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:L V would Ins,
i'i.-u ue.uly clw.ii
I avals .it \ isiu
,;nn, eoudth ;«-d
mpply
Kpaiv k.!i< Trent.
"UV ah ul liwik to ihe pro-
tect ion of out fujuWM," >aid it
well-known builder leccnth in
couvci.>tiiion with u reporter
for (In? Mail and Kxpn* s.
"Wiit'u you I'uittiitiM' liiul ill**
United States ami Canada have
sunk it* ilic -« le of tiiuU-i >uIj
piu*; Iron, !n-i phu e i" about
lilt* twentieth. you will agree
with uic. Sweden and Norway
ouce wore regarded a* iue.«.huu t
able BOllMVK of supply, UoW ttf
have to hup* ri oak from Po-
land. Northern Russia wa>
oncecovered I y fores,* from tin*
Hill tic to the I ral .Y|oun,ai a*
Now it is so bare that S-. Pe-
tersburg gets allot' her heavy
timber fl'otf,<
thi cutphel
est.s. uiir<* so
thought tint
tort ". i'f, have ii
ed irvay. 'I'll
la ii (til t in* M "
us tin* source oi" -upply for the
great Memel trade, have dlinin-
ihia I to such a a extent tuat it
is hard to get an ord« r
at Konigshcrii, Tresit or Dant-
"lint h'erinnny, Austria.
Italy and Spain have immense
fo,'c- ts."
•True, I' ^ tIt111.% iiow dttli
cull and • n|>• u d. it i- in g'-t
i. iTu'iii Hi i iuany has about ,tti.
tfiHI.tHHI iifli- . It till 11 I blll'l.
Austral aboil. lo.onn.tioii. \I..-1
of this. however. is in Bohemia,
Uallicia and Transylvania. and
and unavailable for Kuropoati
markets. Italy owns 1:1.000.001,
acres. Inn it is also hard to get.
•Sjiain possesses fores, land of
8.500.11<hi acres, and Portugal
I.000,000. These two countries
an* about the only ones where
titul><•)' can in* procured to ad-
vantage. Prance has i?d,oon,
(KM* acres -hardly enough for
herself, while Kugland lias no
forest laud whaleier."'
"Hut tin* I nitcd States
"Merely a liaiidt'ul of trees in
tin* Nothwest. I low long will
they Inst f I ti'll vou we need to
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McKINNEY. TEXAi
IDAY, FEH. 1*2, 1885.
Vll >
Niiecdi of Si'iuoor John JoIiiimiii,
of Collin County.
Iieli' t'ivil In ,fi>- 'IVxii- senati' Juinmri
1.1, l-S'i.
Mr. .1 ihusou, from ili«* spe
rial 'i iuaiiit« on senateemploy
ees and ''oiiipi'iis.ition, | r**^ *nI
ciI a majority and i -niit* r; t \
ivpoii, flu- I' ltiUi'i- ".i^lii'd b> ill
hi mii oi l ■« • • i' ,n- >■ innitt 'i' <-\
r «pi Mr. .Ii un.-oii, and latter I",
Mr..! oh ii si •; i alotif
Thi' majoiity n poii i'«m'i iii
iii**ii h'd Ih: 1 in ad iiti >u to th<'
' fIi«• n - a i t ■ ;wiy nj- ; oi :.i I, I .t
pr«'sidi>tii :i|i)'"iut a pu •ini.i-ii i,
ilirtte paK *-- mid lir '<* )>ort 'is,
and that tin* chairman of tin*
rommitti'i's on judicary. No. I.
No 'i, and Hnaucc pcriuittcd
to ajipniill a cli'ik each, tin'
clerks and poHima'«ter.<i • r<
ce'Vi- he 'Miie component .on its
sell i! i' itli'l I he pa an I
pu' |e! - per la\ e;,i !|.
'the mil nit\ report. b\ Mr
• loiiusoll, leroinlllelided tlieaj"
pi iiiiiiient ofihrcep'lierai com
111 i I lee c|el'l\s b\ the president.
to be Compe||siifed jn the rafe
Davis not excepted, con-idei iu.y
rha' >v«« went into office two
veals ago, wtrli th<* princeh
cash balaiii eof between 1l\ aild
six hundred thousand dollar-,
the ixreatet sum of money \vi;h
which any admiui>tration c\<m
commenced under the >nti
known to men of the present;
day: and then tjv - hiin lnd and
and tvv"uty sevui miliious ot
d-illar-i worth * f property to
assess from to boot. Vnd now
we have a iWdioiiey of three
lnuidj'ed and thirteen thousand
dollars. Notwithstanding tiii
sir. I sav
inoie talents
Horned loudN on «
men than
still, 1 d i uol
rtXlstM
boil\ of men th.m 1 his
Theipi 'stiou now arise.
tills
In
u a > •
lawv.
A man livimr up in
I'renk Canyon was iu t«:
week foi fxrub. and lold^
porter u ijiieei yarn,
faced his story by sayi
in* always kept a suj
whisky on liami as a ret
case of rattlesnake,
centipede or tarantula
lie had sev< ral times
beenanno\ed by i omit
from his work at nirfht a)
inn his dcinijolin lying
1 on the iloor and whisky
stcd a 1 I'hiukiau it tile result of
I of
Wtil
evwr
iltt |
sell!! te. |
how is
So, iu the language
town, I nulled up stakes.
my print!uu press aud
in a cart and started I'm
Finding the same
Nat anil (lai* as Kind.
