davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1888-03-11

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, ~softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy fer diarrhea. Twenty-Five
cents a bottle.
, 1888-03-11

This spring with your blood full of i'm
purities, your digestion impaired, your
appetite poor, kidneys and liver torpid,
whole system liable to be Frustrated by
disease-but get yourself into good condi-
ton, and ready for the changing and
warmer weather, by taking Hoods Sar-
saparilla. 1t stands unequalled for puri-
flying the blood, giving an appetite, and
for a general spring medicine.
, 1888-03-11

The largest stock of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice Riqueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1888-03-11
SNNG

SOwo the Children. They are es-
oNS0 pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Kennedy a positive cure. It saves
hours of anxious watching. Sid by
DR.. W. N. Hunt.
, 1888-03-11

Peculiar in medicinal merit and won
derful cures-Hood's S~arsaparilla Now
is the time to take 1t, for now it will do
the most good.
, 1888-03-11
Dr.. Wagner cp.
sPEO1AL1srs-

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
ana attention to this much neglected class OF
ity Is too wretched to merit the ympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
70 relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less n
phllanthrophist and n benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plcation eXcels IN any other branch of his pro-
iession. And, fortunately for humanity the day
Is dawnlng when the false philanthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
me iepers unde the Jewish law to die uncared
for, has passed away.
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Although It was delivery day. the deliveries of
grain were light In the provision crowd
million short ribs went round, and that formed
the bulk of the delivery Ia that pit. There
nothing apparently new in the outside situation.
but locally everything was stronger and tended
upward from the opening. The receipts of hogs
fell short a few thousand, better prices pre-
vailed at the yards for tho best grades. and
with prominent packi ng- house buying early,
provisions advanced quite sharply. Before noon
ribs sold .074c higher, lard .i0c higher. and mess
pork 22ic higher for May. Better buying orders
from the outside and by local spectators kept
prices up pretty well until the close. May pork
advanced 213c and closed 224c better than yes
terday, with May at s1455 May short-ribs
closed Ooc better, at I75c. and May lard .073c
better. at Zs0c Wheat followed the lead Of
provisions. Nearly all of the conditions were
favorable There was decrease of 1000
on IN the amount on ocean passage; there was
fresh consignment of crop damage reports
from st. Louis, and provisions were higher. All
OF these influences were sufficient to cause an
advance, even without buying by the large
short" interest Shortly after the opening the
scalping crowd commenced to cover their
"shorts,' and before noon May wheat which op-
ened at 81 &c, sold up to 823c About this figure the
marker held pretty steady. May closing At 821 %
S2ss. Corn was rather quiet to-day, and trading
somewhat limited. with the exception Of a short
spell. when the market was rather active. May
corn opened at 52sc declined to 523c free
offerings, reacted and advanced to 52s a S3c,
prominent operator buying, and closed at the
latter figures Oats strong and quiet.
May closed at 33c. The leading features ranged
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Cotton.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-C. L. Greene & Co., say:
'It has been quiet market again. but withal pretty
steady and the slight change in values principally in
sellers favor. From abroad the advices trie
slack and the figures for port receipts were re-
corded gaining tendency became apparent but sell
ing orders less plentiful and the bidding strong
enough accomplish the result noted. The large OPP
orators supposed to be pretty good buyers to
start with and this stimulated the local shorts into
covering on the sales made yesterday. From 4O6
points advance made, with partial setback, but
the close stil a fraction above last evening and
steady"
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1.-Cotton easy; middling
97sc; low middling, 916c; good ordinary. o1sc net
receipts s. 10 bales gross receipts, $50 bales;
ports coastwse 4 965 bales sales 500 bales; stock
$40, $50 bales.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 1.-Cotton-Market fat and
prices somewhat irregular: middng uplands 9-16d;
do Orleans 56sd; sales, IL 600 bales including 900
bales for speculation and export and $500 bales
American.
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Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at q
Two Great Commercial Centers.

Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at the
Two Great Commercial Centers.
NEW YORK, Feb. L-Flour-Receipts, 15,-
GIT packages; exports, 402l brls and 35, 6S3
sacks; sales. 10000 brls. Steady; common to
good extra Western and State. So. 9003 80; good
10 choice Western and State. So 1901 80; patent
Minnesota. extra good TO prime. $44O04.65.
Wheat-Receipts, $50 bu; exports. 81, $50 bu;
sales. 4,4s0, 900 bu futures 129 900 bu spot. OPP
tions trading moderately active. principally in
May delivery. Prices declined a shade early
but soon rallied a kc fair buying, closing
firm at the best. Cash grades 404c higher,
but only moderately active. No spring nom
red, 80 O91Lc; No. cred, S94 a $3.50 in store and
elevator; S9s 090c T. o. b.. 90s a Ole afloat No. /
red, nominal. este; No. red, February, SO l3- l6
0s94c, closing at sole; March, 90 090sc, closing
at 90ac; April 914 q 91sc, closing at 9lsc; May,
Oh a 924c. closing at 92Ac June, 80 92Ac clos
ing at 92ic; December, 94s oslo, closing at 954c
sales, 496, 900 bu; futures 10000 bu spot; op-
tons advanced a &c and spot a &c, closing firm;
speculation slow. and cash trading very mod
crate ungraded CO., 0614c; No. 3, SOC. 59t 059sc.
elevator, COS a61c delivered No. 2, 0604c.
elevator. Gil a 6lac delivered; No. 2, February,
60 sole. closing at cole; March, 6Oi cole,
closing at 60sc; April. COS 06lc, closing at Gle;
Nav. sos a Gle, closing at Gle; June COS a6O5c.
closing at 60sc; August 62sc, closing at 62ac.
Oats-Receipts, 10000 bu; exports, 2l5 bu
sales. 1885, 900 bu futures and 10000 bu spot;
Western. 383 a 40c white Western, Al 046c.
Hay quiet but very steady; Shipping, 60.
Hops dull; California, l2c.
Coffee-Spot fair Rio weak and nominal at
Ice. Options fairly active and lower, closing
steady; sales, 1880 bags; February 1925 %
H. BIC; March. IL 90 II 20c Anril, IL so u 00c
NAV, IL. 20 II. zoe; June, IL 55 a IL Toe; July,
Ill 30 H. soc; August, IL ID % IL SOC; September,
1L05 poe October, 10 500 co. November.
10. s5c; December. 10 70 % 10 900.
Sugar dull and wholly nominal; refined dull
and unchanged Molasses nominal; 80 test,
225 123c. Rice firm.
Talow Arm ct ST as Bloc. Rosin quiet.
Eggs in moderate demand; receipts q 352
packages.
Pork steadily held; demand only moderate;
sales. It's barrels. Cut meats firmly held,
trading light. Lard to 10 points higher aud
moderately active; city steam. 7.65c; Western
steam, spot, T. 0c; February. 776 T. Soc; March,
I7607.s6; Nav, 7s6GZ96c; June, 7.92 ole;
July, ~ a s. 06c.
Butter quiet, barely steady; Western, ii ~
333c. Cheese firm. but quiet; Western, III
012s.
CHICAGO, Feb. There was better spscula-
sive feeling on Change to day than for many days.
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cans. that the solder will be all melted of;
then wrap the tin loosely arannd the tree snug
TO the ground. This protection can be applied
to small fruit plants when set out, as guard
against cut-worms.
Since Jan. i, 65 pounds of corn has constituted
bushei, according to the rules of the Indianap-
oils Board of Trade. Seventy pounts 10 the
weight OF green corn, such as The market is
made of in the fall months
The refuse bone from the family table should
all be saved and broken into small pieces for the
fowls. They eat them sreedily and when not
supplied with bones. it is good policy to buy
them ground and ready for use
AS far as the experiments have been conducted
it has been demonstrated that when wheat ia
sixty cents per bushel it is the cheapest gram
that can be used for food for stock being more
nutritious than corn, and better adapted for
growing stock
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Elsewhere.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-The Drovers' Journal reports:
C. sd 9o9e shipEmsnts t Market La
$3.50; COWS, BULLS and mixed, $l.7o0 2.95; Texas
Hogs~Reeeipts, SO ooo shipments. 600. Mar
ket strong: good sc higher: mixed $505 40; heavy.
$5.3o05.7O; light, $49005.35; skps, So. 500
sheep-Recsipts, 4.ooo shipments. 900. Mar
ket firm; nstiyes, $500 IS; Western $3.50 05,lo;
Texans, $3.50 80; lambs So a 60.
NEW YORK Feb. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., includ-
ing light and non-reported arrivals yesterday, were
porter, and 81 carloads for city saughterers direct.
Good cattle fairly active and shade frmer; in
ferior to medium dull and fraction lower. Poor to
steers at $5.5005.75. About twenty carloads re-
main unsod.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; fair demand and firm in
the early trading but easier before the finish Elk
tremes. $4.7506.3o for sheep. and $e07.5o for
lambs.
Hogs-Receipts, 1920. None offered alive.
Nominally steady at $56o05.e 80.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 1.-cattle-Receipts. LOO;
native steers $445 $3.50; fair good native steers
$500 al. SO; butchers steers. medium to choice,
Hogs-Receipts $500; shipments, 1000. Market
ers' SELECTIONS, SIS. $3.50; packing, medium to
prime So. o505.4o; light grades, ordinary to good,
Sheep-Receipts 400; shipments, 1,6oo. Market
strong; fair to choice, So. 6o0525.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 1.-The Live Stock Indi-
Gator reports Cattle-Receipts, 2,257; shipments
1,O39. Strong and a shade higher for choice; COM
about steady. Good to choice corn-fed $4. 25O
4.7O to medium, So. 2004.15; stock ers
$500 $50 feeding steers, $26OO3.25; cows
$l.3O03.OO.
Hogs-Receipts, 1897; shipments. 755. Strong.
active and SC higher. Good to choice SIS. 2505.35;
common to medium, $4.6005.2O; skips and pigs,
$3.0O04.5O.
Sheep-Receipts. $40: shipments, 1877 Market
firm Good to choice $4.OO045O; common to
medium, $2.00D3.90.
EAST LIBERTY Pa, Feb. L. attle-Receipts,
III; shipments 22S. Market dull prime 81 rs "a
500; fair to good, 81. 25104.5O comm on, So. OOO
400; stockers, $25o03.O0. No cattle shipped to
New York to-day.
Hogs-Recepts, 2 800; shipments, 1. 200. Market
dull; Philadephias. SIS. 65 05.7O; mixed, So $50
go; Workers., So. 40 05.45 common, So, 2O05. IS;
pigs, $4 $500. -Four cars of hogs shipped to New
York to-day.
Sheep-Recepts, 500; shipments 24OO Prime,
1925 $50; fair to good. $4.5O05 90; common,
81. 90 1880; lambs, 81 .O006.25.
BUFFALO, Feb. 1.-Cattle-Receipts L 200; none
sale.
Sheep-Receipts. 5000 market quiet but steady;
inferior to fair, So. 1904 rs; good to choce $475
05- so; common to prime lambs. 81 .5O06.5O.
Hogs-Receipts, $780, market opened quiet and
weak light pigs. S5.0005.l5; mixed pigs and light
Workers. $5.2505.35; selected Workers. $5.4OO
800; selected medium weights. SIS .6005. 20 good to
choice heavy, $5.SO05.9O roughs, $5.OO05. 25;
stays, ga OO04. Is. Market closed firm
CINCINNATI Feb. 1.-Cattle-Receipts $50;
shipments, 20. Market easier; shippers, 1880
4.65.
Sheep-Receipts 700; shipments, 161 Market
steady and unchanged; lambs strong at $3 1896 90
packing and butchers 5. 20 05.55; receipts AIS;
shipments $50.
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INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS.
Trade Improving the Week Advances
Prices Steady and Firm.

