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.. Kill. ehAKia That liu.TLI.
1" hi Hah as Well as Oilier.
Ibo fato of Captain Webb at the
' ftancholv interest in similar occur
01 luagaiit umuijj anucuuu u
Laps, a correspondent of The Union
as been at pains to furnish the fol
loffing in relation to Bam Patch's ex
ploits in this place, clipped from a
Jjtj paper of an early date.
SAM PATCH'S LAST LEAP.
We aro often requested by trav
el and others to republish the par
ticulars of Sam Patch s last leap from
the falls, dub not waving in our pos
session any newspaper files of tha
year we are unable to do so. In an
Ler to an inquiry in our daily yes
terdav, Mr. Henry Scranton, of this
(jty, lias iurmaiieu uo irom ma pn
loan took place on Friday, the Cth o
November, 1829; distance 100 feet,
He went down in fine style, and rose
n the surface amid the huzzas of the
multitude. The number of persons
present was estimated at 7,000 to
8 000, The last and fatal leap,which
took place one "week after, was adver
tised in the Antimasonio Inquirer as
follows:
HIGHER YET; SAM'S LAST JUMP.
"Some things can be done as well
as others.
There is no mistake in Sam Patch
Of the truth of this he will endeavor
to covince the good people of Roches
ter and vicinity, next 1 nday, Novem
ber 13, at 5 o'clock p. m. Being de
termined to astonish the natives o:
the west before he returns to the Jer
seys, he will have a scaffold twenty
five feet in height erected on the
brink of Genesee falls, in this village,
from which he will leap fearlessly
into the abyss below, a distance of
125 feet. Sam's bear(at three o'clock
precisely) will make the same jump
and follow his master, showing
conslusively that some things can
be done as well as others. Mor
ever, Sara hopes that all the good peo
ple that attend this astonishing ex
hibition will . contribute something
towards remunerating him for the
seemingly hazardous experiment,
The following is the Antima sonic
Inquirer s notice of the exploit
"The ominous expression contained
in the reckless .Patch s advertisement
has been fearfully vindicated. It was
indeed his 'last jump.' He jumped
from a staging twenty-five feet above
the brink of the falls into the
below, from whence his body has not
yet been recovered. A variety of reas
ons are given for the fatal termina
tion of this presumptuous feat. All,
however, concur in saying that Patch,
from some cause or other, did not re
tain the same position while descend
ing or strike the water as he did
on the former occasion. It was a
useless and daring exposure of
human life, which having resulted
disastrously, creates a train of painful
reflections. We would not dwell up
on this distressing scene, and yet
we can not banish it from our
thoughts. We still see the frail mor
tal standing, as it proved,on the brink
or eternity! The teraned imagination
follows him from the giddy height,
through the thin air, into the deep,
dark chasm below! It lingers but a
moment of breathless and agonized
suspense ! The waters troubled a mo
ment in swallowing their victim, and
are at rest ! The expiring bubbles an
aounce that the spirit has departed,
leaving the body in the "dark bosom
of ocean buried!" The multitude
shrink away abashed and rebuked,
Hoctester (X.Y.) Union.
The tie Lesseps Family.
N. Y. Tribune.
M. de Lesseps returned in haste
from London recently to see how his
ninth child, Paul, was getting through
a typhoid fever. This is the one
fair-haired member of the familv
He looks like a youthful Hebrew of
me uerman type, and does not Te
semble either parent. Not one of the
ten has a de Lesseps phsiognomy.
They are all, with the exception of
numbers nine and ton, the pictures of
ilme. de Lesseps. She is a Creole
dy. The Mauritus was her birth
place, and her parentage was Anglo
French. Benjamin is the name of
the baby boy, who is just ten days
old. lie was exhibited by the proud
father to his visitors on the morning
on which he told me of the negotia
tions which he had brought, as he be
lieved to successful issue inEngland.
The infant Benjamin was not more
dotted than a bambino in a holy
family, lie had on a little sleveless
&it of garment of a soft woolly sort
f cotton, which dii not, when he
ar,td to ciion of
hU ttther limbs. II. Le&sps hates j
i ee a Lntly dred child, -Le
tays, "does UtUr for an
:.t in temj-trAte aui wna Cl-
i'stLan :Le Jrt-rUr"f art cani
Ittiilly do. She civ;s it rn ttvelope '
of fat tissue which keeps it warm, and
w ui,jr vi u iresu nam and grace
ful movements." He never suffered
more clotning on his boys and girls
than the standard of decency required.
