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The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
The space Required to stop a Train.

It fig clesr that the distance required to stop trains increases very rapidly with the increase of rates of speed, and misapprehension on this vital point may become fruitful source of destructive accidents. In experiments made on July 14, in England, the Westinghouse brake stopped train moving at the rate of Al 5 miles an hour at point only 4S5 feet distance from the place where the brake was applied, and when the speed was increased to 6l miles per hour the distance run after the application of the brake was 1,lS5 feet, and when the speed of the train was increased to 67 miles ali hour the distance trayersed after the ap plication of the brake was 2.055 feet Similar results were obtained when other brakes were used.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
A Converted Chinaman.


 The many friends of the Chinese stu dent Yung Kwai, who graduated at the high school last summer, after resi- dence in Springfield of seven years, but who has s,nce been ordered home be- cause of his fathers displeasure at his acceptance of the Christian religion, will be glad to learn that the Chinese govern ment have abandoned all efforts to carry out the decree concerning him. KwaI started for Hartford with number of companions who had been ordered home, for San Francisco by way of this city, few evenings since. Tickets and baggage checks could only be secured for the party as far as Springfield, and while the agent in charge was securing through tickets, Yung Kwai and liar. yard Sophomore, named Taw, who had been ordered home for the same reason, disappeared, taking their baggage checks with them. They readily found friends who kept them secluded for few days, meanwhile employing a distinguished Boston lawyer to confer with Secretary Evarts, to ascertain their exact status as relates to their home government. The reply of Mir. Evarts, giving extracts of the treaty between our government and China, is just received, and sets at rest all fears of the friends of these young men concerning their liability to be forced back to China and prosecuted, and perhaps beheaded, for their religion. The extracts are as follows:
 Chinese subjects shall enjoy all the privileges of the publi4educational in stitutions under the control of the gov ernment of the United States which are enjoyed in the respective countries by the citizens or subjects of the most ia vored nations"
 Chinese subjects in the United States shall enjoy their liberty of conscience, and shall be exempt from all disability or prosecution on account of their reli- gious faith or worship in either country"
 Both governments consequently agree to pass laws making it penal of fense for citizen of the United States or Chinese subject to take Chinese sub jects either to the United States or to any other foreign country, or for a Chinese subject or citizen of the United States to China, or any foreign country, without their free and voluntary con sent, respectively"
 Although this last paragraph does not specially cover the ease in hand, as Kwai is not quite 20, and can not become citizen of this government for some little time, yet the three quoted above are held to afford him ample security in going on to Harvard, where he has al- ready been admitted. Indeed, the Chi nese Commissioner has already notified his friends that he shall not moiest him. and the young man is stopping in the eastern part of the State, awaiting the opening of the college term. The Com missi 1ner has said thar he never had anything against Yung Kwai, but was only induced to order him home because of repeated commands from the boys fafhnr
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
Healthy H mes for Animals.

The alarming prevalence of an cpl zootic affection among the horses of Bos- ton and the serious amount of sickness that IS said to be raging among the milch cattle in Brooklyn should show to the owners of living beings of any sort that man IS not the only animal that is sen sitlve to his surroundings. Horses, cat tie, sheep, dogs and the higher animals in general have vital systems exactly like those of man, and seemingly as sen sitive, too. A dose of any particular poison is just as fatal to large dog as to a man of similar weight, and poisons that are breathed in by the lungs of a horse find their way just as quickly to the blood as they would if inhaled by man, woman or child, while bad food is just as mischievous in its effects upon the health of animals as of humans. The inmates of stables and sheds need light and ventilation fully as much as the den izens of our handsomest houses. And yet thousands of horses, upon whose work men and families depend for thelr livelihood, are stabbed in close, dark. filthy enclosures, while cows, of whose life thousands of children are partakers in the most literal sense, fare far worse III di tilat pertsAlHS to ncdltn. IL IS De- lieved by many careful observers that animals are as sensitive as man even to malarious influences; certain it is that in malarious regions the horses and cat tie are always thin, bony and spiritless. Epidemic disease that are not infectious never appear without good reason, and the frequency with which they affect animals should inform owners of living property that it is expensive as well as stupid to give improper food and unclean housing.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
A Girl Monk.

