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Delta chief., 1883-09-26
The Greeley Arctic expedition.
Denver News.

Denver News.
Another chapter has just been added
to the long and dismal record Of suffer-
ing and death which tells the story of
Arctic exploration. The expedition sent
out last spring to bring relief TO the
Greeley party. which Was cast away
more than year ago, has proved =
failure. One of the ships, the Proteus.
was crushed in an ice pack near the in
tersection Of latitude 79 and longitude
"a. on the twenty-third Of July. The
other vessel succeeded in rcscuing the
officers and crew Of the ill.fated Pro-
tcus, and they are now well on their
homeward way.
No reliable information was received
regarding the Greeley party who sailed
In search Of the north pole more than
three years ago. and the probability is
that the officers and men OF that cxpedi-
ton will either starve or freeze, IL in
deed they are not starved or frozen al
ready. They only had provisions for a
three years cruise when they start
ed and they must have lost q considera-
bla portion of their stores when their
ship burned. But the lessons taught by
the disasters which have ovcrtaken polar
expeditions ever since that form of folly
became mania with sailors, will have
no influence to deter others from imita-
ting the example and sharing the fate
OF those whose bones are now bleach
ing on the icy shores Of the northern
seas. Congress will be importuned to
send other expeditions In search of the
Greeley party, and IL disaster overtakes
the searchers. as IL almost certainly
will, other relief ships will have to be
sent out to relieve the relievers.
Delta chief., 1883-09-26
MY wIFE's PICTURE.

know one Lewis Wiley,
A painter priced as highly
As In any land or country painter e'er hath
,- bean;
child OF the backwood,
He painteth very good
The portraits Of ye green and gawky Tennes-
sen. s
Once In the good old time,
Q'll tell II you in rhyme)
He painted my wife's picture--Oh, generous
Heaven save her
But what on earth he meant,
Or what was his intent,
] never could determine from the wretched
daub he gave her.
The face 1t was rs round
(The truth to tell I'm bound)
And eIpressionless as is the full and shining
moon;
The eyes look like two holes,
Burnt in blankets by two Goals.
And the mouth looks like Dutchman's when
singing out Of tune.
The hair looks like q crows nest
When in brush and feathers drest,
Or like brushes out OF bcdgehog's hair and
bristles stif composed,
Or like broken trees and stumps,
In zigzag rows and clumps,
All over skull and forehead at random It's dis
posed
But, list, oh, starving scholars
He got full fifteen dollars,
For libelng In this fashion, . woman's face
and head,
While talent still was crying,
And brightest genius dying,
For but cup OF porridge, or single crust OF
bread.
Delta chief., 1883-09-26

still confirmatory acts have been passed
and patents issued under which it is
claimed that minerals pass to the paten-
tees. Success in securing confirmation
of grants of doubtful character so en-
couraged and emboldened the covetous,
that it is alleged the manufacture of
grant papers became an occupation, and
surveys have been so erroneously made
as to lead to a belief that these grants
are endowed with India rubber qualities.
No one will attempt to acquire any lands
in the vicinity of these alleged grants
for fear that the stretching process will
be applied. Prospectors avoid the grants
because it is assumed that in accordance
with the practice in former confirms
tions the minerals will fall to the claim
ants. Doubt and uncertainty seriously
retard settlement More than a third
of century has passed since this terri
tory was acquired, and still large num-
oers of the grants remain undisposed
of. An early and final settlement of
this question would be of great service to
this people.
Delta chief., 1883-09-26

