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The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
Chapin as a Worker.

Editors Easy Chair, in Harpers Magazine for
 March
 Like Theodore Parker. Gi1apin un- doubtedly felt his vitality to be so i'm mense that it could not be overtasked Parker came of long-liyed race, but he died of overwork at 90. Chapin seemed made for infinite endurance, but he was shaken at 60 and died at 66. Some years ago, in the height of his prosperous lee turing career, the Easy Chair met him at the Albany railroad station in the early evening of winter day. He was snatch ing "a bite" and cup of coffee, and as the bell rang, they hurried to the train, Chapin carrying numbering bag and shawls, and laughing and joking as they climbed into the car. He had been out all the week, starting early on Monday morning, after preaching twice on Sun day. He had lectured every night dur ing the week, travelling hard all day. "Up before light" he said, gayly, feat ing tons of tough steaks and bushels of cold apples, whizzing on in these stifling cars, and turning out just in time to swallow a cup of tea, and off to the lec- ture." It was tremendous work, as only the fully Initiated know. But he made it all joke, and his swift tongue flew
 
 dent, and presently began to discuss the magazines, with a sharp and just dis crimination. Suddenly the train stop. ped, evidently not at station. The night was cold and stormy. Presently the conductor passed, and Chapin asked to know the reason of the delay. The conductor replied that there was some derangement of the locomotive; and Chapin said, quietly, "This is bad busi- ness for man who has to preach at II o'clock to- morrow morning, and whose sermon is not begun" His companion remonstrated; but Chapin's eyes twin kled as he answered: "Oh, you laymen know nothing about it. Burns sang the Cotter's Saturday Night, but the minis ter's Saturday night is yet unwritten. At least" he said, laughing, "this one is likely to be unwritten." It was past midnight when the train reached the city. Goodnight" cried the hearty voice. "Go home aud go to bed; Pm going to work" The next time the Easy Chair met the preacher, it asked about that sermon. "Oh, that was all right. l went home, and there was bright fire in my study, and brew of hot coffee, and I finished that sermon just as the sun rose." And the next morning probably he was off again for another week of the same kind.
 It was at the same Albany station that, crossing in the bleak winter night over the frozen river, Theodore Parker was fatally chilled. He and Chapin were both stalwart men, with such ample and overfiowing strength that it seemed to them to be exhaustless. But they work ed bravely while it was yet day, and their works do follow them.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
\ COLORADO AVALANCHE.
Two Prospeetors Escape Death by Clinging
 to Slender Bushes.
Leadyille Democrat.

Two Prospeetors Escape Death by Clinging
 to Slender Bushes.
 Leadyille Democrat
 There are almost daily accounts re- ceiyed of narrow escapes made by pros pectors in the mountains from the terri ble snow-slides, more frequent this year than for many years previous, and Mir. A. Lafaye and Walter Starroek, who reached this city yesterday, gave a graphic description of their experience with one of the white monsters, well worth relating in print.
 These two gentleman are interested in claims near the Mount of the Holy Cross, and last Tuesday, while they were on their way, on snow-shoes, from the Ho- ly Cross Mountain to Red Cliff, they were struck by a snow slide under the following circumstances;
 They were descending the preciptous slope ofFrench Mountain, which is about 500 feet high, and when about 300 feet from the top of the cliff, which projects out from the summit of the mountain, they heard the strange, fearful, indes- cribable sound which foretells the com ing of the avalanche. They were short distance apart when they heard the sound, and without stepping to look up or waste moment in cojecture Lafaye shouted to Sterrock to grasp a bush pro- trudng through the snow, at the same time clutching with strong grip a sapling by which he was standing.
 No man has ever yet described an av- alanche of snow. No imagination hss ever conceived one. It is monstrous, ghastly, terrbe thing; literally Death riding on pale horse, sweeping all be- fore it with blind, swift rage. When two men, standing on five feet of snow and shuddering with the awful fear which the bravest hearts feel in the prsence of impending death, grasped the slender bushes on which they relied to save them they felt that they were in the grasp of power against which human strength and cunning availed but little and they closed their eyes and bowed their heads to await the shock. In an instant like a bolt of lightning, the avalanche was up on them and rolled in great white waves over and around them. They clung to the tough sapplings with desperate strength, completely submerged in the snow, blinded and choking, but knowing that their lives depended upon the strength of their grip. Their bodies were swayed down the mountain and were cruelty wrenched by the savage power of the avalanche, butthey held on to their anchorage, and in few seconds the great white wave passed below them and left them stunned and dazed, still holding to the bushes. The snow swept on down the mountain like tidal wave, and when it reached the bottom, piled up, layer upon layer, until there was a huge mass of it laying there fifty feet in thickness. When the two men were sufficiently recovered they proceeded to Red Cliff and yesterday Mir Lafave came to Leadyille, where he described to the reporter his perilious adventure and mar row escape.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
The Crust of the Earth
Popular Science


