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The examiner., 1882-04-01
South and West.

A NORTHERN PACIFIC work train, containing
 about fifty men, left the track near Bismarck
 Dakota, and 8 sleeping car went crashing through bridge into creek thirty feet below
 In the sleeper there were about twenty-foul
 men, some of whom were lying on their hunks
 asleep, while others were smoking and reading r and playing cards. AS soon as the car over turned the bedding caught fire and there was g general scrambling to escape Some of the men in the car were roasted almost beyond recogni-
 ton. Those who escaped immediately grappled such buckets as they could find, and worked like heroes to extinguish the flames; but the straw bedding, blankets and other combustible material made this impossible. It is supposed that of the eight men killed seven suffered death instantly and before being burned, as the voice of but one man crying "HelpI'' was heard. Besides the eight men killed about twenty more were injured more or less severely.
 WILLIAM HEILwAGoN was hanged at Rock Island, Ill.,, for murdsriug his daughter-in- law, Dora Heilwason, in & cornfeid.
 Two fires, which broke out almost simul- taneously in Cleveland, O., burned out several business and dwelling houses, four barns and other property. doing damage to the extent of more than s25O, ,OOO.
 ALTHOUGH the floods in the Southwest have subsided, much destitution prevails among thousands of the inhabitants.
 A FIRE at McArthur, O., destroyed an entire business square. causing an aggregate loss of $2oO, 900.
 A FIRE in Richmond, Va., the other day, was second only in destructiveness to that which destroyed the business part of the city on it's evacuation by the Confederate army in April, 1865. The flames broke out near the southern end of the Richmond and Petersburg railroad bridge and in less than half an hour the whole structure fell into the James river. When the flames reached the Richmond end of the bridge they attacked and destroyed several tobacco factories, about twenty tenement houses & number of freight cars and other property, causing total loss of about $500, 900. One boy was killed by falling wall and two men were reported missing.
 CREvAssEs in the levees along the sugar dis trict of Louisiana have resulted in the overflow of a numbersof plantations. Planters and mer chants further up the river express the opinion that no material damage to the next cotton crop will result from the floods, though de- moralization among the co'ored laborers is feared from the free issue of rations, which has become necessary in order to prevent starvation.
 WILLIAM NORTH and Powell Rose, neighbors, living near Olymgia Springs, Ky, quarreled | about fence dividing their respective places. North struck Rose with his fist and then drew a l revolver and fired. The ball, striking him in. the fifth rib, glanced off and struck a little daughter of Mir. Rose in the forehead, killing her almost instantly.
 4 COLUMBUS (ohio) dispatch says that the utmost interest has been excited throughout he State by the charges of bribery made against several members of the legislature, and m investigation is under way |
The examiner., 1882-04-01
Romance of the Brooklyn Bridge.

By the end of March of next year the great Brooklyn bridge will probably be ready for use, says New York letter. The trustees want $1, ,25O. .OOO to finish it with. If they keep within their present estimate, which is against all probability and precedent, the bridge will have cost in all just $14, 793, 947.19 Leaving the finances of the bridge out of sight, and the question of it's public usefulness, there is no disputing it's triumphant success as a piece of en- gineering. There is nothing like it in the world. Few people who wonder at the twin giants of granite thst face each other across the river, or admire the fine curve of the massive cables, know anything about the romance of it's con- struction. The story of the great en- gineer who designed and made the bridge is an interesting. and, in some respects, a wonderful one His health was wrecked in the compressed atmos- phere of the caissons used in laying the pier foundations. A most distress ing nervous malady confined him for years to his room and bed. Instead of becoming victim of the bridge, his resolute will made him it's conqueror and hero. His bed was at a window overlooking the river, and from this ob servatory, with 8 telescope alwa1 in his trembling fingers, and plans and pro- jections all around him, he watched and directed the slow progress of an army of workmen. A faithful and intelligent woman was his lieutenant. She mas tered all the complicated details of the work of struction-listened to reports, gave commands, solved difficult ties, frightened in 8 thousand ways the l labors of the invalid.
 If the truth were graven on the face of one of the granite piers On the bridge, the legend would read: Designed by John A. Roebling, and Built by John A. Roebling and his Wife,"
The examiner., 1882-04-01
Where the Boulders Come From.

