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The Russellville Democrat., 1885-06-25

MIu. DeTnaTu HaS tue
 .sflg house; and Mrs. G. ... 4,srryman has the Uptown hotel. There are Arthur Erwin, the jeweler, and Erwin & Co.,. of cold and refresh ing soda water fame. Judge K B. Wilson and George w. BerrymaD are the legal lights.
 Russellville is the principal city of Pope county. It is situated on the Little Rock X Fort Smith railway, midway between the two cities. It is in a rich agricultural district, having the bottom lands of the Ark ansas, which is only three miles away to the south, and the beauti ful and nealthful hills and mountains of the Boston system to the north. In the space I have, 1 cannot de- scribe the timber resources, the abundant opportunities for stock raising. nor the inviting fields for fruit and grape culture. Suffice it to say that there Is no better opening anywhere than in Pope county. l would be glad to describe the numer- ous medicinal springs, but space for bids. In conclusion, 1 cannot pass without calling attention here to the very valuable beds Of coal lying ad- jacent to the city and toward the Arkansas river. The coal already mined prove to be of the best quail ty, rivaling that of Pittsburgh, and it gives promise of being inexhaust- able in quantity. Lying. as It does, between the railroad and tho river. near enough to either to have direct communication. it has every oppor- tnnlty for shipment.
 Russellville is at the junction of the Dardanelle railroad, which opens communication with Dardanelle and the country to the south. Russell ville thus becomes the central city for vast scope of country, much of which is old and well settled. There are h the city several church edifices, beautiful high school building, masonic temple and fine residences. It has an enterprising paper, (The Democrat), temperance, religious and other social societies.
 Since my last visit to this place, three or four large brick blocks have been built, and in every way the city has been improved. It now bids far to become one of the finest in this beautiful, and soon to become famous, Arkansas valley.
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The Russellville Democrat., 1885-06-25

An earnest effort will be made to reduce the expenses of Little Rock s municipal government.
 A NASAL INJECTOR free with each bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 90 cents. For sale by J. M. Har- key & Bro.
The Russellville Democrat., 1885-06-25

Searcy county and other places. Much of the work was of artistic or der.
 Among the factories of this place, must be mentioned the chemical laboratory of J. M. Harkey < Bro, wholesale and retail druggists and pharmacists. Among the medicines manufactured by this firm are cholo- gogue, chill tonic, lubricating eye Ionic, Diarrhoea cordial, and uni versal liver pills.
 But over and above all the other manufacturies the citizens of Rus sellville and the entire Arkansas valley, point with pride to the Mel rose Cotton Mills located at this place. Tbe factory contains the best machinery and is built on the most improved plans, and stande an orna- ment to the city and monument to sonthher. enterprise. Its capacity IS 2,500 pounds per day, and when working it's full force employs seven ty five or one hundred persons. The factory is owned by a stock company com prising most of the principal merchants and capitalists Of the place. J. L. Shinn is the presideDt' J. E. Battenfeld is secretary and treasurer.
 Among the prominent merchants and business men are J. L. Shinn R. J. Wilson, Humphreys & Evants ssszsss' " ooten & Oates, F. l.
 Love < Miller and
 the hardware men
 are the druggists;
The Russellville Democrat., 1885-06-25
AS Others see Us.
T. Y. Mossley in the Rnral and Workman.
 RussrLLylLLE, June 2. 1885.


 I left Little Rock smothering in tue sun on Tuesday afternoon and was soon hurrying up the valley of Arkansas river, passing the bright cottages with their orchards and vineyards bordering the railroad i; for Il few miles out from town we plunged into woods and hills above Big Rock. The farms and fields were fresh and occasionally the river flashed into view, affording scenes worthy of an artists pen. Very differently appeared the crops from those saw last week along the railroads in Kansas and western Missouri. There, farmers were bresklng stalks and blowing for corn, and in one instance they were pick ing last years crop. Cold, wet alss. clammy was the ground, hurried and anxio1s ~sre the farmers. Not so in the Arkansas Valley. Corn stands even aud heavy, two to four feet high. Wheat, oats, rye and hay are almost ready for the sickle, and, indeed, in one field we saw wheat standing in the shock. Cotton looks well. It has an even stand and is well cultivated.
 Some distance above Atkins we came to the beautiful bluff to the north of the river. Following base we soon entered the enter ing, wide awake, little city, E vile. At time of great de all over the globe; when
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15
Weighing a Hair.

