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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-11-30
Weight Of Men and Women.

II will be remembered that permission
was given the department of scientific and
educational appliances to employ clerl
to record the weights of men and women
being weighed on scales IN the exhibit o
the Howe Scale company. The sheets con
tanning the record have now been added up
and the committee reports as follows.
The object sought was determination O.
the average weight of men and women, 9
fact often required by civil and mechanical
engineers. Haswell states that the average
weight of 10000 men and women, weighed
at Boston in 1864, was-men, 1il3 pounds
women, 124l. We have always thought
these weights too low for western people.
The number weighed at the tenth Cincin,
natl Industrial exposition was %, 155, and
the total weight, 3,072,3O6 pounds.
Men weighed, 7,467; weight, 1,l50 los
pounds. Women weighed, IA .6SS; weight
i,922, 1888 pounds.
Average weight of men, 15i02 pounds
average weight OF women, l30.S1 pounds.
For men this is 1852 pounds. higher than
the Boston average and for women 6.3I
pounds higher.
We also determined with reasonable Ger.
tainty the average weight Of people from
the country, independently of the general
average. This was rendered possible by
the excursions that we're coming here at
various times from this and the adjoining
states, parts of which we're weighed.
FOR OHIO.
Average weight of al men was 1913
pounds; average weight Of 10 women was
i33 20.
ron eoururpv rvnr,v, AVN rItINoTs.
Average weight of l5i men was 1882
Average weight of 1893 women was 1885
pounds.
FOR KENTUCKY.
Average weight of ia men was l5s.4S
pounds.
pounds.
The mean of these averages is so much
above the general average as to attract at
tention. For men IL is 4. 90 pounds higher,
and for women 2.65 pounds. The very
high, and approximate, average Of those
from southern Indiana and Illinois and
from Kentucky recalls the Kentucky origin
of the former.
We are under obligations to the propri-
etors Of the scales for furnishing assistant
weighers. thus enabling the work TO proceed
continuously. w. A.CoLIoRD, Chairman.
CrNoINSATi, Nov. ], 1ss2
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-11-30

To meet the objections against round
dance an invention has been perfected
called the irreproschable waltEer." IL IA
a stouf frame a light wood, Of about I've
let in height. and remotely resembling a.
old fashioned kite frame At t1e top
ri 49, frame IL q padded rest for the
Ir1v's hard and ef about The middle q tie
frame i . i0intcd arm. capable q being
r1ecef around = young latTie waist. and
rernrelr fastened in that position With
thumb screw. Tie frame hes two fset fur
rIshrf Nth cnst0Ts. each one q Which hes
. universal isirt 20 thrt = can turn iree.y
- 80 fIrs~fIrr. Ths whole affair weighs
rr1r I've pounds. nu1 II 4 made 70 bid 70
~rIfrr - fhst = Isdr can cnrTT i IN htr
HAD. eithH with o. without siIs1l sirHp.
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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-11-30
Sensational Revelation Of Danger In Oc-
cupying Upper Berihs In Sleep
ers-An Albright Tomb.
Is. The Jury system Failure "A
Proposed Remedy For the
Evil.
A. Perfect Irreproachable Walter
Discovered At Last,
A Little Lacking in Animation, but the
Pink of Propriety.
Other Very Interesting Excerpts.
Danger of Upper Berths.


