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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-07
RAILROAD ITEMS.

In the first five msnths of 1852 there occurred
on the railwsysin this country 400 accidents I'm
Which lS8 persons were killed and 5ll Injured,
rms was monthly average of 100 accidents, "
Killed, and l03 injured.
DENVER, Col, July 3.-The first through train
over the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy arrived
| IN Denver this morning. Mr. Crosby, the con.
ductor, ssys that large crowds Of people gath
cred at the depots between Red Cloud and
before. ~
1t Is reported that T. j. Nichols, superiu,cnd
ont of the eastern division of the Union Pacific
Is TO succeed j 7 Clarke, who has recently en-
tered me service of the ST, Paul railway, aud
maj I. h. Hayens, superintendent of the bridge
division, is to take Mr. Nichols place.
passenger locomotive engineers on the Penn.
sylvania railroad are paid by the Tip and can
average SIPS per month Engineers on freight
trains average from 500 to slt0 per month, and
| hfemen receive 81 per month
Jay Gould's new conservatory at Iryington.
New York, is 400 feet long with several wings
OF 80 feet EACH and contains over 1000 varieties
OF plants, most OF which were brought from Eu
rope this year. The grounds are 500 acres in ex
tent; ana there are large flower and vegetable
gardens.
The Cleveland Herald processes to have au.
monty Tor stating that the New York Chicago
X ST. Louis company will not begin running
trains between any points on the line until the
entire rond is completed when It will be opcncd
rs whole from Buffalo to Chicago. Thi.
event VIII occur about September l.
ALBUQUERQUE July l.--Ths day at 1857 D. IN.
| the first locomotive passed over the cannon
Diabolo bridge, One hundred and eishty miles
OF roadbed are ready for the track. and The con.
tractor. ARE pushing forward over two hun.
bred miles of steel rails are ON hand and cross
ties To lay TO the great Colorado river. Tn,
track forces are ready, the material moving. and
track laying will commence at once In few
days the track will be in reach of Prescott busi
ness, and the gold, silver, and copper mines and
pine forests OF Arizona There is considcrabl,
activity in the coal fields six mines ere nj
ready opened and delivering coal. Eyerythine
isin readiness to 20 70 ward rapidly.
LEWIS W. CLEMENT
Chief engineer Atlantic & Pacific railway
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-07

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The following state.
ment shows the condition of the treasury at the
49,. ~ I,,sinnsS Eri1nN evening.
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The Newer ArilhmatiC.
away.

If a man buys box OF strawber-
ries with the bottom showed up half
way to the top for twenty-five cents,
how many can he buy for 50 :
Bought horse fourteen years old
for 500 and sold him to an editor
for Sl20 as a six-yoar-old stopper.
low much did / make'
II it takes eighteen men to do the
bossing and four men to do the lift
Ing when II street-car horse falls
down, how many bosses and liiters
will it take to put five horses on their
feet
Julia has five beaux and Emily has
three, while the old maid next door
has none. How many beaux in all,
and how many would be loft if they
should give tho old maid half tie
crowd!
How many are SlS less the 50
you lent Il Congiessman's son to help
him pay his fair to lowaf
A certain city has population OF
420, 900. The census man can iind
but 231.5S0. What is tho differ
ence, and where did tho remainder
hide during the census taking
A. has an overcoat for which he
paid SIS, and his wife trades it of
for two red clay busts of Andrew
Jackson worth thirty cents each.
How much money will she get from
her husband to buy q fall bonnet ?
II six men who talk politics and
dispute on biblical questions can
build wall in five days, how long
will it take two men who
whistle and ilirt with the widow on
the next corner to do the same
work /?
A man pays thirty cents for three
pounds of evaparated apples and
gets a Sl4 newspaper puff for send
ing them to an orphan asylum.
Does he gain or lose, and how
much I
How many peck peach baskets,
each holding six quarts, will be re-
quired to hold seven bushels OF
peaches. each busbel Of which is
short four quarts 1-DetroN Free
Press,
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The Noise OF Cannon.

