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Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14
Wild Horses in Australia.

Horses which, escaping now and then
from the paddocks of colonists on the
edge of the settled districts of Australia,
have made themselves at home in the
freedom and abundant pastures of the
interior, have multiplied to such an ex-
tent that, Notwithstanding the numbers
captured or shot every year, it is esti-
mated that there are something like
100000 of them in the two most popu-
lous colonies-Victoria and New South
Wales-or roaming the plains immedi-
ately contiguous to their borders. To
Europeans the proposal to have days
horse-shooting sounds inexpressibly
barbarous; but the Australian farmers
near the interior regard the troops of
wild horses which may often be seen
trespassing on their inclosed lands as
vermin. They do not possess any of the
qualities which often make the wild
horses of the South American plains
valuable, and, beside destroying veget-
alton which might be made to support
more valuable life, they not infrequently
tempt the settlers horses to join them
and adopt vagabond life. Worse than
this, they are suspected of communicat-
ing disease to settled districts. To meet
the difficulty Of dealing with the increas-
ing hordes of wild horses the Chief In
spector of Stock in New South Wales
proposes that they should be classed as
noxious animals, under the Pastures and
Stock Protection act.-1he Colonies and
IpIiG.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14
Some Artistic Watches.

In the South Kensington Museum, at
London, is small watch about one hun
dred years old, representing an apple,
the golden case ornamented with grains
of pearl. Another old Nuremburg watch
has the form of an acorn, and is provid-
ed with a dainty pistol which perhaps
served as an alarm. In London is an
eagle-shaped watch in which, when the
body of the bird is opened, richly-en-
ameled face is seen. They are some
times found in the form of ducks or
skulls. The Bishop of Ely had watch
in the head of his cane, and Prince of
Saxony had one in his riding saddles.
A watch made for Caterine LOT Russia,
repeater and musical watch, contains
within it the Holy Sepulcher and the
Roman guard. By touching spring
the stones move away from the door,
the guard kneel down, angels appear,
and the holy women step into the tomb
and sing the Easter song that is heard
in the Russian churches. King George
Ill, of England had watch not larger
than a fve-cent piece which had one
hundred and twenty different parts, the
whole not weighing quite as much as q
ten-cent piece.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

POLYGAMY and the Morrill, tarif
claimed the attention of Congress on the
10th. The bill for Mint.at st. Louis was
referred to Committee on Coins, Weights
and Measures.
Mr.. PORTER began his argument in
the Guiteau trial on the 10th, and soon fixed
the attention of every one in the room. He
reviewed the conduct Of the prisoner and
the conduct of counsel, and the whole action
of the court. The crime in all its hideous
ugliness Mas held up to the DIGESTION of his
hearers. The silence became oppressive,
and the presence Of an avenging justice in
the near future was suggested with a
force Of conviction that swept from the
courtroom every vestige Of that levity
which has so long attended every utterance
of the prisoner. The prisoner WINGED and
nervously twisted in his place, and for sew
eral minutes was unable to say anything,
but finally yelled out, Il staked my life on
the issue, and Pm willing to go to the GAL
lows tomorrow if it is the Lords will. Pm
sick of this, Judge Porter. Iwish you would
get your S., 600 and go home"
M. H. THOMAS, who one year ago
was a prominent hardware merchant at Abb
bottstown, Pa, but who since then, through
drinking to drown sorrow, had become
beggar and tramp, was killed by loco
motive at South Bend, Ind.
AN unknown timer applied for lodg-
ings at hotel in Carver, Mimi, and being
denied admission, stepped out to the side
walk, drew revolver and blew his brains
out. The body remained on the sidewalk
all night, the citizens not feeling authorized
to take any steps during the absence Of the
Coroner. The unfortunate man had been
in town two days, soliciting work without
success.
WHILE Mr.. Terrill, of Union County,
n. c., was engaged in inclosing the grave
yard in which his little child had just been
buried, he tripped on a bush and fell, his
neck being broken by the fall. He fell
ACROSS his child's grave.
AN explosion in Denver (Colo.)
drug store caused confagration during
which John Townsend was killed.
AT Akron, O., Mrs. Duarmier died
from dose of oil of bitter almonds fur
nished by a mistaken druggist.
RILEY LEHM, aged 80, on his way
home after spree in Coldwater, Mich,
drove into a marsh. While endeavoring to
extricate the horses he became entangled in
the harness. He was found dead next
morning, his body in the water and his head
and shoulders on the ice, one of the horses
lying across him.
WARRANTS for the arrest of thirty.
one mail contractors have been issued al
Washington. A. E. Boone was held in Sl5,-
200, several We're released on 5000, and
three more jailed in default Of bail
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Coffee, according to DR.. Leyen, by
producing anamia of the stomach, re-
tards digestion, and ultimately causes
habitual increased congestion Of the
stomach or dyspepsia. A1AAl
V According to Prof. Young, the total
quantity of light emitted by the sun is
equal to $500, 100000, 600, 900, ,O0O, ,0OO,-
000, 900 candles. Such an array of fig
ures, however, seems meaningless, so
faint is human conception Of the num-
ber. sts Is
1t has been proved by Mr.. Waite's
experiments that highly polished
bearing is more liable to friction than
surface finely lined by fling. The lines
left by the file serve as reservoirs for the
oil, while the high polish leaves no room
for the particles between the metal sur
faces. MnE
Cotton adulteration continues tc
receive considerable attention, and to
create not little excitement in Oldham,
England. 1t is asserted that limited
company, which has had a considerable
consignment of American cotton, deter
mined to test how far damp had been
employed, and it was found that on be-
ing dried the cotton lost seven per cent.
in weight. )
Not few cases of lead-poisoning
have taken. place in Fairfax County,
Conn. They occurred in this way. A
good many of the barrels in which ci-
der had been kept long enough to turn
into vinegar had been before receptacles
in which boiled inseed-oil had been
stored, and the ''hard" cider had dis
solved some of the litharge or oxide OF
lead which had been deposited on the
inside of the barrels This was rather
an expensive way Of gaining little ele-
mentary knowledge of chemistry and
physiology.
The British Medical Journal reports
an alleged recovery from hydrophobia
at Peshawur. The patient, a boy fifteen
years old, had been bitten by "a mad
bulldog, and to alleviate his sufferings,
his physician, DR.. John Buxton, of the
Army Medical Department, admins
tered tincture of Indian hemp. To the
doctors surprise the boy awoke perfect
ly well after ten hours Sleep. The
facts are apparently reported upon suf-
ficient authority to warrant careful in
vestigation and experiment ON the part
of medical men.
The French authorities have dccid-
ed that the use of salicylic acid for pre-
serving food and drink is prejudicial to
health, and have forbidden the sale of
articles so preserved. The use Of this
substance has become quite extensive,
especially in wine, syrups, beer and
milk. The danger lies in the fact that
in order that the preservative effect
shall continue for any length of time,
the preservative agent must be added in
successive doses till finally the accumu-
lated quantity becomes SO large as to be
injurious. Good articles of food or
drink do not require it, and the inferior
articles which are preserved with its
aid are sold cheaply to the poor, and
they, as usual when the necessaries OF
life are in any way fraudulently manipu-
lated, are the chief sufferers by the opc.
ration
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14
The Champion Poet.