ITO number the hairs of your head
is not very difficult task" the retincr
of the assay Office said. "A very close
approximation can be made by weigh
ing the entire amount on mans head,
and then weighing single hair. The
weight Of the former divided by that
OF the latter will, Of course, give the de-
sired number. If you will pluck out a
hair from your beard can show YOU"
A long and straggly one was accord
ingly detached, the refiner putting it on
scale, which was inclosed in a glass
case. and graduated with extreme ac-
curacy. With little weights of alumni
ium he piled up one arm until an equi-
poise was reached. The hair weighed
three milligrammes. III you reduce
this to figures" he said, lit would re-
quire eight thousand hairs to weigh an
ounce, and, supposIng you have six
ounces, you have forty-eight thousand
hairs. '--AeW York Sun.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15

know | shall astonish good many
people when | say that | think that
venerable and highly-rcspectcd article
of female dress. the chemisc, may adj
cantagcously be wholly dispensed with.
Every one is supposed to have a chcmiSo
'to her back but that this supposition
is not wholly true was proved to me
some time ago. When at the seaside
last autumn two girls, mutual friends
Of mine, and whom | introduced to
each other, went one warm day with
me to bathc. One said to the other: IL
am afraid you will be awfully shocked
when you see me undress. shocked!
Whv?' well. hardly like to tell
YOU; but the fact is, that | have so lit
tie ON II don't wear much said
the other. "All l have is combina-
tons. stays, and one petticoat under
my dress" Curously enough, both
these girls were dressed in precisely the
same way. in woolen combinations.
stays (well shaped and not tighD, one
petticoat, and dress which from its
elegance gave no suspicion of the state
of affairs underneath. As had an OPP
portunity Of observing, these young
ladies were dressed in perfectly sanitary
style. although none but myself had
any idea of the fact; and, in spite Of it,
they passed for two OF the best-drcsScd
girls at the fashionabl" watering place
where we were staying. l have since
had several opportunities Of observa-
ton, and find that quite number Of
the bcst-drcssed women Of my acqualn-
tance have rcnounced the use of the
chemise in favor of woven combine
tions. The majority, however, l be-
licye, are not induced to do SO by sanl-
tary considerations, but simply because
the chcmisc is bulky article and
makes them look stoutcr than is natural
to them; whereas the combinations,
beng made in stretchy material, fit
somewhat closely and show the SYM
metry of the figure. This is, to my
mind very good reason why the
chcmise should be given up, but. from
health point of view, we can find a
still better one. Chemises are gener-
ally made of linen or cotton, both OF
which materials, as have already said,
are unsuitable for clothing, because
they are good conductors of heat, bad
absorbers Of moisture, and bad ventila-
tors.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15
j. Logan u GYPSY


By the way, speaking OF John A.
Logan. writes Carp to Cleveland Ledder,
reminds me of conversation which ]
had with Congressman Thomas, OF llli-
noiS. last year. in which Mr.. Thomas.
in speaking of the jet black hair and
extraordinary features of Gen. Logan,
announced it as his belief that Gen.
Logan was of Iingari origin, and that
his family in Ireland were descended
from the Iingari, or gypsics, who. COM
ing out Of India in the first part Of the
fifteenth century, spread all over Eu-
rope and came into England, Scotland,
and North Ireland. There are at pres
cnt over twenty thousand gypsies in
England, and from the English gypsies
in the past have come some noted men.
John Bunyan, the noted Christian, Is
said to have been gypsy. The En-
glish gypsics are no'cd for their brav-
cry and daring spirit, and one OF their
strong qualities is their love for their
friends and tue honesty which they OBJ
serve in their relations with them.
think Mr.. Thomas told me that both
the father and mother of Senator Lo-
gan sprang from this origin, but it may
have been, he said only his father
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15

