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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
Sue Der 8unbesbauptftabt,
Der gternrputenpru,es.

gSa1b btngton, II. Utai. - Sn Solae
Der 6ranfbett beS @eifnorenen @eorg y.
SberifI ift beute tetn 6ortIhritt i'm Sterus
routenprO3efIe III uermel0en. Htd)ter g8plie
erfIdrte nit Se;ug auf ben trriinutgen Aos
uofaten gnglan6, es iei iebr uuretbt, oa6 bic
betreffenben Seh0roen iid ieiuer ntdt ange'
nonren bdtten; er ueroronete, oaB Gnglano,
nelder iih ftets i'm 9eri6tsge gebdube 3u idafs
fen madte, fortan tetuen 3utrttt mebr babeu
ioute. SpbalO Der Srrinnigs Das b0rte,
brpbte er, auf bic @ei9noreHen III ibteBen.
0Ga @eribt uertagte fth bis morgeu.
Sin iebIimmer Snhianer brieitist.
3as Snbianerbiireau muroe beute burd
cine Sspeide aus @aISpeq, Art., benads
riGtiat, 0aB Elm Bamuee< SuotaHer, JfamenS
DSpotteS Sorie," am IA. B. 0tts. bur9 ben
Stabtmaridan Senrp Broun erihoiieu murz
be. Der Ntaridau tuollte ben Sn6ianer me-
gen SragenS uerborgeuer Baffeu perbafteu,
uno als iid) 6erielbe mi6erieBte, eridIoB er
thu. ySpOtteo Sorie" geb0rt 3u elmer tsetHeH
Shaar 8atpnees, bic lett sruei NfOHateu oas
tpeiflite 3anIas bettelno bHr1fretfen uHo
3utueilen tbren 9eIudsn mn ytahrIng 0ur3
Tor3eigen BON @emebren lIHo RiitOlen 9tdd)z
orud uerletbeu. Der SOrfaQ bat feline Iuf-
regung oeruriGdt unb miro p1brl4etuIt1
feline meiteren Solgen buben.
Sie Gpmmiiiirn FIR franjGGitb Ggncritaniie9s
Aniprncpc
Sr. be @eoffrop, oaS bon SranfrCtdl ers
uannte Yittglieo Der &ommiiiou fur fraui0s
iifh.amerifaniide 4uipriiae, III Don ieiuer
9fegierun9 abgeiebt poroeu, uno bic &0u1s
mtiFon Eat iib 0esbalb eiae g8Ode uertagt.
Srn. be @eOffrO1's Natfolger TT nod ntdlt
ernuuut, jeOOd wtrO bic 98abl mabrid detRIt9
auf Sru. Ga Blace, ben franj0iiidIen @enez
raltOuiuI in Stem, yorf, fallen. Die llriahe
Der abissuu9 if ntdlt betaaHt.
Srrmiibtes.
SlottenIetretdr Chamber 1T Don Nsp'
Sampibire biarber 3uriid 8etebrt.
Die beuttge Stsuer Gtuuabme betrug
$441, ,741 un6 bic 3OlIeinuabme 1854, 100.
Bur @inl6iuug befttmnlte gtattoHaI- -8aut.
gtOten inl> 8etrage pom $627, 900 ltefen
beHte i'm SdIatomte etn.
9as SGatamt taufte beute 365, 900 I'm
sen Stlber fir Die Riin3an1ter gu PhiIaOet'
pbia, RensO Orleans uuo @Griou.
2aut 8eridten bes ffatiiitiden 8iireau3
belief fid Der @ertb Der AuSfuhr bon Stetids
tuaaren, Salg uno WltlbereiprO0utten i'm
lebten &prtl auf 81, 484, ZIG gsgen Sc, $780,
> s11 i'm April 1882.
&befsSugenieur Reluille ntro iuabtIdetHz
lid ben @eneral Sa5en mad st. SoAn, r.
s., begleiteu, nm tbm bet Der Nuspabl etnes
8ampferS fir bic 9reelsp'ide llnterfiits
un8S.grpebttiUu bebiiIft4 gu ieiu.
Serr unb Sruu 8ladie aus ShottIanO,
trelfe iett etnigen 3ageu BET bem Brdf0eus
ten gum Seiufe maren, iinb NIT Srau
Sapuesportb, Sdpefter 6es Brdf0eHtsu,
nad Nem.Yort geretf. Brdfoeut NrtAur
ptr6 iia en- nddfen Wtttwoa mad Rswz
YOrt begebsn.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
Die lutbertfehe @eneraIa Snnpse.


