The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-25
GENERALITIES.
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weighted with two heavy siX-shOOters, asked him
from the East, 'that is pistol "Wal," said the
rough "if you should shoot me with that and
should ever find 1t out, I'D lick you like fun
Curious Case of Presentiment.
one Of those curious cases of prcsentiment OF
which we so often hear has just occurred In Atlanta,
Ga. workman Ia the railroad shops there per-
slstenty said he had revelation that he should die
at 70 o'clock on Tuesday last, and at his request
fellOw-wOrkman promised to toll the bell OF the
works at that hour The day and the hour came.
The man dressed himself in his best aud lay down
upon his bed to await the speedy coming of the
dread messenger The solemn note OF the bell was
sounded, but the man-did not die s."
There is to be fGnnd ND in i }Re old English prints
touching story entitled "The Lovers Heart" Ac-
cordng to the dying request of the Count de COuCcy,
his heart after death was cmbalmed and sent back TO
his mistress as an evidence OF his unwavering devo-
ton. 10 may not be generally known that Lord
Byrons heart after the death Of the poet at Msso-
llonghi in lS22 was also taken out and em6almed.
thcm they enclosed 1t in silver case. -Four years
later, after the proracted siege of Mssol0nghi,
Nsalying party carrying the relic with lhem, cut
way with great sacrifice OF life through the Turkish
lines but the heart was lost in crossing the marshes
A Heavy Penalty.
/ Corporations are not invunGrabe to the law be-
cause they are opulent as will be discovered IN the
The Hudson River Railroad Company has been
mulcted in the sum OF 82ISi9Il in dnCs, costs ETC.
! for Qver-chargmg Philo Johnson cOmmuter who
| during the year ending May ., had made $40 trips
! over the road between the depot at Twenty-ninth
Street and Spuyten Duyve Station paying at the rate
| of twenty-five cents a trip in summer and thirty
| cents in winter. This was in violation Of the act OF
1871 which liked the rate al TWO ana hdf cents
mile for the winter months and two cents for the
summer months. The suit has been pending since
''''' a Fossil FIyiug Dragon.
! The British Museum has lately received the fossil
LemaIs OF - u I{lug {g g TIagon, lleasutilg upward Oh
bones of the hesA wings legs, tail aud great part of
the trunk with the ribs, blade-bOnes, aud collar
bones are imbedded in dark las shale from Lyme
| Regis, on the DOrsetshre coast The head is large
in proportion to the trunk and the tail is as long as
lue the vCrtebra bones being surrounded and bound
together by bundles of line long needle-shaped
bones: it is supposed to have served to keep out
stretched or to sustain large eXpanse Of the lying
membrane or parachute which extended from the
tips OF the wings to the feet and spread along the
space between the hind limbs and tail, after the
fashion Of certain bats.
Shocking Positively Shocking!
| win not the reader shudder when he reads this
item from the New York POST
engaged on what they call Experimental lIelmnth-
oogy,' which seems to mean the cultivation of
parasites in the human body and in other animals,
iOr the purpose OF tracing their habits aud the effects
they produce. Even poor POlonps was only invited
to supper-'not where he eats, but where he is
| Catcn'-after pc had ceased to have any OF his
own flesh and blood; and any conyocatOn of polite
worms that propose to hold a diet over us might
wait, one would think, as long. But those who hap
pen to have an "eXperimental helmnthologist" in
their families have no choice; he viii be making
them subjects OF experiments, whether they Will or
The Savages on the Texas Border.
The Indians upon the Texas border are commit
ting all sorts of outrages upon the people, and the
military authorities seem to be poweress to prevent
mounted Lapans crossed the Rio Grande, eighteen
miles above Fort Duncan, ana drove of nineteen
horses and herd Of cattle, besides killing number
of fine fat cattle in wantonness the property
OF MIR. Grin. Jones. Mr. Green, whose rancho is
head OF horses also some cattle. on September 20
Il six-mue team loaded with goods for San Antonio,
nd S aea & R'TS Te San
Of the 9th saYs:-"Last Saturday week some twenty
five Indians made their appearance on the San JerO
nimo, some fifteen or eighteen miles from our city,
near Odoms Rancho and eisurely killed beef, had
nrn1t h 1p1N nNyny giN hnnI nj
belonging to Odom, ana from the Horndon Rancho,
three miles below. seven
Anna DPS AIiractiveness Ruined.
A Boston correspondent OF the Chicago Rsp1bijcaa
says Anna Dickinson has ruined her attracdyeness
a speaker by the adoption of a fashionable cos
tune She used to dress plainly, but at the Music
lla the other night (We quote II saw the old-time
head came up the stairway. could bat note how it
r0ke dorm when the long, sweeping trail ruSted aud
fOrmersl and strongmlndcd women in modest de-
lanes The effect VAS like dash OF cold water on
of elOquence, in vain the biting sarcasnl the Keen
wit, the indignant scorn so lavshy bestowed upon
1t was Prometheus bound The fam ecturess, who
can brook table or desk stood sti1liy and uneasy
-fettered and held down by the heavy weight OF
train stretched out on the platform, while the
siOnal movements and kicks given the appendage
only betrayed the ineXperience in the management
Of stage Dress
What the Pacific Road hns Done.
The Union Pacific Railroad is succeeding full up to
the reliable expectations OF its enerprising pro-
jectors ana builders, and proving of great value in
Stimulating the development OF the route trayersed
which, after all, the task assigned it. The Kan
sas Pacific is in operation through Kansas, aud is
now being extended to connection with Denver
ana the Onion Pacific. No doubt in view Of the
rich mineral resources Of Colorado, branch lines will
be built to the various mining DISTRICTS is the
in Pennsylvania, and Colorado Will become what
without railway facilities it never coud-a pOpuous
; and hOurShing state.
Arrangements have been made that will lead to
the spcedV building of the great Northern Pacific
Railroad from Lake Superior to Puget Sound, thus
opening up the line of emigration from the seabOard
and the West to Montana, Idaho, and Washington
This is believed TO be one Of the most practicable
routes of all the various projected ones, the valleys
I Of the Missouri and the Columbia rivers Offering
great inducements Railroads built up Illinois ana
iowa, and railroads are now building up Kansas and
Nebraska This is a land Of giant enterprises and
all that we have as yet done must be regarded as
the prelude only to still Vaster things that are to
| follow. The building OF the Pacific Railroad has
shown TO the world that we can do what We have
been talking about.
= The Eternal City Walking Up.
, The Romans are becoming infected with the pro-
| gressive spirit Of the century. Among important
y improvements contemplated is the opening OF the
Old commercial port OF Osti9 and its connection by
. a railway with ROme-the Eternal City, Vast hy-
h draulic works to be executed NJ that place In
o order to remove the distractions OF the mouth of
the 1iber at cost Of nine million francs. The port
h | was abandoned in 1912, account OF the accumua-
y y | tOns of deposit, which clogged the har0or and
formed the bar OF Fumara; moreover, the place
S so unhealthy that laborerS ned at nightfall
from the pestferous spot Among the committee OF
S stockholders of the Osta Railway and Harbor Com
G | pany figure the names OF the leading and most
p | wealthy Roman princes and mobiles, and the ApOs-
| toic Chamber has contributed three hundred thou
= | sand francs in money 10 the enterprise. Ii the
v undertaking Succeeds-and there is no reason why
o it should nOt-the advantages to Rome will be nest.
j., nable, for the Eternal City will possess ane port
distance by rail Passengers can arrive by steamer
4 New York, and IN less than hour be in then