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i Pathetic Incident.

a pathetic little incident connected
with the celebrated case before Congress
regarding the reduction of fifty dollars
per month from the pension allowed by
the government to the late General Ward
b. Burnett, for gallant services rendered
his country, occurred on the day of his
death. The congressional committee
were seated in their room discussing the
case, hotly arguing for and against the
brave old soldier, whether or not to re-
store the special pension, which to them
personally could mean so little, but to
him was fraught with such weighty in
tcrest, when suddenly all were startled
by the unexpected entrance of Mrs Bur-
nett Gazing around for an instant with
a dazed, sorrowful air, she advanced a
step nearer, saying gravely, with a Won
drous pathos in her voice, "Gentemen,
you can fight him no lenger he is gone, "
and then the brave hearted wife, who,
through all the years of Trial and sorrow,
never once faltcrcd in that helpful allie
glance to her husband, which was the
bright spot in the closing years of once
brilliant career, burst into tears. - WASH
Hgton Capital.
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Immense Continental Armies.

Colonel lIennebert, French professor,
has compiled some appalling statistics in
regard to the immense continental armies
that could be put into the field in case Of
a European war. Not mere armies, but
armed nations, he says, will hereafter
meet on the battlefield, and the battles Of
the future will be gigantic massacres.
BY the law of the I'd of May, 1874, the
German government is authorized to call
out, in case of war, 5000, 900 men. BY
the ukase of January 1, of the same
year, Russia is permitted to arm nearly
$4,000, 900. OF course, these numbers
are only on paper; but, deducting every
thing, taking the real number available
in the two empires, and it is positive
that Germany can put into the field 3,
$50, 600, and Russia $500, coo fighting
men, thoroughly drilled and disciplined,
while, as Austria, by her law of Deem
Der 3, 1868, is permitted to put on war
footing /, 300, 900 soldiers, an Austro.
German-Russian alliance represents, in
round numbers, $500, 600 combatants,
Join to these, as may be considered
certain, ltaly's contingent, assured by
her laws of 1915, 1876 and 1872 at ., =
$40, 900 men, and the quadruple league
can dispose of mass of troops of all arms
exceeding 10, 600, 600, with 1, 600 batteries
of field guns.
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WISE WORDS.

Choose brave employment with naked
sword throughout the world.
Genius follows its own path and
reaches its destination scarcely needing
a compass.
That state of life is the most happy
where superlluities are not required
and where necessities are not want
ing.
Discretion and hardy valor are the
twins of honor, and nursed together
make conqueror; divided, but a mere
talker
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NOBLESs E OBLICE.
If 1 am weak and you are strong,

IL uill weak anu you are SuTOllBt
Why then, why then,
To you the drawer deeds belong;
And so, again,
If you have gifts and l have none,
If have shade and you have sun,
'Tis yours with freer hand to give,
'Tis yours with tiuer grace to live,
Than l, who giftless, sunless stand,
With barren life and hand.
We do not ask the little brook
To turn the wheel
Unto the larger stream we look
The strength of steel
We do not ask from silsen band,
Nor heart of oak in willow wan1
We do not ask the wren to go
Up to the heights the eagles know;
Nor yet expect the lark's clear note
From out the doves dumb throat.
IT'S VISIONS law, the perfect code,
By love inspired
OF him on whom much is bestowed
Is much required.
The tuneful throat is big TO sing,
The oak must reign the forests king;
The rushing stream the wheel must move
The beaten steel its strength must prove
'Tis given unto the eagles eyes
To face the mid day skies.
-CdrIottd Per7N
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SELECT SETTINGS.
A locomotive lasts about thirty We