While sitting in the smoking-room of a
palace car, conversing with an acquaintance
of mine from Brooklyn, the conductor came
in and commenced an easy chat.
"Being railroad man" he said, sit may
be foolish, in me to speak of it, but did you
ever notice anything particularly danger
Gus about the upper berths in a Pullman
mo" exclaimed, "and yet l have slept
in them frequently; what do you mean?n
'Come here, and will explain" was the
reply, and leading the way into the carihe
let down one OF the upper berths, and, put
ting aside the mattress, displayed its inner
workings. =,
'Now, to look at it," he said, '''you would
imagine this heavy bottom weighed fully a
hundred pounds, yet, so nicely is it bal
anced, the slightest pressure hits 1t up into
its place. Give mere push and 1t goes up
as light as a feather. This is done by
means of the strong coiied springs INSIDE
which roll up the supporting berth chains.
The woodwork fits so closely that when
shut the whole appears as one solid part OF
the car. The cracks are not even visible.
If man were to be shut up in one OF these
paaces it would be an air.tight tomb, and
lie would die of suffocation."
"But is it possible to be shut in one Of
Ilem i WIN q StNuuSi P"SS
ng through me at the idea.
"Certainly," replied the conductor
grimly. This lock, as you see, shuts with
3 Spring. Push up the berth ever so gently
r and the lock fastens automatically, with an
almost imperceptible click. The lock Is on
the outside, and it would be utterly impos
sible to open it from within. Let the berth
be shut on a man and he will be smotherec
to death in less than ten minutes-would bt
fiattened out and damned between the
berth and roof of the car, gasping fol
breath"
And the same course of events happen II
the most varied fields of wholesale produc
f:on in commerce. Everywhere from the
soil of free competition, like poisonous
toadstools, spring up rings" corners,
s'syndicates.' Here it is petroleum oil
there sugar there quinine, starch, glucose
hops, the prices of which are fixed by al
alliance of all the large competitors aitei
they have killed off all the small ones by
the brutal use of their monetary power.
Here now is offered problem for demo
cratic national politics, a greater or more
praiseworthy than which cannot be i'm,
agined. The republican party redeemed
the country from the rudest kind of human
slavery. How if the democratic party
placed for its goal the redemption from q
slavery which monopoly, the latest aspect
of "free competition" has created-a sla
very exteriorly less rude and brutal, but II
its internal methods much more dangerous
not only to freedom but also to morality
and honor.-[Chicago Ill.) Stats Zeitung
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-27
Seeking InfOrmtiOn.

The first passenders of the western
bound train to finish breakfast we're
coming out of the dining-room at Colfax
on the Central Pacific Railroad One. a
young man from beyond Omaha, with
innocent blue eyes, and looking cheerful,
and as if he was full of questions, ap-
preached man who was looking, in an
Indifferent sort of way, at the train and
passengers, and who was roughly dressed
and wore a shaggy beard The young
man opened:
"Live bout here?"
mot fur"
"Mining?"
"No."
"Got rancho"
"No."
"Born in this country?"
"NIizoorer."
"Must follow something's
"B'ar huntin'."
80! many bears in these mountains?"
Good deal Of bar in the Sary Ne
vaidys."
"Grizzlies?"
"Grizzlies."
Like it %
"Yep."
Resting ?"
"Come in to get my lightin' rods,
fixed"
'Lightning-rods !"
"Lightpin' rods"
Have to protect your cabin y
myself"
How"
"Ligtnin' nifty bad in the tops o.
the Sarys. Bar hunters have to wear
lightnin'-rods."
"Wear them?"
"Yet. Been struck so of'en lately. my
rods got p'ints all wore off. Come in to
git EN- rep'inted. One wuz wearin'
yistiddy got too blunt, an didn't take
lightnin' good. Got my pipe broke by
the lightnin', and boot-heels busted off. "
Thunder! How do you stoop with
one on ?"
SCOT two hinges in 'em. One at the
bend nv the knees, an one above"
The bell rang. The young man rolled
on toward where the sun makes his
couch.-Exchange.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-27

"Who do you consider the best slight
of-hand performer in the United States,
was asked Goldberg
John Goldberg" he promptly an
swered.
How about Hartz and Hermann and
Allen?"
II consider them fair"
He thought $3.50 an excessive charge.
Mr.Allen was asked who he considered
the ablest slight of-hand performer in
the country.
He anwered: Edgar S. Allen"
"How about Hartz, and Goldberg and
HERMANN"
Fair"
This was the case.
Judge Kelly found for the defendant
Fearing, Hartz to pay the cost of the
action.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-27
Sage Advice to q Michigan Windmill
Man.

