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The Russellville Democrat., 1882-08-31
A. lo UNIVERSITY,
 FAYETTEVILLE, ARK,

The next session of this institution will be- gin SEPTEMBER fth iSse and end June 7th, lss3. Tuition is free 10 all who are qualified to enter the college classes and to al Normals and Bcncfciarics in the Preparatory Depart ment. Normal appointments are restricted to young ladles over l4 years uf agr, and to young gentlemen over fG years. The recent elections give full Faculty of sixteen members, vi th General D II. Hill as President.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-08-31

R. B. HOGINs, Sheriff Of Pope Co. Ark.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-08-31

each at Sc. $50. .0C sows at $3.50. FOG B pigs (large and smalD at $50. 49.5C
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-08-31
SECURE A 10 ME ]! LANDS!
 LANDS!!
 LANDS!!!

The Little Rock & It. Smith Railway is now fcring for sale in tracts to suit purchasers, he hn1 Ia gNff hnf fr srnfN
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14
s1ow-Buxxryo CONTRADICTION:

SLOW-BURNIyG CONSTRUCTION.
So long rs wood must be used for
floors and roofs, there can be no such
thing as fre-proof building. II il. there
fore, proposed by one Of the leading
fire-insuranoe companies that all new
structures, and particularly factories and
shops where wood is to be used, shall be
made fire. resisting or slow-burning. The
plan suggested is worthy Of attention,
because it cften happens that, il the fire
can only be confined to the interior Of
tho building for even few moments,
much property, and perhaps many lives,
can be saved. For the floors it is pro-
posed to use heavy timbers, 30.5 cent?.
meters by 80 centimeters az by IA
inches), and on these to lay matched
planks 7.6 centimetsrs q inches) thick.
Over these planks is to be layer Of
fng-felt'or mortar, and in this mortar
is to be bedded fooring-boarJs OF the
usual thickness. Such q floor would
burn, but 80 slowly that Ere would be q
long time in eating its way through.
Tho aim is to gain time. for time is the
one element Of safety at all fires. For
the roof, the supporting beams are to be
Of the same size, and the top is to be Of
matched planss TO ccntimciers thick,
and covered On the outside with any
form Of roofing that may be desired.
The ends Of the beams ore to pass
through the outer walls, and to he I'm
ished a. brackets 70 support the plank
ing that is carried to the ends Of the
beams
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14
FRENCH DUELS.

Sainte- Beuve, the eminent critic, was
once engaged in duel. While the pre-
liminaries were being arranged, it began
to rain slightly, and the author of " Vol
upte." who had prudently brought his
umbrella with him, held it over his head
with one hand, while he firmly grasped
his sword with the other. This proceed.
ing being objected to by the seconds as
irregular, he coolly replied that it was
quite sufficient for him to risk his life
without running the chance Of catching
cold into tho bargain.
He however did not lack courage,
which IL mora than can be said OF one Of
his colleagues, who, finding himself nm
der the necessity Of accepting . chal-
lenge, only consented to do so on being
conHdentially informed by his second
that in the present case the duel was
merely matter OF form. and that his
adversary would take care not to hit
him. Somewhat comforted by this as
surance, he repaired to the scene Of
action, and the distance twenty -fye
paoes-haying been duly measured,
boldly faced his opponent, who. on the
signal being given, blazet away, and
neatly perforated the critics hat juss
hall an inch above the bead.
80 - Il Il
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14
THE YoRxrow,v xovUMExE.

The model accepted for the monument
ct Yorktown shows a square base
(twenty-eight by twenty-eight by
twenty-seven) broken first by three steps.
thenleftfreefor inscriptions, then broken
again by gables, as if each side were the
front Of o house. Tho roofs of these
gables lead by various inclined planes toa
circular space on which stands drum
twenty-five feet high and thirteen
feet in diameter. Around the
drum are thirteen female figures
standing close, shoulder to shoulder,
and representing the thirteen States.
The drum then narrows above, accord
ing to the usual rules. until its diameter
Is less than eight feet. On this rises >
shaft sixty feet higher, having four bands
ct even distances and eliminating in .
rich capital. On the capital stands .
small square pedestal, and on the pedes-
tai q goddess Of Liberty, with her right
hand little raised and her left on .
shield. A round, raised spot ON the
shaft has the word Yorktown. Under
the feet Of the thirteen States run the
words; !" One Country. one Constitu-
tion. one Destiny. The four plain
iaees loft on the pedestal proper are to
have inscriptions One gives the treaty
~ u IL I'll sss tss u ~ q ii ssesss< =.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14
{ DISSERTATION ON MUsTACHEs