 NJ. Faye has propounded new theory of the internal structure of the earth, an important feature of which is that its solid crust is much thicker under the seas than under the continental masses. The oscillations of the pendulum and the directions of the plumb-line are known to be subject to variations in con- sequence of the neighborhood of a mountain, or even of a hill, calcuations based upon which enabled Maskelyne to determine the density of the globe. When, however, experiments with the plumb-line and pendulum were applied to table-lands and to the grander noun tain-ranges, the deviations correspond ing to the magnitude of the masses which were expected were not shown. The pendulum which is sensitive to the presence of the great pyramid of Egypt gives no sign of the neighborhood of the Himalayas. Further than this, real deficiency of attraction has been ob- served upon continents, as if there were a great hollow under them; and the fail ure of mountain-masses to defect the pendulum has been actually attributed to the existence of cavities in them. On the other hand, when the investigation is transferred to the sea, the weight is found to be too great and is in excess of what is demanded by theory, as evi- dently 1t falls short of it on the conti- nents. Hence, if we suppose that there is a lack of matter under the continents, we must also suppose that there is under the seas an accumulation of it above the average for the whole earth. M. Fay suggests, to account for these contradic. tions, that the cooling of the earth is go- ing faster and has taken place to great CT depth under the oceans than under the continents. The temperature at 12,000 feet of depth below the sea is a little higher than the freezing point; at the same depth under the continental masses it is computed to be about 300 degrees. The matter is kept at this temperature by the superior starta of earth almost impermeable to heat, and through which the heat that actually escapes is hardly perceptible. The crust of the earth in such situation can increase in thick ness only at the slowest. Under the sea. on the other hand, matter at the same depth is in almost immediate communi- cation with a cold of the freezing-point, and instead of having some non-con- ducting strata above it to prevent it's escape, the heat is immediately absorbed in cold of polar intensity. A similar difference exists deep in the beds of the submarine rocks, for the water is inn bibed in their pores to a greater depth than in the sub.continental rocks, and the heat is conveyed away from them by the vertical convecation of the warm- ed water rising in them. The more an- cient the existing beds of the sea, the greater is the thickness of the crust that supports them as compared with that of the continents.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
RUssEILvnIE POPE COUNTY ARKANSAS THURSDAY

Dane laid the whistle on table, and whoever was able to blow it last, every body else being disabled by the potency of the bottle, to him the whistle was awarded as a trophy of victory. The Dane produced credentials of his victories without single defeat, at the courts of Warsaw, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Mos COW and several of the petty courts in Germany. After many overthrows on the part of the Scots the Dane was en- countered by Sir Robert Lawrie of Max welton. who, after three days and three nights hard contest, left the Scandana- vian under the table. And blew on the whistle his requiem shrill" Sir Walter, son to Sir Robert Lawrie, afterward lost the whistle to Walter Riddel, Esq, of Glenriddel. It continued in possession of the Riddels until Friday, October Is, l790, when it was contended for, as re- lated in Burns ballad, by Sir Robert Lawrie, descendant of the other Sir Robert aforementioned; Robert Riddel, Esq, descendant of Walter Riddel, and Alexander Ferguson, Esq, of Craigdar- roch, likewise descended from Sir Robert. It was Fergusson's fortune to carry off the hard-won honors of the field. But what capacity they must have had for winel Burns tells how they ate sumptuous dinner and then drank claret; "six bottles apiece had well wore out the
 night
 When gallant Sir Robert to finish the fight, Turn'd OCT in one bumpber bottle of red, And swore twas the way their ancestors did"
 Whereupon Riddle left the foul business to folks less divine" but the others continued the contest. rThe gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the
 end;
 But who can with fate and quart bunpbers con
 tend?
 Though late said hero. should perish in liget So up. rose bright Ph9bus, and down fell the
 knight"
 The victor, Alexander Ferguson was an ancestor oft present owner of the whistle.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
A Historic Whistle.

