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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-05-02
MO, 1,rrpapuCRSs
Some Feats of Lightning SINGERS at the
Capital.

Washington Corr. Boston Trdreler.
The telegraph service in Washington Is
said to have no superior either in Europe or
In this country. had brief chat with q
gentleman who is recognized authority on
all such matters, only few days since, and
he said "The fastest sender in this country
is Mr.. P. V. De Graw. Some years ago q
Congressional committee went over to New
York and examined the offices of the West
ern Union. The members were taken In
charge by Mr.. Walter p. Phillips, who Is
now General Manager Of the United States
Press Association, and who Is recognized As
the fastest receiver In the business. Mr..
Phillips sat down at the 'clcker' and tele.
graphed Mr.. De Graw TO give an exhibition
of his fast sending for ten minutes. Chrono-
meters were taken out, and Mr.. De Graw
began. At the expiration Of the ten minutes
he had telegraphed 400 words, an average of
40 words minute. This is the best record
yet made in this country. Mr.. De Graw has
charge Of the work at the capital for the
United States Press Association, and occa.
sionally goes to the wire and sends 50 fast
that the receiver has no difficulty In know
ing who 1t Is in Washington that Is rsttling
the sounds with such rapidity. Some time
ago Mr.. Phillips made bet with an opera
tor in New York that be could telegraph an
editorial at the rate of forty words minute,
for ten consecutive minutes. Now Phillips
is recognized as the faster receiver in the
United States, but since his attack of partial
paralysis of the right arm, occasioned from
over work, he is regarded as slow sender. ,
The New York operator snapped up the bet
10 a hurry, but MFR. Phillips accomplished
the feat with ease. The secret leaked out
after while that Phillips had written the
editorial, and the peculiarly of it was that
it did hot contain word Of more than nine
letters. Mr.. James, Of the Associated Press,
sends the most perfect Morse of any man in
the country, and there are number Of others
who ars noted as telegraphers, but those
have mentioned are known all over the
Unlon." -a.s.. .-....s.... -s"
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A TEXAN QUEEN.

Chicago Mter-Ocean

Chicago Hter-Ocean.
There Is = genuine cattle queen In the per-
son of Mrs. Rogers, who lives between the
King ranch and Corpus Christi, about fifteen
miles from the latter place. Her first hus-
band was q cowman named Rabb. Right
here should explain that a decided dis
tinction and difference exists between
"cowboy" and "cowman." The former Is q
hired man who rides after the herd; the lat
ter is his employer who owns the cattle.
Well, after Rabb, from q small beginning
and good management and thrift, had &C.
cumulated herd of 10000 cattle, he died,
and LEFT all to his better half, who had been
helpmate In every sense of the word, and
not only understood the cattle business, but
had managed it successfully during her bus
bands illness.
Widow Rabb was not only thrifty, but she
was pious and belonged to the Methodist
persuasion. A young preacher by the name
Of Rogers came along, under whose minis
trations she grew in grace, and the result
was q matrimonial one, although the odds
in age were in favor Of the parson by some
thing like twenty-three years. She had no
children and he had seven, but she took the
motherless BARNS under her wings, and the
alliance has turned out in every way sue
cessfully. Rogers had not long been mar
ried to the widow and her cattle, when he
acquired bad case of bronchitis and was
compelled to give up preaching. Such cases
are frequent, but the widow gave him notice
that she was competent to run the ranch
and has kept the cattle in her own name,
Rogers knowing no more about them than
any Of the neighbors. He took to politics
when he found that his services were not
needed at the ranch, and IL now the Demo
cratic member of the Legislature from
Neuces county. -.a.t, ....s.. ..... ........ q.
Mrs. Rogers, although worth round mil
lion, lives In quite humble house and ap-
pears to have no ambition further than 10
carry on the business her husband left her
and accumulate money and cattle. She goes
to Corpus Christi every week or so to sell
stock or purchase supplies, but has no taste
for dress or society. She il 80 years old, but
rides horse like q COW boy, and does not
even own carriage. She never entertains
any one except the few people who visit her
place on business, and lives in the plainest
possible manner. .
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POETRY
THE ORIGINAL "DIxIE.U

