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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-02
TIE SUN
NEW YORK. 1884.

NEW YORK, 1884.
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sporting.
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NEW York, Jan. 3i.-A glove fight be-
tween Jim Barry, light weight OIL inns
city, and James Carroll, OF holyoKe. mas
sachus tits, took place to-day. inree
ouis of Oueensbury rules for apurse oil s2So'
.rhe contest was declared Draw, as the
contestants were so used IN at the end oil
the third round that they were scaiceiy
able to stand.
BILLIARDS.
ST. Louis, Jan. 3l.-rhe billiard match
between Ca ton and Carter ended to-nisht'
Score-Catton. 3 coo; Carter, do the
latter making but lC0 points IN me e ,ys
while Cation opened with run OF 15o ana
closed with AGA aud made his i,OOO points
in eight innipgs. an average 10: cation
average on the full game was 5S ~ oi;
Carriers, "a 80 - Cation has ohaiIs nG coa
MCLAUGHLIN Of Philadelphia Tor Sl,Uuu
aside and offers him 500 Tor expenses 10
come TO St. Louis.
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TICKETS. So; HALVES. 81.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1884
A LAWFUL LOTTERY and FAIR DRAW.
INGs, chartered by the Legislature of Ky ard
twice declared legal by the highest Court In The
State. Bond given to Henry county IN the sum Of
se0 COZ for the prompt payment Of all prizes sold.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-10

Tucson, A. IT,, is an an lent city.
Antedatng jamestown and Plymouth,
and visited first in 1910 by Coronado,
it saw its first European settlers in
1860, and its first missionaries in 1881
But long before the year 1910 there
was an Indian village established on
the site Of the present city, so that
Tucsonians can, if they please, claim
an age for their town as great as the
Santa Feans claim for theirs. For al
practical purposes, however, 1910 is a
date sufficiently far away, and ii
Tucson only continues to improve with
age or becomes as good as she is old
much may be expected of the place
Built by the Spaniards, who brought
so much religion to the people whom
they conquered, San Xavier CSar
ITavier) is to-day one Of the largest, as
it is one of the best preserved, of al
the churches built during the years Of
the Spanish occupancy OF the south
west. Riding from Tucson for Mint
miles up the valley of the Santa CRU
river, one has glimpses from time tt
time through the groves of live OAK
and muskete trees of the white wall
and graceful towers of the church a
they stand clearly outlined against tn
sky beyond 1t was down This vale,
of the Santa Cruz which is to-day at
tracing so much attention as an agri
cultural section that Coronado marched
on his way from Old Mexico in 1910
and before the advent of this intrepit
explorer and ever since the valley ha
been inhabited by the Papago Indians
whose adobe houses with thatchet
roofs are scattered along the road lead
King to the mission.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-10

A reporter of the Philadelphia
Record has been interviewing the
foreman Of the corset department of
a large fashionable store in that city.
She told him the following story:
"You would not have shoe leather
discarded because numbers of foolish
persons lame and deform their feet
through excessively tight shoes, sup
posep Well, no moro should corsets be
wholly interdicted simply because
many women lace themselves to
death" Have you ever known of
such a case?' Eyes. A handsome
young woman used to buy eighteen
inch corsets of us few years ago
She was lady's maid to one Of ouI
wealthiest families, and was given to
light lacing, though no one would have
suspected it save from slight discol
Grafton of her nose. But all the
,aleswomen thought that eighteer
was her natural waist measure
and We used to rank he
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-10
the most stylish figure that came

the most stylish figure that came
into the store. One morning she was
found dead In bed with Ter corsets on,
laced to the very last notch, a victim
of tight lacing, if there ever was one.
The details were afterwards given to
our employer by the girls mistress.
The girl had long been in the habit OF
keeping herself laced 50 tightly as
scarcely to be able TO breathe. Her
fellow-sarvants declared she would
often tie one end of the laces to q
staple in her bedroom wall, while
selling the ether end with both hands
and then with this tremendous pur-
chase, struggle and tug until the stays
were drawn up to the very last ex
tremity. But this wasn't the worst Of
it, for she had actually been in the
habit of sleeping with them on in this
condition. The post norton showed
that the ribs were drawn so closely to-
gether as to interlace, there being to-
ward the last such insufficient space
fer the action of the heart and lungs
as to have caused her untold agonies'
which were, however, uncomplainngly
borne until death had put an end to
them" "That is horrible story"
at is nevertheless true"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-10