Mir. Norval Ferguson of Athens, Georgia, owns a whistle which is, he says the whistle that the poet Robert Burns wrote ballad about Mir. Ferguson was in St Louis last Tuesday, and while here he showed the whistle to few in- innate friends. 1t is not at all remark able in appearance--iust like the common ebony whistles sold by nearly all dealers in toys-about two inches long, half an. inch wide at the mouth and ornamented with little ball at the end the fingers clasp when the whistle is heinz blown. Its authentic history is curious, and dates back to tho time when Anne of Denmark went to Scotland with James the Sixth. In the train of Queen Anne there was a Danish gentleman of gigantic stature and great prowess, matchless champion of Bacchus, He challenged the Scottish courtiers to contest for the possession of the whistle, A number accepted. The contests were scenes of bacohanilian riot. At the commencement of the orgies the
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
Queen Victoria's Holidays.
The Queen.

lut NtAttii
 But during the reigns of our queens immediate predecessors the observance of Christmas degenerated; but for some of the interest it now assumes, we have to thank the prince consort who held 1t as a most sacred time. Peculiarly hap py in his domestic life, such anniversa- rles were the means of drawing s1ll closer the ties of family affections. He saw his happy boyhood reflected in the merry faces Of his children. Writing to his grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Coburg, with whom he spent most of his early Christmases, he says: These pleasant festivities always bring mo doubly in contact in spirit with your loved ones in the homeland, where you were so dear to me-" He it was that instituted that general interchange of gifts, continued now in the royal homes In which her majesty ordains to spend Christmas. It is still her custom to give presents to all her atten ants, both ladies and gentlemen, and also to the dressers and maid servants There is, perhaps, throughout Great Britain, no other home where more kindly surprises arc planned and more gentle thoughts for others eyinced, than in the highest household III lhc ldnu.
 The first Christmas after their married life, just after the birth of the Princess Royal, was spent by the queen and her husband at Windsor Castle: and we read in the life of the Prince Consort" how Christmas trees were set up in the queen and princess rooms, custom which was continued in future years, when they were also set up in another room for the young princes and princesscs, and in the Oak room for the household. The ladies and gentlemen in waiting were summoned to the corridor on Christmas eve, and the queen and prince, accom- panied by the royal family, pointed out the presents intended for each, inviting them afterwards to go through the differ ent rooms to see what they had mutually given and received Present giving has always been a special delight in our roy al family. The interchange of gifts on birthdays, New Years and other ami. yersaries extends to a very large mum Der of relatives.
 Since her bereavement her majesty has generally spent Christmas at Os. borne. These seasons exceptionally
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
Brigham Young,s Grave.

Salt Lake Letter to San Francisco Chronicle
 An ill-looking stone wall about six feet high incloses an area of nearly an acre. A carriage-gate, constructed of rough, unpainted boards, stood ajar, and enter ed. Fully one-quarter of the inclosure is divided off by second stone wall on one side, and in the southeast corner of the sub-inclosure Brigham Young rests in final repose. A huge slab of granite laying flat on his grave, and high rail- ing of iron, are all that meet the eye, save the walks and sward of the little cemetery. There is no inscription of any kind-not even his name. Outside of Brigham's personal graveyard the grounds are so shabby that they might be taken for a dumping place for gar bage. In one corner of this outer ceme- tery are four or five neglected graves possibly those of his departed wives, still another grave at that quarter is marked. At its head is an unpainted pine-board, on which appears the name of "E. l. Young" Underneath this some wag has plainly written with pencil: "We are laboring for the kingdom of God, gentlemen" The Mormons pay little respect to the resting places of their dead
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
VOL. VII
GO SLOW.