The New Orleans Times Democrat gives
the following as the correct original Of the
famous "Dixie:"
"I wish was in de land OBJ cotton,
Ole times dar am not forgotten;
In Dixie land where / was bawn In
Arly on frosty mawnin'.
cole missus marry Will de weaber
Will he was gay deceaber;
When he put his arm around her
he looked as fierce a. q forty y-pounder.
his face was as sharp as n butchers cleaber
but dat didn't seem q bit to greab er; ..
Will run away, missus took decline,
Her face was de color oh de bacon rine.
while missus libbsd she libbed in clober,
When she died she died all ober;
How could she act de foolish part
An marry a man who broke her heart?
"Buckwheat cakes an cawn-meal batter
Makes you fat, or little fatter;
Here's health to de mex old missus,
An all de gals as wants to kiss US.
"Now IL you want to dribe away sorrow
Come an hear dis song tomorrow;
Den hoe it down and scratch de grabbel,
To Dixie land I'm bound to trabel."
CHORUS.
"I wish / was in Dixie, hooray, hooray;
In Dixie's land
Wen take our stand,
To lib an die in Dixie;
Away, away, away down Souf in Dixie;
Away, away, away down Souf in Dixie"
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Judicious Timbering.
Calico Print.

.a ". "~ Calico Print.
II behooves miners To be as careful la tim
bering while prospecting mine as when 1t
is thoroughly developed. After mine has
been partly opened, but poorly timbered, IL
s new Management takes hold OF 1t, they
must, in order to place the mine In proper
shape, rstimber before . single pound VI ore
could be extracted. Mine-owners who allow
Others 10 work under . lease should look
sharply after them In this respect, for they
almost always have the sole object in view
of working out . pocket, without regard TO
the condition In which the property 10 left on
the expiration of their lease. Capitalists
seldom seek mine In which 1t will be nec-
essary to replace every timber before getting
any returns, or to work the property system
aticaily. Judicious work In tiubering 10 .
very important consideration. Nothing adds
90 much to the appearance Of prospect as
clean, solid timbering, whether shaft, tunnel
or incline.
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EvE-ANGELICAL.
Plush pelsrines are in high favor.

E Plush pelerines are in high favor ,'syat.
High, dat crowns arc most in favor. .-a.aay
PoIonaises are feature in spring styles.
Draperies grow fuller and more elaborate.
surpllce and Greek waists are much worn.
Nantes grow longer, wider and more
elaborate. ... .--.-...
Lengthwiss tucks are seen on late import
ed costumes. .... -. .--
Capotes and round bats divide the run of
fashionable favor.
Gray French cashmere is immensely popu-
lar for spring suits. '''"
Diversity is the most marked feature in
fashions this spring. ~ .t.'"i '-.-.
Embroidered and brocaded tsffeta glace
silks will be much worn.
Mrs. Hunt, the wife Of tbs late Minister to
Russia, was . bridesmaid Of Mrs. Arthur.
General Israel Putnam's wedding ring is
owned and priced by woman In Omaha,
Neb.
Mrs. Gen. Sheridan's toilets are among
the most admired for richness and taste In
Washington.
There Is . housewife In Grafton, Me-, who
has only just bought cooking stove. Until
now she has used an open fire place.
The prevailing fashions for babies this
spring will be six feet Of clothing to six
inches of baby. Now lay your plans and
figure accordingly.-Ciinton Bugte.
A mississippi man writes to Denton county,
Texas, for q runaway wife, and describes her
Huith hioh rhaak hnnAa front taath
out, crippled in one foot, crosseyed and
quick spoken"
81 can't afford but one flower on my hat"
she said to the milliner. "Well, where will
you have 1t ?" GAS sit next to the side wall
In church, you can put II on the side next to
the congregation" was the reply.
Chenille ornaments are In all tones of all
colors, and are made to represent cat-tails,
mushrooms, wheat, immortelles and chest
nut burrs, and are clustered to represent
pompons, with generally an aigrette In the
midst.
A Baltimore mother, supposing she was
dying, gave her baby to her nurse and told
her to take 1t to an asylum until after her
death, The nurse pocketed the child's
board money and left It on the asylum door
step. The mother has recovered, but can
not identify her baby among hundred other
waits.
A rather handsome young lady in Pitts
burg called on physician the other day aud
complained Of . slight dullness Of hearing,
which interfered with whispered conversa-
| tion. A shoe button was found In one of
her ears and q couple Of beans in the other.
She supposed they had been poked In there
by her lover, as joke.
Very full tips have taken the place of long
ostrich plumes Ibis season, and they are ar
ranged in pompons with aigrette centre.
Some of the tips have shaded or colorsd
edges, but generally they are In some one
famed shade. Pretty but expensive POM
pons are formed of marabout feathers, tipped
with curls Of gold or silver, twisted about
tipped with beads 81 with pSsfYs and eefGfi6ds
butterflies are made of some bright or SOM
bre coiored bird feathers, with border of pea
cock eyes or the lustrous feathers Of the
humming-bird. 's
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Charles A. Dana.
Meas York Letter IN 81. Loup Republican

