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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-20
Rio tirande and mississippi Railroad,

During last week we enjoyed a"bird's
view" OF the Rio Grande and Missis.
sippi Railroad on paper The map and
profile are not only elegant specimens
of draughting, but 30 geographically
illumine the way that "he who runs may
read" These maps were prepared un-
der the direction OF j. S. Kerl, esq. ,
engineer in charge Of the company's
droughting department, and we can but
congratulate him NJ his corps of assis.
tants for the excellence OF their execu-
ton. The map rh.SIas psof the CO..
/ ny's lines extending ffom Shreveport
to the Brazos River, near Courtney,
Tex, there making junction with an
other line running southweatwardly
across Texas from the Sabine River to
the Rio Grande, the western division
passing though the towns Of Brennan,
LaGrange and Gonzales, crossing the
Rio Grands near Preside, Mexico. These
lines are reported upon by Maj. b. II.
Greene, Chisf Engineer, as an approx
mate location, and represent digests OF
preliminary surveys twice their length.
The general direction of these lines is
excellent, very slight reflections being
made from the air lines, and the pro-
| files throughout show remarkable coin
cdence Of the surface and grade lines,
and the graduation will be much lighter
| than any railroad in Texas. The maxi.
mum grade is bnt foriytwo feet per
mile and the minimum curvature but
three degrees. As the capacity of q
railroad is measured by the resistance
to be overcome, due to grade and cur
vlture, the advantages which this low
grade limo has over less favored ones
can be readily appreciated. Such ia.
vorable conditions as these have never
before been secured in Texas, almost
all the other lines having about double
the resistance to overcome, and such
results have only been secured after
much patient, laborious and extensive
exploration conducted by three engi.
neer corps, under the supervision oil
Maj, b. II. Greene, Chief Engineer
and is another tribute to that gentle
mans professional ability. 1t is high
ly probable that this road will be ex
tended across Mexico, through ricl
mineral districts, to harbor on the
Gulf of California, thereby adding t.
this country another transcontinenta
railroad
The results of the company's engi
neers have been so extremely favorabl,
that they anticipate an early inaugura
ton OF the work. We trust that such vii
be the case, IA we predict much materi
al good will result to Shreveport
through this road as it will make trib
utary TO us much business which is de
fiected from us by other lines.
The drawing was expressed last Sun
day, and was followed the next day b,
Mr.. Kerl to New York, where he goe
to join Moj. Greene, Chief Engineer
who is nov there. We trust these gen
uemen will soon return to our midst
commissioned to build another road
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Exports of Manufactures.