Iu an article describ bing tho Con
federate charge on the last day Of
Gettysburg, NJ. Quad says iu the
Free Press:
At2 o'clock while there was al
most perfect silence over that great
battlefield, tho sudden boom ofa guu
was heard from l,oo's center. lts
echoes were yet rolling back and
forth from hill to hill when there
came a crash as il tho heavens aud
Garth had mot. Lee bad opened
with nearly $50 pieces Of artillery
Meade had massed eighty or more
guns in the centre to reply, and now
800 cannon began their awful din.
An officer standing within thirty
feet Of threo six-poundcrs which aro
being rapidly fired must shout his
orders. Ono standing as near as
that to q full battery could not hear
a thunder clap in the sky above
rho roar Of twenty pieces Of artillery
will drown ordinary voices half N
mile away. Mcclellan had sixty or
seventy guns masscd ut Malvern
Hill, aud dishes woro shaken down
in houses six miles away. The can-
uonado at the first Bull Run was
nothing compared to subsequent
battles, and yet the rovcrberations
were distinctlyheaied in Washington
twenty miles away The cannouado
at fredericksburg toppled down
farmhouse chimneys eight miles
distant and was heard twenty-five
miles, Think, then, of $50 artillery
many OF them Parrot guns, massed
on the crest Of bills aud oil firing at
fast as men could serve them! An
earthquake could not thus have sha-
ken the earth. Men became giddy
and staggered, aud houses seem tc
lift off their foundation. In tct
minutes after the first gun was fired
ono could no longer distinguish sin.
sle reports, All reports wore con
soli6ated into ono terrible roar
which alarmed cattle in tho liol Is
fifteen miles away, and was plainly
heard by human ears forty miles
away.
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Perfectly Satisfactory.

The next man was q tall, bow :
backed, long.faced chap who had
worried through the winter without
an overcoat and perhaps without
changing bis linen.
mo use to ask IL this charge Of
vagrancy is true," remarked his Hon.
or, at Chicago, as he surveyed the
prisoner.
mot bit Of use, Judge you
know it's false" was the ready re-
ply.
What Do you deny that you
are vag :"
Certainly DO y
Then what arc you ?"
"A gentleman and n Spectator,
sir. II you'll give mo few minutes
OF your valuable time I'll make the
most satisfactory explanations of my
present appearance aud financial em-
barrassment "
"Go ahead"
"Well, sir, my name is Rhoderic
De Langley. To begin with, no va
grant owned such a name. / am a
Spectator in grain, bonds, silver
stock and other things. When ]
make strike / dress like Prince
and live high. When I lose sleep
in the alleys aud cut my expenses
close. My last speculation was a
ljss therefore I am economizing.'
"What was your last speculation ?
"Four hundred shares at ton dol
lars each in IN invention 10 hatch
fish by steam. My partner ran away
with all tho funds and left me fat
In thirty days 1 shall be on my feet
again"
"IIow ?"
"I am after one hundred shares in
Union Pacific. They are down tc
hard-pan and mnst react. Give IN,
thirty days and will bo in Glove,
again
III give you sixty" said the Cour,
after pause.
Good am a thousand times
obliged. Everything is perfectl,
satisfactory"
"Yes--sixty days in the Worl
House! April showers will DO in
vigorating the earth when you com,
out"
"That was base trick" said th,
prisoner, as he fell back, and wher
out of ear-shot OF the Court he tolC
Bijah that if ho lived to servo ont hi
sixty days he would send his Homo
an Internal machine and blow hin
five hundred feet high.
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For Tho PosT.
REBEL PRISONS.
BY DIR. II. ROTHROCK.

There being no Sanitary regulation
in Camp, and no proper medical pro-
visions, sickness and death were iu-
evitable accomplishments Of our i'm
prisonment. Thousands of prisoners
were so affected with scurvy, that
caused by want of vegetables, or oI
nutricious food, that their Limbs
were ready TO drod from their bodies.
I have often seen maggots scoop out
by the handful from the sores of
those thus afflicted. Irecollect we'll
a man was brought to the hospital,
and q wound in his side, he complain =
ed Of severe pain in the wound,
and I noticed several maggots make
their appearance, I. diluted some
nitric Acid, poured this into the
wound, and horror upon horror one
pint Of maggots came out Of the
wound and fell to the grouud.
Upon the first attack Of scurvy, an
enervating weakness creep over the
body, which is followed by disin-
clination to exercise the legs be-
come swollen and weak, and often
the tendons contract, drawing the
leg out Of shape the color OF the
skin becomes black and blue, and re-
tains pressure from the fingers as
putty does. This is frequently fol-
lowed by dropsical symptoms, SWELL
ing of the legs and feet.
II the patient was subject to
throat trouble, the scurvy would at
tack that part il afflicted with or
predisposed to any disease, there it
would seize and develope, or aggra-
vate it in the system.
In cases Of this character, perso ns
ignorant of their condition would Of
ten be trying to do something for q
disease which 10 reality should have
been treated as .sourvy, and could
have been prevented or cured by
proper food.
A common form of scurvy was in
the mouth this was the most hor-
rible in its final results Of any that
afflicted the prisoners. The teeth
would become loosened. the gums
rot away, aud swallowing the saliva
thus tainted with the poison Of sour
w, would produce scurvy in the
bowels, which often took the form Of
chronic diarrhoea. Sometimes
blostipg Of the bowels would take
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To be Continued

