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The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19
West.


 A DRUGGIST in Topeka was arrested for selling Hostetters bitters.
 TRooPs are oroered to White river to be ready for Ute outbreak.
 JOHN HENRY, the noted express robber, escaped from jail at Dodge City, Kas.
 THE southern mail pouch was robbed at Milford Centre, O., and $l, 200 stolen.
 TEE Kansas temperance camp meeting will be held from August 10th to 18th.
 IT is believed that 250, 900 cattle will be shipped from Hunnewell, Kas., this year.
 WARDEN WILLIS puts the loss to the State by the Missouri penitentiary fire at $30000.
 ONE hundred miners were kept over night in shaft at La Salle, Ills, by the breaking of the engine.
 DoDeE CrrY snaps its fingers at the Kan sas morality laws and whisky and Cypri- ans rule supreme.
 STEAMER City of Tokio, Hong Kong, via Yokohama, with 1,040 Chinese aboard ar rived in San Francisco.
 SOME time ago the printers of Chicago made request for an advance of two cents per thousand. Their request has been granted.
 STOCK of the Mutual Union Telegraph Co.,, to the amount of $25o,000 said to be the whole amount allotted to Cincinnati, was taken there in one day.
 THE Democratic State Committee of Iowa has been in session at Des Moines for sev- eral days, and finally agreed on June Is as the date for the State convention. Des Moines is the place.
 THE crop reports from the Northwest are encouraging. The latest advices warrant the expectation that in thesection mention ed there will this season be a fair average both of wheat and corn.
 IN Palmer and Sulliyan's camp near Acamboro, Mexico Engineer Sackrider be- came insane and killed Engineers Martin and Jones. Sackrider was killed by the chief of the party, Filley.
 THE Santa Fe company, with a force of about 2,500 men, began taking up and haaiii.E~ away the thirteen miles of railroad track laid Ilvni Wellington, Kas, out in the direction of Anthony in Harper coun- ty.
 MR. w. w. JUDY, of St. Louis telegf phs from Atoka, Indian Territory, that he has 10000 wild birds now in coops at that point for the use of the participants in the Mis- souri State Tournament, which commences in St. Louis, on the 23d of the present month.
 CHRISTIAN HoFFMEIsTER, marshal and col lector of Cape GiIardeau, Mo, has been sus- pended by the mayor and city council, and a committee appointed to examine his &C., counts, which seem to be in very bad shape. He has turned over all his property to his bondsmen.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19
RUssEILv1IE THURSDAY

feet on the first Monday of October next. | The County Commissioners can not issue a | license after that date It is therefore idle | to speak upon the statue, for 1t is not a pub lie question, being already law.
 A MEMPHIS dispatch is as follows; Several nights ago Officer Hummer, one of the colored members of the city folice' force, killed strange negro in the southern part of the city, claiming that he detected the man prowling about various private resi- dences in suspicious manner, and when an attempt was made to arrest him, he + sisted by drawing pistol, which missed ilre
 Hummer was the only witness examined at the coroner's inquest and the verdict was rendered that the man was killed by an of- ficer in the discharge of his duty. It was afterward discovered that the man was well-to-do farmer in one of the adjacent counties in Arkansas, possessed of consider able property and had with him when he came to Memphis considerable amount of money. It was also discovered that he was peaceably inclined and respected by his neighbors, white and colored, and that he was not one who would have made such reckless resistance of an officer as was charg- ed by Hummer. As light continued to be let on the affair the officers position became more serious until Chief Davis of the police force took the matter in hand and began a rlgld examlnauon. In h1s testimony at the inquest the officer stated that when he ask ed the man what he was doing prowling about in the city, he drew pistol and snapped it in his face. This statement was corroborated by the fact that when the dead body was found one of his hands grasped pistol. The investigation shows that the pistol is one once owned by Hummer, and that the indention made on the cartridge is an old one, which gives away that part of Plummer's story, and knocks the bottom out of his well laid narrative. Chief Davis this morning caused Plummer's arrest, himself swearing out the warrant charging him with murder. The colored people have never believed Plummers story about the affair and have demanded the investigation, which will bring Hummer before the courts. They hold the theory that the murder was committed for the purpose of getting the mans money, which he unwit- tingly displayed perhaps in the presence of the officer
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19
SECURE A HOME---LANDS! LANDS!!