Ihese little dressed up creatures with
frills, sashes and knitted leggins,
which make theui seem first cousins
to bantam fowls, positively grate up
on his nerves.
M. de Lesseps preaches that the
children of the rich are over-fed, over
dressed and under exercised. He was
brought up in many respects like a
young savage just as ho is rearing
his little folk and he thinks that
had it not been for his father's appre
ciation of the unadorned beauty of in
fants and dislike of finely-clad and
pampered babyhood, he (M. de Les
seps) would not have preserved his
vitality so far into old age as he has
done. The basis of a strong consti
tution was laid in a free and natural
childhood. At the age of five he was
no more afraid to ride a mettlesome
horse that the Arab of the dssert. be
fore his boys and girls were old
enough to play marbles and dress
dolls, he gave them ponies and took
them out to ride in the environs of
Pans.
The Texas & St. Louis road is
now regularly open for business over
its entire line, and through trains are
running from Cairo to Jonesboro,
Camden, Pine Bluff and Texarkanat,
Arkansas, and Tyler, Corsicana,
Waco, McGregor and Gatesville.
Texas. The Northern or Missouri and
Arkansas division of the road is re
markably straight, and it cuts
through a rich cotton belt and valua
ble timber region. Between Bird s
Point and Jonesboro there are some
fine business towns, among which
Bistine, Maiden, Paragould and New
Madrid are noticeable. At Jones
boro, connection is made with the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf rail
road, which is pushing toward Mem
phis, Tennessee.
At Pine Bluff, six miles from the
bridge, the principal shops of the road
will be located. Beyond this point
many new towns are springing up,
with fine prospects for doing a good
business. Texarkana is the terminus
of the Missouri and Arkansas divis
ion, and from thence the road con
tinues southwest through central
Texas, via. Tyler, Corsicana, Waco,
McGregor to Gatesville. The road
passes through a rich cotton belt and
a fine grazing region, capable of sup
porting vast herds of cattle. The
passenger accommodation of the road
will be complete, having been con
structed by the Pullman company.
The passenger coaches will seat ex
actly the same number as a broad
guage car, and within thirty days
through sleepers will run from St.
Louis and Chicago for points on the
line in Arkansas and Texas, via Illi
nois Central and Cairo Short Line.
At Waco connections will be made
with the Houston and Texas Central,
and at McGregor with the Gulf Col
orado and Santa Fe roads.
A perpetual clock has been in op
eration in Brussels for eight months.
There are a great many "perpetual"
things that will last about that long.
But the great demand among the
young people of this age is not a clock
that will run forever, but a clock that
will never get past 10 on a Sunday
night. Hauheye. '
Newspapers in the Mail.
The following general order has
been issued from the postoffice depart
ment:
Complaint has been made to this
department that second-class mail
matter, newspapers and periodicals
sent to regular subscribers is not in
all cases promptly forwarded to the
addresses. Such matter is of at least
equal importance with the letter mail,
and it should be treated with equal
care by the postal clerks. If it is nec
essary to withdraw secosd-class matter
from its wrapper in order to ascertain
its destination, it may be done, but
this will not be allowed foi any other
purpose, becond -class mixes win ue
treated as prescri1ed by regulations
and orders. If postal clerks find any
second-class matter improperly di
rected that is to say, addressed to
the wrong post-oHice they should re
lort the fact on the trip reports, so
that the superintendent may notify
the publisher, but should not change
the address or course of the package.
The postmaster-general desires that
the practice of reading newapapers
and periodicals passing through the
mails be discontinued wherever it ex
ists.
Mexican currency is somewhat
mixed at El Pk. The Mexican dol-
r is worth but eighty-five cents on
this side, hile it can 1 exchanged
for twentv Mexican tickles on the
other ii. and tee sickles are worth
as mnch a tose of tL LnitJ htate.
The Galveston, Hamsburg ani
ban Aniciiio,r.ilwy corapany'c thep '
at Hanislurg. Txa, ii loj turning ;
ozt a lot of cawxs. L'?ht j
Lave alita iy a put out to est, and ;
there ait anal rcore to foliow soon, i
The Scent of the Iluzzanl.
Whilo digging sweet potatoes I
noticed a very luxnricnt growth of
tho vines covering a small mound in
tho field, and inquiry revealed tho
fact that a hor30 and cow had been
buried thero some years before.
