El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 247, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1894 Page: 3 of 8
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plains—-the%|roi» Fe emigrant trail
from east tensest and the Chisholm cat-
tle'' ' trail 'frijMS^al': 'Kansas shipping
stations to thewlcmndless ranch lands of
Texas. Thjy^piathe most historiofea-
tnres of the west in a way, and few in*
^ deed were the early immigrants of the
Mississippi valley to whom one or both
1 Were They were the paths1:
over whict&JUr a weary step was tak-
en and h$i|fe which thousands from
%st to last found a resting placa The
wealth of empires was transported along
their conr?p, mid their fame became
p¥pridwidM|yH lipBMppHH
Here and-there along the plains on
the divhle2tetv?een tho Arkansas and
Smoky Hip rivers may yet be seen
traces ofJkhe*»S&nta Fe trail, which,
starting from Westport (now Kansas
City), took its stretohing way for nearly
a Ihousimh iMiles across the prairie.
These reWirifrers are on the hillsides
where the trail climbed some knoll and
rains washed down the tracks made by
the lambc-ringjprairie schooners or emi-
grant Jhnge farrows were
cut, never fd Merased until after years of
thorough tillage. As (me track was out
out in this way tho wagons turned aside
and broki'Vftiteer until there was a se-
ries of tfmseift seams, maJkiug it appear
that many wagons had driven abreast.
Such was-not the case. The emigrant
trains which took their way toward the
setting sun followed in single file. It
was not mrnsoal for 500 Wagons to com-
pose one of these trains, and a pictur-
esque sight thoy made, with their attend-
ant outriders, their ox teams, their bur-
den of women and children and their
bulging white topped vehicles. It was
• an exodnshoWard the Eldorado of the
new land* Wearing was the journey,
traversing dp after day the unbroken
sea of sod Vc^eath a cloudless sky and
with all the dangers of red men and sav-
age beasts surrounding. At night the
wagons drew up in a circle, the animals
grazed, the people surrounded camp-
fires and ate the frugal meal, then slept
beneath Jhe canvas covers and woke to
proceed <ac daybreak. Indian attacks
were frequent, and, prairie fires some-
times threatened an extinction of the
party. Children were born and mein-
bon of the party lay down to their last
sleep on the ♦‘journey. It is little won-
der that it became famous in western
histpry.
The Santa Fe trail extended south-
westerly from Westport, then after leav-
ing Council* Grove took a nearly direct
i trail, the prinoipal one and named
ecoentrio Texan who first fol-
r™««. were laid outother paths, tak-
—Rapidly jng j^erds through less frequented pas-
tures and to new shipping stations.
C. M. Hargeb.
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oitlTKCATTT.E TRAIL.
•west route across Kansas. It became in
after yeui^ the course of the Atchison,
Topeka #nd Santa Fe railway over a
large portion of the distanoe, so that in a
manner it is preserved and perpetuated.
Crossing if at right angles in the cen-
tral part of the state was that other great
pathway—the Texas cattlo trail. Of
this, too, there is an occasional remi-
niscence.1^ In Newton, Ellsworth, Abi-
lene and iMdge City are rows of old
time frame buildings, with fronts bear-
ihg faded signs reading, “Poarl,” “Ala-
mo,” “Eclipse,” etc. They were the
cowboy teldons, the scenes of such deeds
of lawlessness as gave rise to the say-
ing, “There is no Sunday west of New-
ton and no God west of Dodge City. ”
The cattle trail reminders are trench-
like depressions, mostly grass grown
now, but showing where the great herds
of from j2,,Q0|| to 5,000 heads tramped
in solemn bewilderment toward their
doom. They crossed rivers, mounted
the hilly and rounded up at night ’in
great masses of flesh, guarded by wide
hatted cowboys. The trail, 400 or 500
feet wide, sketched out for 40 miles. It
entered KBnSas at Wichita, and there
was located the famous saloon which
was known from the gulf to Canada.
It stood nedrihe trail where no cowboy
oould taiss seeing its huge sign, inscribed
on the southfrwe:
! POtfet rCHANCE SALOON. *
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And th pawns welcomed the traveler
after his journey across the territory.
On it® opposite face, warning the de-
parting cciwbdy going back to his year
of dull monotonous ranch life, was:
.........................;
- : LAST CHANGE SALOON. :
Over this frail for several years half
a million'miariof cattle traveled annu-
ally, and only the settlement of the In-
dian Terri torjjJUt an end toRgf service
in the capacity of a transfer track for
stock from swttfc to north.
Although the two most famous thor-
oughfares of their kind the west has.
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OUT Oh I HE ORDINARY.
Incident Showing That Death Cornea In
tho Host Singular Ways.
[Special Correspondence.]
