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The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
WARRINGTON NOTES.

Tgr Government has issued a circular ,o cu.todians of buildings under control of the Treasury Department requiring ,bern to keep hoisted the United States Rae during business hours, except in .tnrmv weather. The revenue flag will continue to fly over the custom houses at present ,,,-, s-,-- Commissioners are not yet satisfied with tbe cond ton of affairs relative to depart r,srt appointments and will ask Congress to give them greater power in regard to nromotions and to correspondingly reduce tbe power of heads of departments in that direction.
 GOVERNMENT vessel will be dis matched from Washington about October i to convey a scientific expedition to Af- rica to observe the total eclipse of the sun which takes place in December.
 TIE State Department has arranged for an extensive excursion through the United States for members of the Inter- national American Congress, which meets in Washington October ?.
 CONTRACTOR CRAMP has notified the Navy Department that the cruiser Balti- more is ready for her eff test
 SURGEON POTTER, of the United States army. has resi- Lned because he did not care to obey an order to leave Jackson vile, Fla, for Jackson barracks, Iowa. The order may be modified or rescinded
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
EYESIGHT OF BIRDS.
Points Discovered by an Ardent student
 of Natural History.

Points Discovered by an Ardent student
 of Natural History.
 When telegraphic wires were first put up numbers of birds were found lying dead beneath them and were supposed by those who did not understand electricity to have been struck dead by an electric message which passed through their bodies while they were perched on the wires. The fact is that they were killed by striking tho wires, and not by electricity, which could not pass through the body of perchfng bird One day, when was in Paris, saw a needless sparrow fly against an overhead wire and fall to the ground in two pieces, the head having been severed as neatly as with knife It is worth noticing that at the present day birds are hardly ever killed by similar accidents, they having now learned to look out for posts and wires as we'll as for trees and branch es In order, therefore, to permit bird to espy dangerous objects in time to avoid them its eyes must be Tong sighted" In point of fact, many birds which need to de- teot small objects at great distance nave eyes which are equal to our best telescopes. Such, for example, are those or the vuit- ures. who, when searching for food, ascend to such height in tho air that they are scarcely distinguishable. From this immense elevation they can survey . vast range of country, and If an animal should be dead or even dying, it is sure to be detected by vulture, which instantly swoops down upon 1t Besides watching the earth the vultures watch each other, sd that if one of them should swoop down. wards, it is immediately followed by train of its fellows, who understand per fectly that such a descent from the skies means meal. more familiar instance of the telescopio eye is to be found in our common kestral, or windover, us 1t Is often named You may see 1t suspended high in the air, remaining in almost the same spot and keeping its face to the wind, it's wings playing with peculiar qutverfng movs- ment, and its head bent downwards while its eyes are eagerly scanning the ground So motionless is it that the lato MT. T. w. Wood, who executed many illustrations for me, once made beautiful sketch Of kes- tral on the wing by means of telescope He happened to possess telescope hxed on stand, and seeing out of his window kestral lowering in the air he brought the glass to bear on 1t Finding that the bird did not move out of the focus, ho fetched bis drawing materials, and actually mnde colored sketch of the bird while viewing 1t through the telescope. IL G. Wood
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
THE LATEST.