A Michigan man who has patent wind
mill went down to Tennessee last fall to
see what he could do among the farmers
of that State. Reaching a town in the
central part of the State, he went to q
dealer in agricultural implements and
stated his desire to erect his machine
and call attention to it.
"Well, it can be done, I guess" was
the reply.
"But how had best proceed?"
"Well, you kin put her up over on the
hill thar. 1 don't know who owns the
ground, but if you treat the crowd l
guess no one will object"
every we'll"
Next Tuesday is market day, and
there'll be heaps of folks in town. You
want to be around early and treat the
crowd"
eyes"
''Set the old thing going and ask the
boys over to drink something"
Gust So"
"You want to stand on bar1 and
make some explanations, of course, for
it will be new to most of 'em. But don I
talk too long. Make it about ten min
utes. and then treat the crowd"
yes"
eff you have to talk any more, tell 'em
there's another drink ahead"
II see."
IF the old man Jones comes in with
his boys there'll be row in the crowd.
They shoot on sight. Keep your eye
peeled, and if you see any signs of a row
ask the whole crowd out to drink"
"Yes, but"
"Look out for dog fights. II one takes
place you cant hold the boys a minute
Keep your eye ON the CANNES. II you
see yallar purp begin to bristle up ask
the crowd to step over and moisten."
Eyes, hut by that time the whole
crowd will be drunk" protested the
agent.
"Sartin il will, and that's what you
want of course. That will give you q
chance to skip ont end take your life
along with you. and if you make stop
anywhere within hundred miles III
send the windmill by freight--provided
there's anything left to send Nothing
like knowing how to handle Tennessee
crowd, my friend. Did you ask me out
to take sumthin ?"-Detroit Free Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-27
A WOman's Heart.

"Lemme see," said the old man, mus
ing with his chin on the top of his cane,
and speaking in the shrill falsetto voice
of age. sit must be forty-seven years
since Anna Maria died, yet can remem-
Der the very gown she wore, and the
color OF the long curls that hung down
over her shoulders, and the red on her
cheeks that was like winter apple |!
Dear me she's never faded mite in all
t EN- years, but Just sits there a-lookin'
at me as she did when l brought her
home. You see, there was kink of re-
nance tew it; and I often and often
thought that if I had the power and
could rite it out it would read beauti
fuller than novel. The fact was Ann
Maria had another beau. but that amt no
wonder, for she was the smallest and
prettiest and best girl in the hull coun-
try side; but what mean she had favor
ed him ever so little ,aforeI come around
and began keepin' her company. Folks
kind of coupled their names together.
and some of 'em, to bother me, limited
that she cared heap for him. Why,
you'd orter tew hev seen him. He was
slim and fine as lady, and wore galter
shoes and had holler eyes es If he'd never
had quite enough to eat. Ann Maria
care for him? Why, the girl had sense,
and knew the difference atween fellow
as straight as sapling with color like
new mahogany, and such melancholy
looking specimen as that. Besides he'd
a mortgage on the old homestead, and
Ann Maria's father owed me money, and
I did right by them. told her eff she
married me I'd deed the whole thing
back to her, and did. Well. we was
married, and we made as purity couple
as you ever saw in your life. Ann Maria
had a settin' out Of china and linen, and
1 provided the house, and folks said
had the best wife in the world, and I'd
got everything just as l wanted it, and
s'posed it would always be so; but from
the day we we're married my
wife failed in health and spirits,
and in six months buried her
folks said it was consumption.
but it didn't run in the family. l was
blind and full of pride then-but I've
thought since"-here the old man lowered
his voice-"that mebbe all the time she
loved that white. faced chap as de-
spised; q woman's heart, I've found out,
is queer thing, and love goes where it
is sent; but if she did and married me
from sense of duty, why, all I've got
to say is I've been punished too. for I
loved her! Perhaps never felt it as
much as I did when I saw her lying
white and peaceful in her chintz gown,
with the violet on it and something
round her neck that never see before
a little cheap locket with some hair in it
that wasn't mine.
''Then mistrusted that her heart had
broke, and said solemnly as kissed
her goodbye, MY dear. I'll never have
a wife but you if / live the four-score
year and tent And I never have, and I
think mebbe she will see that loved
her truly, and forgive me at last"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-27
The Question Of Gloves.

