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The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
The 'Retribution-of aHiss.

In the popular magazine Time, edited by Mir. Edmund Yates, Mir. Dutton Cook tells an amusing story of man who hissed the representations of Weber's Fer Freischuetz" in Paris. He was a grocer's shopman, and he was promptly elected by some medical stud ents, one of whom afterwards discovered the gro- cer's man in the hospital The man who missed Weber died, md his body was given out for dissection Hector Berlioz, fifteen years later, revived the opera, and in order to produce greater effect proposed to have a real skeleton in the Wolf's glen scene, By chance he met the student who had turned out the gro- cer's shopman for hissing Der Freisch- uetz." After that unfortunate man had been disseeted his skeleton was pre- served
 He's all right" said the student. "He fills case in my consulting-room, hung on wires and beautifully put together There's not a bone missing not even one of his phalanges. Only the skull is little damaged"
 q want you to lend him tome. There is part he can play to perfection at the opera"
 T don't understand"
 You will shortly"
 "In secret de c0D,edis? We'll I'll send you the skeleton"
 In box, corded and locked, the poor shopman's bones reached the opera house.
 You see this young man?" said Der lioz to the property master. He is about to make his first appearance upon the stage. His costume will be very simple You will provide him with an iron rod, to be secured to his back, so that he may bear himself as stiAy as NJ. Pepita when he is about to pirouette. Afterward you will place a torch in his right hand"
 "I understand sir
 "You will make a hole in the gro- cer's skull. Don't be afraid; nothing will come out; it is as empty now as ever it was. This is the skull Caspar's sword will pierce in the incantaton scene. He will hold it aloft, and the blue fire will fizz all around it."
 "I understand, sir"
 Thus at every representation of Der Freischuetz' upon the stage of the grand opera, at the moment of Zamlel's terri ole cry, "Me yoila" the tempest ragged. the lightnings flashed, tree was riyen by a thunderbolt, all in strict accordance with the direction of the composer, and there appeared the skeleton of the man who had hissed Weber's music in that very scene, and waving wierdly in the air a flaming torch.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
The Fuel of the Future.


 We shall soon be able to announce . wonderful stride in the mechanical appliances for using liquid fuel for generating steam in both marine and land boilers. The matter is in the hands of practical men, who will soon demon strate that they can make frcGs 28 to 30 gallons of crude petroleum, costing So to 90 cents, do the work of q Con of coal, costing iron s4 to S425, and without dirt or smoke; and when, as in the case of Q large steamer, carrying from 10 to 40 men in the fire-rooom, one maa eaeh will be abundantly able 10 keep up a uniform pressure of steam at all times. Liquid fuel is the intervening step be- tween coal and electricity, which will in due season furnish motion for the world. But. until we arrive at thorough knowledge of this subject, and of nlotive power, liquid fuel will have had its day and generation, wiping out the last rem nant of barbarism, coal. The fireman oi the future can wear broadcloth in the fire-room, while the coal passer will have laid down the shovel and hoe" to become one of the memories of the past This condition of things is near at hand.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
\ MOBILE TERRAIN FARM.
How the Diamond Backs are Raised and
 Shipped.
MohIle LAla.l Register.

