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The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
Cycling a. a Mean, of E,sro,...

The various notifications of the bi- cycle adapt it to both sexes, and in many cases invalids might be pleasantly helped by it to health again Pure air and cheery state are often more ef- fective than exercise or the most potent drugs
 As rule, bicycling is less desirable than horseback riding, but many per sons need the more quiet exercise, and many others can afford neither to keep nor to hire horse As for carriage riding, it is much too passive an exer- else for the needs of most, while the constrained posture is great drawback in any case
 As compared with bicycling, walking Is better for some persons, and not so good for others Walking is far less violent exercise, but the movement in either case brings into active use the muscles of the arms chest and back.
 Most people who can have the use of bicycle find walking too slow and irksome, and the mental state is an i'm portant factor in all physical exercise. = Youths Companion.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
The Treatment of pandrnr.

Dr. Edward Clarke states that he has had good results in persistent dandruf from the following treatment: The scalp should first be thoroughly washed with soap and hot water, and then thoroughly dried with warm and soft cloth. There should then be rubbed into the scalp a glycerine of tannin, of the strength of ten to thirty grains to the ounce. Very obstinate cases will require the higher strength of tannin. This process should be repeated twice week at first, once a week afterward. If tannin fails, as it will in some cases, then resort is had to resorcin. After the formation of dand- ruff has ceased the head should be rubbed daily with olive oil. containing to the ounce ten grains of carbolic acid and a dram of oil of cinnamon. Lancet
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
Oripi, of the Clearing House.

A correspondent asks: "When and where did she clearing house. originate?"
 In l775 the bankers of London rented a house in Lombard street and fitted it with tables and desks for the use of their clerks. as a place where bills, notes, drafts and other commercial paper might be exchanged without the trouble of per sonal visits of employees to all the metro politan banks Transfer tickets were used, and by means of this simple plan transactions involving many millions were settled without penny changing hands. The Bank of England and every other important bank in London are members of the Clearing House associ- ation The first clearing house in the United States was established by the as- sociated banks of New York in lS53.- St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
ARKANSAS NEWS.

In some uusccounfable maaDer Mir. Pink Cagle, of Dallas county, had bis shoulder dislocated while Tn bed asleep one nlght last week. Drs Sullivan, of Cove, and Means, of Bethesda Springs, attended him and restored the shoulder to place
 About half dozen 'kids, :" in Hot Springs, ranging between the ages Of 10 and IA years, managed to secure & dozen or so bottles of beer and they repaired to the base ball park, and proceeded to get on a great jag !" One became so drunk that his con- panions laid him out in the shade to sober up. The boys parents are trying to discover who the person is that sells intoxicants to them.
 At Hoxie Joseph Ball, of W. J. Ball < Son, of Opposition, Ark, was found dead on the track of the Kan sss City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad Saturday morning. There are many conflicting rumors. Many think he was murdered and thrown an the track and his body knocked off by the east-bound passenger train at 2:39 o'clock this morning. The Ball family is wi 1ely known in busi- ness circles.
 Ed. Wallace, colored, while cross ing the street from the Triangle sa- loon to the drugstore in Texarkana. Saturday came upon a broken wire which had fallen from the electric light poles overhead, he stopped and picked out the deadly wire, pre- suma- ply for the purpose of throwing it out of the way of passers by. As he strengthened up with the wire in his hand, his whole body was seen to quiver for a second, and then with an ear piercing shriek he fell to the earth dead.
 A large and enthusiastic meeting of cotton planters of the Newport district was held at Newport Satur- day. The object of the meeting was to settle on uniform price for the picking of this years cotton crop. After considerable discussion per maneut organization was made and president, vice president and secre- tary elected. A resolution was unan- imously adopted fixing tbe price to be paid for cotton picking at fifty cents per 100 pounds. The meeting adjourned to meet again at Newport September 12.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
"Mors Hog. and Les. H-ll."