A DISSERTATION ON MUSTACHES
What the average girl doesn't know
about mustaches nobody can tell her.
1t would be the most outrageous pre-
sumption. Some people have one idea
about mustache and some another,
but there is no mistake about it on. the
part of young woman. She knows
exactly what the mustache is for, and
there is no one who can get quite as
much use out of it as the girl who fully
understands her business. The mus
tache, she knows very we'll, is made to
season kisses with, and in many in
stances kisses derive more than two
thirds of their sweetness from the char
acter Of the mustache. Something
depends upon the color sometimes, and
often the texture is matter Of real con-
sideration. To some, however, the
mustache in any color or in any way is
such perfectly lovely thing that the
girl is not particular as to small matters
il it is only a-mustache. VI F'. a
That there shall be mustache is en-
tirely essential. There would be no real
sweetness in life without it, and not ono
girl In 300 would ever fall in love if it
were not for the mustache. It is just
the incest thing ever invented to fall in
love with, and no young man in his
right mind ever fails to take advantage
of it. The moustache ought to be given
plenty Of room to grow, and let MS hope
the drought Of the last summer has not
retarded it.-Philadelphia Times.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14
L'ENFANT TERRIBLE.

1t was in the cars. The ladies were sit
ting together, busily engaged in conver-
sation. On the seat facing them sat .
little 5-year-old boy. He had been look
ing out at the window, apparently
absorbed in contemplation of the moving
panorama Of the outside world. Sudden.
ly he turned from the window he began
searching about the car, exclaiming in
. high, piping voice: Mamma, which
man is it that looks SO funnyf" "Shl"
cautioned his mother. But the boy
wasn't to be hushed. "I don't see the
mm Will rne uaiu neau., mamma, aiu
the funny red nose" The "sh =" was re-
peated. By this time the car was in .
litter, save and excepting one elderly
gentleman with very bald head and Q
very red nose. His eyes were riveted
upon his paper with fxedness that
was quite frightful. Again the boy:
"Oh! now I see himl Ho! what q
bright nose! What makes it SO red,
mammal" "Georgie !" shouted his
mother in stage whisper. But George
was not to be stopped. Mamma" he
continued, "what made you say he had
o lighthouse on his face? don't see no
lighthouse" Again Georgie!" and
this time with slight shake. Once
more the piping voice, the bald-headed
passenger gazing at his paper more
fercely than ever and growing redder
every moment. Mamma, Idon't think
his head lookslike the State House dome.
It's shiny like 1t, but it isn't so yaller."
While the litter went round again,
Georgie's mother whispered rapidly to
the boy, and gave her hopeful o box ON
each ear, which seemed to partially divert
his attention from the bald-headed pass
enger, but not entirely. He cried once
more, through his tears: "You said his
nose was as red a. q beet, mamma; I
didn't say nothingl" Strange to say,
the bald headed passenger didn't take
part in the suppressed laughter that
followed but he put on his hat, and
hid his nose in his paper, over which he
glared at the 10y as though he wanted
to eat him. And yet, wherein was the
boy to blame e?-Boston Transcript.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14
DOLLY.

Rag, wood and india-rubber, china,
composition and wax-we can imagine
the immense doll population gathering
about us, impatient for attention, and
all leaning upagainst each other. for it
is popularity Of doll physique that, as
regards standing up independently in
the world, doll is unmatched for help
lessness by anything under the sun
except soda-water bottle. The weak
point Of the primitive rag baby was the
human face divine in colored chintz,
until at last it has been painted on white
calico. The wooden genera OF the FAM
lily had an Objectionable stare, and were
too liable to be scaped. The china
cousins suffered from fragile noses (and
heads) and an unnatural shining skin.
India.rubber got over the danger Of
breakage, but the immortals have, like
old Tithonus. the gift Of lie with the
gift Of youth forgotten, and, the period
OF doll existence being over, their
washed out Kaf1ir complexion is fright.
full to see. Composition with thin skin
Of wax is most popular in nursery So
ciety, but the elite If dolls will ever be
the waxen fair ones endowed with human
hair. All dolls hair has at least one
human proper.y-that Of falling of.
But, fortunately, hum.n badness is q
gradual sorrow; not, like poor dolly's,
one shock Of CONSERVATION. This is q
most trying misfortune to . doll-lovine
child. A creature with only one eye,
one leg and one arm may still be cher.
ished, but scAlped doll is monstros.
ity. Yet even greater slefectg han thia
can be cured; indeed. medical science
paies beside the wonders dono IN q Lon.
don .Doll's Hospital. " |. What ! bean.
tiful doll II we once remarked to com,
municatiye- looking little stranger.
z Yes said the communicative httle
one proudly; s'and this = her second
head l"- cAdnsbcrs Journal.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14
cAsrELxRs ORar0RY.