A locomotive lasts about thirty years.
Red snow covers the summit of noun
tain near Sacramento, Cal.
The second hand pins sold in boxes
are picked out of rags by women who
make about five cents day by the work.
Experiments made by NJ. Muntz with
various kinds of water-spring, river, sea
and rain water, also snow-prove that al
cohol may be found in all except in pure
spring water.
Paper bottles, the material for which is
one part rags, two parts straw and five
wood pulp, are largely used in Germ any.
They are made water proof by coating
of detibrinated blood, lime and sulphate
of ammonia.
The young men of this country spend
annually $32, 900, 900 in confectionery for
their sweethearts. According to the CEN
sus there are 10, $50, 600 youths who pur-
chase candy, making an average of only
$500 for each.
The returns made to the proper officers
show that last year only thirty eight per
sons in all Great Britain held licenses for
vivisection, and that only fifty five eXper-
iments were made without anesthetics
and that these were simple inoculations
The mortality of the whole globe has
, been computed by continental publica-
ton at the following figures: Sixty-sev-
en- per minute, 81, 100 per diem, ard 81, =
630, S35 per annum, whereas the births
are 30, 1872, 600 per annum 100, 900 per
diem, and seventy per minute.
Toward the close of the seventeenth
century ''clipping and coming" had de
veloped to very great degree in
England, and incarcerations and hangings
were constant for these offenses. In
1902, it is recorded, there were 300 coin
ers and clippers dispersed in the city. So
bold were the coiners that they made
their counterfeit money even in Newgate
To show their skill they struck medal
of Newgate, which is still to be found in
Englisa collections.
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81 read yesterday" observed Biggs to
his landlady as he strolled downstairs to
a late breakfast "that no matter whether
the Emperor Napoleon rose at eight or at
eleven o'clock g always found a chicken
ready for him, hot and done to a turn. "
"Ah" replied the landlady without
turning a hair, Il suppose Napoleon
usually paid his board in advance, Mr..
Biggs. "-NeaO YORK. Graphic.
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The NoLTAlC BELT Co., of Marshall,
Mich, offer t. send their celebrated ELECTRO
NoLTAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLI-
ANCEs on trial for thirty days, to men young
or old afflicted with nervous debility, loss of
vitality and manhood and all kindred troubles.
Also for rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis, and
many other diseases. Complete restoration
to health, vigor and manhood guaranteed. No
risk is incurred as thirty days trial is allowed.
Write them at once for illustrated pamphlet
free
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HAY-FEyER.-I have been great sufferer
from Hay-Feyer for - years, and have tried
various things without doing any good. | read
OF the many wondrous cures of Ely's Cream
Balm, and thought | would try once more. In
- minutes after one application | was Won
derfully helped Two weeks ago | commenced
using it, and now / feel entirely cured 1t is
the greatest discovery ever known or heard Of.
DUHAMEL CLARK farmer, Lee Mass. Price SOC.
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James Beecher NJ. d., of Sigourney, Iowa,
says: "For several years l have been using
a cough balsam, called DR.. VIM Halls Bal
sam for the Lung and in almost every case
throughout my practice | have had entire
success. have use and prescribed hundreds
of bottles snce the Gays of my army practice
(1s63l, when | was surgeon of Hospital No. z,
InuisTille XVI
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There is no medium through which
disease SO often attacks the system as
by Constipation, and there is no other
i'll flesh is heir to more apt to be neg
lected, from the fact material inconven-
ience may not be Immediately felt from
irregular action of the bowels When
there is not regular action the retention
of decayed and efete matter, with its
poisonous gases, soon poisons the whole
system by being absorbed into it, caus-
ing piles, fistula. headache, impure blood
and many other serious affections.
BURDOCK BLOOD BlTTERS will i'm
mediately relieve, and one bottle posi-
lively cure or relieve any case of Con-
stipation.
WAS troubled for year with tor
pid liver and indigestion, and after
trying everything imaginable used
BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS The
first bottle revived me and the second
cured me entirely."-J. S. williamson
Rochester, N. z.
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There is no dissent from the decision of can
did and capable dairymen that the Improved
Butter Color of Wells, Richardson q Co.
Burlington Vt, is the best in the world. Suct
men as A. w. Cheever. of Massachusetts,, f.
D. Mason, Vermont, Francis a. Hoffman
Wisconsin, use it, and rec ,mmend it as SUI
Derior to all others
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VIII buy a TREATISE on THE HORSE AND HIS
DISEASES Book Of 100 pages, valuable to
every owner of horses Posta &c stamps taken.
Sent postpaid. New YORK HORSE Book Co.,
1874 Leonard Street. New York city
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Cures colo, cramps, diailhWa; externally
for aches. pains, sprains headache, neuralgia
rheumatism For man or beast. p and ,0,.
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Porous and strengthening, improved, the
best for backache, pains in chest or side rheu-
matism, neuralgia. Pc. Druggists or mail
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Seven of the jury who condemned John
Brown to death are still living, and their
ages average seventy years.
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There are now over $4,000 postoflices
in the United States.
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Lydia f. Pinliham's Vegetable Compound
Is sure cure for kidney complaints.
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The war is over, and in dear old Eng
land Major Vandeleur stands at the altar
with Cicely Coghlan, Benthorpe being
best man.
Twas not ill the honeymoon was over
that Frank told his wife of the little in
cident of ''Who Winsn
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IN ls29 eggs were but seven cents a dozen.
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Headao he, fever, chills malaria, dyspepsia,
cured by wells Health Remover 81.
Questions Rud Answers.
What is the best Hair Dresseri What is the
best Dandruif Eradicatori Which is the best
Hair RestOreri Which is the best of all prep
aratiOns for the Hairi CARBoLINE.
Tho Hope of the NutiOr.
Children, slow III development, puny, Scrawny
and delicate, use wells Health Remover
Public speakers and singers use Piso's Cure
for hoarseness and weak lungs
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-30
FoHr WORTH.
Col HoIic-Blg Indian-Bad MIX
Cotton.