Society insists that long, loose gloves
shall be ode rigeur." The fat woman
gets into them and has the satisfaction
of affording infinite anus ement to those
who are not entirely lost to sense OF
humor. Her arms look like twin bologna
sausages. The women with beauti-
full arms spoils one of the rarest of
charms. Women with thin, ugly arms alone
covers her self with more or less glory.
As matter Of fact no two beings are
fashioned alike; many are fearfully and
wonderfully made, and hands and arms
are as distinctive as eyes and mouths.
There are women whose arms cannot
we'll bear more than six-buttoned gloves
even in ball dress. Why should they
injure their appearance by initiating an
actress who would be the first to rail at
such folly? Have they not taste enough
to Judge of effect? Admitting taste, do
they not possess sufficient strength
of mind to have the courage of convic-
ton? The wearing of gloves, be they
four or six or twenty. buttoned, is scarce
ly subject upon which to wax ,elo-
quent, yet this same apparently trivial
detail involves principle, the princi-
pie of individuality, or Independence OF
thought, or propriety in adornment
There is no such thing as sensless beauty
There is always reason why beauty is
beauty, however ignorant the many
headed may be of the course of object
i've pleasure,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-27

His Honor Judge VIM. Kelly, the gen.
ial Justice of the 9Th district court, and
who divides with another justice Fred q.
Gedney of the 9th district the bulk Of
theatrical cases. had before him last week
very interesting case. The plaintiff
was Hartz. the prestidigitateur and the
defendent Mr.. Fearing the Wall street
banker. 1t appeared from the evidence
that Fearing had engaged Hartz to give
sleight- of-hand performance at his
house but had made no formal arrange
ment as to pay. Mr.. Hartz had given
his entertainment and sent Mr.. Fearing
bill for $50. This, the Wall street
man regarded ~ excessive, so he sent
him 800. Hartz brought suit for the
balance claimed $50.
II was shown by his evidence that he
had often received - high - $50 for .
single evenings performance, but he
had frequently appeared for very much
less. On GROSS examination he was asked
il he had not been employed ct Bunnsli's
Museum
"Yes." he responded.
"What salary did you receiver"
II decline 10 answer"
Judge Kelley admi11sd the question.
$500 month. responded Hartx.
Epe deleaco John Goldberg and "a.
or 8. Allan. preeeidigl 1a>sur. were called
= expesn.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-27

At meeting Of patriotic artisans in
London the other day, to protest against
the Channel tunnel, the Chairman, in
his opening said: Gentlemen, We are
here TO protest against this Tunnel
Channel-I mean this Chunnel TAnnel;
I mean we are met to oppose this Tannel
Chunnel." Here this disabled orator
eat down. His confusion seems fairly
to represent British ideas on the subject.
More success in converting the Chi
nese 10 Christianity has been achieved
in Salt Lake than anywhere else in this
country. The cause lee, according 70
The conductor Of TIA wovk, in the use Of
stirring Hsthodist hymns. Little 10
done IN NJ nestings sxosps 70 sing. The
musio, - unlike hls own, enFAptures he
ChinAnan, ana aitse ~ ~ eeavsntea
= ~,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-27

A wealthy gentleman ct Forest City, in
Iowa, beina somewhat skeptical ~ to the
amount Of labor which . minister would
b willing 70 do, offered 10 pay such cler-
eyman - would saW his wood for him
~ por hour for their ssrvices. He wes
o1sidsrably astonishsd when nearly ell
y minister in town came marching
iSrward with NV and buck prepared
IS ACCEPT his terms. Some Of them have
6son working right along, four - ok
So~rs 81 DAY. Sunday excspted. svsr
siSss. "a SSsir srit Vim probably lass
~ long = To skoptie's wood. Trey
&o1o ~ paid promptly Tor thsir work.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-27

A New Orleans octoroon girl named
Lydia Montross il to be put forth con-
spicuously - tragic actres:. She j.
with deep, musical voios. She learns
readily, and il being oassfully drilled
for tour next season. Her wardrobe -
70 b something as1onishing, and gorge
ous s1roel posters win hoE1l1 her like :
ciruue. Up 70 I'm tizne ~ has been :
toashss n : negro oPhool.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-27