Ne11 York Letter IN 81. Louis Repuoftcdn
Mr.. Dana Is sensibly taking more leisure
than most prosperous men immersed in &C.
tivity ars wont to do. He is ono OF the
wisest VI liyers. He does not smoke or chew,
drinks only choice wines or good beer with
his meals, and goes to bed betimes and sleeps
like warrior taking his rest. In the sum-
mer be is IN early riser At his island home,
Dosoris, and goes for : tour OF his fancy
cbicken-coops and possibly for yacht sail
Oefore breakfast, or swim In the waters Of
the sound. At present he Is building splen-
did winter home In New York. His son
Paul Is in training TO succeed bis father.
There is touching affection between father
and son. French fathers are said TO think
more of their sons than those Of any other
nation. It would be hard to 6nd two fathers
Of any nation more devoted 70 their only
sons than Charles A. Dana and Benjamin +.
Butler. Both have sons named Paul. and
both boys seem TO vindicste the law OF the
heredity OF talent.
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Signals on Ensign Peak.
Salt Lake Tribune, 10th.

Salt Lake Tribune, 2olt-
People In this city have doubtless noticed
fires frequently upon the ridge just below
Ensign Peak, sometimes two, sometimes
three. These fires are built IS signals from
Mr.. Patterson to bis ranch on Antelope Is.
land, and 1t Is quite m interesting method
of communication. Being built on . side
hill, three fires can be arranged TO send As
many rs fifteen different messages. For in
stance, two fires on line In point Of eleva-
tion mean one thing; two, the north one
higher up, another; the north one lower
down, another, and SO on. These are an
swered from the island by fire, to signify
that they have received the message.
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OREGON SHORT LINE.
Salt Lake Tribune, april cath.

