The Russellville Democrat., 1890-08-21
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

being canned in California
 It is said that the city Of Richmond, Va. with ioo. coo inhabitants. has no city hospital or public dispensarY.
 "A Kansas man who went to Wash ington to secure foreign appointment is manipulating grip on a cable train.
 Queen ysetorias $ dinner hoHr is not until nine in the evening. At about eleven she retires to her private apart mentz
 The schooner Polly, Of Owls Head, Me, Is said 10 De the oldest wooden vessel afoak She was built in lg0z, al Amesbury, Mass
 In Port Lincoln, Australia, arc found the largest edible oysters in the world some of them measure 3 foot across the she'll and their flavor is de- licious.
 Florida pineapple growers are said to have netted from s4 to Sc. 50 per acre on their crops this season. much larger acreage will De devoted to the crop next season.
 "A farmer of Montgomery County, Ohio. in moving around wheat field so as 10 set reaper to work uncovered & nest from which three quail hens few, revealing ninety quail eggs.
 --It is said of Constance Fenimore Woolson that she has decision of speech, downrightness, a charming way of going to the root of a matter that makes her a delightful companion.
 "A PlafnYiew{ Adams County, Pa. Bman is the possessor Of q turkey hen that laid ten eggs while she was matching. she matched out an even dozen of young turkeys, and she still laying an egg every day.
 There is large farm in Mississippi in which there is only ono old whip. and that is not used The owner will ! not permit the whip to be used on any of the stock, and the farm does well and the animals work with will without feeling the lash
 "A Georgia editor. says the Atlanta Constitution, borrowed mule to plow his garden. When quiet was restored the editor was found under an outhouse, four panels of fence were gone and the mule was eating roasting ears in a Ae3E boEAH2 INIh pdASI-
 The St James Gazette makes the statement that there is schism in the English Church as to what one's ghost is one side holding that it has an ex- istence Of its own, and can walk abroad as it likes, the other party thinking that IL Is begotten by the relation be- tween the minds of two living persons thatit is, in fact ''co-operative hallu- cination." !"
 Nineteen years ago a Gratiot County, Mich, farmer refused to let his daughter go to a candy pull She went though and remained away. Last week she drove up to her fathers door. lifted out her eleven children, coollY took of her wraps and astonished her father by declaring that sue had concluded to re- turn and stay home, and hereafter be an obedient daughter
 Captain Frank Cunningham, collect or of taxes at Richmond, Va, intends to sing at his own funeral He has sung at 3s5 funerals during the last two years He intends to Sing certain songs into 3 phonograph and let the instrument of fciate at the ceremonies preceding his burial. He has chosen Home Of the Soul" and Good Night as the songs to be delivered at that time.
 The best feature Of modern philan- thropy is what it is doing for the chil- dren. The little ones never had so good a time as they have now. Men and women of means and leisure are striving to lift the shadow from the lives of the offspring of the poor. and among the happy movements of the day are those which go in the direction of giving them days and weeks in the country. y.-London Edition Herald.
 In Geneva, at a circus, a female trapeze performer, Mile Mathilde, as- tonished the natives every night by her performance with a youth of about sev- enteen high up in the air One evening this youth, by his own carelessness, slipped from the hands of the girl, who hung by her knees A dry of horror arose from the audience. when she luck fly caught him with her teeth by the embroidery over the breast of his tights. She pulled him up into sitting position on the trapeze. then boxed his ears viz OibA5tf anu u2aNc A4hl Sp bAEouEA tlt performance again--this time without fault.
 The new Boston city directory con tains some interesting names Among them may be mentioned George Wash ington. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson. James Madison. James Monroe. John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson, Mar tin Van Buren, William IL Harrison, John Tyler, Franklin Pierce, James, Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln and Ben jamin Harrison Literature is repre- sented by William Shakespeare, Walter Scott Sydney Smith, Robert Burns Charles and Mary Lamb. Thomas Moore, George Eliot Alexander Pope. John Milton, Francis Bacon, Joseph Addison and Henry W. Longfellow. Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and Benjamin Franklin are also alive and well
 Its Excellent Qualities Commend to public approval the California liquid fruit remedy Syrup Of Figs. IL is pleasing to the eye, and to the taste and by gently acting on the kidneys, liver and bow els, it cleanses the system effectually, there by promoting the health and comfort of all who use 1t.