The committee of the Limekiln Club
in whose charge the prize poems on the
watermelon have been given as fast as
received since August 1, reported that
126 poems had been altogether received,
each one written by colored man. The
choice of the committee had rested on
the following named efforts: at si
First prize-"Softly Stealing Through
the Melon-patch,' by Juneberry Smith,
of Arkansas. Mr.. Smith can take his
choice between hand-painted, back
action autograph of Capt. Kidd or So in
money w..s-..-.sr
Second prize" Down Where the
Melon Pined," !" by Killem Davis, of Ten
nessee. Mr.. Davis is privileged to
choose between pen-wiper used by
Oliver Cromwell when he signed the
Declaration of Independence or 50 bill
with a corner torn off.
Third prize" Bury me Whar' de
Melons Crow" by Destruction Skivers,
of Illinois. Mr.. Skivers has the choice
between an eight dollar note of hand
against William Penn or silver dollar
with hole in it. ke
While the committee were limited to
three prizes, and while they endeavored
to select the best, the other 123 poets
need not feel discouraged. There is
room for all, and those who continue to
court the muses. must some day achieve
success. Any one ofthe rejected poems
would bring the highest cash price per
pound even when the market was over
stocked.
Waydown Beebe arose to question of
privilege. He was not only poet HIM
self, but he had feeling Of deep SYM
pathy for that down-trodden class. He
would therefore offer a special prize of
50 in cash or an eighteen gallon keg of
cider for the best poem on "The Ne
elected Grave.'' He didn't care where
the grave was situated, or what kind of
an occupant it contained, or how long
the dead had been buried. If any of the
poems on the watermelon could be cut
in two with an AK, split lengthwise with
buzz-saw, or altered over in any way
to fill the bill for ''The Neglected
Crave" he was perfectly willing. His
offer would hold good until the 1st of
March, and all poems forwarded should
be plainly addressed: Waydown
Beebe, Detroit, Mich.-special prize"
-DetroH Free Press.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14
PITH AND POINT.

