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In discussing the rivairy between
Fort Smith and Van Buren, as the
starting point 10 the Extension Of
the Valley Route in case right Of
way is granted by congress through
the Indian territory, the Gazette
poiutedly remarks:
1t is immaterial to the public gen.
orally whether Fort Smith, Van Blu
rem or some other initial point be
selected. That is merely a local
matter that should not be permitted
to exert any adverse influence on the
project, which is designed for the
benefit, not OF community or small
section, but OF the railway corpora
ton building the road, and the pub
lie at large.
So far as the public is concerned
it wouldn't make any difference, il
congressman would shut their eve.
when they vote for the granting 0
the right of way as regards the start
ing point What the public wants
is the extension of the line through
the territory, and not the accommo
dation Of Fort Smith or Van Buren,
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The oldest person in West Virgin
is colored woman near CharlestoI
named Clara Brown, who claims I
remember the. outbreaA of the revd
lutionary war, and to have seen Gel
eral Washington in Richmond.
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New Jersey stands at the head
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Druggist, Rnssellville, A

The first train passed over til
new bridge, just completed at Val
Bnren Oh the st. Louis aud SaI
Francisco road, Thursday afternool
The passenger train from St. Loail
was loaded with enthusiastic citi
zens.
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The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1886-02-18

United States Minister Cox
Constantlnople, has obtained fu
Tough on account of poor health an
has gone to Egypt with his wife
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1886-02-18

The senate passed bill appropr
ating $3.50, 1000 for public building
be erected at Fort Smith.
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The Congressman from Arkaa's'
are solid for the Blair educatlona
bill.
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luS up iuQ uOWu SHt CUuutly cuutuN'
oring by all sorts Of little schemes
and tricks to secure the signatures
of our farmers to seemingly harmless
little scraps Of paper, which eventu-
ally turn out to be promissory notes.
Be 90 your guard, farmer friends,
lest you "touch the goose quill'' to
your financial ruin.
The great riot in London on Mon
day of last week has probably never
been equalled, so far as the number
Of men engaged and the amount OF
damage wrought Is concerned.
Thousands Of men paraded the streets
demniishing windows. soaking build
ings and, strange to relate, not life
was lost In the melee. 1t is intimat-
cd that $4,000 men took part in the
riot. and houses were ransacked and
demolished, saloons, restaurants and
hotels turned inside out and men as
saulted and beaten in the street but
not loss of life is reported. This
demonstration was carried on by
what are termed the starved me
chanlcs" Of London. So the reports
say, bat 1t Is more likely that social.
lists formed the bulk. OF the mob.
Starving mechanics are not going
about smashing property and endan
gering lives OF citizens. When the
demonstrations began it was doubt
less participated In by unemployed
mechanics. but they became mixed
up with the soeialstic element and
the latter took charge Of the riot
which followed. There seemed to
be no settled purpose Of this mob ex
cept to make bowling riot and that
il al il amounted to.
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brought. The question TO he tried
is the validity OF the Bell patent. /
am permitted to state here, with the
assurance that the fact will be made
public by the time this letter sees
the light, that Ex-senator Thurman,
of Ohio, will be the senior counsel
for the Government. and that instead
of disappearing the suit, the admin
istration will push 1t with all the
vim it possesses.
Mr.. Garland has had no more to
do with this suit than with any suit
now proceeding IN the court Of Chief
Justice" Hunt, Justice Of the Peace
for Ozan township. But the subsid-
lied organs of the Bell company de-
mand that he shall dispose of his
stock, acquired with no knowledge
af the present situation. The mat
ter now goes TO the federal courts, to
be tried In a tribunal where no sort
OF infiaen: 20 prevails. Then, why
dispose OF his storkY Why do they
no. demand that Secretary Manning,
OF the Treasury. dispose OF his ma
tional bank stock, or that Senator
Plumb chairman Of the Public Lands
committee, dispose OF his land claims
in the West. over which they really
have some inhuence2 The whole
question becomes this; Has pub
lie officer any right to own property
And this question Is forced upon
public attention: 1.-THE Bell compa
ny acquired their patent honorably,
why do they object TO an inyestiga
ton, for the suit is merely an inves-
legation Of this question. g.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-21
Barbering Has Changed.