Sprtngftelb, O., II. Nat. - Die
epungeltid'Iutberii6e General SpHoSe er.
pGblte beute 46eno bic 8eamten uno ftebeuz
ben @omtte'n Der btitorti6en @sieui9aft fir
6aS nddfte Sabr. Brdfoent III Or. s. g.
MOrrts ans Baltimore. Baffor &.a. .@bts aus
Baltimore; Der Sefretdr, uerlas cen 8ertdlt
Der Seb0r6e fir auSpGrttge Riifionen, ne[a
der etne 3unabme BON 65 Bro;ent in BEN
8ettrGgen Der &trden rpGbreno Der lebteu
3tpet Sabre ergtebt. Die @tunabmen belize
fen fid ouf $50,741. Die Rtiionsbeb6rSe
1T unter BEN @eieeeu bes Staate8 Rarplano
tncorporirt. Ser Sraueu,RtIIio Sereiu
pirb i'm nadfsn Serbfte ;rpet ipettere Rtis
itondrtruen rad Snoten ididen, unS auBers
benz io[len 3tpei rl6unltde MtiIionGre ge,
idtdt nsr6en. Die Spuo6e nabm etneH
8eidlub an, tpelder Der Miiiousbe90rOe
100000 fir bts ndtffen 3wei Sabre garaus
tirt. Der Sraueu> uno Der &tnoer=UiiiFous
Sereiu purSen ben &tr4en CUR uutertitz
gang enpfoblen.
8. u. 9Gp, eth ioeben ans Ifrtfa Suyiids
gefebrtsr WifFoudr, unb Or. Burton aus
gGaibinqtcn,- 9.s@y bieIten bsute QbenJ
8ortrdge. gm Woutag giadmtttag mtrS
bic Spnobe Der @ruu6 feiulegung 6es nelen
0YiIbIenberg @Ouegs" beimObuen. 8tele
tpettere DiitglteOer tamen heute an, unb 12
Stnateu, iomie % 9ttritte Der SpRoOe finb
Oeltreten.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
Gin turfifdes @arlafnsrt.

2or6on, n. Diat. - Cine DPpefde an
ZEN U9ailp telegraph" aus g8teu meloet,
boB Der Sultau entidlOiieu iei, Elm tiirttides
Barlamsnt einjubsrufsu, neldes aus J3es
prG'eutnuteu idmmtliGer 6eltgtOnsgemetH-
idluitsn bsfteben unO i'm OttOber 3ulaHmeu
treteu ioIl.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
Sci 2lpOtbefern 5u ba6en.
glau leIs nBabrHub 6atfa."

g2au Idtde cine Sriefmnrfe an Rab.
man & o., Scr. 80, BarreHs, Gds Der
Gburdfrabs, Gew.Yort.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
ShlahOfQEeit,

@bbsi&sn, 9lw5iau oSss fSmer5b6ftsr Stu5Iaana
Terhsn ~ 10 otf 10 apta en- burb Rae pab's ReabS
MeIie eebeiH. Rem ShuGnbran9 pIlb feile Sts,ii,1s
sung, feline Sdipd1e oSer gbgsipai,Rt5eit olgen ant
ben gsbrpu5 bes ". q, ReIef
esth oas ere un5 etytgs 4rasr5easb eiInttteI baR
nugenbHdli3 bte i9refItbften S6tperseH fiut, &rts
1itutuneen unS 5lutGubrGus db5iIft glei6bitI ob ne
IN her Suu9e, ben WGger ben GiHgetUeibeu oSsg
annren GrA0Uen auttte, tptuU mat Sas D!teI etus
NAL benIbt yIlo 3iuar
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
in elmer BIS spansia @1innten.