How much superior is Christmas
present to Christmas past. t.-Cinctnnati
Saturday Night. I'M,
How briskly the Fire burns in the
Crate. Yes, the Editor has received
fresh lot of Poetry. Chicago .7ftbtuae
Primer.
-" Money is active,'' Fogg read in
his newspaper. "That's So" he said;
"it's active enough to keep out of my
reach. ."-Boston Transcript.
The rule now is for every lady to
have her age indicated on her hat-brim.
Every inch of width indicates three
years. A ten-inch brim means that the
lady is 80 years old; a twenty-inch brim
shows that she is 60, and so on. 1t is
charming conceit. Philadclphta Neeos.
Here we have Lady. She was at
party last Night, and the Paper spoke
of her as the Amiable and Accomplished
Wife of our Respected Fellow Citizen.
Our Respected Fellow Citizen is now as
Full as a Tick, and his Amiable Wife is
Wolloping him with the Rolling Pin.
The Lady appears to be More Accom-
plished than Amiable.
At cattle show held in one of our
country towns, a pumpkin who had for
some time been disturbing the company
with some loud remarks at last broke
forth, "Prize cattle, indeed! Call
these 'ere prize cattle? Why, you mayn't
think it, my father raised the biggest
calf of any man round our parts"
"Ohtn exclaimed by-stander, "we
have no doubt of that n-R0chesteT
Democrat.
A little nine-year-old girl, who has
not vet learned the meaning OF treble
and bass, overheard, the other evening,
her parents discussing the subject of a
piano piece for four hands. 81 don't
see how two people can play on one
piano at the same time," said she. sob,
yes, they can," replied her. mother;
ssthink for moment, my dear" $50
they can, mamma,' answered the little
one, after short reflection. "One on
the boong-boong side and one on the
ting-a-ling side. ."-Boston Courier.
A few days ago a little Oil City girl
was taken sick, and her parents called
doctor whom she did not like. ""Are
YOU sick, Gracie?'' asked the Nj. D., as
he bent over his little patient. The lit
tie lady looked at him moment in the
utmost disdain, and then, in tone OF
the deepest sarcasm, replied, as she
turned her face from him, "Well, !
should think you ought to know. Do
you suppose l am lying here in bed and
taking your horrid old medicine for the
fun of ?n The doctor wilted. oil CITY
Derrick .svrefl tas
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

MRS. MARY HELMsMAN threw herself
in front OF an approaching locomotive on
ahe c., B. & O., in Davenport. Iowa. Her
head was severed from her body. She was
insane.
NELLIE and Eddie Goozie and Geor-
giana Hart were drowned at Brookfield,
Mass.
The Port Jervis On. W Board of
Health have closed all churches on account
of smallpox.
AN old man named Fred Deske, of
Milwaukee, Wis.,, beat his sons brains out
with an AK helve and club. The boy was is
years old and was named Reinhold. After
the murder Deske tried to hang himself,
and was in fact suspended when an officer
came to arrest him. He was cut down, and
then stated that his son came home drunk
and quarrel ensued.
In his report for the Department of
Dakota, Gen. Terry says the Indian outlook
in Northern Montana is untavorable. Buf-
faloes are rapidly diminishing. The Indians
are making raids on cattle and the ranchmen
are organizing for protection. Dispatches
from Hermorila, Sonora, confirm previous
reports OF the murder of Superintendent
Woeberling of the Lampazos Mine, fourteen
men, six women, and five children.
JULIUS ALBRIGHT, an employee of
the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Road,
coupling cars, was run over and killed at
New London, Wis. He was struck ON the
shoulder and cut in two lengthwise.
DEFREEs, the Public Printer, recently
sent communication to Senator Plumb, OF
Kansas, asking if a certain newspaper ac-
count Of an alleged interview between the
two was true. Plumb replied that he de-
clined to be dragged into newspaper con-
troversy. Defrees then wrote Plumb an
open letter in which he is reported to have
said:
tsNo one asked you to engage in news
paper controversy; you were simply re-
quested to say yes Orno to question / had
| right to ask. Your refusal to answer it is
a confession of your guilt. No one reading
| your notes can doubt the fact that you
prompted the publication OF the paragraph.
You thus stand before all honorable mon
self-convicted Of having falsely boasted that
| you had grossly insulted, without cause and
in manner becoming the lowest black
| guard, man almost thirty years older than
yourself. l am very sure those acquainted
with me will regard the paragraph as a lie
on its face, as they know that 1 do not cringe
to any one, and that such an insult would
| have been resented by me on the SpOto
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14
Th0uSand-DOlIar Shawls.