Matrena Ivanovna, Russian peasant girl of two-and-twenty. has recently ac. quired considerable notoriety in her na- tive land through the fact that, under the monastic designation of Father Michael" she succeeded in passing sev- eral months in the cloister of Staraia Ladoga, without incurring the least sus- picion on the part of her fellow monks that she was other than she seemed to be. Forced by her father to marry a person whom she detested, she disap- peared from her home on the day sue eeeding her wedding, and, upon search being made, her clothes and two long plaits of her "back hair," were found near the Wolchoff river, as we'll as let ter in her handgriting stating that rather than live with her husband, she had re- solved to drown herself Her relatives, believing that she had really committed suicide, forbore any further inquiry, and mourned for her as one dead. She, how ever, dressed In mans clothing, applied last March for admission to the above
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
An E6ison Romance.

Mir. Edison as the hero of romance now publishing in arispaper, is shown sitting in the work shop at his elegant mansion, wrapped in a black velvet dressing gown with tassels of violet silk. Resting beside him on velvet cushion is the left hand and arm, just severed from her body, of beautiful young wo- man; and near him powerful electric battery On the delicate wrist of the young woman's arm is solid enamel viper and on her finger a sapphire ring, the hand holding dainty pearlgray glove As the story is entitled "The New Eve, D it is supposed that Edison is about to create a woman with the arm instead of a rib as a starter" One of the incidents represent Edison sitting on bank smoking choice cigar and watching two trains armed with new brake of his designed to stop them instanteously and without shock. The engineers becom. ing excited bungle at the brakes, bring ing about collision in which sever al hundred are killed. At this, the gifted inventor, throwing away his cigar impatiently remarks, "Clumsyl stupidp Ii is plain that very.little is really known about Edison in this country.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
A Plucky Girl.

The American girl is still ahead. If a female scion of the etfete races of Eu- rope were to find black snake seven feet four inches long under her pillow she would give one long, convulsive wall and would fall down in dead faint; then the snake would crawl out and sneak under some other grl's pillow the first chance he got. But Amelia l.. Squire; of Centerville, Mass. did not nanage things that way. She called up the family and had the snake killed and 1t was not until she had rolled him over and over with her little bare foot, and so made sure that he was dead ali the way through, that she permitted her womanhood to assert itself in the shape of the long, convuisive vail, and the fainting afoie- mentioned. There vou have the sturdy old Puritan stock crop. ping right over the pie.begotten nerv. ousness and "cultured' young ladyhood. In sight of such an exhibition as this, if does not require professor ofastronomy to sec that Plymouth Rock is still firm; and that there is any quantity of wave left in the star-spangled banner, aud that the American girl is not good thinc for black snakes or anything else to fool with
 THE more land Western farmer has the mower he wants.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11

named monastery, and was duly receiv- ed into the confraternity on probation, taking the minor VOWS, and officiating as coachman to the Prior. There is no knowing what ecclesiastical dignities she might not in time have risen, had not unkind fortune decreed that native of her own village should have been sent to Staraja Ladoga by his master for correc- ton at the hands of the brethren, his offense being inveterate drunkenness. Promptly recognized and denounced by this indiscreet topper as Matrena Ivan ovna, friend of his youth, Father Michael" was handed over to the police authorities by the indignant monks, and is now awaiting tnal for imposture upon a religious community--a crime likely to be visited with severe punishment in so priest ridden a country as Russia.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
RUssEIIvn1E POPE COUNTY

or vicun rug, an ostrich feather, wrap Es-.=s;s, or poncho. and other luxuries of local manufacture. Equally extortionate are the charges at the hotels for board and lodging. particularly for the con sumers of foreign wines, the meanest Bordeaux, of doubtful vintage, never be- ing psss down at less than s, and the price of room, with boarding, whether the meals are eaten or not, being from S;4 to $6,
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
I DREAMED THAT I DwELr BESIDE A
 STREAM

1 dreamed that dwelt beside a stream. Where daring was want to go; She seemed Co me as a beautiful dream, Too sweet for 'afth and woe; So aid ot the q 'ad
 How happy arc they
 Asleep, asieep--awayl' Oh. she seems tO my dreams tbe brightest of beams,
 Affections fairest starr oh, she seems to my dreams The brightest of beams,
 For earth too lovely farl I dreamed that dwelt a lonely man, That the daring upon me smiled. saying sweetly to me, "Oh, sir, you can By love be ever beguiied
 Then said of the dead,
 'No happier they,
 Asleep. asleep--awayp Oh, she seems 10 my dreams ihe brightest of beams.
 Attection's tairest siarl 1b, she seems to my dreams The brightest of beams,
 For earth too lovely farl ] dreamed that lived the better for her, For the cheer she gave to me, And as her bright hair the breezes stir An angel she seemed tu bel
 So said to the dead
 I'm as happy as they, Asleep, asleep--awa " slh, she seems to my dreams The brightest of beams,
 fecjion's Iairest starr Dh, sb0 seems to my dreams The brightest of beams,
 For earth tco lovely far
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11

THE fatalities from lightning are much greater than is generally supposed. Sta tistics show that ill EuropeaIy Russia the deaths for five years, ll870-74) were l. 425 men and SIS women. No fewer than 4002 fires are also officially reported from the same cause during this period
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11

"LorriE, says an admirbng critic, lis so full of chic'-a' ~shiH
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11
science In Court.