oPne nnteri4tee ME 8rps bic Sdmerssu aud Ts1u
mp9en; bic an G9erutattSmIgs getoenoeR bic 8ettI6s
Gsr9en bic 8ertrlppelten, bic Rerb5eH bic an Deus
rGqte oher anoeren 9ronfPeitsu Ieibsu berher ourr
pc 4nmenbuna bon &aopaE 3sGbs 8elief au9er5Iies
ltde SirheruuB iiuGGu,
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
Die Weuuipn Der II Nptpmac. grmee.

btngton, II. Rai. - Die Rtts
8lteber Der o@sielifnft Der Botomacs Qrz
nlee," ionte stne an3abl eiugelaoener @dffe
madten beute uuf ben 8unoesoampferu
y3aIlapOOia" un6 o@tuius" einen &uSflRg
uadb WoantsSeruon.
llngefdbr ZOO Berioren nabmen TN @ans
gen an Oem ausflugs GbetI. Der aufentbalt
IN IpouutsSerHon oauerte Stpet Stunoeu,
unb fur5 mad flint ubr Radmtttags tamen
Die Iusfliigler nie6er In g8aIbtngton an.
Seute Gbenb CAB bic Betomac 4rmee i'm
Abner'ihen Sommergarteu Elm Saufett, tueIs
dem, ftma 400 ,Bsrinnen hRtwQbnten;, 7nir
Dtartnetapelle, iOmie Elm aus 20 Wtttglte6ern
befebenber @eIaugoerein Iorgten fir ben r1lua
fifaliIden Shetl Der 9benouuterbaltuug. I'M
ter ben berOorgenberen @dften befatlben fih
bic @enerale Sbermar, 9c@leluu, 8Oies
crana, Slocuut, Bingham unb San Sliet,
@ontre'AOmiral 9fo6gers, Senator NttGer,
&ifter @bmonbs un6 Benfous @omu1tiidr
9nSlep. Ser erffe Goat nauf ben BrdftJeu-
ten" purbe febeno getruuten. @eHeral
Sherman beanttportete ben SoaIf ,auf Die
Armee" 6urf etne Rsoe, In pelder er Die
2eifungen Der Botomac, Irmee nit 6euient,
gen Der Armee oes @eaens ueraltdb uuo
oann bic Organization Der gegenmdrtigen
reguldreu Grmee bes 9dngeren beIpradl.
@ortrezGbmtral 9lobgers beanttportete ben
Sooit Dauf bic 8lOtte," Senator Mtuer
benjeutgen auf ete OGrmee bes 8efens, "
General Nc&Ieuan benieuigen gauf Die Boz
tomucsIrmee" rnb 9ifritt'@ @ommiIIGr Go
monbs benjenigeu Dauf ote Staot 8aibtugs
ton." lin lIbr 9eute (6reitag frib) tpurz
ben nod tHmer Soafte getruuteH uuO 9iepeu
oa;u gebalten.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18

Die atniycuolng BON 8eGbb 8eIjef an Sen IeibenhsB
S9stlsu tsri9aiit aHgsHbHfi5s SiHserms ooer Gre
Ieibtern9.
Dret6is bis isdB,ts Erusieu tn siuea, GTos g,es.
Pei'sn n Pentser gngeHtLidsu arautbfs IPaaenIsHs
re- SpebrenneH btlioies Rpbfiueb 9iarrbBe 9Ibr
@ealt, S.GguriBen inb ale innerLifen S9mer,en,
% NV eneS lo4ten in'n'et eine 6alqe bon Ra6pat'E
&e eb & eli { I BET iid trGgeH. aBeuios Srpbfen
eobpu, IN AaiieE getpan batgeH allen RranibtiteW
pfer Seiber, bic aug benz @ebraGb unaeupbntew
SriRIpaters entFrtn9sH, bCr. 90 IL ett btIerte
StiuuIaHs, els 6rau;6ranutiUciu cher @ittcr5dmTrs
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18