Salt Lake Tribune, april cath.
From Mr.. Homer Stull, right Of way agent
of the Oregon Short Line, who has been Wis
iting tbs city, We learn some matters OF In
terest to the public relative to what the road
is doing and intends TO do. The line leaves
Boise some fifteen miles to the north, and
that city has to depend upon teams and
stages for transportation and passage to aud
from Kuna station. The citizens Of Boise
have labored earnestly to secure branch
road, and now but little remains to be done
In the way of right of way or contracts.
Boise furnishes right of way from Caldwell
up Boise river to the city, and donates lands
In the city for depots, shops and yards. All
Of this has been arranged, except that In
few cases lands will have to be condemned
to give passage through the premises Of such
citizens as refused to make terms. Such
cases will come before the court at Boise on
April 30th, and the court will then decide
upon the action Of commissioners heretofore
appointed to assess damages. The right Of
way up the valley was donated by many
property owners along the line, but In the
purchase Of other rights and Of lands IN the
city for the use of the road, Boise City will
have to expend about $4,000. The distance
between Caldwell aud Boise Is 80 miles, and
the work of construction of the road il to
begin at once, and will be completed and
operating on or before September 1st. This
Boise City branch will In time be continued
mp Boise river to Boise Basin, to tap the rich
mineral and timber country, some 90 miles
distant. When work stopped on the main
line last fall, the company began piling up
rails and other material at Caldwell, so that
at present much Of the material requisite for
the Boise branch is awaiting laborers to put
in position.
The main line of the Oregon Short Line
has reached the fourth crossing Of Snake
River, aud Is within two miles OF Hunting
| ton, where connection 10 TO be made with
the Oregon Navigation Il Railway Com
pany's road. When such connection will be
made, Is as yet unknown. Men are engaged
putting this Snake River bridge in position.
1t will be very large and fine structure.
Il
Relative to the country in that portion OF
Idaho, Mr.. Stull says there Is lively interest
in mining matters. Not far from Weiser are
extensive copper lodges, carrying gold and
silver. The most noted property is the Black
Maria, so named because of the black sui
phurets 1t carries. A tunnel has been run in
100 feet on this property, at the end Of which
q cross-cut is in Is feet in ore and the end
has not been reached. The owners were
offered $4,000 for the property the other
about quarter of million.
Some other copper claims, owned by S. T
Hauser, Of Helena, aid I. I. Lewis, ol
Ketchum, are showing well, and promise to
become immense mines. The country !:
fast settling up, and in the near future will
be great farming district as we'll as q min.
ing country.
The Oregon Short Line Is doing good
business the entire length Of its road, from
Granger west, and trains are running regu
larly.
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JOHN G. SAxE,S JOKE.
How He Played Countryman and Aston
~ ished an Editor.

Mr.. SAKE had long been contributor to
The Knickerbocker, and a correspondent Of
its editor before he and that editor met.
One day Lewis Gaylord Clark was seated in
his library, hard At work, when stranger
opened the door and entered unannounced.
He was large man, whose thick boots and
modest raIment were covered with country
dust. "Hello, Clarkw he said, show air
you? Hows the folks? Wot's new?' Clark,
who was the pink of courtesy. arose, bowed
fsiffiy, auu urgged the stranger to be seated.
"VSl, old feller, hover yer bin ?" resumed
theisitor after he had taken q seat. "Look
| rs.kr yaller bout the dewiaps. Not bin
h'isn' too much gin and peppermint, l
| hop-sh ?" "Sirl" answered Clark with dig
nifty "may l inquire whom l have"
"Hw's Clara and the young folks ?" "Sir ~
Al the time the stranger was propounding
thee kindly inquiries he was edging his
char bit by bit closer and closer to Mr..
Clak, who, beginning to get quite nervous,
wasfsinly trying to keep his distance by the
sam, system of tactics. "Well, old hoss,
I'm mighty glad ter see you. Give us q grip
o. ye potato Notwithstanding his own hand
cordally, and then bringing it down with 3
thup on the writing table, which made the
pensand ink and all the little articles of
virtu jump again. "Say, Lewis, feel dry.
Youhain't got no rum round the shanty,
hev ,er?" No; bet you've bin and soaked
1t al,up yourself, you old sinner" and here
he pked Clark in the ribs with the end of
piectof shrubbery which stood TO him in
case # cane, at the same time advancing
his clair two hltches on Clark's left flank.
"Butsay, Clark, I'll tell yer wot; you lend
me aquarter an I'll run up to th at gin mill
en- tie corner an get yer bottle filled, then
wei. bev q quiet, sociable time together.
Wha dyer say? Is it deal?"
Here the stranger threw himself back in
hlschair, and, raising one of his huge, dusty
bots, raised it contidingly on Clark's knee.
"Srw said Clark, jumping to his feet, 81
have not the pleasure Of your acquaintance,
and must, therefore, beg you to leave my
house, as both my privacy and my time are
of value to me-" Again the stranger threw
himself back in his chair, and, laughing
beartily, exclaimed: "Excuse my joke, MIR.
CLARK, but / am John q. SAKE. l thought
We had known each other long enough by
correspondence and ought to make each
others acquaintance personally, so l have
lust taken run down the river TO see you.''
When Clark had recoaered from his first
astonshment he shook his old contributor
cordially by the hand, and tradition says
they "made night of it."
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Blanks for Sale.


