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The Russellville Democrat., 1892-10-27

"Brer Rabbit holler hard ez he kin, but still he ain't git no answer en den he low, 'Sholy sump'n nude der is de matter wid dat house, kaz- all de times befo' dis it been holler, in back at me, "Heyo yo' se'fp
 "Den Brer Rabbit wait little bit, en bimeby he holler one mo time, 'Heyo, Housel'
 "Ole Brer Wolf try ter talk like he speck house 'ud talk, en he holler back, 'Heyo yo'se'fl'
 "Brer Rabbit wunk at hisse'f. He low, Hey, Housel Whyn't t you talk hoarse like you got a bad cold7'
 "Den Brer Wolf holler back, hoarse ez he kin, 'Heyo yo'se'fP
 ''Dis make Brer Rabbit laugh twel little mo en he'da drapt off n dat ar simmon stun en hurt hisse'f f.
 "IIe low, 'Eh--eh, Brer Wolf! dat ain't nigh gwine ter do You'll natter stan ont in de rain a mighty long time 'fo' you kin talk hoarse ez dat house..
 q let you know" continued Un- cle Remus, laying his hand gently on the little boys shoulder-'I let you know Brer Wolf come slinkin' out, en made a break fer home. At ter dat, Brer Rabbit live long time widout any CT de yuther cree turs a-pesterin un i'm"
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-10-27
Rabbits Foot Luck.

"Heah, you, Silas," exclaimed the old colored woman to her hus. band, "take dish yer rabbit foot you gih me yistiddy fer luck. Tain nc good wha ssmdever. It's jis bad, da's vha' t am. :"
 "Sho' huff" queried Silas, talk, ing the taiisman from her hand with look of pained surprise on bis old face.
 "Co' SC. /"
 q nebber heerd dat bout CT rab- bit foot befo'," asserted Silas. "What Nou been doin' wid hit, Mirandy 7''
 ''Noffn tall Dis mawnin' taken my bes' dish ober to Miss Ellen's an l trip on de do step an fall down, an plumb break dat dish in dozen pieces. /"
 Hut yo'se'f, MirandyG 2" in- quired Silas, solicitously.
 "No, 1 didn't" replied Mirandy, half crying over the loss of her dish.
 "Co'se not" exclaimed Silas tri- umphantly "Ef you hadn't had dat rabbit foot wid you, you break dat brack neck ob yo's, sho, fallin' down dem do steps. Heah, you take dis yer rabbit foot rigbt back now, an eaihy hit wid you all de time. You doan know muffin bout luck q tall, Mirandy, you doan', 7" and Silas made her put it in her pocket.-Detroit Free Press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-10-27
Where Men oroM nid.

A place called Bellavista, in the close neighborhood of Portici, is re- markable for it's inhabitants. At the present time there is a farmer there l05 years old, who still works in the fields. Then he has about twenty neighbors who have already passed their 90th year, and are all in good health. All are natives of the place, and some of long-lived ancestors. They live, and have lived, very fru- galis rarely eating meat, and drink ing only water, and that taken from not very well constructed rain water cisterns. They are, for the most part, poor and ignorant peasants. H London News.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-10-27

Nothing has it's ups and downs like an umbrella or monkey on a ick.-Hazleton Sentinel.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-10-27

Goth the method and results vher syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasan and refreshing to the taste, and act gently yet promptly on the Kidneys Liver and Bowels, eleanses the sys sm efectuslly, dispels colds, head ehes and fewers and cures habitna nnstipstion. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever prC 1ueed, pleasing to the taste and sc ceptable to the stomach, prompt il ,s action and trulF beneficial in it effects, prepared only from the mos healthy and agreeable substances, it. many excellent qualities commend t to all and have made it the mos popular remedy known.
 Syrup of Figs is for sale in 5Co md S1 bottles by all leading drue gists. Any reliable druggist VII may not have it on hand will pr, cure it promptly for any one wi wishes to try it. Do not accept aE substitute.
 clLiFORKiA FIe SYRUP co
 sAE FRANCISCO, ohi.
 LOUISVILLE, kE NEW T0RE s.E
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-10-27
WATER POWER ANDELECTRICiTY.