STATE AGENT CHILEs arrived at Purvis, Miss, on the 25th, in charge of Jake Kill rain, the pugilist. Kilrain's bond was fixed at S2, 900, and he was released.
 THE immense packing house of Swift & Co.,, at Kansas City, was damaged by fire on the 25th to the extent of Sl5O,0o0. W. A. GAMBLE, who was appointed | United States Marshal ten days ago, was arrested at Birmngha Ala, on the 2oth, on warrants sworn out by two men who l charged that he received S20 from each, agreeing to quash an indictment pending against them for violating internal revenue laws.
 Ar Somerset, Ky, on the 24th, while D. J. Sharp was giving his testimony in court, Miss Goodman, who was interested in the case, cried out upon some answer of Sharp's: That's liel" Sharp sprang up and struck her. Her brother, Henry, grap- pied with Sharp, and after short strug- gle stabbed him to death.
 AT Nashville, Tenn, on the 24th, Bessie w Wood, aged eight years, and Mamie | Parker, aged three years swallowed some pills containing arsenic tand strychnine. Each took seven of the pills and soon after ward became very sick. Mamie Parker died, but Bessie Wood will recover. IT is reported that Gov. Lowry will ap- point Capt Thomas II. Woods to succeed Chief Justice Arnold on the Supreme Bench of Mississippi.
 | A SERIOUS difficulty occurred at politi- cal meeting on the 24th at Newmans Grove, in Warren county, Miss, in which | W. H. Brabston was killed and his cousin and brother n-law, W. F. Brabston, was mortally wounded, and James Lanier, | Hawkins and Todd were wounded.
 Gov. WATERMAN, of California, has di- rected the release of Justice Field and has disgrace to the State.
 THE Government authorities begun their work for the protection and improvement of the harbor at Helena. Ark, on the 26th. Seventy-one thousand dollars will be ex- pended in the Improvements. TIE Merchants and Miners line ofboats have announced a round trip fare of S30.6 from Boston and Providence to Chatta- nooga and return, oa the occasion of the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga, September | IS, l9 aud 20.
 TIE Acting Secretary of War has sus- pended the order transferring Surgeon Porter from Jacksonville, Fla, to Jackson Barracks, Utah. It is probable that he will be permitted to remain in his present station indefinitely in conformity wlth the dsaire ot the people ei Florida
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
THE WEST.

BERT MILLER and John Olcott, ten- year-old sons of prominent men at Pome- roy, Iowa, were smothered to death re- gently in a bin of flax in the elevator at that place.
 TIE Northern Pacific railway has de- cided to take hold of the Canadian Pacific and will build it 10 the Souris district at once. About forty-hve miles will be built this year.
 Mss TuLIE PELHAM, of Chicago, was drowned al Benton Harbor, Mich, the other day while trying to save Mrs. Napier, who in turn had en angered her life for a little boy. Mrs. Napier and the boy were saved.
 ANNIE WooDs, of Chicago, a monoma- niac on religion. threw herself from a third story window recently, Her skull was crushed.
 A SENSATION at Chicago was the report ed elopement of the wife of Mike McDon- ald, Inc professional politician, with Rev. father Moysant, a French Catholic priest
 WILLIAM T. HIGCms, a noted Repub- hcean of San Francisco. Is dead.
 ROBERT MARVEL. after fasting sixty seven days at Indianapolis Ind, died re- gently
 Ar Neola, Iowa recently, Rev. D. hemick, pastor of the Methodist Church, shot and killed EGrl Palmer a young man f Council BlatfA PslmeF threw au egg p' iha preacher aurlng Q quarrel wheu es lstEsr shei hlm
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
THE SOUTH.

THE Brierfied Coal & Iron Company, of Montgomery, Ala, has been sold under an order of the United States Circuit Court for $600,00
 A FORGE of men under Major Teele. post scout of the Confederate army under Cap tain Jack Crawford, recently unearthed eight brass cannon buried at Albuquerque N. M., in 1862. All were found in good condition.
 DR. ROBERT LOWRY, son of Governor Lowry, was married at Jackson, Miss, re- gently to Miss Mary Foote, of Oakland, Cal. The parties had eloped.
 THE cotton raisers of Florida have started the project of selling their cotton at Jacksonville instead of sending it to other places.
 H. R. KENYON, wealthy banker of Newton, N. C., while delrious from typhoid fever, walked out of an upper story window and was killed.
 ABOUT 400 cigarmakers of Jacksonville, Fla, struck recently.
 ADoLPH BRANDT, one of the most prom inent Hebrew lawyers in the South, dropped dead recently while attending a meeting of the grand lodge of Odd Eel lows in Rome, Ga.
 ABE JONES, colored, wanted at Conway, Ark, for selling liquor without license committed suicide by drowning in order 70 escape arrest
 UNITED STATES DEPUTY MARSHAL SAM uEL HUGHES, of South Pittsburgh, Tenu., was shot by an outlaw liquor seller re- gently, but day book in his pocket saved his life.
 THE largest sale of tobacco ever made at auction in one day in the United States,
 Ia at Louisville, Ky, recently. The total number of hogsheads sold was 1 002. This amounted to over 1.500 900 pounds, and was valued at Sl00 900.
 BUD RENAUD, for aiding the Sullivan Kilrain fight, was fined $500 at Purvis, Miss.
 MICHAEL DANCE was killed and John Raney and an unknown man fatally in- jured by the discharge of blast at Bick- ley Mills, Va, recently.
 VIRGINIA Republicans at Norfolk on the 22d nominated General Malone for Gov ernor.
 A TERRIBLE wreck occurred on the Knoxville Cumberland Gap & Louisville al Fat Gap creek, near Knoxville, Tenn. Judge George Andrews, s. T. Powers and Alexander Reeder. three prominent citi- gems of Tennessee, were killed and many other well known people were injured.
 THREE trainmen were killed and about twenty more injured by disastrous colli- sion on the Baltimore & Ohio near Petro- Ieum, W. Va. The accident was due to conflicting telegraph orders.
 A RACE riot was reported recently at Mount Pleasant, few miles from Charles. ton, s. C. A negro woman had been shot by a white man and the blacks were gathering to lynch him. The Governor ordered troops to the scene.
 JIM MOCoY. the noted desparado oi Southwestern Texas, waf hanged at ben Antonio recently for the murder ot Shegln MeHlaasy va psesabsg sA tsaA ''
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