forward to make victim? Now you
can see more clearly. There Is the
scalp lock and feathers-the dark face
the cleaning eyes-the shut teeth
and bronzed throat of Blackfoot war
rior. A courier from one branch of his
tribe to another; he has discovered the
equipment, circled around it twice, and
is now creeping upon the man who
sleeps, instead of watches.
How softly he moves! A panther
stealing upon listening doe would not
exercise more care. Almost inch by
inch, and yet he is slowly approaching.
He was hundred feet away. Now he
is Observation-Disclosures He
can see dark mass at the foot of q
tree and he knows that the sentinel
must be asleep or he would not be in
that position.
See the rattlesnake! 1t has faced
about If it was daylight you could see
fiercer CLEAN in its eye-a tightening
of the cords and muscles-a fiercer
flash of the red tongue. A straight line
of sixty feet drawn from the Indian to
the tree would pass over the snake.
Now the warrior creeps forward again
not weed breaking not a rustic TO
prove his presence. Two feet-four-
six! See the snake. 1t head is
thrown back-its eyes shoot sparks
there goes the deadly z-z-z-z-z of his
rattle. The head OF the Indian is not
three feet away as he hears the ominous
sound. He draws back, but there is q
dart. q flash, and something strikes
him full in the face and is no, shaken off
until he springs to his feet with n cry,
kao orJ fnv hal ia arnpn1 and rIs has
away in the darkness.
What WAS it p The sentinel is wide
awake and upon his feet. Wife and
children have been startled from slum-
Der to grow white-faced and tremble.
Even the horses have raised their heads
and are peering into the night. There
was a single cry-the wild scream of a
human being suddenly terrified.
ut was nothing-nothing but the
howl of wolfr' whispers the sentinel,
rs he walks over to comfort wife and
children and by and by all is quiet
and peaceful as before. The night
grows space-the stars fade-daylight
breaks. As the sun comes up the wag
on moves on its way, and the brook
left behind.
Yes. it was the howl of some wolf
prowling about" whispers the emf
grant to himself as he walks beside his
wagon and cautiously scans the prairie.
Three hundred feet to the left is coil
ed n snake, which darts its venomous
tongue at the rolling wagon. Half a
mile beyond lies the dead body of the
Blackfoot-swollen. distorted-a hor-
rible sight under the light of the morn
ing sun. Overhead circle three or four
vulturcs of the prairie, and creeping
through the grass come the lsnk, hun
CRY wolves TO the feast. The wife
laughs, the children frolic. the husband
regains his light heart. Night wrote
the record Of the serpents in the grass.
and he will never re,d IL.
Delta chief., 1883-09-26
LAND GRANTS IN NEW MEXICO.
Governor shcldon's Report.

Governor shcldon's Report.
New Mexico is largely plastered with
grants of land, real or pretended, made
by tho Spanish and Mexican govern
msnts. BY law these grants are segre-
gated from the public domain, and must
continue in condition Of practical
mortmain until final action is taken to
determine their validity. The claimants
do nothing to develop or improve or pay
taxes on them, and satisfactory title
cannot be acquired by others. In some
cases the grants overlap which leads TO
disputes and occasionally to acts Of vio-
lence Combinations have been caro-
lessly made, and 1t is generally believed
that error and fraud have been practiced
and apparently legslized through want
Of knowledge of, or attention to, the
subject. Grants have been confirmed
Of greater dimensions than the Spanish
and Mexican laws seem to justify, and
though mineral lands were not alicnated
In fee-simple by those governments,
Delta chief., 1883-09-26

1t may be remarked, for the comfort
Of honest poverty, that avarice reigns
most in those who have but few good
qualities to recommend them. This is
a weed that will grow only in barren
soil.-(Hughes.
A firm faith is the best divinity .
good life the best philosophy clear
conscience the best law ; honesty the
best policy, and temperance the best
physic.- [Charron.
When we know how to appreciate 3
merit we have the germ of it within
ourselves
Delta chief., 1883-09-26
The Real Cha,npien.

