The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-06-09
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Inc New YORK free dispensaries have felt
compelled as measure of self-defense to
charge nominal fee of ten cents for prescrip-
tons, and the result has been most gratifying.
There are six large free dispenssres in the
distric. below Central park the numter of
patients annually treated by these institu,
tions was previous to tho adoption Of the
reform, about 125,000, and the number of
prescriptions Issued about 100000. The i'm
stitution of tho pay rule led TO an Immediate
reduction of 20 per cent in the number of
patients under treatment, and to very con-
siderable reduction il the applications for
Gid. At the Nov York dispeDssry, where
the rule has been il force for three Years,
Mr.. d. C-lden Murray, the treasurer makes
the SUI prisng statement That more than 80
ineverv hundred are able TO pay for their
prescriptions, and the income from that
source suffices to maintain the apotheeary's
department and to materially assist 10 the
financial prosperity of the institution.
After paying the expenses, which are
giSeu by the English committee as 100000,
for work thus far done on both Testaments,
oil other profits go. to the University Press
publishers, who at the outset, in lieu of the
revisers then. The American committee,
one cent Its expenses, not for labor, but
for travel, correspondence, stationery. ETC.,
have been paid by private subscriptions up
to this time. The profits lust it is thought,
be very great if the Oxford publishers have
already sold, as reported, two million copies.
This number incluoes the five hundred
thousand sent to this country. The differ"
ent styles of the New Testament are sold
cheaper in the United States than they are
10 England, Canada and the colonies, be-
cause of the lack of international copyright
here.
Mr.. T. j. Thompson. who recently died in
England, at the age of 60 years, WAS an
early friend of Charles Dickens, and the
last survivor of that amateur dramatic COM
many, including George Henry Lewes, John
Leech, Douglas Jerrold, Dickens and For
stor, which performed for the benefit of
Leigh Hunt. Not only was Mr. Thompson
the last survivor of the company, but he
WAS the only member of 1t who did not
achieve fame in art or literature. Possessed
rs he was of an ample fortune, he found no
nece sity for pursuits in which 1t is believed
he might have mado mark. Another man,
recently dead, who was associated in his way
with the career of Dickens WAS III. BEAUFORT
Mutuel who owned the house at Boulogne
10 which Dickens for time lived, and to
whom illusions arc often made in Mr.,
Forstor's book.
As the quick train from New York to
Boston, which left the Grand Central depot
al oct ok Saturday afternoon, was running
at lis usual speed nesr Hartford, Conn.,, the
engineer saw, when II was too late 10 stop
the train, drove of cows upon the track.
He. saw that bis only chsnce of safety was in
throwing the cattle from the track, for at no
great distance from him, and approaching
him on another track, was heavy freight
train. He put on all possible steam and
dashed his train into the drove, killing four,
which were thrown great distance from the
track, and thus prevented not only derai.
men,, but a possible collision with the
freight train.
There has been discovered In the archives
of the war department cipher dispatch from
Ger. Burnside to Gen. llalleck, then COM
msnder in-chief, dated Sept. 30, 1868, con.
tanning proposition 10 make msrch "by
way Of Atlanta TO the sea, TO be undertaken
without trains, end the troops TO subsist on
tho country" THIS proposition was m ide 3
YEAR or more before Gen. Sherman executed
his famous "march through Georgia" and,
consequently, il would appear, Gen. Burnside
lie entitled TO considerable credit tor
suggesting the plan, which afterwsrd proved
so effectual.
Jerying Fay, a Nstick,, Mass, schoolmss-
ter, is to be tried for cruelty 10 Edward
G ,tdard, II years old. 1t appears that
,ccsuse the boy threw some chslk Fay best
lin sith srawhide three feet long until bis
back vss black ard blue, the marks of ffsy-
tEo strokes being plainly visible, and be
nearly unconscious
The report Of the health officer of Mont
ronery. Alebsma shows that that city is the
/ ell.hiesi in the United Stsies. The number
of desths per thousand population is70T
smorg the white people. and 230i among
the colore1 people, or an average Of 1904.
II the belief thst The Lard league may
bring on corfict between the crown and
the masses Of the Irish people, the Irish
executive strongly urges the tupDression OF
tie organization.
Atlsnts, c., June 8-Tbe Directors Of
The Atisnts & West FONT Rsilrosd hsve
decided 70 Issue . scrip dividend OF 10 per
cert
sI00 Reward