Shipped.
 Mobile (Ala.l Register.
 A few days ago an article clipped from a Washington paper appeared in the Register, giving a description of Senator Dennis terrapin farm in Maryland. As we have something of the sort to boast of in the neighborhood of Mobile it may not be amiss to give our readers de- scription Of MT. Mulford Dorlon's great terrapin farm at Cedar Point This pro lection of land is on the western shore of Mobile bay, about 90 miles below this city, and is inhabited principally by oys- termen who reap golden harvests from the many beds which furnish nearly every oyster brought to the port of Mo bile. Mir Dorlon, who keeps the store at this point, has about three acres fenced in with strong billings. Leading to this inclosure are two canals, one on the bay side and the other on the gulf side, which supply with salt water a number of ditches 10 feet wide and 100 feet long. The sand accommodating from the exca- yation of these ditches is thrown on each side, and used by the terrapins to sun themselves and lay their eggs in, which, if counted, would go up in the millions, and can be raked up by the bushel. In the winter season the terrapins remain imbedded in the mud of the ditches, where they stay until spring time. never touching morsel of food A system of sluices enables MT. Dorlon to keep the ditches full of salt water, or drain them at pleasure, and he is not at all depend ent on the tide for that purpose.
 l The number of terrapins on the farm, as far as can be ascertained and by the closest calculation, is between 10000 and ! 25,000, and in the course of the next ] three or four years will be something 1 hard to calculate About May l, Mir i Dorlon makes his purchase of terrapins l from the country people on the Missis 1 sippi Sound, and takes all he can secure 1 at s dozen, and that generally aver ages about 5000 year added to his farm outside of those bred therein. The in i habitants of Mississippi and Alabama 1 hunt the terrapins with dogs trained fol l that purpose. The dog barks when ht i finds one and the hunter immediately
 secures it by going to the spot where tho 1 dog points.
 1 The cost of feeding the terra pins 1 which, as we have said, is only done in | the summer, is about S1 per dozen fol l the season, and the price per dozen 1T ! New York has varied from SIS to $8
 The food, which consists of crabs and l fish, is caught with a seine in front oi j the farm, and really very little expense I is attached to the raising of these valua- ! ble land tortoises. MT. Dorlon begins to | ship about October l, and then on to l about May 10. He generally sends his ! to Savannah by rail, and thence to New l York by steamer, averaging about 12I00C i a season, and, had it not been for dis.
 astrous hurricane which some time ago washed out Mr. Dorlon's farm, it would l be to-day the greatest terrapin farm in 1 the world. He can always ship all he
 can get, for there is ready market foi ] these delicacies.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
Hindoo Caste.
New York Sun.

Among the Hindoos it was formerly the case that the Brahmins were the only educated people. Thiea leis.- l;. of caste cut off all ..f,s. .r,s e:.i.sers and kept them in rnE,a1aIive ignorance. Most of the converts to Christianity came from the lower castes. The indications now are that caste is breaking down, and that all are 10 have an equal chance for enjoying the advantages of education. The mis- sionaries regard this ss an extremely hopeful sign. They now begin to look for converts from among the higher classes. While they regard one mans soul as quite as good as the soul of any other man, still they realize that if the educated Hindoos shall ever throw the weight of their influence in favor oi Christianity, the gain to the cause oI missions will be very great.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
AduIterations in Food.
Chicago Tribune

The adulteration of our food, drink, and medicines, which it is now sought to prevent by national legislation, has al- ready attained a surprising magnitude. Experience warrants the belief that if not efficiently checked it will be much rore extensive in the future than now. i The work of adulteration is one of growth. It begins in a small way and ends nowhere. In coffee, for example, a third of a century ago it was adulterated with chieory to the extent of about two and half pounds to the hundred From that point t grew in a few years to fully fifty per cent. Then the chicory itself was subjected to adulteration, and now II IS not impossible to obtain samples of s0-called coffee wbich does not contain more than twenty-five per cent of the genuine article. Even the man who buys his coffee i'll the berry is liable to receive a Villainous admiXture of real berries with other stuff which has been nodded into the true shape but contains none of the true material. Parties in the trade can remember when five per cent of adulteratlon ln pepper was about as much as was considered safe; and now the bogus amounts in the worst cases to not far from nine-tenths of the whole And in these, as well as other cases too numerous to mention, viler stuff is now used as substitute than people dared to employ at the outset. There is no limit to fraud when once it is started; or at least the limit is only reached on the ut ter extinction of the genuine article. That limit has already been touched in the case of not few drugs; it is nearly reached in the manufacture of artificial honey; and sugar and butter are already far gone in the process of deterioration. Surely it is time to stop. The greed which would amass riches at the risk of causing disease and death to thousands, has had play enough. It has become a question of selfpreservation to the great mass of consumers. They must die if the adulterators be permitted to ply theirnefarious arts much longer. Let us call a halt along the whole line-and at once.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
New Ballot Protector. m rrN


