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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A hens nest was patented at Wash
ington recently. Washington StGr.
1t is claimed for an Elmira (N. "
mechanic that he has invented sue
cessful iron railroad tie.
An automatic dust and cind r de-
Hector to be adjusted to the windows
of railway cars, has been patented.
The salt boom at War>aw, n. Y,
continues, and new wells are onStantly
going down and new works going up
Four companies already have works in
operation, turning out large quantities
of the purcst salt.-Eufo'o Erpress
A foundry, machine and .plow
works which were burned in jackson.
Miss, We're rebuilt. refitted with new
machinery with greater capacity than
before, and began turning out work
within fifteen days after the trc.-A. I.
SIN.
"A New York cigar dealer has in
vented a tobacco refrigerator tor
keeping the weed fresh and moist while
exposed for sale 1t is a cigar-stand
and tObacco-box combined. made OF
polished white metal. and divided in the
center by two perforated partitions. be-
tween which is placed 4 wet sponge
". \. Ueraid.
prussic acld is an antidote to poisoning
with strvchnine. Medical men will be
cautious in using it, however. as the
prplsSic acid, to be of any use, must be
rivcn in doses which would be fatal
under anv other circumstances. - Ctca-
60 Joprnot.
Digging out tarantulas and their
nests has become quite an Industry Ill
Santa Barbara, Cal. The insects are
sulfocatcd with gas, then stuffed, dried,
and fastened to :, card. The retail price
is fifty cents each, but many hundreds
are sold wholesale for three or four dol
lars per dozen.
A company of Southern capitalists
are preparing to build Il new mannfac-
turing city on the south side of the Ten
ncs>cc River, in Alabama, near Mussel
Shoals. The site is 100 feet above high
water mark, and it will be namcd Iron
City 1t is at the head OF navigation
on the Tennessee, and will be the ter
minus of a least three railroads, which
run through the coal and iron fields of
the South.-Chtcayo Utyaid.
-Jewelry- making is the big business
Of Providence, K. /. There are Isl
manufacturing establishments. employ
ing about $500 hands, anl turning out
SJ,71J.91J worth of goods annually
Ihr Manufacture began soon atcr the
Revolution. and in 1SOJ there were four
establishments. The city also mahcs
cighty->cvcn per cent. OF the screws
used i'll the country, and 2.3lo.OVo
pieces of prints during the ycar.-IT0r-
III ne ,JOtT2dI.
1t takes fully eighteen months to
convert tobacco into snuff. and it goes
through most elaborate preparation be
fore it is presented to the public. Few
people are probably awa1e that. after
the same fashion rs beer, tobacco is al
lowed to fcrmcnt so rs 10 he thoroughly
picked. and is kept in this condition for
at least six months. after which 1t, IS
subjected to a steam temperature of 24o
DEGREES. When thoroughly dry It has
to be ground, which is done by means
of cast-iron mills. Over 100 women and
bows are engaged in one snuff factory
in Jersey City.--N- J. 1im@S.
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The Te erlI0He.

The trI"rhonr business : one that has
.>-urm"u Iarwc proportions lately and =
lau.Giv gaining and spreading all over
TIE country. aud there are very few
lr.~;l:c<s places now who have not = tel
C:sIonc. In speaking on tins SUBJECT 4
f,.yv laVS 400 u gentleman who always
has ;!i,; eve open for 4 Co' hu~in'--s
chance said II a i'".frrrcno.tcr: - n
t.r-uy that aston Ssh, me more than any
ti,;r,w c'se now Is that the gentlemen
who az, running the telephone business
,l, not ,.ns!cavor to enlarge it. and bring
ii into still more general use. and the
way il ear, lie done Will J." hE ringing
down th.. weary rental, ana naturally
force everybody ;n contribHte toward lis
SI;strnanrr. Il iS The case now. There
is scarcely Il dav that yru Won have
three or four parties run into man :
place of hu-ine : and say: 'Mav use
NoIr telephone Il moment? But II the
prices Were rouGht down to a rc;:Sona-
HE price there l., no man who would DE
without one. suppose for instance that
| eouId oct a telephone in my house and
one in my ot};cc for say five dollars per
wear. Don't Won think would do 1t
Why of course. | would not bc the only
one ether, but every man who IS IN
business down town or over in l'ltt>btlrGh
would have one at home and one ut his
office. And then look ut the great con-
vcuiencc. Ii a man desired to take
friend homr to dinner or supper
n! he would have 10 DO would be to
cal his VIE and give her a
notice of an hour or so. and she wouiu
fcrl better and 50 would YOU, because
while, the ordinary home Iarc would suit
vo! she would not Ike to set strangers
down TO 4 meal prepared for YOU
hon MI
,-o,,ld be made useful. until we
,yo,,II wonder how we hai gotten along
wittout them: but at the present time
yrr, few men can afford to keep up 4
luxury of that kind. and for a long time
I rhol;~ht a company organized Tor that
purpose would be a paying investment;
and f Il stock company OF thit hiii''
WIS started | would certainly 'aHe
stock. for there Is no telling where the
,,s-fulucss of the telephone Will end-
Ten wears a~o had any one tod us tna'
we ,ouId talk twenty-five or ilttN m!!e>
and he un lerStOod we Wouiu hii'
thou"ht he was IN idiot, bit the o'i,ti
tIay | was writing a letter 10 Il Scn'l'
man in Rochester when another party
came in and asked me why l. dlu moi
telephone him. and imagine my aI'
i.fmont when he replied and called me
Inv name He was then lying III bed
with a broken LEG, and was rcctihS
the work of 800 men over Il miic away
7 was then struck more for>loiN 'hi',
eyer Lesore that the telephone wouiu
s0oncr OF later bccOme an apeoi"'e
nc..sSityin in every business man house'
and that the parties who would lii,ro
duce that feature in the business h',u az
independent fortune in their hands' oi
course. provided the weary rental rates
we're reasonable. -IfhsJurYh Herald.
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Crushed.