Just then nothing impressed mo in
that connection savo the immensity
of tho potatoes which we found over
lying theso two graves, but in tho
afternoon and during the following
day buzzards shadowed the farm by
scores, seeming to obey from all
quarters of tho heavens a mysterious
summons to convocation. I soon
perceived tho sweet potato field was
the "radiant point" of each speeding
shadow. Buzzard after buzzard I
traced as they appeared in various
portions of the sky with half folded
wings, reminding mo of mute aerial
hounds "coming down the scent"
their course as swift, silent, and un
deviating as an arrow's. It was
strangely interesting spectacle to
The report that the Vanderbilt
syndicate has been negotiatating for
the purchase of the Texas and St.
Louis Narrow-gauge is denied by Col.
J. W. i'aramore, its president.
A Rare Oeciirrance.
Is early all the physicians of tho
South seem to agree. Dr. P. H. Arthur
and Dr. S. N.McAlpino and other lead
ing doctors of North Carolina and
Virginia, endorsed and used in their
practice, Dr. Worthington's Cholera
and Diarrhoea Medicine, as a suro cure
for all complaints of tho stomach and
bowels. Price 25 and 50 cents a bottle.
The dunning letter is occasionally
a most pay-thetic appeal.
There is nothing sometimes like hitting the
nail on the head. A lady telegraphed to her
husband: The children are all sick with
colds. What shall I do?" The answer came
promptly: "Go to the nearest drug store and
buy a bottle of Allen's Lung Balsam.
A relic hunter a fellow endeavor
ing to catch a widow.
Some fellows never will be
satisfied. We know a chap who sat
down to dinner with twelve females,
and then had the. concentrated cheek
to call for molasses.
Mr. Jno. R. Patterson, of Evansville, Ind.,
says: " Samaritan Nervine cured my wife of
female weakness." Your Druggists keeps it
Artemus Ward once indignantly
remarked to a president who refused
him a favor: "You won't pass me, be
cause your road is so darned slow it
won't pass anybody."
A full feeling after meals, dyspepsia, heart
burn and general ill-health relieved by
Brown's Iron Bitters.
Waste in little things is what
makes income fall short, and the
American people are the most wasteful
of people.
Sparta, Tenn., Dr. W. B. Curamings says:
"I am strongly convinced of tho eflicacy of
Brown's Iron Bitters and rocommend thom."
Tight pants and tight dresses have
gone out of style, but it seems as if
tight men never will. Chicago Trib
une. LewIs ville, Ind. Rev. J. S. Cain says: "I
used Brown's Iron Bitters for nervous pros
tration and found it entirely satisfactory."
Insurance hath charms to move the
salvage breast.
That bad breath comes from indigestion.
Take Samaritan Nervine. It stops the cause.
1.501
To live without a'purpose is to lead
a restless, unhappy life.
Patterson's Peaeh Stone Liniment kills screw
worms, bed bugs, and all kinds of insects the ver
dict of the Cattle Kin and wife of the aforesaid.
There are about fifty hands
at work at the Oatmanville quarry
getting out stone for the new capitol.
A hundred more good men are wanted.
For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Depression of
Spirits and Oieneral Debility, in their various forms ;
also as a preventive against Fever and Ague, and
other iHtennitteiit Fevers, the ' Fcrro I'hoHplior
Htel Kiixir of l'iiliay,"raade by Caswell, Haz
ard k Co., Hevr York, and sold by ail liruKgixti. is
the best tonic ; and for patients recovering from
Fever or other sickue.tH, it has no equal.
When you visit or lea ve New York City, save
barpnre. exprcssare and earriaire hire, and (top
atOitA.Nb L'M"N il'jTici., opposite (.rand Central
depot. &JU elegant rooms, lilted up at a cost of
H.uou.OOh. reduced to H and upwards per day.
Kuropeau plan, lilerator. liestaurant supplied
with the best. Horse cars. Mages and eluvated
railroads to all depots. Kamlltes ran live better
for Un money at I lie kaku In toy Hot kl than
at any other Gr?-class bo in the cltv.
That oil paintings hung over tlie
mantle-piece are liable to wrinkle
with heat?
Alrx. II. Kleplirot i no More,
Hat lie has left na hit luetoryof the I n ileal
Mlnlrw as a memorial.
s jrrniN wanted, to sell thii work an life
and labors of C II. tjnrgax Terms h!raL
Send for circulars and terms.
J. W. Steoxu, rublicher,
IaUi!, Ttxa.