The ideal power ot the near future is electricity generated where water power is available and transmitted long or short distances to the point of consumption. Electrical engi- neers appreciate this fact, and the last two years have shown marked advance in the methods used, partic- ularly so in the transmission of the current for long distances. A very short time ago the proposition to light New York and other distant cities by means of electricity gener- ated at Niagara was considered ohimerical, and while it cannot yet be done with economy, so great an advance has been made that it's ac- complishment in the future is more than a ppssibility---itis probability The same can be said of the West, where the lines have been run for miles among the mountains, and there the current is used to operate the ponderous machinery of mines and mills.
 At Niagara over 100000 horse power can be developed, transformed into electricity and sent over wires to be utilized, either for lighting or as motive power to turn the wheels of factory or mill. This is only one instance, although great one. Throughout this country there are rivers, streams and brooks which can be utilized in the same way and give the cities and tonws near them both power and light. In the South there are hundreds of streams which, if harnessed, would supply all the electricity needed for years to come. Such power would be cheap and within the reach of all, the farmer as well as the manufacturer.
 Few people who watch a stream running in it's bed think of the good which might be accomplished by the force which is wasting itself, nor do they realize how mach power tbere may be in it. Suppose stream twelve feet wide with an average depth of one foot runs with a speed of eight miles an hour, if a fall of twenty feet can be secured by means of Hume or canal, SIS horse power per hour would be de- veloped. A brook which would fill Hume 3x2 feet and give a fall of twenty feet would yield 160 horse power per hour, and even though the Hume be filled only one foot in depth and three feet in width eighty horse power will be secured.
 At Mussel Shoals, on the Ten nessee River, over 800, ,000 horse power could be develop ed There is power enough here to operate the Memphis & Charleston Railroad from Memphis to Chattanooga and leave enough over to light every town and city along the line. With cheaper electricity will come a more general use of it. Further improve ment will make it's use better and cheaper than steam as motive power on railroads We khow that it has been used successfully for heating rooms and ears and for cook ing, and it will not be long before the bachelors dream of pressing button when he awakes and finding his breakfast hot and waiting for him when dressed may be realized Apart from the bachelor, what pleasure such a servant would prove in any kitehen--noiseless, cleanly, safe and speedy. Electricity more nearly realizes the true inwardness of the now proverbial lyon push the button, we do the restn than any other force now utilized or known. Baltimore Manufacturers Record.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-10-27
cHoLERA NEXT YEAR.

We are already in October and still the epidemic marches steadily westward despite elaborate precan ton and superb sanitary perfection. Probably the general public does not gather a clear idea of what is hap pening from a glance at the tele- grams announcing tho occurrence of a few cases in Grodno and Odessa. These do not sound more important than the dispatches announcing the same condition of affairs in Saratoff and Baku. All are somewhere m Russia, where cholera is an old story. Similarly the death of a few Iigbtermen at Spandau, Tn Germany, seems a comparative trihe, while tidings of cholera in q small way from dozen places iii Holland and Belgium were only to be expected Even the invasion of Buda Pesth, the capital of Hungary, will not at tract much attention while it's eff fects are confined 10 their present moderate dimensions. All the fore going will make little impression beside the news from Hansourg, Paris, St. Petersburg and Central and Southern Russia that the dis ease is subsiding daily, yet they are of ominous import. They mean that cholera is doing fast just what it has always done formerly, creep ing quietly onward and sowing the artu mnal seeds in new ground over wide area, which will burst forth luxuriant with the advent of sum- mer.
 It is most mischievous delusion that after September nothing more Is to be feared for individual towns and districts which have borne the brunt of a severe epidemic. Winter generally means delivery, but for the neighboring countries t means only the beginning of trouble. The recent cholera news from abroad means that seed is being sown over vast area in Central Europe ready for the death harvest in 1893. The news from Grodno means that Western Russia, right up to the Prussian border and beyond is infected; the news from Odessa means that the seed is sown in the Black Sea littoral and the Danu bian provinces the news from Buda Pesth means that the isolation of Galicia was an utter failure, and that Austria and Hungary are in volved, while the news from Span dau means that the water ways from Berlin to the River Oder are in fected, Scattered cases of the dis ease in the Netherlands tell the same tale. If precedent Is of any value, all those districts and Poland and France will break out into blaze in 1893. Cholera will knock at many doors and woe betide if there is crack anywhere. Berlin has very dubious water and can hardly hope to escape serious trouble Cholera is almost certain to be brought to England again this au- tumn and is quite certain to be brought here in 1893, probably both from the east and west (the Baltic and Mediterranean). We may be able to exclude the disease, as we have done since 1886. That is our best chance, for once it obtains a footing we will not find ourselves in a much better position than our neighbors. London, in particular, has escaped more through good luck than good management. London Times.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-10-27

