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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
Our Railway Mileage.

The railway mileage of the United
States increased only about A, 900
miles during 1884, making the total,
ir round numbers, 125, 900 miles,
The climax ofrailway construction
was reached in 1882, during which
year the mileage increased II ,596
miles. The year 1873. the last Of
shrinkage of values preceding the
business revival which eliminated
1880, gave an increase of only g.
666 miles, but it was not business
depression alone that checked rail-
way construction in 1884. The in
crease of mileage has been greater.
than the increase of population and
commerce, SO that time must be al
lowed for the nation to grow up to-
the railway facilities already pro-
vided. Important lines are yet to
be constructed, and undoubtedly the
mileage will creep steadily upward
tor o long time to come, but no ex-
pansion like that of the last fifteen
years can be expected. In 1869,
WAASA VIC AeAOo - ClAC VI Ou0 OAIOu tsuU
Central Pacific was driven at Ogden,
Utah, the railway mileage OF the
United States was less than I'D, 900
mics. The magnitude of the expan-
sion can be understood by remember
ing that the present mileage of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland is less than 10, 900 miles,,
or only about three times that of
the State OF New York. This COM
parison will be sufficient to Indicate
to any intelligent person that it.
would be folly to expect railway con-
struction in the United States to
continue at anything like its rate
for the last fifteen years, and the
most marvellous developments may
be witnessed in other parts OF the
world. England is considering the
project of constructing 20, 900 miles
of railway in India, and the plans
for the expenditure of $15O,OOO,OON
have already been drawn. China -
not an inviting field for railway con-
tractors, but Japan is and Africa
may soon be.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
Doctors Names.

Something might be said in favor
of the primitive practice of naming
men after they were grown up instead
of while they were babies. Under the
present system it often happens that
a mans name is curiously out of
keeping with his character or pur-
suits. The literary editor of The
Doctor has lately been examining a
new directory Of physicians, and
seems to have been greatly impress
ed by the singularity and inappro-
priatenss of some of the names con-
tanned in it.
He thinks, for example, that DR..
Coffin might sound unPleasantly
suggestive to a nervous patient,
though less SO, perhaps, than an
other name which follows it-Dr.
Death. A timid person might OBJ
iect to DR.. Sexton also, and if one
were very sick indeed it would GER
tainly seem ominous if DR.. Death,
DR. Coffin and DR.. Sexton were to
hold a consultation at his bedside.
Other names almost as bad as the
foregoing are DR.. Butcher and DR..
Slaughter, though they occur sever
al times each in the directory. There
are two DR.. Cranks-fcwer than
might have been expected-and one
DR.. Craze, who is perhaps in charge
of an insane asylum.
Some Of the names may be called
inappropriately appropriate, such
as Aiken, Carver, Cutter, Hash, Diet,
Hurt, Mangle, Pellet, Fillmore,
Tomb and Toothaker, DR.. Ague and
DR.. Shivers might very we'll be part
ners, and if third man were wanted
they could hardly do better than to
call in DR.. Sweat.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
Her COMPOUNDED Luck.


The new parson had arrived in the
little village and rumor had it that
he was very handsome man and al
so that he was a widower having one
child, a little boy. Jane Slowpoke,
q maiden lady of uncertain age, who
had been trying for at least thirty
years, without success, to entrap
some man in a matrimonial way,
had just heard the rumor and had
conceived the idea of calling upon
the parson without delay and laying
her charms before him. To think
with Jane was to act, so without de-
lay she started for the parsonage.
Her vigorous rap upon the door was
answered by bright-looking flaxen-
haired little boy, who courteously
inquired what she wanted.
els your pa in?" queried Jane with
her most seductive smile.
eyes, ma'am" replied the boy.
Can l see him?" said Jane.
"No, ma am" replied the boy.
"He's engaged now, and has been for
over an hour"
AS Jane Slowpoke turned YEARLY
away from the door she clasped her
right hand convulsively over her
lett heart and muttered savagely:
"Blast the luck! I've always been
just too late all my life"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
Freaks of College Life.