'.Do you want your hair dressedp"
asked barber on Broadway day or
two ago after he had finished shaving
his customer.
''Yes, of course" said the customer.
''You will excuse me for asking"
said the barber. "but l suppose you
know the style has changed now, so
that the barbering business amt what
it was by about 300 per cent. Our
swell customers don't have their hair
dressed at all. They simply run a
comb through it, make a halfway part
and let it lie as it will. 1t looks kinder
careless and distinguished, you know,
and not as though gotten up for the
occasion. A few of our customers
have their hair brushed dry and parted
accurately, but they are in the very
small majority. AS for oil, we no
longer keep it in the shop. though we
have little grease constantly on hand
for the old-fashioned customers who
like it. As near as l can understand
from what our swell customers say
they hate to smell as if they'd come
from barber-shop. A good many
club men who come here just have the
razor passed over the face once, and
rum put on the chin or on the hair 1t
looks pretty well, too, to my mind, be-
cause people wear their hair short now,
and if the hair is cut short and allow
ed to grow as it will it is apt to give
tho appearance of the head better
outline than if the hair is oiled and
plastered down solidly.
''1t is the same way with mon who
wear boards Only u few years ago
customers always had u little some
thing put on their boards to make them
stay right, and they took kindly to a
spray of perfume after the work was
done. Nothing of that sort goes now,
however. Boards are usually trimmed
close and brushed dry. It's big diff
ference from what it was when l went
into the business. At that time Gus
toners kept bottles of lavender-water
at the shop, used grease, cosmetics,
and coloring matter, insisted on being
shaved close to the skin, and when
they went out of the shop and walked
abroad anybody knew where they'd
been if he didn't come within ten feet
of them. Any man could be barber
nowadays, but it took an artist to ar
rive at any eminence in his profession
when l started in. "-NcW York San.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-21
The Wabash Ra ilway Afflicted by
Confidence Parasites-Six on
One Train.
LAFAYETTE journal. /


The Wabash has been considerably
afflicted with confidence men on its
trains recently. One night last week
Conductor George Clark noticed six of
them board his train at the union de-
pot, at Toledo. This was a couple or
three minutes before leaving time. He
notified the company's depot policeman
of the fact that the confidence men had
just got on the train, and requested the
officer to go through the train and no.
tify the passengers. The officer went
through the coaches and called out:
Look out for confidence men, there
are six of them ON this train.h The
conductor on his return trip through
the coaches, when passing through the
last coach was stopped by an elderly
gentleman, who said:
''Sir! is it possible that confidence
men are on this train? Surely there
can be none in this car, are there?''
Looking about him, he codtinued:
They all look like nice men in here.n I
Yes, confidence men all look like
nice men they are all about you.'
Raising his voice so everybody in the
cOacl, could hear him, lie said: s'Here
is a confidence man sitting right oppo-
site you across the aisle.N
The confidence man gave q sarcastic
smile, but never opened his head. But
1t was observed that the old gentleman
thereupon took his packages out Of the
hat-rack, and grabbing up his grir
walked into the next car
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-21
siicheaI Angeles Mistake.

In tho central square of tho Capitol
at Rome, surrounded on three sides by
buildings, stands very large bronze
statue of Marcus Aurolius, once Emper-
or of Romo mounted on a spirited
horse. This is the only equestrian sta
tue which has been preserved in per-
feet condition out of the many that
decorated ancient Rome. Michael An
gelo, who designed the buildings which
at present stand on this hill, was very
fond of this statue. and especially ad-
mired the horse. Ono day, while he
was studying it, he forgot that it was
not alive, and wishing to sec it in
another position, he cried out, Scam"
which means, go on. After looking at
this horse for some time, one might
easily imagine that shout or a touch
of IL whip would make it jump. 81.
Nicholas for November.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-21
A Texas Bear Story.