There arc many graceful head
dresses, but of them all none is so fan
tastically beautiful as that in vogue
among the Darnley Islanders, who live
on an island in Torres Straits, between
New Guinea and Australia, and are
not only ugly looking, but are more
than suspected of being cannibals.
On Darnley Island, it appears, there
is a kind of very large and most beau.
tiful butterfly called Faptiio poseidon.
1t is marked in brown, black, and
bright red colors, and measures seven
inches across the wings. This gor-
geous creature is captured by the island
ers bent on decorations; II tough but
delicate vegetable fibre, in lieu Of a
thread Of cotton, is tied about its large
body, and the end Of the fibre secured
in the mans hair. A half-dozen but
tertles will be tethered in this way to
the man, aud as they soon become rec
onciled to captivity. their graceful
ilutterings about the unhandsomc head
OF the man produce an effect difficult
to describe and hardly to be imagined.
st. NtchOiHS for JUkU
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15
THE SITUATION As TO THE PROHI-
BITIONIsTS.

We are inclined to think that, as fac
tor in the Ohio campaign, the Prohibition
lists have been somewhat ovsr-estimated,
by themselves and the Republicans-and
we are beginning to think it quite possible
that the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,
(snd, it may be, the GLoBE.REPUBLIC,) has
given them rather more attention than
was necessary. They needed watching,
and as Springfield was their headquarters,
it seemed to be our duty to recognize
them a. an element in the pending
tT:cas - and to put their position
and programme properly before the
the public. We still think they must be
looked after. and especially while they are
making personal canvass about the coun-
try from house to house and man to man,
trying to persuade Republicans who are
Temperance men and Christians las most
OF them are) to vote for DR.. Leonard. Re-
publicans must meet them on their own
ground, by starting out their missionaries,
So far, we are advised from high Pro
hib;tion source, from man who is fair,
honest and reasonable, that about as many
Democrats as Republicans are joining the
Prohibition party. This gentleman named
several persons who have been active as
Democrats, ever since they were voters,
who will vote for the Prohibition ticket
this fall, and he also named some Repub-
icsns, as to which, however, he is liable
to be mistaken. This gentleman did not
claim, with DIR. Leonard, that all the
Methodists and the $4,000 Second
Amendment men would vote the Prohibi.
bition ticket, but showed his practical
sense and foresight by saying that he
never expected the Prohibition party to
elect its candidates, but that it would
gain the balance Of power, at some
time and force the other parties
to adopt prohibition. Weprint these facts
TO be used as pointers BY Republicans and
IS means Of promoting quiet and com.
prehensive kind of vigilance in the prose.
cution Of the work of the campaign.
There 10 really no cause for alarm. II
Dr. Leonard gets one-shird as many votes
~ Mr.. A. r. Ludlow received, he will do
better than We think he will.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15
4 Pertinent Question.

II the SIMS office cat be still in ey.
istcncc and in the full enjoyment of its
wonderful faculties. perhaps 1t could
inform us how ami when such title as
1.-THE first lady in the land came to be
applied to the lady who, for the time
being, happens to provide over the so.
cial and domestic arrangements of the
white house. The title is decidedly un-
democratic as well As false in fact We
are happy TO say that the name Of the
first lady in this land is "legion.' She
is by no means confined to the white
house. She lives in every city, town,
and village Of the country. She is the
product Of goodness and gentle culture
combired. No one speaks Of the presi-
dent as 1.-THE first gentleman in the
land" as a matter Of fact not all our
presidents have been gentlemen in the
generally accepted sense of the word.
Ladies are ladies aud gentlemen gentle.
men; but there is no first, second, OF
third to those absolute titles. The
phrase to which we take objection
should be dropped. 1t only calls to
mind the leading LADY, of theatrical
company.-NeW York Graphtc.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15

