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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

Deaths from ohloroform continue tO
he not infrequent. A short time ago a
man In Cincinnati crushed the thumb
OF his right hand in some machinery
Amputation was considered necessary
and he decided to take chloroform. He
appeared to be strong, healthy man,
and the physician did moi hesitate tc
administer the anaesthetic, after ma
king the usual inquiries rs to organic
affections. 1t took five minutes to COM
pletely narcotize the patient, and just
as he became unconscious he was seized
with a violent trembling fit. The
alarmed physician Immediately at
tempted to restore him, but in vain
In few moments he died.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

In all thankfulness We are rejoiced
TO chronicle the abatement of yellow
lever in Memphis, Shreveport Mar
shall, Calvert and Columbus. Great
has been the mortality In each place.
Tie relief sent by different towns, and
by the noble-hearted farmers Of the
country, has been great, and will serre
as a sweet sa, or Of life in the great
hereafter.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

WE are glad to greet, amoRgt the new
members of this conference, friend of
our boyhood, Rev. Mr.. Gillian, recent
~ from Pike county, Missouri, tho
land of plenty, hospitality and that
noble religious sentiment which makes
men Of all denominations brethren,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

Fort SMITH, Arkansas, formerly a
fiourishing place of great promise, is
becoming something like a deserted
town. Cause, lack of railroad facili-
ties aud the curse Of Radicalism in the
State.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

A young man in Troy owes his life to
a shawlpin, While walking in the sub
url,s he was attacked by vicious dog
and thrown to the ground. a friend
tried in vain 10 rescue him, when he
drew o shawl pin from his coat and
plunged it into the dogs nose. This
forced him to release his hold and sent
him of bowling with pain.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

TIE editor of the Cleveland Leader
recently took his wife and eleven chill
dren, all boys and girls, to Eli Perkins
lecture on free tickets, and then went
home and deliberately wrote and pune
tuated the following: "a poor man fell
over the gallery last night while Eli
Perkins was iecturing in q beastly state
Of intoxication.u
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

THE horse which, being captured by
a. party of soldiers nearly ten years
ago, returned home the other day Of
its own accord TO lis owner, had prOba-
bly, just found out that The war was
over. The horse In that ease showed
good deal more intelligence than
some Ohio politicians.[-Louisville
COurier-JOurnal.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
4 Singular stOry.

FORREST, Ont, October ga man.
woman aud child with tickets from
Chicago to Brookyille, gos otf the train
here, yesterday, alleging that parties
Oh board wanted to Kill them. They
went to q hotel, and later the three
jumped into deep pool of water. The
man and child were drowned, but the
woman was rescued.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

A citizen of New York, not many
years ago, died leaving II fortune OF
three millions to be divided between
one son and three daughters, During
his life, the merchant had been close
listed skint.mt, denying himself the
caMmon necessaries of life that he
might amass n fortune and leave his
son II man of wealth. The son soon
found the destiny in store for him and
early began the life of fast young
man. He married y young woman who
thought only of his wealth, and made
her as unhappy as she deserved. His
father died leaving the young man an
income of $50, 900. In II drunken quar-
rel the young fellow killed his wife and
then finished his own miserable exis-
tence by suicide.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

SUNDAY night two soinurnera at the
Aven'le Hotel beeaipe dead drunk,
and, as is usHal, did some responsible
vomiting. The usual seRsationists
aggravated the cases into yellow fever.
Last mighty we had professional denial
of the matter sent us for publication,
but for our part we considered II too
absurd FOR serious notice. Austin
StatesmAn.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

IN Norwayno one cnn hold amy Office
under tie government who Is not $
member ef the Lutheran church, and
has not partaken Of the saeramentg
and il ANY one holding Office should
join amy other religious denomination,
he would he compelled at once to reliH-
qulsh his appointment
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

The little villaey> rnt ut.,tirs down
among the NJ, -pyhuset's lii|g aru
charming retreat, hu, l dp not know
that | should care 10 spend more tAHn
five years Of life n - time in any one
of them. And IL for being retreats,
Pm not SO sure OF hat cone 90 Ihip.
about II, You stnud oat IN pretty bold
relief If you are u resident, still more
so if you are Il yisi,or For Instance,
there was an engaged couple in WI
lamsburgh--no natives 70 tie nauor
born, but city SwelI~, on visit 70
relatives. Very few ur the Yiilugers
wefe isnornntot what was going on.
When the young ,nan walked with his
sweetheart, it must have been particu-
larly gratifying for him 10 see himself
pointed out by one urchin to anothee
with II say, Biii. you see thlt there
fellow without no hinge in his buck;
he's goin' to marry that gal" When
the thing lirsJ pesau There Wa, later
sitting up than usual, naturally. And
one of The old ladies stepped in, one
morning, snlt,i'l- s!iyiously, al say
there amt no uGe si'i, Ia this here
house Or nothiu', is there? ! seen q
light burnin' nigh QG TO y O'clock
last night, hui don't smell no CAM
phire nor nothiu' round"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