Trade Improving the Week Advances
Prices Steady and Firm
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. /, 1888.
The last day or two trade has frightened up
considerably, and in most departments fair dis
tribution is in progress. The produce markets.
with the milder weather, especially show more
activity. Receipts of Irish potatoes are larger
and the demand greater; prices rule firm
and unchanged. The stock of sweet potatoes is
light and prices strong. The apple market is
active, greetings and Baldwins being in the
largest supply; the market is in frst-class con-
dition. Cranberries are selling slow; none. ex-
cept Jerseys, in the market to speak Of Re-
csipts of eggs are light and is the demand;
all arrivals carefully candled. SO many of the
eggs have been held until poor. All kinds of
enough for table butter soils read
lily at quotations. The lower grades
are not so readily disposed OF. Beans
higher; market firm. Cabbage scarce and high
There is an active inquiry for onions, large per
cent.of the holdings at the commission houses
are small. Oranges, choice fruit selling WELL
Bananas are drug on the market. Dried fruits
meeting with better SALE Rabbit is the
ly game now on this market worthy of quoting;
these sell at IS 090c per dozen. Grocers report
trade as better than last week Coffees have not
rallied from the depression of the last few days
Sugars rule firm, the Trust holding the market
in the strong position Canned goods moving
out briskly. aud by spring the market will be
largely cleared of its holdings. The provision
market presents new features; prices steady
and unchanged; nothing doing to speak of except
in jobbing way. The hide market continues
in an unfavoraole position East; prices are at
the bottom notch apparently. Druggists are
having good trade: prices for most articles they
handle firm. Seed men report trade as improv-
ing.
GRAIN.
The local wheat market rules heavy millers
showing but little interest, and nobody buying
for shipment. Corn was more native aud bet
ter demand for local consumption. Oats steady
and in good demand for small lots Track bids
to-day ruled as follows
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The Jobbing Trade.
COAL AND COKE.

