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The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09
Free wool Absolutely Necessary.

This is the only Government in the world that imposes duty on raw wool; and yet it has an immense surplus reve- nue. There is no duty on raw cotton. New cotton manufactories are springing up all over the country, at least all over one part of it, and the owners thereof are making money. Woolen manu- factories, on the contrary, are not only diminishing in number, but they are suspending operations, and their owners are breaking. Nor do the number of sheep, nor the profits of sheep raisers, increase under the alleged protection afforded by the tariff Indeed, so in- furious has the high tariff on wool proved to both wool growers and wool manufacturers that large numbers of both have united in petition to Con gress for the removal of that tariff, so that they may at least be put upon an equal footing with the cotton growers and cotton manufacturers. -Alexandris (Val Gazette.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09
INVENTED BY CHANCE.
Now Many Useful Secrets and Possibili-
 ties Were Revealed.


 An alchemist when experimenting in earths for the making of crucibles found that he had invented porcelain, and a watchmaker's apprentice, while holding a spectacle glass between his thumb and forefnger, noticed that through 1t the neighboring buildings appeared larger, and thus discovered the adaptability of the lens to the tele- scope.
 A Nuremberg glass-cutter one day, by accident, dropped little aqua fortts up- on his spectacles, and finding that 1t corroded and softened the glass, con- ceived the idea of etching upon it. He drew figures upon the glass with yarnish, applied the fluid and cut away the glass about the drawing. When the varnish was removed the figures ap- peared raised upon dark ground.
 The process of whitening sugar was never known until hen walked through clay puddle, and then strayed into the sugar house. Her tracks were, of course left in the piles of sugar, and when it was noticed that the spots where she had stepped were whiter than the rest, the process of bleaching sugar with clay was adopted.
 An English stationer once adopted a fanciful mode of dressing his window, by placing in it piles of stationery so arranged that pyramids should be formed. In order to finish these piles accurately, he cut some cards, to bring them to a point. Some of these cards were sold for writing paper, and as they were too small, when folded, to be ad- dressed, the stationer invented envel- opes to contain them.
 The wife of an English paper-maker one day dropped blue-bag into one of the vats of pulp. When the workmen saw the colored paper they were aston ished, and their employer was so angry at the mischance that his wife did not dare confess her agency in bringing it about.
 The paper was stored for years, as a damaged lot, and finally the manufact- urer sent it to his agent in London, tell ing him to sell it at any price. Fashion at once marked it for her own. It was rapidly sold at an advanced rate, and the manufacturer found it difficult to supply, at once, the great demand for colored paper.
 Thus it seems that Dame Fortune looks out for her children. and when they are slow in learning useful secrets and possibilities, drops a word of advice in their way, so that they can not choose but read it--Youth's Companion.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09
THE SHERMAN BILL.
Its Only Object Is to Make Text for
 Bioody-shirt Speeches.

Its Only Object Is to Make a Text for
 Bioody-shirt Speeches.
 Senator sherman has reintroduced his Federal Election bill, in substantial ly the same form as a year ago Briefly summarized, it takes the control of the election of Congressmen entirely away from the people of State, and turns it over to canvassing and electoral boards appointed for life by the President Of course the Northern States will not submit to such treatment. Indeed, all that it seems necessary to say about the scheme was so we'll said a year ago by the Worcester Spy, that we reprint it's comments as covering the whole ground:
 Senator Sherman's plan would establish new and distinct system of registration and election in every State entirely independent of and separate from the State election system; and this intrusion of an external authority and substitution of novel and separate cleo tion machinery for that which is familiar, established by State authority, and conducted by local officers, would be unweleomed and irrf- tating everywhere, and not least in those States and communities where elections have always been conducted with substantial fair ness. The plan of giving to members Of can vassing and electoral boards life tenure will scarcely commend itself io the general judg. ment. As politicians having personal or party ends to serve they might easily be led into misconduct which would make their continu- ance in office undesirable, but would not per haps, be sufficient to insure their removal by Impeachment, Altogether Mir sherman has not, by this bin, enhanced his reputation for statesmsnship.
 Of course men like Senator Sherman and "Billn Chandler can not expect the passage of such schemes as they advo- cate, because their own States of Ohio and New Hampshire would not submit to such treatment Why, then, do they bring them fo:ward2 Apparently for no other reason than to make them the text for bloody-shirt speeches. But this is as short-sightcd from the politicians point of view as from the statesman's. So far as the South is concerned, the agitation of such propositions insures it's continued solidity for the Democrats, while, instead of making the North solid for the Republicans, the readiness of Republican leaders to support such schemes renders independent voters more and more suspicious of the party. In short, il. is clearly losing game all around. IN Y. Evening Post
 President Harrison is q preposter- ous failure and John Wanamaxer is his prophet. IN. |. sun.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09
STARTLING CONTRAST.
The Difference Between George Washing-
 toA and Benny Harrison.