Some years ago Senator Dan W. Voorhees,, of Indiana, was stumping in the state, and, as an argument against the prohibition ticket, he said in stentorisn voice: My friends, this is a great corn producing country, and l would like to know what you would do with the vast quantity of corn you raise if 1t was not for the distillers?" After pause he repeated, with great emphasis; ''I ask you, my farmer friends, what would you do with your corn if there was no whiskey made?"
 As the great orator was about to resume his speech, feeling that his inquiry had successfully settled the question in an unanswerable manner, an old farmer in the back part Of the audience exclaimed in loud voice: "I'll tell you-we'll Il raise more hogs and less hellin
 The orator was knocked out, and found difficulty in pursuing his speech. Price Current.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
THE GIANT PURSE CRAB.
He Climbs cocoanut Trees and Cracks thu
 Nuts Against Stones.

He Climbs Cocoanut Trees and Cracks the
 Nuts Against Stones.
 Tn the mining bureau may be seen q very fine specimen of the remarkable large land crab known as the purse crab, or Birgus latro. which is we'll preserved in glass jar. This is one of the largest species of land crab known. It is some times found from is to 24 inches in length when fully stretched out, and is capable of erecting itself to the height of nearly foot from the ground, which it readily does if irritated, retreating and exhibiting to the utmost it's powers of offense and defense.
 It is somewhat allied to the hermit crab. but having the abdomen or tail shorter, yet very large, on the under side of which it carries it's eggs in immense quantities. It's under side is soft and membranous, it's upper surface covered with strong plates, which overlap one another as in Holsters. The first pair of legs have large and powerful pincers; the second and third pairs of legs are terminated by single nail; the pair next 10 them are a little smaller, with si...:S.n.. pincers; the pair of legs :s@a-.,sfssss to the abdomen are very small, but terminated by parliamentary pincers.
 When leased this crab is so powerful in it's first claws and legs as to be able to cling to stick, and can hold its own weight to be carried for over half hour before letting go, It can travel about as fast backward iis forward if pursued. It is generally of yellowish brown color, it's limbs being, however, covered with little blackish projections.
 It is never found far from the sea, to which it is said to pay visits in order to moisten its gills, but 1t always resides on land, and is generally found in holes un- der the roots of trees. especially of cocoa nut trees, which it prefers, and where it accumulates great quantities of the fibers of the cocoanut husks, as if to keep itself warm or for a soft bed. As a general thing the purse crab stays in these holes during the daytime and comes out at night.
 Its food generally consists of cocoa nuts, also the nuts of a species of palm known as Pandanus odorotismus, and other nuts, which it climbs the trees to procure, cutting the cocoanut from the tree with it's heavy claws, and after it has cut down two or three it descends and commences to pull the husk from them.
 In its manner of dealing with cocoa nuts it exhibits a remarkable instinct, as it always begins to tear off the husk at the end where the eyes are. It then makes hole through the eye from which the nut would germinate. This is done by striking the fruit with it's heavy claw and breaking it sufficiently to admit one of the small legs, by which it scoops out the nut with its small pin cers. Sometimes it seizes the nut by one of it's great pincers and breaks it against stone.
 The purse crab is found in the mount aims and in the more eastern islands of the Indian ocean, as well as on some of the islands of the South Pacific, more es- pecially in the Caroline islands, which are low coral group.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
Detecting IA Thief.

"John Napier" Miss Warrender tells us, ''pursued his studies and researches in Merchiston. He was supposed by the vulgar to be deeply versed in magic, and to possess a familiar in the shape of a jet black cock. The story goes that once when some petty thefts had been com mitted in the castle, of which one of the servants was suspected, Napier brought them all up the winding stairs into a darkened room. where the cock was placed. He commanded them to stroke it's back, declaring that it would crow at the touch of the guilty person. During the whole ceremony the cock remained silent, but afterward the hand of the culprit was found to be free from the soot with which the birds feathers had been liberally sprinkled."
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
Fair Weather Wives.