last day the water is all drawn off It will be a line of wrecks from beach to beach. There is where the harpooners went down. There is whore the line of battle ships went down. There is where the merchantmen went down. There is where the steamers went down, long line of wrecks from beach to beach. What spectacle in the last day when the water is drawn offl But oh, how much more solemn if we had an eye to see the spiritual wrecks and the places where they foundered. You would ind thousands along our roads and streets. Christ came down in their awful ca tastrophe, putting out for their souls, ''spreading forth His hands as a swimmer spreadeth forth his hands to swim;" but they thrust Him in the sore heart, and they smote His fair check, and the storm and darkness swallowed them up.
 ask you to lay hold of this Christ, and lay hold of Him now. Y ou will sink with out Him From horizon to horizon not one sail in sight Only one strong swim- mer, with head flung back and arms out spread. l hear a great many in the audi ence saying:
 "Well, I would like to be a Christian. I am going to work to become Chris tian."
 My brother, you begin wrong. When man is drowning, and a strong swimmer comes out to help him, he says to him:
 "Now, be quiet. ut your arm on my arm, or on my shoulder, but don't struggle, don' try to help yourself, and I'll take lyou ashore. The more you struggle and the more you try to help yourself, the more you impede me. Now, be quiet and I'll take you ashore"
 When Christ, the strong swimmer, comes out to save a soul, the sinner says:
 "That's right am glad to see Christ, and am going to help Him in the work of my redemption. I am going to pray more, and that will help Him; and l am going to weep extravagantly over my sins, and that will help Him."
 No, my brother, it will not Stop your doing. Christ will do all or none. You can not lift an ounce, you can not move an inch in this matter of your redemp- ton. This is the difficulty which keeps thousands of souls out of the kingdom of Heaven. It is because they can not con- sent to let Jesus Christ begin and com plete the work of their redemption.
 why" you say, then is there nothing for me to do?" Only one thing have you to. do, and that is to lay hold of Christ and let Him achieve your salvation and achieve it all. do not know whether make the matter plain or not. l simply want to show you that a man can not save himself, but the Almighty Son of God can do 1t, and will do it If you ask him. O, fling your two arms. the arms of your trust and love, around this om- nipotent swimmer of the cross.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
AN EIMUCk CAMP.
A Queer Tribe Living In the Vicinity Of
 the Afghan Border.

A Queer Tribe Living In the Nlcihity or
 the Afghan Border.
 Near the Afghan boundary Mir. Stevens reaches an Eimuck camp. The tents are of brownish-black goat hair, similar in ma- terial to the tents of Koords and Eliautesi in size and structure they are larger and finer than those of the Eliautes, but in- ferlor to the splendid tent palaces of Koor- distan couple of hundred yards from the tents is a small spring of water in- closed within n rude wall of loosely piled stones; the water is allowed to uickle through this wall and accumulate In basin outside. Here, as we ride up, are several women filling goatskin vessels to carry to the tent. The chief and all his men are arrayed in garments of coarse white cotton stuff throughout, loose pantaloons bound at the ankles and an overgarment Of pattern very 1auch like night-shirt On their heads are the regulation Afghan turban, with long, dangling ends, and their Feet ara encased in rude moccasins with upturned toes" Refreshing bowls Of doko are served, and then Mir, Stevens rides up and down before the tents to amuse the women and children. The ground between the two rows of tents Iesembled macadam boulet vnrd for width and smoothness, and 80 the wild Eimuck tribes people received ten-
 