Pattrv.n's Peach g'.oue Liniment ab-mtJ bare a
laoe ia rvrr r bonse. nar tb miDM.t dnire.
The rausic of tle rooster is cot
composed of crow-Lars.
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TW it-k. worn awl tlTtl t...qU r I ie 1
Ftrsa times wlicn tLeyoutircan :
I'rojo.ms.
Frr-r Jt tl .ri li U-1 l !
rw-f a ; -- i it 1 l '- m 4n.
r hj-r A ! naw i -' ia i - r;i. '
Patterson's Peach Htone I.lulnicnt kills screw
onus. bed hnvi.and all kinds of Insects the ver.
diet of the Calllo Klu audwiie of Hie aloresuld.
corvrrr uf.H I. uv.r tu irj rail, piiiv.
Liulnieut Satisfaction and relief is the result
saya a aufferer of iO year atauding.
All ball lb power of Teach Stone Liniment . the
Kiutf destroyer of all rheumatic pains.
Tho usaof sment rolls of tho several
counties now boinpr roeeivod at Austin,
indicato that the taxable values of the
state this year will reach $475,600,000.
Wl Dint of tho finest ink for families or
so'jooU can bo mado from a teu-ceut package
of Uiamoud Dye. Try thom.
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A NOTED BUT UNTITLED WOMAN
From the Boston CioosJ
ifrmr. Edit or
The ttlmve Is a (rood likeness of Mrs. I.ycHa E. Flute
bam, of Lynn, Mass., who abowall other human being
may be truthfully called tho '-Dear Friend ot Woman,"
as some of her correspondents lovo to call hen She
is seolously dovotod to her work, which is the outcome
of lifo-study. and U obliged to koep six lady
assistants, to help her answer the largo correspot doner
which dally pours In upon her, each bearing Ita specln'.
burden of sufTerbig, or Joy At roleoso from iU Her
YoKctablo Compound Is a medicine for good a.il not
evil purposes. I have personally investigated it am!
am satisfied of tho truth ef this.
On account of its proven merits. It !s reeraimcnded
and prescribed by tho best jhysiclnns In the eouutry.
Ono says i "It work like a charm and saves munh
pain. It will euro entirely th worst form of falling
of tho uterus, Leucorrhcca, Irregular and pulutul
Menstruation, all Ovarian Troubles, Inflairmatlon and
CTceratlon, Flooding, all Displacement and tho con
sequent spinal weakness, and is especially adapted to
the Change of Life."
It permeates every portion of tho systom, and gives
new Ufe and vigor. It removes falntnoss, llatuleucy,
destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves weak
ness of the stomoch. It cures Bloating, Hoodaohoa,
Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Bleeplessnoss,
Depression and Indigostlon. That feeling of bearing
down, causing pain, weight and backacho, is always
permanently cured by Its use. It will at all times, and
undor oU circumstances, act in harmony with the law
that governs tho female system.
It costs only $1. per bottle or six for t!., and Is sold by
druggists. Any advice required as to special cases, and
tho names of many who have been restored to perfect
uealth by the use of the Vegetable Compound, can be
obtained by addressing Mrs. P., with stamp for reply,
at her heme In Lynn, Mass.
For Kidney Complaint of either sex this compound Is
unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show.
"Mrs. pinkham's Liver PiUs," says one writer, "ore
the beat in the world for tho cure of ConstlpaUon,
BlHousncBS and Torpidity of the liver. Eer Blood
Purifier works wonders in Its special line and bkto fab?
to equal the Compound in Its popularity.
AU must respect her as an Angel of Mercy whose sols
ambition Is ta do good to ethers.
PhUtdelphla, Pa. Mrs. A M A
HoBtetler'sStom
ach Hitters, hv In
creailu vtsl now
er. auu reuae'ing
tlons regular and
ne vniBicm iune.
kcilve, aeeps tho
svfteiu In food
woikl' strdr.uud
pn tocts It uKauut
ri:sbases. Forcon
sMpa'lon. dpsnep-
slu aii'i liver com
plaint, no vmi uess
kidney and roeu
mutlc ailments, ltli
Invaluable, sua a
lords a mredo dice
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dlveasts from the
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al i.rugsl ts aim
Dealers generally
The OLD RELIABLE
FAIRBANKS SCALE.