um talk bout 1t of it'll do um any good Dem what outdo i'm got de right ter brag, en he ain't make no deniance uv 1t.
 After he done make way wid ole Brer Lion, all de yuther creeturs say he sholy is a mighty man, en dey treat i'm so well. Dis make i'm feel so proud dat he bleedze ter show it, en so he strut 'roun' like a boy when he git his fust par CT boots.
 "'Bout dat time. Brer Wolf tuck notiond at Of Brer Rabbit kin out do old Brer Lion, he can't outdo him. So he pick his chance one day whiles ole Miss Rabbit en de little Rabs is out pickin sallid fer dinner. He went in de house, he did, en wait fer Brer Rabbit ter come home. Brer Rabbit had his hours, en dis wuz one un um, en want long 'fo' here he come He got mighty quick eye, mon, en he tuck notion dat everything mighty still. When he got little higher he tuck notice dat de front door wuz on de crack, en d;s make i'm feel funny, kaze he know dat when his ole oman en chilluns go out dey alters pull de do shet en ketch de latch. So he went up little higher, en he step thin ez battercake. He peep here en he peep dar, yit he ain't see nothin'. He lissen in de chimbly cornder en he lissen und' de winder, yit he ain't hear nothin'.
 "Den he sorter wipe bis mustash en study. He low ter hisse'f: De pot-rack know what gwine on up de chimbley, de rafters know who's in de loft, de bed-cord know who's und' de bed. 1 ain't no pot rack, 1 ain't no rafter, en 1 ain't no bed cord, but, please gracious 1 am gwine ter fin who dat in my house, en ain't gwine in dar nudder. Dey's mo ways ter fin out who fell in de mill-pond widout fallin' in yo'- self.
 "Some folks,u Uncle Remus went on, "wculd "a rushed in dar, en dey wouldn't : a rushed out no mo kaze dey wouldn't a been nothin' tall lef' un um but little scrap CT hide en a hanful CT ha'r.
 "Brer Rabbit got better sense dan dat. All he ax anybody is ter des gi' i'm hanroomance, en dem what kin ketch i'm is mo dan wellycome ter take i'm. Dat zskly de kinder man what Brer Rabbit is. He went off little ways fum de house en clum simmon stump en got up dar en gun ter holler.
 He low, 'Heyo, House."
 "De honse aint make no answer, en Brer Wolf, in dar behine de door, open his eyes wide. He ain't kp w what ter make CT dat kinder doin's.
 "Brer Rabbit holler, 'Heyo, Housel Whyn't you heyoi'
 "House ain't make no answer, en Brer Wolf in dar behine de door sorter move 'roun' like he gittin' restless in de min.
 ''Brer Rabbit out dar on de sim mon stump holler mo louder dan befo', 'Heyo, House! Heyol'
 "House stan still, en Brer Wolf in dar behine de door gun ter feel col chills streakin up en down his back. In all his born days he ain't never hear no gwines on like dat. He peep thoo de crack CT de door, but he can't see nothin'
 ''Brer Rabbit holler louder, 'Heyo, Housel Ain't you gwine ter Heyo. Is you done los what little manners you hadf'
 .'Brer Wolf move bout wuss'n befo'. He feel like some uu hit i'm on de funny bone.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-10-27
circumstantiai Evidence.

Mrs. Hicks--I told you not to go in swimming, and your shirt is wripging wet.
 Dick-I was playing swimming in the grass.
 Mrs. Hicks How do you account for your shirti
 Dick-The dew.
 Mrs. Where are the grass stainsf Come into the woodshed. -- New York Sun.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-10-27

Maud--Mamma, what is this Peoples Party that I read so much aboutf Mamma-Some vulgar en- tertainment, I think. Nobody in our set is giving it.-Bufalo Ex- press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-10-27

several species, differing mainly in size and the structure of the bones but they are much alike. All go singly or in bands generally of two or three, and feed on fruits and leaves. St. Nicholas.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26