In an interesting article about the
expectation of flour from the United
States, the Financial Chronicle calls
the increase in the trade zone of the
most gratifying phases presented by
recentstatistics of American commerce. !"
Our Exports Of wheat in flour still bear
a small proportion to the exports Of
wheat in grain, the wheat semi abroad
in the year ended June 30 having been
worth sll2,020,71S and the flour only
S36 ,376,055. But yet there is q sigpifi.
cant growth Of the exports of the manu-
featured product, the number of bar.
rels OF -four shipped in 1872 having been
26lf035, in 1881 1886. 1855, in 1882
5,725, 1874, and in the first FIVE months
of tho current year, 3.tJ3109 The
grain is attributed partly to the manu-.
facture Of flour by improved methods,
partly to packing in sacks, partly to
the superior quality OF Dakota spring
wheat, partly to the expectation of bet
ter grades OF flour than formerly. and
partly to improved business methods,
Under the latter head il may be OBJ.
served that the direct expectation of
flour from Minneapolis has grown up
within five years to value of some
S9,OOO,OO0 or Sl0,000,0O0, and every
transportation line has an agent at that
city who gives through bills of ladinR
to any importing European country,
while the entire output Of large estab-
hshments is sold in Europe before IL ia
ground or even grown.
What enterprise and opportunity
have done in the matter OF Wheat and
flour 1t is for the interest of the conn
try 10 have accomplished in every other
line of manufacturing. Flour is a
manufactured article; 30 arc provisions.
Wheat and corn and cotton aud petro-
leum are not. We export comparative.
ly few manufactures, -and these few in
the most primitive forms and we export
little beyond the immediate products
of agriculture. II we are TO have per.
manent manufacturing prosperity,
steady employment for our labor and
exemptions from periods of depres.
sion, we must change all that; we must
become, like England, n great exporter
of every conceivable manufactured pro.
duct OF human ingenuity.
a few figures will show how the
country depends ON the farmers for the
merchandise which it exports, how the
farmers pay for our imports, and how
in spite OF our great development Of
manufactures, our makers of WIRES, Of
iron and cotton and wool and wood dc
little but supply the home markets.
that agriculture, by whose fruits mo-
only We but many people of Europe
are fed, and in part clothed, is the grea
national industry. The total value O.
the domestic commodities in the yea
ended June 30 is shown below by class
es, with the per cent of the whole in
cluded in each class:
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II will be observed that the only
finer manufactures those commonly
called by that term-included in list
embracing everything amounting to
per cent OF the whole, of iron and steel,
and cotton goods, the manufactures OF
wood being chiefly coarse lumber, the
leather item chiefly unwrought leather,
and the tobacco item chiefly unmanu,
featured leaf OF drugs and chemicals,
of paper, of clocks and watches, Of
musical Instruments, OF Yankee notions
and of textiles, except cotton goods,
we export next to nothing.
There is ample room for the enlarge.
ment OF this most profitable business,
Our manufacturers need to cheaper
their process as much as possible, to
adopt every new invention, to cultivate
foreign markets, and, with the enor-
nous resources OF the country behind
them, they ought at no distant date TO
rival Englishmen as fabrictators for all
the world.
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The kill OF buffalo last winter vas es.
timated at $4,000, which, from the re-
port Of hides shipped, Is probably
very close TO the mark, The kill OF
this terpromiaes 10 fall long way
short Of last A dealer Of this city, who
has buyer IN tho hold, reports that he
has 40 ias secured but 300 hides. The
amount Of ths matter il that tho buffalo
are rapidly becoming extinct, and I'M
losa tho attempt 10 domesticato the
animal succeeds, the nQblest American
game will pass ialo history before the
next census Is iaktu, Tho herds, what
lhpga are of them, arc mostly between
'Ap Black hiAs and Olendiye, o.
,ae Yellowstone, theig last uluief,
lpelipg GFound,
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minutes, but with the copper wires it
will be only few seconds. why,
said Mr.. Bartlett with enthusiasm, IF
| cou d get that far ahead OF the stock
exchange I'd bust the world" II is
claimed that the application of the du-
pick and quadruplex patents to the
Morse system is practicable only on
short circuits; that, in fact, the latter
will work properly but little father
than the distance between New York
and fniladelpn ,whllo the Gray systemi
winch ~ o" .l',i. ~ 'uo Ge'a' Ie'estapn
S;ouip'uy' u'''''' i.i,s 'iu III ~ NM ;.
M ~. ~ ~ ''' a.. ~ wv -
guy "li.' - oVtP., 49, % -
INV oru' I i5 G 1s' lo,,ai 'I -, ,rsl'
hoWoNei, ~ n.'1 my ~ .-i''''s ~ "oi n
up 70 my lI'S TH "' 'l ~ n, 9lns ~,
SoPpe' 1 W,aS, 80 ,.;t'r,.;a,, I'LL
10 'uns Uni a;a,i '' - MI Ironr
, ~ n s..;l ~, diFarout ,,injims
s,ia' =, 'IG ,ae,i,, ,i,o iar hn,v
10 o'"V 49, 90 nno viil caTeo SotL IN
oa,,,'d ",,I so,ns,l,i,,, Of tho so,ne Kind
4! aa,'i;o5 20 t9ioor.J'b A litile instrr,.
~ "a tn,,a5 IL, ea,,a;,, l,ov is attached
- ' owo 'C ana If me- wire and the message
s W. J', ii, sanoL - is reco;ved nv another
;' 49, siro;iorIy torcbed nj tho othe,
n - Thas,, ,ao irstrnments work in
Sn 49, and a,e moi intcrfered with nj
al by ia yorkino of another. or
tboo-st icollv of nnv number of other
s auo' cyar tSe anne wire nj the same
I'm ,rLorc ia something in tho cleo.
,ric,i viL,otionq tbat kpens tLoir notes
distirc,
,,.a,.,,... ,,r,,or.r,o,.,.
"'i. LAG i'i hl'N '',0''
Besides this, however, the company
owns still more wonderful process
The Leggo. patent send as many words
over single wire III minute az the
most skllltul Morse operator can send
IN an hour, delivers at the RECEIVING
station fac smile OF the copy far
nished, and docs 1t all without aid OF
a sklllful operator. Anybody who can
turn crank can send message IN his
own handwriting, with amy private
marks or devices lie pleases, simply by
first writing his message ON chemical
ly prepared sseet OF paper furnished by
the company. Practical trials OF this
apparatus have shown n speed OF $500
words minute, but it can be enlarged
30 as to do even better A Morse oper-
ptor who can send or receive from 1000
to $500 words an hour can command
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-20