A son of Erin returning with =
crowd from the assault at arms at the
Boston base ball grounds said: "Ill bet
the drinks that there is little fellow In
Boston can lay out both Sullivan and
Slade in five minutes.
No sooner said than the wager was
taken up by a well known sporting
man.
who's your man?" he asked.
"Bcgorrah," says the son of the En-
erald Isle, ''it's Jorry Tinkham, the un-
dertaker."
The bet WAS at once paid.
Delta chief., 1883-09-26

four posts were put up, and the pitcher
required to make the ball go on one side
of the one and the other side of the
next, but don't think he did it. If he
did, it was through some deception in
regard to the place where he was stand
ing. No. sir, good straight pitching,
thorough command of the ball, a good
curve, and a good in shoot, are
what the great pitchers are working
with to-day, and I, for my part, don t
believe in anything else"
Delta chief., 1883-09-26
The Little Model Republic

VALPARAISO, CHILL. .-Senor Ricardo
Stuven, . leading commission merchant
Of this city. after having exhausted all
other remedies has been completely
cured Of rheumatism by the use Of 81.
Jacobs OIL. the great pain banishsr. He
makes this public.
Delta chief., 1883-09-26

aud his value was usually reckoned on
the number Of different ones he could
use That idea, by the way. is still prev
alent, and there are many people who
believe in an .'up" and a down curve,
an ..in" curve and an ''out" curve, q
"zig-zag" and a .'double" curve, and
"shoots" and .'iumps," and fast and
slow balls to match. IN.F
THAT is all mistake" said Maht-
ews, while talking over some Of his
experiences. Il never saw but one
curve. and never made any more. OF
course ball will shoot in little dis
tance, but you can't call it curve, be-
cause you can't hold that kind of ball
40 as to make curve out of 1t. The
only genuine curve Ia the one which
turns out from the batsman, but, after
two or three Of that kind straight ball,
II properly pitched, looks ~ II it was
turning the other way. Drop balls,
or balls which apparently shoot or curve
downward, are AL deceptive work, and
are thrown from the highest start the
rules allow. Rising balls are the same
thing. started from as near the ground
~ possible, and pitched upward.
Slowed balls are started slow, with An
apparently fast flourish, for II they were
ever started fast don't know what skill
could hold them back, and, as to tho
balls which 20 both In and out why that
Is . manifest tmpossibility. I know there
have bccu several tests made of that,
ono particularly at Cincinnati; where
Delta chief., 1883-09-26
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For the magnifcently illustrated catalogus Of
the
MERMOD & JACCARD JEWELRY CO.,
Fourth and Locust Sts., St. Louis, No.
1t presents very plainly their beautiful ess3
and
You scU be s.rprised to learn at schdt
Low PRICES THEY SELL THEN.
When in st. Louis call and see is.
Delta chief., 1883-09-26

A contemporary asserts that the latest
thing out ID bad husband. What
about tho gas In his wife's ROOM
NEW York World.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-25
upprr Ten Divorces.

Apropus of society. the curious state
ment IS made that some of the orua-
mental members have decided TO pro.
long their stay at Newport Ia order tn
nynil themselves OF Rhode Islnnn's
easy divorce laws, Names are even
uiyeu Of two or three wcll-knoWh Ia
dies who intend 10 seek release 10y ald
of Rhode Island laws from unconlioit-
nble matrimonial Sokes. one Is Tie
daurhtcr.iu-law OF n millionaire
whose name IL familiar In all parts Of
tile country. There IL no DOUBT
that the matrimonial YOKE
is often rs irksome In the upper circles
ms i'm the lower ones, though release
from II by divorce IL not 80 often re-
sorted 10. The only reason OF This is
that the gossip attending divorce
suit may work injury In social way,
| especially to the woman. Ash RUE
! ne man does not suffer much by II,
| but the woman, even " entirely inho'
cent IA sure 10 he smirched to some
extent IN her social circle. ] conslds
IL quite safe TO say that II every society
woman who has reason to apply foi
divorce, ON the single ground allowed
bv the laws of New York, ala
40 amply, the courts would be fairly
clnggcd with fashionable divorce
eases. The statement has been mhvjs
more than once that something nearly
akin 10 Mormonism Is az great ainnrh
evil In New York as real Mormonlsn
il in Utah, and II IL perfectly true
or course ii will not do TO speak io'
loudly about such things, but th'
amount Of Whispering that Is done !
enormous. a rich man WIZ
only one vito is almost, ~
exception. Probably none have
more than two at n time, but the sec
ond may be changed so often That sh'
represents three or four. u scores %
instances the lawful wife knows how
foulIy shc IN managed, ~
for the sake Of her ehil
dren or her relatives she endure
and IL silent, knowing that any attemip
10 right herself would bring scandal
I This is one Of The evils that preacher
do no, like TO touch, but u Is n very -
rIous one in New York and grow
more serious every year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-25
Cattle slaugh,crlug.