Corner Stone OF the Grant Monument %
BE Laid on the Anniversary Of Lis
Birth.
NEW YORK, April 25.--The formal lay
ing Of the corner stone OF the Grant
monument has been fixed for next
Wednesday. This day was chosen as it
is the anniversary Of Gen. Grants
birthday. The president, accom-
panied by as many members Of
his cabinet as possible, will come
TO New York in order to perform the
ceremony. They will probably stay at
the Fifth Avenue hotel. Mr. Elkins,
secretary Of war, is put down to mako
an address at the ceremony. A pro-
cession will be formed, in which Tresp
A will escort the president and his
party from his hotel to Riverside park.
United States troops will be in attend
ance around the monument. The work
of raising the money necessary TO COM
plete the monument 10 proceeding with
vigor. Clergymen of ali denominations
in this city will make IN ap-
peal from their pulpits on behalf
of the monument fund on Sun
day, May 1. The returns from the va
rious trades and professions are rapidly
coming In, and Gen. Horace Porter.
president of the Grant Monument asso-
citation, Is gseatly ecouraged by the
amount which he has So far received.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26
LIFE AT no VALUE
A Suspicious Chican Shoots
His Wife and a Boarder
AWFUL TRAGEDIES COMMITTED
He Afterwards Kills HimssH-A Man IN
Utah Murders His Niece and
Commits Suicide.

DESSIsoS. O. April ss.-At $50 a. N.
George Moore shot his wife. killing her
instantly, shot Edward MeCiellsad. q
saloonkseper. badly woandiag ham. and
then fatally shot himself Moore was
employed by the Panhandle Railway
Company and worked at night hcClel-
land is a saloonkeeper and boarded At
Moore'S house. Moore and his wife had
had great deal oftrouble lately grow
ing out Of the suspicion on Moore's part
that she was too intimate with MeCiel-
land When Moore returned from his
work this morning he found his wife
sitting at work at her sewing machine
Without saying . word he drew re-
volver and shot her through the head,
killing her instantly. He then
ran into an adjoining room where
Meclelland was sleeping and
fred two shots at him, one
striking him in the forehead. Moore
then ran FROM the house TO the resi-
dence Of his mother-in-law. Fear by.
and shot himself through the head aud
is now dying.
Kept His Word.
SALT LAKE, U. f., April 25.--News
has been received Of terrible tragedy
at Park City, U. Il. As Miss Grace
Fluelling was walking along the rail-
way track conversing with a young
man, j. 7. Paradise, her uncle, Mr..
Trottman. logged their footsteps;
then. making circuit got to the
track ahead of them and hid in the
bushes. AS the pair got opposite Trott-
man jumped out and shot the girl twice,
once In the head and once in the back.
She died instantly. Then Trottman,
realizing the enormity of his crime,
sat down beside the body of his
niece and shot himself in the head,
falling over unconscious He is moi
dead, but has not recovered conscious
ness and is expected to die 1T any mo
ment About five months ago the girl
absented herself from home and hei
family thought the act was on account
of Paradise But her uncle TrottmAr
told her il she went any more with Par
adise he would shoot her. He has full
filed his threat
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26
ONE KILLED AND A SCORE HURT.

Fatal Accident at the Laying Of the Cor
ner stsas Of . Y. n. c. A. Building.
HoLroxE, Mass, April 25.--While
the exercises attending the laying OF
the corner stone Of the new Y. NJ. {. A.
building In this city were in progress
Saturday afternoon an accident
occurred in which one person
was killed and about twenty
others were more or less seriously
injured. The preliminary exercises
were held in the Second Congregational
church. which adjoined the new struc-
ture, and the crowd had just left the
church and thronged about the new
building. The Y. ID. c. A. building had
been closed in except in front, which
had been left open for the corner stone
exercises. The front of the second story
was supported by . scantling, and upon
this aoor about $50 persons were crowded
when the scantling gave way and pre-
cipitsted them upon the crowd below.
All Of the persons present were we'll
known residents of the city, and the
one who was killed was George Mer-
rick. son Of Timothy Merrick, president
of the Merrick Thread Company and
founder Of the famous Home Market
club.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The exports
IF the United States for the twelve
months ending March 81. 1891, have. for
ne first time In the history Of the coun-
~. exceeded ~. 900. 900. 900. the exact
izures being sl.oos, 2st, sos. These
lrsrmous exports are due to the failure
II the European crops and the big de-
nand for our corn. wheat and -four dur
az the past SIX months
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26

Providence, r. l., April - George
~. Rabbit an old recluse living at
Mansfield. Mass, has bees robbed Of
$4,000 in stocks and bonds. which he
had concealed In barrels. trunks and
tomato cans sbovs The house. His
grandson. ~ years old; J ". Trsus, of
treat Fails. y. n. and u. J. n. Hahn
save been arrested for the theft
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26
All Quiet as Sioux City.

