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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-08
Gould and His Railroads.
n. O. Times.

Little jay Gould is RAPIDLY over.
Swallowing Vanderbilt, whom he ex.
GELS In mental calibre az conspicu.
ously as Vanderbilt excels Gould In
physical stature. The truth Ia Gould
Is very much holder and ADLER man
that Vanderbilt: he is In fact one OF
the very strongest and greatest flnan.
cters In the world. His abundant
capacity is supplemented by y most
plentiful lack Of scruples. While
Vanderbuilt moves IN stately splen-
dor over the lawn, Gould cuts the
roots Of the sward underground like
the mole; while Vanderbilt merely
spreads his peacock plumsge, Gould
diligently plies his spade and makes
his garden. Here follow some OF the
details as given In q recent article
published in the St. Louis Post Dis
patch, which are interesting enough
TO reproduce at the expense OF con-
siderable space:
st. Louis, December 25.-The Post.
Dispatch publishes an elaborate ar.
ttcle regarding the operations of Jay
Gould and his associates In the West
and Southwest. The railroads they
have acquired. the extent OF the va
rious combinations, the aggregate Of
them and the present and future Of.
feet OF these operations upon the
growth and commerce OF st. Louis.
The miles OF road embraced in what
Is called Gould's consultations are
as follows:
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-08

The Director OF the Mint1 induir.
les into the annual production OF the
precious metals 10 this country have
convinced him that 10 arts aud mao.
ufactures the United States employ
about SIC. 100. 600 worth IT gold and
about IS. 600, 900 worth Of silver . year,
France absorbs about the same ouan.
tity and the two countries employ
the half OF what Is used IL this wav
In the civilized world.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-08

J. n. Blck. Of Toledo, Ohio, Gays j:
My father, before wearing the "Only
Lung Pad, could not sleep nights on
account Of hts violent coughing,
since wearing It he has slept soundly
every night.-See Adv.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-08

All but seven OF the messengers
have reached Washington and de-
ltvered the electoral vote Of their res
pectfve States to the vice president.
Messengers are still to arrive from
Louisiana. Mississippi. South Carroll.
ma. Kentucky, Michigan. Iowa and
Colorado. The votes OF all the States
have been received by mail, however,
and there will be no difficulty about
tho count, provided thu forms of law
have been observed.-N. O. Times.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-08

The Baton Rouge advocate notes
the fact that q planter of Baton
Rouge has made four bales Of cotton
to the acre-the result OF high cult.
walton and the proper selection Of
seeds. II our farmers would cult.
vate less land iertilize what they do
work we'll. the same result could be
attained. Our lands being yearly
worked and never fertiljzed cannot
but become less fertile every year.
Bulletin.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-08

Bob 1ngersoll read the following
10 the newspaper: Hundreds OF
sheared sheep froze to death 10 Tex.
az" and remarked that be didn't Gee
much Of that "tempering tho wind
business" clergymen 90 often speak
OF. Bob probably thought the saying
about tempering the wind was from
the Bible. It IL, however, from
Sterne. who, though q clergyman,
was by no means Q sacred Writer.-
Buffalo Express.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-08

Krupp fs making railroad rails IN.
stead Of big guns. However. no can
have the satisfaction Of knowing that
a:great many people are killed every
year by railroad accidents,
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-08

One hundred emigrants from Ala.
bama and Georgia arrived at Nonroe
q few daye ago on their way 70 Ben.
VIE snd Claiborne parishes. -(lon.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-08
Mrs. II. KAHN
-Dealerrm-
STAPLE E. FANCY GROCERIES,
Cigars, Liquors, ETC.,
SesOnd Street, Natchltoches, La.