rTHE undersigned, agent for the flno grant of | lands made to fhs Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway, now offsrs for ssla any and all 0se railroad lands lying i'll Pope county.
 Tksse Id'lds embrace some very fine trdots t7a- ehsdin9 RIVER BOTTOM, PRAIRIE AND UPLANDS, aud an easy opportunity is here ef~ed ef securing cheap farDs on edsy ,erms Correspondence solicited from those seeking hemes In
 MILD, HEALTHY CLIMATE, and in new country which is rapidly develop ing, and oiiers many advantages.
 To those who have improvements on railroad lands, would say, no time should be lost in coming forward and entering into contract for tle same, My instructions are to sell ANY AND AL HFIs. and delay in making application may eIItad loss upon you.
 am pIepared to give full information in re- gard to any of these lands in Pope county.
 Come edrly and caamine ny Plat and list Qt prices and secure e ehedp farm.
 JAMES POTTS, Agent.
 Russellville, Ark.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

Two hundred and forty eight yards of velvet is a pretty tidy pile te have concealed about one's person when passing the custom house officers yet this is the precise amount which Mrs. Ray Gordon concealed beneath hel clothing on landing from the steamship Britanic. at New York. Shrewd officer declare that dozens of such cases go un. detected every day weasel arrives.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19
Personal Points.

HIcKocK is certain that St. Julien can beat Maud s.
 DR. JOHN RUTH, the celebrated rife ''shot, died at Oakland, Cal.
 BLASTED and Hanlan are rowing trial spins on Toronto bay.
 WESTON will sail for England nexth month to compete for the Astley belt on June 30.
 HERR MosT, publisher of the London Freiheit, has been indicted for melting to murder.
 NEWS from Washington is that Mrs. Garfield is seriously i'll from nervous pros tration.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

ENGINE number ten was put on the pennsy ,vania road few days ago. It is the larcelt i'll the United States, being sixty-three feet long and the driving wheels six an,! halc feet high. It runs between Philadt Iphia and New York.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

LONDON and New York have met Of late on common grou.7d. The abomiDa- ble state of the streets has been the ab- sorbing and exasperatiRg topic .o all the
 inhabitants of either metropolis, and pol .itics have sunk into comparative insig-
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

"WELL, Miss" said 2 knight of the birch rod, "can you decline kiss% ''Yes, sir" said the girl, dropping per plexed courtesy, Il can, but hate to most plaguily."
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

SEVERAL families have recently been poisoned by eating diseased pork. IL will presently be discovered that the only way to consume pork is to nse it in fattening cats and dogs for sausage meat.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

SOME one who has no fear of the fu- ture says: Girls are a contraction oi guerilla, because they lie in wait, set nan traps, capture and slay or subject to bondage all who come in their vi- cinityn
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

THE tendency to make collections of various articles sometimes runs in strange channels. Mrs. Elizabeth Carter col- lected more than 300 teapots, each pos eessing some traditionarv interest.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

THE bride was q young damsel who had been a great firt. When the cler- gyman asked the usual question, "Who gives this woman away ?" ayoung fellow present remarked, q could, but won't"
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

THOMAS WARD, or Empire, Minn. iost a hog, which was found in straw stack, where it had been buried five and a half months. It was alive when fonnd
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

OVER 150 new butter and cheese fac tories will be erected in Iowa this year, making 400 in all.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

Two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars worth of California fruit was sold in Chicago last year.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19
Haunted Me.