As showing the instinct OF tho goat,
which Is not generally credited with
much intelligence, visitors 10 harper'a
Ferry, Va, are informed that when the
war broke out and the sound OF the
cannonadlng was heard IN the valley,
large numbers Of same animals OF thia
description took refuge on the Mary.
land Heights, aud has uever returned.
Even now they can DO aeon on the top
Of the mountain, Their young have
been reared ON the summit and have
never become dilnealicated. Occasion
ally hunters kill tho Wild goats. as thoy
are called, and tho tame oEes irom tho
valley 60 up and visit them; bli they
Ipessiateutiy rofuso 70 descend, aud tho
aaase 81 danger experienced ~ lho
goats u lNlll and 1882 seems 10 hase
been transmitted 10 sheif posie5il,.
IN that "a honest nom policy u mol
an honest mqn
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Riches in HOP Farming.

At tho preaenk prices, ten aorea IN
Hops will bring more money than 1--WE
hundred acres in any other farming
and, II there 10 a oonanmer on dealer
who thinka tho price Of Hop Biltors
high, remember shat Hops arc Si2d pof
TO-, and the quantity aud quality Of
Hops 10 Hop hittora aud the pJlea 70.
maine tho lame a. iormerly. Don't buy
Or use worthless stun or initallona he-
cause the price ID lese.
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killing Rats by Electricity.

Ralph Corbit, an ingenious l2.year,
old boy Of Honeybrook, Chester Coun.
ny, has devised novel plan OF getting
rid of the rats which infest his fathers
oeller, He has constructed out Of old
fruit Jars battery OF three Leyden
jars, which he connects and places upon
: large iron plate which touches tho tin
foil on the outside. The bait is 20 ar-
ranged that when the rat steps upon the
plate and seizes the bait no at once
makes the connection between tho out
side and insideoi the Jars aud they are
discharged through his body killing
him literally as quick a. lightning, He
charges the jars by means OF an cleo.
trioal machine, also constructed by
himself He ran couple Of wires
through the hoor to the cellar from the
room above, and a. soen as he would
hear a rat squeak no would Immediately
rechWge the battery. The Asst time
be pat the machine Ia operation he
slaughtered Twenty-Five rats ina space
Of three hours, and ia two daya VIC
cellar was entirely cleared Of the pesla
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destroy.
The relative strepgth Of armies be-
osmes a matter OF secondary import
ance whom these facts are considered.
The disparity of numbers only would
never have produced the result which
the combination of these various forces
did-the surrender of the Army Of
Northern Virginia.
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TOtal .....-.......sa8, Ed, az

Equally suggestive is the following
table, which shows the values with the
percentage Of the total Of each kind
OF exports which amounted to over l
per cent of the whole:
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-20

ApuRAlly enough, when woma.
staopsto conquer she "a mose stoopid
tlaiiii usual
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-20

after her release will probably be re-
garded 10y many as an evidence Of
want OF an entirely level head.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-20
whv lnc Confederate Soldier Failed.

,ioCattby's Soldier Lifc Ia the Army OF Nor,bcr
Niraiula
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-22

W. 3. GATES departed yesterday for Mi
waukee, Wis.
Mrs. q. N. ESTES and family will leave
today for Iuka Springs.
M. LIVINGSTON, of Paducab, visited the
Merchants Exchange yesterday.
J. G. BELL and wife have returned from
a visit 10 the springs Of North Georgia.
ANGUS CAMPBELL left yesterday via the
Chesapeake aud Ohio for Petoskey, Mich.
Col. GEORGE H. N~ETTLEroN, general man
ager of The Kansas City railroad, is in The
city.
w. NJ. Cross went to Chicago aud Du.
buque yesterday morning 10y way of Pa.
ducah.
ARTHUR MERRIMAN left last evening via
the Chesapeake and Ohio for Chicago and
the Northwestern resorts.
Miss JENNIE M. HIGBEE is at present So
journing at O.ean Grove, N. j., the guest of
DR.. Mayo. TIE letter in the APPEAL, OF
yesterday, was from her talented pen. Other
contributors from the SINE source may be
looked for.
CAPT. CHAs. H. WINNER, Southern passer-
ger agent of the Kansas City route-Ksnsas
City, Fort Scott and Gulf and Kansas City,
Springfield and Memphis railroads, with
headquarters at Atlanta, Co., lie stopping at
the Peabody.
LEE TROUT, who has been connected with
the pcs.ofice department for the pact five
years, left to visit his wife and mother al
Collierville on the IS instant, and on the
20ih, at 10 o'clock pm, was Suddenly taken
with spoplexy, dying within IN hour. He
was the son OF Thomas w. Trout, of the firu
Of Thomas Trout & Sop, and leaves a wife
and four children TO mourn his less.
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U a