The business of slaughtering cattle
and shipping carcasses to the Eastern
cities begins to give evidences of NOV
ing to Its ultimate dcpots In the ini-
mediate vicinity of the cattle ranges.
A large company organized ut Victoria,
Texas, has been In operation for six
months, aud has done so well that nt
n meeting of the stockholders last
week IL was agreed to increase the
capital stock aud enlarge the establish
ment. The works already have n
capacity of Strengthening $50 bend OF
cattle, 200 head Of sheep and 200 calves
day. II IL probable this whole bust
ness will In the end be conducted IN
| immense ahat,oirs In Texas, Colorado,
Montana and Wyoming, for, II there Is
saving IN shipping dressed carcassess
! instead of live cattle from Chicago ana
other central Western points tn Eastern
cities, there would be n saving also IN
! doing the slauiering n thousand miles
further west In the cattle ranges, sine,
this would avoid one reshipnent ana
| the extra cost of carrying the live cat
lie over half the distance. some year.
ago great expense was incurred ~ I'M
large Eastern cities IN the buiiuiht
of ahattoirs for wholesale slnugh
tering; but 1t seems inevitable now
TINT the bulk of slaughterinr for East
crn markets viii have 10 be done N
the far West. where the cattl ar
prazed. The Eastern slaughter-hous
proprietor aud the railroads are DOM
what they can To resist the change
but II will have 10 come.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-25
DIVORCE AID ITS EVILS.
The Loosencss of tho Laws Condemned III
Unitarian Pulpit.
New York Herald.

A comprehensive sermon on tne
subject of matrimonial divorce was
nreached by the Rev. q. W. Gallagher
I'm the Fourth Unitarian church III
lie evening. There are no two ques-
tions more important to the publlc
welfare, he said, than marriage ana
divorce. The family is the foundation
of the state, the Church ana MI social
order. III the foundations are compact
and firmly laid the building WIN
stnnd--otherwise II falls; and wh,h
the family falls great ls the
dcstruetion, and the, painful CON
seouences and awful tile disaster
To- womanhood, childhood, manhood
and Christian civilization. IN me
nrcseut looseness and lamenthblc cnar-
meter of the divorce laws OF various
states there was. the preacher said, an
,,rocut need to awake public interest
onthis great question, and 10 ihke
hold stand for the sacfedness OF tue
n,arriage relation. ] AM iuiiy per,
suaded, he continued, that me chlel
cause Of our increased intelligence, our
gre,ter liberties, our freedom from
Slavery, our release from the burdens
of an established Churcl, ana what
uublIc morality we have are all duc 10
he promise which has been given 10
| ,he sacredness of the marriage rem
| ,ion i'm the past. TO the Roman Jain
! ,Iic Church the world owes muth ior
| the noble stand IL hos taken on ibh
subject since the daysof St.Augusilne.
A. giving statistics ss TO the divorces
In the New England states ana lnhiai
and. admitting the necessity Tor sepa'
ra,ion beteeu man and wife ut times
Mr.. Gallagher protested against ms
axi.tinv Jaws Of divorce, adding
Among the improvements on the pres
aut divorce laws would suggest ths
recognition OF only two kinds-~a mert
.enaration or divorce from the mar
rIaae relation only OH the ground o
lie prayest crimes committed by tn'
husband or wife against the other
This should be- accompanied ny IN
punishment OF the guilty party, y,
| imnrisonment and deprivation "i an
muny: prohibition Of marriage "
tween the party in guilt hhd Nv
ar Ler paramour; prohibition OF
sneedy second Inbrriags OF The M
nocent party prohibition Of The pnf
riave oi persons divorced rom ehei
other on the ground Of adultery; pro
bibjtlon Of all referees, courts III case
az divorce, aud making nbrointei.
necessary careful, deliberate an,
n,iblic process before u special eoir'
80 az 10 cause divorce TO be no eas.
matter. .,o,, AZ,
Among other things which NJ
Gallagher said led ~ divorces wer
nasty aud thoughtless marrihge'
want OF patience and foTbearance an'
The PROPER virtues becoming maiur
men and women.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-25
PUZZLED PHYSICIANS.
The Hcartof a Hospital Patient Goes ON
Tour OF Ills Lower Regions.