Chicago, Oct. 11.—Twice within tjbe
past ten days has the telegraph told of
death caused by unprecedented acci-
dents. The first occurred in the state of
New Fork oB a railroad leading from
Buffalo. A freight car in the middle of
a moving train wan derailed, but as the
track was straight it bumped along on
the ties for a mile or more, and ho one
noticed it. When the first curve came,
however, it plunged to the left. Unfor-
tunately «t that moment another freight
train was passing on the opposite track
in the opposite direction, and the lung-
ing car struck the lodomotive cab and
killed the fir . man. The other singular
and fatal accident occurred in New Jer-
sey, Where a bicyclist collided with a
carriage at night, and the handle bar oi
his machine was driven into his abdo-
men, causing almost instant death.
Although the first accident was un-
precedented, so far as I have been able
to learn, tail casualties somewhat simi-
lar hate occurred several times, the
most serious being on the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore railroad a
little south of Northeast, Md., on Oct.
12, 1889. At the location of the accident
a fast express going north met a freight
going south on a double curve. The
door of one of the freight cars was loose
and fell on the north bound track di-
rectly in front of the flying express en-
gine. The huge machine was thrown
high in air, and. a general smash of the
passenger train followed. Two person?
were mortally hurt and-17 others pain-
fully.
Unless you read the dispatches that
tell of accidents regularly you cannot
have any adequate idea of the horribly
curious ways in which death may come.
Nearly every one will remember, how-
ever. the singular death of a Brooklyn
clergyman a few years ago. One of his
children was ailing, and. the father
wished to administer a dose of medicine.
He took the cork out of the bottle and
held it between his teeth. Then, in or-
der to amuse the little one, be threw
his head back and laughed, drawing the
cork into his throat and choking. Sur-
gical aid was summoned at once, bnt the
cork could not be removed, and after
two or three* days of the most intense
suffering the minister-died.
More singular still was the fate oi
Mrs. Anna Beatty of Milwaukee in
1890. A fly of the blue bottle variety got
into her nostrils and was removed with
difficulty, leaving a strange itching.
She supposed it would shortly disap-
pear, but it persisted, and the next day
her nose and throat were badly swollen.
A doctor was called, and he discovered
that her nose and throat were infested
with maggots. The fly had laid its eggs
in the poor woman’s nasal passages. She
died after about two weeks of awful tor-
ture, as it was found impossible to dc
anything for her.
Jonathan Mackey of Monmouth, Ills-.
met death a few years ago in quite as
unusual though not so painful a man-
ner. He was seated on the iron seat of a
combined thrashing and traction engine,
steering the unwieldy machine over a
rough road, when one wheel ran into a
deep rut. The jar detached a chain belt,
and it flew upward, striking him in
the head, and killed him instantly.
Near Akron, Q. , Farmer Barnes caus-
ed a hiding burglar to come tohia death
in a most singular and unexpected man-
ner in 1891. The farmer went to his
barn to do the evening “chores” and
noticed a movement in the hay in the
mow. Skunks had recently troubled
him a good deal, and he jumped to the
conclusion that the movement was
oansed by one of those odoriferous ani-
mals. So he grabbed his pitchfork and
stealthily got close enough to jam the
implement into the hay where the skunk
was supposed to be. The tines struck
something solid and stuck. Pushing the
hay aside, the-farmer found that he had
struck a negro, and that one of the
tines had passed into the head' jnst be-
low the left eye. Unconsciousness fol-
lowed shortly and then death. Later the
negro-was found to be one who had
broken into several Akron houses and
had been pursued by the Akron police
the night before his death.
John F. Willoughby.
« eminent, oi me sex.
Alice—How do you know it was s
man and not a woman who just Bent up
'« card to Sister Gertie?
Bobby—Because I seen her stop and
look in the looking glass before she went
down.—Chicago Record.
Misapplied Slang.
“How ftp yon feeling today?” asked
the physician,
And the man with the gout murmur-
ed painfully:
“I can’t kick,
Star.
Nature and
tful ordeal of chi
terrors, and the dangers
'thereof greatly lessened, to both mother and
child. Jhe period of confinement u also
SdhJinSoeandanhX
nourishment for the childpromoted
Send to c«!'» fora large Book In® pages),
giving all particulars. Address, World’s
ff«cAYL Tir*"?663
PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH.
Mrs. Fred Hunt, rf GlenvilU, N. K,
•ays; "I read about Dr. Pierce’s Fa*
vorite Prescription being so good for a wo-
man with child, «o I ^
got two bottles last
September, and De-
cember 13th I had a
twelve pound baby
girl, .when I was
confined / was not
sick in any way. I
did not suffer any
[ ,- ,
ed into another room
and went to bed. t
keep your Extract of
Smart-Weed on hand
all the time. It Was
veiy cold weather
ana onr room waA - M*»- Hurt.
very cold but I did not take any cold, and
never had any after-pain 9* any other pain.