Hanging is capital punishment.
especially when you're hanging on
some good.looking girls arm.
"Ah, ha.' said Mrs. Partington,
lit takes oil sorts Of folks to make a
world, and Im glad I'm not one Of
''em."
"What are you blowing about T.
said the tree to the tornado. "Blow.
ing about eighty miles an hour" was
the reply.
Tho fact that people are going
around buying up old rubber shoes
leads us to suspect that there must
be new kind Of bologna sausage in
the market.
II is estimated that there are 30,-
600, 900 umbrellas IN this country y,
but the great trouble is to lind tue
clap Mhs has gobblsd th0m up4'
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Guiteau is going to pieces, but it
is to be hoped that there will be
enough Of him left to hang.
The man who has half an hour 10
spare generally drops in and occu-
pics half hour that belongs TO some
other man.
II is getting fashionable to adorn
the house with handsome specimens
Of fancy work. Might We suggest
the thought that the family cat nail"
cd by the four claws to the parlor
mantel would have novel and beau
tifhl effect |?
There is said to be q family living
in Jamaica, West Indies, 10 which
the possession Of six fingers has
been hereditary for at least four
generations. They consider the ex'
t,a finger deformity, arc ashamed
| qf itIahd AFSays amputate it,"
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God Speed.

Fields Of untold wealth mines o.
unsounded depth pasturages with
out ond health giving climate ar
sparkling waters raw mateiinls H.
abundance for the fiery furnace, tb
weaver and the spinner, the meta
worker aud the artistic jewclcr, en-
trauciug views for tue lover of ma
ture and the beautiful inspirin
alike TO the artists s,ul anl blus
and tho mind and pen Of the litcra
teur meat for tho millions, brc,
for the ,oilers Of the Land foi tuh
and position for the workers WI
Wiling hearts aud hands such M
the advantages Colorado present
to tue World Mt largo, aud the up
preaching opening Of the Chicago,
Burlington aud Quincy Railroa,
through line to Denver, directly
linking Chicago, st. J. uis, Kansar
City, Peoria. Des Moines, Atchison
the progressive cities Of tho growing
West, to the Queen of tho Rockies
will bring homo to the masses, III
opportunity perhaps long sough
for to explore the famous region
From tho cotton planes Of th'
South and her seductive sugar hcl
from tho spiuning mills OF Nov
England. the iron furnaces of Penn.
sylyania, the marts of commerce oi
the East aud the Old World IL ne
avenue is opened. The mauufactur
or, tho merchant, tho tourist, th'
invalid, the student, tho miner, the
laborer all have an interest in th,
new enterprise fostered and brought
to successful issue by most admira-
bly, managed and most advanced
railroad corporation Of our time.
To them it means increase of busl-
ness, increaso Of pleasure, Improved
health, new fields aud new scenes,
fresh opportunities advancement
and progress.
Aud while these steel bands vii
unite new sections Of tho world into
closer and more intimate relation
as regards business and persona
welfare, il will also unite hearts ant
minds, foster now acquaintances
new relations and create for many
new hearthstone, q home in u land o
promise.
We hail with unfeigned pleasur,
the first trip of tho ir III horse, thai
greatest OF helper to advanced civl-
lization, across the virgin soil of that
wonderful land aud bid God-speed
to tho projectors while awaiting the
formal announcement that tho ney
line is opened for passenger traffic
aud the banner of the Great Burl.
ington Route" floats at the base Of th,
Rockies.
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80
II q q { 4 "
The Footsteps Of Decay.