All who have seen the immense boul- ders called "lost rock" in some sec- tions, scattered over the northern part of the United States, which have little or no resemblance to any mass of rocks anywhere in the vicinity, and have per- haps asked the question: Where did they come from? Also the heaps of sand, gravel and cobble stones of vari- ous sizes which form many of our ridges, knolls and hills, and which are totally unlike any fixed rock near them. All these phenomena are attributed to a single cause. and that is the great sheet of ice which nature stored up years ago without the necessity of pro. tecting 1t in an icehouse. According to Agasstz the sheet of ice extended in this country as far south as South Carolina or Alabama, and was thick enough to cover all the mountains of the east. ern part of North America with the exception of Mount Washington. This peak projected, lone sentinel on that vast waste of ice, two or three hun dred feet. In the latitude of Northern Massachusetts he conceives the ice to have been two or three miles thick. The boulders were all tom off by the ad- vancirg ice sheet from the projecting rocks over which it moved, and carried or pushed as "bottom drift" scratch ing and blowing the sur ace over which they passed and being scratched and polished themselves in return, till they were finally brought to rest by the melting of the ice. They were not car ried as far south as the ice sheet ex- tended, seldom beyond the parallel of forty degrees north. The native copper of Take Superior was drifted four or five hundred miles south, and the pud- din3 stones of Roxbury, Mass, were carried as far south as the Island of Penikese.-Scienti1fe American.
The examiner., 1882-04-01
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Senate.

A petition was presented by Mir. Hale against
 the admission of Dakota as State. The pe- one of the largest in the Territory, issue,: S200; 1000 in bonds to build the Southern Dakota railroad which were bought by people all over the United States. in & short time the bonds were repudi- diated, and the holders of them were thrown into the courts. The Territorial legislature was then invoked to aid the county, and acts were passed to prevent the bondholders from recovering their money. MT. McMillin assert ed that Dakota could be vindicated of any assault of the Eastern money-lenders upon her reputation. Mr. Hale said that he was in favor of Dakota becoming State but he would first have her record purged. The protest was laid on the table .... The Military academy appro priation bill was passed.
The examiner., 1882-04-01
A FIRE which broke out in the Vulcan com

A FIRE which broke out in the Vulcan com pany's powder works near San Francisco oom- municated to three tons of powder, and 8 ter rife explosion followed. The drying house was blown to pieces and eleven men-ive whites and six Chinamen-were killed md four more seriously injured.
 GREAT pecuniary damage will result from the overhowing of many sugar plantations in Louisiana through various breaks in the crev- asses. In Mississippi alone the number of persons rendered destitute by the floods is put at 80 OO0 ==-. .#
The examiner., 1882-04-01

A man who s'traveled on his shape'' insulted young lady, and her father knocked him down and travelled on his shape, too- walked all over him.
The examiner., 1882-04-01
A Useful Table.