 ing and riding with hands off handles of new-world bioyclist. Some of the women were attired in fanciful colors; Turkish pan taloons of bright blue and equally bright rcd render them highly picturesque, ana they wear profuson of bead necklaces and the multitarious gewgaws or seinl- civilization The younger girls wear nose rings of silver in tho left nostril, with a cluster of tiny beads or stones decorating the side of the nose. The wrists of most Of the men are adorned with bracelets Of plain copper wire about the size of ordi- nary telegraph wire; they average large and wel-proportioned, and seem intel lectually superior to the Eliautes. strik. ing peculiarity of the people in this camp is a sort of hsping hissing accent Go their speech. When first addressed by the chief, fancied 1t simply sn individual case or hsping but every person in the camp doea likewise Another peculiarity of expres- sion that, while not peculiar to this par ticular camp, is made striking by reason ot its novelty to me at this time is the use ot the expression 70" as a term Of assent m lieu of the Persian "balli "-I Interior
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
GUTHRIE CONVENTION.
Adjournment Sine Die Only n Few Coun
 ftes Represeuted.

Adjournment Sine Die Only . Few Coun-
 ties Represented.
 GuTHRIE, Ox., Aug. 24-The Territorial convention adjourned late last night sine die. Only few counties out of the ten have been represented in the convention. This is accounted for by the jealousy of the south part of the Territory to Guthrie. The judiciary committee was among the last to report yesterday. Their report as adopted provides for a Supreme Court comprised of chief jus tice, two associate justices, a marshal and an attorney. The delegation appointed to present the memorial 10 Congress are {: Hon. Horace Speed, Chairman Green, Hon. D. T. Lowe, Acting Mayor Ross. A com mittee of fifteen members was ap- pointed to represent Oklahoma until new election will be held to ill their places. An executive committee was appointed 10 provide time and place for nominations for office of Territorial Government It was decided to elect a Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, x-officio, Attorney General, Judge and Legislature for ths Territory
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
No Bids Accepted.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-In the Navy Department yesterday bids were opened for five new cruisers. The Bath iron works of Maine pronosed to build three 2 900 ton vessels for s7s0. coo each, but with the addition of six months 10 the adver- tised time ttwo ysars). while Cramp & Son, of Philadelphia. proposed to build the same vessels for 1875, 900 each and two {. 00) ton vessels at Sl. 225, coo each. As the appropriation is limited by act of Con gress to &700, 900 each in the case of the 2.000 ton vessels and Sl, ,l00,0 0)0 for each of the 1000 ton vessels, none of the bids can be accepted, and the next move will be to felt in the result.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
Attempted Lynching.

WICHITA, Kan, Aug. 24-Bob Shy der, who murdered his wife and mother in-law at Eldorado August 10, was yes- terday placed in the jail at this place for safe keeping. Thursday night a desperate effort was made by the citizens of Eldo- rado 10 take Snyder from the jail in which he was confined in that city and hang him. and the prisoners life was saved on " by the officers getting him out of rear door while the mob was battering down the front of the jail From Edorado Snyder was taken to Leon and from there he was brought to Wichita, where he will remain until his trial comes up. and it is not likely that any further attempts will be paade on his life.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
Nothing Llke Leather.

BAN FRANCISCO Aug. 24-From the State University at Berksly comes q re- port of discovery made by one of the professors of the institution which, if true, will result in revolutionizing the leather industry. The claim is made that experiments have determined that certain combin ations of fat and oils with sulphur compounds when used for tanning have the effect of rendering leather impervious to water and SO pliable as to render it al- most indestructible. The assertion i. made that boots and shoes manufacsured of leather thus prepared will last i've times As lang sa tAs foot weag now on the mar ksV via no Asaiinasl eNst
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
Ms. Maybriok ana Her paramour.