Oh, let the soul its slumbers break
Arouse its senses, and awake
To see how soon
Life in its glories, glides away,
And the stern footsteps of decay
Come stealing on.
And while we view the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide
Away so fast,
Let us he'present hour employ,
And deem each future dream joy
Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind,
No happier let us hope 20 find
To morrow than to day
Ourgolden dreams of yore were bright,
Like them the present shall delight
Like them decay.
Our lives like hast'ning streams mustbe
That into the engulilns sea
Are doomed to fall
The sea of death, whose waves roll on
Der king and kingdom, crown and
throne,
And swallow ALL
Alike the rivers lordly tide,
Alike the humble rivulet's glide
To that sad wavel
Death levels poverty and pride,
The rich and poor sleep side by side
Within the grave.
Our birth Is but starting place;
Life is the running OF the race,
And death the goal;
There all our glitterng toys are bro't,
The path alone, of all unsought,
Is found of all.
See, then, how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of earth
That lure us here
Dreams ofa sleep that death must break
Alas! before it bids us wake,
VIC uisdpItdr.
Long ere the damp ofdeath can blight
The cheek'sprre glow of red and whit.
Has passed away;
Youth smiled, ana all was heavenl,
fair
Age came and laid his finger there
And where are they
Where is the strength that slurnet
decay,
The steps that roved so light and gay
Tie hearts blithe toner
The strength is gone, the step ls slow
And joy grows wearisome and woe
When nSe comes onl
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Licked an Elder,
Rockies,

Ono summer in the years agone
while camp meeting was in pro
gress in Eaton county, there arrived
on the grounds bully named Mil
lor, who had made vow to lick
Elder johnson and break up the
whole business. Tho elder heard
news with calm composure, and as
soon as at liberty, he hunted UP n
worldly friend Of his own and ask
cd
"Friend Smith, didn't you used to
fight in yonr younger days p
"Ah Elder, have had many II
tune with the boys."
"And what is the effect OF q sud
den blow between the eyes :"
1T astonishes and humbles'
rs there any danger of killing
man by such a blow p
"Never knew case OF it.
The Elder went his way with n
serene smile on his face. Miller had
his coat of, and was hunting for
him, and they met face to face as
they turned wagon. Miller start
ed to crack his heels aud crow, but
he never finished. The elder took
him one square between the lockers
without stopping his pace, anl it
took twelve rowdies, three dippers OF
water, and two quarts of W hiskey to
revive the patient and get him Of
the grounds. One day, year after
ward, he met the Elder, aud serious
ly asked ;
"Elder some OF the boys say I was
kicked by mule, and others stick
to il that l was struck by lightning
but I've always had suspicion that
you hit me with provision stand
How was it, anyhow y
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The mind, like tho eye, sees all
things rather than itself.
Ignorance has no light, but error
follows az a false one.
A good cause is sometimes injur-
ed by ono that is week.
The shortest life is long enough
il it leads to o better one.
Age without cheerfalnoss, q Lap.
laud winter without SUM-
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WHENCE COMES THE UNB0UNOE)
POPULARITY OF
hIlcGCk'S Porous Plaster?

Becausc they have proved themselves
The Best ENtcrncl Remedy ever in
cented. They will cure asthma, colds,
voughs, rheumatism, neuralgia, and
any local pains.
Applied to the small of the back
they are iufalliable in Back Ache,
Nervous Debility, and all Kidney
troubles; to the pit of the stomach
they are n sure cure for Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint.
ALLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS
are painless, fragrant, and quick to
cure. Beware of limitations that Bills
ter and burn. Get ALLCOCk'S. the
only Genuine Porous Plaster.
Jan. ., 1889. Gm.
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"Where are you going with that
big basket ?" "To market for por-
terhouse steak" but you do not
need such basket as that for por-
.tsr-house steak "Csrtainly not
the basket is to carry the mon ey in"
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DandruH.

What is dandruffi Is il disoase
Is it curable ? No, no, no : 1t is
an evidence of a healthy scalp, aud
as to its cure you might as well at
tempt to stop your toe nails from
growing. 1t is simply Natures mode
Of renewing the scarf skin all over
the body, and the reason why it is
not shown on other parts is that the
friction Of clothing removes it as fast
as il is loosened, while the hair Of
the head, il not often brushed or
combed, or washed, prevents its es-
cape.
Now il you have any doubt as to
the truth OF what l have asserted,
rub the inside Of your lower limbs
smartly with black cloth, and you
have rubbed of fine white powder
which is OF the same muterial as the
dandruff on your scalp, only more
finely pulverized. I will offset my
advice against the barber's. Nine
is: Brush the hair every day,
thoroughly with comb at least once
a week. and wash the whole head in
soft water as often as possible. You
may put little soap or soda in the
water, but l wouldn't. Do not in-
vest in any Of the so-called dandrulf
cures, but save your dollar to pay for
q newspaper and readit
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TO CONSUMPTIVES.