When you u pair of bright eyes meet, That make your heart in rapture beat When one voice seems to you more sweet Than any other voice you know.
 Goslow, my friend, go slow, For brightest eyes have oft betrayed, And sw weetcst voice of yonth and maid The very falsest thing have said, And thereby wrought deal of of woe;
 Go slow, my friend, go slow. when you're convinced you are Q poet. And wishing all the world to know 1t, Call on some editors to show it, Your verses full of glow and blow,
 Co slow my friend, go slow; For many a one has done the same, And thought to grasp the hand of Fame, And yet has never seen his name h print And why-waste baskets know:
 Go slow, my friend, go slow. When you to greed for money yield, And lsng the mighty p0We'r r to wield That always found in golden field With senseless pomp and pride and show,
 Go slow, my friend, slow; For thousands, tempted by the glare Of wealth have fallen in snare Set for the thiet. And now despair, Regret, and shame have brought them low:
 Go slow my friend, go slow. The good old earth Is never wrong, Earth of her works takes just so long; Months pass before happy throng Of daisies in the meadows grow;
 Go slow nay friend, go slow. And spring gives life tosummers ilow'rs, And summers sun and summers show'rs Prepare the fruit for autumn bowrs, And autumn frost bring winter snow.
 Co slow my friend, go slow.
 --Bdtdwin's Worthy
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
BeautIfers.

Ladies, you cannot make fair skin, rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes with all the eos- metcs of France, or heautifiers of the world, while in poor health, and nothing will give you such good health, strength, buoyant spirits and beauty as Hop Bitters. A trial is certain proof. See another col umn. 7elegraph.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

LApYLIKE qualities cannot be con cealed, no matter in what position she who possesses them may be placed. A Leadville lawyer was cross-examining a woman on the witness-stand and, be- coming somewhat abusive, she ex- claimed: Il am lady, by thunder, and don't you forget itp'
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
HOME TOPICS.
To Make -Breakfast-A Remedy foi
 eria-Miscellaneous Recipes.

IO MAKE IEAs
 Nothing is more easily made than a cup of good tea, and yet one seldom en- oys delicately fragrant tea, which Flaw thorne calls "an angels gift"
 The first thing needed is clean tea pot; it is useless to try to make good tea in musty pot, or one in which the leaves have been allowed to remain all night. The water should be boiling, but the tea itself must never be boiled.
 l wish these words could be painted on the wall of every hotel and restaur- ant kitchen in the United States. After the boiling water has been poured over the tea, set the teapot on an extra grid dle on the back of the stove
 All that is good in the tea will be gradually extracted from it; then, when brought to the table, one may well echo De Quincey's wish for an eternal tea pot"
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

"Is your wife a Democrat or Republi- cans" asked one Rockland citizen of another in a store this morning. She's neither" was the prompt response, and then, glancing cautiously around and sinking his voice to "a hoarse whisper, he explained, She's Home Ruler."-Rock- ldnd Courier.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

IT is very misanthropical woman whom the Philadelphia Times heard say: q always take my powder-rag to use in the carriage just before I go in any where. The others who often visit with me say they don't take any, which is true; but l notice they always borrow mine"
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

''ToM, my dear" said fond wife to her husband, who followed the piscatory profession, do brighten up little, you look so slovenly? 0 what an awful rec ollection it would be for me if you skould get drowned looking sop
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
NO.7.
R. J. WILSON.

  h1eIy Gloves Notions Gentemens Clothing in all the latest styles Queensware Cutlery, Nails, Iron Flows, &c Our stock of Meal Soaps,Can &c al O whc be
 sold reasonable HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR f!ly AND OTHER s2 ?uovcS and see me and Give me a Trial.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-24
WILLIAM II. ROBERTSON.