ton and Benny Harrison.
 The hundredth anniversary of the in auguration of the first President of the United States finds his place filled by 3 descendant of one of the men who worked with him for independence and freedom. The spirit which then governed in the conduct of the affairs of the Executive Department is indicated in the inaugural address of the first President
 s'To the preceding observations have one to add which will be most properly addressed to the House of Representa-
 tives, he said in concluding. When was first honored with g call into the service of my country, then on the eve of an arduous struggle for it's liberties, the light in which l contemplated my duty required that I should renounce every pecuniary compensation. From
 this resolution have in no instance de- parted, and being still under the inn
 pressions which produced 1t l must de- cline as inapplicable to myself any share in the personal emolnments which may be indispensably included in a perma- nent provision for the Executive De- partment, and must accordingly pray that the pecuniary estimates for the
 station in which 1 am placed may, dur ing my continuance in if, be limited to such actual expenditures as the public good may be thought to require"
 The spirit of the present Administra-
 tion has been not less clearly indicated
 by the action of the President in ap- pointing to the head of his Cabinet a
 man who, in trading on his trust as
 Speaker of the House of Representa- tives, wrote: You urge me to make as
 much as fairly can out of the arrange
 ment into which we have entered. It is
 natural that should do my utmost to that end"
 The first President would not even | take money from the Government for
 his own work. The present Administra- tion finds it only natural to do it's ut most to make all 1t can out of the ar rangement into which 1t has entered.
 The President, drawing his full salary ' of $50, 900 year, devotes himself to the 1 work of earning it with zeal in finding lucrative places for his horde of impecu | nious relatives They make all they | can out of the arrangement--from the l President and his poor kin; from the Vice President and his buffet" with it's I twenty-cent whisky: from the Postmas- | ter-General using his Cahinet place to | advertise his bargain counter; from the | Department of State with it's puffs for | wine dealers; from the Secretary of Az | riculture with his advertisements for | yeast powders, issued from the Govern ment press as official documents, to the l petty bosses of Missouri Congressional l districts, who use their power as1depu- I ty presidents to sell fourthclass post offices at S25-Sl5 cash and S10 on de- | livery
 American history is full of sharp con trasts, but there are none sharper than
 that brought out by the memorial exer- l cises in the House of representatives l the other day.--St. Louis Republic.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09
rrwnt ana Jerusalem, vis the Azores,
 xsaf.raIfnr. NnnleA and Rome.


 A tour of ladies' and gentlemen to visit che East. The ocean steamer "Circassian, n 4274 tons. has been chartered to start with the uartv from New York February 10. Re- turn. through France, England and Scot land about May 6th. The second section arriving in New York not far from June 7th
 The main tour will cost less than $500 in its cheapest form. Radiatory excursions to Ephesus. Constantinople, Vienna, &c., can be added to the route for reasonable in crease of expense.
 R0lIo Floyd, the prince of Syrian Drago- men. win have chargeof the Oriental sec. ton; and Messrs Gaze S Son, of London, have been engaged to manage the European section Rev Dr. c. K. Thomas, an ex, perienced director of foreign tours, will have general charge en route A number of young ladies have already been booked, as Mrs. Thomas will have charge of a depart ment for them.
 This will be the most for the money ever before offered in this line. For further particulars address Geo. May Powell, P. Q. box TOO, Philadelphia, Pa
 EoTE.-A ten days special trip from Cairo to Karnak is also provided for.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