In laying off small lots the following will be found to be both accurate and complete
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-29
Discour,eous Women.
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 Why are women more dlscout;eous than men: That he, are so even one who keeps his eyes open has observed. That they should be less prone to ,he lit- tie eivili,ies costing money common among men might be accounted for by the fact that. as rule they have less money: but this will no, account for their failure ln those courtesIes which cost nothing but little personal eNertlon of discomfort. and sometimes not even SD much. Though the rule is no, without, exceptions. Ii nevertheless k the rule. that fl lady enters street car in which there are some men seated. lhe latter will crowd up so ss ;o give her seat, and II thls Is impractiCabic one will arise and make t place for r-l; ia ua. sn with | car ln winch women are only seated 0f course. none of them NH -ise and sne her :, se.:: and unIe>s the ,,ntuetor ask, ! they w.il rarely Jfowd down together = make reaH iot lilc i,ewen4ief A-..iis. E. crossing muddy stree, Wiiefc ihete tfe but two tias-,;oues. t |, aac of he I.rc>. sht, io see oae l4jN 'fep bchind atetaef ts every nan would i..,unr,ae,s da ., tflow t free passage on .hc ..Eet .isz Na',erag> other fii>isii3e t-~ eat the ai.sz- eommodaiins disposition ar u, a.h;Iess- ness of women lai.ht De ite,s.t these will suitiee.
 Men are soi only more 5ouiteous te- ward women. bui also 'owatd men IheN will always rowi ;osethes io make room. where | . possible. far oae ai .hclr seN III d caI. and II woeld never oe, af = ;wo men "a march abreast oyer 4 tiassinS across muddy street. and expect eserl one they meet to step nut mo the mud Il Is difficult, te teeeeni for sueh 1ng- ,rast; bu; possibly >"nc reason fer | can Se found in the disrlpivnc ot inc ci,,ri,e trst to which men are sublectcd from boy hood. Any man hsoifaally d.,le- -;e;sFdsHs the ;h.s nf other. Tn 'ittle nat ters of the kind mentioned would frc- quently have quarrels and occasionally ge; knocked down. and so Woidanre of sueh 2 habit is taught hiu early n lite But surely we mus; not be compelled ,o conclude from ;his that Inability to an oc- caSional knock down would be | good and wholesome thing for the fair sex The question then remains why are women less courteous toward each other than men arcs
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-29
Moorish Women $ Atiire
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 Inc Moori>h wenier appear IT ghc streets entirely caeeloped m a uambe, s; N}lc uan,ies. male ef sht wooden mate nal " a n nIet Wtite teNt're the >o- -tled halSS wh,ch goVcg the head and whole hs,!N ;he faces are deeply A-llc,i the costume permits a> .it,lr oi ;hc nerfe hclns seen ls :he ed does of inc features. ihe appearance Af .he Neotl >h women m sale thcJg house, ls 4l.;c different, rhcsr then hsateS arc ge he seen. aitc; ihc, nave laid lsi.ie the haikS and vel Inc pfusir.e 5hafaeieflSi,. at thls ss,an,r ..tc he widc hunehed au, drswrrs. gen crtliN ~hiie and en winch the tie n women are fond ot c<pending NeS mugh s;uH >o that ,h,s article oi clothing books like d Sklr, reas hing to the feet The chcmlse. consisting ei Fa. silk et ,ulit thlack be Ing the color generally hascn m order ,o show oti diigh, complexion. ~hlle wo- men with dark >kin wcar white ,ullel ,s perfectly transparent, the widc sleeves srr hemmed ~lth rcd silk inside They wear Il sleeveless lackct osci the chcmise. with flowers woven ln And trimmed with gold embroidery and buttons \ sash ls worn mund the la5 ket ei straw eolored yellow stiN. VerS much embroidered with gold which resemble the se aft> Wom hS tle h lewe>>cs on tcStn .,l occasions Long nne >ilk threads hans. down a, the ends The hat is hidden undci >llk handkcrt hlct lu;etwoeen with Se'sei. th,,5 s.ni, small nlA9t> afe visible u the hat ai the nc, huz Ill ooiafed nAtcflass .tie gcnci ak
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-29

lieve il IS sad but .s6soiA!e'r ari.,sys.s,
 iac; that H0 woman can be reasoned ui,h on matters concerning the. emotional nature. They all lose their heads here.
 They are cool reaSoners enough on mat ters of practical economy. and ethics and many kinds of business. Bu. their emo tioaal preigdices never iail ;p run away Wi;h them n he crisises of lie. There
 are rlaHN rand yemen ,n whor. .his noble chara eierls..c f.4e .ii;y oi ,he.. sex !s partially slbordInateG n reason: bu, we have never met woman whom we fel. .o possess he sun. strong. cIernJlly su- movable. rock-lxe MI of >.f5~. and -rea: man. Then grand euiauiaen, .s u een :aeg':N ot .aye ar emotion. sPrEn ss1, a,: e: thcW eudrous function af materrfty. ee. ere university education and eoniae, B .th a> much as possible ot 'he practical knock abaa: woflG will dc a great dea: - rlve symmetry te their ehtFaeters as a 5.esefay tiaaintance and imitation oi the-r 5races and rernements wil give finish and beauty ;o oars.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-29
Ready WI;
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II story ls ta.l ot the example, of the succe ess aitained by quiek~itted men, Iie G,rammont. when young man. w Ai,ed on Cardinal Richelieu. and sur
 prIsed the minister b, the solnewha, un- dignihed amusement of leaping on ta- ble. The Cardinal looked annoyed 4 les, ready-wi,,ed man would have apolo- gired and retired. Bu, De Grammont was wiser and exclaimed. Il ~lll wager ,ha, can leap higher than your emi- nence The challenge was accepted.
 De Grammont was courier enough to al low him self 10 be surpassed, and the Car dinal was his friend for the future. This readiness IS confined to no rank ot hfe. fotace Walpole giyes an instance of II m pars fisherwoman- The Dauphin haying recovered from 4 serous illHess. the danes de ia Halle @a,ied on he King Louis XIV ,o offer theIr consra;- ulatiohs What would have become Of Us had our Dauphin died sad the spokeswonan, '.we should have lost our all ' ~fes, pu, in A second hsherwo- man. who observed the king's bros dar- ken A, thls somewha, equiYocal coinpli- rnent to himself. we should indeed have los, our all for our good King would never have survived his sons death. l. was ready sI, ,ha, enabled William he conqnerer ;o persuade his follower that h.s fail on stepping ashore IT. England wAs an omen of good instead oi esll for tune II have taken seis,n' ofthi, lard, he exclaimed. rising with his hands full of earth and the read, turn dispelled the sapers.l.Ious fear which the accident had oec casloned. The lower orGess of'en pos sess gTca; readiness at repatee. Few re- iorts are better than tha, of the pasioF to Svdsnharn. ,he great sesenteen,h-centuD physician The doctor @as complaining of the bad manner ln which the pave men, was lad in front of his house, add ing And now you throw down earth to hide your bad work We'll doctor,
 said the man, quietly. mine IS not the only bad work tha, the earth hides Old blographers are fond of including "a ready wit- among the virtues of the sub lect of thelr memoirs; indeed, dull folks appear to haze been looked upon in former
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-29
Pretty Decorations