One Of the latest Of Mr.. Gladstone's $
critics, Mr.. I. =. O'Connor, says of his
appearance in the house of commons:
''He is the very genius of the place;
his presence or absence makes all the
difference whether parliament is infin-
itely interesting or abysmally dull. The
chief reason Of this is that he is so
frankly human. There is not an emo
ton of the sensitive and weak human
heart Of which he is not the ready VIC
tim; attack enragos, praise delights,
trouble worries, disaster grieves him.
Through all the gamut Of human feel.
ing he passes in II single night; and he
has a temperament that brings the ex-
preston of every emotion without a
seconds delay to his face. This change
able and infinite play of passion is a
drama which is carried on nightly in
the house Of commons before the gen.
eral and public eye; it is mighty and
potent personality displaying before
the whole attentively gazing world the
nudity Of his soul. Every de.
duction from Mr.. Gladstone's character
still leaves him supreme cminence Us
England's greatest member of parlia.
mcnt.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15

whore no man or beast was to he seen
The total eclipse was 10 last ohly thirty.
seven seconds. aud, in his anxiety TO
secure a correct observation oi the cN-
act moment when the sun reappcarcd,
he deprived himself OF the satisfaction,
after his long journey, OF viewing the
eclipse As II spectacle that he might at
tend more closely to the beats OF his
chronOmutcr.
Trees computed to be over five thous-
and years old have been found in AT
rica, aud a cypress in Mexico is said to
have reached still greater age. The
oldest individual specimen OF any spc-
cics--in fact the oldest living thing
upon the globc--is probably the cy-
press OF Santa Maria del Tule, in the
Mexican State of Oaxaca. II estimates
of tree ages are to be relied upon, the
life of this venerable forest monarch
may have spanncd the whole period OF
written history. At last accounts it
was still growing, and in 1901. when
Humboldt saw it, it measured forty-twu
feet in diameter. one hundred and forty
six in circumference and two hundred
and cighty-two feet between the eN-
tremitics Of two opposite branches.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15
The Western Ncrnacular.

Mr.. Switzlcr, the new chief of the
bureau of statistics, has succeeded in
making himself the subject of a great
deal of mirth among those who are
brought into contact with him. When
he took charge of the bureau he called
all Of his employees together and made
them a set speech of half an hour or
more, which, if all accounts are true,
must have been a very remarkable one.
The statement of his ut.cranccs place
him in the most ridiculous light. He
told them all of his personal history
running over some sixty years of active
life, what his politics had been, how
many thousands Of speeches and agri-
cultural addresses he had made, how
hard he had worked to get thi, place,
how much on familiar terms he wanted
to be among them, and how offended
he would be if anyone should think Of
knocking before entering his room. He
also told them he intended to call ON
all of them at their homes, and stated
incidentally that he expected TO be-
boss of the bureau, made some gal
liant remarks about the lady employees,
and wound up with the expressive re-
mark OF That's the sort of hairpin |
am ~ ltdSh,HytOH Correspondent.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15
An Indian Life and Death Study,

A married girl, aged 10 years, met
with sad accident yesterday at her
home in Dhur's lane which resulted in
her death. 1t appears that her hus-
band, lad of u, had gone out to
play, leaving his wife and her two sis
ters-in-law at home with his mother.
At noon the boys mother also left the
house and during her absence the
clothes Of the wife caught fire whilst
she was cooking and burnt her severely
before assistance could be procured.
Instead Of removing her at once to a
hospital, the mother-in-law. who Just
then returned, treated her with an eX-
ternal application composed Of the
white Of eggs and cold cream. This
did not seem to satisfy the mother of
the unfortunate girl, who, on hearing
OF the sad accident, came over and in
sisted on her daughter being removed
to the hospital. Just then the boy-hus-
band came in from playing, only 10
find his wife in the last agonies Of death
and the two women in disgraceful
quarrel over her Calcutta Mirror.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15
Thad. stevens Love for Gambling.

