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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-04
The Curse of Drink.

The appetite for strong drink in man
has spoiled the life of more women
ruined more hopes for them, scattered
more fortunes for them, brought to
them more sorrow, shame and hard
ship-than any other evil that lives,
The country numbers tens-nay, hun-
dreds of th0usands--of women who
are widows today, and sit in hopeless
weeds, because their husbands have
been slain by strong drink. There are
hundreds of thousands of homes, scat
tered over the land in which women
i've lives of torture, going through al l
the changes of suffering that lie be-
tween The .eAlEemes OF lear and aes-
pair, because those whom they love,
love wine better than they do the wo-
men they have sworn to love.
There are women by thousands who
dread to hear at the door the step that
once thrilled them with pleasure,
because that step has learned to reel
under the influence of the seductive
poison. There are women groaning
with pain, while we write these words,
from bruises and brutalities inflicted
by husbands made mad by drink.
There can be no eXaggeration in any
statement in regard to this matter,
because no human imagination can
create anything worse than the truth,
and no pen is capable of portraying the
truth.
The sorrows and horrors of wife
with a drunken husband are as near
the realization of hell as can be reach
ed in this world at least. The shame,
the indignation, the sorrow, and the
sense of disgrace for herself and her
children-the poverty, and not unire-
quently the beggary-the fear and the
fact ofviolence, the lingering, life long
struggle and despair, of countless wO-
men with drunken husbands, are
enough to make all women curse wine,
and engage unitedly to oppose it every
where as the worst enemy of their
SEX DIR. Holland.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-04
BI.t.T.s.

The largest bell in the world Is In
MoscOw-thc city Of bells. 1t was cast
by order of the Empress Anne, in 1853,
Is twcnty-onc feet and four and half
inches in height, twenty-five feet and
five and half inches In diameter
where the clappcr strikes, ana Is
believed to weigh from three hundred
and. sixty to four hundred and
forty-four thousand pounds. Histo-
rians are in doubt whether this giant
among bells was ever hung. DIR. Clark
who saw II about the year 1901 >says in
his "Travels" that "the Russians
might ms well have attempted to sus-
pend line of battle ships, with all its
stores and guns" Bayard Taylor,
on the other hand maintains that "it
was both hung and rung, it being
struck by the clapper,n as korb says
in his diary, Fifty men pulling on it,
one-half upon each side" In 1887 the
Car Nicholas caused it to be disin-
tered from its bed of sand, where it is
supposed it was lodged during the con-
fagration of 1897, and placed it on the
granite pedestals where it now rests. 1t
was then consecrated MS II chapel, the
entrance to the il terror being through
n large fracture near the mouth, the
cause of which is also n subject of con-
troversy. 1t is recorded that ut the
casting of this bell, mobiles were pres
ent from all parts of Europe, who We'd
with each other in the value of the
gold and silver plates, jewelry and
other votive offerings which they cast
into the furnace. 1t is doubtless owing
to this practice, which prevailed in
olden times, that the existing notion is
derived, that ancient bells are of better
material than the modern ones, on ac-
count of the silver in their compost
ton. In Moscow alone there are over
five thousand bells, and when they
unite on festive occasions in one
mighty chime, the effect. especially at
a distance, is majesticaily grand,
There is now suspended in the tower
of st. Joan, at Moscow, bell which
weighs one hundred and forty-four
thousand pounds, and the diameter OF
which is thirteen feet. 1t is said that
when it sounds, which is but once
year. deep hollow murmur vibrates
all over Moscow, like the fullest notes
of Il vast organ or the rolling of dis.
tant thunder.
The bell of Notre Dame Cathedral
at Paris, cast in 1880, weighs thirty
thousand pounds; that of st. Peters,
at Rome, weighs seventeen thousand
pounds; that of Notre Dame Cathedral,
Montreal-the largest in America
twenty-nine thousand pounds; and
that of the Parliament House, in Lon
don, thirty thousand pounds. When
it is remembered that the largest bell
heard in our American cities rarely
weigh more than three or four thou
sand pounds, some idea may be had
of the volume of tone which belongs
to the monster bells above described.
The Chinese have also produced bells
of colossal size, one of which, at Pekin,
weighs twelve thousand pounds, but
the tone of their bells is descordant
and panny, like that of their gongs.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-04
Influence of Kisses.

