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The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21

ist among any other people on the globe, said P. l.. Heil. of Chihua hua, Mex, at St Louis. While 1t is true that a majority of those occupying the highest social and political positions in the country are descendants of the proud old aristo- cratic Spaniards, yet it is equally true that a great many others of wealth and acknowledged leader ship have come up from the lower ranks by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune or erup- ton of evolution. Un- like the American, the Mexican who acquires fame and fortune never forgets or neglects his poor kin. And, unlike the American again, he treats his more impecunious relatives in queer way. He takes them into his household as servants, giving to them the most menial service, but never denying the relationship or attempting to conceal it. I know of many instances where a rich Mexi- cans mother is his cook, his sister his house girl, and his father or brother his butler. The American would either disown them altogether or put them on an equal footing with himself. In this regard, you must admit, the Democracy of Mex leo is purer than that so loudly boasted of in this country ."-Globe
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The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
How Co Be Aristocrntic.

As a rule real eighteen karat fine artisocracy can not be concealed. It will protrude on all occasions to a degree. If you wish to be aristo- cratic at all times act contrary to the desire of the rest of humanity. If there seems to be a general demand for silence, as at the theatre for in- stance, talk leudly and boisterously.
 Never recognize anybody if you can avoid it. It is dreadful form.
 In addressing an old man say Hmy boy" Speak to a youth as fold man.
 Never exercise common courtesy. It is aristocratic courtesy or nothing at all.--Detroit Tribune.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21

divine Sarah's benefit. l accompa
 nied he and Abbey to prairie twelve miles west of town, where, by ap- continent. I was to meet Loving and inc buffalo. Loving had scared up T little woody bull with short crumpled horns, and when the Frenchwoman saw the hideous anl- maI which had been whipped into fury by Loving's quirt when ne saw us coming, thought she would go wild. The bull beloved, paved the earth, and, throwing hls tsl straight into the air, turned from us and fed. Abbey stood trans6xed, and Bernhardt was screaming like a maniac. Finally she recovered herself sufficiently to take aim and blaze away at the sup nosed buffalo. The bull fell to his haunches with bullet through his carcass, and then we all took shot at him until he was dead. Some member of the company was mean enough to tell Mme. Bernhardt how we had fooled her with the common bull, that there were no buffalo Ill Texas at all, and she was so disap. pointed that she burst into flood of tears. We all felt so bad about 1t that we didn't allow the papers to write it up, but it is too good to keep longer. p--Globe- Democrat.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
His Grip.

He came up to a Jefferson avenue merchant who has been having an ditch of time with the grip, and with easily familiarity remarked;
 Say, cap'n can't you give a poor man a quarter7"
 T suppose might" wheezed the gentleman, "but what do you want with it9n
 Want to hypothecate it for a drink and breakfast. I'm mighty hard up"
 "What are you doing hard upl You ought to be able to earn your living"
 fYes, l know l ought to, but I ain't. I've lost my grip some how, '
 Lost your gripf" excitedly in- quired the benevolent old gentle man. Lost your grip, and still you go round here complaining about being in bad lucki You make me tired Get out before kick you out, and the gentleman held on to his head to keep from coughing it off of his shoulders Detroit Free Press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
sarah,s RuffaIo Hunt.

"You know that during Sarah Bernhardt's recent tour through the South she had mania for hunt ing, said Phil. Greenwall, of Fort Worth, Tex, at St. Louis. "She played in my house at Fort Worth. She got into town on Sunday morn ing, and, as she had nothing to do until Monday night, I suggested that she take her gun and go cut in the country for a spin. The sug- gestion delighted her, but the only kind of game she wanted was buff
 fAlo. l told George Loving, cat tleman, of the actress thirst for buff falo blood, and though of course there are none within 1000 miles of Fort Worth, Loving declared that he would improvise buffalo for the
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
THE KINGS DAUGHTER IN THE
 HOME.