William III. Robertson, the nominee for Col
County. October 10, 1923 lie was educated ut the
Union Academy in Bedford after which he studied law
He admitted TO the bar in 1S47. lie has held vari-
ous political POSITIONS serving cst four years as SUI
pcrintendet OF the school Of his native town,
then -four years supervisor, during two Of which he
was chairman OF the board In 1si0 he was elected
member OF the Assembly and reelected in 1850 In 1854
he was first elected to tho State Senate He was next
elected county Judge position which he held for twelve
years-three terms. Mr. Robertson was then proni'
nent Republican, and although the Congressional Dis
trIc in which c lived claimed by the Democrats. he
was nominated for Congress and elected During tic
war he was chairman tho Military Committee to raise
supcrntend the draft, and otherwise rendered valuable
service. lie for years brigade Inspector OF the
9Th IIr -adc OF the National Guard
He rccntcred the State Senate in 1872. since which
time he las regularly rcclc Ted. In 1874 h" was
unanimously chosen president pro tcm lhs pace En
has od several since. lie has scrycd rs char
man Of tbc Committees on Commerce. Navigation ara
inr judiciary other important places and has been
ui the leaders the - maze. IT, mas
been Pc siental elet:or delegate To all Tie M
pnrtant Republican Conventions and - member Tor
fcvera years OF the Republican state Committee III
1879 e WIS the Leading itate for Governor IN onp0
sltion to Nh Cornell. Mr. Robertson was delegate 10
the Chicago Convention and the fiat from th'S state
who bubicy announced that he would not follow me
unit rule OppO TO the wishes OF his cons tueuia
HIS example followed ly others In ih!s STAT ana
Prnnsy vana. 10 this action the followers OF General
Grant largely attributed LiS d.frat ut Chicago
New-York tribune., 1881-03-24
GENERAL LIONEL A. SHELDON

General Lionel A. Sheldon, of Ohio, who
was nominated yesterday to be Governor OF
WAS born at Worcester, OtseGo County Y, August 80.
1900 Wncn he was about four years old his parents
removed TO OHIO During his youth lie worked
farm and acquired q common school educ atom. He
taught school for several years md also studied law
He was admitted the bar In 1851 and afterwnrd at
tended the Law School at Poughkeepsle. General Shell
don served one Judge OF Probate in L0rain
County Ohio and in 1855 he was delegate 20 the Re-
publican National Convention. Wncu tho broke
General Sheldon entered the Army a Captain Soon
after iseptember @, 1s0l) he made LieuenantCol
onel OF the 42d OIiO Regiment Of which General Gar
field WIS the colonel. When Garfield was promoted to
the rank Of Brgader-General, General Sheldon was
c,yen command OF the Regiment March Ia 1922 He
served with bis Regiment until 1t mustered out
the close OF 1864 The Regiment served In Eastern Ken
lucky IOri,iana, Arkansas and Mississippi took part
the Cumberland Gap and ficksburg expeditions and
WAS present other battles, including those Chica
saw Bluffs and Port Gibson. At Port Gibson General
sheldon was wounded. AZ the close of the war he
ceiyed n commission as Breyet Brgader- General of
Volunteers When peace WAS Restored, General Sheldon
settled In New Orleans where he devoted himself TO his
gress from one of the New Orleans districts IL RcpnD
iican He was also elected TO the XLIId and XLllId
Congresses During his three terms In Congress- Cen
era Sheldon served many committees, chair
men of tine Committee on Militia There never O
whisper against his integrity even amorg hs mOet bit
Ter political opponents. few years ago General Shell
don returned 10 Ohio and engaged IN farming.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-24
WILLIAM T.. CHANDLER.

William L. Chandler, vino has been nominltcd
for the oil OF solicii0rGencral. born In Concord.
" H., December -. $50. Alter receiving common.
school education lie entered thc law department OF
Harvard College. rom which lie received the degree OF
liz B. Ii 1875 be admitted TO the bar. and he de-
voted himself to the practice Of law uDi 1861 From
1859 10 1865 he reporter Of tie Snprcr Court Of
New IIaInpsire. and elected tp tho s. ac Lcg,sa.
ture IN 1862 1863 and 1864, baiuS tw!ci chosen
Speaker. In 1865 President Lincoln appointed him
JudgcA Advocate General and srOu after he was made
Assistant Of the Treasury from which position
he resigned III -G7 He secretary of the National
I,epubcan Commit and aid active and efficient
paIgn work in 1865, 1872 and 1876 After the cam
ia gn OF 1876 Mr Chandler took prominent part IN
preventing Democrats from capturing the Electoral
votes OF Fl0rida and South Carolina. Ho also q
witness ia the Cipher Dispatch Inquiry IN 1873 and
1879 and has since frequently expressed hi opinions
on political Questi0ns through the columns OF THE 1Rlg-
USE aud other journals.