Sioux CRY, Ia, April c5.--Notwith.
standing the boasts of the Whisky
Sellers Sabbatarian association no at
tempts were made Sunday to enforce
the laws Nearly all news and cigar
stands and similar places of business
were open as usual and the rapid
transit companies operated without
molestation.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26
Drowned IN Hell Gate.

NEW YORK. April IA sailboat
filed with boys was on Sunday sucked
into the mselstrom Of Little He'll gate,
between Randall and Howard islands.
In IN instant the fragile craft was
dashed against q ledge Of rock, up
setting her crew into the water. Of
the six bots aboard five managed to
cling TO the wreck until assistance
came. while the sixth struck out for
shore, but was carried under by the
current before he had swan 20 yards.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26

WARREN. H., April 25.--The elevator
here owned by Walter Stickney was
burned Sunday. Loss $4,000: insur-
auce $1,000. The FIRE il supposed to
have been caused by . spark from q
passing engine. A strong wind carried
burning brand nearly half a mile. II
fell on the house Of z. G. coprernoll,
burning il TO the ground.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26

HOUSTON, Tex. April 25.--Sunday
afternoon Lucy Foster and her husband
were having a row at their home In the
Fourth ward, when Andrew Saunders,
an aged mar. appeared upon the scene
in the role Of peacemaksr, ani was shot
and killed by the woman. The woman
gave herself up to the authorities, and
olaf ms that the shooting was acct
A~ntaf
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26

SAN FRANCISCO. April 2s.--The stables
OF the City Transit Company and Ben
nett's stables were burned Sunday
John Hand, stabieman, was burned
20 death in his bed. Thirteen hcrses
were roasted. and three more had 10 10
shot. The FIRE is thought TO have been
csused by Hand throwing away q
lighted cigarette. Loss, $40, 900.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26
Caught Under railing walls.

CHICAGO, April2s.-Five persons were
injured in the collapse OF a one story
brick building a. ls West Fullerton
avenue Saturday afternoon and two of
the victims may die. The building was
being moved to the rear OF the lot and
the workmsn were just about to lower
it TO its foundations when the walls fell
ont
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26
DOESN'T OWE A DOLLAR.
re STATE Dsss 81 lows Entirely ksstn-
xzisksA-

re STATE DsSs 81 Isws Entirely kssis-
DEs MoisEs, L., April 25--The state
Of Iowa has recently received from the
treasury Of the United States the
amount Of the direct tax refunded 70
that state under the act OF the Fifty
nrst congress Iowa vxs among the
last 70 realized the benefit Of that act
ewing to the fact that the legislature.
which had To authorize the governor to
reeeilJt for the amount, and 10 release
tho United States frsm any further
claim BY reason of the direct tax, aid
not meet until last January. The neees-
sary legislation was not had until some
time in March, At which time almost. II
not quite. every other state had acted
The receipt of this sum by the state
enabled the authorities 70 psy off the
last vestige of the state debt, aad to-
day the state OF Iowa is entirely ont OF
debt. Although the state has never
owed any very large amount of money,
IL is nevertheless . fact that the state
now. for the first time IA its history.
does not owe . dollar. and that It's ter
ritorial indie btedness was finally paid
OF only few days ago. Not only this.
but there is handsome balance in the
treasury
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26
Fatal EspIosion Of natural Gas.

SrEUBESvILLE, o., April 25.-Tw ex-
plosions of natural gas took place about
1880 o'clock q. m. at the Summer glass
works, fatally burning Sadie Craw-
ford, packer. and dangerously injur-
ing Lawrence Christensen, another
employee. A number of boys and girls
were more or less hurt by being hit by
flying debris. The explosion was
caused by pipe breaking and the gas
igniting from the furnace. The dam
age to the factory is about $500.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-26

CHrcAeo. April 25.--H. B. Stratton,
senior member of the firm of Bryant s.
Stratton, of business college farne. died
At .. m He was stricken with
paralysis Friday. Mr.. Stratton was the
founder Of the system of colleges which
bore his name, and for thirty five years
was manager of the Chicago branch.