DR.. Hammond, of New York, in his
much-talked-about novel, gives a capt.
tai idea of the healthy and unhealthy
women of to-day. He pictures them
at the morning meal.
The first is Theodosia, of whom he
says: "Perhaps there is no better test
of a woman's health and beauty than
her appearance when she presents her
self at an early breakfast She is then
more as nature made her than at any
other period Of the day, when art has
been brought with view of heighten-
ing her charms. If she has slept we'll
it argues to some extent sound nerv-
Gus system, and the effect is seen in
the brightness of her eyes and the
tone possessed by the muscles of the
face and neck. x 4 Her intelligence is
then at the maximum, and she feels the
mental recklessne5s that is 80 generally
the result of a sound, healthy sleep
and that is only natural citation of
the emotions, pleasant, doubtless, for
her to exhibit, but far more pleasant
to those to whom it is manifested"
The unhealthy woman at breakfast
DR.. Hammond dismisses, as follows:
"Her expression is indicative of the
discomfort she has undergone during
the night, her movements are either
painfully slow or aggravating brusque,
her intellect shows stupidity, her emo
lions are torpid, her perceptions dull.
4 Il There is no better test of a
woman's health than her ability to eat
a hearty breakfast, and it might al
most be said that her physical beauty
is in direct proportion to the amount
of beef-steak or mutton chops she can
put into herself at this meal. Certain,
pretty women can always eat hearty
breakfast."
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
women as w orksrp.


The notion that girls are too deli
cate to be useful is limited to COM
paratively small part of the globe.
Throughout Asia, Africa and in large
portions even of Europe and America
there prevails an old belief that they
are born to labor In Turke'tan and
on the Tartar steppcs the kirghese
sultanas and their daughters, and
princesseS in whose veins flows the
blood Of long lines of kings, still milk
the sheep, cows and goats and perform
the mental offices of the household, as
the Sans"rt maiden did 5000 years
ago in the same localities. They cook,
take care Of the younger children,
make garments, cure the skins of the
wild fowl, with the feathers on, for
caps, spin cotton, weave cloth and tan
leather by means of sour milk, SINH
lar ideas prevail throughout India,
China and among the native tribes of
Siberia, who have been driven north
ward by aggressive ncighbors. The
Tungusian girl gathers the snow,
melts it, makes the tea and the fish
soup, sews and, being skilful in arch
cry, helps to keep the lardcr supplied
with game. Tho Yakota and Samovede
maidens, and all who dwell along the
Arctic Ocean, help in summer to lay
up winter supplies, and in winter to
perform all necessary domestic duties.
The Ahyssinian girl grinds corn in
the simple mills in use in that country.
The Kailir girl weaves baskets and
draws water The girls in the other
part of the dark continent pulverize
the grain, weave mats, make earthen
vessels and are the matters of their
tribe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-10

Marsh tells us that the number Of
English words not yet obsolete, but
found in good authors, or in approved
usage by correct speakers, including
the nomenclature of science and the
arts, does not probably fall short Of
one hundred. A large portion of these
words, however, do not enter into the
living speech, the common language
of daily and hourly thought. Some
celebrated English and American ora.
tors have been able, upon occasions, to
summon at their command one-half Of
this vast array of words, although they
habitually content themselves with a
much less imposing display of verbal
force. Few writer's of speakers use as
many as ten thousand words; ordinary
persons of fair intelligence not above
three or four thousand. If a scholar
were to be required to name, without
examination, the authors whose Eng
lish vocabulary was the largest, he
would probably specify the all-embrac-
ing Shakespeare and the all-knowina
Milton; and yet, in all the works OF
the great dramatist there occur no,
more than fifteen thousand words, in
the poems of Milton not above eight
thousand. The Old Testament uses
but 5,642 words. The whole number
of Egyptian hieroglyphic symbols does
not exceed eight hundred, and the
entire Italian operate vocabulary i
said to be scarcely more extensive.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-10
The Transmission OF Emotions.