LIVERPOOL. Aug. 24.--The official mes- senger bearing the announcement of the communication of Mrs. Maybrick's sentence did not reach the jail until two o'clock yesterday morning. The news was at once communicated to the pris- ouer, who betrayed some emotion, but not to the extent that was an- ticipated. The chaplain visited her at breakfast time The revuision of feeling had prostrated her and she seemed weaker than at any time since her arrest l. Is feared that she will not live long. Brier- ly, her alleged parsmouI sailed for Boston on the steamer hoythia, which lett Livsr. npnl xNaIxasT.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29
Fonr Women Marderers Hanged.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2L-The four murder CTS of women, Patrick Packenham, Jack Lewis (colored), James Nolan and Ferdi- nand Carolin, were hanged in the yard of he Tombs prison yesterday morning. There were two scaffolds and two men were hanged on each. Packenham and Nolan were first hanged on the scaffold which had been erected on the Franklin street side of the prison. The drop fel at 6:55 o'clock Eight minutes later Lewis and Carolin were hanging from the scaf- fold on the Leonard street side.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-29

To BR a philosopher is not merely to have Eahtlo thoughts. but SO to love wis" dom as to live aoeQgaing tp iSs alosatas '" aGageae
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-02
An OLD Time Partisan.

1t Is easy TO recall TO mind his familiar
figure as he sits, during the winter eve
nings, in his favorite corner.
In his easy chair, with pipe in hand and
his silver rmmed "specs" pus ed back
until they find soft resting place on his
beloved snow white head, with eyes spark
ling and facO beaming with pleasure as he
calls back old memories of days long gone
by, he Is likely to talk something after this
fashion:
'lt's a long time since was n boy. All,
but that was many years ago. SlXty long
years have gone and the good Lord knows
they were short enough. / was then as
spruce and pert as any chap there bouts.
"Oh, but we boys were boys! Things
have changed heap since those days.
Boys tlen didn't take much stock in
stylish clothes and they didn't carry canes
like they do now. Clothes and canes didn'
cut much caIer then, but it was good hard
sense> nd work.
The boy who could do the biggist day Is
work could cut the most wood, split inc
most rails, plow the most corn, was the
most envied, for he was sure to have the
sweetest and best lookin' gal at the sing
in school or apple pealin'.
81 tell you those were good old times
81 didn't think anything Of going thirty
mile or more to see your grandmother
and we didnt have very good roads either
Dub ENhbA any IdN W UNIV" oblA4N NaN -
dian tail.
"Talk.-' about sickness then. there was
no sicknecs like now. If we had cold, 6
pain, or anything. there was the best med
icine in the world found in any log cabin
home you came acre SIS. why, / remember
that my old grandmother. God bless hei
soul she's been dead these fifty years OF
more, could make the best home made
medicine for miles around. Her 'sarsapa
rilly couldn't be heat. Come 10 think
just read in the paper about somebody wht
is making this same old log cablu medicine
under the name of Warmers Log Cabin
Sarsaparilla.'
at does seem splendid TO think that yo'
can buy those good old home cures at thu
druggists nowadays.
"Mebbe you think people were no
healthy in those days, but tell you that
was mighty seldom any body was sick lonI
when they had such good old grandm othe
medicine 80 handy.
people used to be stronger, healthie
and they lived longer, when | was boy
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-02
Wilkie Collins at Work.

Mr.. Collins, says the Book Buyer, has
described the manner in which he
works out his plot and clothes this
framework with flesh and blood. He
used The Woman in White to illus
trate his method OF writing novels.
His first effort was to get his central
idea-"the pivot on which the story
turns" This occurred TO him in the
shape of conspiracy ia private life by
which woman is robbed of her iden-
tity by being confounded with another
woman whom she closely resembles.
lie next searched for and finally found
the three principal characters in the
drama, the conspirator and the two
women. Then began the process OF
building up the story, three things be-
ing borne in mind, Ito begin at the be-
ginning, TO keep the story always ad-
vancing, without paying the smallest
attention to the serial division in parts,
or to the book publication in volumes,
and TO decide on the end"
The first step was TO sketch the plot
in the mind-to decide in very gen.
eral way upon the development of the
story. The beginning of The Woman
in White" gave the author much
trouble He decided upon an opening
scene, and spent over week in writ
ing it out only TO throw it away. Nor
did any satisfactory idea suggest itself
to him until one evening he happened
to read in a newspaper of a lunatic who
had escaped from an asylum. Instantly
the possibility of using this incident
occurred to him, and he fell to work
upon a new beginning for the story.
After that all was comparatively
smooth work, the characters and the
details Of the plot being elaborated as
the story advanced. After six months
OF hard labor the tale was completed.