Mr.. Meyer, of Meyers Garden, has
sold his bear. The inquiry "what
bearp' will not DO asked. This par
ticular bear has made character and
reputation in Dallas for being as at
tractive as paid fireman. Ho was in
troduced to his late quarters when a
youth, and he put in all his time to the
resent moment in making acquaint-
COS. He wore smile ut all times,
aud wanted to shake hands with every
man, woman and child that came his
way. He had funny ways, too-the
funniest that bear ever had-and it
was the custom among our citizens to
stand by his cage and see him loll on
his back and slap at flies, dance jig,
feel around in the next cage 10 toy
with the coon and do thousand and
one amusing tricks. A printer, one of
those knowing kind who corrects the
editorials and expresses his private
opinion by changing the headlines, was
: lowing a country friend how much
10 he knew than the bear. when the
,...,inal seized his right index finger
aud bit it off at the first joint. That
printer lost his case, and the bear be-
came the warm friend of the newspa
per reporter and editor. The man
who bought our bear is butcher. He
didn't buy him to play with. and the
animal seemed to know it, so when
they came to pull him from his boudoir
he kicked, as it we're. Three Germans
who had lived in q menagerie UNDER
took to bring him out with lasso and
rope and a hoe. They attempted it.
He broke the rope, chewed up tho
rake, and made the hoe concave.
They shut tho door quickly, called for
chains, more men, and dogs. A chain
was finally placed over his head, four
men got hold Of it, and out he came.
He felt the fresh air on his brow, and
that day meat was good. He squeezed
one of them until he was limp, broke
another's rib, and. seizing bob-tailed
country cur that was taking u hand in
the fight, held him to his breast, with
his head down, and chewed on the
stump of his tail as if he was eating q
sweet potato. Ropes were thrown
over him, and thus shackletl and rop-
ed he was escorted 10 tho butcher pen,
followed By 400 small boys and every
.'n~ n town, - Ly'lns AeOs.
"A 81 w
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-21
THE sHREw BROUGHT TO TERMS.

The principals of the American Opera
company are the products of dozen states.
Mime. LAllemand, leading soprano, was
born in Syracuse, this state. She was
never heard in this country until the open
ing night of the opera, when she appeared
as Katherine. She studied in Paris, Dres-
den and Stuttgart, and has been one of the
prominent colorature singers of Europe
Miss Helene Hastreiter, also leading So
prano, is native of Louisville. Mr. Iheo-
dore Thomas is considered an American, if
he did make tie mistake of not being born
on native soil.
Charles E. Locke, the manager, whose
picture gives but poor idea of his actual
beauty, was born in Dayton, O., of Quaker
blood His happy parents destined him for
the ministry, but he had strong leanings
toward theatres, and at an early age began
to haunt his uncles opera house at Kansas
City, to the complete annihi!ation Of minis
terial aspirations. That the stage has, in
this instance, robbed the ministry to its own
advantage nobody doubts.
Kate Bensberg, soprano, who played in the
role of Blanca, is a native of st. Louis, and
has been five years student in Germany
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-21
THE DEMOCRATIC NORrHWESl THURSDAY JANUARY o. 1856

rich gentleman OF Paduah, named Baptista
Blanca Is OF the conventional pattern Of
well behaved. obedient and insipid young
women, but Katherine Is fury Lucentto
and Hortensio, two proper young gentlemen,
love Blanca, but her father declares that
she shall not marry until her elder sister Is
provided with husband. The lovers are
greatly put out at this unfavorabls turn Of
events
About this time Petruchio, with great
wealth, and . will as strong as a Homeric
demi-god. comes along. He is tired Of being
wooed by women. and concludes that it
would be capital pleasure to WOO IN unwill-
ing maid. Petruchio has also fertile brain
He at once puts the two discomforted lovers
of Blanca In a position TO go on with thsir
wooing, something they were not brilliant
enough to think Of themselves he induces
them TO disguise themselves as teachers and
engage to instruct Blanca This plot works
and Lucentio is the successful suitor. Petru-
chic declares his intention of proposing to
Katherine. Her father gives his consent,
but the tug of war is in getting Katherine's
consent She is furious at his presumption,
but he refuses to accept his dismissal, and
obstinately declares that he has been ac-
cepted, and fixes the wedding day. He
keeps her waiting on the bridal morning,
arrives late, indifferently clad, marries her
and hustles her away before the wedding
festivities have scarcely begun. He subse-
quently breaks her temper and wins her
affection" as one critic expresses it, two
extraordinary things to do certainly, bat
all things are possible in opera, which
frequently distinguishes itself by getting or
far from nature as fiction can go.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-21

Herman Goetz's Tanning of the Shrew,"
was given. Musicians know it as occupying
for dozen years a favorite and distin-
guished place in the repertoire Of German
opera houses: but heretofore it has been up-
known to the dwellers on this continent 1t
was first produced at Mannheim, in 1874. Its
composer died in 1874, without having en-
joyed the fruition of his work. His sym
phony in F has made him known to this
country.
The Tanning Of the Shrew" is an adapta-
tion Of Shakespeare's play Of the same name
Playgoers are familiar with it through an
abridgcment entitled Katherine and Petru-
chic" The plot is an antique one, founded
on medieval notions of womanhood and
wooing. The governing principle is found
in the old saw IF you want dog or a
woman to like you beat MIN or her.
Katherine and Blanca ars daughters OF .
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-21