The wife Of Arthur Severn, the dis
tinguishcd landscape painter, woke at
7o'clock with a start, feeling hard
blow en- the mouth, and with dis
tinct sense of being cut and bleeding
on the upper lip. She seized her hand
kerchief and put it to her mouth as
she sat up in bed, and was surprised
on taking it away to find that it was
not bleeding She concluded she had
been dreaming. At breakfast her
husband, who had been out for an ear
ly sail, appeared with a bad cut on the
lip made at that hour by the tiller,
which had struck him in squall.
A case of transferred emotion is that
of Rev. J. NJ. Wilson, headmaster Of
Clifton College, a senior-wrangler and
distinguished mathematician. When
in good health, one evening, while u
student at Cambridge, he suddenly
felt ill, trembled with sort Of fright,
thought he was dying, tried to study,
but could not, went to see friend,
who tried to distract his mind, but
could not. After three hours it pass
ed off, and the next morning he was
well. In the afternoon letter in
formed him that his twin brother had
died the evening before.
A case Of transfer of will is given
by Alexander Sklrving, a foreman of
masons While at work one morning,
he suddenly felt an intense desire to
20 home. 1t was long distance and
he could not well leave his work, and
he resisted it. But the feeling became
uncomfortable. and, though he believed
his wife would ridicule him, he went
home. There he was met by woman
who asked him: "Why, how did you
know" He knew nothing, but he
had been compelled to come home. HI
was told that his wife had been run
over by cab, and seriously injured
and had been piteously calling fol
him.
These cases do not go into the 81
pernatural. They do not concern Wis
ions of the dead or assumed commune
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-10

A company is getting ready to build
q rheumatic tube for carrying letters
and small packages from Chicago to
New York. The idea at first seems
linpracticable, but on examination it
turns out to be feasible. Two tubes
are to be made Of brass, which will
run side by side, although it is said
one tube will be tried at first. A pow
erful engine with an exhaust-wheel is
to be stationed at one end. 1t is said
that if the tube is properly made and
planted no air will escape, The right
of way it is believed can be secured
for nothing, or at nominal expense
and the main cost will be the tube and
the engines and stations. A letter, a
sample of grain, or package of any
/ kind which is to be sent, is inclosed in
a leather ball. A ball presents the
least friction as a rolling object, and
the leather is to be stiff and heavy. A
continuous current of air is passing
through the tube constantly With
one pipe the plan is to reverse the
engine every hour-the first hour fore
ing air into it at the Chicago end and
sending packages to New York, the
next hour eXhausting the air at Chi
cago and drawing the packages as
quickly back The men who have il
in charge do not say how long 1t will
take to send package this way, but
claim to be able to do it in less than ;
minute. Stations will be established
at the important cities on the route
1t is expected to pay large profit, ant
to do the business Of the telegraph
companies, express companies, and thu
mail. They say the scheme of sending
crude petroleum by a pipe for Ions
distances, as is now done, was laughed
at at first and that this one is NOR
practicable, if possible, and not ncarl,
so costly, as the pipes are to be small
and can 60 around curves and owe
hills as well as on a levcl.-NelO YoU
| Granite.
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Owls.

Owls were never an epecurean feast
but Southey once had an owl roasted
for dinner, for himself and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wordsworth; give the sequel in
his own words;
1--WE agreed there could be no pre-
text for making owls game and killing
them as delicacies; but if ever you eat
one, above all means try it boiled, with
onion sauce"
An omelet made of owls eggsis said
to be a good cure for drunkenness.
At one time the workmen on the
Washington Monument were a good
deal annoyed to find that plumb line
that reached from the topic the bot
tom of the shaft was frequently med
died with. At last it was found that
an owl had taken up its abode in part
of the shaft that afforded shelter,
and in passing in and It it had dis
turbed the line.
An owl was once beguilcd into a
Georgia conference meeting, intent in
securing a rat who had run into the
room to escape so persistent an enemy.
Da2ed by the light he sailed around a
few times and alighted upon the bald
head of an Old man who sat directly in
front of the speaker. 1t is hardly ne.
cessary to say what was the next move;
but the presence of the owl may have
called to the preachers mind the pres
cnccof Isaiah, who when he foretold
the dc3Olation of Babylon declared
that the house shoulibe iull of doleful
creatures and that owls should dwell
there
An owl once seriously disturbed the
mourners at funeral at BeechwoOd,
Ontario. With tender care they had
placed the remains in a tomb, and were
turning away sorrowlng, when they
heard u moan that seemed to come
from the coffin. lIurriedly they broke
( the casket open, only to find all quiet
/ within, and then it was discovered
that the noise they had heard came
from owls at the far end of the vault.
Dodsley thought it worth his while
TO write an ole on the death of an
owl, and Bloomfield made the bird the
subject of his muse. Many persons
believe that an owl will keep his eyes
50 intcntIy fixed on q person walking
around him as to wiring his own neck
off, and it was not until some quick.
eyed observer discovered that when
the owl had turned his head half
round, he whiskel it back through the
whole circle with the rapidity of light
ming, and faced again the person who
was experimenting on him,-Proci-
dence Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-10