oUHD OF THE TRIBUNALS Oh TIE JUSTICES.
A big Niger named Henry C-aig was
bound over for bealiog two small children Il.
Justice Elliott had several cases which
will come up for hearing to-day.
Kate Sherman wants her sister-in-law put
under bonds not to break her neck, SIS the
latter has ~soleunly promised.
Justice Spelman bound over Mag Virgins
for Gu ting Gus C)nnors with a kRife; also
6oed II. K. Waite for puumelling J. e.
Wilkins, q brother painter.
Justice Fleming had a good docket yester-
dag. Patsy Alec ssore out a triangular
warrant against Katie Marlborough, B.r'ie
Ewing and Gertrude Wood,, whom she
charged with making wsr upon her and
threatening her life. She wants peace war.
rants against them all.
Night before last ME-. Kste Thomas, who
keeps a grocery on the corner Of Carolins
and Ssvsnlh ~streels, caught a dsrky jumping
from he window with q seek contsining 8
csdjy of tob :cco, a side of meat snd a ham
She instantly recognized him az Thad Moore,
a trii ing fellow who resides in the neighbor.
hood, Snd gave CHASE. Moore, with a de.
gree of boldness truly admirable, went al
once to justice Fleming, and telling his eide
of the story, got out a warrant for Mrs
Thomas, charging assault and battery. H.
was shortly afterward hauled up on 8
charge OF housebreakiug, and part of the
testimony was heard yesterday. The case
will be concluded by Justic, Fleming to day
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sTRAGIC EPISODE.
A Boy Drowned Within Twenty Feet OF
His Mother, While Sbe Saves
His Companion.
Peculiar Proceeding of a HOHse.Breaker
to Avoid the Consequence s or
His Crime.

About 10 o'clock yesterday merping two
boys, Charles McCabe sad John Gardner,
sgsd eleven and twelve years, respectively,
got in a dugout al the mouth of Hsichie
river and padded across 10 the other side in
safety. On the return 'he vessel, q mere
cookie shell, WAS csp.ized-sDd both its occu.
psnis thrown into the water. Gardner mar
aged to get a firm ho'd on the dugout, but
his compsnion ssnk. Gardner screamed [ r
help, and Mrs. McCsba, who wa. fret ap-
prised cf the accident by his cries, rcwsd out
TO his assistance in a skIf. With consider
able difficulty she msnsged to right the dug
out and rescue the boy, who was unable to
speak for several minutes, but finally gssped
out: "Your boy was with me-. Where is
hep" Mrs. McCsbe at this moment saw her
son rise 10 the surface of the water a short
distance Of, and with wonderful GOODNESS
seiz-d her oars, row,d to him, dragged the
Iifeiess body into the skif and pulled ashore.
Every effort was made 10 restore conscious.
nj: 5, but in vain. Justice Galloway wss
summoned and held an inquest, at which the
above fscts were ELECTED. the testimony
was heard by a number of persons, and sent
a thrill OF horror through them all. Charlie
McCabe was an intelligent, sprightIy boy,
and The pride of his mothers heart. The
Nice 'bes are among The many poor families
who live in boats along the river bank, and
live BY means OF the fish they are able 10
catch
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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

WoMAN's love for ribbors is pardonable,
since she owes her existence 10 a rib-bone.
Mrs. HAYES il working a book-mark for
President Arthur to reward him for refusing
10 travel on Sunday.
A EMALE balloonist Of Saratoga recently
made her ninety-Gfth ascent, ami The WON
ans right party is still arguing the question
of "slevating the women TO g higher stand
ard"
"MERcYl" exclaimed Mrs. F., sc she caught
sight OF the csmeleopard, "just look at this
beast! What a long neck" "Yes," replied
Fogg, che mes remarkable casa OF sore
throat l ever saw"
A YOUNG miss of sixteen asks what is the
proper thing for her to do when she is sere-
raded by q parry of gentlemen at q late
hour. We are glad to be able TO answer this
| question. Steal softly down stairs and unite
the dog.
Ii reply to the CT ar's query of one of the
maids Of honor as TO how she enjoyed the
| coronation, the reply was: "Oh, ever SC
| much, your msj.siy. / hope We shall soon
! have another" the maid ia summering in
|! Siberia.
/ OSE Of the jules is preparing fer mex,
! season. Miss Jewett has decided that 10 the
/; potion scene the tragedy should end with the
| line, "o.ay, Tyba!t, stay !" and in the next
| and last, "Romeo, / cone! this do l drink to
thee" Juliet should "strike the keynote OF
gladness, Of joy, ecstacy."
CHARLIE went TO see the apple Of Els eye
the other evening, and after a proper amount
Of Sffsctionate conversation eaid: "I'il give
you a pair of ear rings, dear, if you'll carr
Them by letting me bore your ears" HI ven'
1 earned them already, them" queried The
fair subject of his affections.
MACAULAY wrote: The principle o.
! woman suffrage il not 30 palpably absurd
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B. L0WENSTE|N & BROTHERS.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERs
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY,
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
3. &c BROS.