[Taylor County OKy.) Letter to Leblanc
Standard.l

[Taylor County (Kyl Letter to Lebanon
Standard.l
a respectable lady, living in tho
western portion Of the county, ha,
given birth to child. which lived foul
days, the most extraordinary Of any
which have ever heard. IL was born
with well-developed chignon on the
top Of It's head. Indeed, it was 50
plain that no one could fail to see the
perfect resemblance to that piece of
head-gear. The peculiar appendage
was composed of a muscular or ileshy
substance, exactly resembling Il CHG
non 1t was the wonder of the neigh
borhood, and large numbers called to
see this remarkable curiosity. Some
time before the birth OF the child,
quite q number Of ladies, including the
mother, We're talking and jesting about
chignons. The above is vouciled for
by one of our most respectable citi-
ZenS,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
THE SsTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT,

J The people must bear in mind tina
. at ,uo coming election there are sev
cpl amendments to the State consti
tuition, proposed by the last Legisla
turp 10 be voted on for ratification o
rejection. The substance of thes'
amendments is ms follows:
FIRST AMENDMENT.
wlc supreme Court shall hereafter
consist of II Chief Justice and foul
Associuge Justices-instead of three
judges us row. The court may hold its
sessions at Austin and two other places,
instead Of ut Austin alone, rs at pres
cnt This amendment is greatly
needed to enable the court to dispatch
H. business, which three judges can
not 90.
SECOND AMENDMENT
Provides that each county In the
state shall hereafter elect an Assessor
and Collector Of Taxes, according TO
ihu oia -ystem of the State. The pres
crg system of assessment by Justices
Of the Peace is so defective as to make
u change absolutely essential to equal
It's in valuations and proper collec-
tiuu Of The revenue.
rHIND AMENDMENT.
This prohibits the Legislature from
crowdng the statute hQels with spe-
paj lava, and requires that all such
objects, so far as it may be possible,
shall te accomplished by general laws.
This Is q most wholesome measure and
is designed, among other good objects,
to prevent dangerous powers being
granted to corporate bodies, as is al
ways liable to happen under the pres
ent mode of enacting special charters
on u great variety Of subjects.
NAjle our hope and belief is, that
the next Legislature will call a conven-
ton to revise the constitution, or make
4 new one, still, as this is not posltiye-
ly Certain, and as each one of these
is wise In Itself, We ad-
wise tie entire people to vote for them.
We take this occasion also to say,
that while the Democratic party is III
favor Of a convention to form y now
constitution, they distinctly under
stand that nothing is to be done that
viii Tcopen or unsettle those provisions
Dl the present instrument which lcgit- |
grew out of the war. They
want simple, wise and just constitu-
lion, but they do not want and will
Not eountenancc any provision calcNIa7 |
I'D to unsettle questions algeady settled,
.ay WAnF peace, security anu good
They want restored con-
iiIance In the country too much to haz-
ard these benefcent objects by treading
upon ground which wisdem denands
should bQ left untouched. On these
points there is unanimity among
the Democracy of Texas.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08

The Winchester armory at New Ha-
ven is manufacturing 10000 cartridges
for the Turkish Government.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26
LITTLE HATERs AND WHO THEY ARE

Little hatcrs may be divided into
twelve principal characters.
I. People to whom you have lent
money, who arc too dishonest or too
mean to pay it, and who hate you for
having lent it.
.. People whom yon have helped,
not pecuniarily, but by timely word
or letter, when they were obscure or
poverty stricken, and who hate you
when they have become prosperous
because you knew them when they
We're in the mud.
3. People who imagine that the
women they know like you better than
they like them.
A. People who have written little
poems, and whose poems you have re-
fused to purchase, to read or to criticisc.
These are among the most implacable
of little haters.
s. People whom you have detected
and exposed as arrant humbugs.
6. People to whom You have allowed
the privilege of passing through YOU,
plantation, or getting water from you,
well, but from whom you, though re
luctantly, have been compelled to with
draw the privilege, on account of thei
leaving your gates open or your fence
down.
2. People about whom you hav,
hazarded the unlucky verbal blunde
known as t'good things" The littl'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26
THE THOUGHTFUL. WIFE.