The glimmer of the silver cross is never so bright to my eyes as when it rests upon the heart of young mother whose life is bound up in the nursery. Oh, let me beseech you, dear Daughters of the King, make everything of the home. If my mother had left us children million dollars it might have ruined us, but she left us legacy of a memory of such devotion to husband and chil- dren that over the lapse of so many years we can hear her gentle voice (that never heard raised in angry tone), and it is no wonder that seven of us almost worship her. An, We are so apt to give our sweetest flowers, our sweetest smiles to strangers. No violets will ever be so sweet to me as the violets my eldest boy used to bring to me when he thought l was sad. I know a millionaire in the city of New York who never fails to bring home few flowers every day-always violets when they could be had-and, though they had marvellous flowers brought in from the hot houses, she told me they were never anything to be compared with the little bunch her husband stopped at the florists to buy for her.
 rejoice in all the avenues of use- fitness that are open to women. I am glad of all the higher education that our girls are going to have. I have always envied little the few women l have known who have prepared their boys for college. But in all the changes that are sure to come to women, l hope all the change 1t will make in the family will be the change from glory to glory. It must be so, nothing can ever be to us, when the sunset of a life comes, like the beautiful memo rles of a happy home. Ladies Home Journal.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
TELEGRAPHY BY TELEPHONE.

It was monday in a busy down town office, and reporter was awaiting the return of the manager VI en the pretty stenographer went to the telephone, and with the usual barley with central, called:
 "Hello, Charley, are you busy just nowi"
 Apparently Charley was not for she continued; "Oh, yes, I had 9 lovely time, but don't you think
 Here came a strange pause, and with pencil she tapped idly on a light piece of board which she had taken from her desk and was hold ing before the transmitter.
 "A case of wait a minute, , thought the eavesdropper, sympa- thetically, eut the pretty girl spoke again with laugh:
 "I don't believe it, for heard"
 Then she began tapping on the board again. Then the reporter caught on. She was telegraphing. So when she returned to her desk he remarked: sI notice you have an original method of telephoning."
 "Oh, did you see thatf Well, I'll tell you about it, but you must not give 1t away. You see I can t use the telephone here without everyone in the room hearing what l say, and they do say that those girls in the central office listen to the conversations over the wire, and, as Charley and I are both tele- graphers, we invented this method of conyersing by telephone. Ism t 1t a great schemef Not one in the office understands 1t. !"
 But young man at an adjacent desk worked asounder in pantemime and winked at the reporter Boston Herald.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21

relative to the average height of HOT Frenchwomen without shoes show 1t to be that much. Dr. Sar- geant from 1885 observations con cludes that the American woman is nearly two inches taller than the average daughter of France; and Dr. Cation, an Englishman, in 779 measurements, found that the
 women of Great Britain are the tallest of the three, they exceeding Miss Columbia by fully half an inch in the matter of weight, though American femininity is slightly ahead. though the figures are not given.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
MUSIC AND MUSCLE.

''You may not have noticed 1t, v remarked one of Barnum & Bailey s best all-round athletes yesterday afternoon, "but every performer who has a particularly difficult act to do always has his own special and particular piece of music to go with it.
 ''He sticks to that tune year in and year out, and you can't appreci- ate how important a part it Ilays in the proper performance of his work.
 'The action of the muscles fin a whirlwind bareback or midair trapeze act Is perfectly rhythmical, and strain of music which corresponds with this action calms the nerves, tones the muscles and helps the artist to time and regulate his movements.
 "You know there are two mem- ories, one of the muscles and one of the brain, and it is to the former that the music appeals, Without the slightest mental effort on the part of the man, certain notes produce certain movements, and when a performer becomes thor oughly accustomed to a tune sud den change in it while the act was in progress would, in nine cases out of ten, result in an accident. A man who does midair sketch to a waltz tune would be liable to get hopelessly rattled and break his everlasting neck if the band, with out warning, switched into march. The muscles would become per plexed, the brain wouldn't have time to act, and that would end it.
 ''These facts are odd but true. :" New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
INDIVIDUALITY IN YOUR BE
 LONGINGS.