The hands make about 100 feet Of mattress
a day.
The trade review for The past year, 10 be
published IN the APPEAL on September LIST,
will attract general attention o. recount OF
its favorable shown: of The busire = of
Memphis. The publication OF thr APPEAL
that day will greatly exceed lie regular edi-
ton, and 1t pres .nis excellent facilities for
those who wish TO advertise.
John Fiier wss taken. before Justice
Coltm'D yesterday sfter his trial in the P0-
lice Court, on a warrant charging him witb
committing an assault and battery upon
Walker Ktnn dy, CITY edilsr of the Aua-
tanchs. Fifer submitted his case under the
sinall oftns law. and wss feed SO and costs
The testimony was the same as that brought
out in the Polics Curt.
1t ia said hat the bicyclers Of the city
are about to orgsn;z, and take measures for
building a track, and also to make an effort
toward softening the laws which now for
bid them exercising their gallant sleeds
upon the public highways. The laws. arr
made in the interest of ski,tish horses. The
boys FAY that, on the same principle, it would
be well 10 prohibit locomotives from enter
ing the city.
-Bradstreet's Agency had ia failures in
the United States and twenty in Canada aud
the Provincss, reported for the week ending
August Is, 1883. There were eight more
than the preceding week, twentv.six more
thsn the corresponding week OF 1882, and
100 more than the same week Of 1881. The
Middle States had foriy-iwo, New England
States twenty-Diue, Southern States nineteen,
Western States fifty, and P cifc States and
Territories thirty four.
"A Memphis capitalist remarked yes,er-
day that "whatever the feeling may have
been in The past, when the South YVES simply
an agricultural section, it is simply useles:
to longer deny The fact that the protection
policy has made no little progress, and i:
now not only scquiesced in, but warmly sup
ported by many OF our people, and among
them come of our most progressive end big
gest-hearted men. Every shop, and factory
and mill and furnace built, aud every min,
operated but AIDES to the number Of support
eIs OF this policy, who believe thst il viii
help 10 build up these industries and maxi
them q perm anent success" He was at ono
involved in a discussion from which h,
emerged SIS if he had put a wisp of stray
under q hornets nest.
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was his uncle By marriage, and had been &
ia her 10 him since be was eight ysars old.
He saw K nnedy on Main street a. 2 o'clock
in the morning, csilsd to him, ssked il he
wss armed saw he had a cane, which he told
Kennedy would shout pot him (Kenned,)
on a physical equality; Kennedy rendered
he hand with a warm grasp, which he took
hold OF but no, with a reciprocal warmth
told Kennedy he had acted the damned
scoundel 10 writing about Il man old enough
for his grandfather In tina. viIlsinons way,
and he intended to lick him for il. Kennedy
responded that there was o need Of a fall
ing out between him (Filer) aad himself
about il. Fifer responded that ihsre Was a
need OF il, and proceeded to punch him uu-
Ill interfered with by the officer. Kennedy's
statement was the same in substance, except
that he CLAIMED that F.fer did not ute the
prolane Language toward him, and that he
struck at + fer with the csne several times,
one striking the officer, which he regretted.
FIfer was fined SIS, aud Kennedy discharged
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LUCAL NOTICES..

TEETH extracted without pain at Wesson's,
SlS Main street. Telephone connection.
BSs~A PINT of the fines! ink for families or
schools can be made from a tsn-3ent package
OF Diamond Dye. Try them.
Miss MARY STEDMAN will open school, on
September 17th, a; her new schoolhouse, on
Bull Run street, aud will be glad OF the
patronage Of her friends.
THERE will be a moonlight dance out at
OIkville, six and a quarter miles from Mem
phis, on Pigeon Roost roau, Wednesday even
ing, Augu-t 22d. The public are cordially
invited. Good mu.ic