>!im 11 \
diseo\ i '
. < Cite of
lll'ter pel | o|i-n III
t h . found
tile driven Wells
uHy there that 1 had ex*-1out :i #as which. «!•■ n imiio
need
♦•need iu !
lininir a
uol tided tc
Hi I did,
San Francisco iu
palce for office,
to build an office,
although timber
be bought onlv at fabu
prices, on<l shingles cost
per 1,000. In that htit 1
ted the Placer Times, the
newspaper^established iu
"** suu was so
l Sutiaiuento
>t the ft rat
•uslleii the
IS
ter that it
with which
to the type,
time of
ly."
<•<4.
w ]|. lesalc e.vtia1, iiii'atice to
lliet We 1< now
Instead of ha\in^ all
to transact our bitsi
of :s;!..' o per
pay:e> nud ihi
lax
a«
cidt ut he kept sending to
for more demtjol ~
his uierchnut l cg]
hint of hard
wm. partice.lilt-TV
the iact that In- ha
Known as a very steady, tcni . , , .
of one i perate.hard w orking man. Last i r«* -- utTv iea i ♦
Wedin s.la\, not ft ding ven , ;>,v r ,,'4 ^"i.^liai l>r: ndi nil lie
1 well. In- took a Jit\ oil', ami was • Astaiii No.-ieiy In Mac
•rirai: living re.tdiug in beil, when, | f'n%an •'•ihrms the elar i> ol ifn
harintf,nearing a noise, he looke.i,( 'he ... i-.n, . oi
aioiiml and was astonished to ' W,ll'lM,u dei and liieat at' I ln-
f horned i 4'ht"n was exauitiieil in an elab
illuminated the count i y aroiiml.
aud ^rave out an intense heat.
For iuau\ years this means of
i11 timituition and heat «a - re
yarded as a nuisance a-it was
oil tIn •• vp1 aers w et not
it as. This nut ni ,i i • : a > • *w
been disCli' I • |. *1 i I 111 oil; Il iH|t
ii ven w'nl region, i*^ -i. !i e-
from the -outh - hi o |,-ikes
Ontario and i.< i•
Western I '■ • 1111-y i ^
N irginia. and Ma te
ma\ be found in I
soulh an i west Tli
thing about this g i
f'llr "Ceuis. iiijtil
told lii'l I • o-' -.-i 1 '.«■
found if i \ tteie
\x.i-i -OII'1 et't ; 'tie |i:i S'u-i iyi'1
ti ll tluenee, I M I ||e|* i|;i , .
ill x e t lelU.'lti Wilo objected to
la la - e\ pel uncut - with h
let slurtcd alter hiin it'
I' ll II. Tile III! .Iliei l /I I
the eye of hi ^ pUI -iii'l'
him into ;t 11ain and * •
liiin to it in on -cioitsh di
it
■ee p li ters
pel it:iv eieh
Ci'iVe s ! 5'
that the assistant .ei^i
arms be repaired to p
the duty of ]iostmaster
senate.
Mr. .loluisoti t •■ ii
adoption oft lie minority
iu the followinir speech :
t'vll
o re
and
; ni iii
'. i'oi'MI
tot lie
1 the
report
aud sizes.
orua
1 tile lilt
• paper si
ate Mr. M
JM
tier jis now
disCoVei\.
Mlt PItK.SI D1-:NT
It looks very simple in a
Ulan 11• attempt retrenchment
and reform in the present sen
itte: as much so. indeed, a- il
, t . i * • r , f* would for a man to run a steam
look to ,l"'tor" boat up a stream without
steam.
senate, last year never to r<
turn. Hut my people persist
e* dv claimed my time;and I re
ests." Mail and Kxpress.
How a Woman Minis a Sawmill.
lU'ss, '_Ci'.llltfes are bein
1/ed for the purp ii.sC tl|
one ihii l of the legislaiun
farmers, one thiid mechanics, sec a c ^ulai army
and iJi other iiiid lawyers. t«ia ls, oi all ages
At ieast we want :t division so coining through a crack undet -
that the farmers cmmunilie, the door llavi.iK a euriosil> | f.1 b>' '"til the t.cgutn
can have one-third: and we in loscewdmt tin y were after In
tend to have it. I ati- nipted, iu did not disflirb them, but wait
a previous resolution, lo cut out ed for devehipnients. The one
the assistant ser^eaui at arms having command of the forag
and postmaster, for w hich we ing party went straight to a con ■
had tu use. but was defeated, venieui chair from w hich lie
climbed up the window casing
aud thence to 'lie shelf where
the whisk\ was kept. FinUiugj
a new deiiiijtdin he signaled to;
his coiupauioiiH, and altera do/
en of the largest went to his its
sistauce. Uraduallv crowding. . - .
themselves between the top <m'j IV'1 "'elllll liliS'tlltes o| tin
tin1 tieniijohn and the wall, they 1 y.1''1" 1 I1S', a'!. . 1,1
managed to tip it from the hot -1 lim,,s US,M' ',x t'"" htnese
The capacities of women for
business show s a wider and wid-
er range a- opportunity offers.
