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The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE Democrats of Brooklyn have deter- mined to erect in that city a building sim- liar to that of Tammany Hall of New York. They will expend S60,000 for site and S100 ,000 for the building,
 THE Governor has appointed Col. M. F. Locke, of Alma, Crawford county, to be Chief of the Bureau of Mining, Manufac- turing and Agriculture in accordance with a recent act of the Arkansas General As- semby.
 AMONG the immigrants arrived at Castle Garden on the e3d was little girl wearing a tag on which was written: "Susie Ivan Yay, ten years old. Please help this child to reach her brother, Andrew Yay, 4o7 Hamilton street, Cleveland, O." She had come all the way from Eperjes, in Hun gary, alone.
 D. N. CREss was shot and instantly killed by Dr. J. H. Watson, near Eulogy, Holmes county, Miss. on the 23d. Cress had openly threatened to kill Watson on sight They met in the road, when Dr. Watson fired the fatal shot. Cress is said to have killed three men. A large pistol was found in his boot leg, and a number of cartridges in his pocket,
 Ex-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND and party, which includes ex-Secretaries Bayard, Villas and Dickinson, arrived at Havana on the 23d. Ex-President Cleveland de- elined the invitation of Governor General Salamanca to make the Governor Generals mansion his home during his stay in Ha- vana.
 THE White river st Newport, Ark, on the 22d rose five feet in less than four hours. Reports from the upper country along Black and White rivers all indicate that big water is expected. Much of the low lands along the White river are already submerged.
 ADvICEs from Stevens, Ala, indicate quite boom there at an early date, in consequence of the purchase near that city of the Anderson place for over Sl00,o00 by ex-G Gov. Alger, of Michigan, who has paid the amount agreed upon.
 ELSIE JAMES, a full blooded Chickasaw squaw, was on the 22d convicted of murder at Fort Smith, Ark. She, with her sister, Margaret James, lon July 2, 1887, killed Charles Jones, a white man, renter on Elsie's farm, near Stonewall. 1t was for his money.
 DR. OsIAH SrovALL, of Atlanta, Ga, on the 22d married bride sixty-two years younger than himself This is the doctors third venture In matrimonY, Mrs, Stovall No being a t.ece of Mrs. Stovall No. 2 The new brides maiden name was Bessie Reese, and she is just twenty, while her lover is eighty y.two
 A BILL has passed the Tennessee Legis. lature making women eligible Co the position of county superintendent of public schools.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28
How Mummies Are Made.

Some of our readers may be interest ed to know little about the process of mummifying. The method of embalm- ing is called the "Brunelli process, " The circulatory system is cleansed by washing with cold water till it issues quite clear from the body. This may occupy from two to five hours. Alcohol is injected so as to abstract as much water as possible. This occupies about a quarter of an hour. Ether is then injected to abstract the fatty matter. This occupies from one to ten hours. A strong solution of tannin is then injected. This occupies for inhibition from two to ten hours. The body is then dried in a current of warm air passed over the heated chloride of calcium. This may occupy from two to five hours. The body is then perfectly preserved, and resists decay. The Italians exhibit specimens which are as hard as stone. retain the shape perfectly, and are equal to the best wax models. It will be observed in this process that those substances most prone to decay are removed, and the remaining portions are converted by the tanning into a substance resembling leather. --Y outh's Companion.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28
Female Farmers.