A Workingman says; Debt, poverty, and suffering haunted me for years caused by A sick family and large bills Tor doctor inp. which did no good. was completely discouraged until one year ago, by the aa- vice of my pastor, | procured HOP ble.eis ea.h and commenced their use, and in one month we were all well, and none of us have been sick n day since: and I want to say to all poor men, you can keep your families well l a wear with Hop Bitters for less than one d6etor's visit will cost."- Christidn Adpo- cdts.
 -zspanish lace Is.assd in profusion on
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

A MAN who can't tell the difference between one fashion plate and another is a married man, and don't you forget It
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

PLUMP girls are said to be going out oi fashion. If this is true, the plumper the pirl the simmer her chances.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

fer it to the Judiciary General Committed. A stormy scene ensued, and amid the ut most excitement speeches ot a violent char acter were made. Finally the amendment was defeated and Ruddimon's resolution adopted-80 to 52-the majority of the nays being Democrats.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

IN some parts of Wisconsin wolves are so bad that bounty of $40 per scalp is offered
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19
TIMELY TOPICS.

IT is estimated that 70,000o00 bushels of corn are in crib at railroad stations in Iowa.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19

-spanish lace Issased in profusion on evening dresses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-24
LSS&Sk2Z3

IT Is TRULY WONDERFUL
To see what improYementnow exist
as compared with railway travel
only a few years ago. To become
convinced of this, one has only.to
select for his route East, the popular
and well known
CHICAGO s. NORTHWESTERN R'Y.
You are landed by the Union Pacific
Railroad in the Union Depot at
Council Bluffs, where stands the G:
& NV. Palace Train, composed OF
Pullman Hotel Cars, Pullman Sleep
ing Cars, Elegant Day Coaches,
Smoking, Baggage, Postal Cars, etc.
ready to convey its passengers
through Iowa and Illinois, and into
Chicago Gliding smoothly along
over the supe rb track Of steel rail
through thriving cities and villages,
comfortably sea ted in this train, enc
scarcely discover the high rate OF
speed which he is riding. Trains OF
this road are always on time, con-
nections sure, and passengers seek,
ing pleasure, cont fort, safety and
easy in travelling, will find the
AN orth-Western" in excess Of theiI
expectations, and the greatest of all
routes to Chicago and the East. In
sist upon Ticket Agents selling you
Tickets ola this Road; all agents sell
them. Examine your Tickets and re-
fuse to buy if they do not read over
this Road. If you wish the Best
travelling Accommodations. you
will buy your Tickets by this Route,
EJAND WILL TAKE NJ
OTHER.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-24

TELEGRAPHIC
ALARMED.

The President has a Chill and
an Increase of Fever.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-24

The Consulting Surgeons Sent
For.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-27

Accommodation train leavcs Ravcnna att &c
a. m arrives Hudson ~. Cleveland IS 4. m
and \ light Express through sleeping Car. pitts
burgh to Cleveland.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-27
Durability of Ensilage.

From an article recently published
by DR.. Werner, leading authority on
the subject of folders, it appears tina,
ensilage has been kept for term of six
years in state of excellent preserva.
lion, at the farm of the agricultural
school at Alteaburg. in Hungary.
Cattle ate the product readily, in spite OF
its age. 1t has been prepared for fod-
der-corn according to the common
Hungarian method, that is to say, the
corn was allowed to wilt somewhat,
after moving, and was then trodden
firmly into great trenches six or seven
feet by twelve, or more, wide, and of
any desired length. When the trench
has been filled to the brim, the fodder
is piled up, above ground. crowning
like roof, often to q height of nine or
ten feet The heap is then covered
with earth. and when the fermentation
has gone far enough SO that the mass
sinks upon itself, pains are then taken
to fill up or beat together. as often as
may be necessary. any cracks that may
form in the covering of earth. Werner
remarks that the upper layers of this
ensilage had the color and the agree
able odor of brown hay (Braunhue),
while the lower layers exhibited the
characters of sour fodder moro and
more clearly the deeper they were.
This capital observation on the dura-
bility of ensilage is all the more inter-
esting for us Americans since the Hun
garian climate, with its hot summers, is
in some respects not unlike our Own.-
Raauz Ne,0 Yorker.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-27
Brother Gardner on Boys.