A Floiida wo.uan writes by iu
vituti ni io th • Northwest Lum-
berman.ni vit r In'i exper'n nee in
luauauiutr a sawmill. Sin is
the mother ot aim* children and
was compelled to take a saw
mill to recover money which she
had lent on mortgage. She
Tin- proof I have that we liave
no use for them is in the person
of Mr. Hurkc, who was the as
sistnnf sergeant at arms at the
last session, who can speak for
himself, if I state it incorrect-
ly. He did the work, at the
last session, for nine days at a
knowing this I lelt the j'ol. |ju. S( rgnaiit at arms.
assistant sergeant at arms ^his
own office> also that
master, while the r«
were loaliug about drawing
their live dollars per tlay. I
asked Mr. Burke if it were pos-
sible thai lie could do the work
soliie \ ears an*> In
Mayers, and deeid
Dr.
aegoweti admits that yuupow
used is a I i il l o pea 11
Anterior lo its trait
ulatiou I \ Sell>vait/ ii was
CI tide colli pi ill ||i | of litl II- Use in
propel I i He- missiles. Thi.. i\ -
the writer, is the article iir.-t
used in China. The iucciuliat \
materials stated b\ a (ireek
historian to have been employ
against Alex
stated to ha vi-
ed bv tin- 11 itidii
tinder's arm\ an
been merely the naphthoic, or
■ an-
earl v
The
ceived letters from every por
tioti of the state, from the farm
ing communities, insisting that
1 should lill out my time. Not
th
OI
ill III- ' lll~ ,l,0 " 11 1 ■•* ••• " '• , .. I . o I It
I of post torn, when it was sin easy mat j -,7 . . " -^* Su .""V """
al offici rs ter to send it crashing to the hinese jiir;tles, iit, appears.
I drawinir Then ensued a scene in ," ( -nubodiau invention I).
descrlbable. The whole mob also that as
the twellth or thirteenth centu
came tumbling over one jiuoth . . .
. er to the spilled whisky, aud I r^' .,l htnese attempted sub
at they expected any relorm ()j- three, lie replied that iie eagerly drank what did not run I Jnan,lJ' UIIV. eoiitnviug rude
retrenchiiieiit from thi •; body, ,.oU|d very easy. It was for this away tltroiiifh the the cracks iu t°rpedoes lor tin purpose
Ci nn
■i o| i hi■
esteril I'l'tlll
but that tltey wanfe 1 to b > sup-
plied with tile record, with
which to prepare for th
test to take place two years in
the future. For ii is a well
knew nothing of the business, known fact that nothing can be
but put her son-in-law iu diarg *1 done iu the shape of reform
and watched the results. Iu a where there are twenty nine
short time she found that lie had lawyers to one farmer and one
no capacity for the business; merchant. A lawyer gets as
much pay for ten minutes'
work as a farmer does for ten
day's labor. An 1 it is impossi-
ble for a lawyer to sympathize
with tin* toiling farmer, espe-
cially llll |e|' the I".ul ofoppves
siou which the latui 'r has to
bear: not t'ia: I d >ub: the law-
yer s hone ay -noi at all. I fear
his inability to appreciate the
poor man's condition. The law-
yer has never experienced the
fiiriner's hardshius in his stllliT
•asy
reason that you have defeated
him for seargant at amis. I
mean IV r this reason that lie ad
mittcd that lie did till all three,
and could do it again. You
beat him for tin- purpose of put
aud then she undertook to man
age tin* mill herself, which she
has done witl success. Her ad-
vice, based U;> 'II experience, is
good for otln r luisiaessess be
side rawing br iber, if the nec-
essary mod if a'
Here is the pi -
fill that you ue
chinery, stioa
ion • ar. made,
.fit : "B care
the best lil.'l-
aiul heavy
himself well he rose
ting in your friends whom you to drive the topers out, and,
brought here from a distance. I i looking through the cracks in
was nstouishednt Senator lions the Iloor, saw another army un
ton, of San Antonio, to whom 1 det-the house as drunk from
showed my resolution abolish the leakings as those iu the
ing this olfiee. He approved it j house. He says that while he
and said lie was with me. itui had a whole lot of amusement
lie was mistaken. I found him it was at the expense of both
to be tin- hardest enemy I had to his pocket and reputation, and
livhr. Whv : Because, sir. lie ! lie has put a la hiiitf around
In
the floor. iTt abom ten uiiuute.s {""I l^'unitiv. ntor exhibited
there were in the neighborhood ''-"jl" ,n.'
of loo horned toads as drunk as . .a 'j1"
drunk could be, and having; A'' >!,-N" u ! ' hinese
more fun than a circus. After j '""covered the explosive naiure
Of nitre. sul|ihiir and charcoal
in combination, lhe\ were l.ag
lau
enough to stand the bad tre it
itietit of the awkward hands.
Buy the most durable belts, no 'farmer's hardships in his strug
matter what hey cost, for half with poverty and adversity
the failures in our backwoods to supjiort his wife and genef
mills are caused by breakingof ally a nuineious oll'sjn ing on
bolts. And win it a complete the farm. He was uh. 1:wyeri
is secuted locate when
outfit
voit can get timber and sell
lumber. Keep your machines
iu good order, taking especial
care of all parts of sight. Fay
your hands in cash, and not in
promises, for they work for the
money
the
iliess.
shut down
perhaps raised iu luxury aud
case, and highly educated -
having never wanted
thing. Hence the dilfemv of
his feelings from those farmers
who are making a scanty and
bt'i an hi here with him a man for
till' place! Hetice, lie coltld not
\ote lo abolish the office with
out antagonizing friend, who
did not i^et tin* place. I am triad
lo say. Not that 1 have any
thiiigagaitist.him but I am down
on that principle. Again. Lieut.
(Itiv. Utbbs brought a young
man here from Kockwall Co..tan
editor 1 understand, and a nice
voting man i. for jutstinasier.
Uence. 1 klloW perfectly weli
lor any- ,|i;i| IIIN miu< rity report will be
defeated; for tlie young man
place, and of
posted his
lung
the demijohn aud stopped up
tin- cracks in the cabin.—Bodie
i ('al.,) Free Press.
'Frisco's First Paper.