l know wife who is waiting, safe and sound in her fathers home, for her young husband to earn the money single-handed to make 8 home worthy of her acceptance. She makes me think of the first mate of ship who would stay on shore until the captain tested the ability of his vessel to weather the storm. Back to your ship, you cowsrdly onel If the boat goes down, go down with 1t, but do not count yourself worthy of any fair weather you did not help to gsin
 A woman who will do all she can 10 win mans love merely for the profit his purse is going to be to her, and will desert him when the cash runs low, is bad woman and car ries bad heart in her bosom. Why, you are never really welded until you have dark days together. What earthly purpose would a cable serve that never was tested by a weight? Of what use is the tie that binds welded hearts together if, like a filament of floss, it parts when the strain is brought to bear upon il? It is not when you are young, my dear, when the skies are blue and every wayside weed flaunts sum- mer blossom, that the story of your life is recorded. It is when "Darby and Joan" are faded and wasted and old. When poverty has nipped the roses, when trouble and want and care have flown like uncsnny birds over their heads (but never yet nested in their hearts, thank God), that the complete chronicle of their lives furnishes the record over which approving Heaven smiles and weeps. Chicago Herald.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
The Latest London Dance.

A new and favorite dance just now iu London is called the "Barn Dance," and it has music of it's own. Hand in hand, held as for minuet, the couple advance, making two steps forward, and then wheel round as for waltz; the steps are repeated, the waltz-like twirl also, and so on. Then, even in quiet, respectable pri- vate houses, the pas de quatre IS danced, but, as it seems to be almost a muscular effort, led on by brilliant music, to kick the chandelier, but few ladies are reckless enough to at- tempt it, ard they leave it to swell the triumphs of premiere danseuse on the stage. Nevertheless, there is an evident reaction in ball rooms against the crawling, lazy sort of movements into which dancers of late years have been allowed to de- generate.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
A paospgcroa,s STOLEN FORTUNE.

Bandits Compel Forty -ninere to Re-
 veal the Hiding Place of s10o. 900.
 "The good old days are gone" sighed the Forty-niner, land they'll never come again. When youths pulse beats high with pleasure, when the sky is clear and there are no black and lowering clouds on the horizon, when, in short, man feels that all he has to do to acquire a controlling interest in the earth is to apply at the office and hand in his name, then-why, then life is worth living"
 Whats the matter?' inquired
 i've been thinking again. tell you, my boy, it doesn't pay an old man to think. If he can remember without thinking he's all right, but when he gets to comparing the present with the past he's in bad way, and he's sure to get downhearted."
 California"
 "Yes. Can't help it. I will be think ing of the days of 49, spite of all can do. Here am, getting on toward three score years and ten, and I've only got enough money to procure the necessities of life. And who is thankful for thati Who is grateful for roast beef and pota- toes when he has an appetite for terrapin and champagne? And yet once l had more money than could have spent dur ing my whole life"
 How was thatT
 "In 1851 was prospecting in Califor- mia, and struck it rich. My partner and located claim that had millions in it, apparently We didn't have capital enough to work it, and so we went up to Frisco to find purchaser. We found him too His name was Moore, and he was we'll known character on the coast He had made couple of mill ions working mine he had bought for $500 We'll we convinced him we had good thing. and he gave us $200,00 in gold coin for it. was afraid to deposit my share anywhere, so l loaded 1t in four bags on cart and drove down to San Jose In the hills back of the town was cave had discovered year be- fore. It was so situated that it couldn't be discovered except by accident.
 'I buried the money in corner of the cave and went gleefnlly back to San Jose. As soon as got into town party of Mexican bandits captured me and in formed me that if didn't conduct them to my buried treasure l was dead man. Life was sweet to me at that time, and l didn't hesitate. They dug up my $100 GOO, gave me 5000 to keep me from want and rode off to the southward. l never saw any of them again for ten years, when met one of the band in Los An geles. We had friendly conversation, in the course of which asked him how he and his companions knew that pes sessed the treasure.
 "'You couldn't have seen me carry it to the cave. 1 said. for if you had there would have been no need of taking me prisoner.
 No he replied. it was your hands.
 My hands?
 "'Yes. was in saloon where you were taking a drink, and l saw your hands were tarnished. "-Chicago Post.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
What a pouua of Coal win Do.