d.
Block. rs y ton; Minshail, 1878 y ton; Jack
son. 81 % ~ ton; Pittsburg 81 so W ton; RAYMOND
City, 81 so ton; Winifrede $3.50 y ton; Campbell
Creek, $50 y ton; Hooking. 81. rs y ton; Island
City. So so p ton; Highland, 80. % ~ ton; Piedmont
and Blossburg S5.2 p ton; Duggar tPeacock) lump
So SO " tom nut So 90 p ton; chestnut No. and
anthracite, $500 y tom egg and crate anthra
cite, 1915 T. tom gas coke 15c p bu; crushed coke
16c p bu. All soft coal nut size SOC 2 ton less
the above prices on the same quality of lump coal
CANNED GOODS.
Peaches-Standard. 3pound 50. 65 03. 90; 3-pound
seconds, 81 1922 25. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1Po Gn s .ts9dsrd anonnd S9 "a ~ ~
seconds, 2-pOund. 81 20 q 80; cove oysters, l.
pound. full weight. 95e os1; light 6507oe' 2pound.
90c; Lima beans 81. 50 I.65; peas, marrowfat,
81 100 40; small, $15o0l75; Holsters, 1850
2; red cherries 81 Go0l.75; Strawberries, $500
1:60 salmon (fbs). So. 1002.75-
GROCERIES.
CoFrEEs-ordinaryg grades. 170Isc: fair. Is lee;
good. l9ia020c prime, 20is021c; strictly prime
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Cash quotations were as follows Flour quiet
and without quotable change. No. 2 spring
wheat, 76A 077tc; No. 8 spring wheat, 66 a Cote;
No. corn, 4Ss; No. 2 oats, 29c; No. 2 rye. 62c;
No. barley, s2c: No. 1 fax-seed. 81 46; prime
timothy-seed, 81 46; mess pork, per brl. $14 25 q
Qoose). 7.50c; dry-salted shoulders (boxed). $50
$4,000; short-clear sides tboxedl, 1850; whisky.
distilers' finished goods per gallon $l.13.
market was steady at 22e Bic for creamery, II a
26c for dairy. Eggs dull at 90 022c.
Receipts-Flour. go 900 brls wheat, 100, 900
bu corn 159, 900 bu; oats, 165, 900 bn; rye 5000
Blu; barley $4,000 bu- Shipments-Flour, %, 900
brls; wheat, 1000 bu; corn. 1000 bu; oats, o.,
600 blu; rye, 1000 bu; barley, %, 600 bu.
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Oil.