Autumn lcayes will be used -,,eus,sely thi, fall for decorative pnrposes They Are displayed largely Tn s,ores. and ,~ii for twenty rents dozen II ,hls style lasts |, will bc A goisend to ,he fathers who have to foot the bulls Few people m the Io~ly walks of life know the eos, of party wedding and dinner decora.tons Snilas sells at fifty cents yard and the perl lIt,ie miss ,ha, turns up her nose A, the glossy emerald. trailing up the n~wel post. balus,rade or chandelier and over doorway and arch. is no, aware that ,nch def ofa'lons mus; have tost her entertain CT s7s or SSo kosea m bud or bloom run from ten cents ,o ,hlrty rents apiese ard when basket. boque, or design is made those pfloes mus, l,c paid for every pos,e !; coniains Dahlias cos, tify cents A dozen, czrna,ions. dais,es. tube roses pansies, pinks, sweet ~illiams, swee, zlys- sGin. s,s,y cenis doxen and the labor, together with the frame or basket for the design and the hne filling ao~ers, bring the pnce oi floral pieces 10 ,he following hgures BowerS for brides or reeeiYers. So to Ho, afrording to the vane'y of foaes used bow and Arro~s, ti5 ip sa5 horse shoes the same bells, s2o to sSo qal,e 4 nice ball of globe costs P dover leave are ~nrth from St5 to So, and cornuoopls. stafs. foils and diamonds bung from sIo ,o s2S loose bogue,s are aisays ,he cheapest inses;men,, aad are consldered Al the present tune yery ftshionable
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-29
Tenderness to Bafhaftsn,
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 Aatc money Is sren, toi toht,Hu than for bteal more tpr >pHf, than toi atne more toI nc than iof baths ot means ai preserving health .,nd n.IeasIus yigni hs cNetetse mere for amusement than iut lsfsttuf tIt,n Hi"te .as atAe.,icIs than lar ehui he> Aetot>. .,lnsets and dancer arc paid len titne> is tnueh ptca, he's and tcaeheis ale. He populH player mho enictt.an> people. makes them spaSModl- ally laugh CT e1 though he passr>scs bui 4 ilIn Neln ot genus. enatts the same pdt sonfiTai1fA and ts not assos lated "iih an> ot the means whereby human welfare t> promoted. become in aycat many ttmes n, her than the professor who dcsotes las hte to the acquisition and the diffusion et knowledge. or the ph,lan,hro- pl>t who spends his >oul fer hI> kind. Ia rNcitc the nerves ls >utef way ot gaming wealth and reputation than "a strengthen iiie ittlit. Ia th!s extent We .,tc stlil bal baIians ,o this cSlcnf las rIxrfratfun fu'cd t, iiit mes .tud women lbo,c ,hclr inS''u, \ ,o ,his cN'en, have all noble ui- f'acnt cs at' cdGf ajion tcl4glan. love oi eouuitN. !ovc al man. luNc ni .ud iaiicd tp substitute H,elje fot ntlinIt1on When people who will no, eI<e dimes in hafi'l rive doll,ts [" sel,n-ss a too,-taer or zee :, clown Y is piet,, good esidene r oi he st'ftcHasA ai tppe'Itc m the masse~ et uzauklud
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-29
Could Break Of
Detroit Free Pres,