"How stupid | am,' said Birdie
McHennepin. langnidly. executing a
ip.Th.t,s rue" remarked Gu.
DeSmith, rather impulsivcly
..Sir,'' exclaimed Birdie, 'you are
!. But vou yourself just now asserte
that you were stupid , ;,
II only said so without thinking
said Birdie, petulantiy-
Yes, and up to the time you spoke
T had only thought so without saying
Hang Grape on the door of Miss bir-
die Another lover scratched on the
LIST of one of the Austin bellies. 1eId'
SiftinGs
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The Wide, Wide World.

LIMA, REPUBLIC OF PERU.-Senor A. de
La +. Dclgado, l.. l.. d. and Counsellor,
Tribunal of Justice, Lima, Republic OF
Peru, says: One single application OF 81.
Jacobs Oil cured me completely OF rheu-
matte pa ms in my left arm. recommended
it to two of my friends, tho Mrs. Dona
Juana Garcia, widow, and Mr. d. Herman
Decker n German gentleman. Madam
Garcia was relieved entirely by the pain
cure from terrible nsuralgic pains OF ten
months standing Mr.. Decker was cured
of inexplicable pains by single applica-
ton of the cure. My brother used the great
remedy for a species of paralysis of the
arm. He was entirely relieved from his
ailment by one or two applications, after
having tried numbcrless other remedies
without effect.
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Temperance.
FATHER, BEWARE!

o, let that glass alone, father.
Or else, before you drink.
Pause tor single moment
lust pause awhile and THINK:
To those who fOndly love you,
To those who bear your name.
You are bringing pain and sorrow,
And cursing them with shame.
o, let that glass a'Onc, father!
one moment stay your hand;
Consider, till its contents
You clearly understand;
LOOK at the liquid trc,
And by its luStcr learn
How deadly and how cruol
Its fatal furicS burn.
O, lc: that glaSs alone, father!
Turn for a little while.
Look on its helpless victims
The mother and her child;
The wife whom You have promised
To cherish and to love.
And that pure little being
Fresh from the Hand above.
O, let that glass aiCne. father.
Think not, as others do,
That thai which ruins ,lllonS
Contains no harm for you;
But know that he who gathers
\ serpent TO his breast
Will learn the cruel nature
OF his unhoiy guest
Mss Sarah {. King in M0nHOT-JO,Undt
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SINCE LAST OCTcGER l have suffered from
acute Inflammation in my nose and head
often in the nj ,ilt having TO get up and in
hale salt and water for relief. My eye has
been twice, for week at Il time, so could
not see. l have used no end of remedies,
also employed doctor, who said it was
impure blood--but [ got no help. used
Elv's Cream Balm on tho recommendation
of friend. l was fathleSs, but in few
days was cured. My nose now, and also
my eye. is well. II is wonderful how quick
i. helped me. MRS. GEoRGIE S. JUDSoN,
Hartford, Conn.
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HAVE lcen entirely cured of n terrible
cas-. of Blood Poisoning by the use of
Swift's Specific Is. ). s. after trying ev-
crvthing known to the medical people
without relief. JNO. S. TAGGART,
Salamanca, n. Y.
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aFDcad shot
Nav be taken at |;