OIL CITY, Pa, Feb. 1.-National Transit certif-
Gates opened at 9OTsc; highest 915sc; lowest S95sc
closed S95sc; sales 1 377 900 brls: clearances q
O3O 900 brls charters, 43, $50 brls shipments 10S
$40 brls; runs, 81 COG brls.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Petroleum closed weak at
S9atc; opening 9o3c highest, 81 Sac lowest S9lac;
sales 2, 447 900 brls. Turpentine dull at 40l40
401sc.
PTTTSBURG. Feb. 1.-Petroleum fairly active;
closed weaker; National Transit certificates opened
Gle; closed at S9osc; highest 81 lsc; lowest. S9c
CLEVELAND, Feb. Petroleum steady; stand
ard white, 11Oo, 7a4c
WILMINGTON, n. c., Feb. 1.-Turpen.ine firm
at 37lac
CHARLESTON, S. c., Feb 1.-Turpentine steady
at 81 iac
SAVANNAH, Ga, Feb. 1.-Turpentine firm at
3719e.
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mouth robes and Windsor fancies 212 per cent;
Steel-river fancies to 6lac; Harmony and Charter
Oak fances 70 1ec Berlin solids &c; Elberon sol
ids, he and Amory thirty-six and forty inch
brown cottons. lac. This action shows the tone of
the market and the character of the demand.
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$4,000
Farm Notes.
S1,925.0O

There is nothing more stimulating to milk
secretion than warm mnshes of wheat bran, but
the milk will not be rich in cream except at the
expense Of the COW
Small fruit trees can be projected from mice
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Dry Goods.

proyement in the inquiry for heavy wooens,
followed by q considerable quota of business laid out
for later delivery Prints in active request with
stocks and printers well occupied with orders for the
next thirty to sixty days. Agents have advanced
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-02
FIELD SEEDS

Wholesale and Retail at HUNTINGTON g. HOSES
SEED STORE, IS and 80 Z. Market ST., Indianapo-
lis. Samples and prices furnished application.
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Real Estate Transfers.

Instruments flied for record in the recorders Office
of Marion county, Indiana for the twentyfour hours
ending at P. NJ, Feb 1, 1888. furnished by
Elliott Butler abstracters of titles Room %, EFT
ma Building:
VIM II. Vincent, ir., to Granville NJ. Bal
lard, lots 40, so and part of 81, in j.
annapolis ---... - $4,000
Nicholas McCarty to Mary c. Gorham,
lot 25S, in McCartys eighth west-side
addition to Indianapolis $4,000
Benjamin Charles Francis McVey
Daugherty lot 81, in Drake Sc May
hew's first addition TO Indianapolis 10000
Jeremiah Featherston to Joses III. Camp
bell lots 10 and IA, in the town of Au-
Algernon 8. Patterson to julius +.
Reinecke, lot 19, of Hendricks's subdi-
vision OF outlet 90. in 1ndianapolis.- 10000
Conveyances, 5; consideration s1,925.0o
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.

LONDON, Feb. Bar silver Aid per ounce
NEW YORK, Feb Bar silver, 96c.
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Metals.

NEW YORK, Feb. "copper" quiet lake, 16.60c.
Lead steady; domestic, $40. Tin easy, straits.
SO. 90c
ST. LOUIS, Feb Lead, $40.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-09
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