"R had boy to bring up Iwouldn'. !.
bring him up too SOFTLY" began Brothe:
Garduer, as Samuel Shin finally quit
poking the fire. "Ebery day of my life
/ meet men who were brung up too
softly. AS boys dey we're kissed an
pelted an stuffed wild sweet-cake an
cried ober. AS young men dey had
nothing to do but to spend money,
dress like monkeys, loaf on de streets.
an look down on honest labor. AS
men dey am a failure. People who
doan't hate 'em an avoid 'em feel to
pity 'em, an dat's just as bad. When
see q man whom rybody dislikes
realize dat he was brung up on de
goody-good plan as boy.
eff had hoy I'd run him agin the
world, I'd put responsibility on his
shoulders. If he got sugar he'd arm
it. If he got time for loafin' it would
be only arter his work was done. If he
was ugly or obstinate I'd tan it ouien
him, instead of buyin' him off. If you
whims of Il boy. If you want to make
a coward, forbid your boy to defend
his rights. I'd teach my boy dat all
boys had rights. an dat while he had
no business to trample on de rights of
udder boys, no boy had de privilege of
takin' him by the nose. Las night an
old man libin' up my way was turned
out doors by his boy. He has been
tryin' the goody-good plan OH dat youth
fur de las twenty years, an dis am de
legitimate result. He didn't want him
to work. kase work is hard. He did MT
want him to dress plain. for fear people
would look down on him. De boy am
to-day a loafer, neither grateful fur
what has been done in de pas. nor
carin' what happens in de fiIcher. Ten
vars ago he was cried ober, run arter,
an coaxed an bought of, an his mud
der hbed to see him loafer, an his
fadder has foun' him a migrate. III.
Quad.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-27
Mosaics.
Mosaics.
This world belongs to the energetic.
In life. rs in chess, forethought wins.

| x0O6t1Cos
This world belongs to the energetic.
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
| Philosophy will clip an angels wings.
The truest wisdom is a resoiute de-
termination.
| There is not q moment without some
duty. Cicero.
Emulation embalms the dead; envy,
the vampire. blasts the living.
1t is the enemy whom we do not sus-
pect who is the most dangerous.
Full oft we $50
Cold wisdom waiting on surer1uous folly.
-lShak 'peare.
Can man or woman choose duties?
No more than they can choose their
birthplace, or their father and mother.
George Eliot
Liberty aud equality, lovely and sa-
cred words.
Flowers, leaves and fruit are the air.
woven children of light.
There is brotherhood of error as
close as the brotherhood of truth.
Violent excitement exhausts the mind
and leaves it withered and sterile.
Though flattery blossoms like friend
ship. yet there is great difference in
the fruit.
wit and Judgment often are at strife.
Vnough meant Tor caca others aid like man
and wife. Up PJpe.
The golden beams of truth and tho
silkrn cords of love, twisted together,
will draw men on with a sweet violence,
whether they will or not.
Genius is rarely found without some
mixture of eccentricity, as the strength
of spirit is proved by the bubbles on
its surface.-Mrs. Balfour.
Love- like death,
Levels all r,nks, and lays the sher rherd's crook
Beside tho slepter. -tLytton.
Honest good humor is the oil and
wine of a merry meeting. and there is
no jovial companionship equal to that
where the jokes are rather small and
the laughter abundant Washington
Lvtng.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-27

The czar is described as having now
a melancholy. almost desponding, ex-
preston. which is not surprising in
n man in constant fear of assassination.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-27
Extracts from Sone Of Garfeld's Spseches
in Memory of the Dead.


No more fitting or expressive words
could be uttered over the bier of our
lamented President, James Abram Gar
field, than those which he himself spoke
in memory of two of our illustrious
dead.
On the 18th of April, 1866. the first
anniversary of the death of President
Lincoln. he rose in the House of Rep
resentatiyes mt Washington and said:
''MR. SPEAKER: / move that this
House do now adjourn. And. before
the vote upon that motion is taken. 1
desire 10 say few words. This day
will be sadly memorable 80 long as this
Nation shall endure, which God grant
may be It'll the last syllable of record
ed time" when he'volume Of human
history is sealed up and delivered to
the omnipotent Judge. In all future
time, on the recurrence of this day, L
doubt not that the citizens of this Re-
public will meet in solemn assembly 10
reflect on the life and character of Alb
raham Lincoln, and the awful tragic
event of April IA, 1S65-an event un-
parslleled in the history of nations, GER
tainly unparalleled in our own. 1t is
eminently proper that this House should
this day place upon its records a memo
rial of that event.
The last five years have been marked
by wonderful developments of individ-
ual character. Thousands of our peo-
pie, before unknown to fame, have
.aken their places in history. crowned
with immortal honors. In thousands
of humble homes are dwelling heroes
and patriots whose names shall never
die. But greatest among all these de-
velopments were the character and
fame of Abraham Lincoln, whose loss
the Nation still deplores. His charac-
ter is aptly described in the words of
England's great laureate-written thir-
ty years ago-in which he traces the
inward stems of some
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-27
The Wool of Iceland.