2ou6Or, IS. Wat. - Der Ser3og bou
g6tnburg unb QOrS 8olelep fn6 mad UlOss
tou ub9eretft, UNI Der arOuuug oes &jareu
bfEumpbueu
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18

gfieren Gnt3iinouug, Slaieu gut;duouua,
@eoGrm.GHtYtnbung, gHugeRzg gonaeftoH,
SaIsIetben 4tbsmbaibuarbeu, Ser,f(os
pfen, 8ipbtberte, b9fsriibcaufaue, 8rdu.
ne, Satarrb, SufIusu,a, Sopfueb, 9abu.
l4uerjen, Neroenmeb, &BeHmattSnus,
9IItpeb, Srufidmer3eu, 8ddenidmer.
gen, Observation-Disclosures uuO Serftau.
tunger, tGItss 6teber, Sdittelfroa.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
I'm cas- SubIirum,

ew- geIsbruua. EauieuSe BON Dpaars bsrab, icir.
hafar nasidldt tDerben.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18

sG7 6u fen, '@rtdltung Hu0 aHs
bere Qetben be8 5alie8 uu6 bcr 2unge
mer6en BON . auce's 8 Anbornz Sprup
Syrup Of HorehOund), oem beitau, pOr'5
BHblimm gebradteu pufGrs Sprup, gehcilt,
Brets % @s. Sci Seth g. 6auce, gtr.
1O8 gSen= =9QltimoresS Strafe Ill haben. (35-)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
g2r. 1l9.
x. q. q.
&aStUnO's
& eaOb eItef.

Die befe uub btIligfe 6amtlteusR sRebt,tu Tn
Der 8elt. 9etIt unO Usrbitst:
Sdnupfcn, 6uitcn, &ubdnOuns,
S6attcliicber,
HbeuHottSmuS,
SaftpCb, 2cnocnIdmerJ
9tcrUcupeb,
5ntlnen3a, 0ipbtberie,
raubc Gc9le,
glt9efnbeIbuerOcn,
9ferp6ft6t,
4 .
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
Gi!.2 il!2 Sanfbarc %:.,:.r SsasrFs...::uaa Fss.:....::uaa.

Sine dbrCnifdbt Ubsr lang beHeBeube arantbest an
pelen " pabrlib en SteA Der 6eiltunit iene Bers
lGntsirat bic tIar trtennt moran es febit uub elm
gittel Wr &bbhe lieelt has aqmdtit- -ftltfenfJeiis
- oeu htrb cine ltletbenbe grautbelt laraiam aHoes
gtItuen uu0 ge'hlpidten q5rpCr iuic6erberitedt
teiict ndt uur uHiere @dttug ionbern ber6tent nI&
uuicren Sont. Dr. 8aotuap bat Der gsenidbet ienes
nuuoerbare Mittel, JGOuah's SdrIapartuiau 9fefo[I
uno he EcHcnoen bic in ibr5m idmer;UDlei H. traus
Zen Eaetu l1u1e Gage unc eubluS itejreube GSbts
pertrtn9en, iTuiocH tPm tPrgr Cant" - Medical
Messenger.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
q. n. &era
Er. @rflnbera,


Er, Sd, prezTrpntsS Q trdAe,
bibIou,irt in europa (gndeu, gapsrnl. Spesialitdt
orhsime uue SautPrdnfheiten. SprehnuoeH:
aNin. %: G. lIhr Mbsnos. lMpriLl2, ,1Yltt)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1883-05-18
GyS al q ri q