"Yes, I was one of the pioneer
journalists on the Pacific coast"
said Kdward C. Kimball to a
reporter for the New York Mail
and Express, "and right well do
I renieder what a tough lime we
gards it its application, from
inability to perfect its manufac
tare. so. in the use of Preurms.
failingto prosecute expei iment.
they are found behind in tln-
matter of scietililic gunnery .
must have the
course (Jibbs hits
Tola Green County is the
largest area in Texas. It is un
sin passed ni the Si a 11 fi-rcli
uiai". variety of si*iI. ada plat ion
to every specii's of husl','<ltdr\.
and is especially remarkable
I'm the number of its uperior
water pov\ers. Its uuni-rotis
streams are li\ ing streams, coin
ing from large springs ne\ei
known to be exhausted, and t he
water is alwavs fresh aud pure.
The county only ahoni four
years organi/ed: has ;iii est itnaJ
newspaper men used to have ^ 1";P"h.ti and Ho.
among the miners and deeper-:,MM'
aloes of those early days. I i esohl annual
left New York in'Febniary.j'.) • V /'"" I'
J^. the clip of W he'll, II I s est I III !l led
jtnises, for they work lor the pr,.carious living for themselves lo put him there and
mey and not for any love „ud fainilies on the farm I will ),e will <et it -anil his livedo!
•y have for you or your litis- Hay to you Mr. President, that |arfj ,iuv Senators have
•ss. Winn you can't pay the farmers of Collin Co.. the commenced' to bring there
friends here from every quarter
of the state, to be appointed to
office, pleading for them "pov-
erty," poverty ! We put in last
year as many as seven clerks at
once, not that we needed more
that at the time, but the young
men were poor and brought no
money with them, and had to
have five dollars a day to get
back home on. Now. gentlemen
of t he senate, I say: If our com-
missioners courts are not doing
past season, have not made
more than one half of a crop.
A Nan Who is His Own Uraml. and is one ofthe banner farming
father. counties of the state, so far as
' the soil is concerned. And 1 am
A young fellow out West with ofthe opinion that there will be
plenty of time and genius, has hundredsol farmers sold out at
figured out how a man can Sheriffs'sales, to pay taxes, ami
become his own grandfather, thai they will have to depend
and this is the way lie does it: upon the uncertainty ol atioih
"I married a widow who had er season to raise the necessary
a grown up daughter. My father money with which to redeem
visited our home very often, their property. I, myself, have . ... .. _
fell in love with my daughter seen several trying to mortgage their duty lam willing to vote
married her. So my father be-, their stock, which are fxctnpt j ul, }l ),})j f(, j',,|-ce them to do it:
came my son-in-law and my ^•1 f''V?**1}.^'V.* i. for I am in favor of each coun
ty taking care of its own pnu-
pers, and of forcing them to
quit sending their paupers here
to be
of T
I have no friends to rew ard no
enemies to punish, but I think
if a crying sin an unpurdon
able sin to niortgag" f he home
steads of old decrepid people,
widows and orphans. t< raise
funds to give to stout, healthy
young men, who are able to
work, and thus encourge them
lew 1 OIK III
1H40, Oil t he clipper ship Hl'oo
lyii for Sun Francisco. 1 took
with me an old fashioned Bam
age woollen printing press, such
as is now on exhibition at the
museum iu Washington, a few-
will be worth next y ear $1*7.
000.
Jsau Angelo county seal is md
a railway town. If on the con
trary. a inarveilotislv piosper
fonts of long primer and brevier I !M,S town, lorced into be
type,and a small stock ofincd ngai.d (.rosperity by the ore-
iuiu sized paper. The voyage ^ ol the sheep and c. -
around the ilorn consumed six things of m;ghborhood.
months. (In arriving at Verba H is count \ seat ol the faitu>u-
Hueiut, for that was the nam.' '•« "«> • Ion. l.iven. the |«rg-
by Which the present city of ^ nud best watered .oitniy tu
Salt Francisco was then known, j rXa" • *>•' • 1 a « w tu
1 hunted about some time before ! f,,ts ;l""1 Wl,s ""
hud a place to set upl",,,,w ,u h\HUl\y. fV;"M:V,'a's
Al length I hired a .l,s 'V " H,l,m
>1(1 windmill, and a 1 1 . .. ,
.I,i> < l „ lult-r ..p.-ti.-a 1 l)"" ""l""
ever was at hand for economy it
is now. Now is the time! Ilitt
step-daughter my mother, be" while they raise their forth-
cause she married my father, coming crops. Sir. il the turn
Sometime afterward my wife
had a son. He is my father's .
brother in :a v and my uncle, with this machine democracy,
for he is the brother oftny step- claiming to be the pure .butioc
mother. My lather's wife! nanu>- racy, yet run purely by ma
|y, my step-mother, had a son ehinery, it is impossible to
lie is mv b,other, and at the uconomize for this r-ason. Sir.
same time mv grandchild, for ' every depaitnient in this state
he is the son'of mv daughter, government is united: aye from
My wife is my grandmother, governor down, to the humblest
because sli • is mv mother'!) P°rt«r. And to count the de
mother and I am my wife's portments, and the different
•fcilsbniitland grandchild at the asylums and their clerks ami
same time; aad as the husband their employees, will run to
i o|f, Thut
'l " «5 1 upon the s ate to th<, } fth<||||
I ex as ut five dollars p.-rday fitaimd
of a person s grandmother is
his grandfather, 1 am my own
grandfather."