College students have peculiar cus-
toms, some of which certainly could
not be adopted by outsiders to ad-
vantage. In a certain New England
college, for instance, a favorite gala
costume some years ago was u linen
buster, a toll white hat and a pair of
top boots, a rig calculated neither
for wet nor dry weather, neither for
heat nor cold. In the same institu-
ton of learning, Immediately upon
the ringing of an alarm OF fire, it.
was incumbent upon every student,
to throw open his window, thrust
forth tin horn, and blow as if the
fire fiend was known to be as averse
to the sound of a fish horn as were
the college faculty themselves.
Signs and door plates, numbers
from street doors and gilded wooden
keys, boots and watches customarily
displayed before shops were looked
upon as most desirable adornments.
for a ''student's'' sitting room.
Happily these similar freaks of stu
dent life are weeded out, and the day
is at hand when even a collegian will
not be ashamed to behave like a gen.
tleman, and learn to possess his soul
in patience, even though some callow
freshman dares to carry cane and
to sport 1.-THE proper technical
term\ stovepipe hat.-Harpers
Young People.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
A Troublesome Worm.

It was funny to start with, but
twice as funny when the great mys-
terry was unraveled. At one of the
Lewiston school buildings the jani-
tor, who is painstaking and careful,
had been accused of Negligence in
sweeping the floor. He denied the
charge, and said he swept the floors
regularly and carefully, but that no
matter how we'll he did it, tho next
morning the floor was covered with
dirt and the result of his sweeping
went for nothing. He couldn't un-
ierstand it. Only one solution,
ghosts-and he didn't believe in
ghosts.
Due investigation of his sweeping
was made by the authorities, and
they found that the sweeping was
we'll done. The next thing was to-
vestigate the floor, and here they
found the solution. On lifting some
of the planks, they found the under
flooring full of borers, the meanest
kind ora worm. one that works out
in the night and drags it's dusty sell
all over things in general, stirring up
the dirt in cracks so that the first
footsteps of the morning will send
the dirt all over the floor. This was
the solution Of the mystery and the
death of the borer.-Lewiston Jour.
nal.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
Why Cats Don't Get Fat.

Have you ever inquired how it is
that cats can combine with their
proverbial idleness such great agility?
Muscular inaction leads just as much
in other kinds of animals as in the
human species to obesity; the dog
which does not hunt, the horse kept
in the stable becomes fat and slug
gish. Wild animals even, if kept in a
cage, where they ar. forced into the
repose of domestic life, very rapidly
lose their ease of movement.
Why does the cat escape the ordin-
airy law, and why, in spite of the fact
it rarely moves. does it seldom be-
come fat as does dog or horse un-
der similar circumstances? 1t is be-
cause it's immobility is not that of in
action, and it's nerves are. working
while it's muscles seem at rest. Like
the fencer waiting the moment to at
tack, the cat is constantly ready to
spring. 1t is always watching: a rat,
fly, or a joint of meat.
A drawing room cat only makes
three or four springs in the course OF
a day, but each of them has been pre-
ceeded by two or three hours of la.
tent work. When we believe that
the animal is engaged in a happy
dream it is meditating a capture, cal
culating the distance of its spring
and holding it's muscles in readiness
Tor anything that may happen.
Hence it is never taken by surprise.
If little bird escapes from it's cage
it is caught and eaten in three sec
ends. The cat has been watching it
for week. When it seemed asleep
it was living in wait.-Lagrange's
Physiology.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
Creeley's Bane.