Do you plead guilty or not guilty asked the Judge, addressing Simms.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-11-11

THE more land Western farmer has the mower he wants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-06
DIED.

he n FST fh pax R M0%syS r. son Caleb
F6neTa from te rsssnss Of his father ia Park place.
P0Ssy I Sysnth Pay SD Pc,so omit flower,
I Fn@n Luther Gs' anG Mny t.
BpwdeD aged II months aud lS days
Rciy. and friends Of The family are resGectigy nyiteG 70
the his grandfather OseDh BOwden Flushing,
Carriages will be waiting Broadway Station the
arrival Of the ll:35 a. train from iunhr's Point.
wife 81 John r. Bradley in tho 5Oh Il ler aye.
Relatives ANA frlenia are i1ylt5 2uald her funeral on
FRIDAY morning. At 10 O'CLOCK at her late rcsdehce East
ngton wife u the ato Frederic Bull the 10Th year of
late Friday the 7th inst. at $3.50
Trains leave foot Barclay Cristophcrss 22O O'clock
ARK Mrs clark Of Gatcsdc Paisley Scotland. at Largs
AYRSHIRE. "Wednesday. Nav o. at 1880 D. m IN her olst
FislI-On Sunday May after short illness. Harry Gin.
Fnmcra service a church Disciples Madison and
+5ths on rnursday at 2SO aIter@P4n ro,o, ursco,
sorey Amateur League and MimOsa Society respect
1I InI ~ New h RSdoF 1' Mass dSss''
New Bedford STANDARD please copy.
GREaORY- Nj Kisco May o. Julia A., wife Of stephen
FIN TAI Serwces nj Carmel, Putnam County, Saturday at
Train leaves Grand Central Depot $50
.a aisd IN rSe 7atS Year Of ass p
friends Respectfully invited 70 attend tae
@G a. Is East q 18th thence q st AnS H GHuTcG
HALIFAX, s. S. and Boston papers please copy
JNCOBS-On TUESDAY inDrnip It'll lnst Samuel Jacobs
in the Gist year " his age.
Relatives and friends rcspectfuvInvet TO attend his
funeral from residence, 10 l2B Fast 37th.St,
Thursday, 1t 10 requested that no flowers be sent
MCDONALD ON TUESDAY. May 1. Mrs Mary Mcdonald. 10
the 18th year Ot her axe. .oo
FhI s,rylcos tho residence o. her son Edgar, 100
Greone.ave Brooklyn. on Thursday 9th inst at ~ M
PAGE-Jn May 5. Lizzie NJ, wife OF the Rev. W. W. Page.
raj Friday afternoon O'Clock. from NewYOrk Presby
tcrAu CuITc }, " cst i'm ST.
PAnTGIDGE- snrdcnv. May l. a. his rosiience, Grange
Vney. y g., samuel Partridge, aged 35 years.
Fu "a at Valley Church. at O'Clock p ni' triuay Hh
inst
Trnin leaves foot Baroay.st., NewYOrk at BIO p M
PTIRCE-on the 4h ns. Ruth g., wife Of the late Cyrus
peircs, her S,jd year. ,,.-,
Fual III place their late residence, In Bristol
Penn on sixth Day 9th inst. }. at $50 o. clock D. H.
pOTTER--On Sabbath morning, May q at The samaritan
Home for the ged bod Wilson Potter IN tho 18Th year Of
hlgaKr.
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and had found the flores were non-absorbents Of
water. Every hbrOus tissue was made waterrepelent
Frederick NJ. Warner then conducted the experiments
At side OF the room was rack upon which he hung
fabrics in snntinR position, after which be
threw water them By small bose. he
explained how the articles which lay uDOn the table
had been prepared In the solution calling attention IN
particular to the elasticity and briancy OF the silks
1.-THE compound" said he, does not allow the absorb
be confused with the rubber waterproof goods en-
abcs cloths to resist stans from spilled caret, conee
grease writing-ink"
The water was directed upon carpet which shed the
like ducks back. WOOllen cloths were taken
next with the result and piece OF white brocade
hung I'D. The lower part had not been dipped In
the solution, and was quickly ruined while the upper
part threw of the water and seemed as dry ana Drgn
grOs grain sk OF skYbue tint, divided INTO
two parts, was next tried, and the lower part hung
limp around The frame; The water n. did not G
S sSSn least. al''' silk OF upper delicate ecia
shade was then wet without any apparent injury
The silks we're passed around among the Ia
liar results. OTHER experiments were made
with pink SILK and a lady's Spring hat. upon
which, all trimmed, water was poured aud ran around
ike quicksilver. hat OF blue silk and pink
flowers went safely through a like ordeal
Ostrich feathers were dipped In WATER. and
wheE shaken retained their curl and were dry
Plush ladies' Shoes Kid gloves and all varieties OF gaiy
lemon Juice and poured OF these, but
dash of water left them rs good as before. MI
Warner said that the compound added from 20 to 80
per cent To the texture. Boiling water, soap and ac0
hOl lie said inefficient when an attempt was lpade
to get the "Neplunite " out OF an article.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-06
DENANDS or WOEKLNGMEN.