At the above establishment can he
found at all times large and varied AZ
sortnent of all goods usually kept in u
first. class store, all Of which are sold at
the very lowest possible rates. Call and
SEQ TOR yourselves. aug. l4-tf.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-08

Kansas. Pacific and branches. 1911
Union Pacific and branches. ..2.II5
Denver and South Park. POI
Iron Mountain and branches ...... 6o4
International and Great Northern. 66A
Texas and Pacific ESQ far built. %. 587
Total ................... .9,649
In addition to this there is 3S5
miles of road In course Of construc-
ton In Indiana, Illinois and Iowa,
which will enter into the Wabash
system when completed. and nearly,
II not quite, 1000 miles is under con
tract or projected in Texas and Mex
leo.
Much speculation was INDUCED In
g year ago as to what effect these
consultations would have upon St.
Louis, many business men fearing
they would injure rather than bene.
fit the city. 10 show the effect on
the grain trade OF the city, it Is stated
that last year there was received
here, OF wheat, 15,915,000 bushels
corn, 1921, 900 bushels, and oats,
4.767. 900 bushels, while this year re-.
ceip1s have been: Wheat, 1850, 900
bushets; corn. 21,575, 900 bushels
oats, 5, l5O, 900 bushels, an increase of
2,6G5,0OO bushels OF wheat, 1854, 900
bushels Of corn and 1884, bushels
Of oats. Mr.. Gould's idea that the
Mississippi river, from here to New
Orleans, should be used as an ad.
ditional outlet for the grain Of the
West and Northwest Is shown by the
statement that the Missouri Pacific,
the Wabash and the Iron Mountain
railroads have nearly a halt million
OF stock In q barge line on the Lower
Mississippi river, and that every ef-
fort 1s being made to make the river
q sure means OF the expectation OF
grain to the seaboard and to Europe
during all seasons OF the year. TO
insure the latter result, q very large
elevator is being constructed on the
river bank at Belmont, the southern
terminus OF q branch OF the Iron
Mountain road, below which there is
rarely any obstruction from ice.
During the past two weeks, over
halt q million bushels OF corn have
been sent via the Iron Mountain
Road to Belmont, and put on barges
there for New Orleans. The barge
line referred to will. before the re.
sumption of navigation In the spring,
have Transporting facilities Of 2,OO0,.
600 bushels bulk grain per month,
and this is only one Of several barge
lines In operation on the lower Mis-.
sissippi river The elevator capacity
Of ST. Louis will be nearly, II NOT
quite, doubled within q year, and II
will be kept fully abreast OF the
growing grain trade Of the city.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-08
Miles.

Wabash system, both east and west Of
the Mississippi river and branches 2, 4S7
Missouri, Pacific and branches. III
Central Branch Union Pacific. 900. 36a
Missouri, Kansas and Texas and
branches. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s25
Kansas. Pacific and branches. .. l,Oll
Union Pacific and branches. ......2. lis
Denver and South Park. ........., POI
Iron Mountain and branches ...... 6o4
International and Great Northern. 664
Texas and Pacific ESQ far built 900. 5S7
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10
100000 1O0,OOO,OOO
The Power of Song.

In one Of the hospitals of Edinburgh,
lay wounded Scottish soldier. The
surgeons had done all they could for
him. lie had been told that he must
die. He had a contempt for death, and
prided himself on his fearlessneSs in
facing it.
A rough and wicked life, with none
but evil associates, had blunted his SEN
sibilities, and made profanity and scorn
his second nature. To hear him speak
one would think he had no piously-nu-
tured childhood to remember and that
he had never looked upon religion but
to despise it. But it was not So
a noble and gentle-hearted man came
to see the dying soldier. He addressed
him with kind inquiries, talked to him
tenderly of the life beyond death, and
offered spiritual counsel. But the sick
man paid no attention or respect. He
bluntly told him that he did not want
any religious conversation.
"You will let me pray with you,
will you not?" said the man at length.
"No; / know how to die without the
help of religion" And he turned his
face to the wall.
Further conversation could do no
good, and the man did not attempt it,
But he was not discouraged. After Il
moments silence, he began to sing the
old hymn, SO familiar and so dear to
every congregation in Scotland:
80 mother dear, Jerusalem.
When shall / come TO thee?'
He had a pleasant voice, and the
words and melody were sweet and
touching as he sung them. Pretty
soon the soldier turned his face again.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10
Man..