The city hospital furnishes many
curious cases for study to the medical
fraternity, and the one ina, deyei.
oPc1 ana was examined there yes
,erday morning was not one OF the
ieast curious. About five months ago
shorer named Arthur Whallen, who
has before been u strong aud healthy
man, was taken suddenly sick with
purging and vomiting. Since that
time he has never been well. He
grew gradually worse until he was sent
to the hospital, where lie has thus far
been treated In vain. Soon after he
became sick, there began to develop in
the abdominal cavity a lump which
daily increased In size. IL grew 10
such an extent that It began TO crowd
and displace the heart, until
that important member has
gravitated from its accustomed place
to the cavity in the abdomen. The
heart has gradually been moving
downward until now It's beating cam {
plainly felt in the mans abdomen. DR.
Ayers has had the man in charge, hui
of the members of the hospita
stall. 1t is needless to say that tn,
case is Il puzzling one, and no satisfac
tory explanation has been offered t.
this strange phenomenon. The theor,
advanced by one of the examinin,
physicians Is that the lump Is tumo
produced by the rupture of u bloc,
vessel, which, by being attached to til
internal viscer, has displaced tn
heart aud pulled ii down into III
abdomen,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-25
sosERHD ByA MISTAKE,


sam Corcoran Is big, biuff brake
man on the Northwestern. He Is so
good-natured that everybody likes
linn, drunk or sober. SANS great
hobby Is harmless jokes. He Is always
playing some little prank on the boys.
His future jokes will be few and iar
between.
saturday was Sans beer day. He
and two friends had been imbihing
quite freely, when they struck the Ire.
mont harroom. Two men stood at
the bar chatting. One was facing the
entrance, but tile other, who wore a
glossy silk hat, was looking directly In
the opposite direction, toying with his
" ass ~ he talkcd. Now, one OF sam s
favolite tricks was TO slip up behind q
man and tin his hat down over his
eyes, making him look like prize.
fighter and feeling anything but com
Portable. .
The nicely brushed hat caught
Sans eye the minute he opened the
door. lie wasn't In the habit OF tack
/ ling strangers, but this was too tcmpt-
ing an opportunity to be lost. More
over, sam wasn't quite sober. So,
motioning his friends and the gentle
man companion to Keep quiet, he III
toed softly up behind; then, quickly
rapping up the rim OF the glossy SILK
hat with his left hand, he gave II u
solid thump with his right, banging II
down over the mans eyes.
The stranger pushed up his hat will
both hands aud turned quickly around
SAM took Just one glimpse then Ia
made two monstrous jumps. one o
which was over table, 10 the door
through which he Aired himself MS !
shot from gun.
The spectators We're 40 Nstoundod a
this unheard-of action that IL tool
them u full minute 10 catch thei
breath. Then they turned around.
The man IN the glossv silk hat wa
John l.. Sullivan, the Boston s.uggci
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-25

S,,y Yony, November ~ iiEryrs--Ite-
,efnts 40 iiisiudIuR 4 car londs for espora-
ion. I.sitnr feeling. fair rieanapcfs common
IL uTiiun steers kOld iGygJbi tip7 W., u"
Tsr,sur Western steers shove.
HUypI.-I iecelpts, t,vtg market dnll am
Unchanged, tlidcp JT5Gt55H lhmbs i'y@p "
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-25
A Talented Tailor.