An interesting series of maps showing
the cholera routes in the different cpl
denies beginning in 1917 is printed in
the Chicago Tribane. The epidemic of
1917 did not reach this country, but
beginning near Calcutta it Travelled
about the Eastern hemisphere for six
years, disappearing III 1898. The cpl
demic of 1926 started in India, and even
tually reached this country, appearing al
most simultaneously in New York and
Quebec; followed the water routes
westward to Buffalo, Detroit and Chica-
go; went down the Mississippi, and did
not disappear until 1889. The epidemic
of 1912 reached this country by New Or
leans, and did not disappear until 1919.
The epidcmics of 1865 and 1871 were
of shorter duration. Both reached this
country, the former appearing in New
York and the latter in New Orleans.
There has seldom been visitation Of
cholera in any city that did not leave a
large number of victims. Many citizens
do not record the deaths, and statements
of the number cannot be made. Doc
tor John G. Peters, of New York, makes
this statement In 1882 there were 2, 966
deaths from cholera in New York, $3.50
in Albany and 5000 in New Orleans.
In 1S49 G79 persons died Of cholera in
Chicago, 053 in St. Louis, 400 in Gin
cinnati. In 1865 1900 died in New
York, $50 in Chicago, $500 in st. Louis,
1,1O0 in Cincinnati, 600 in Nashville.
These figures are small, however, when
compared with the rayages of the dis.
ease in India In Calcutta, during one
season of cholera, the lowest number of
death per day was 2,50l, and the high.
est number 6,411. War has never made
such havoc as this frightful scOurge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-10

Round dpointed waists are equally
fashionable.

Round dpointed waists are equally
fashionable.
The Louis XIV. casaquin is one of
the dressy fall wraps.
Waistcoats of undressed kid are
worn on the other side.
The pretty Moliere WASTE oat is
moribund, but it dies hard.
Opaline shot silks are favorites for
dresSy fall wear in New York.
The trimmed Jersey is as popular in
Paris and London as it is in New
York.
Childrens garments for fall wear
are composed largely of plails.
Some of the new cheviOts woven in
brd's-eye effect are called Florentines
Iron rust red velvet is combined eff
fectively with oljve-colorel wool in
fall suits.
Gordon blue and Little Duke green
come among host of new colors for
fall wear.
Military jackets and half military
styles are effected by certain leaders of
European fashions.
For children's dresses, Madeira en-
broidery and guipure, beth white and
ecru, are much more fashionable than
line, himsy laces.
Travelling wraps, rain and dust
cloakS, are made of checked and plaided
tweed, or of brown pongee with vel
vet ribbon trimming.
Pink flowers on dark red or brown
bonnets, white on black or green, and
poppy red ON the light neutral tints, is
the rule for millinery.
Hats in Paris are very high, and are
trimmed with tufts Of flowers, large
ribbon bows, green grasses, green
bearded wheat, gold lace and red pop
pies.
For evening wear the dotted not
called point d'esprit is made up in
puffs over a silk skirt. the full waist
of the Same lace, and a velvet corslet
and sash.
Changeable silk in black and gold
is the newest foundation for black lace
costumes. 1t is brocaded with seven.
pointed stars, and is a revival of ar
old pattern.
Full tucked skirts, with low-rucke(
waists open in front, are shown TO
little chiIdren's dresses. These frock
are strapped across the front or Laced
according to taste, and look yer.
pretty.
A long redingote for girl of four
teen is made of dark brown cloth IL
plain princesse shape with a pointe'
hood that has a gay silk lining.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-10

1t appears from tho gathered Stats.
tics of the world that women have
greater tenacity of life than men
Despite the intellectual and physical
strength or the latter, the softer sex
endures longest, and will bear pain to
which strong man succumbs. Iymo-
tic diseases arc more fatal TO males,
and more male children die than
female. Daverga asserts that the pro-
portion dying suddenly is about 100
women to 7SO men; 1850 men in the
United States committed suicide to
2S5 women. Incompetence, apoplexy,
govt, hydroccphalus. affections of the
heart or liver scrofula, paralysis. are
far more fatal to males than females
Pulmonary consumption, on the other
hand, is more deadly to the latter.
Females in cities are more prone to
consumption than in the country. All
old countries, not disturbed by emigra-
ton, have majority of females in the
population. In royal families stati'-
tics show more daughters than sons.
The Hebrew women are especially
long-lived; the coorcd man exception :
ally short-lived. The married state is
favorable oprolongation of life among
women. DR.. Tough remarks that
there are from 2 to per cent. more
males born than females, yet there is
more than 6per cent. excess of females
in the living population. From which
statistics we conclude that all women
who can possibly obtain one of these
rapidly departing men ought to marry
and that, Us men are likely to become
so very scarce, they cannot be sutci,
emily priced by the other sex. Modern
Age.