A curious and interesting calcula. ton has been made by Prof Rogers, oi Washington, D. C., on the dyna- mic power of coal, According to the professor, single pound Of good steam coal has within it dynamic power equivalent to the work of one man for one day. Three tons of the same coal represent mans labor for a period Of twenty years, and one square mile of seam of coal, having a depth of four feet only, represents as much work as ,000, ,000 men can perform in twenty years.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
Hats and Heads.

It has been noticed by MT. Henry Heath, who sends hats all over the world, from Calcutta to Peru, that different na- tionalities possess heads of distinctive sizes and shapes. For instance, Germans have very round heads, peculiarity shared by our own royal family. The average English head is what matters call good shape-that is, rather long. The Scotch, one is not surprised to learn, are very long headed. Canadians are dis tinguished by exceptionally large heads, South Americans by very small ones. Australians, again, have rather small heads. The subject is an interesting one, and worth pursuing further if space al lowed The heads of individuals also vary good deal from time to time, shrinking during illness or mental worry, and generally becoming smaller with ad vancing years. As to shape, there is such thing as fashion, but it only affects mashers; men stick to much the same shape year after year.-Pall Mall Ga zptta
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
Diamond smugglers' Devices.

Diamonds are smuggled into this country by good many strange de- vices," remarked a voluble customs official the other day. Not long ago l examined the baggage of newly ar rived tourist and found in it a beautiful set of silver mounted brushes. Curiosity prompted me to lift one. heard some thing rattle and investigated, with the result that found over S2 900 worth of stones concealed in the backs of these brushes. Another individual had the heels of his boots hollowed out and fitted with drawer which he filled with dia- monds. One day one of the heels came off and disclosed the hiding place of a number of valuable jewels. ."-New York Telegram.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
Races in Brazil.

The pure whites of Brazil comprise about 35 per cent. of the total popula- tion; 25 per cent. or so are negroes, and about 35 per cent. mul"' 'oes, while the remainder are aboriginal Indians. In the northern provinces the Indians are most numerous, and in Rio de Janeiro, Bahai, Pernambuco and Minas the ne- groes are to be found in great numbers. The greater part of the Europeans in Brazil (who live in the seaport towns and the adjacent provinces) are those from the Latin races, chiefly the Portuguese and Spanish. h.-Detroit Free Press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27

Bayless W. Hanna, who died the other day, was probably the most re- markable talker and story teller the state ever produced. Two of his neighbors were discussing him one day, when an old crony said: Bay less is a great individual" Don't speak of him that way" said a famous politician in a tone of mock reproof. ''Bayless is not an indi- yidual; he'san institution" Strange to record, inc paralysis that carried him off deprived the once great talker Of speech for almost year before the end came. e.-Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
An Emperor's Idea of Women.

The German emperor has any thing but liberal views concerning the advancement of women, and has declared frankly that "for his part he preferred woman with a talent for making jams to one who had an appetite for discussing the constitu' tion." His worthy spouse sets an example to all devoted wives by in- sisting despite the demands of her exalted social place on preparing Der husbands coffee with her own royal hands. No one is allowed to serve him in this capacity except herself, even though he is frequently obliged to leave the palace on military busi- ness at the uncomfortable hour of 6 :30 in the morning.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
Every Man His Own Mint.

The money of Chili at present is peculiar. Mir. Hoffman has his pocketfull of it. It consists of small tags of pasteboard, on which man writes the value for which he is willing to redeem it, putting his name on the back. It then begins to circulate until it finally gets back to the source from which it eman- ated. - Boston Transcript.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27

placed a ring with the name of the place and date on the leg of the male bird, in order to be certain that the same bird returned each year. This spring the stork came back to it's customary place, the bearer of two rings. The second one bore the in- scription: India sends greetings to Germany"
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
In the Minority.