Before speaking he is restless and
cannot keep quiet an instant; he enters
The chamber, leaves it. re-enters, goes
ont again, wanders through the corri-
dors, goes into III. library and turns
over the leaves Of q book, rushes into
The cafe 10 takes glass Of water, seems
10 be seized with fever, fancies that he
will not know how TO put the words TO.
getber, that he will be laughed at or
hissed not single lucid idea Of his
speech remains in his head he has con.
fused and forgotten everything.
"How is your pulse ?" his friends ask.
smilingly.
When the solemn moment arrives he
takes his place, with bowed head, trem-
bling and pallid as man condemned to
death, who is resigned to losing in o
single day the glory acquired with 10
many years Of fatigue ; at that moment
even his enemies feel pity for his condi-
ton. Re rises, gives glance around
hdnn and s6ts:
"Senoresl"
He is saved, his courage returns, his
mind grows clear, and his speech comes
back to him like forgotten air; the
President, the Cortes, the tribunes dis
appear; he sees nothing but his gest-
ures, hears nothing but his own voice,
and feels naught but the irresistible
fame which burns within him and the
mysterious force that sustains and up.
holds him. ..... -... .-
II no longer see the walls Of the
room," he exclaims "I behold dis
tant people and countries which 1 have
never seen."
He speaks by the hour, and not .
deputy leaves the room, and not Q per-
son moves in the tribunes, not . voice
interrupts him, not gesture disturbs
bim /; not even ten he breaks the regu-
lations has the President sufficient cour-
age to interrupt him; he displays at
his ease the picture Of his republic,
clothed in white and crowned with roses,
and tho monarchists do not dare pro-
test, because, 30 clothed, they, too,
find it beautiful. CASTELAR, is master of
the assembly; he thunders, ightens,
sings, RACES and CLEANS like fireworks {;
makes his auditors smile, scalls forth
shouts of enthusiasm, ends amid a storm
of applause, and goes away with his head
in Q whirl.-Spain.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14
HOBBY RIDING.

We notice that many have a mania
for talking of their ailments. One
question about their health will tilt over
on you the great reservoir Of their COM
plants. They have told the ory so
often that they can slide through the
whole, from @ above to G below. For
thirty years their spine has been at o
discount, and they never were any bet
ter of neuralgia till they took the rheu-
matism. At first you feel sympathy for
the invalid; but, after awhile, the story
touches tho ludicrous. They tell you
that they feel SO faint in the morning,
and have such poor appetite at noon,
and cannot sleep nights, and have l1m-
bago in their backs and little dots aoat-
ing before their eyes. and have taken
ammoniacum, gargled their throat with
sal -ammoniac and bathed their back
with saponaceous liniment: that very
moment they are chewing chamomile
flowers to settle their stomachs. aud ex-
-sase themselves Tor amoment ta.sake ~
o mustard plaster that begins to blister.
They are the harvest of druggists and
the amazement of physicians, who no
sooner clear the pain from one spot than
it appears in another. At times we
should talk over our distresses and seek
sympathy, but perpetual discourse on
such themes wears out the patience of
our friends. You always see the young
people run from the groaning valetudi-
marian, and the minister fails in his
coincidence, for why speak of the pa
tience of Job to one that says boils are
nothing to his distresses? The hobby
he rides is wounded. Incurable nags
are taken out on the common md killed,
but this poor hobby jogs on with no
hope on the other side of the Red sea of
joining Pharaoh's horses. The more it
limps, and the harder it breathes, the
faster they ride 1T. De VIZ Tai
mage.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14
OPENINGS AT HOME.

