific 'fendent2"
 "Yes, will, Judge, dis man neber hit me. an I hereby widdraws de mistake.'
 'Dat was 'zackly right" said Slmms. as the two men went down together. ''Ef all de men of science would hang tergedder dis way, dar wouldn't be hall de trouble an oneasiness in de worP"
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
Indian Workmanship.
san Franclsco Call.

Glass ball shooting and various other exhibitions of skillful manipulation of parlor rifles are at present attracting considerable attention both in Europe and the United States, and the telegraph reports almost daily some wondrous achievement, so that the report has re- ceived fresh impetus on our coast, ana has been attende! with some really good shooting, particularly in the case of Otto, a son of Joseph, the Neg Perces chief. A representative of the CdU availed him. self of an invitation extended by Captain Mcdonald to witness an exhibition of fancy shooting by his ward, and was am- ply rewarded, as the following will at test: It may be well to state that the scene of operations was a room sparsely lighted, and the general circumstances rather unfavorable for successful shoot ing. The incidentals for the shooting exhibition consisted of triangular wooden frame, at the apex of which a bill poster, representing the figure of a man, had been pasted, piece of glass, about one inch square, inserted for an eye, and at the other corners of the trl- angle set of brass knobs were inserted in the frame On eitber side, above and below, slanting from plates were fixed to cross bars, and numbers of glass balls hung at various distances from each other
 At the back of the apparatus gong occupied a central position. The first experiment. consisted of bhndfold shoot ing. A nickel fve-cent piece was glued to the figure, and the young sharp shooter, blindfolded, turned around in various directions, and was finally placed in direct line of the object with rifle minus sight, and at distance of some twenty-five feet. The first shot sent the nickel flying around the room, and on examination an indentation was found on it's very edge. The second test con sisted of placing small piece of tinted paper on the glass used as an eye for the figure, and then placing a large piece of card board in front of and touching 1t, so that it was completely hidden from view. The shooter was again blind folded, and the first shot shattered the glass, the bullet having passed through the very center of the tinted paper. There were various other tests, such as breaking three swinging balls by one shot and breaking ball placed immedi- ately behind the attendant, the ball, owing to previous contact with the brass knobs or iron plates, taking circuitous course.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
The Teeth of the Ancient Greeks.
London News.

One of the most remarkable features of the discovery of the band of Thebans who fell at 0h@ronea is that, according to the report, all the teeth of each mem- Der of the sacred band are sound and complete. Either these gallant patriots were exceptionally lucky, or the condi- ton of teeth in old Greece was enviably different from that of later and more de- generated days. The Romans were well acquainted with the evils that attended on the possession of teeth, and had some considerable knowledge of the use of gold in eounteracting these evils. If we remember rightly, an exception to the rule of not burying precious objects with departed Romans was made in favor of the gold that had been used for stopping teeth. We moderns may compare iavor- ably with the Romans in the skill of our dentists, but we can not pretend to rival the defenders of Ihebes in their superb ority to the necessity for these gentle men. Rare indeed are the happy mor- tals of to-day who can truly boast that their teeth are in the perfect condition that nature intended, and that the craft of the dentist has never been employed upon them. lt would be difficult task to select from our army, or any modern army, 800 men with teeth as sound
 those of the Theban vkriors are repor cd to be.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
NO. Az.
A Historic Town
N. Y.Times.

One of the most anomalous, as we'll as one of the oldest towns in the re- public is Marblehead, which is often visited from mere curiosity. It is losing it's distinctiveness year by year, yielding to the rapidly growing homogeneity of modern civilization. Its position, on & rocky, irregular peninsula, projecting in- to Massachusetts Bay, is striking and picturesque. Noted from the earliest settlement of New England--it was oiig- inally part of Salem--for the enter prise of it's inhabitants in the fisheries, these have been largely relinquished of late years for the more prosaic occupa- ton of making boots and shoes. Many of the first settlers were from Guernsey, Jersey and other channel islands, and for long while their peculiarites of speech almost constituted dialect. This has greatly diminished with generations, but it is still so observable that Boston ians and New Workers who go there re- fer to the natives often as semi-civilized. They are, and always have been, a strong and sterling race, conspicuous for their independence and combativeness. The town contributed 1 000 men to the Reyo- lutionary army, and at the close of the struggle there were 600 widows and 900 fatherless childred in population fall ing below 4,000. The historic frigate, Con- stitution was chiefly manned during the war of 1872 with Marbleheaders, who also fitted out great many privateers. At the declaration of peace nearly 800 of its citizens were held in England as prisoners of war. When the rebellion had broken out there were more volun- teers for the Union cause, it is said, than from any place it's size in the entire North. A century or so since it was the second town in the State as to pepula- ton and wealth, and to-day it IS only an insignificant village of the old Common wealth.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
A Millionaire Criminal.
London Telegraph