Will the coming young woman be farmeri
 Scattered over all the broad prairies of the Northwest are hundreds of self-reliant, true blue young heroines, living in small, isolated cabins called shacks, proving up claims, catering homesteads and making money
 It is lonesome, dreary business, this liv- ing alone on a wild, unsettled prairie, with out face or human form to welcome one or cheer ones solitude, but there seems to be a good many young women who have the grit to hang to this solitary life long enough to prove up a claim at least.
 Four young ladies in Dakota last year put their heads together and hit upon an ingen- ious plan, whereby they could each secure claim and yet all live comfortably together in one house and each be upon her own land. Instead of building four shacks with one room each, they constructed one shack with four rooms, but so nicely planned that each room of the square building was on differ ent quarter section. Each had her own bed in her own room and in that way each claim ant at night slept upon her own land.
 Society ladies of the city will wonder, not 80 much how these young lady settlers got along without social privileges, as how they dared live so far away from the doctors. Why, bless you they never thought of be- ing sick. Doctors are not half so much of a household necessity as city people are in the habit of thinking.
 For all the ordinary ills of life, the old fashioned roots and herbs remedies are more effective, and much safer in results, than modern doctors pills and potions. These latter are so radical in their effects that, while they may better meet the modern desire for quick results, they frequently permanently iniure the system, nature rsbelling against the unnatural methods employed.
 It is always safest to follow natural methods in treating disease. The old time roots and herbs remedies, which our good old log-cabin grandmothers knew so well how to prepare, were the best medicines the world ever knew, because they were nature's remedies
 The modern world needs them. In War ner' Log Cabin Remedies, and especially such as Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparilla and Warner's Log Cabin Cough and Con sumption Remedy, the people of to-day have an opportunity to secure the healthy medicines which our rugged ancestors used with such splendid results.
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 BuNLAY, the newly-crowned King of An nam. iA only tAn YOArs of age.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28
FOOD FOR POULTRY.
Some Sensible Comments on the Habit
 and Needs of Hens.

Some Sensible Comments on the Habits
 and Needs of Hens.
 Rye is the poorest of all grain for poultry. and will kill young chickens. Hens will not eat 1t if any other is to be had, unless you throw down a sheaf of it and let them scratch it; if they think they are stealing it, there will not be kernel left. Corn, oats, wheat and buckwheat are best for hens; buck wheat is best of all grain for chickens, but all fowls should have variety. Boiled oats and buck wheat 1 think best to make hens lay. When hens are con- fined in winter they should have green food, apples, potatoes, cabbage, onions, the second growth of hay run through the feed-cutter twice, steeped in boil ing water, the water poured of for drink. They should also have meat, and salt-pork is the best; nail up chunk inside the hen house as high as they can reach, and see how soon it will vanish; lard scraps, beef tallow scraps are excellent, but I ob- ject to the meat scraps pressed in cakes that we get in the market, on account of diseased meat. Crockery, Is poor stuff for hens; old house mor- tar is much better. My hens eat a barrel of coot-clam shells from the sea shore every year; they cost dollar and l never have a soft-shelled egg; oyster shells have too much lime. Get q five-dollar bone mill, grind all the clam shells and all the small bones. and your hens will pay for the mill. You can grind your hominy for your puddings and feed for the chickens.- L. F. Scott in Country Gentlemen.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28
FlFTY-FiRST CONGRESS.
 ISpeciaI GesxinnI

IN the Senate, on the 18th, tho resolution of Tered by Mr. Call for the appointment of A select committee on the relations of the United States with Cuba and the other West In. dia islands was considered The discussion turned on the question of the competency of the Senate, when sitting in called executive session, to enter upon the performance of leg isiative functions At2:40 D. p. the resolution was ssill being discussed when, on motion of Sen ator Sherman, the Senate went into secret ses- sion. Several reports were made from commit teos, and al $50 p. ID the Senate adjourned.
 IN the Senate, on the 18th. Messrs. Hiscock Sherman, Hoar, Voorhees, and Eustis were ap pointed select committee on the Centennial celebration in New York in April. The pro- posed amendment to the rule requiring resolu- tions that call for information from executive departments to be referred to the appropriate committee was called up by Mir. Sherman and discussed at some length. Several amend ments were offered and rejected, and the amendment to the ruo was recommittod After a brief executive session the Senate sd- journed.
 IN the Senate. on the eoth, the resignation of Senator Chace, Of Rhode Island, was received and laid on the table. After half an hour spent in whispered consultations, the Senate, on mo- tion of Mir. Cullom, went into secret session and proceeded to tho consideration Of execu- tive business. message being received from tue " nltc hOusc saying tnere would DC some nominations sent in, the session was prolonged to await the arrival Of the Presidents messen- ger until two o'clock, when the Senate sd. iourned.
 IN the Senate, on the Fist, immediately after the reading of the journal, Mr. Pruden, one of the Presidents private secretaries, appeared at the bar and delivered 'suudry messages in writing from the President of the United States" Whereupon, on motion of Mir. In gals, the body proceeded to the consideration Of executive business with closed doors. The Senate, after a brief executive session, with out opening doors, took a recess until two o'clock, at which time, there being no further nominations, 1t adjourned.
 IN the Senate, on the 22d, the chaplain, in his opening prayer, made a feeling reference to the death Of Justice Matthews. The Vice-Presi. dent laid before the Senate s note from Chief Justice Fuller announcing the death of Asso- ciate Justice Matthews, whereupon MT. Hoar moved that out of respect to the memory of the eminent magistrate who, after judicial service so faithful and so famous, has gone to his rest, the Senate do now adjourn. The mo. ton was agreed to, and the Senate, at five min. utes past one o'clock, adjourned until the 23d.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28
The supreme Court AdJourns.

