The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1883-03-22
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perhaps, become very indignant AZ
the managers Of all plans and meth
DDS Of insurance, because they refuse
to take risks on women. 1t is al
legged by underwriters that it will
not do TO risk her, and that she is a
dangerous institution any way. To
rebuilt all this the ladies have organ
lied an insurance company of their
own We suppose they will not take
in men.
The West is in fine spirits over
her mining interests. II was thought
wears ago that the gold and silver
supply of the United States was
about exhausted, and that the pres
ent generation would only hear of
gold digging, as matter Of history.
But while there are no gold search
ing panics, there are discoveries al
most daily of new deposits OF gold
and silver.
There is not more than one twenti-
eth of the people Of the United States
that read anything, and not more
than one tenth of that twentieth,
read books. So proportionately those
who write books have to depend on
very small percentage of popula-
ton for the sale of their books. A
large proportion of the adult popula-
tion know nothing Of what is going
on in the world.
The Little Rock papers keep up
warfare all the time about som thing
They persist in saying lard things
about each other, and have gone so
far as to accuse each other of false
hood 1t is quite shocking to the
sensibilities of G refined public to see
such things in paper that is read in
search of information. Strange that
two papers cannot exist in harmony
in the same town or city.
The New Orleans influence has
prevented the passage of a quaran-
tine bill by congress. The measure
was looking to the prevention Of con-
tagious epidemics, by quarantining
against South American ships that
bring Yellow fever to North America
every summer. New Orleans would
rather have the BONANZA trade than
be without the yellow fever.
Washington City is now suffering
from the effects of Congress. The
debris of disintigrated congress is
more difficult to.remove than that of
city thrown down by an earth
quake. The old congressman are OBJ
sequiously burying their hopes, and
their successors are coming in, and
looking round to see how to reward
those who elected them. An epidem-
ic is not more detrimental to COM
munity than congress.
Some fellow is going from city to
city in the East lecturiug the people
about aping the English aristocracy.
The American people will ape any
thing in the way of a ridiculous
fashion, whether it be English or
Arabic. One individual can almost
CONTROL the fashion and aristocracy
of this country if he be boss enough,
it does not require brains. The
Oscar Wilde influence will not die
down in this country in years. Any
fool can lead us.
Mr.. Egan, treasurer of the Irish
Land League, is now in America Wis
ting the prominent members of the
American branch of the League.
Mr.. E2an talks glibly and freely, but
his statements carry with them the
idea of an intended and guarded
omission. He does not tell exactly
why he came to this country, And
he is not to be blamed for it, as some
thing depends upon his movements
Gen. Diaz is to visit st. Louis in a
few days and the newspapers are
saying hard things about each other
regarding the Manner in which Gen
Diaz shall be received and enter
tanned. st. Louis is so exquisitely
aesthetic about little things, tina,
there is no doing anything with hel
people. 1t will be funny if the Gen.
eral gets in few days ahead of time
and knocks the surprise all out of it.
1t is expected that The remaining
gap in the Northern Pacific railroad
of 275 miles, between Bozeman,
Montana and the Gerthead
Indian reservation, will be filled and
the ends of the track connected by
the middle of July, and that by the
LIST Of September the whole line will