A New
am Jtitit chin
In *, but tin*
to proceeil wl
til the wotiia i
ik undertaker at
n- sharp game
' holding a
t seems that
a poor wo-
infant. The
was fifteen dol-
lei taker refused
tile buiial Mil-
settled an old
nearly five hundred, ami with
these united in solid phalanx
it is impossible for n man oppos
ittgolle of these d-'pin tmetifs to
ever yet a nomination for an\
office: for when von ittemnt to
cut down th" salary of one of
their clerks,all fie d« , a"tue iit .
cb-rks and their nj o\'>-e-. fl\
at you For thus idling the
tril'li in .egard i • the nm'f' i,
they really think 1 am their
Iiersonal einaiiv . But I am not.
honestly believe that there is
in their idleness -five dollars . . ..
per day wlic, not needed. It pn^' by my suliscribers.
is unreasonable to give boys
and negro porters two dollars a
day. when I left fo,ircnrpMnters
working for me at *l." o per day
each at home boarding flu ut
e|ves and desirous to wo|U -ill
winter a, lit • same pi e.
th
Thi -e thousand visitors a
y eat go thiol,gh lie* Mammoth
i'ave, iu KeiilU' ky . The cave
is oi tin* lite of the I. uisvilb-
nud Nashville railway, lomiles
from the neiirest station. I'lie
c «st of stopping over, including
debt of sixteon dollars. As he not a department in the state
held the cor se and the burial to day but that be run at half a moderately extensive cvplora .
permit, he w ,s apparently ma*- the cost now paid out. And I Hon of the cave i« riboiti A|0 to one morning Mint I had deci
ter of tie- sbnation. Theregis- hmiestly believethaf • latin- e.teii j i'i-on. to start foi ihe uiiuing
" ' in- intra*!on of the *.i .f f ,,ts. at once, lull promi-c 1 my read
A cow boy. his saddle and eis f ha: should my life be spared during tie uiuht hieing eateti
urn tare. wei«h one fourth a- I would conic TOi«k sonietian then. Italy is imt down on the
trar of deaths upun bfing
aoil-
■ Vlts.
formed of the case ordered the during the past two ven-s. w.,s
to bury the body at the most extravagant iu the his
1 could
my press.
loft in au <
or two later openeu i lie
lirst newspaper office thai had
been established in the town.
The Star was the name of my
venture. The lirst issue con
tained news already six mouths
old. Thai made no difference
town, as the
the first iu
telligetice of events ill the east
whid, f hey had see,, for months.
The Star was a medium sized
sheet, having three colums to
the page, and was old 12 12
cents a copy. My lirst supple-
ment contained an nccottui of
the battle of Biieua Vista. and
was received with much siir-
inany compliments for my en-
terprise in publishing the nc-
cou,ii of the battle, although it
had tnketi place five months
before. It is needless to say
that I was obliged to do nil the
writing, type setting and press
work on the paper myself. I
vs rote and composed ny editor
ialslt, type wni,e landing at
the case. SoonaOi , I had be
cmnc well establi: 11* d in my
w iud . • i i 11 olfic the mini,i'.'
fever broke out. mid. being un-
able to resist the the fever my
self, | announced in my pane,
•eh led
to stati fo, the mining '-ounti
southwest, former county seat.
In the fall of Iss-j j,n iiapri •<*f•! I
ed rise in the river dulugcd Ben
Ficklin and destroy ed its ,„e
tropolitnu hopes. Sail Allgelo.
at the forks of tin' Middle and
North Concho rivers, became at
once the center of business, and
was soon made the county seat.
In altitude the local ton is
IHHH feet above ||,e Sea level,
and the site is a little broken
and slopes towaid the river, on
the opposite bank of which is
Fort Concho, during la-t yea,
some 171! new buildings were
erected, TO being bu«d,ies-
hotiscs Farm ami Kauch.
Prof Porchon.
ing it mii!
change."
getting a
lloW Ve,'\
loaf III e\
It ti111;t 11
All tin* pooi-
die on a certain day are buried
on the same e\eitiug in a pit
jllst outside the city
cent child being ihr<
the dead convict.
V. idle, te|; -4 t,f see
blollgllt b I .'•'le i
tinU• d on It I' ar,''
backs of tlicit frieie
occ.t don. tiber fln |
had lieen clo^ 1. i wi
found lyii - oitisidi
Iwen missed bv the
To avoid opening tl
were left outside to
Me 'Uierism i - no m-u thin
|l ha s bee.i li|oUL'lll befoli tiii
public in book . Icefurcs and
experiments so oft an thai peo
of Naples who pie every w I?eii are familial w ith
" pi-ciiliai foi in of pei ^o,ial mag
net ism The ipiiet town of
N'iiti'land, N. .1 . cone-- lo lie*
front a ith a my stetiou- mestiie,
i/.et The \ iin-lmd
wi t! -r |s i t rii i • n
• • Ah
the Itilto
•sii in with
A recent
n bo«|ies
.lie- j .1-
w • aad thi
*. < >U one
I f the pit
cor J s were
that had
workmen,
pit they
be put into
W o, | d e
tie d la
is all eh
j|U OlB'lil
i
table Ji J
he lo.)
«lU'o, de
the one to be opeled fi"\t day.
In the tnol llillg. I|' w el el. they
were nowhere to be found dog -
hi- U1
beca ii.i
cam.11
to, I I .
colt ft • I
a > i'
\\
I!
I>
h
i I
Ii a -I ot
,
lill.. fl!
I III i 'A
tipdi. I
sella, g'
e\li] lit
nin
vl
WIPI'f 4R fs.
it aais been a- certi.nu- « .
stiulighi penetrate-- tin- waters
of I . I, • I i :.c\ m ft ; .fejith of
I To un te, s
Il ten paiis o| colloiliot, are
apdi'd to fifteen paits i f creo-
sote, a ort of jelly is obtained
which is mote convenient to ap-
ply to decayed teeth than ereo-
sole iii the liquid fi ii in.