At meeting yesterday Of tinsmiths. roof
ers and cornice makers, who have been
on strike lately, 1t was reported that
the prospects good that they would obtain higher
wages Ms most OF tho principal firms had already agreed
to pay the advance.
The furniture workers employed in POTTER 81
Stymnss furniture factory in Lexngton-ave. have
been strike for two days. to compel the
firm to discharge a fellow workman named
Beck, who. It was alleged. did not conform to the
rules OF their Union Yesterday after the Obr OxOns fc-
low workmen had been discharged, they returned to
work
Tie Executive Committee OF the striking English,
German and French shoemakers who have
been on strike since Monday to obtain On
advance OF Is per cent. was 10 session at
Putnam Hall yesterday. 1t reported that the Lead
Ing firms had agreed to pay the advance demanded
The OtneIs-abOut twenty-hve-it is expected VIII
nj
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che impost. would also have to be paid ExSept,Sns
h IN tSs ss tSevS years Of is opefaOH
Gs sefal little sum OF 2OOOOOOO marks.
Gambetta's enemies make the most of the
~acent disgraceful debate in the Chamber "What a
s,tt,nop cries the Gaulois "a Deputy OF the Right
vclnded from the Chamber for fortnight; two others
censured; President scoding right and left with an
frestrained rage, accompanied by blows with his fist
on the table Of the tribune, and gescuations copied
from the choreOgraphy OF st. Vitus. exhibiting TO the
public, and what was worse, to the Diplomatic Body,
his face, the wild brandshng of his arms,
his intempPrance OF department and language-such
was the spectacle given witness during whole
hour, and which we recommend 10 the friends OF tne
Parliamentary regime, who Onlv acquainted with
the working OF 1t through the chaste fecenee Oh the o.
fetal reports"
A blind beggar frequented the POnt DIES
sts Peres Paris he used station himself with
a clarinet and a very intelligent poodle. The place
was we'll chosen. and charitable contributions poured
into the little wooden bowl which the dog held IN his
mouth. One dav the bind man. who had reached an al
yanced age, was to BE- He had fallen ILL., His
faithful companion continued to frequent the accus
toned spot the passersby understood that his mas
ter was uuwel. and, touched by his fidelity, dropped
their pence into his bowl in increased nnmGers Acr
noodle was seen no more, The poor animal found
lying dead N cellar near his former aoP1 r
discovered under the litter on which lie was stretched
The contingent of new members in the House
OF Commons is made up largely OF merchants manuIac
1urers and those connected with commercial pursuits
90 are lawyers, A belonging to the bar and having
practsed sOctOrs 80 belong To the Armyi TO tue
Navy have belonged to the diplomatic profession;
have followed the profession of journalists; are CIV"
and agricultural engineers are bankers arc con-
nected with the brewing trade belong to the medical
profession are tenant farmers or IN other ways con-
nected with labor have been printers publishers en-
eravers etc.; is member of the Royal Academy OF
scotland Is civil and military tutor; Is Presoy
terrain minister; and cergymen OF the EstaDhsheu
Church who have relieved themselves of their orGers
under the provisions OF Mr. Bouverles teller DILL hno
rest country sQures maglstrates io
ants clairmen of quarter SESSIONS eX-MRn
nets or of peers The Oldest OF the new
fs aged scventyeight; the youngest was DOTH III Ao'0
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-06
PRIZES AND 1W1RDS IT THE FAIR.