Col IioIic-Dlg Indian-Bad Mnk-
Cotton.
FoRr WoRrlr, Sept. 29.-lSpeclal. f.
Col lioNic was in the city this morning,
paying only u ilyipg visit. IL IL said
that ono Of the results Of his coming is
the order TO extend the Union dopot'
Quanah Parker and his warriors
three, went to Dallas tonight, pilotod
10y MIR. Howard,of tho Falls. Your cor.
respondent would respectfully represent
to The merchants of Dallas that Wichita
iallS ls an inviting place for trade. The
people there like Dallas, consider IL the
"lluh' oi this part tho State, aud II
tney would lay wires whore they can do
the most good they will certainly take n
trip up the Olmer this week.
The adultoration of milk, as developed
by the lactometer, is tho general tonic
OF conversation. Tho eases come up for
trial tomorrow, and one of the milk.
men proposes In contest tho reliability
Of the lactometor.
IL Is charged that the reason OF the
low price ~ cotton ruling hero now Is
that pool OF buyers has been formed.
Merchants are investigating the matter.
Cotton receipts to-day ara M bales,
Hon, Olin NellbOrn was in the CITY
to-day. as Was also tho Hon. Alex Tor
rell, OF Austin.
The Sheriit has attached all the stock
belonging 10 Mitchell & Scruggs, Of Dal-
las, IN the store OF j. B. Mitchell IL Co.
here' Inc flrst National bank has lev
led for 5000; ). J. Adams, OF DALLAS.
ll,i3Si Ida NJ. llearne, ot Dallas, az, ,2,is
The failure docs not attach 10 j, n.
Mitchell & Co, OF this city, but simply
tAkoa tho DallAs ilrm's unnhs.
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An Awiul isailwa, wrecL.

WHEELING, Sept. 2a.-The afternoar
pissehgef and express train No. 4, from
baltlmore for Chicago, and the -
ireight going east collided one milo east
OF farmington, sixtv-fiye miles eos,
OF this city, Both trains r,e,.a v@ss
gong at full speed. Six freight cars "uao
anu the mail car of the passenger trai,,
were demolished, and two men wera
Nsreu' In several were badiy injured.
p;a aaao kliled are Thomas furley. of
trnsi taesu'noht' conductor of the freight
ne iI'ht'aa, aa VINO vas riding in the engine. and
ginia are ~ nohnell, OF Martmsburg, Vir-
s'n,"r f,"' fireman ON the passenger,
ing, Is fatally hurt. "ueei-
Jnhh smith, engineer OF WboeIing 10
uauIy hnrt; eyes filed with cemSsnt ~
iMloni M the wrecked ears which
VII was = tnrown In cloud for many feet in
~ directions BY the shock OF tho coil
iislon; he will probably be blind. 40 WI
vahes ADAMS, Il mail agent. Ia had1v
nhurneu ana cut about the head and
james Lapp, chief clerk OF kbe mail
va oSt ths Is severely injured in various parts
sibly fatally hurt. '''"s' pos
no % scene OF the wreck is heartrena.
lhg' The sntlerin train hands ,yara Vnn IN
pris;oned beneath the debris Their
snrleks were pitihl Tha
~; b9;nssengers all escaped unlniured. md
gored train hands. '"O 'No ehuah-
me accident was caused bv n p,is,,
deerstanding of orders by the en~inenr %
OF the freight train. wy ''s'neer
Iuriey's body will be taken to pied
tlpnt, ~ MA. ana oDonnell's mangled remain
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NATIONAL CAPITAL
Post-onIco Notes - Indian Anairs - Por.
truits,