I'lte propel ail- iii •• of air
Hi I 'a 11 a< kv i •• ''I to cii bic fee, p *r
man iu I*', oope. and l.ooo in In
dia Foi hospitals, | •>«m cubic
Ii el pel b.-d in r.utope. and
I..-s«m in India. Ho,■- «•* require
in Ku^laud 1 .tWiocubic fee, each,
or nearly as much its three men.
I lie wood of t lie chest illlt tree
y ields tannic acid in quantity
and quality snperio, that of
any wood hitherto m i ■d for the
pi. post \ pi oce s ,i| e.\t':c
tion lias beim found which w ill
[<•: s f h:.li
.Ol
,1 le il I. I
. 1,.. I
.1.1
a. H
• >I.I
■ ■ III; lie ,
II p! S <111.
- thai no
•lllle
w i I i
fia
ad
ne i
d.
II ,o
.1 be
I II
..i ut Ii/ d ir. Nov. it i fie-'; i
iImi ti >\ 11 lasi from
tea y ear- thai ; he :j'a-
ollt'olied so :is to b
cheaper means of illuiiiiiial t,i
i Itat fi a! gas; w llile I l;e nil i he,
ii si ovcry has been Iliad mo in.
t he pa y eat I hat with i,.e ga
ts ii fin I, iron ami sti . | ran b,
itia1111fa« 1111ei 1 cheapt'i than
any w here ei e on cat l Ii I n I lie
City of Pit |s|iui:;ll inline, oil-
gas Well- have III ell opened,
and tin' iie.it yoi I lien tin in
ilia le 11se of to dispell i \\ ,I ii
con I a lionet |,e, A w on- lei i uI
ie\ (ilui ion in I he iron iudn -i i y
is predicted, because ut th"
chcaptie s ufthe te w I'llel I'lle
cost of driving and tubing a
gas well i> a mere I, ill.- com
pared with tin* • spetise of min
tug and catry big coal and cok •
to where it is ueci|ei 1. and then
there is a very great -avim. in
labor, for. as every one knows
coal is cost|y to handle. \ short
time since it seeitied as if \hi
haunt was destined to take the
iron iu dust,y aw ay from l>-
sy Ivaiiii: but by meam
natural gits fuel. \V
sylv jtniu at least will be enabled
to mni Main its si,|irei,iacy . not
only foi producing tin*cheapest
iron in this country . Imt it may
be enabled to undersell Fug
land's icon, tai ill"or no tai ill
Demote i s Monthly
A l imine Hinhc/zler.
A wonderful story of animal
intelligence has been comuiiiui
cjited to the editor of tin- |{ev lie
Scielililiqite, by I'tof Fontaine,
ofthe by cecal \ ei ail'e . aud
is corroborated in c\cry detail
by his companion in I In mlv en
I lire, i he I *i of. - or • if Mai le
malic a; ih anie iu aitntioti.
I Un ii g th ir v acati n la I an
t M 111II I IIese I,!I • 111 |emen follll I
I 111 111S- e IV e ill |)|V el III • ■ \V 11 i 11 -
gi ling about tin lio.n I ley ie i
I jced that till V Wei e followed
everywhere by a beaut iflil span
n i. of which at Iii st took im uo
lice. Alliacted however, by
the a ii i nut 1' p< i - iso uci . ; le y
looked closely at il and I oil tul
iHat round its neck wa < .i -m til
pad locked box. vv i I h a a i u - c, i p
lion asking for aim foi omc
poor schools. Tile profe-s'i|
.lie a -sio ed t ha t I In- do:, rein,
ni/ei| tiii-ui as ton, is| by th ii
clothes, and as theiefi.ri likely
to give willingly. II o VVe \ e |
til! ni.'tv be, M Fontaine drew
a penny from hi pocket, and
was about to put it in l lie bo\
but I lie dog prev i li I *-< I thi - by
holding its head over the open
ing, and seizing the coin in iis
mouth with great quickness,
ran away. A lew minute Intel
tliev passed a bakei hop.
ami saw their collecting friend
seated on tle counter, and up
parent ly enjoy ing to it In art '-
content a loaf which if had pin
chased fi.: the penny ' Tliisre
uiarkiible story seemed to the
editor ofthe Ifevite Scicut i liq lie
to need confirmation, w hidi w ;i -
supplied by the follow itlg let
note from
• >1 lie, witness; "I
deuce with much
thaf of my ftietnl M
with regard to tin
Tom Leonard. coa< liman
A. I M:g« on. ,u t'oiritigion.
fautfit n itd<| col! in
charge a variety oi f
will -1jiimI M tth hi
on the -n.1 of a bat
• r k tied at eiuuuui
iii • lore foot a ■ iI" in ;TT-
diakie hand • lie will
I llili I feel in 1 id
t.il
II po
the
II. ii
a I s.
and
up
coacliinan iu riild
: with Id shoe.,
i follow through ih
il t lie couchUlUIt oil',
aaiis t l e coll will
Oil ill
i.. 11
I U . I 1 e I
tempi III
otfel'S. Ill
and i mi
ii in i ill vv i
will also
i lie floor ;1111
liitiiself. ami
11 g lie-
lb v\ i i I
i- barn.
Is | o go
•III III
stairway in a!
aud il chain ■-
-tea I I iie whip
|OW
will
round wiili ii in in
I II II III III lUOIllll I le
pick up a In a h ti u.
einleav oi t-1 brush
like I lick Till liill'-
Hlac
dead
Mess.
Fx.
will lie dow il
if
I'lie Queen's rrlliafc to tbir'l hi.