Thad. Stevens was an inveterate
gamblcr. Ono who had met him in
the haunts of 1.-The tiger" described
him as having played for excitement,
not caring whether he won or lost.
Like Fox, who described winning at
hazard as the greatest pleasure in life
and losing at the same game as the
next greatest, Stevens lost and won
with the same apparent indifference.
He played with consummate GOODNESS,
never lost his temper, and never in
creased the amount Of his bet, either to
retrieve his losses or more rapidly to
increase his winnings. His sarcastic
remarks upon the discomposure of his
fellow-players, who sometimes ex-
claimed with rage and profanity at
their ill-luck, were always witty as well
as cutting. While they were eating
and drinking with the voracity Of cor
morants, he never INDUCED in anything
more stimulating than cracker and a
sip of water. The contrast between
his coolness and apparent apathy and
the eager, fierce excitement of others
sitting at the same table and engaged
in the same pursuit, was amazing
Ben: Perley P0ore.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15

Evansville, Indiana, besides having a
fine daily newspaper the Josrnal, now has
bridge across the Ohio to Hen
dersou, Ky and trains are to run through
the city, direct from Chicago to Nashville
Evansville, too is the home of the new
Minister to China, Mr. Charles DENLY,
and gave him banquet, the other night.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15

Zone result Of the Investigations of
the royal commission on the housing Of
the working classes says the London
Globe, appears to be the discovery Of
a new cure for consumption. The
Highlanders, who habitually breathe.
in their bothies, the smoke from peat
fires, are stated to enjoy singular i'm
munity from phthisis, owing to the an
tiseptic properties Of the tar, creosote.
tannin and volatile oils and resins con-
tanned in the black unctuous peat they
use as fuel. After this we are quite
prepared to hear of the beneficial quail
ties Of London smoke
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-15
N EClCAl,
CANCER Of TONGUE
A Case Resembling That Of General Grant.

my right hand which gave me great trouble, and
,ss va healed
only been driven into the isyslem by the use Of
potash and msrcury, snd In March, 1852. 1t broke
o. ost IN ny throat, and concentrated in what some
under treatment for this disease. some sig or
seven O. the best physicians in the country had
them three specialists in this line; but one after
another would exhaust their siiII and drop me.
10, ! grew worse e3ntinuslly. The cancer had
and under liz sntfsiy and hall my tongue, que ss,ins %
out to the top Of my loft cheek bone and up TO the
,ey ,sis eys' From % hearty robu.t woman Of 1850
bones, almost unable 70 turn myself In bed,
could not eat any solid food, but subsIsted on
ii9aid:, and nv tongue va. 80 f.r gone could not
thsrins: Of body which l s.Perlsnesd, can never
no hops q IssG,s,y Sn tie I.It oi friends Who
to be my lest; In fact, my husband would place
his hand upon me every now and then 70 see
.niaa nsther w.; alive or not! aud At one time all
reported all over the country.
such was my helpless and wretehed condition
eno snS mr., oi Is October ss when friend.
Ing commenced, and ne fearful sperture in nv
cheek has been closed and firmly knitted together.
process of new under lip is progressing hnely
ssd the tongue which was almost destroyed is be-
ing recovered, and II seems that nature Il supply
Ing new tongue. ! can talk 20 that my friends
can readily understand me, and can eat solid food
again sm able 10 walk wherever please With
out the assistance Of any enc, and have gain Cd
niy pounds In flesh. All this under the blessing
o. merciiul Heavenly Father, is due 70 svifts
SPECIFIC am wonder and marvel 10 all my
friends, hundreds Of whom have known a. Y in.
tense sunerings, and have visited me In my siilc
!ion. While am not entirely well, yet my grsti-
tude 10 none the less dsvout, and sn con 6dent
that . perfect recovery L. now In sight II any
doubt these facts, would refer them To Bon
John h, Trsylor, State senator Of this district,
VINO is my neighbOT, Dr. y. 4. Brsdneld, of La
orange, Ca, or TO any other persons living In the
southern part Of Troupe county, Go.
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