The daintiest perfume for one s wardrobe and bureau drawers, and the one that is least likely to pail, or, worse yet, grow oppressive, is laven- der Big, comfortable, fat-looking bags, of this clean, sweet perfume can be bought at any druggists for very little; and half dozen scat tered among your belongings, will make them dainty and sweet. 1t is never well to use much perfume, still less is it advisable to use the new ones as they come out in rota- tion, but select one that is not heavy and make it by con stant use so much a part of your personality that whiff of it blown across room or street will suggest you at once. This idea of individuality in your small belong ings Is a pretty vanity. There is a sweet woman who never uses any note paper but a peculiar gray shade, so that all her friends seeing, per haps, only the corner of an envelope peeping from under pile of cores pondence know at once they have a letter from her. A certain much ad- mired society authoress uses a deep shade of pink for the same reason, carrying the fancy as far as even her manuscript. These women are all clever enough, however, to see and avoid the line which divides the individual and the bizarre, York Press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
HE DIDN'T ASK HIM.
They Don't Volunteer Information on in
 ssL" Road.

ssL" Road.
 He came rushing up the stairs to the elevated station, bought ticket, dropped it in the box as he ran and pulled himself up with jerk at the car platform.
 "This train go to Franklin Squareg" he asked, panting.
 Mop" answered the trainman, slamming the gate.
 Then the man in a hurry walked up and down the platform nervous l ly and impatiently until the next train came along. He got on the front car, but at the door he turned to make sure that he was right.
 "Franklin Square traine" he asked.
 "Nop,' said the trainman. Fourteenth next, and he threw the gate after the fleeing heels of the passenger who had hastily left the car.
 There was another promenade, another train pulled in and again the traveller asked:
 "Does this train go to Franklin Squarego
 Mop" said the trainman, look ing sweetly at young woman in a red jacket.
 There was desperation in the manner of the stranger after the third train had gone. He looked around him carefully, walked quick ly back and forth, turning sharply and taking sort, savage steps. Be fore the fourth train reached the station he went up to the ticket chopper and said very respect fully:
 "Does the next train stop at Franklin Square?''
 Mop" said the chopper, prying in the glass box with wire and then chopping viciously.
 "Does the next train after the one coming stop at Franklin Squarel"
 "Nop," answered the official, putting on his gloves, which he had taken off to handle the wire, and carefully examining a little rip in one of the fingers.
 "The next one after that7''
 "Nop."
 Will you kindly tell me-" said the passenger meekly, "when Franklin Square train will comeg" "There ain't no Franklin Square trains on this side"
 "None at alla"
 "Nop."
 "But thought"
 Mop. This is the Sixth avenue line. You want to walk to Third avenue"
 "Couldn't you have told me that beforei" asked the stranger, with faint smile of wonder.
 "Nop."
 "Why noti" mildly.
 'Cause you didn't ask me" :" and the stranger went down the stairs very softly, as if he were afraid of disturbing sleeping lion. New York Tribune.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21

Both the method and results ~her Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleassu, and refreshing to the taste, and act gently yet promptly on the Kidneys. Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys sm efectuslly, dispels colds, head ehes and levers and cures habitns. rastipation. Syrup of Figs is tb, oaly remedy of its kind ever pro luced, pleasing to the taste and ac eeptahle to the stomach, prompt | it's action and truly beneficial in t. effects, prepared only from the mos hesltby and agreeable substances, it. many excellent qualities commend ii to all and have made 1t the nos. popular remedy known.
 Syrup of Figs is for sale in 5Ct and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist wh, may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute.
 cALiF0RRiA FIG SYRUP co.
 SAB FRANCISCO. oAL.
 LoWsNtLE. ". NEW YORK aK
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
He Didn'tKnow. .

A man down in Randolph, Me, {, feels called upon to explain, through the columns of the Gardiner News, tha. he didn't know that his wife had kerosened the dog to kill the heas, and didn't know the dog lay at his foot, when he threw the ~shted match on the floor, but he did know that the animal caught fire, and was sorry, for he wouldn t have swapped that yellow dog for the best horse in town. Any one who would desire an humber ex- plantation of a soirowful domestic tragedy is simply asking too much. --Ihe Republic.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
The aArernge. Woman.