It is said that q friend once found
Horace Greeley at 2 o'clock in the
morning, at the close Of a long, hard
days work, with heap Of applica-
tons for autographs before him,
which he intended to answer.
"This time you need for Sleep"
urged his friend. "Why do you re-
ply to thenl?"
''They send me return stamps" he
answered piteouslv, in his shrill voice;
II cannot steal three cents"
Youths Companion.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
IN GLAD WEATHER.

j do not know what skies there were
Nor Ii the wind was high or low;
think heard the branches stir
A little whom We turned to go:
think saw the grasses sway
Al ifthey tried to kiss your feet
And yet. it scenes like yesterday,
That day together, sweet
Think it must have been in May;
think the sunlight must have shon;
know scent of springtims lay
Across the fields: we were alone
We went together. you and l;
bow. could / look beyond your eyes?
1fyou were only standing by
did not miss the skies!
1could not tell if evening glowed,
Or MONDAY heat lay white and still
Beyond the shadows of the road:
only watched your face. until
knew it was the gladdest day.
The sweetest day that summer knew
The time when We two stole away
And saw only you!
Charles B. Going.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
Dead at 100.

Bridget Doody, the Mineral Point
wis. centenarian, and who was I'M
.doubtedly the Oldest person in the
United States, died Aug. 13 at her
home in the above named city after
q brief. Illness. She had been a resi-
dent of Mineral Point for years.
The Rev. james O'Keese wrote to
her native parish in Ireland some
years ago and received information
in return on the indisputable au-
thority of the record books of the
parish that she was born in the year
ITO. She was therefore 100 years
old at the time of her death.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
Not Hard to Learn.
From . Pittsburg Special.

From Pittsburg Special.
s'pose if / should try to ride that
machine I'D break nay blamed neck, .
said q gswky-looking fellow sitting
on the drygoods box in front of the
country store, as he hooked at the
bicycle which . city wheelman, on a
tour, had leaned against the hitch.
Ing rack, preparatory to inquiring
tor bottle Of soda pop.
''No, you wouldn't replied the
bystanders- cts tho easiest thing
in the world to do. Anybody can
ride one of these machines if he only
thinks So"
II want to known exclaimed the
gawky-looking youth. "D'ye think
could stay ON it if got on?'
81 know you could"
can make 'er go?"
"Of course
"She! You're trying to fool me. -
don't you want to try it!'
And the tourist in knickerbockere
winked slyly once more to the inter
ested spectators.
allow do you keep from fallin' Of
the darned thing?"
Cali you've to do is to climb on,
srart itgoing, and keep going. Take
it out and get on"
The gawky chap climbed down from
the drygoods box, shut up his jack
knife and put it in his pocket, took
hold of the bicycle awkardly an6
turned it out to the middle of the
road.
1T isn't quite as good a one as
I've at home," he said, as he mount.
ed it and started down the road at
a rafting pace, "but L can follow
directions on it. can start it and
keepitgoing. It's only four miles to
the next town. I'll be waiting fol-
you at the pump. Goodbye"
And the smart young tourist in
knickerbockers trudged after him on
loot.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
Where Anarchy Turks.
Chicago Herald.

Cnlc02o deraI0.
A Springfield, O.. sweet-girl gradu-
ate has patented a new method oil
cooking Saratoga chips, and is now
supplying a single firm i'll Cincinnati
with 600 pounds of chips day.
When a young and energetic woman
takes it into her head to be useful
member of society she generally
succeeds. When some inventive
genius finds a way Of cooking tripe
SO that it will not taste like O fried
liver. pad there will be less excuse for
anarchy.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
Hypnotism by Machinery.