It was all due to God and Dr. Pierce’s Fa-
vorite Prescription and Compound Extract
of Smart-Weied. This is the eighth living
child and the largest of them all. I suf-
fered everything that flesh could suffer with
the other babies. I always had a doctor
and then he could not help me very much,
but this time my mother and my husband
were alone with me. My baby was only
seven days old when I got up and dressed
and left my room and stayed up all day.”
EQ Paso Route.
to and Facie.
The great popular route
between the
Blast and West.
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SHORT LINE TO
:*’ew Orleans, Kansas City, 8t
Louis, New York and
Washington.
favorite line to the North. Has-
and Southeast
Pullman buffet sleeping ear?
tnd solid trains from £1 Fapo to
Dallas, Ft-Worth, New Orleans
Memphis and St. Louis.
FAST TIME
----AND--
Sure Connection
See that your tiekets read
via Texas and Pacific railway
For maps, time tables, tickets,
rates and all required informa
don, call on or address any ot
the ticket agents, or
B. F. DARBYSHIRE,
Gen. Agent, Bl Puo. In
or
3A8TON ME8LIER, L-8. THORNE,
den. P. A T. Aft. Srd ▼. P. * O. Supi
Delias. Texas.
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El Paso Coffin & Casket
Company
415 BL PA£0 STREET
doctor. ’ ’—Washington UndsrUknrs and embalmers. Hearse4
* and oerrtnges furrtebed.. Telephone 71
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20 PARTS NOW READY!
ENTIRE SERIES COMPLETE!
A Glorious List:
1 PART L
The Administration Building, from the Southeast
MacMonnies Fountain, from Grand Plaza,
Peristyle and tho Water Gate, from Grand Basin,
Government Building and Wooded Island.
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General View, from tho Lake.
PART III.
State Bnfidings of Massachnsetts, New York, and Pennsylvania.
The Caravels from the Bridge.
Golden Door ot Transportation Building.
The Obelisk and Grand'Vista North from Colonnade,
PART IV.
Machinery Hall, from Colonnade.
MacMonnies Fountain, from South Terrace,
Thl Fisheries Building.
La Rabida, from Southwest Side,
PART V.
Choral Halt from Wooded Island. r
Interior of Choral Hall.
Horticultural Building, from Wooded Island.
West View of Manufactures Building.
PART VI.
The Woman’s Building.
Main Entrance of Woman’s Building. '
Interior of Woman's Building.
View from Balcony of Woman's Building.
PART VII.
Viaw North, between Manufactures and Electricity Buildings. 1
North Lagoon, from Mining Bnilding.
Mining and Electricity Buildings, from Transportation Bnilding.
Manufactures and Electricity Buildings, from Squatter's Hut.
PART VIII.
Manufactures Building, from Casino.
Manufactures Building, from Horticultural Hall.
Columbia Avenue in Manufactures Building.
View Northwest from Manufactures Building.
PART IX.
Main Entrance of Art Palace
South Facade of Art Palace.
North Lagoon. Art Palace, and State Buildings.
Bird's-eye View of the State Buildings.
PART X
East Facade of Machinery Hall.
Machinery Hall, from Northeast.
1 Looking South, between Electricity and Mining Buildings,
Transportation Building, from Wooded Island
PART XI.
Electricity Building, looking Southwest.
Electricity Building and Fountain.
Interior of Electricity Building.
Looking North, between Mines and Electricity Buildings.
PART XII.
Statue of Liberty.
Lake Front, from Manufactures Building.
Rear View MacMonnies Fountain
South Colonnade. Colonnade
PART XIII.
Peristyle from the Lake
Statue of the Republic.
The Water Gate.
Statue of Republic and Peristyle.
PART XIV.
German Government Building. 11
Panorama of State Buildings from the Northeast
Administration Building, looking Northeast.
View of the Lake Front.
PART XV.
Main North Entrance Agricultural Building.
Northwest Corner Agricultural Building.
Agricultural Building. Full View.
Agricultural Building, at Night
PART XVI.
Administration Bnilding, from Southeast.
MacMonnies Fountain, Side View.
The Midway.
Ferria Wheel and Bird’s-eye View of Midway.
PART XVII.
Statue of Columbus, entrance Administration Building.
Group of Statuary, Transportation Building.
Main East Entrance Horticultural Building. *
View North from Colonnade.
PART XVIII. ,
South Entrance of Mining Building.
North Facade of Mining Building.
Statue of Cowboy.
Statue of Indian Scout.
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PART XIX.
Chicago Day.
The Immense Crowd.
Statue of Plenty.
Statue of Industry,
PART XX
Court of Honor from the East.
Court of Honor from the West
Administration Building at Night
The White City at Midnight
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El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 247, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1894, newspaper, October 18, 1894; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth540415/m1/3/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.