SGitee Sts5gr+
&duttGlfeber geAcilt fur so Gents Gs oicbt ttirs
aH1eiee Se1nttel Btenteecu mas iO buel ale 4rttT
bpu 6teber tett mjger is bon bcyro-tener Suit Cgs
lGrta) oher begenertrtcr Sale fcmmeu, mDosn fs
S6drlads 9lerpeufebcr obcr gebeS Fteber beser ala
- urter Suiiegun8 oou 9tabuapS PtQen, bas ,,REAs
Dl RELIEF" Or. 8GOUaus
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-08-10

wears, such Is Loss OF Memory, Lassituhc,
Nocturnal Emissions. Aversious to Society,
Guinness Of Vision, Noises in the Head; the vita
aud passing unOb9ervei in the urine. and many
other diseases tina: lead to Insanity aud Death.
DIR. MIMI who is u regular physician
sgraduate Of the University IT PENNSYLVANIA
will agree TO forfeit FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for a cas1 IL this kind the VfAL kES-
TJRATIVE (under his special advice and treat
ment) will not cure, or for anytaIns impure OF
injurious found in it. Or. MlS1IE treats all
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Consultation free. thorough examination and
advice including anasgsis Of urine. So. tricc OF
VITAL RESTORATIVE, s. bottle. or I 'nr
times the quantity. $40; sent to y address
spon receipt 81 price, rC. q. y secure re u
observation and in private mare II desired, oy
Z. A. MINTIE, N d,
IL Kearney st, San ranc SEQ, Cai.
SAMPLE rOTTLE FREE will! be sent to any
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mess transactions. ,,,
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-08-10
DIR. So II n II =,
ITO. Il keaTny Street.
treats all Csro2ic and Special Diseases.

Young MOI
yIThO May be suffering from tn"
w effects Of youthful fcliies or indscreti'n
will do we'll to avail themselves OF thu. the
greatest boon ever laid ON the altar of sui
fsrins humanity. DR.. sPnney will guarantee
to /. ,Ifet $500 for every case Of Seminal Weak
ness or private di-esse Of any kind or character
Il ieh Ii. undertakes and fails to cufe.
MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
There are many at the age of thirty t" sixty
who are troubled with too frequent eSac uations
81 the bladder. often accompanied by siyht
ma ytin. or burning sensation aud weakening
OF ,},e $, * en- in manner the patient cannot
s.sounS for On examining the urinary de-
posts ropy sediment will often tie found. and
sometimes small particles Of albumen VIII APP
pear. or the color will be of a thin miikish hue,
again changing, to 3 dark and torpid appear
ance. There are mani men wh die OF TINS dit-
feui.y, ignorant Of the cause, which Is the sec,
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q healthy restoration # the seiiito urinary
organs,
f-o,, 10 To II a M Consultation free,
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mo. II Kearny ST. san Francisco
jan2lf
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-08-10
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Great English Remedy

Isa never faliH
cure for kervou
Debility, Exhaus-
ted Vitsii y, Sem
inai Weakness,
Lost Manhood,
Ilnpotency. Pros
talOrrhca, raaly-
sis ALT. all the ter
r,bia effects Of
Self Abuse. youta
full fo.iias and ex-
<.N,o- IN naatllfHr
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-10-23

effete pale face, thirsty and avaricious,
and, as usual, in search of health. The
Mexicans thought nothing Of Sour
Lake, were willing to part with it .
in fact, would give it away, and did do
it, throwing in league of land to
pacify one Mr.. Jackson, the grantee.
Sales and the resembling of sales of the
property came on in due time, bring,
ing tedious litigation and retarding all
permanent Improvements, until the
present prop rietor bOughtup the claims
of all parties in interest, even to the
tax-sale purchaser, and is now in
undisturbed possession.
Continued IN tO-naO,rOU's edition..
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-10-23
Commercial.

Notwithstanding the wet weather
and the fact that yesterday was the first
day of the commercial week, business
was quite brisk and transactions in
cotton fair. Prices have not deviated
from previous quotation, but on the
contrary seem to improve, and the de-
mand constitutes steady and active
Receipts of cotton yesterday 95 bales :;
total to date 1915. Exchange on New
Orleans a. par; on New York and
Eastern cities firm "a J to l per cent
premium. Bank collections fair.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-10-23
THE VAGARIES OF POLITITICS.