Nav be taken at liver and bilious disorders
with Dr. r. V Piercc'S Pheasant Purga-
tive Pello,s." Mild yet certain i'll opera
ton; and there is none of the reaction con-
scquent upon taxing severe and drastic
cathartics. By druggists.
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THE. only remedy sold in the United
States to-day that actually cures "heuin;t-
tism is Du, aug'>. Ii never has and never
can fail 70 cure the worst case. Write Tor
free pamphlet. X. l.. Helphenstine, drug
gist, ashins ton, ID. c.
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YOUNG mon or middle aged ones suffer.
ing from nervous debility and kindred
weaknesses should send three stamps for
Part VII. of Worlds DsncnSary DlWo
Series of books. Address WORLD'S DIS
pENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCtN, Buffalo, n. Y.
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"IHAvE REEN AFFLICTED with an AHec-
ton of the Throat caused by diphtheria,
and have used various remedies, but have
never found anything equal to BRowN's
BRoxCHiAL TRoCHES.-Rer. G. W. F.Ildmp-
ton. I'iketon, Hy. Sold only in boxes.
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Woman and Her Diseases"

Is the title of an interesting treatise GO
rages) sent, postpaid, for three stamps.
Address WoRLD's DIsPENsARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, \. y.
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SwIFr'S Specific Is. =. 81 has cured me
en-: :irclv of bad Blood Poison. l went one
hundred miles to get it, and it made me a>
sound as Il new dollar.
j. VI. WEYLEs, Meadville, Pa.
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A rRrMpED-rp charge A gambling
dcbt.-IC.cas ,Nittiags. q
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JOKING about her nose, n young lady
said: II had nothing to do with shaping 1t.
1t wcs 4 birthday present"
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| IT is the sausage manufacturer who
| makes both ends meat.-N. l. Nde-
| pendent.
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BUFFALO has dumb Alderman. He cam
not debate and therefore has to content
himself with making motions. - LolreH
Citizen.
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Iris probable that walking matches will
have another run.-DctrOit Post.
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NOTHING better for Asthma than Piso'
Cure for Consumption. e5c. per ottle.
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ENOREST~S MAGAZINE COMBINES
- every element necessary to make Il Node!
Family Magazine: beautiful oil pictures and
steel CngraNirgS together with illustrations,
stories hy the b, 81 English and American aii-
rhOrs discussions on national, social ana arr
topics. Now is the time to SubSc The Soid
everywhere. YEARLY, s. ". JENNlNtS
UfsNDI;EST prb,is'n. i r. 18th Street, y. e.
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"A deer was killed in Twigg County.
Ga, by railroad hand, who hit it VITA
a shovel us it was running by him.
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81 AM at your service, madam," said TIE
polite burglar, when caught with his arms
full of Siiverwarc.
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A LAZY policeman, like good piece o
cloth, is known by his nap.-N. I. Tines
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THE adoption of standard time appear:
to have Lccn thorou hly watched.
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\ MAN with a wooden leg may be said
to b. stumping the town.-Chtcay0 Hef-
uiH
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HaIe's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Has the largest sale of any cough medicine.
Pixies toothache drops cure in one minute.
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THE MARKETS..

THE first wager-The alpha-bs5.-N. 7.
,JDurndL
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THE CENTURY CO.. New York.
NnrAppEELYS CREAM BALM

when applied by
the finger into the
nostrilS, will be alb
sorbed, cffcctually
cleansing the head
of catarrhal viiuS,
causing healthy Sc
cretiOnS. 1t allayS
inflammation, pro-
tccts the membrane
of the nasal pass
ages from addition
al colds, completely
heals the sores and
restores taste ana
smell. A few appli-
cations relieve. Il
thorough treatment
wU positively cure.
Agreeable to use.
0 cents by mail or ut
'uggiStS, S,OwcEO, N. y.
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HuEN WAs cU HSS LIS oe
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IF afflicted with Sore Ewes, use Or. Isaac
Thompsons Eye Water. Druggists sell 1t. 25c.
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"a a Year a: home. Terms md costly out Mt
>4s 80 free. Address ii. A. Ellis d Co, Chicago.
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4 Year i 5 Subscription
THE Cen TURY.