How many who use the term leverage woman" know what it implies9 asks the Chicago Times.
 Physically it means that she weighs about IF pounds and that, if an American, she is somewhat taller than five feet one inch. Observa- tions taken by the French Academy
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
Natural Philosophy.

John, can you tell me the differ ence between attraction of gravita- tion and attraction of cohesionfp
 ''Yes, sir; attraction of gravita- ton pulls drunken man down to the ground, and the attraction of cohesion prevents his getting up again "-Texas Siftings.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21

The most expensive of England's s soldiers garbs is the bandmaster' S of the life guards which cost $l25. A sergeant-drummer of the foot guards may well "swell his chest" when he wears a tunic costing no less than $37.50, the total value of his "rig-out" being $122.50. The cheapest uniform of all is that of a private of an ordinary infantry regi- ment, valued at $2l.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
unlIsted.

Tom de Witt--f.Not slothful in business Y that's my motto, dear boy
 Jack Ford Where did you pick it upi
 Tom de Witt--Oh, it's stock quotation-St Paul, you know.
 Jack Ford-That's strange; never saw it on the ticker. Smith, Gray X Co.'s Monthly.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
An amateur violin maker of Port.

An amateur violin maker of Port land, Me, has secured a prize in a spruce beam from an old house at North Yarmoth. The beam has been seasoning for more than a hundred years, and the thin little boards sawn from it gave forth the clear, mellow sound that is desired in violin stock. Gemunder, the New York maker of vioins, was in Portland recently and secured some of the wood.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21

Here is something new for people who keep their carriages. A mir TOT is attached to the girdle of the driver of a fashionable turnout in St. Petersburg. This enables the lady who rides in the phaeton to see all the following equipages without turning her head
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21

It is said that Canada is the only country in the world in which the military force is armed with the old Snider rifles. Military men of the Dominion are urging the adoption of a more modern arm.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21

Patient-Then, doctor, you do not feel any anxiety regarding my easel
 Not at all If l did l would ask you to settle the bill at orfce. "-Le Figaro.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21
me Peonliar eIesIenns.

"There is one peeuliaFity about the Mexicans in their social and family relations which doubt to ex-
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities. .-Froude.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21

We are all as God made us, and oftentimes great deal worse. Cervantes.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-21

through them.
 The girl who sat next to the end had the prettiest ears of all. They were beauties. Moderately small, regularly formed, sloping off into an oval at the lobe, and thin almost to transparency. There was pinky tinge about them which was ample apology for the poets who sing about coral ears. They stood out from the head at almost an exact angle. They were perfect in every par ticular, but they were not responsive ears. They were accustomed to hearing sweet nothings said, and simply listening for more. They said plainly that their owner was one wrapped up in the contempla- tion of her own charms, and ex- pected all others to be equally so, and to make it known in words. Looking at those ears one would have described her as follows: Deep blue eyes, nose inclined to Roman, red lips, white teeth, blear complex ion, little animation in the face. The description would have been entirely correct. Chicago Tribune.
The Forrest City times., 1892-04-01
TALL THE RIVERS"

The mountain torrents hssten. With cateract and roar. To reach the moaning ocean And break upon it's shore. Their mystery and music, Their laughter and their ,.~ Are lost within the bosom Of the dark and sulien decr-
 Yet the sea Is not full. Athwart the purple moorland The flashing streams 70 by. Now gray beneath the storm-cloui Now azure as the sky. By bracken. gorse and heather, By crag, by rock, and plain, They hurry to the river, And the river to the main n-
 Yet the sea is not full. Amid the quiet meadows The peaceful rivers glide, To meet tho ocean's murmur The tumult of its tide. They leave the woodland whispers, Where summer blossoms lave, To ming,e with the ripples Of the ebbing, flowing wave
 Yet the sea is not full. How long, how long, wide ocean, Shall love be lost in thee, And strength and beauty perish In deaths immensity, Oh, when shall ring tho music Of the promise over thee The blessed music of the cry, There shall be no more seat"
 Sunday Magazine
The Forrest City times., 1892-04-01
About saltlns Butter.