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 Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrint,,. K legitimate medicine, carefully eom,r.s [ by an experienced and sliliful pb,s and adapted to woman's delicate ss.s o,s.. ton. It is purely vegetable in its ear. s-.s N ton and perfectly harmless in any cosSs of the system.
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 For an Illustrated Treatise on r.... of Women, 150 pages, (sent sealed in IT. N. envelope, enclose ten cents in .,,~.. f... to WORLDS DIsPESsARY MEDICAL l,s ssss CLAYTON, No, 663 Main Street hs.s N. Y.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

pr. "A. T. SHALLEN BENGEH,
 Rochester, Pa. Dear SH:--i Wlsh you to send me a bottle of your Antidote for Malaria, which sec advertised in the Meth, oafst 4drocdte, Chattanooga, Tenn, and which I can not get here. Fifteen years ago my mother had third-day chills, and after trying the doctors and other medi, cines without relief, friend recommended your Antidote; she tried it, and one dose effected permanent cure Truly yours,
 J. & EDWARDS,
 Pastor NJ. F.. Church.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09
Syrup of Figs,

juice of California figs, combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, acts gently, on the kidneys, liver and bowels, eff fectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds and headaches, and curing habitual constipation.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09
Con,umption Surely Cured.

To THE EDITOR Please inform your readers that have positive remedy for the above named disease By it's timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy FREE to any of your readers who have consumption if they will send me their express and post-office address Respectfully, T. A. SLocUM, Nj. C.,
 161 Pearl street. New York
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09
- --aW----777'''7- CATARRH.
catarrl,al Deafncss-Hay Fever--A New
 Home Treatment.

FfOHHf TftdfHftHts
 Sufferers are not generally aware thae these diseases are contagious, or that they ara due to the presence of living parasites ir the lining membrane of the nose and GUS sachian tubes. Microscopic research; however, has proved this to be a fact, aud the result of this discovery is that simple remedy has been formulated whereby Catarrh. Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness are permanently cured in from one to three simple applications made at home by the patient once in two weeks.
 N. B.-This treatment is not a snun or an ointment: both have been discarded bY reputable physicians as injurious. A pamph- let explaining this new treatments sent on receiut of three cents in stamps to pay postage by A. H. Dixon & Son, cor. of John and King Street, Toronto, Canada---Chr's' fidn Adrocate.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

A GOOD many people publicly thank the Lord for their prosperity, who would be very mad if somebody should suggest that they were not mainly responsible for it themselves. Journal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

THE girls give little thought to the affairs of state, but when the subject is bachelors they know how to reduce the surplus Binghamton Herald.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

A CouGH, CoLD, OR SORE THROAT should not be neglected. BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRooHEs are simple remedy, and give prompt relief 25 cts. box.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

ARE as small as homeopathic pellets, and as easy to take as sugar Everybody likes them. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too hearty eating is relieved at once by taking one of Carter's Little Liver Pills immediate ly after dinner. Don't forget this.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

PERHAPS one strong objection to women as walters is that they can not even be spoken to without preliminary tip.-Bal- timore American
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

A CONTEMPORARY defines an optimist as 6 woman who has a new winter cloak and bonnet, and a pessimist as a woman who has neither.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09
oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.

Mild, equitable climate, certain and abundant crops. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country in the world. Fullinformation free. Address Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

THE man W hopreaches without advancing d new idea or making an old one clearer is Q misfit and ought to be Jumped off to the auctioneer- Milwaukee Journal
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

For biliousness, sick headache, indigestion, and constipation. take Dr. Pierce's Pellets.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

WHEN you truly and devotedly love a girl who is as rich as she is pretty, its nara
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09
Ind summer's rose has faded

AN engagement is very fragile thing 1t can not be dropped without breaklnR it. -.Tcrre Haute Express
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

DON'T swear you know thing IS true because you believe it. You wouldn't know yon were living if your wife didn't pun your hair sometimes Texas Siftings.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

ELEPHANTS have been known to live to the age of 400 years. Moral-Y Young man don't be in too muchof a hurry to see the elephant He'll keep.-Boston Transcript.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09
HAcKrrr. AnKAxsAs. Aug. 20, 1ss

IT takes good deal of sand to perpetrate some sugar frauds.-Hutchinson fKan1
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

Ir is interesting to note how poker is per meating our best society. When one lady goes 10 see another sha calls. .-Mercnant Traveller
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

TIeHr shoes may be classed ss articles ot hard wear
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

WREN lightning strikes it admits of no arbitration. Burlington Free Press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

A GRAND JURY never goes behind the re- turns in finding it's counts.-N. 0. Picayune.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

POCKET pin-cushion free to smokers of "Tansills Punch' 5c. Cigar.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

DEATH is Gods angel of birth. We fear hirn. The dying stretch out loving hands of hope towards hin. -Macdon- aid.
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should carefully read the above
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