AS the question of honorary coiohei-
cies Is at present attracting considera,,
HE attention, IL may not be out o,
Mace. SAYS the London Truth, to reciili
he origin OF the custom OF be- be-
stowlna them. Frederick me
C;rrat of Prussia, at one. periou
Of Ills life. was in debt TO his tailoi
10 a considerable amount, and tnh'
worthy despairing OF payment, De
vised AN ingenious method, oil squhi'
Ing accounts. He obtained an AUDI
ance OF The king and called his atten'
ton to the numbers OF foreign poten-
tates who visited his court. Ihes aal ptt.
smaves, he represented, would doapt !,
less be much grained
frederick Womb create them
generals and colonels In his redo .'i.,ea
lie army. 4 uniform would be he e.,
sory. and If the king would iet mn,
hnye the order he would ut once ci,i .,'
his bill. Frederick consented, ano a a"t
tailor speedily rccouped his losses our ...,
Of the Uniforms he made for ipre's"
/ grandeeH.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-25
SILYER.pLATEn SKULL.
II Works ON Hinges, Thus Anurdlng nn Op
portunity OF Exhibiting the Brain.
TTopisyIlls rnmmarcia1


For the past few days Chicago
gentleman named w. b. Metcalie has
been stopping at the Clifton house.
He is living curiosity, although few
persons at first sight would notice any
thing peculiar about him. During
one of the terrific battles
Of the late wa, Mr.. Met
calfe WAS unfortunate enough to be
struck in the bead with piece Of
shell, which tore away almost the en-
tire top of the skull, leaving the
brains most horribly exposed. Strange
| to say, Met,alle survived the terrible
wound. and DR.. Aynew, the same sur
geon who operated upon President
Garfield, succeeded in fitting a
silver plate over the terrible
opening, which shielded the brain
equally as well rs tue skull, which had
been shot away, This plate Is about
the size of mans hand, and 1t works
on hinge, admitting of IL being raised
up. The plate is covered 10y u wig
thus concealing all evidence of n shat
tered skull. Mr.. Metcalf does not ex-
perience the least pain, and II affords
him pleasure to raise the plate and ex
hibit t. his frleads the workings oi
his brain.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-25
Doctors Insulted by Uniertakers.

Medical men are from time TO Time
inaulled by the overtures made by en-
lerprising undertakes, with y view 10
attaining their recommendation 10
The families OF the deceased persons
Int few proposals so unblushingiy
imnudent ms That recently made by a
Iondon undertaken to the mehl-
hers Of the medical profession
Inv means of n Autographed letter,
marked private aud conildeillia,,
are hnppily known to history me
trodesnlan who has not scrupled 10
iseue this trade circular has the an-
dacity to offer practitioners II commits
sion ranging from five to twenty per
ceut.. according " the amount tN-
nended ON the funeral; and to facilitate
matters he adds: at will not be nects'
snry in any case for you "
wait upon me with refer,
ence thereto that is, the reeelp,
Of The commission, but simply to send
n line TO say you attended the De
ceased. as no inquiries will he made
hevond this.n we call attention V,
liz matter at the request OF several
correspondents, to mark the sense o.
tbe profession ut the insult II has re-
cnived and to deter this paiucuihi
tra,lesman, and others, from repeating
| the utfront.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-25

NaIIways gsnerolly Irm. we.l shorc ilsls