Solomon tells us that there il time for
oil things; time to weep, and q time
to laugh, to play and to dance. Surely.
the tine to laugh, to play and to dance
comes most appropriately in the long
pleasant evening hours, when -
The cares that infcst the day Il,
Foid up their tents Ike the arabs
And silently steal away. .,
It is we'll for the women Of the house,
hold to remember that the pleasant
evenings at homo are strong antidotes
to the practice II looking for enjoyment
abroad, and seeking for pleasure in by
and forbidden places; for relaxation and
recreation will be indulged in somehow
by most men, and happy are they who
find in the home circle the diversion
they need. A LIVELY game, an interest
ing book read alond. or, in musical
families, new song to ,bs practiced,
will furnish pastime that will make an
evening pass pleasantly.
A little fosethought during the day,
little pulling Of wires that need not
appear, win make the whole thing easy,
and different ways and means may be
provided for making the evening hours
pass pleasantly, and a time to be looked
forward 10 with pleasant anticipations.
We visited once in large family
where it was the duty of each sister, in
turn, toproyilc the evenings oecupa-
tion, and there was a pleasant rivalry
between. them rs to whose evening
should he the most enjoyable. Tho
brothers entered fully into the spirit of
the simple homo entertainments, and
were as 10th to be obliged to spend an
evening away from home as their sisters
and parents were to have them absent.
Every one spoke Of this family as anun-
commonly united one, for each and
every member showed such strong at
tachment for The home to which each
one contributed SO much pleasure.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14

q
Wonderful % are the feats Of chess
players, who can work out . game or .
series Of games without seeing the board,
there is nothing really remarkable in
them. When once mastered, the trick
is not only fairly easy Of performance, but
the fact that the process is purely mental
rather facilitates than impedes the action
Of the mind. To the "blindfolded =
chess-player there 10 present mental
picture Of the board with the pieces in
position. He can change the position
OF the men as easily as he can think, and
after no has once mastered the difficulty
Of fixing the mental picture, it is dis
tinctly before him. Some players, who
do not in their common process Of menu
ory use picture phantoms, work out the
moves az aalgebraical propositions are
occasionally worked, by phantoms Of
sound but, as . rule, chess-players are
mental picture readers, and can at pleas
ure call up any one Of the several pict-
sres q boards ~ they last concsixea
them. The most difficult feat, and one
which very few mental chess-players
can accomplish, is to play two or three
games simultaneously, the moves made
by their opponents being told them in
close sequence and their own moves
being directed after all the reports OF
the proceedings of their opponents have
been received. Thus, if there be sew
eral players against the one mental
player, he must be told and remember
what each of his adversaries has done
before he begins to give the instructions
for his several counter moves. In this
exploit, the most perfect development
Of the mental faculty of distinct pictur-
ing and displacement and recall OF
mental pictures at will is exhibited The
prodigious difficulty of the feat can only
be realized in the attempt to perform it.
Even the expert blindfolded chess player
can rarely succeed in accompl shing the
performance we have attempted to des-
criLe.-Lancet.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14
POLAR KXPLORATXONS.

SA<AAS AsAA De
For many years explorers have made
attempts to penetrate to the far North.
seeking the open Polar sea, which was
believed to exist, and endeayoring to
penetrate to the North pole. In 1850
IN Arctic expedition was fitted out by
Henry Grinnell, Of New York, with
Lieut.. E. ]. DeHayen as commander
and DR.. Elisha Kent Kane as naturalist
and surgeon. This is classed as the first
United States expedition OF search; it
returned in 1851 without finding trace Of
Franklin. DR.. Kane in 1853 sailed
from Boston in the Advance, with a
company OF seventeen men, among
whom was DR.. Hayes; they encoun-
tered many dangers, and returned to
Boston, where they arrived Oct. IL, 1855.
On May 20, 1860, the first expedition
Charles Francis Hall sailed from New
London, Ct., 10 search for Franklin.
and returned without finding any trace
Of that navigator, after an absence O,
two years. DR.. Hayes sailed from Bos-
ton, July 9, 1860, in The schooner Unit
ed States, of 133 tons, with fourteen per
sons in the party, not including him
self he reached land in latitude 81 deo
81 min. Hall started from New Lon.
don. Ot. on his second trip, July 80.
1854, and returned in 1859; and again
he fitted out an expedition by q Con-
eresaional appropriation. and went
north to find the open Polar sea, but he
died in Greenland, Nov. 8, 1871 his
vessel was the Polaris, which sailed from
New York June 90, 1871. On July 8.
1879, the steamer Jeannette vas fitted
out at San Francisco by James Gordon
Bennett, for an Arctic trip through
Behring's straits, The crew Numbering
thhty.tvo mon. On Jans 10, 1878.
Lieak Ffsd 6exhatka with ! party
q i've. left New Fork u search of The
Ienaina q tho franklin party, which
were found. and the party returned after
IN ahaence Of over two years a prop
osition has been made BY ! prominent
and ayenturous English naval ofloer %
So north = iar = possible ~ vessel and
aledgss, and take balloons and With theln
ssck tho North pole.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14