The average weight Of an adult man
is 40 pounds 6 ounces.
The average weight of a skeleton is
about IA pounds.
Number of bones, 240.
The skeleton measures one inch less
than the height of the living man.
The average weight of the brain of
man is % pounds; Of woman, 2
pounds ii ounces.
The brain of a man exceeds twice
that of any other animal.
The average height of an English
man is feet 9 inches; of a French
man, 5 feet inches; and of Belgian,
5lfeet 6a inches.
The average weight of an English
man is $50 pounds; of Frenchman,
1876 pounds; and of Belgian, 140
pounds.
The average number of teeth is 80.
A man breathes about 20 times in
minute, or 1900 times in an hour.
A man breathes about IS pints of air
in a minute, or upwards of hogsheads
in day.
"A iuuil SlNCo VII t'pC pei CClll. tttl :
bonic gas Of the air he respireS; res
pires, 1866 cubic feet of carbonic acid
gas in twenty-four hours; consumes
1867 cubic feet of oxygen in twenty
four hours equal to 125 cubic inches
Of common air.
a man annually contributes to veg
citation 124 pounds of carbon.
The average of the pulse in infancy
is 100 per minute; in manhood, 50: at
GO years, 60. The pulse of females is
more frequent than that Of males.
The weight of the circulating blood
is about twenty-eight pounds.
The heart beats seventy-five times in
a minute; sends nearly ten pounds of
blood through the veins and arteries
each beat; makes four beats while we
breathe once
$40 pounds or one hogshead one and
one-quarter pints of blood pass through
the heart in one hour
$4,000 pounds or twenty-four hogs
heads four gallons, or 10,782a pints
pass through the heart in twenty-four
hours.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10
Geneva and Its Watches.

Geneva, like other cities, has its spe-
cialties, and its first and greatest, SAYS a
correspondent, is its manufacture of
watches. The Geneva watch has at
tanned a worldwide celebrity, and
though, probably, 10 better than those
of American manufacture, they are
wonderfully fascinating, and it is diff
cult to withstand the attractions of
their show-windows. Their exhibition
of ladies' watches is especially fine, and
their prices vary from $50 to as high
as you care to go, and you are sure to
get a good article if you pay for one.
Another specially is music boxes, of
which large quantities are sold every
year. There are several establishments
here which deal in them exclusively.
and they put them up in all sorts of
shapes. There are musical chairs.
which surprise you 10y playing tune
when you sit down on them, musical
foot stools, goblets, and trinkets of
various kinds, ranging in price from S.
to $1,000, and even higher. Geneva
has almost monopoly of these estab-
lishments, for, save one at Berne. /
have not noticed any elsewhere.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

But the hardened expression was all
gone.
"Who taught you that?" he asked
when the hymn was done.
"My mother"
$50 did mine, | learned it of her
when i was child and | used to sing
it with her." And there were tears in
the mans eyes.
The ice was thawed away. 1t was
easy to talk with him now. The words
of Jesus entered in where the hym had
opened the door. Weeping, and with a
hungry heart, he listened to the Chris
tian's thoughts of death, and in his last
moments to his mothers God and the
sinners Friend.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10
Anxious TO Rise.

There's plenty of room up stairs, as
Daniel Webster said to the young law.
yer anxious to rise, but despondent of
his chance to do SO; but no one need in
lure himself either in climbing the
stairs of fame or those of his own
mousse or business place The follow
ng is to the point: Mr.. John A.
Hutchinson, Supt. Downer's Kerosene
0il Works, Boston, Mass, writes: Mr.
Patton, one of our fMemen. in walk.
walking up stairs last week sprained
his leg badly. | gave him bottle of
st. Jacobs oil to try. He used it and
an almost instantaneous cure was eff
tected.-L0 Fdyette Daily Journal.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