The circumstances attending the re-
tirement of Col. A. d. Battle from the
Shreveport Times strikingly illustrates
the insincerity of political dealings.
The veteran editor stood toward that
journal in nearly the same relation as
Horace Greeley to the New York Tri-
bune. He has devoted the best years
of a long life in working for it, think
ing for it and giving shape to its most
excellent character. But while he has
reaped a full crop of honor, and earned
for himself and the paper which had
become part of his existence imperish-
able fame, he probably did not make
much money. Editors who are worthy
of the name rarely do. Great thinkers
have little or no incl inatiOn to become
mere money grubbers; hence, Nam
mon has to be invited in to assist them
Better business men than Col. Battle
have come into full control Of the
Times. They assure US they venerate
the old mans memory, and are willing
to make all they can out Of the good
will which his honorable career and
ripe experience have built up. They
are willing to take his advice, too, in
small matters, but can not allow him
the use Of their columns to express his
preference tor the man of his choice for
Governor. The trained judgment of
the veteran teaches him that Gov.
McEnery is the proper person to be
the Chef Magistrate Of his beloved
State. His associates, for reasons best
known to themselves, have enlisted in
the combustion party; they have the
checking power, and the man for whom
they profess such unlimited respect,
whose judgement they have found to
be unerring. is invited to vacate his
chair and go out, taking his prediiec-
tons with him. There is in all this
something more than natural if our
philosophy could find it out. When
youngsters profess such unlimited adj
miration for sage whose counsels they
they reject, even to the disruption Of
long established and mutually advan-
tageouS relations, we are at "a loss to
account for il upon any rational n.y.
pothesis. They must either suppose
that the intellect Of the venerable
friend has become clouded by age,
his Judgment impaired, and he begins
to show signs of sinking into
his dotage, or they have embarked up.
on a sea of political expediency. In re-
jecting the sage counsels of Col. Battle,
whose devotion TO the best interests of
the State, the city of Shreveport and
the paper with which he has been so
long connected, they do not attempt to
doubt, they must have in view some
other which they expect to lead to diff
ferent results. Whether it is expected
that these results will be permanent or
only temporary, we are not prepared
to say. Perhaps we would not say it
If we could. But we can not fail TO see
in the almost forced retirement of
wise, conscientious and thoroughly de-
voted man, like Col. Battle, from
long established newspaper which has
prOspered under his management for
years, striking example of one of the
very strangest vagaries of politics.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-10-23
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Grounding up" Sour Lake.
SOUR LAKE, TEX AS,