An African traveller was recounting to company his hairbreadth escapes in the jungles and savannas about the great equatorial lake region. He had encountered there, he said, the most savage and bloodthirsty men in the world.
 "As we were marching" the traveller related, from Nmgosji to Gohangbo, we suddenly found ourselves in the midst of a most terrible and desperate combat And what oddsl Ten to one?'
 "Were you one of the ten?" asked a bystander.
 ''Sir," said the explorer, grandilo- quently, "I wish you to understand that was one of the one. Youths Con- panion.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
LAcRYMH aERuM.

O. Time and Change, they range and range From sunshine round to thunder! They glance and go as the great winds piow. And the best of our dreams drive asunder' For Time and Change estrange. estrange- And now they have looked and seen us, o we that were dear, we are all-too near With the thick and the world between us- O, Death and Time, they chime and chime Like bells at sunset falling They end the song, they right the wrong, They set the old echoes calling; For Death and Time bring on the prime Of Gods own chosen weather. And we lie in the peace of the Great Release As once in the grass together. w. E. Henley in New York Commercial Ad-
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
How the People of sangir Keep Time.

The people of Sangir, an island of the Malay Archipelago, keep time by the aid of an hour glass formed by arranging two bottles neck to neck The sand runs out in half an hour, when the bottles are reversed. Close by them line is stretched, on which hang twelve sticks marked with notches from one to twelve, with hooked stick, which is placed be- tween the hour last struck and the next one One of these glasses keeps the time for each village, for which purpose the hours are sounded on gong by keeper. London Tit-Bits
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
Deserved His Fate.

Justice (to prisoner)--I see you have jug there. Is that the whisky that made you drunk?
 Prisoner-Yes, your honor.
 Justice-Pass it here. I'll sam pic it.
 Bailiff-Pass the jug to his honor.
 Justice (after long pulD-The prisoner gets twelve months or the cbsingaug. Any man who would get drunk on good whiskey like thst, and run the risk of losing the jug, is irresponsible, and should be taken care of. Clear the courtl Atlanta Constitution.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
What an "Inoh" of Rain Means.

Few people can form definite idea of what is involved in the expression, "An inch of rain" It may aid such to follow this curious calculation: An acre is equal to 6,272, $40 square inches; an inch deep of water on this area will be as many cubic inches of water, which, at 227 to the gallon, is 22,000 gallons This i'm mense quantity of water will weigh 220,- 900 pounds, or 100 tons. One-hundredth of an inch (0.0D alone is equal to one ton of water to the acre.-St. Louis Republic.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
Method In 1t.

''But are you not taking consider able risk in letting your young men owe you two or three weeks board?"
 "Yes, there is some risk," an- swered Mrs. Hashcrof. But then, you see, they worry over it so that they lose their appetites. So I save money in the long run. ."-Indiansp- oils Journal
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27

The greatest density of population is in the area which has from forty to fifty inches of yearly rainfall On either side. as the rainfall increases or decreases the maximum of the country being above seventy inches and the minimum below ten inches-the population dimin- ishas
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
True Love in Boston.

Emersonia-Charles has gone to Europe and l shall not hear from him until his return.
 Why, how is that3 Won't he write to you?
 Emersonis-No. His epistolatory style is so defective that told him not co do so. His letters would alienste my affections.-Munsey's Weekly.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27
Helping Him.

She-Oh, won't you tie my four in-hand for me, please?
 He-I am afraid l can't. l can tie my own tie easily enough, but, the process being reversed in tying any oues else, l get all entangled.
 She-But if--if you were to stand behind me, it would not be reversed then, would it?-Indianapolis Jour nal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-08-27

As early as the campaign in Spain, in 1867, in support of Peter the Cruel, and also in the following reign of Richard II, the English soldier appears to have been in white and with red cross of St. George on his breast and back. In 1461 there is evidence of red being adopted for small number of men at least, when contingent for the army of the king maker (the Earl of Warwick) was sent from Rye dressed in red coats