THE bulk of the emigration to this
country is now from Germany, if the
eomers from Canada may be excepted.
For the five months ending Nov. 80.
the arrivals were more than quarter
OF a million. 10000 of whom came from
the Dominion. 64,556 from Germany
29OSl from England, and 2695l from
Ireland.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

Col. G. G. HAMMOND proposes to
give $4,000 to the Chicago Congrega-
tional seminary, provided 100000 addi-
tional is raised before May, 1882. lie
has already given the seminary $4,000.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10
FARM NOTES,

| tCl yNt'ih'4S|'
In purchasing bulbs buy mixed vari-
eties of the hardy sorts.
Never breed from a vicious sire:
temper is hereditary in animals as well
as in man.
The presence Of the red spider in a
hot house is an indication that the air
is too dry
Pure milk condensed to one-third
will remain sweet from five to ten days
in warm weather.
DO not allow the cold winds of win
ter to blow through holes and crevices
upon the farm stock.
1t is said that 26,000,000 bushels of
the present years wheat crop will be
exported in the form of -four
The Massachusetts Ploughman asks
if oxen have not been abandoned for
horses too much in doing farm work.
Add little wood ashes to the flower
pots of favorites, and see how quickly
it will nourish and improve the growth.
The old adage which says lime APP
piled to the land will enrich the father
but impoverish the son contains much
truth.
To purify a sink or drain: Dissolve
One-half pound copperas intwo gallons
of water. Pour in half this liquid one
day and the other half the next.
Water is a much better deodorizer
than is generally supposed. 1t has
great absorbing capacity. Fresh water
running through milk room keeps it
free from odors.
n correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
writes to that journal that he has
raised three heads Of cabbage on one
stalk by pinching of the first one
which appeared.
The National Live Stock journal
thinks that wildness and bad temper in
a mare may he remedied by breeding
them, and cites several instances where
this has succeeded.
The peanut crop of Virginia, Tenn
essee and North Carolina this year is
over two million bushels, worth about
$2,000,000. Peanut shells are largely
used to adulterate ground coffee.
A Maine farmer who has been
very successful in cultivating the blue
berry, says his best success has been
on dry uplands, and he has always
transplanted his bushes from where he
found them.
Filling a horse rack with hay. as
some persons do, and permitting a con-
stant supply, is Ole eff the most proba-
BILE means of producing disease, and
the most positive 10 render animals
unfit for fast work.
Keep your hens in a comfortable
house, feed them well, giving them
warm feed once day; mix in little
cayenne peper once or twice week.
and if your hens are not more than two
years old you will get plenty of eggs.
A surgeon in the German army calls
the attention of all who have to do with
horses to the danger Of using the
pocket handkerchief to wipe away anv
foam from the mouth of horse which
may have been thrown upon their
clothes. Chambers have been commu-
nicated in that way.
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grown annually

EDWARD RICHARDSON, of New Or
leans, is called there, the "cotton king
OF America. He is said to be worth
Sl5,OO0,000. He owns ten or twelve
cotton plantations, on which from fif-
teen thousand bales of cotton are grown
each year.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

SINCE the beginning of the season,
4,S75,OOO hogs have been packed at
western points. 1t is estimated that
the number will be increased to 7,000,-
900 before the 1st of March.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

THE history written by Jeff. Davis,
entitled the "Rise and Fall of the Con-
federate Government" is soon to be is
sued by the Appletons.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

). b. RUGGLEs, in his book on
American resources, says that there
are 400,000,000 acres of land north
and west of the Ohio river, on which
4,SOO,OOO,O00 bushels of wheat will be
grown annually.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

Mrs. MAGGIE EMBRY, of Elkton,
KY, lately deceased, left 100000 in
Louisville and Nashville railroad stock
to Vanderbilt university, Nashville.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

New YORK has made the largest alb
solute increase of population of any
state in the Union during the past ten
years, Kansas the next, Missouri fourth,
Iowa fifth, Arkansas sixth.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10
The Age Of the Earth.