 Steuben l.. Bacon, of this city, has, after four years of experiment, succeeded in the completion of ballot-box which he claims is proof against all attempts at illegal voting, counting or tabulating, and. in its workings, defies any stuffing, repeating or unlawful personation at elections. The essential parts of the in- vention are long U-shaped hook, on which the ba lots gre strung on being voted, and an enumerlting apparatus which strikes gong and turns up new number every time ballot is put on the hook. One end of this hook projects through the ballot slide, on which the ballot is placed. Each ballot, when voted, is placed on the projecting point of the hook, and covered by metallic washer By pulling open the slide the ballot and washer fall into the box, where they remain strung on the hook, and the ballot can not be removed eX- cept by considerable force, and, even should it be removed, the washer, emu merator and checked names remain as tell-tales, and at once indicate that fraud has been committed. The same move ment of the slide that drops the ballot in the box also rings the dial of the emu merator By an ingenious device the slide is so arranged that in voting there is no aperture in the box, and, conse- quently, no stealing or stuffing can be done. When one of the hooks is full of ballots wire is run through the holes at each end and secured by a lead seal sim liar to those in use by the government, and the hook can then be removed and an empty one substituted for it. In can wasting the votes they are not removed from the hook, but simply slid around and counted. After the canvass is com pleted the box is sealed again, and, with the votes and the washers on the hooks inside, kept for length of time to admit of the rectifcation of any mistakes. The box is to be sealed when brought to the polls, as is also the registering apparatus. These seals are supposed to have written on them the names of the parties placing them there, and are not to be broken, except by city or town officials after cleo
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
Novel and Interesting News.

The Boston Globe has made happy deal. In an extraordinary special edition dated January 1, "19sl, it presents the news ol one hundred years from now, in highly interesting and elating manner. The Monograph in Divorce suits, - Sunday School Excursion in Air Cars, s,-Terrible ac- cidents in Mid Air,-Inyention of Burglar Bouncer, are respectively treated from the standpoint of the advanced journalism of that day. News by the Talkogram and Photophone from all parts of the world is fully presented To show the progress of those times, it is only necessary to state that Hiram Grants bay mare Broad s. trots a mile in l:374." Every one should secure from his News Dealer or from Messrs. A. Vogeler 6 Co.,, of Baltimore, Md, by whom this edition Is exclusively controlled and oraed, copy of the Boston Globe for "19Sl. " Mailed on receipt of price-FIvE CENTS. To read it is to have grace and flexibility im- parted to the intellect, and strong desire to live on-as the poet would express it.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

both the right arm and leg were partially naralyzed and The left eye entirely so. Since then he has lain like one dead, making no sign, and apparently having no knowledge of what is going on around him. except on one occasion, few hours alter his admission, when the doctor said to him, in German: Put out your ton gue.n and he made a faint attempt at compliance. Whether any of his mental faculties are still in force or whether, while helpless in body he is still cogniz- ant of what is transpiring in the room is a problem which the attending physlc- ians are unable to solve.
 It is very unusual for a victim of apo plexy to remain alive in an unconscious condition for more than two or three days, although it occasionally happens that patient survives to the end of the fourth day. Sometimes the eomatose condition is not prolonged above few hours. Miller is watched carefully by experienced nurses night and day, and he is regularly fed with milk, beef tea and occasionally whisky, which are poured down his throat from cups which have elongated mouth-pieces specially adapted to the purpose. No solids, how ever, can be given him. The tempera- ture of his body and of different parts of the head is taken at intervals through the day with surface thermometers. When the body is below the normal heat hot sand-bags are applied. The clot oi blood which superinduced apoplexy has been located on the left side of the head and the lower part of the brain. A sis ter of Miller's, who visited the institution few days ago, said that he was one oi three brothers-triplets-and that one oi the number had died of apoplexy after being unconscious few hours.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
The Juvenile Brood.
 Dpnk