DR.. Eric Munck, Swedish physi.
clan of McKeesport, Pa, has made
an instrument by which he claims
he can completely mesmerize OF
hypnotic q person, and says it will
prove very valuable to his profess
sion. The instrument is nothing
more than q circular mirror arranged
SO that it revolves rapidly. The per.
son to be mesmerized is placed so as
to look steadily at certain portion
Of the disk, and the peculiar rapid
rotary motion will bring about the
desired effect.--P Philadelphia Record
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26
AT THE MASQUERADE.
T WAS at the

T WAS at the
m a squerade
ball. He had
come Ingomar,
she as Parthen-
ia. II e h a d
gra d u a t g d
from Harvard
only the June
previous, and
as he was accus-
toned to spend
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-13
NOTES or THE STAGE.

william II. Crane will appear for the first time this
season in New York at the Star Theatre tonight IN
"Thc Senator His engagement is for eight weeks,
and II is not yet definitely decided whether he Will
give any other piece In the course Of il.
Augustus PtOu has been busy for a long time with
the preparations for the production Of The Corsican
I,rotbcrs = in which Robert Mantcl will be Al
the Fourteenth street Theatre th, evening, and some
good effects arc promised
sidney Wooctt will not give his recital at the
Madisou Sauarc Theatre this afternoon as announced,
A. he i, sick al hi, home in Newport
Elucbcard. Jr, fairy pantommlc spectacle from
the Chicago opera House, Will begin engagement
VI NibIo'. Garden tonight , 49,, -
evourr utb some familiar people In the cast and the
Carleton opera Company bcSn' stay Of It week at
the Grand opera House, singing INC bHealds''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-13

At the meeting SATURDAY night Of me Samantha
Corinth.an Yacht club. 40. = Eat Thirty-~econf~t
the following officers were elected Trustee. J. J. I'-.
William j. I-rln. walter J. Srvfam. william j. Slime
,opd- and Charlie, \. pot; Commodore. Robert 'rni'r
.r,t.- Nodu.a. ,co.coninodofr. aooicc II. H. HIlL
M ooncr Miranda Inodoro, Ralph y Ellis 'Io"n-
or I,oouos; secretary l.. r. dOmicuNi treasurer,
W c. Hubbard mca,uIcr. John Hyslop' nect surgeon
Dr J. West Roosevelt; n'ot chaplain, the E'v. pr
George r. Vandcwatcr; race committee. William A.
Uaipos " NJ Rowland ". G.. Kofr !. Lanedon Ward,
vIIi, u Sinonds. House Committee. II. l.. Saterlcc.
" A. uainc- Ashton LrIOnc. Alfred Fly, W. b
OGDEN Committee Lecture. 'tc J. j. Idm-, Lieu
tenant Commander Leonard Cheney. T.. ). y, Charlie \.
Post. Commlttcc Ola Lines and Models John H>sl'p. A
Cary smith, william T.. stephens
The amendments TO u,e rules for Measurement making
the Sovanhnhn rules Identical with those Of the Eastern
and Ncw. YORK Yacht Clubs. were unanimously adopted
Tho new classification rule however was Hld on the
table and the Committee Revision was Instructed To
o-,t with tie similar committees Of the Eastern New
Yofk Atlanti. aud Larchmont Yacht clubs. The SEA-
,aubaka Cnrinthan now has 3lS members, an inera-"
of 10; 1877 yachts increase o; 20 and surplus for
1889 Of 81 900
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-13
For Coughs and Colds use Huyler's Licorice Tablet
The Marvellous Fuel.
pOstoGice Notice.
POstofice Notice.
Should be read daily BY all Interested changes may