fost-oilloo Notes - Indian AnAirs 49, Por.
traits.
WASHINGTON, sept, 90 Chief Inspec.
tor sharpe, o. the Postonice depart-
ment, issued general order TO all in.
spcctors directing that in cases where
deficiency is found to exist In accounts
of poStoilices to arrest the postmostor
and Immediately begin LEGAL prnceed
ings against him through the district
attorney The practice heretofore has
peeh To allow delinquent most
masters to supply the deficiency. il
small amounts, from his personal
estimates were submitted by Inspector
Haworth To tho Commissioner of indian
alalrs,to make the following allowances
for the maintenance of Indian schools
during the next fiscal year:
foreSt GroYe school, Oregon, $4,000.
Genoa, Nebraska, $3l ,750.
Lawrence, Kansas, S62,250.
Hampton, Virginia, $2j,2-0
Oatilsle' Pennsylvania, SiOl 900.
.hi2cca, Indian Territory, S6,l25.
Alaska, $4,000.
ritories, Sll6,9OO.
Transportation, $4,000.
General educational purposes, build.
ings, etc, S790f5O.
construction and repairs, $75,OOe.
A suit In u Star-route contract WINS
filed to-day by tho District ATTORNEY to
recover Sll i9N with interest from Son
tembor 10, 1850, from A. IL. Brown, who
was contractor on the route from Non
ument to Lake Bond, Colorado, between
February, 1879, and Juno, lss2. IL is
charged that Brown obtained the sum
sued for by fraud. Tho District Attor.
ney also entered suit to recover Sl2, 900
OF the surties on the bond Of Howgato.
lato dishursing officer of the United
States signal corps.
Portraits OF tho wlvos OF Presidents
Tyler and Polk were hung In tho Green
room OF tho White House to-day,
Tho negro Masons OF this city cole.
brated to-day under tho direction OF tho
grand lodge of tho District of Columbia
The luOth anniversary Of tho foundation
.oi the first lodge of negro Masons. The
celebration included street parade of
several lodges with appropriate exer.
clsos, consisting Of spo0ch-inakiuu and
read ing a copy OF tho original warrant
for tho establishment Of the first lodge
aud "a banquet.
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The Lnmh nnn lhn Nnlr

ST. LOUIS, Sept 29,-Mlss Clara l..
hutchinson who, two weeks ago,
elopod from Boston with Wilbur r. Nc
Entyr, and who has been travelling ever
since under name Of w. i. Murdock
hotel here to-day by Detective Me.
Iaughlin, Of Boston, aided by our oitv
detectives. Miss Hutchinson win he
taken back to Boston, and McIntyr, who
y young man, about ", book.keeper
Tor the Atlantic works, and has wife
ana enid in Maiden, will he allowed To
accompany them. Miss Hutchinson is
about =, said to be highly connected.
and has n handsome bank account oi
her own.
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taken. The Jury then voted not TO pre.
sent an indictment. Bliss stated tbnt he
DID NOT PROMISE

taken. The Jury then voted not IN nr,.
sent an indictment. Bliss stated thnt ne
DID NOT PROMISE
Ince attendance, but might have said
10 the jury that the ease would he
stronger when tried before the netit
Jury, for then they expected TO have
trlce as witness for the Goyernment
put each of the grand Jurors above men,
t,oheu was positive tins was not what
Bliss said. "i"'
II further appears from the evidence
vi Merrlck ana ker that at the time this
srahu Jury was in session the Govern
,.ent t hau no knowledge whatever that
Lrice would ever he awitness in its be-
nan. re was then under indictment
ior conspiracy, and no proposition had
been received to accept him as a witness
at that time. "'''0Ss
inc report goes on to show how. when
helosg was brought 10 trial, the rov-
erhment case against him failed be.
cause the court held that the otfense
consisted IN receipt drafts, and "was
barred by the statute of limitations - II
was due TO Kellogg to state that he mn.
peared before the committee al his own
Instance on July l, and made a full ex-
plahatlon under oath of his transao-
tions with Walsh and Price.
heliogg's statement before the COM
mlttee having been made on July l..
ana the session having adjourned on
the fth, the committee was unable To
further investigate the matter"
lhe remainder Of the report IL taken
UP with the question of tho civil suits
the removal of local officers in the Dis
trlct OF Columbia and tha retirement of
Attorney-General McNeigh. InFconcln.
sion the report saws:
Your committee is of the opinion
mat there were many causes which on.
Grated TO prevent the successful PROSE
cutlon OF the Star route otlenders
w halever those causes may have been
IL is Doubtless true that those who will
take pains TO read carefully tho testimo-
ny laken by your committee on this
SUBJECT, comprising nearly / 200 pages of
printed matter will reach different
conclusions. here was general adver.
Slty In the testimony and many contra.
dlcuons Will be found wholly irrecon-
cllabie upon any other theory than that
of wilful perjury. 1t is sufficient. how.
ever Tor the purpose of this investiga-
tion to state that while the oyidencn
agulhst tho star route contractors and
other public officials was strong and con.
cluslNe as to their guilt, and that the
government was deirauded of large
sums OF money, and that large sums
were also expended to secure Indictment
ana convictions, yet no person was con
Vlcted or punished and no civil suits
nave as yet been instituted TO recover
me vast sum illegally and fraudulently
"p'alhed from the public treasury.
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noiler IsXnlnaIon.