1t is rather hard ona generation which still considers itself young to have to play the old fogy to still more juvenile brood; but we feel it our bounden duty to enter our protest against the extreme precocity of your younger brothers.
 We have no objection to human be- ing making a man of himself at moder- ately early age; but we think that com mon discretion ought to suggest setting a limit somewhere.
 1t took us of the present day quarter of q century to bring ourselves up to the usual standard of masculine maturity. We had to work hard to do it, too. We had quite as much spontaneity and fresh- ness about us as any brood before or since; but we had just enough laden of hard horse-sens to know that unlimited newness isn't enough for mans whole capital in this weary life; and We have waited till little of our preliminaries was worn off before we set up in the man business.
 Now, we cannot legitimately object if our younger brothers find means to shorten little the long period of adoles- cent probation; but we don't particularly like to see them shorten it right down to the edge of boyhood.
 We wouldn't mind if the new scheme were practicable; but it isn't.
 If cigarette-smoking billiard playing and the habiliments of manhood could make man, the plan now so popular among the youth of the day would al- ready have given us host of nature minded, well-balanced citizens Unfor- tunately, however, it seems that these are not all the requisites of perfect and symmetrical manly growth.
 Hence we enter our protest the delu- sion prevalent among male mortals of fourteen and fifteen years old that they can by this easy method reduce the tire some term of their novitiate.
 They can't. In trying 1t on, they can only make nuisances of themselves to a world that took it's age and experience In the regulation manner, and grew up healthily, like natural fruit, not like the forced product of hos-house.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
Piles. Piles. Piies!-A Sure Cure Found at
 Iast-No One Need Suffer.

A sure cure for the Blind, Bleeding, Itch ing and Liberated Piles has been discovered by Dr. Williams tan Indian remedy, called Dr. Williams Ointment. A single box has cured the worst chronic cases of 25 and Sc years standing. No one need suffer five minutes after applying this wonderful sooth. ing medicine. Lotions, Instruments and Electuaries do more harm than good Williams Ointment absorbs the tumors, allays the intense itching particularly at night, after getting warm in bed), act as q poultice, gives instant and painless relief, and is prepared only for Piles, itching of the private parts, and nothing else.
 For sale by all Druggists, or mailed on receipt of price, $1.00. Henry < Davis, Pro. prietors, Cleveland. O.
 RICHARDLoN 6 SON, St Louis, Mo.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
AFrEB MANY DAYS.

lfnot for the truth have said, and lied Yet now for the truth repeat, and lie not Let all the past be as cead-be loyed-- And turn nosaway from me, sweet, 70 love not, "AH lckle as woman,n l hear you say; "As 6ckle as man., have said, but say moi You with the scorn Of tear salt-dry And with a surTow new shed, and dry not, For you are the woman the proverh names, And am the man the proyerb names not. Yet you are the true to Q love as true And to the truth of our love am true not. The folly that goeih and the ruth that comes Have whitened my heart for the love that come
 not. See, am fond as youth Lire wanes; Come, love- let us love with love that wanes
 not. An, we'll had not known you were well in
 will.
 And well might have knewn that in this you
 will not 'Tis but little farewell we speak. Until. with the dead, we may kiss, but speak
 not.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
xuniter,s Attractions.

It is difficult to realize the enormous power of the bright speck, Jupiter, shin ing so quietly in the sky; A writer has shown that the power which the sun has to put forth to hold Jupiter m his orDlt is equal to the combined strength oi lf0- OO000O bars of solid steel, each one mile in diameter. Jupiters pull upon the earth, according to the same author ity, is equal to the strength Of 23,o0O,o ,o0o,- O00 bars of steel. each of them one foot in diameter. So, if the mere power of gravity was all that was required to make Jupiter's approach dangerous to the earth, evidently he is not lacking m the power. But no one need fear that the sisterhood of worlds which acknowi- edge the dominion of the sun will prove eollally destructive.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
Sem sibIe Advice.

You are asked every day through the col umns of newspapers and by your Druggist to use something for your Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint that you know nothing about, you get discouraged spending money with but little success. Now to give you satisfactory proof that GREENS AUGUsT FLOWER will cure you of Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint with all its effects, such as sour stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heart burn, Water-brash, Fullness of the pit ol the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue Indigestion, swimming of the head, low spirits, etc, we ask you to go to your Drug gist and get Sample Bottle of GREES's AUGUsr FLOWER for 10 cents and try it, or a regular size for 75 cents. Two doses will relieve you.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
Unconscious Ten Days.
Philadelphia Record.