WASHINGTON. March 22.-When the Sue preme Court met at noon to-day, the chair which had been oecupisd by Justice Matthews was draped in black. When the justices had taken their seats and the marshal had opened the court, Chief Justice Fuller announced that the court had heard of the death of Justice Mat thews this morning and therefore no bus mess would be transacted to-day. The marshal thereupon declared the court ad- journed until Tuesday next. No arrange ment has been made by the Supreme Court for the ceremonies incident to the funeral. Justice Matthew's brother is here argu- ing a case before the court, and he is ex- peeted to make all arrangements.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28
LIvERPOOL'S SLAvE-TRADE.
The Darkest Page in tho HistorAof En
 Rland's Great COmmerci ciaI Port.


 Pland's Great Commercial Port.
 The foundation of tho commercial greatness of Liverpool, and perhaps the darkest page in her history, is her connection with the slave trade. In l709 the first Liverpool slave ship, a vessel of thirty tons, carried cargo of fifteen slaves across the Atlantic. The trade had been in existence for some time, and in this country had been. mostly carried on in the Bristol ships. Liverpool seems to have done no more for nearly 20 years. But in 1730 there were 15 ships engaged in the trade and in 1771 10S ships, which carried 2S 200 Slaves. Liverpool stout ly defended the slave trade, and it's de- fense was not confined to individual merchants and ship-owners, but was considered public matter and was taken up by the governing body of the town. The ground of defense offered may perhaps be summed up in the words British interests" The fol- lowing letter, quoted by Sir James Picton in his Memorials of Liver pool" is a good example of the reasoning employed by the de- lenders of the trade: "In what light but in that of enemies of their country we can look upon those who, under the spacious plea of estab- fishing universal freedom, endeayor to strike at the root of this trade, the foundation of our commerce.. the sup port of our colonies, the life of our navigation, the first cause of our na- tional industry and richest What vain pretense of liberty can infatuate peo- pie to run into so much licentiousness as to assert trade Is unlawful which custom immemorial and various acts of Parliament have ratified and given sanction to?" How strange all this sounds nowl and yet 1t was written and expressed the feelings of great number of people only 100 years ago. The slave trade was of course doomed as soon as it's opponents could get fair hearing by the people at large. The first notes of it's knell seemed to have been sung in l7S7. when peti- ton for it's abolition was presented to the House of Commons, signed prin- cipally by members of the Society of Friends. In 178S the Anti-Slavery So- ciety was established by Clarkson and Wiiberforce. As counterblast the Liverpool Council petitioned against abolition; deputation was sent to London to look after the petition for abolition, and the freedom of the borough was afterward granted to the members of it "for the essential ad- vantages derived to the trade of Liver pool from their evidence in support of the African slave trade. h-Saturday Review.
 -ClifI dwellings are found in great numbers in Morocco which are now. and probably have been, inhabited from the time of their first eonstruc- ton. These dwellings in all pa~ticu- lars are like those found in Ari2ona and New Mexico on this continent
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28
Speculation on the succession.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-Speculation on the possibility of succession in the event of Justice Matthew's death has been quietly indulged in for two weeks, that is, ever since the dangerous condi- tion of MT Matthews was known. It is generally believed that President Harri- son will appoint Walter .. Gresham, United States Circuit Judge. Co the place left vacant by Justice Matthews death. Judge Gresham was one of General Har- rison's opponents before the Chicago con vention. He is an Indiana man, although for several years past he has been resi- dent of Illinois. His reputation as a iurist is of the highest
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28
STANLEY MATHEWS.