have l read-find the proper time arri-
we'd for taking the great cattle trail
north, and all is ready for the long
journey, save that the cattle are dis
persed all over the prairie, the collecting
of the various drives is the next and
last step preliminary to setting forward
on the long drive. Wide circuits on
horse back are now made around the
scattered herds, the boys whooping,
yelling, and popping their whips, each
successive circuit becoming narrower
and narrower, the cattle acting under
cOntripetal coercion from without, I'M
til finally the whole "drive" is, in
expressive Texas idiom, grounded
up'' into one compact, breathing mass
of Texas beeves doomed to slaughter.
The rugged literature Of the western
country contains much more concern
ing these great northern movements
of Texas herds annually, but this is
foreign to the present purpose, as l am
just now simply "rouDding-up" in
readiness for the return home.
Not to quit abruptly the cattle train
Of thought,-a subject Of prodigious
moment here, but which have had no
opportunity to investigated am in,
duced to inquire, why is it that cattle
on these prairies may be seen chewing
industriously and even with impatience
the dry bones found among the luscious
green grass? You are mistaken when
you answer, as ] anticipate, that they
want salt. The amount of salt con-
tanned in bone which has lain bleach
ing for years on the prairie, under the
sun and the rains, must be insignifi-
cant, and barely perceptible in the
crucible of the chemist. Yet, as many
as three times / have seen cows on the
prairies chewing on dry bones, and as
intent and wholly absorbed as if dreams
lily masticating their 'cuds." Il it
to whet their teeth, worn smooth or dull
by the tough, though nutritious gaia,
in Louisiana grass, which grows in
plains? 1t cannot be, as have said,
to obtain salt, for
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distant and divided from it by skirt
OF timber, marsh, which in wet
weather becomes lake mile ia
length, where the water, now held in
cow tracks and small depressions, is
strongly saline, though not quite
SO strong as brine and little projections
of Dried mud, the salt chrystals may
be seen, the whiteness of boar frost in.
mid-winter. Here then, arc salt-iicks
in excess for all kinds Of stock. But
leaving the COW to chew her bones.
from whatever use, real or fancied,
she will, let us discuss the virtues of
Sour Lake mineral waters. In these
natural resources, Sour Lake, in but
homelyguise, is marvelously rich.
/ have mentioned the salt marsh only
incidently, while it is worthy of an
extended description. The marsh is
skirted, except at its eastern limit, by
thick growth of timber, with very
little under bush. 1t is nearly a
quarter-of-a-mile in breadth, and
mile in length. When one can mount
moustang, and in couple of hours
in daytime, or by going four or five
hundred yards at night, bag a deer,
which will bring him, in Houston or
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to reduce these waters by boiling, or
evaporation, to salt, or that, suppOsing
there be a second Avery's Island here,
he will by boring or digging, develop
the hidden mine. Indeed, there are
no evidences existing, that even dur
ing the eventual years OtI people were
digging up their smokehouses, or boil
ing the waters of the Saline, may this
not be prolongaton of those great
salt deposits there was any effort
made about Sour Lake to manufacture
salt, and it will surprise you, no doubt
to learn, as l tell you, that with salt
water obtainable in abundance at II
depth of three feet, salt-bathing at
Sour Lake is practically as far removed
as the Gulf, fifty, {and not as before
represented) twenty, miles distant.
There are the ruins Of pine.bOard
bath.house. roohess and shutterless
over one little pool, and shallow we'll
near by. / noticed, by the way, in
this pool, which is strongly saline, a
number Of minnows closely resembling
our fresh water species of minnow.
How came they there? can fresh.
water fish, or tishlet Ito coin word)
be changed, even gradually, into a
salt water fish and be propagated
successfully? 1t would certainly seem
probable, if not actually demonstrable,
from the fact here mentioned.
While this inquiry may or may not
point to probable possibilities, hitherto
regarded, l believe, as visionary if not
impossible, by tish-culturests, ( am
not disposed TO argue; but it strongly
supports what l was about to suggest,
namely, that this health resort could be
made immense by more attractive and
profitable by combining the rainfall on
the salt marsh, by throwing up levee
across at its eastern limits. Here
then, would be lovely sheet OF water,
for row or sail boats-there are gulf
breezes every morning-and bathing
unrestricted in pure salt water. / said
pure, but, here and there, one finds
gas jets and specks Ofasphaltun, which
however, are far from being injurious
or in any way Objectionable. Leaving
the remote to posterity, where so
much Of living issues are sent on for
adjudication, let me speak of what has
been, rather than Of what may be- ac-
complished at Sour Lake. Given bed
or beds OF mineral deposits underlying
at some unknown depth, a subsoii of
white clay and sand mixed, and this
again underlying a surface soil, thick,
adhesive and very black, with hun
dreds of gas jets some very famed
and others Of sufficient force
to blow out Il match, coming up
through the soil, and upon this grow
ing trees and saplings Of gum, ash and
scrubby myrtle, and tufts of dark
green, reedy grass, the surface wholly
or partly covered by water and embra-
ced within circle not above $50 yards
in diameter-given this as picture to
impress in the mind, and you have
Sour Lake as it lay before the eye of
the aborigenes not above fifty years
ago. On closer inspection, the poor
Indian found II black tarry substance
brought by the gasses to the waters
surface in many places, and in others
literally incorporated with the soil.
This soil, he found, as / do now, burnt