array of brilliant fSa;ur"s included In the
CI,ns Il ~ Tx T. CE.NItlk lk n, tia.
Il seems safe TO say that $500 Will pay
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-03

| aines system is still progres siye, and
Ytpiiia * Co. are silt masters of the
situation, and Brewster Will soon be
richer than Haines Even Goodrich,
Haincs' deputy, has grown very rich
In "A brief term of arduots service.
Goodrich owns land enough along the
Rio Grande to constitute imperial do
mains for German sovereign He
owns mines In Tamauliras and proper
~ and herds everywhere in South
western Texas. But his salary is only
$500 Two special agents of the treas
ury have reported these and other
extraordinary facts TO Mr.. Folger,
but | don't think he can read. Haines
is only nominallN SUSPENDED. His APP
pointed successor fails to give salts
factory bond. perhaps because Haines
so instructs. aud the farce in Washing
ion, with Tom Ochiltrte us clown ana
lester. is still enacted before the coun-
try and the robbers OF the coma ubre
still grow rich and Folger mods, and
his friends in New York, friends who
set up Brewster, Iaines' bower, are
perfectly bltst. Haines' son, as GUS
tom-house broker, occupies an Office
here with Brewster, the appointed
successor of Haines. No sooner is q
customs clerk or agent under Haines,
Goodrich, Brewster & Co installed al
any point along the Rio Grande than
he begins to grow rich with amazing
rapidly. He frat beccm,
owner Of Mexican sheep and
then stocks a rancho with horses
and cattle aud he is lord of "A manor
and then, like Haines and the rest, he
builds palace, and sothe world wages
on the Rio Grande. The government
would be the gamer if the coma Hbr'
were blotched out aud custom houses
here laved to the ground. 1t is no
often that letter writer interferes Will
these people, and am sure they shoult
not complain of what have stated 81
generously i'm their behalf.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-03

Carl, SCnVRz, at one time a bright
and shining light in the Republican
household, but now engaged in editing
an independent newspaper in New
York city, sees danger in the near fu-
ture and hasteus to give his party the
benefit of his fears. He says, when
the next Federal election takes place
the Republican party will then have
been In power quarter of a century,
and reminds his brethren. that many
citizens who have been in the habit of
voting the Republican ticket will be
struck with the idea that an OCCASION
al transfer of power from one party to
another is one OF the vital requirements
of our constitution. When the average
citizen cast his mind,s eye over the
past history of the Republican party
and sees its tendencies toward centrali-
cation of power, and the very low
order of political life which long con-
tinued power has gradually brought
about, he will find very good reasons
| for desiring change. Mr.. Schurz is
very good deal of politician, and
apprehends clearly the signs of the
/ times. With reasonably fair can
didate and platform which will not
repeal popular support, there is nothing
surer than that the government viii
change rulers and the people see res
toration of genuine Democracy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-03

attitude of colored leaders in Maryland.
They claim that they have stood by
the Republican party long enough,
and too long for their best interests. and
that IL is now question of politi-
cal expediency whether independent
action is not more likely to secure
them Il ,rger share Of public favors.
Tie negro is not too dull to see that he
has been used to keep the Republican
party in power, and sees also that the
award for such continued faithful ser
vice is not commensurate with the
service rendered. That ;he negro viii
be more likely to get better terms
when his vote cannot be confidently
counted on in advance is plain enough
but VIII, Their the colored brother VIII
have The nerve to avow his convictions
and carry out such a programme re-
mains TO be seen.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-03

AN eminent auth or says: "Be wise
ny worldly, but not worldly wise"
And another says: "The first point of
wisdom is to discern that which is
false; the second, to know that which
is true" And Topper says: Few
and precious are the words which the
lips of wisdom utter. To what shall
their rarity be likened? What price
shall count their worth? No lovely
thing on earth can picture all theil
beauty. They he chance pearls
of thought, white-winged seeds
of happiness waited from the
islands of the blessed.
be the sproutings of harvest
fol- eternity, bursting through the filth
of time, green promise of the golden
wheat that yieldeth angels food fol
life-giving be they and glorious, redo
lent of sanctity and heaven AS TIN
fumes of hallowed incense, that vel
the throne of the Most High; a
wreaths of the rainbow spray, from
the pure cataracts of truth such, ant
50 precious are the words which thu
lips OF wisdom utter"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-03