SoMR little girls in Brooklyn Sunday
school were studying the history of
David, the passage Tor the day being
that which describes the shepherd boys
victory over Goliath. The teacher
asked the question: Now, can any of
you little girls tell me who killed the
giant?" Quick as thought ono Of the
smallest responded. "Jack."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14


n. De Solayilie analyzes in the Revsss
Scientifquc the results Of recent Euro
pean censuses by ages. and the register
oi deaths also by ages. II we strike .
mean OF the census from 1869 to 1872 We
find that Europe exclusive Of Russia,
Turkey aud some small southern statesl
possessed in 1870 mean population of
%, $40, ,376 classed as follows from the
point, Of view Of advanced age: 1884,
7l5 OF more than 60 years, 1850 Of
more than 90, and 3.10S of more than
100 years.. e., inhabitant in IL Of
more than 60, in 2.6G9 Of more than
%, and in C2, ,503 OF more than 100.
Women, M. Solaville finds, are more
numerous in extreme old age than men
aud the difference increases with thea
Thus at 60, years the advantage is with
the women in, the. proportion Of Per
cent, at 90 and above it rises to 45, and
with centenarians to GU per 100. II il in
France that We and the greatest relative
number u inhabitaats as Tho see - 60
and upward; but il is not 20 for CEN
tenarians, Of which France has less than
all the other states Of Europe except
Belgium. Denmark and Switzerland.
From q calculation of deaths by ages
the result is reached that. to the total
deaths, those at the age Of 80 and up
ward bore the following proportions to
the countries named, and arranged ac-
cording to the decreasing order Of i'm
portanee Great Britain. 9.73; Swe-
den, 7.39; France, 6.5s; Belgium, GOT;
Switzerland, 600; Holland, AT; Italy,
S.76; Bavaria, 3.42 Prussia, 500; Aus
tria, 2.6l. The result is in accordance
with what we know Of the mean age oi
tho deceased in the same countries.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14
CONCERNING THE BRAIN.

The dogs brain is no larger than that
Of sheep, and is smaller than the ox's.
In the elephant we find that organ
weighing three times as much as in man.
The whale and other cetece, have brains
superior to that of man. When the
weight of the encephalon is compared
with that Of the body, we find that in
man it is relatively smaller than in sew
eral species of monkey, (the ousistiti
for example), the sparrow, the tom-tit
and the canary. The dog has also rela-
lively less than the bat, the horse than
the rabbit. If the circumvolutions or
varied and irregular folds noticed on the
brain of certain animals are, as some
authors consider them, evidences Of su-
periority, it will be found that the ass
has fully as many, and the elephant more
than man. 1t is generally admitted that
o man whose brain weighs less than l, 600
grams is necessarily deprived of inteli-
gence. Psychologists are not, as yet,
agreed ON the question as to the age
when the brain attains it maximum
weight, and IS to whether there exists
such period as that when that organ
decreases or atrophies. According to
Mr.. Gratiolet, "the brain grows con-
stantly, at least among the Caucasian
races. from early childhood to decriped
old age" It is said that Cromwell's
brain weighed 2,238 grams that Of
Lord Byron, 2,228; that Of Cuvier,
1929 but these figures, which are not
incontesible, provo nothing. Raphael,
Descartes, Voltaire, Napoleon, Schiller,
and many other illustrious men had small
heads, and their brains could hardly
have greatly exceeded the average
weight, which varies from 1928 TO
1,424 grams. re
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-09-14

TEE moonlight stole through Vene-
tian blinds and illuminated the brow Of
the fair Cincinnatian, as Alfred Della
mayne, of Cleveland, stopped and
pressed his lips upon it, saying: "Your
love for me will be as eternsl as the
light Of the stars2" "Yes, AL" she i'm
pulsively murmured, "I swear to love
you as long as pork fat viii grease grid
dies" as