-. Ioner for ra;e for ESQ, my ons-hsh IN
IN ,ercsi IN the bnidine and iot nov occu-
. Ez sdyr ~ nor particulars inquire OF y. o.
staekpo's' % .G' I. SWEENEY. Hissosi., 7; r.
AissouIa, Nov. :. is&
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Rcreneration fol

Regeneration for
enfeebied systems,
suffering from . gen
erai want OF tone,
and It's usual con
comitants, dyspep-
sia and nervousness
10 seldom derivabie
from the use OF q
nourishing diet and
stimuli of appetite,
unaided. A medi-
cine that will effect
q removal of the
speciic obstacle to
renewed health and
vigor, that is q gen
uine correetive, Is
the real need. IL Is
the possession OF
this grand require
ment which makes
Hoxsetter's Stom-
ach Bitters SO effect
i've as an invigorant.
d Dealers generally.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING

"'"''lni advertising payable quarterly, as dua
;r1"'ictt advertising payable In advance.
! 'rial Notices are 80 per cent wore d An reg.
!! edYcuiscmenlA
local advertising IS cents ar the first insertion;
cents per line for each succeeding insertion;
iHrS counted In Nonpariel measure.
lob Work payable on delivery. .. --.s-
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Tel the children 10 cut out and ssvs The comic
sslhouette pictures - they appear from issue 70
l.sua. They win be pleased with the collection.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-10-02

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She Swallowed Rat Poison.

Miss Annie Jacobs, twenty-five years
old, charming young lady Of unexcep.
mother in South bingham, Mass, COM
mitted suicide Saturday evening at her
home by taking dose Of "Rough on
Rats" She had been keeping company
with Everett Hatch, bookkeeperin large
mandatory at Rockland, whose &C.
quaintance she formed at o party in
bingham about two years ago. They
finally became engaged. The yonng
man has Of late been waiting upon a
Rockland lady. This fact has apparent.
ly worked upon Miss jacobs mind until,
uneble to bear the suspense longer, ahe
IN Saturday procured team and visited
Rockland. ,9z :s$
She called ae tho factory and remained
several hours with, her prospective hus.
band. DRring the conversation he told
her that he had felt for q long time that
they could not live happily together, and
that In the future he could BE no more
than q friend 10 her. She gave vent tc
her feelings In teara, btit gave no intina.
ton OF taxing her iifs. DFsn her return
homo that evening she appeared to bt
laboriIg dnaer great mental excitement,
but nothing was thonRht Of It; at. The
time. She retired to her room and short
ly Afterwards her mother was attracted
by ms sns sprocseding from her daughteri
room When Hrs. Jacobs entered ths
room nnie was writhing ii, Tho agoDie,
or death. 4. Although o. phyaicfan made
every effort to save her abe died In terri.
Bile agony. S
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ANDERSON S. O., THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 2, 1884

one. We went by train to Dieppe, thence
across the channel TO Newhaven, and on
to London, and thence to Liverpool
where ve again took the good ship City
of Chicago, Of the Inman Line, and after
pleasant but somewhat rough voyage,
reached our native land and home In
safety, with tit is to be hoped) broader
views of the world and humanity, and a
better appreciation of the blessings We
here enjoy.
In closing this series of letters We feel
like thanking those friends who have fol.
lowed us 30 patiently week after week in
ali our wanderings. We have felt pain.
fully at times, the disadvantage under
which we labored In attempting to give
in correspondence, written amid the hustle
and changing scenes of travel, any salts.
factory idea Of the lands beyond the sea
but If the broken, diejointed and fragmen.
tary descriptions We have been able to
present, shall be'the means of arousing
in the hearts of those who have read them
q better appreciation of this beautiful
world In which We are permitted 10 live,
and of stimulating in the minds of the
young desire to know more by study
and travel Of its wondrous history and
present condition, then these letters have
not been written in vain.
TRAVELLER.