The most imported export of Iceland,
next to Goldfish, is wool. Considering
the amount of wool required to keep q
sheep warm up here, says writer, this
is more Of temperature index than q
sheep census. In Iceland the sheep are
never shorn; the wool gets ripe aud is
pulled off quite easily without causing
the animal any pain. 1t may, in truth.
be said that wool grows in Iceland.
The annual export amounts to 1.5OO, 600
pounds. and. though when it comes off
the animal it is the dirtiest wool in the
world. it goes to market the cleanest
Near Reykjarik there are number of
boiling springs, where all the house,
hdld washing of the town is done. To
this spring all the plucked wool is
brought and washed in the steaming
spring, then taken out and dried on the
grass in the sun. trt
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-27
Brain DEVELOPMENT.

It is not surprising to find the un.
learned in things medical unable to un-
derstand that brain development, which
of course is generally matter OF
heredity, determines character. Such,
however, is, and must needs be-, the
fact. Whether the mind is something
outside matter which acts through or by
the brain, as a musician may use a
musical instrument, or whether, as
some think, what we call mind is simp-
ly brain function, it should be manifest
ed on consideration that upon the
quality and conformation of q mans
brain must depend his mental capacity;
and. consequently. also his character
istics both intellectual and moral. We
are not disposed to urge specialties of
development as excuses for conduct
because, given an average degree of in
telligence and fairly strong will power.
the Individual is clearly responsible for
his actions; but it must not be forgot
ten that his instincts of right or wrong,
and the faculty of Judgment with which
he distinguishes between good and evil.
will be acute or dull in proportion as
his brain is developed.
The mind is in large sense the
character of a man. and as directly de-
pendent on the physical growth of his
brain as the speed of a race-horse is de-
pendent on its muscular development.
This is not sufficiently recognized, and
because it is not we every now and then
find silly remarks in print such as the
following: 1.-The convolutions of the
brain may have something to do with
the difference between mediocrity and
genius. but at present they are not
recognized in the law courts. and it is
difficult to see how they can be - with
such weak and wide moral reflections
as that "it would be scarcely satisfac-
tory to a pickpocket to have his brains
(sic) examined, in order to prove to
those he left behind that he really could
not help being a thief p And yet the
facts are sufficiently plain and simple.
so plain and simple that any one should
be able to understand them.-Lancet>
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-27
Cheeky Criminals.

A certain srtful dodger being COM
mitted on two charges of forgery OF
these Endorsements, had the gentle
gall to remark: II hepe your Honor
will make the bail light, as the notes
are not yet due" This reminds us of
true incident when stage robber
was sentenced in Los Angeles by the
Hon. Andrew Jackson King. to term
of ten years imprisonment. The of
fenss was clearly proved, and the sem
tence solemnly pronounced. He re-
ceived it very coolly. and'looking up Mt
the judge, said: Your Honor. 1 have
but one thing to say about my sentence,
and that is. I'll play you a game of old
sledge to see whether its twenty or
nothing. San Francisco Neeos Let
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-27

One who was present and heard him
pronounce these words. in quoting them
writes: s.And thus is chronicled the
memory of a scene so unusual, so pro-
found. that the great hall of legislation,
with its scores Of careless, worldly men,
seemed for the time trans6gured. We
all seemed to be sitting in heavenly
places in Christ Jesus IN y o.