Not every criminal who incurs the penalty of banishment to Siberia is on that account to be compasslonated, If we may believe the accounts of Mir. Juchan- zeff's sojourn in exiie, recently publish ed by St. Petersburg journal. This eminent malefactor, known throughout Russia by the sisnihcant sobriquet of "rhe Stealer of Millions" has contrived to retain possession of the enormous for tune he acquired by high-class swindling. When condemned to. deportation, he travelled to Krasnojarsk, the town se- lected for his penal residence by the i'm perial authorities, in princely style, attended by suite of servants, carriages and horses, and 1t would appear that he
 is to become the leader of fashion in that Siberian city. Tailors, perfumers and tobacconists advertise their wares under his name; he has been elected a member of the leading club, and IS about to con- tract an alliance with young lady be
 longing to one of the first families Of Krasnojarsk. His dinner parties are att tended by the chief official personages and local nobilities; ladies of the best society flock to his evening receptions, and accept the splendid presents with which he judiciously courts their favor and social countenance. It Is proposed by committee of Krasnojarsk "tionnes' to present him, upon his wedding day with wreath of laural, oak leaves and roses. Altogether, for convicted mis- demeanant, undergoing sentence of ban ishment, he appears to be leading an un- commonly pleasant life. Not so the thousands of his dupes whe, having trusted their fortunes to his keeping, suffered total ruin at his hand.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
Sleep at Night.
Chicago Ledger.

Sunshine is given us for use that we may require little artificial light. Gas, oil, and candles alike vitiate the air. The fewer hours that are spent in artifi- cial light the better; and this suggests of itself that within reasonable limits the sooner we go to rest after dark the better We require, in the cold season of winter, when the nights are long, much more of sleep than we do in summer. On the longest day in the year seven hours of sleep are sufficient for most men and women who are not in the prilhe of life. On the shortest day nine hours of sleep IS not over much, and for those who are weak ten or twelve hours may be taken with real advantage. In winter children should always have ten or twelve hours of sleep. It is not idleness to indulge to that extent, but an actual saving, stor- ing up of invigorated existence for the future. Such rest can only be obtained by going to bed very early, say at S:30 or 3 o'clock. It is wrong as it ever can be that our le, ,islators should be sitting up, as we know they do time after time, in the dead of night, trying against life to legislate for life. 1t is most foolish that public writers, who hold so many respon- abilities in their hands, should be called upon to exercise their craft at time when all their nature is calling out to them, "Rest, rest, rest" There are many who will disagree with me in saying these things, but nature is on my side. h every man, woman and child there is, at or about the early time 1 have named, persistent, periodical desire for sleep, which steals on determinately, whieh taken at the flood, leads to good sound nights rest, and which, resisted, never duly returns, but is replaced by surrep titious sleep, broken by wearying dreams, restless limbs, and but partial restoration of vital power. Work with the sun as tar as possible.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
The peepest Wen in the World.

The sinking of the deep artesian well near Buda Pesth, Hungary, was com menced as far back as 1868, and during it's progress many interesting facts re- lating to geology and underground tenn perature were brought to light. The to- tai depth is 3,200 feet, and the tempera- ture of the water it yields is nearly 168 Fahrenheit. The temperature of the mud brought up by the borer was taken every day, and was found to increase rapidly, in spite of the loss of heat dur ing it's assent, down to a depth of 2,200 to 2,700 feet. Beyond this point the ln- crease was not so marked. At the depth of 5000 feet the temperature was IF degrees Fahrenheit, giving an aver age increase of one for every t-rH three feet bored. Water frs :s,
 menced to well up at depth ot - feet; here its temperature was lit .e- grees Fahrenheit, and from this point onward It rapidly increased both in quantity and temperature. Thus, at 2,092 feet, the temperature had already risen to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, and the yield in twenty-four hours from $500 to 43,000 gallons. Finally, when the boring had reached 3,200 feet, at which point it was stopped, the temperature of the water, as it burst from the orifice of the tube, was 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and the volumetric yield 1000 gallons in the twenty-four hours. The yield was afterwards reduced to 167 POO gal Ions on account of the bore being lined with wooden tubes, which reduced it's diameter. The water obtained disen- gages carbohc acid in abundance, and also contains nitrogen and a httle sul- phurated hydrogen, and eighty grains per gallon of fixed matters, chiefly sul- plates and carbonates of potash, soda, lime and maenesia.