At the Eahnemann Hospital Fair last even
ing the genieman's set OF diamonds at the Knickcr
booker table lin charge Of Mrs. McDonad),
was drawn by John Mldeburger. II was valued at
$780, Tie silver set at the Eureka table lin charge of
Mrs Burnham) became the property OF Mrs. sauls
bury Marion of the Hahnemann Hospital. The
voting for the godhended TO be presented to the
most popular candidate for President closed $3.50
follows Bayard 1913; Grant, 13l; Blaine, rs; Edmunds
II; Sherman, Jewett, z; Tiideu, ]. g. Phelps, IL
seyuour 81 f. d. washburne, 3 $50 Mr. Bayard will
receive the cane
few evenings ago. gentleman who had purchased
COPY OF The Charity Book" put Il up to be voted 70
the Gandsomest young lady attending the Far. The
hook was awarded 10 Miss SkidmOre, she having re-
ceiyed the largest number OF votes.
There was great excitement In the corner when the
eiqlt.Oared paper shell voted TO the most popular
college Il was foregoue conclusion that either Col
umba or Yale would the boat aud the friends Of
both colleges were out IN full force. The polls
were advertised to close at 1890 p. M, but
there being dspue 9s 10 who cast the last vote
Which yIS ,'T time BIDS Of $40, $50 una sIO0 fO
lowed each OtHF oo IN rapid sEgS;eosson T TIE
Tor Yale but tho contents Of the cash boxes being
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-06
pREPlRIyG Fabrics TO EEPEL UATER.

REMARKABLE EXPERIMENTS With A NEW COM
POUND-wOOLLEN GOODS, SILKS. YELYliS ErCp
MADE IMPERYIOUs TO MOISTURE.
About thirty ladies and gentlemen were en-
trrInIncd for An hour yesterday the Of the In
tcrnatund Chemical Company, No. % WEST -Four
tc. ntii-si., where experiments wcra made win
a now chemical invention called "NcrIunitc."
which renders fabrics wntcrreprllcnt without
changing their appearance. Among those present were
1lmulow Weed Emerson Opdyke, Professor j. Ogden
uorr,n Dr. George VI. Beard, Dr. Fuller Walker, Pro-
f.s.nr and Mrs Carl KIock John Swlnt'n MrA Ieeds,
Mrs lnnie A. Smith ana Mrs A. j. Gilchrist' ot Jer-
scy Guy, Aunt Fanny" Barrow, "Jonny june Croy'
Miss Elizabeth Thompson, MI6s Mary /" Booth, Mrs.
Mary Mapes Dodge, ana Mrs. Barrett of Washington.
The inventor Of the composition Is ID. NJ. Lamb, ma
I'VE OF Canada who until within few years has been
living IN Michigan. Since 1865 he has been expert
mcntIng stimulated I'm part by the offer OF the
Goodyear Rubber Company OF 100000 for
a wator-repcllrnt substance that would not a.
feet the appearance OF fabrics. At last he succeeded,
and company. OF which cXSccrotary Hugh McCullOch
IL thc president was formed. The directors arc Hugh
McCulloch r. suydnm Grant Francis o. French, Roger
A. Pryor and Emerson Opdyke.
"Neptuuitc," the liquid that works these
singular results, Is clear aud cOlorlcss, and
IA n solution OF certain hgdro-carbOn gums put
together in certain proportions, tho CHIEF IN
rrrdicnt being q solution OF rubber. Iu silks,
g,lins and ribbons 1t is claimed that 1t sets
the coors. Mr. Stearns. silk manufacturers
who has been using tho "Ncptunito" In his factory,
gys that this the e"c, with the most delicate
mauvo coors. The solution is such that each hore Is
coated with thin elastic coating which Is coiorlcs
and spems to freshcn the color5 while II
ia said TO do no injury to tho goods.
In silks 1t is said that seven 1Dres Will be equal TO ten
after the solution applied. 1t is not intended
to be used by individuals much by manufacturers
After an article has been dipped In the So
luton, II must be dried Tor twenty
,,r bopra in tamnerature OF from 1900 to 1902 Tho
solution enves cloth FREQ for ventlatinR purposes IL
does not make garments waterproof but water repel
lent. - ,
read letter from Hugh McCuloch, In which
ton. Professor DOremus apOke in glowing terms OF
the results which HAD been brought about by the COM
nnund He had made experiments with largo variety
Of substances Whloh had been dipped In the compound