You have probably noticed what a
thoughtful woman your VITO is. She
never forgets anything, and when she
goes down cellar after an article she is
sure to bring up something beside that
she may need. She calls that ttmaking
her head save her heels" Once on a
while she may neglect something, but
that is because she has so much on her
mind sho can't think of everything nj
once, and if some people had rs much
to do and keep track of rs sho has, there
would be nothing dOnc at nll. After
she says this, it is time you either loft
or busted yourself with something cIse
We never knew q man who continued
the conversation to appear satisfied
afterwards. Sho exhibits this thought
fitness in many ways, but more par
ticular some night when your have just
got to bod and neglected to leave q
match near the lamp. Then she starts
up with the exclamation. "I declare I
forgot to set cmptings tonight, and
there isn't only bread enough for break
fast.' So you get up and skin around
for match, and after securing light
accompany her to the Kitchen, where
you hold the light while sho goes
through with tho operations required
in I" setting empting." And after have
stood around in your bare legs for ten
minutes, holding the lamp in ono hand
and frequently slapping yourself with
the other, you go back to bed oppressed
by the consciousness that in some way
you arc responsible for the whole
troublc.-Da0bspy NeWS.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26

The true people of Mississippi spurn
with loathing tho offer of Gov. Alcorn
to lead them, as "Liberal Republicans"
against Buffers son-in-law. They re-
mind "Windy Jim" of the time when
he "thanked God to have lived long
enough to sec every man II freeman,
and tho truly loyal mon of tho country
have at last the Beast Democracy by
tho cars while the colorcd people kick
it to DEATH" That spicy paper, the
Meridian Gazette, reminds "Windy
Jim" that courses, like chickens, come
homo to roost." Truly, tho way of the
sI4ibcral Republican, is hard!
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26
THE DEVIL FISH.
Editor Scientific American:

Editor Scientific American:
I noticed in your last issue an illus
tration representing the devil fish. I
was not aware of any living specimens
I'm the world, until saw the illustration
and your announcement of two living
specimens. My attention was particu-
larry attracted to the matter, because
have most perfect fellow lin alcohol),
and have earnestly endeavored to find
out how many there were either in
Europe or America. Thus far / have
not been able to find any in America,
except my own. If the one in the
Hamburger aquarium is but two feet
from tip to tip, mine is moro than as
large again, being four feet three inches.
The smaller one has, however, the adj
vantage of being alive.
Tho strength which these creatures
possess is almost beyond comprehen-
sion, as is evidenced by what took
place when my pet was captured. He
had seized hold on q submarine diver,
Mt work in tho wreck of a sunken
steamer Off tho coast of Florida. The
man was a powerful Irish1nan, who
claimed to weigh 800 pounds. His size
and build fully verified his statement,
and, to use his own language, ttthe
haste landed on top of my shoulders
tSA1N Ily tSAA1o SAS,ASs - ASAS ny
armor and myself being cracked into a
jelly" It seems that he was just about
being brought to the surface, else the
monster would have killed him, for he
was suffering so from tho terrible en-
brace that he could move no part OF
himself. When dragged on to tho raft
from which he had descended, and
finally released, he had tainted. The
men on the raft seized the fish by one
of its wriggling arms, and tried to pull
it off, but could not break the power OF
single one of the suckers. Tho fish
was only removed by being dealt q
heavy blow across the sack containing
the stomach. This sack stood stif1ly
up above the eyes, while the eyes stood
out like Holsters eyes and cleaned like
fire. The monster is, all in all, one OF
the most frighthful ASPIRATIONS it could
be tho fate of a man to meet. 1t fulfls
In every particular the horrible features
attributed to it in Victor Hugo's ttroit-
ers of the Sea-" Notwithstanding the
severity with which the able French
man has been criticized for "creating a
nondescript with his weird imagina-
tion,'' the truth must be granted that
his 1nondescript" has an actual eXis-
tence, as is evidenced by the specimens
in Brighton and Hamburger, as well as
my own. The likeness of the picture
to mine is perfect in every particular.
CHARLES Il. BIsAINAI,D.
Winthrop House, Boston, Mass.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR:
AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE.
Edited By r. s. Ar'tIals.