Tile wa\ collllterpai I of the
llotal wreath sent by ijiieen
\ iiioria lo be placed on Pii si
• lent Uarliehl's c illin is cum
pleb d Foi I Wo yea i > tin- (|c
siguei ha In en a I vviii k n | on
the fia 1111•, and as a hioi ii at
work of art it i - of inn- h v 11 n-
Il i - :i In u v y Ir.tun of Kn ;!is|i
• ink, made from I In* vi •• •< i of an
on k I I ee I 11 a I - I Ol iii for•'.{IM, \ e.11 -
a in I was cut i lo vv u i y the 11, i 11 s I,
at lie- battle o| Wul' iloo to
build a bridge The fraiin i
eiigraveil with i<ai. h-ave-
(■••pi acio-s iln 111vve, border,
W here the lose, hu ll is t||e
queen's favorite flower. iliO-1
twines w ith the holly hock \f
tile lop of (l,e fl a II,e . le e,|'; i ;i v
ed the sword, hie).I and Ibble,
surmounted by the
Iln- riuht the I ni'
the I
oi ainis, am
< i i eat I h itai
i H
pin I ■
W ol d
li -id
w | i 11'
| >oii
■ •;t ri
if I Ii
mil \
aud
d
olO
\
ud •
on il
•' 1
■I !
'J', I
oil
te 1
garii'i ,
*s; a f i s e
ft thai
''a is
li e eU I!,!
o I he I
- ile- lo|
pti m ■
v\ I
of
l li I
sl i align hit
Cleveland
i ■ pi 11 I { ■ j mi bl i ea
Herald
The <puulril|ic<rs Supcriar I'uw e,
()ne ev
tin- wriiei
.oci ;i I ga ill'
in a Wi-i
aliii vatii
pi.'i v >-i|. all
le . • o cul
i
llll!;
• li
folk
illl'
Il
■I '
IH
many y ea
of llll |t|e
i ill : of y oiiiiu
♦t,sin villa.'-
i game- hie
inv living in-
,i tory j u nci n ■ -,
was a I It I! i It I he e \e| I I e .-{11 I
we all- -al aioiiiel in lie fi.e,t
pa riot eat ing nitisand pop com
\ v e?y line New fi ai lid I a lid do.-
lay -lretched >>ni lieut tie lii•
ami I a i lie, tin lively da ugh t it
ol tin' host e i a I h'd I b un- to
Iter, odd hi il lo stand up, ami
a III 11 sei| Us for so 111' I lee- by
phe ing kerind > ol corn on hi -
mi c, and ,'cpeaIiii;: ' Me ,
two, three lire' ' when t lie I o u
Would to - till' colli up, cat. 'i il
and eat it w it It much i -I h
She the,, tuade liiin lie I•.v\ i
ami roll over, and do \ at Ion -
flicks, litially closing by hav in„
hint stand u In - In ad \ tin*
noble dog resiim d his natural
the
i * 1 • I my i . i
pleasure to
Fontaine.
IIIV erness
dog I saw it refuse to allow a
penny to be put iit tIn bov il
cairn d. and taking the coin iii
its mouth, get on tic counter of
a bake,'-, shop, lln-re depoi t
|,o
W
ition Can ie said t
. " There, <
can i do that .1 i,st
i,io11<iatt. iV h'-ii all
still oil the ||| Ig. Ill' ||
hi huilii'lies a ml ci
v Igori
with !
ti
Ills
iis
di doil
don't
t 'iii' I i ie
• ', y o||
at iliat
•yes were
•oppe.l
' III iii.
. hi
the '
■ a.
• in
lie. I
ly s, i.11«-hi11•„ his • •.-11
hind fi ii >tiu t he ••!('( n I
•e a v i> ki d Ih a. \i
believe I i an, aid
i hai lie. "nor \ mi eii her " \ nd
I le-,i a cy c|i e of laiig iter
swept through the Mum, and
(', III i'-'s t-hl '. We,e I he Colo,
' if ' lie | ei I. 11 i I I «e I In ' • 1 ■'
oil old lay I i,oit i m
lie 11'ial A11V ert i I I
\ tllO,, 'el is -;t
bee I, d isf'i iVel'i'd ill
le ill I Oil' y . I ililloi
1 * si I i I ie I a - il * : ill'.
■ tlt.it 'fan
hav
di
id to
the Wool I
W hlcll i
,'t llead ,i
e^ro. a in c|.
ii ci o • ret
f?
.. iiit • i, t \ e; i a 11 ' d
habit ; i u d i e |• i i
t ec.'i |e u, - hnrii..
w in'' rev« bigs |e h
the _'e -I- at Ii hotel col,sld
ernble a,tiu.se,ic-nt 1 iy display
itlg his itiesiiieiic jiovtei , hut
of late his i-.VpetiliieUls hav
caused general consternation.
Il seen;- that th ladies ol <h
hole] v ichb d r«*uililv to Ith in
tl uence, nud each Wi atld ittnig
i„e hei seil tie* wife of Alcnut o a
i
■•th
un ,
w a?
\ I i <
hi*
the
th*
\ h
t ji * ii \
s, i nek
• ked t« i
bee,, of]
animal
•t
I f.
lie w
W all:
hit le
i" ul
n ai ' ■
.•oh it
uly
nitfc
• hi
swims by
and down
ai
ei
ail an
A pun
ea ptni
I'ri hue
•trik
lie'I'
d
al
of teiemih, <vi,h it tin like fen
I ^ lllih. il N h ' V* ♦ It't'l i jl*
1 i .u.e, in*. eii.ti Iio A m>■ i i■
• n an lie d W .i !> i, ; ; ■ ,> ni
that ;t irain running at the rate
• I '.Wiiity | i \ e Utiles all holll",
vv.j.s stopped ill (lie short space
of ix wondst and wiflon a
di-tanct of i wi-utv vard
TW MM to
• attmnTrn eefiiwW; ns wdl a#?
lire, a ltd will be useful iu pte-
se, \ ing \ aluabh p-ip.-i s. 11 i
light. ihough tmissHe iii >|p-
pe,'trance.