Salting butter in the churn is ono of the unsolved problems. Lots of peo- pie say they do it and tell how they do it but others say they can not do it that way and get enough salt into the butter to suit customers. It is gen, rally conceded that salting in the churn is always very light salting, from one-fourth to half ounce of salt to the pound of butter even though an ounce and a half is put in at the start. Then again how about the second working2 Do you do it or not and if not how do you keep the butter from becoming mottled? Those are the points that trouble those who succeed to their own satisfaction. Some people do succeed to their own satisfaction but not to tho satisfac- ton of others. So far, for instance, as the amount of salt that can be got into granular butter the limit seema to be one-half ounce. as that is all the brine will hold that is depended upon for carrying the salt. That amount is not always enough.
The Forrest City times., 1892-04-01
ABLE TO TRAVEL ALONE
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 s:Ffow old Is that boy. ma'am?" in- Quired the conductor of . south eido suburban railway train the other morn ing, 90 tho Chicago Tribune sayA halting in the aisle and addressing we'll preserved and self-possessed ma tron in one of the seats.
 '.I don't know that 1t makes any difference to you sir" she answerod-
 Il only wanted to know"
 You don't have to feed and clotho him. do youP"
 Certainly not madam. but"
 You ain't taking s government census of this car, are you"'
 .Of course not ma'am but reclcon I've got right to ask you how old that boy is; I'm the--n
 Yes you ve got the right to aslk it and I've got the right to snswer you. 'Tain't any of your business how old he is.n
 ..Wty, great Scott ma'am, I'm tho conductor of this"
 Il don't care if you're the president of the road. What's that got Co do with your wanting to know how ol4 he isp"
 .It's got this much to do with it: If he's over 5 years old he'll have to-"
 Over 5 years oldp He's over Q
 .Then you'll have to pay fare for him."
 Who asked you to carry him ireey'
 Why"
 Do look as il was person that would try to beat the railroad out ol seven centsr'
 Certainly not ma'am but"
 Then what have you been raising all this fuss about?"
 ''I haven't boon"
 III leave 1t to the other passeuGors If you haven't You've been aslrtng impudent questions and making insin- uations, and acting as if you thought folks wore all thieves"
 Everybody in the car was looking ut her by this time but she kept right on:
 And you walked up the wrong pes senger this time 1 haven't anybody to travel with me but this boy. but can get along all right l don't need any assistance from any one and don't you forget 1t Here's . ten-ride ticket Punch out ride for me and ono for him. and If you see us on your train again don't go to asking peoples agee and making remarks. That allr'
 Yes ma'am." gasped the con ductor, meekly punching two rides out of the ticket and passing on to the next car utterly crushed.
The Forrest City times., 1892-04-01
A Practical Suggestion.

A correspondent to Practical Farm CT says: Few farmers know that fine crop of rutabagas can be grown on the potatoe patch. The old way is to SOW strap leaf turnips; but ] think one bushel of rutabagas worth four of turnips. On half acre of DO tatoe ground, after last hoeing, ] sowed two ounces seed of Purple Top Swede, and when digging the potatoes, I was careful to hoe the dirt out around the roots. It did not take four hours longer in digging the hall acre. have taken from the patch 100 bushels of fine potatoes, and 75 bushels rutabagss. This is better than raising 8 lot Of watery turnips.
The Forrest City times., 1892-04-01
Auways Near ssarvasien.

The entire capital in the richest nation or state. consisting of railwayA mills factories workshops and dwell- ings. together with all tho goods and wares of every kind--comprising atl that has been saved in useful form. the clearing of the land and bringing 1t into productive condition-will not exceed three or possibly four yearss productions; in most states 1t Is ios& If all could be reconverted into food. fuel and clothing ana the world should rest wholly from work all would bo consumed Tn two or three yearA ln respect to food the world is always within year of starvation. yet there is always enough somewhere. --Popu- lar Science Monthly.