There is q patient in the male ward of the Jewish Hospital, out at Tabor Station, on the North Pennsylvania Line, whose case is watched with considerable inter- est by Df. Aloysius Schapringer. the Chief Medical Superintendent, and his assistant, Dr. Cohen. The mans name is Willoughby B. Miller and up to with in a couple of weeks ago he was employ ei as travelling carpenter on the North Penn Division of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Miller is 42 years of age, and comes of a Pennsylvania Dutch family residing in Hamburg, Berks com- ty, where his wife and several relatives live. The peculiarity of his case lies in the fact that for the last ten days he has been in a comatose condition, and all the efforts of the doctors to restore him to consciousness have so fur been of no avail.
 Miller, in company with five fellow workmen, occupied at night a car on the side track at Wayne Station, which is comfortably fixed up as a sleeper for their convenience. On Friday evening, January 2l, the six retired as usual When five of the number ar, se the next morning Miller was to all appearances sleeping soundly. One of the men essay ed to arouse him, but in vain. Then an- other tried, and another, until the entire five had given it up as useless. Think ing that perhaps the man had become affected by gas from the stove they open ed the windows and doors and gave the fresh air full sweep. Still he slept on, and one of his companions agreed to watch him while the others went to work. When they returned the condi- tion of affairs was just the same, and all that Saturday night a slow, labored res piration was the only token that Miller still possessed the spark of life.
 When Sabbath morning came the workmen were thoroughly scared, and it was determined to send to the Hospital for medical advice. A casual examina- ton by Dr. Schapringer was sufficient to justify him in ordering the mans inn mediate removal to the institution. Here a diagnosis revealed the fact that he was suffering from a strokeot apoplexy, while
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

FoR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, Depression of Spirits and General Debility, in the vari- ous forms: also as a preventative against Fever and Ague, and other Intermittent Fevers, the o-PHosPHoRATED ELIXIR OF CALfsAYA,n made by Casswell, Hazard X Co.,, New York, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from Fever or other sickness, 1t has ns equal
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
Ynn Must Try IL.

Donot despair even if you have suffered for years from weak kidneys and torpid bowels. Kidney Wort has cured hundreds of cases of from five to thirty years standing. This remedy is prepared both dry and liquid See advertisement.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

Tho person subject to Arrangement of the kidneys or liver has protective duty to perform in purchasing package of Kid ney-Wort It invigorates these organs and by its catharthic and diuretic effect, clean . ses the whole system of all bad humors.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

MRS. LYDIA F.. PISKnAM, 233 Western Ave, Lynn, Mass, is rapidly acquiring an enviable reputation for the surprising cures which daily result from the use of her VEGETABLE COMPOUND in all female diseases. Send to her for pamphlets.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
Wise Words of Willing Witness

At the close of mass-meetingi aceoruing to inc report of the same published in La Cranoe naper. reference was made to the nbenomenal efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil in the many painful diseases to which man kind is subject. We refer t5 the above as showing how strong . hold the Old Ser man Remedy for Rheumatism, has on the experience and good wishes of the great public
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17
Danyille Qll.) News.

John Stein, Esq, City Brewer, referring to it's valuable qualities said to 2 Necs rep tentative: have used St, Jacobs Oil in my family and recommend it to my acquaint- ances. It has always given the best satis- faction, and is truly wonderful remedy.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

A RELIABLE savings bank. One box of Dr. Tutts's Pills will save you many dol lars in doctors bills. They will su ely cure Chills and Fever Dyspepsia Disofdered Liver or Bowels; Sick Headache; Jaun dice or Chronic Constipation, and cxpel every impurity from the system.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

IF it took coffee as long to settle as it does men, a great many Of us would drink water.
The Russellville Democrat., 1881-03-17

OUR Indian policy is far more diff. cult problem to most people than tho fifteen puzzle.