Few of the real Indian shawls are
called for. One of the larger houses
sells not more than a dozen such shawls
in a year, and these are the cheaper
ones; that is, the shawls of which the
prices are under $1,000. One good rea-
son is that the wearer of real Indian
shawl does not get the credit of it. So
few are worn, and so many initiate so
well, the real Indian is not recognized.
tits said that in the manufacture of In
dian shawls not the slightest improve
ment has been made since Napoleon in
troduced them into Europe by sending
one to Josephine. The wool of the shawl
is obtained from the inner hair of the
Thibet goat. 1t is cleansed in rice water
to add strength, and spun by women.
Each. loom produces about five shawls in
a year. Victoria wrings tribute out of
these poverty-stricken weavers in GER
tain number of shawls yearly.
1t is said that native Indian shawls
have been imported to repair shawls and
change centers to suit the wearers. The
shawls are made in pieces and put to-
gether so deftly that the seams cannot
be found, except by an expert. In the
aggregate great many Indian shawls
are imported, but are sold chiefly in the
large cities, where they are kept in stock,
and the purchaser in smaller city will
60 there to buy them, in order to select
from number. Generally the demand
has been active. this year and a great
many have been sold, -ProUidence Jour
Snll. - '-s ~
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14

-Oxalic acid and Epson salts can
not be distinguished by the naked eye.
In a drug store at Spencer, Mass,
package of the former was emptied into
q drawer of the latter, and in conse-
auence a woman was poisoned to death
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14

1t is asserted by M. Hement that
deaf mutes who have been taught to
speak articulate with the accent of their
country, thus indicating organic confor-
nations of the mechanism of speech
similar to those of their parents.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14

There is new project at Minneap-
oils to utilize the saw-dust thrown from
the mills, by mixing it with peat,
grinding both, and then molding the
product into bricks or blocks of con-
yenient size to use for fuel.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14

rur Secretary of the Interior has in
.osIrd;an AGENTS that they have pow
nr', ,o mt (white) intruders off the reserva-
t,n. x and may call on the military to assist
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14

rur New York Chamber OF Com
-. I recommends sweeping changes In
N,rine laws.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14
VIEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary of Important E7sntA

,rvvcrEp New York Tammany-
-. have organized an Antl-helly denerai
rommittee.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-14

svx.roR VESTS bill for the construc-
-, =, . railroad bridge over the Missouri
River, eight miles west Of st. Charles by
,So ,,., Ksolsuk e. St. Louis Railroad, has gone
70 m the War Department for examination
and innuiry by the engineers. The bridge
will be an improvement on any yet con-
structed in the State over the Missouri, and
favorable report is looked for from the
Board of Engineers.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-07-13
R.B.V lSOn&CO Rea| L'ytafr
 Agents.

Special attention given to Probate and Chancery business, and the col lection of claims.
 The following are few of the val uable lands and town property that have come into our control in the course of our business and which we offer for sale at very reasonable pri- ces
 One nice cottage containing five rooms with over one acre of land, delightfully."- located in the town of Russellville. A good barn and other out houses, also two wells of excel lent water
 One good house well finished, with rooms and lot, conveniently loca- ted near the business portion of town. Good well, barn, etc. Several vacant lots in the town of Russellville, well and beautifully To- cated for residences, lying in differ ent portions of the town. Eighty acres of good land + miles east of Russellville, well improved with fine residence containing 8 rooms, splendid barn, fine young orchard and 35 acres in good state of cultivation. In a splendid neigh 1 borhood. All the improvements first class.
 so acres of good land two miles west of town on the railroad, about 40 acres in cultivation, part of which is fine bottom land. Dwelling, good well etc. Can be bought very cheap.
 80 acres about B miles S E of town, about 20 acres in cultivation. Small residence. Very cheap.
 80 acres about 3 miles south of county seat, 10 acres in cultivation Very cheap,
 60 acres ofgood land adjoining the town of Russellville. 35 acres in good state of cultivation; good resi- dence, well, barn and other out hous- es.
 4 nice comfortable cottage resi- dence with lot in town of Russellville, well located near the business DOT tion of town. Improvements all new. A rare bargain offered.
 The above are q few of the lands and town property in our hands for sale. The titles to all of which are perfect and without a shadow. Call on or address
 R. E. WILSON & Go.
 Russellville, Ark.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-07-13
July.

 When the scarlet cardinal tells Her dream to the dragon-fly, And the lazy breeze makes a nest in the trees And murmurs lullaby,
 It is July. When the tangled cobweb pulls The eorn-flower's blue cap awry, And the lilies tall and lean over the To bow to the butterfly,
 It is July. When the heat like mist-Yeil floats And peoples flame in the rye, And the silvery note in the stream let's throat Has softened almost to sigh,
 It is July. When the hours are so still that Time Forgets them, and lets them lie Meath petals pink till the night stars wink At the sunset in the sky,
 It is July. When each finger post by the way Says that Slumbertown is nigh; When the grass is tall and the roses fall, And nobody wonder why,
 It is July.
 Susan Hartley Swett.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-07-13
OUR DRAWING. Sll, 70 IN GIFTS 10 BE GIVEN AWAY A CHANCE FOR EVERYBODY /!

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 Russellyille, Ark.