ne age OF the GdTtn,
Gcnteinan's Magazine
As soon as our earth ceased to be in
candescent and became covered IN large
part by water, it commenced its deposi-
tions of submarine sediments. The
oldest known sedimentary rocks, COM
prising the laurentian and huronian
systems of Canada, havea total average
thickness which cannot certainly be es-
timated at anything less than 10000
feet. Sir William Egan, indeed, the
greatest authority upon these primeval
formations, considered the measurable
thickness Of this upper and lower lau-
rentian alone to amount respectively to
10000 and 10000 feet, while he set
down the huronian system as reaching
some $4,000 more. But as doubts have
been raised whether the hurOnian
series are not really the metamorphosed
representatives of the upper lauren
tian, we will omit them altogether
from our calculation, SO as to avoid any
possible cause Of offense. The great
cambrian system, the next in order of
time, has a thickness which has been
fairly estimated at from $4,000 to 80
600 feet. We will adopt the smaller
figure. The silurian is pretty certainly
known to number 5000 feet. The old
red sandstone, with its doubtful con-
temporary, the devonian, cannot be put
down for less than 10000. The car
boniferous series amounts to at
least $4,000 feet, the coal measures
alone sometimes attaining to fully that
thickness. Thus the whole primary
group, including the so-called azoic
rocks, has total vertical extent of not
less than $4,000 feet BY the side of
these enormous thicknesses, we can
only allow 10000 feet for the whole of
the secondary formation, from the per-
mian to the chalk inclusive, while we
shall be generous if we assign 1000
feet to the little group of the tertiary
and post-tertiary deposits. This gives
us total thickness for the whole geo.
logical series of $4,000 feet. Let us
allow 5000 more for the breaks be-
tween each of these main divisions, or
the unrepresented strata, and we have
the round number 100000.
A tabular statement will make these
relations clear, and will allow us to
translate our own thickness into con-
jectural but relatively ascertained dates.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

THERE are $4,000 postoffices in the
country, and the employees of the post
Office department alone foot up 60,479
persons. Last year the postoflice ex-
penditures exceeded the receipts by
$3,5OO,0OO.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

Thomas o. Thompson, Esq, the May
or's Secretary, who, some few days ago,
slipped on banana peel and sprained
his knee, writes that st. Jacobs OIL
acted like charm" ."--Chica9o Tribune.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

IN New York during 1880 there
were 51,2S8 deaths, 27,013 births, s.
S63 marriages, showing an increase of
1887 deaths, 1888 births and 498 mar
riages.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

A redwood log cabin, said to have
been built by Fremonts party in 1S45,
is still in good preservation near the
Mark West springs in Sonoma county,
Cal.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10
Father is Getting Well.

My daughters say "How much better
father IS since he used Hop Bitters." He
Is getting well after his long suffering
from disease declared incurable, and we
are so glad that he used your Bltters.-A
fady OF Rochester, Y. Y.-Uttco Herald.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

INCLUDING the garrisons, Berlin has
a population of 1,11S,630, which is
double that of 1860.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

The railway companies of Great
Britain and Ireland give employment
to 100000 persons.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

War kills its thousands, but Cough
its tens of thousands; DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup however, always kills a
Cough---PIioe-cniy 25 cents q bottle
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

JOHN w. ROBINSON, the tallest man
in Alabama, is six feet seven and half
inches high.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-02-10

PUBLISHED SEMI MONTHLY,
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-12-18

THE following nre the stopping places
and distances along the line Of the q. &
O. Il. r., between Hawthorne md Can.
delaria: Tho first is stanfeld, 10 miles
from Hawthorne aud llOmiies from the
Mound House; Kinkead, l13 miles;
Luning, 1876 miles; New Boston, l3i
miles; Soda Springs, LAT miles; Rhodes
Harsh, l42 miles; Belloviiio. $50 miles;
Junction, 1854, and Candelaria 100 miles.
Al Luning tho stage connects tri.weokly
with Grantsvillo, Belont and Typo, and
from Soda Springs tho stage connects
with Gold Mountain and Csndeltris.