BBsT place to hold the Worlds Fair right around the waist.--Boston Herald
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

What shall make 1t fair againl
 When the face with pain is shaded
 What shall drive away the patnf
 Never shall a blossom brighten
 After bligbted by the frost,
 But the load of pain may lgbten,
 And we need not count as lost all the pleasure of life when the wife and mother, upon whom the happiness of home so largely depends, is afflicted with the del- icate diseases peculiar to women. 1t IS ter rible to contemplate the misery existing in our midst because of the prevalence of these diseases It is high time that all women should know that there is only one sure remedy for all female complaints, and that is Dr. Perce's Favorite Prescription. Do not allow ill-health to fasten itself upon you. Ward it of by the use of this stand ard remedy. But if it has already crept in put it to rout You can do it, by the use of the 'tFavorite Prescriptions It is gudr- antsed to give satisfaction in every case, or money paid for it will be returned
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

--- President Harrison IS preposter- ous failure and John Wanamaker is his prophet N. |. sun
The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-09

' ~ WHEN WRITING Tu ADvEltTisi.isA 2 .ts,e thAt you saw shS AdreF'iss'-sA' paper.
, 1890-05-21
~sALIsBURY,s SPECTRE.
Socialist Legislation In the House OF
Lords.

LONDON, May 2O.-In the house Of
lords today the earl of Weymess aud
March denounced the tendency of the
government towards socialist legislation.
1t was not land alone, but every kind OF
property that was threatened. Freedom
Of contract and freedom of private enter
prise were assailed. Salisbury admitted
the existence of a strong tendency to lean
upon every occasion, against this he said
statesmen must guard. Too much i'm
portaGce was attached to the spectre of
socialism. The public could be trusted to
find out what practical good lies behind
socialist doctrines, nobody not absolutely
blind could deny the existence OF great
evils from which arose socialistic pro-
posals and action We are bound to do
all we can to remedy these evils even if
we are called socialists. knowing we are
undertaking no new principle or striking
out on no new route, but are simply pur-
suing the long and healthy tradition of
English legislation
, 1890-05-21
Cattle Exporters PUZZLED.

New YORK, May 2O.-Cattle export
ers are being ground between two mill
stones. Willie the price of cIttle has
been rising, it has been falling on the
other side. Compared with a yea- ago,
the price of beef has fallen three. quarters
of a cent per pound, while on this side it
it has risen one and a half cents. On Sat
urday the quotations in the Liverpool
market was six cents per pound, and on
this side seven and a half cents, In the
face Of this difference the shippers find
themselves compelled to continue sending
ing cattle abroad for the reason that they
have engaged all the freight room they
could secure up to August !, at $40 a
head. Thus, il they do not ship they
will lose 500 a head, and if they do ship
they will lose nearly as much. 1t is 3
serious condition Of affairs and unless q
compromise can be effected with steamers,
many small shippers will go to the wal
soon
, 1890-05-21

KANSAS CRY, May 2O.-City Treasur-
er Peake was suspended from Office this
evening, a shortage of between SIT, 600
and $4,000 having been discovered in
his accounts. Peske was elected to the
office as Democrat two years ago and re
elected this spring. It's the custom
upon the installment OF the city council to
appoint a committee to examine into the
condition of the financial department of
the city, therefore, when the committee
was appointed last week to examine into
Peake's accounts no surprise was occa-
stoned until it was noticed thai the city
treasurer was devotiDg an extraordinary
amount OF time over his books. This oc-
cssione1 rumors and Mayor Holmes and
Comptroller Hobbs today made hasty in
quiry which resulted in Peake's suspen-
sion pending official investigation.
, 1890-05-21
SEVERE STORMS.
Great Damage Done by the
Flood in Pennsylvania
The Kansas City Treasurer
$4,000 Short.
Carney's Challenge to All the
~Lightweights.

SUsoUEHANNA, Pa, May 20.-This
place and vicinity was today visited by
one of the most severe rain storms in Its
history. B~asemepts were flooded, roads
cut up and gardens destroyed. Railroad
tracks were submerged and bridges car
ried away. The damage was large.
WMKEsBARRE, Pa, May 2O.-The
unusually heavy rain that has been pour
ing down this valley for the past two
days has caused a great deal of damage to
thus city aud throughout the country. All
railroad tracks at foothills and other
places are washed out and covered with
dirt and sand and trains are delayed on
all roads. A dispatch from Plymouth
says all collieries are obliged to shut down.