-"You may bring me-" said the
Boston Girl, "a small section of Celtic
disturbance. "A which is it?" said
the waiter. "Irish stew, to be surc'
answered she.
Teacher - " Heat makes thugs
grow large, while cold causes them to
grow smaller.' Johnny eight year,
old)-'Is that why the days are shoIfec
in the wnter?'
Small boy-"Unele, do you under
stand the rule of three?' Uncle
Perfectly, my boy. | lived with my
father-in-law. my mother-in-law, and
my wife" ."-JudgG. q
My friend" he said solemnly,
"do you ever look forward to the time
when you will occupy mansion in the
skies?n "Well-er-no, sir; ! don't
believe do. | hasen't the time, At
present it keeps me busy to pay rent
for y seven-room flat in Harlem. w
Y. SNR.
--Teacher-"Luey, have You spoken
to-day without pcrmission?' Lucy
(shyly)-"Wunst." Teacher (seyere-
lO-"Annie. should Lucy have said
"wunst?" Annie (eagcrly)-"Nd,
ma'am H." Teacher-"What should she
have said?' Annie (triumphantly-
"Twict. y Golden Days.
-Mamma-I don't see where papa
can be. He's very late tonight. "
Nlildred-"Why, he's fixing his cane
or something. heard him tell Uncle
George, this morning Mamma
What did he say?' Nlildrcd-''llo
said, George, I've got to blow that
new club of mine OF tonight. ~
1id-BHS.
Dudley (who is not as big fool as
he looks)-"Did you, ah, give my card
to Miss Bondclipper?" Servant-"Yes.
sir," Dudley-"What did She thayPn
Servant-"She told me to tell you. sir,
that she was sorry that she was not in"
Dudley-"Ah. indeed! Please tell your
mithtress that | said | wath clad |
didn't call. "--Nocking Bird
-"What won't they make whisky of
next!' exclaimed old Mrs. OPAQUE,
upon reading that "a wild cat distil-
lcry' had been captured in Butler
County, Ala. I'D sooner drink strych-
nine" she added, ethan to pour down
my throat whisky made of wild cats.
1t must scratch awfully as it goes
down. "-Norrist0wW Herald.
"A bright youth, undergoing oxam-
ination for admission to one of the de-
partments at Washington, found him
self confronted with tho question:
"What is the distance from the earth to
the sunpn Not having the exact num-
bcr of miles with him, he wrote in reply:
al am unable to state accurately, but |
lon't think the sun is near enough TO
interfere with proper performance Of
my duties II get this clsrkship,m Hs
60. i.--1seas EifisHgA
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SPEED OF TRAINS.



There is not one person in one hun
drcd of the millions who travel ON rail-
roads in the course of a year who has
any idea of the speed of train. A
large per cent of even the regular
trinmen of the country can not tell
with any degree of accuracy how fast
a train is running. Frequently engi-
neerS are dispatched on trip over Il
line of railroad, with instructions to
run at a speed of 4 certain number of
miles an hour. 1.he engineers do not
carry Il speed indicator but have
learned by various methods to gauge
their engines SO as TO make only the
slightest variation from their orders.
The majority of engineers use their
driving-whecl as a gauge. Tlhy know
its circumference, and by counting its
revolutions within certain time can
tell very accurately the speed at which
they are running. Another method is
to time the run between mile posts,
and still another is to make calcula-
tons from the number of telegraph
poles passed in certain time. These
poles in u level country and where four
or five wires are used are spaced so
that they are thirty to the mile, If
only a single wire is used they are
spaced from twenty-five to twonty-cight
to the mile.
The most accurate method and the
one most in use by experienced rail-
road men, is to count the number of
rail joints the train passes over in
twenty seconds. The rails in nearly
all eases are thirty feet in length, and
the number passed over in twenty sec
onds is the speed per hour train is
running. For instance, if u passenger
sitting in sleeper can count thirty
clicks of the wheels on a rail Joint in
twenty seconds the train is running at
the speed Of thirty miles m hour -
kaRSdS CHy Times
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-06-09

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, June IA few
days ago Ben Shiplct, farmer Of White
hall Township, this county, sent his little
girl, eleven years old, To a ncigbboring
farmer for milk. The failure Of the child
TO return alarmed her parents, and tie in
vcstigation that followed leads to the con.
clusion that she was killed by bear. TIL
farmers in the neighborhood started ou'
in large searching parties, and have dis
presence of bears in the locality where
the little one WAS last seen. The fact thai
a number of sheep were killed, aud por
tion of the girls clothes picked up, leave,
little doubt that shl was devoured