Death of Associate Justice Stanley srst- thew of the United States Supreme Court After Long and, at Times, Painful III ness-A Career of Honor and Usefulness CIosed-Brief sketch of His Life and Services.
 WASHINGTON, March 20 Associate Justice Stanley Matthews, of the Supreme Court, died at five minutes past ten o'clock this morning.
 The last change in the condition of Justice Matthews occurred yesterday
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28


 afternoon at five o'clock. In the morn- ing he had been feel- ing quite comforta. ble and cheerful. At that hour, however, the intense pat D which marked tn e periods of decline, arecurred and never fleft him until death brought relief. Dr. T
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

PRINCE BISMARCK haS made up his mind that an alliance with England is impossi- be. The "Old Country" will not go back on America.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

THE customs authorities at Tacoma, W. T. have seized opium valued at S100oo ,ound in four barrels supposed to contain saaerkraut.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

THE ensign of Erin was again in the as- cendent iu New York City on St Pat rick's Day. Abram $. Hewitt is no longer mayor.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28
A Summary of Important Events.

srn THoMAs GLADSTONE, brother to the Al. Premier of England, died on the 20th.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

THE Woonsocket (R. I.) Rubber Com- many is soon to erect the largest rubber boot and shoe factory in the world.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

MARY AxDERsON's English theatrical .aranapy sailed for Liverpool on the Fist.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

- TIE question of increasing the salaries of Senators and Representatives at Wash ington is being agitated.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

Ov tho occasion of Emperor Williams visit to Queen Victoria, naval maneuvers will be held in his honor.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

THE Secretary of the Navy, on the 22d, issned sailing orders to the United States steamer Thetis, at Mare Island Navy Yard to proceed to Sitka, Alaska.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

IT is said the President is withholding tbe appointment of a minister to England upti the arrival of the British Minister, Sir Julian Pauncefote.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

Fx.SEvAr0R PLArT's son has entered General Tracy's law firm in New York City
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

THE -0urth annual meeting of the Hol- stein FriesianAssociationw heldin New York City, on the 20th, large number of cattle-raisers being present from all parts of the country.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

APARrY of two hundred New Workers and Brooklynites intend to camp out on the shores of Lake Superior near Duluth, Minn., for two months during the coming summer,
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

THE youthful King of Servia, Alexan- der. has requested his mother to refrain from adding to the difficulties of his posi- ton by her presence in Belgrade.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

IT is stated that company has been formed to run electric cabs over the asphalt pavements of Washington, and that it will have it's cabs in service in a few months.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

FOURTEEN of the largest paper manu- lecturers in England have formed a syn dicate for the purpose of raising the prices of paper. They represent capi- tai of Sl0, 000, 900.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

THE police of Zurich, Switzerland, have discovered that dynamite bombs are be- ing extensively made there by Nihilists and Anarchists. Two Russians have been arrested in this connection.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

TIE boiler in Whitney &c Tuttle's saw mill at Pound, Wis, blew up on the 18th, killing August Regel and Ottis Clements Estantly, and seriously, if not fatally, iaiuring several others.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

TIE strike of the New York City feather workers is virtually over. The girls ad- nit their defeat. One hundred of the 250 girls who struck in Cohnfeld's factory returned to work on the Dist
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