Should be read daily BY all Interested as changes may
Lctics og oI!gn counties need not be specially sd;
when i desired to nd dip q banking and com;
se Is'o 1y the iasts Sc. nrsaDie '''"S
Foreign man for the yess hiding d! s January rs Will
pu35tS otay nsr M E ie anu
flo nS]S puerto Go a. iO and iyiao5 per
Hondo; at : D. N. for Para. aud Pcmanibuco per
Lsbqnens from Batnore a. 10 e. M for ST Eros
a.re.t per Brmuds lettr: for Trinidad and Io0ago
wEDNEsDAY-At a. N. for Brazil and the La Plata
SGn VIA for B S 95 and sRS via ai Ninth a
qge for Babadoea and trinidad ana pe, ara va Bar:
other Wndvad Island- must be- directed per Allanca'1
own 81 stcs for ,a i britain aud oher EUROPEAN eo%n.
tries must be directed per Gernanc' az 30 a. m.
Letters Tor lrand must be- directed ReT EGser a.
~er etter- must be directed per Western and at ~
MorSa at -. m for ca@pSchc Chapas fabasco and
Yucat1n Fer Ilty OF AeNandrs c!'ers ioG othe,
TmrKSDAY5,At 10 a. n. for the Ne,herand; direct.
,etd pT ko y oc a. mus. of a dr. Pf ps;
ng a. p H. b aas R cb 9rn PSS at
SANTIAGO at r M Tor Porto Rico per : e'r',9tlands
az az go p il" o Tor ST. Ter steamer from
ftRiDAY-At 3 p; m. for Bueaclds, per 5. W. q.
also Sa[a via cuTao Per $ PhiadepSia dottSS:
FOR ot0eF SSo5 ' ma a. aTa ?, a ans ,l
Costa Rica. Imon. per Alyena az II a m. for
France switzerland. Italy. spain and Portugal per :.
Ia Boirgoene Havre letter~ fr other EuWp
tries must DE- directed per La BouIgoene - at IL 30
a M Tor Europe. per TWbra, va Queenstown le.-
crs Tor Franco, switzerland Italy. >-9in and Portugal
must be- directed " per Umbr.a I az p. m. for Cuba.
per s. cry Of Columbia VIA Havana Nct'ers must 10
directed - IT, ~ columbia u ,. ~. Tor Bocas
Mails for China and japan. Ter :. city Of Pekne
from close January -l6, AZ IN.
Mails the Hawaiian Islands per Australia from
Fauci-c0I clOSr here January % at p. m. Malls
r hc society Islands per ship CITY ~ Papou from san
Francisco, close here January 70, at D. m Malls for
Australia, Nrv-Z,aand. Hawaiian. FIJI and samoan L.
and- per oceanic from san Francisco, close here
January 30, az m. 'Or on arrival ~ New-lork or
. Gallla with British mails for Australia. Mails ior
Cu,a by rail TAMPA Fla. and thence by steamer via
Ky West Fla. clos, this Office daily 40 80 a. m.
1.-The schedule - closing ~ TransPacifc mails IL
arranged Ur,~n pton ~ their uninterrupted over.
Ian. t,art Francisco. Mails from the East aTriv:
ing ON TIME Francisco tho day Of sailing q
amor. are dispatched thence the day, Registered
mail close, az 30 y. no. previous dav.
CORNFLTV> VAN COTT. Postmaster.
p.-,ofce. N.MY.rk Y. Y. Ianuary 10 $500.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-13
DIED.

h. late cside"e IS a Bcoy
Christina NJ Nichols, in the 10Th year OF his age
Funeral private
rosTn sunday January T. at the residence Of hi;
NnGnro y " In the 6ith year Of his age.
Intcrment at Fort Hi Cemetery, Auburn.
PUGsLEY-At Peekskll. \. Y. January II. 1880. Eme-
s7th year Of her
Funeral Tuesday January Il, 1890 at o'clock from
her late residence, l,l32 Courtland-st.
1nt"Tment private
REED Sunday January H. Of pneumonia, Frances Reed
daughter Of Era Feed and Frances Maria Dibblee.
Notice Of funeral hereafter
widow Of J. Schoch, NJ. D.. in the SD year OF her
age. ~. M
day, | 18th inst. at II O'Clock a. m.
SHERWOOD-Suddcny, January IL, 1890 at the
residence Of her Thome L. sherwood jersey CITY
y. j., Martha Pudney, widow Of Lewis Sherwood, In
the slst year Of her age.
Funeral private.
IntcrHent at Fshkill n. Y.
TAYLOR-On Sunday January H. his late residence.
1868 West ll6th-st, Joseph Taylor, aged ~ years
NoticeDf funeral hereafter.
TIISTLE-On Thursday. January o. OF pneumonia, Isa-
bella Bell. widow OF late Robert Il. Thistle.
Funeral will be- held from the residence OF her son, D. b.
Thistle 24O Prospcct.st. Eis: Orange. " j. on Mon
Train leaves foot Chambers.st Eric r. r. orange Branch,
THOMPsON-on the 10th inst entered into rest Rather
VIII be held residence Of her son in
law, II, " Ferguson, East 9th-st, on MondsS, 18th
Inst, at 10 q m.
TYIER-At 1903 Henry-st. Brooklyn Saturday evening,
January H. Mrs. Lavnia s. Tyler. aged SO years.
Notice Of funeral hereafter
Washington papers please copy
WlIITFIELD-On saturday, January H. Fannie D.wdow
OF John W. Whitfield
Monday morning January 10. at half past 10 o'clock.
Kindly omit flowers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-13
A BABY DIES AFTER BEING BRUISED, BURNED
AND STARVED.