At a nil i a i ng of the lb iy al I ie
ologicitl Society o| t'ore.vv all.
Fuglii ml, Prof i •- i i|- W :i r ri tig I on
s ny I h drew a, lent ioli to I he
i.'inpontine of tin deep mines,
i > pei* i a 11 y tho.se ol ,\ev at la. tin-
..leal Ileal of whit h lie scribed
to chemical changes going oil iu
I iie lode it si*| f.
11 i s j epol |ei| t hit I I '(of ( ).
S.-ii's. i f Ch, i--liana, received
t vvo y i a, - agi • s, .me ni ud
taken fi oi ii the bottom of
ail \ u 11 :i I i.i u I.I ke by a Not •
wcgia11 geologist Recently he
|ilaeetI tlie mud in a -mall aqua
tia and on-ceeded in producing
fi• im ii quite u fnttiia of Austra-
lian fresh wuter invertebrates.
\n interest ing experiment fo
ascertain fin* effect o| arttlicia 1
heat on vegetation utis bei-n
m i 11■ by Hartheh iuy . lb* ar
ran. "d ;i number of hv acinths
i't uiit -s.- in ;i ciieh' aioiiml the
pip' of a -tov e, ami al'tei some
line found that the mot ■ as
sinned ,a nearly liori/oiilal po-
sition. oi a direction iibnosl at
right Oe 11 ■ with the pipe.
I'h' late *i sin" i*i luxury is
an iu ti uiiienl by w huh incis-
ions can be i,note without uiv
ing paiu It consist • of a knil'i
w h ieli is i eg a hi t ei| by ;i watch
a I f; i c h 1111 nt. -o thill it .nlvauces
.at ilie rale of only one inch iu
six llotl, - \ s|j;J|! e||s;-,,ion
of unea-ini-s i pi ,t11(i ed.w hieli
do* s ||iit. j 111 w i •; . ; • ' - \ e|(, the
pill i' lit fl olli goi-lje t- I ep
Moituin a?t a nd i i 11e i s|
II ' llll 1 I-111 I . I i. I .11- IV llll a
s pill kl i11:a ppi a ri,nc. i >y di i t
ill'.- I SJI||.| III.I .1 Ulldel S, e'. || I
pl'i 1,11 II p. at I hi "il 11 I h 11 I he
and en' i In ni l.i. but d • -
1111, ad In a i i i i \ i h i u li Illi of
ox i'h i •- ' un formed which
'and im pie iii e\p.isuii
a' i n i iii i ■ . \ ■ t ,ij. • 111 ni is si,
tliili ! I ,i! 11 • c,lively ad aii1 > of
oi ' I iua! y a; - -a a i • •,111• 11;.
I ln- J.'n iii h ' - o m ... " i
•'av in„ e"iis|i n tei| ubii'. | iaiye
and costly -] i- daI nundiiia 1 • <1 s
to aid in t In ci u-t i ie t ion of
light armored, swift cruise,**,
the .if tie -. appliance. i a
sin .u ing ap|iii,,','n- for cutting
up s( el plates ■ ii« i mii iii I hi' k
tie ■ I In• total wi !11 of this
machine and the u.: e- to ope-
rati ii combined * i~ about thir-
t v tiv e ton
.\ London si i.ii, i,ie paper
a V I hilt t lie "hi red ily i if lo,l
ge\ ity" seems to be certain,
VV 11 it te\ el lliay lie t ||e . ,| se ;i > to
the lieredtt v of gi ilia-- Iu Mte
cast of Sir Moses N|111:1•'|i< i, e i|ie
pat en, died a I Ti'. ot •• at >'i. his
'latidfnthei jo s, |(j^ grand-
tie it her ,'it !. le i I }jr 1 t 7"> .Hid
<ti . and sj .|ei. ,|, s'j ami
I In* -e zive .an average hutgev itv
M years, w hile those of ,he par
eats and -nnclpurcut * of Sir
Moses .rive an aveiagi of s.'t
v ears.
R-dleil gold is manufai tured
'lias Vn ingot of brass Js e,-i«.f,
and while i, i- y hot a thin
layer of gold alloy is pi.,,red
'•J on it W in ti t' • ingot t!o,s
covered beeoue - < , |i| i, is forc-
ed bet wee,I s j ee| folli'lS UUtil 11
l ing tliili ribbon is pt .cured, of
which tin.' pi't ipo, | n in of gold
and brass js.ut course,the -auto
its that of the ingot '('I,,, pel
ci'titage of gold i> often reduced
very low soutciuie- to 'J and
pc cent. This ,*o|h I ^..Id in
clcap bracelets and vvutch
chains hist< for ten venrs.
I ir. Knf tiso,i. in ' i i i da
bailee,, cites at i Utile «I i !i.* \ -
ample if,he fact tha a t« i«|-
te ss tu, one unicoi tend to
. \t e. • 'm a,11 fhe,. n t 'anadiMt
geiithnitn who consulted him
had 'ak u daily I n-n al
ycat's but to twi t ,y ur.to..- of
morphia suticulainHitisiy, sj xty
t i ninety gruiit - of chloral, .and
one ,o two pints ,tf w his ky. Vet
the man was suffering an oigan*
ic trouble of the heart. The
• 1 .•! -i titles that as a sjMirilic
for "ex opium habitues" he
knows .,f no me "
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