The days preceding the wooing of the fiery
Katherine were exciting ones for her attend
ants She fairly annihilates maid who is
dressing her hair, and brings music teacher
to grief The picture, Between Blasts" !"
gives an idea of Miss Katherine enjoying a
lull between the blasts of temper; another,
entitled "Annihilating Musician" repre-
sents result of her displeasure. "The Shrew
Brought to Terms" depicts scene in the
process of 'taming."
The ballet was exceptionally fine; largely
American, too. 1t danced into the hearts of
the people at once to the music Of Ruben
STEMS "Bal Costume Alarge number Of the
coryphees, the premieres and the secundas
are from Italy. Twelve are of the Ameri-
can school, some of whom are in the first
line, and the thirty six figurantes are Ameri-
cans. 1t has been asserted that American
genius has no leaning toward the ballet.
1t has had no encouragement. The princi-
pals, with but few exceptions, in this ballet
are natives
And as for The chorus, it was On improve
ment on the imported article. 1t consisted
of fresh voices and fresh faces, and every
member of IL was as elegantly attired as the
principal singers Let us hope that the
ugly, frayed and ragged choristers of sunny
Italy will eventually be banished from the
stage entirely.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-21


and has been before the public as singer
ten years He is baritone. high, and
should take the chrome for perfect enuncia-
tion. Miss Emma Juch is almost an Amer
ican. She was born in Vienna on the 4th of
July-not this year, like Galatea-but not q
great while ago. Annie Montague, soprano,
is a Baltimorean Shs has been with the
Kellogg company, and with Strakosch in
Italian opera. Charlotte Walker and Min
ME Dilthea are both Americans.
Jessie Bartlett Davis, first contralto, ID an
American The other contraltos are Helen
Dudley Campbell, Esther Jacobs, Mathilde
Muellenbach and Mathilde Phillips. Will
liam Candidus, leading tenor, is q Philadel-
phian, who has fought in the war and sung
abroad. Charles Turner, tenor, isn't an
American, but he has done some powerful
yocalizing on American soil. Charles H.
Thompson and Albert Paulet are among the
tenors. George Fox, baritone, IS English,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-21
THE AMERICAN OPERA.
ITS AUsPIcloUs OPENING AT THE
ACADEMY IN NEW YORK.
"The Tanning of the shrew "A Goodiy
Company and a Fine Audience.
The Chief Figures I'm
the Company.

NEW York, Jan. 18-America has its
own OPERA at last The eagle has been
taught to sing as melodiously as any. foreign
bird that ever wore feathers At last, after
years of homage to Italy and Germany, We
are on or own feet in the matter Of music,
and can stand without wobbling. We can
produce the emotional lyric dramas with
our own talent and in our own tongue, and
do it we'll We can 60 to the opera now
without lying. We can understand and
appreciate. The simplest Of US can fit the
words to the sound-a tremendous gain,
surely.
The opening of this heretofore intact seal
occurred at the Academy of Music on Mon
day night, the 4th inst 1t was an event Of
great magnitude and very bad weather.
Nobody minded the rain, however, for the
old academy was filed with the most inn
portant human material the city could
produce.
This new departure is the work of a wo-
man, OF women-several having assisted in
the great work, Mrs f. B. Thurber taking
the lead. The project of American opera is
her own. Mrs William s. Blodgett, Mrs
August Belmont, Mrs Richard Irwin, Mrs
Thomas w. Ward and others have helped
bring the enterprise to its present status.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-21


projects. In addition TO this she generously
gives her time and efforts, frequently, it is
said. taking upon herself the thankless task
of management 1t is also said that she fur
nished the capital for several musical cam
paigns, in which Theodore Thomas has been
the chief figure and Charles E. Locke sec
ond
She employs two secretaries to attend to
the correspondence and other affairs which
are the natural outgrowth of the important
musical affairs in which she is interested.
During the musical seasons she is constantly
importuned by the strugglers in the mu-
sical feld-singers or would-be singers,
pianists violinists, artists of much energy
and poor luck-to lend her influence in pro-
curing engagements, and sometimes to open
her purse, for the wolf of hunger roams I'M
checked in Bohemia. She receives these
callers, one at time, in back parlor de-
voted to business. The front parlor contin-
ually overflows with waiting applicants.
Tt is not generally known that Theodore
Thomas tour with the Wagner singers,
Materna, Winkelnnann and Scaria origi-