IN addition to the ordinary dangers
of railway >travel, says the Rditwoy
Age, it seems that new and peculiar
one must be recognized. Whether
cyclones have occurred more frequent
ly in recent than in former years, or
whether the apparent increase of their
frequency is owing to the fact that
railways have taen extended into the
domains hitherto peculiarly their own,
are questions hard to decide. There
are some special reasons for believing
that they really occur more frequently
thin in : former years and
that peculiar and as yet
uncomprehended agencies are at work
which produce these terrible
storms, not only in greater numbers
than formerly, but also in portions OF
the country hitherto free from them
In the West and Northwest several
railway trains have been wrecked 10y
them with loss of life as well as great
destruction of property. Depot bufi
dings and Warehouses have been ut
terly destroyed. The irresistible
power of these tremendous agencies
of destruction is shown by the fac
that ponderous locomotives have beei
hurled from the track by them in M
instant. Whatever may be the
nature of the force which i'm
pels the awful gyration of these roar
ing monsters, nothing built by mar
Is strong enough to withstand it. Tn
fact, however, that railways have pen
etrated into regions in which cyclone
are bred and through which the.
most frequently pursue their devast
ing course. may lead to better under
standing of their nature, and, posi-
bly,, to some prevention or, at least
some mitigation of their destructiv
power.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-03

A WASHINGTON special says the
conference of leading Southern indie
pendents here yesterday is regarded AS
being very significant. The presence
here at the same time OF so many
prominent men of the Independent
movement looks rs though the meet
ing was something more than acci-
dental. One of them said to-day that
there was general desire among these
leaders TO organize and consolidate the
disaffected factions in the South, with
the view of being able to do good work
in 1854 In opposition TO Bourbon De-
mocracy and in behalf of the Republi-
can party. 1--WE have assurances said
he, that JONES of Texas, PITKIN OF
Louisiana, CASH of South Carolina,
and number of other such nen are
heartily in favor OF the
plan, and will lend il
their personal assistance. Gcn. MA
HONE, who has been so successful In
Virginia, is regarded AS well fitted to
engineer any such movement, and any
steps he may see proper to take will
undoubtedly be Endorsed. The plan
however, has not yet taken definite
shape"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-03

Paris North 7eran: A coupe of
wagons loaded with Arkansaw movers
drove on the square Tuesday. They
had the usual number of dogs and long
range squirrel rifles. The wagons were
drawn by three steers and n milk cow,
and one of the men dived into the deep
sand without shoes. AS they headed
up Main street one of the men re-
marked to the other, II guess here is
whar we turn; you know Bob Easley
told us to go right plum by the court
house, and yander she is"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-03
LETTER FROM LAREDO.
STORIES OF COUNT DE BASTROP
AND HIS TREASURES.
"Reminiscences of Old Davs-The Custom
House and the iona Libre-Opportuni-
ties for Sudden Wealth ON the Bor-
der.
special correspondence of the Gazette.

Special correspondence of the Gazette.
Laredo. Texas, Aug. 29.--The heat
is simply terrific, and only less intoler-
able than the fleas. 1t was here, in
1916, for the amusement of Gen. Zach
ary Taylor, that Col. Bliss, of his staff,
filled his hat with sand and more than
half, within five minutes, jumped out
of ii. OH it's lively town-either
one OF them, for they are twins, these
two Laredos. That one across
the Rio Grande Is Undiscovered
and "yaller1 the sand is 'yaller,'
glistening with ileasi the people are
"yaller,r glistening in grease; aud the
dogs are yaller or would be, ii they
had not torn all the hair oil scratch
ing for ileas. 1T never rains here. The
sky is .'yaller,n or, as the poetical let
,er-writeIs have it, "brassy," and now
the very grass on the plains is burned
To n crisp and II too Is "yaller" The
poetical letter-writters call il "boauti
iul brown" The paper on which
write, you will observe, is also 'yal
ler" 1t is all can get anC
story il will be aitractiv,
as "yaller-kivered" literature.
COUNT DE BAsTRoP AND THE CITY Oh
BURIED TREASURES.
Fleas and dogs and smugglers, ant
their pals of the custom house rims
are the active population of the IONA
libre or free belt.n l came up 10y raj
from Corpus Christi, went over :,
Monterey and thence to Saltillo, ia
nous in local Mexican history as the
burial place of Count de Bastrop. A
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-03

The queen of Madagascar who died
few days ago was named Ranavolana,
ard she was the second of that name
who had occupied the throne. She
begun to reign in 1867, and professed
the Christian religion soon after. Her
people generally followed the example
of their sovereign, and the gods of
wood and stone that they had wOr-
SHIPPED were destroyed. The queens
husband was her prime minister, and
joined his royal spouse in the advance
ment of christianity and education.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-03

THE recent report of the sale of the
California Southern railroad under
execution seems to have been entirely
without foundation. There has been
considerable controversy and litiga-
ton between il and the Southern rela-
tive to the crossing by the former OF
the line of the latter at Cotton, but
the difficulty has been finally arranged
and the crossing was put in August
18th.