RECENT unusually high tides and heavy seas have wrought sad havoc along the New Jersey and Long Island coasts. The ssamage to property will amount to hun. dreds of thousands of dollars.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

TIE United States Illuminating Com pany, one of the important suppliers of electric light to the City of New York, has passed into the control of the Westing- house Electric Light Company.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

FRANK FULLERTON, a Lynn (Mass.) school-boy, who disappeared on June Il, 1887, and has since been mourned as dead by his family, has returned home after having made a circuit of the world.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

BusLAY, the newly-crowned King of An Rsxn, is only ten years of age.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

-ClifI dwellings are found in great numbers in Morocco which are now. and probably have been, inhabited from the time of their first construc- tion These dwellings in all pa~ticu- lars are like those found in Ari2one and New Mexico on this continent
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

A NEEDLE in the foot of Charles Nier, of Scranton, Pa, which had defied the skill of the physicians to locate and ex- Fact, was drawn out on the 22d, by hold. ing the member near an electric dynamo.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

ROBERT SIGEL, the pension office clerk of New York City, who was convicted of forging pension checks, was, on the 2lst, sentenced by Judge Benedict in the United States Court to six years in the Erie peni- dentiary
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

TIE British ship Bay of Cadiz slong overdue from Sydney, Australia, for San Francisco. She is commanded by Captain Davidson, and is a steel ship of l,696 tons net, owned by J. Bullock, of London
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

THE Haytien Legation at New York City report that Mir. Leoneio Julia, the Dominican Consul at New York, has been dismissed for aiding the Haytien rebels in violating the neutrality laws of the United States.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

A DISPATCH from sydney, N s. w., esales that .dOusier meetings were held throughout Australia in honor of SC. Pat TICKS Day at which resolutions were aaopted congratuladng Parnell on his victory over Inc London Times, and large sums were ial ,,l tor the furtherance of the Irish cause
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

EDToRs WILLIAM O'BRIEN refuses to avail himself of the freedom offered by the Parnell Commission upon the application of Sir Charles Russell unless the condi- ton that he will refrain from agitation is dropped
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

Mas PIERRE, Of New York, won tho nrst prize in beauty contest at Nice, Trance bnt returned the trophy for the oeneht of charity, in the interest of Shieh the show was organized. A num- per oi native competitors were yisibly ehagriued 3t the result.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

W. C. FORD, ex-chief of the Bureau of Consular Reports. is said to have made @pies of the collection of Washington's papers ia the hands of the Government, from the publication of which he expects t0 reap fortnna
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

PARTY of Japanese travellers consist Ing Of Count and Countess Sana, Marquis and Marchioness Malda, Lieutenants foshi, Saiton, Kato, Minra, Horinchi and anumber of attendants are making tour Of the United States
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

TIE Government of Persia has pledged v.sseit not to grant railway concessl Ons without consulting Russia. The Shah is wiling Co concede to Russia the right of nnaVigallng the rivers emptying into the oasplan sea, but is unwilling to consent 70 her other dema nAs
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-03-28

THE California Legislature adjourned slne die at halfpa two o'clock on the morning of the l7th, and to signalize the closing of the session, two important pf'ze hghts were arranged, at which near every member from both houses was presput
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-02-09
Wheat Freights.
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The Palouse territory is capable of
producing, when fully developed,
800, 100000 bushels of wheat for export
annually. If the agriculturists OF that
wonderfully productive land are relieved
from the burdens laid on them by mo-
nopoIistic transportation corporations,
and are granted as low freight charges
as are in vogue, say, between Chicago
and New York, they can lay wheat down
on Tacoma's wharves at 40 cents per
bushel and make living profit. Wheat
is carried from Tacoma to England for
% cents per bushel. If the transporta-
ton rate per bushel from the shipping
towns in Palouse territory to Tacoma
was not over s cents per bushel, which
would be ample to enable the transpor-
tation companies to earn dividends, the
soft wheats grown in that region would
be laid down in England for about GO
cents per bushel And the day when
this will be done is plainly in sight.