HENS EGas TWELVE HUNDRED YEARS
OLp.-At st. Eloi, in the Faubourg st.
Antoine in France, a nestful of eggs was
found under the ruins of the old palace
where King Dagobert lived. So they
knew that 1900 years before some hen
had stolen her nest, just IS our hens do
nowadays, and had been disturbed, and
left the nest before the eggs had been sat
upon. The workmen who, in clearing
the ruins to build the old church that
still stands there, had found the nest,
were going to throw away the eggs, but
the Able Denis, who was then curate Of
the parish, remembering that wheat had
grown from grains that were found with
the mummies in Egyptian tombs, which
must have been 1000 years old, thought
there might be life in theee old eggs. He
set them under one of his good, moth
erly old hens, and sure enough, in
twenty-one days she came on the nest
with : fine brood Of king Dagobert"
chickens, - they have ever since been
called. The breed hes been carefully
kept ever since, and the Dagobert fowls
have % increased that the able Of the
parish hes oFganinsd sale Of King
Oagobsrt" eGus Tor The bsns0t II The
peoe = III parish.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-09-21
Notice Of Application for the Incorpo-
ration of the village OF Brockwsy
Centre.

NOTICE is hereby given to ALL
PERSONS WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN that
we. the undersigned citizens and resi-
dents or the Township OF Brockway,
st. Clair County, Michigan, and resi-
dents Of that portion of said Township
hereinafter described, will, on the
Thirteenth day of October, A. ID. 1882,
at the hour of Ten O. clock in tho fore
noon of said day, or as soon thereafter
as we can be conveniently heard III
respect thereto, apply to the Board OF
Supervisors Of the county OF st. Clair,
State of Michigan. for an order incor-
poIating that portion OF the said Town
ship of Brockway hereinafter describ-
cd, as and into village to be known
as Brockway Centre, to-wit: AL that
part of the East half of the Southeast
quarter of section number Ten lying
North and East of Mill creek. The
West half of the Southwest quarter OF
section Eleven. That part OF the West
half Of the Northwest quarter OF sec
tion Fourteen lying to the North and
East of Mill creek. And all that part
of the Northeast quarter Of section
Fifteen lying East of Mill creek, being
lands in Town Eight North Of Range
Fourteen East. The above mentioned
application will be made and this no.
tice is given pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 127 of the Compiled Laws
of Michigan of 1871 as amended. and
the census required by said Act and all
other steps preliminary to such incor-
poration have been taken.
James Brown, J. s. Dufle. Horace r. Leonard
G. T. Roswell, r. Emery, Thomas Darcy, j. n
Holden. j. q. Holden, Fred A. Baker, Mark j,
urandy, A. Mitchell. J. III. Bartlett, James
Macarthur, A. q Brown, q Gilbert, w ID Ram
shaw, and others.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-09-21
Tbe PHI - y w collision.


The collision on the Saginaw di-
vision of the Port Huron & North
western Railway, Monday, was the
first accident Of the kind that has
ever occurred on the road. The
train westward, in charge of con-
ductor 8. p. Mann, left Marlette
three minutes behind time, but reach
ed the curve in the woods n short
distance east of Mayville few min
utes ahead of time. The work train
in charge Of conductor E. B. Doo-
little had just been unloading gravel
and was about to back up, when No.
l. came around the curve, and in an
instant the locomotives struck each
other. Both engineers and firemen
had time to jump off, and did so
without injury. Conductor Doolittle
was standing in the side door of the
cahoose, which was coupled to the
locomotive, and was looking towards
the rear Of his train. He did not
see or hear the approaching train.
and as the locomotives struck each
other the fiat car next to the caboosc
was driven through the latter car,
catching both of Doolittle's legs,
crushing them terribly. No one
else on either train was injured, and
none of the cars on conductor Mann's
train were damaged to any consider
able extent.
1t appears that conductor Doc
little did not send out a man TO flag
the train known to be nearly due,
as he should have done, and to this
neglect, and the fact that conductor
Mann's train was q few minutes
ahead of time, this disaster is to be
charged.
Both locomotives were SO badly
damaged that it will take severa
weeks to repair them, and the com
pany will be considerably embarass
ed for motive power in their con
struction work III consequence.
The wreck was cleared away dur
inc the night and the damaged loco
motives and cars are now in the re
pair shops in this city.
Conductor Doolittle's injuries sr'
very severe, but not necessarily fata
although fatal result is to be fear
ed Drs. G. M. and 9. b. Stockwel
do not think amputation desirable
as it would almost certainly resul
fatally. Mr. Doolittle is cared for Q
AlayvilIe. Port Huron Times.