UTS' Mado with nil tbe Intent improvements. havy
Dram iseani, unrcci n botli sides, and Ileam Uox
sUipi'l with e:ii;USralo. ltequii its loss tiniU-r than
any rtuer '.Valu tn nn, ami fully cnxrantcod by
manors, vj uij extra tor Uouuio xirasi lii-am.
Size of I'lat form, 8 feet Aq 14 loot.
I'AIICBIArSKS Ac CC New Orleam.
CHICAGO SCALE CO,
Tim miixiv Sinn. m. a TON'. ?J.
fJfyaS'l Ton MH, I(-mi llo liiciwunl.
V&K COTTON BEAM & FRAME. S45.
J The "Little Detectiv..." H ox. to as lb. -.
fX- BOO OTHER alZBS. IbntiirMl t-RH K LIST rklg.
FORGES, TOOLS, &c.
40 lb. Anvil and Kit of Tool. IO
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I irj!intr lii blood, ckunung from mal&ruU taint, A
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; fvild ly all liiiug lniggUts. For cireuWa,
C. E. HULL & CO., Box 650, New York.
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ST. MARY'S ACADEMY.
lOnemtlo west tr in Notre Dame Uuiveralty.) ,
Kcliuul ol Art find lNlirn.
oiiMervntory cf Jvliinlc.
Conducted by Bisters of Holy Oross. Ihe Academic
Course Is thorough in Preparatory, Senior audClaa
slual OradoH. Musio Department, ou the plan of tb
beat Conservatories ot Kuropo, is undor charge of a
complete corps of teachors It comprises a large
Musio Hall and 28 separate rooms for instruments.
Studio modeled on the great Art Schools of Europe.
Drawing and Painting from life and the antique.
Building commodiouB: ample accommodation tor
250 pupils. For full particulars apply f r catalogue
to Motiikk SuPEniOR St. Mary's,
Notre Dame P. U., Indians.
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CONSUMFnOK CAN BE
HALLS
Ourt$ Con$nmptio, Cottff , fneuntonto,
Euenko, Xronchiat JMjfauUlea, Bronchitis
Xoar$nea, -AstAtrto, Crf, 'fThofipln
Dough, and all Vitiate of the Artmthina
Orgn. It toothet and ktalt the Mmhrtm
tftht Lungs, inflamed mutt poitntd by the
fiteate, and prevents tht night watt and the
tightness across the chest which mcOompemf
it. CgifSUMPTJOK is not an incuahle
tnaladit. BALL'S BJLLHAp. tplff cure you,
(wen though professional atdfils.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
The Fortieth Collegiate Yfar will open Tuesday.
September 4th.
Tlie spacious and elegant college buildings have
during the past year afforded accommodation to
nearly five hundred resldt-nt students. Kverr facility
is afforded students for acquiring a thorough knowl
edge of
C'ioiHtic, Luw, Science, Mathematics, Music.
A thorough Commercial Course is also one of the
features of the institution. Hpeolsl advantages will
be ottered during tbe coming year to those tearing
to study Law.
Tim Ml Slit DKPMlTMEXT is a separate de
partment for boys under thirteen.
Cata.'ogue giving full particulars will be sent
free on application to
Iter. 'I'. :. WAIjNII,'. S. V.
Notre Dame, Indiana.
AGEHTSYAHTED foZ
Family KnlttingMiti-liiiiff ever Invnited. Will
knit a pair i stiiekhiKS with II MIX and TOfc
comtlt In ZO minutes. It will also knll a great
variety of fancy-work for which there l always
read' market. Hend for elrcu'ars and t-rini to the
Toiiiliif KuittlHBT Machine lo oi Tremoat
street, ilostoa. Maa.
REYNOLDS'"::
l. A.MuMaue. .Manarer. Niw
Orleans. l.a. (I'tmee bos:
1('J.) ilanufartury lie; nnl'l
celebrated latlorm ttoa
proses, su-ani, baad and Ik
xwrr. stt-ara enln-, satar
mills sad Mrure palrat dril
tn.Ml wi-rk. UnlMlng froni',
Clusnn. rsillns. Macksaalls
int and aiacbtn work. Or-
elicited.
CAXAieiCII 41 ItllU-lUrrj
caaw. tio matter tot bd or Auromneiuj raa
b rare4 by tbe asc of our Vapor u seratiag
lnhVev lb oly raunaal treatin-nt yet tflaoorrred
for (Uaraaea of tb a'rfawafw-dCM bmA laiU Cost
be a4 at Uns. Esc'o imt Manip f r aac.
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