When a certain family on the Brus4 farm took a new cook last month t was specifically stated and fully understood that she aas not 10 have any men hang ing around the kitchen. She held 10 the agreemcn; for three or four nights. and then the family discovered that she had a beau He came regularly ever3 nigh: af ter that and three or four nights ago the colonel was al the back gate waiting for him. When the young man appeared the colonel threw d whole iceberg into his tones as he inquired;
 Well. sir. did you come here 70 spark
 T did was the calm reply
 i-ln love. are you,
 f'Nes. sir.
 t'W'ho with
 sarah. ;he cook
 -Oh. didn', knox ba, you I'd, ed one of my daughters. sn,ered inc colonei-
 No. don, al present sad he man as he seemed ,o catch ! sudden ldea. .'bu; the thing hash, gone so far si'h Sa- rah out ~hai nigh; break oT n ease you had something better sp stars for me-
 Sarah doesn; work there any more. but the colonel won't get over beng mad for several weeks yet
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-29

bai they never did care tor dreSs. anu
 preferred .o associate with them selves rather than with the vulgar herd, keene was vcry much disappointed by his wife's stand. Tor he had s.,lia. ambitions. and would, no doubt. have been a leading h use in society had she se,sndc,i hlS vsews
 He waited p2iicn,l> uniil h.> daughter should hc gcaeis tc come aa, = 6a, asaia he Was disappointed She ,s >eNe Nenteca Ncats oid now. and cVaysi, Ike her mo.h- CT n her tastes ts lar aS the ladies af the heene family arc concerned. ,hey would he ,s hapIa among the mountains u' t,fstntss e.a Ai s1s, Near AS sheS are at Newport aa y;al,a.i.r1 millions Na hcene tarnS tn Wat sttret tot all hls eN- dtcn,eof, While Ooul,i. Nho has no SotsAI arhitioH> hai> h,s cfeatrst atnuSenlent lH the lsas,sta II h3s .si,} i,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-29
Her Love nn Plaster


 te,. uf1aii' Mtnn thrsr is a ,lI,c . ,anc da{ r~ eu'l} gn' # ln,o he h,.al. 'btt -f,c NuGl9 Ec ~ how he, 'a cf .ht' .4ie la8r.s ,h'ng oI two about, q" ts 4 s>.ern ,crniusry irefn ~h,eh he ! ,t fc' fued fe~ months before ,he aat been tnsttnoicd sn modeling ff'ei mufh rcr~uasi"n her young ,3an con scnicd 'a hasc hls bust ,.,ke tn fife ln plaster Inc fat H',t i,fga, te ,rcsse her subjee,', lace. and he plaster ambiuous to do its par in the eNhibl,ion. elung tu the youth and hal. dcned and fastened upon hIs elassio features. The goose 1uills through which he was 'n pump Air to has lungs slipped and the plaster. rushing in to til the va c2ney. nearly .mo,hercd him before i, could be removed | became evident before the Aork had been IF progress all hour that tho experiment WAS not An en- iire euccess and the beautiful seulpiof undertook :o relleve heE model The cast vas broken of piecerncal. bringing with !, snatches of whisker, paiohes of skin. sample of mustaf he. the up of an car. so forth and d; the end of eight of the longest hours oihis life she model es4 sped from the 4rtist, and settng what wa Jeff of his nose surgeon-ward followed | 70 the doctors for rcpair4.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-29
Get, IA ai the Faets


 The 5epottct s.,W t"a hof,cs dashlu < ,.o~u the street wtih d tcN pteers ai shc h.1tne>s ieit and sise p.,tl II the tuanlus sral oi fhe carnage ic made directly iot the spat where the hotScs had ici, the carnage. and h> following ,hr. fa.k K ot >pake>. hubs. and hasincnt, oi the cat nagc ,eon reached the wreck There >toed man hs booking at Il wlth some m tcfcst
 How l th', happen asked the s.rlbc
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 'tt An You gite any pars., alarsg'
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