This favoritc of tho children. ''from five
to 1ifteen," will, for 1873, be as beautiful, as
puro and as full of attractive reading as
over. No effort will DO spared In the work
of keeping it i'll tho advanced position
maintained from tho beginning as zone of
tho host magazines for children in the
world.'
and nothing goes into its pages without his
careful supervision. 1t will continue to be
richly illustrated:
Ono year, in advance......... ...............$l25
Five ............ 800
Ten copies and ono to tho getter-up
OF
PREMIUM-Every getter-up of club
will receive a copy of 1.-THE Christian Gra-
Co.'S" ono OF tho purest, sweetest and love-
lest stool engravinsys ever published.
1se,sd 10 CENTS for nsai!tmg picture; ..
For e. o .,o Of 1.-The Childrons Horf
sont.
For 1925. tho Childron's Hour, Home
Magazine, and the Christian Graccs will be
scnt.
Send post Office money order, or n draft
on Philadelphia, Now York, or Boston. Ii
you cannot got Il post Office order draft,
then, if tho sum DO five dollars or upward,
have your letter registered.
I0OL-Chest Premium.
For 10 subscribers to the Hour Mt LIS
zach, wo will send II IS tool-chest, we'll
made, with lock and lifting handles, con-
tanning 10 different tools of good size and
quality.
Young LADIES' Writing Desk Premium.
For 10 subscribers to tho Hour Mt 81. rs
zach, wo will send handsomely finished,
yclyet-lincd, mahogany writing desk worth
50. Il. 8. ARTHUR & SON,
janll:tf Philadelphia,Pa.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26

Mon who want to recover damages
for trcspnss set tho highest possible
value on their property; when they are
assessed for Il tax levy, they arc poor
indeed. Tho Commission appointed to
examine into and report upon tho Mex
lean raids into Texas rcporta total dam
age ofabout $30, 200, 900 to tho flocks and
herds of tho Texans living in tho bor-
der counties. Tho assessed valuation
of that species of property in tho whole
State is just about that sum. Texan
live stock must favc increased enOr-
mously in valuo since tho McXicans
stole it by tho wholesale.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26

An incident is related concerning Tad
Lincoln which occurred when he was y
lad of nino or ten years. One member
of the Cabinet of Mr.. Lincoln was
strongly dislikcd by Tad. When Lin
coin was i'll with the varioloid, the Of
fcnsivc Secretary sent his card in and
asked for IN interview. Tad was pres
cnt, and heard his father decline the
request, sending the message that nc
was i'll. "Papa,' said Tad, protesting,
ono, no, let him come III ana eaten It,"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26

Tho veteran General William $. Har-
ney, United States army, now aged
scvcnty-four years, was in st. Louis the
other day, looking hale and hearty.
General Harvey is spending his time
on his place at Sullivan, on the Atlantic
and Pacific road, seventy miles from
st. Louis where he takes great pride in
tho improvements he is making, cspc-
ciafiy in his garden.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26

Oysters, innocent rs they look, havc
enemies. The Star-fish is Il serious foo
to tho oysterman's interests. Whole
schools of this kind of fish sometimes
settle on an oyster ground, and ito not
leave it until they have wholly des-
troycd it: They close their fivc-tinger-
cd forms over tho mouth of tho victim,
and suck him to death. Tho drumhcatl
is also fatal to oysters. lie takes them
in his muscular jaws and brushes them
to death.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26
hater never forgives a joke at his ex-

naCer never lorSlVeS joke at MS eX-
pense.
8. People with whom you have re-
fused to dine, knowing, as you yet do,
that their wine is bad, their melted ex-
ecrable, and that their guests are bores.
8. People who have failed in some
very little enterprise, while you have
succeeded in some large undertaking of
an analogous nature.
10. People whose toes you have acct
IDENTIFY trodden on, or the "gathers"
of whose skirts-these are lady haters
you have accidently torn.
IL. People who are aware that their
children are ugly or abominable little
nuisances, and know we'll that you
don't like them, and 80 hate you.
-. People about whom you know
too much. Stay, there shall be a
bakers dozen. In the 18th and most
malignant category class tho. people
who don't know you at all. They hate
with n vengeance.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26

"Aftcrmath, 'thc title of L.ongfcllow s
new volume of poems, seems to have
been fciicitousiy chosen. The term
means a second crop--or, rather, tho
second moving of the same field in one
scason--which is generally much infe-
rior to the first. Some of Mr.. Longtcl-
lows later poems have fallen far below
his earlier standard, but we didn't sup
pose he would be willing to acknowl-
edge the fact SO gracefully rs nc has in
naming his new book.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-26
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
FOR 1873.
BcanttJ~lly LlIaSty tod.

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