PrrrsnuRd, Sept. "a Blairsville,
pennsylvania, special says a boiler in
the engine room OF tho Mlllwood coal
ihnlt exploited last evening, killing John
Hanna and number ofothers.
Another dispatch saws: Owing to tho
distance 10 Millwood shaft, the narticn-
lars of he explosion arc moagre, n il
known however that John Hanna, the
ilreman, is the only one killed outright
several others are seriously injured and
one or two will probably die. The boil.
er house is completely demolished. The
oanse of the oxplOsion Is Unknown.
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Fire Record.

CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 20.-Three moro
hres, suspected to bo of incondiarv or,-
gin, woro started after | o'clock ,os,
night, but two of them caused onIv
triiing loss. The third dostroved abn,;, bb
Sl,oo9 worth of property at q. A. Saw
wards planning min, on Cedar ayenns
At RorHDRUM, oREGON.
fohILANp, ORE, sept. GA Roth.
drum, Idaho, special gives these nartic-
uiarS oil tho fire yesterday: FiHv.f;ve
buildings were burned. loss, Ak ooo.
INSURANCE light. Believed to be lncep,'
ulary. Twenty families are destitute.
Ar HOUSTON.
HOUSTON, Sept. 2g-lSpociaI. J. III.
resiuenco OF w. T. Cumming, n LAWYER
llVing in tho outskirts of the citv' yes
destroyed by fire at 8 o'clock this morns %
ing, the family barely escaping in n
SEMI nude state. Nothing whatever was
saved. Loss about $1,000 - "
AT MARSEILLEs,
MARsEtLIEs, Sept. 29.-Six Fra,ch
passengers, from Cochin China, ON The
steamer Abdolkadci, which pnt In M
Bona Algiers for quarantine, died of
cholera after having been landed and
placed in the hospital. Five deaths
irom cholera here to-day.
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
TIN Saws Ampntating Limbs and Dye.
ing Cotton Lint Red.
MARLlNis REASONABLE,
ear-DriVer Stabbed - Roller Explosions
heverand sRapist--A Brave Young
Lady-Frnlt for Morbid Feo-
ple-List OF Horrors.
Horrible Treatment by sio,,can.

SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 9o.--Tspecia, -
On the Sth of June, 1883, a mixed yreight
Train on the Mexican National road ran
over drunken Mexican who was on
sne y track The accident happened near
bustamente Station, Mexico an
= very dark night, and on a
GOWN grade. The engineer and con.
uuctor OF the train, learning that =
crowd of armed Mexicans had coiIectoS
Ut tne next station for the purnose nf
rooblng them, returned to tho ITnited
Teates. The baggage master. Jobn
osley merriam, was captured nv
the moo composed OF citizeus and no
ncS, neaten, spit on, struck bv pistols
anu otherwlse maltreated He was
1nnny released after being violently
trSateu,guarded for some time hv armed
police and put in peril of Ills liz
Through his attorneys in this nlnco u 10
nas forwarded petition 10 Her
MAJESTY, Queen Victoria, In which
ne foeltes the above facts. Ue aiiaras
tnat ne was born in Canada, near Ifia-
matna township; has always remained n
prlllsh SUBJECT; has never do
clared an intention of becoming a citi
zen OF any country, and stir
9ialms protection as British subject
iio a,lrlns That he was beaten, ieopar-
ulSed and damaged in his person to the
amount OF $4,000, and prays that Her
MAJESTY appoint commission to Inyes-
.lgete the matter, and after due inyesti.
CATION and proceedings had i'm The
premises, demand of and enforce from
.he Mexican government payment of
ttihe the before mentioned sum. The pgti-
.i1h Is accompanied by u number of
a,,luaNits proving his birthday, subse.
ptp 'NNOiNNui