Mrs. Marie Zolld of No. $40 West Forty seventh
st. the wife of Arthur Zolk the dentist who was re-
Gently sentenced to Sing Sing for five years for an
assault on Dr. Charles II. Delamater in his Office at
Madison-ave. and Forty -secOnd-st on December IL,
was arrested yesterday at the Lyngln Asylum, at
No. 1870 Second-ave. charged with killing her child
After ZOlli had been sent to prison, Mrs. IoN, who
about to become mother, was sent to the Lying
in Asylum. She gave birth 20 a baby boy on January
., and the boy died last saturday. DIR. D. Conger
Bryan, the house surgeon at the hospital, believed
that the child did not die natural DEATH ana re-
ported the fact yesterday to the CorOners once
Coroner Hanly and Deputy Coroner Donlin lnvesu-
gated the yesterday Or. Bryan told Coroner
lanly that Mrs. Zod failed to nOursh the child.
Two reported to DR.. Bryan that Mrs Zolki was
abusing the child. lie ordered the boys removal to
another ward. The child exhausted and died IN
great agony DR.. Hany examined the body at the
MOreuc and found bruises the chest, arms ana
back. burns the cnest and elbow, back and knees
Coroner IIanly issued warrant for Mrs. I0lks ar
rest and she will be taisn to the NOrkVe Police
Court she Is able to leave the hospital.
Dr. Bryan says the burns on the child were made by
hot bottles, which the nurses allowed to remain too
long the body. 1t was u negligence on the part
Of the nurses but Dr. Bryan excuses IL by saying that
the nurses worn out by watching patients and
went to sleep after putting the hot bottles against the
chid's body.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-13
RrprELJcAy conuIrTEES ~ INDIANA

Indianapolis Jan. II topccal.In the county
mas, conventions that were held throughout the state
Yesterday the first step taken 10y the Republicans
Of Indiana in carrying ont their plans for the cam
uagu of -gO the result Of which viii be- important in
several ways. but chiefly IN bringing to an end If
the Democrats again defeated the already waning
poitca career Of Daniel W. Voorhees,. aud sending
Ia the senate his successor Of the younger Re
pullican, Of Indiana. The beginning Of lhi, work
was gratifying generally. The conventions were
largely attended, and the same enthusiasm shown in
l--s wa manifested. The local committeeman who
were selected. Chairman Mcchcncr says, constitute
an army Of best workers in the party. I'm nearly
al uf the conventions resolutions were unanimously
adopted iEdOrsng the Administration OF President lar
rI-0n. over in the lurncd District the conventions
all expressed regret the determination If General
Tom Browne tO retire from public life. account
Of his health aiier having represented the district IN
Congress for fourteen years. The early beginning
OF the campaign work II made with view To getting
the party workers fully aroused before the township
election, are held IN the spring which Will he douhy
important politically, because the officers chosen at
that time VIII have charge Of the elections during
the next four years. and the result Of these local
elections VIII be regarded also test Of this years
strength Ot The two parties