El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-21
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porarily and possibly permanently.
The train was bowling along at &
sixty-mile-an-hour gait. The engineer,
seas In the cab faces the track ahead
A window OF glass an eighth of an inct
thick protects him from the drafts
smoke and cinders. He was lookinf
through this window when suddenly
the body Of she dove burst through the
pane of glas. and struck him In the
face. He was blinded for an instant
and the pain In his eye made him re-
altze ~ once that he was seriously hurt
The dove WAS killed by the suddel
contact with the cab window. 1t:
quiverinR body fell on the iron flool
OF the engine cab after striking ths
engineer, AID was picked up by tht
fireman. Sc great was the momentum
Of the train and the doves body tina
the glass window was not smashed By
the GLOW OF she collision. The hole
through which the body was hurled
was clean cut like that made by q
bullet fired through q glass.
Mexican Central News Items
The Mexican Central railway will
equip all its engines with electric
headlights, says a dispatch. The COM
pany ts daily expecting six compound
engines from the United States, and
has started work on . large freight
house A. Gusdalajsrs. where it will
also build machine shops. A large
house q. chihuahua. and in copjuction
with the Mexican International rail-
way company, the Mexican Central
will build . joint passenger station
at TOrre0n, which will be one of the
largest and moss handsome stations In
the country. The Mexican Central's
business has grown to such an extent
that IL will soon give orders for Q
large amount of freight and passenger
Regarding the employment of BAHIA
ma negroes on the Tampico division IL
Ia said that they can do . very great
amount of work in q day II they choose,
and they can do as little as any other
laborer II they feel lazy. They are,
larger, stronger and more
active than she average Mexican peon
and can stand the hot sun ON the docks,
where they are engaged most Of the
time in unloading ships. Once in .
while trouble arises with some of the
but the negro always gets the best of
It, as he is under q years. contract and
can not be discharged before his year
u out. On the whole the company Is
we'll satisfied with the results of BAHIA
ma negro labor.
4 Novel Railway Contract.
Mr. McCreery, secretary of the lega
lion at Mexico City, has furnished she
state department with Q copy of the
between the Mexican govern
to the Tehuantepeo railroad
and the ports of Coatzacoslcos and
salina Cruz. This transcontinental
says the secretary, crossing
The lsthmus of Tehuautepec, promises
10 become . most important means OF
when the improvements
IN the line are made and the port
works are completed.
The contract requires that the COM
,any as the representative Of the 60
Ternment, shall within three and q
half years improve the railroad and
hall administer in partnership with
he government, the railway and the
ports of Coatzacoalos and Salina Cruz. |
At least two trains shall run weekly
rom each of the terminal stations, the |
Quincy for passengers not to exceed |
ourteen hours. The company shall
nave the earnings of the railroad and |
,orts, except the part that belongs to
he government. The latter will also |
Jay s., ZOO, OOOin monthly instalments of |
1900, 900, the first in three months after |
OF contract
The capital OF the company ts %, OOO,-
100; the Losses are to be dtvisible half
md half between the government and |
he company, and the profits are TO be |
ivided. The capital 10 furnished In |
quail shares by both parties. The |
ontraos is to run for fifty years.
lair and Some Swifchmen
Eminent physicians have written
rsiclee for the Sunday papers against
he foolish practice some fond parents |
ave of allowing the hair on the heads |
Il their n.ale of sprinR 10 grow until |
{ 10 from four to eight inches In
eagth, producing argument TO the |
feet that the long hair saps vitality |
rom the youngsters brain.
A switchman in the G. 81. yards read |
ne of those articles and became i'm
ressed with che plausibility OF the |
rgument. He talked on the subject |
nth his fellow workmen until they |
ONE OF them talked the matter over |
'ith Gus Schwartz, advising him to do |
way with the golden hair that was
anging down his back before |
lis case become entirely
opeless. Gus argued the |
ase awhile but when the boys told him |
b at they thought too much of him to |
ee his seat of thought Slapped away and
b at they would take the matter into
heir own hands for bis sake and clip
lis wool he gave in and went to the
,arber to have 1t removed.
There's another case under our
sad q memb Der of the
wischmen's society for the prevention
II weak mipds, land that 10 McCarsy's
mud clerk" A committee waited on
his individual but he extended them
% Invitation to 60 where the cows
lever come bone TO be MIXED and
,yerred that his raven locks had never