Tho advertiser having been permanently
cured OF that dread disease, Corsumption, by a
simple remedy, II anxious TO make known 20
hts iellOw-suiiercrs the means of euro, To all
who desire II, he Will send copy OF the pre-,
seriptl0n used, tiTor Il charge with the hirec-
,ions for preparing and using tho same, which
they will md a sure Cure Tor Coughs Colds,
Asthma, bronchitis, NC.
Parties wishing the Prescrirtlpn, will please
address. Rev. T.. a, WILSONi l9i Penn ST.,
NY.
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.BRowN's IRON BITTERs is
composed oflron in soluble
form; Cinchona the great
tonic, together with other
standard remedies, making
a remarkable non-alcoholic
tonic, which will cure Dys-
pcpsia, Indigestion, Malaria,
Weakness, and relieve all
Lung aud Kidney diseases.
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Mansfield. Ohio, Nov. IS. 1881.

Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. IS. 1885,.
Gentlemen .-ihave suffered with
pam in my side and back, and great
soreness on my breast, with shoot.
Ing pains all through. my body. at
tended with great weakness, deprcs.
sion of spirits, and loss OF appe-
lite. lhave taken several different
medicines, and wastfeated by prom.
incnt physicians for my liver, kid.
neys. and spleen. but got no relief.
thought | would try ltown's Iron
Bitters have now taken one bottle
and half and am about wcll-pain
In side aud back all gone-sofeness
nll out Of my breast. and have a
good appetite, and am gaining in
strength and flesh. ltcan justly 10
called the king II usdieis6I.
Jous X. AlLEspHB.
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The enthusiast has been compared
VI man 'walkingdn q fog.9
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r. ]. CHENEY. Druggist
pByNGb

will mail tlrcel tho receipt for simple
N,gstRbl, Balni that VIII remove Tar,
Frr.ki.s, Ptmples and BIotches, leaving
the skin snfi, cloar and beautiful alsn in-truc-
tiOns for producing n luXuTiant growth Ot hair
on u bald head or smooth face. Address In.
clusing 30. stamp, BEN NANDELF a co, ~
AaTcley ST.. NY.
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SEEK

health and avoid sickness.
Instead of feeling tired and
worn out, instead Of aches
and pains, wouldn't you.
rather feel fresh and strong'
You can continue feeling
miserable and good for no.
thing, and no one but your
self can find fault, but IL you
arc tired OF that kind oiliie,
you can change it if you
choose.
How ? BY getting one
bottle Of BRowN' IRON BIT
TIERS, and taking it regularly
according to directions.
National Republican., 1882-08-10
WEST WASHINGTON,

During the fishing seasona report concerning the
condition of the water at Great Falls will be pub.
lished each day, as furnished by the Washington
Aqueduct office, using the following scale: Very
turbd to s; turbid, to 15 slightly turbid. Is
to %; clear, % to 49, Condition of the water.
Wedne day, AugustS-At Great Falls. 8; at receiv-
ing reservoir, Sc; at distributing reservoir. 36.
High tide Thursday, August 1o-4: AZ a. IN. and
529 p. M
Street lamps will be lighted o-night at 80 and
eXtinguished at 3 a. m.
The challenge of Messrs. Mansfield and Lewis,
the Eastern Branch oarsmen published i'll THE
REPuBIICAN, will be accepted by two of our young
boatmen, Messrs. Edward Payne and William
White, whose hackers went last night to make the
necessary arrangements for the race. The Eastern
Branch gentlemen will have to do some good row.
ing TO win.
The canal boat G. T. Dunlop brought 1000
bushels of corn to Hartley & Bro.
]. &, II j. NJ. Waters received 1900 bushels OF
wheat by the canal boat w. G. Boyer, and 800
bushels by the DR.. Knott.
The offerings of wheat on Change yesterday
were 4,lG0 bushels and the sales were 440 bushels
at 81 IL and 800 bushels at Sl.13.
Drovers' Rest live stock Gales, Tuesday, August
s, 1889, reported by Tavener Bros. proprietors--
$50 head Of cattle up and sold at-Best, b14@551c;
good 44@5Ac; medium fair, 4@l434c thin steers,
oxen, and cows, 3@D4c; 1900 sheep and lambs at
lambs, 4l306c; sheep, 3l5@4l1c; Is cows and
calves at from $40 to S55 each