The kiss has been a powerful agent
in the annals Of the human race,
There have been kisses, like those of
Antony and Cleopatra, of Henry the
VIII and Anne Boleyn, which have
shaken an empire or destroyed reli=
gion. If we knew the secret history
of courts, we should probably learn
that nations have been erected or
erased by the magic touches of a wo-
mans lips. A great problem, therefore,
lies before us. Has this discovery
proved an afIiiction or a blessing to
mankind? Probably blessing, for it
has certainly increased the influence Of
women, and their induence lsenployed
moro for good than III.
Beloved. tendeT-heaTted woman,
companions and CONSIDERS Of our life !
With kiss you weloame the infant to
the world; with kiss you bestow on
soft-oheeked youths the raptures of
first love; with kiss you alleviate the
agony ofdeath. And WHIT, alasl are
the kisses which men too often give
you i'm returnl Judas-kisses, treacher-
Gus and fatal, which poison innocent
hearts, and turn to curses on painted
and dcspairing lips Happy are they
who can remember without remOrse
the kisses Of their youth.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-04

To THE exclusion of other interest
ing matter we would like to publish,
we insert in our leading column to-
day, carefully compiled statement of
the life and difficulties Of that wonder
full gentleman, Colonel Alexander Is.
McClung, who was in his day the most
heartily dreaded man in the bloody
combat, in which high-spirited men
formerly engaged upon the slightest
Misunderstanding, who ever existed
in the South. The writer well remem-
bers Colonel McClung, and the impress
sion bis martial bearing invariably
produced upon those with whom he
was thrown in contact. The article
we take from the New Orleans Herald
of the 18th instant. BY reputation, no
man who ever lived in the South was
better known than the fearless Nc
Clung, and in the interest Of history
we give place to this article, in which,
however, we think there are some
inaccuracies:
In the spring of 1866 very remark
able man closed his existence in very
melancholy and impressive manner.
Colonel Alexander McClung, nephew
of the venerable and illustrious Chief
Justice Marshal, and o gentleman of
the highest order of intelligence, of
brilliant genius, splendid accomplish
ments, and of the most dashing cour-
age, and heroism of character, COM
mitted suicide in the town of Jackson,
under the following circumstances:
For some weeks before Colonel Nc
Clung was observed to be more than
ordinarily moody and melancholy.
The immediate cause of his despond-
ency was generally understood NJ
Clung had always been ambitious of
post in the army, and through some
friends applied for a position as field
officer in one of the new regiments
created by the Congress at its last ses-
sion. So far as gallantry and intelli-
gence constituted claims to this posi-
ton, no one could present stronger
pretensions than the heroic Lieutenant
Colonel of the celebrate3 First Missis-
sippi Rifles, who scaled the terrible
Black Fort at Monterey, the first man,
and fell within the walls, severely
wounded in several places. Whether
he possessed the other qualifications for
military command need not be dis
cussed.
But this was the last throw Of Nc.
Clung's die. He had been appointed
TO one of the South American charge
ships by General Taylor, but remained
only q few months at his post, when
he resigned and went to Mississippi,
which, with all its terrible associations,
possessed a strange fascination for
him. He tlicn became candidate for
Congress against Colonel Singleton,
but was beaten. Always morose and
melancholy, McClung, after these dis
appointments. became more dissipated
and reckless, until the formation of
the new regiments produced a moment.
ary flicker of hope in his bosom, and
induced him to ''hold np'' for brief
period. His claims were strongly
backed by many eminent men, includ-
ing some of his political opponents in
Mississippi. His superior, the colonel
of the First Mississippi Rifles, was Sec
retary of War. He and McClung had
been hostile. Two such antagonistic
spirits could not move harmOniOusly in
the same sphere.
Davis was not merely hero, a sol
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-04
Waists Of FermnIes.

The minimum waists of female
adults should be twenty-eight inches.
Yet how many there arewhich are not
over two-thirds of that measure, while
some are still less. BY a false and
cruel fashion, the chest il so COM
pressed that a life of illness is the con-
sequence. An exchange very properly
says;
Is it any wonder that there are
thousands of delicate mothers, and
tens of thousands of feeble children in
our land, when fashion insists upon a
barbarity compared with which the
fashion of comprcssing the feet of
female Chinese is a harmless amuse-
ment.
We have seen the back of q young
lady's dress waist which was almost
an equilateral triangle, being very
loose at the shoulders and compressed
as tightly as possible at the belt. Yet
such girls are to be the mothers of
those who may be our rulers, and of
such stuff we are TO build our Republic.
Friends, the reform in this mater has
to begin i'm every household. A sound
mind in u sound body; let this be our
motto, and let each of us do our part in
rearing our young women so that they
may become the mothers CT glorious
sons and daughters
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-04
sam Houston.
From Apploton'aJournal,l

The romance of Senator Houston's
life is hardly known TO the present
generation, yet II contains enough 10
furnish material for Il half score of
novels. His escape from his mother
when, ut the age OF II, he fell madly in
love with the Indian maiden Tootooloo,
(Sunllash,) and followed her TO her
home, adopted the fashion of the
Cherokecs, married her and for three
years, under the name OF O'clock,
hunted and iished and fought rs IL
young Indian brave and acknowledged
chief, his unl expected return to his fam
lily, grown during his absence, though
still wanting six months Of his Legal
majority, TO the heroic stature which
then, dressed i'm hunting shirt and
moccasins, and blanket and head gear
and ever afterwards, however clothed,
made him Il man of mark; his aband-
onment sixteen years later in life,
while governor of Tennessee, when his
carly pranls had been forgotten in his
success as lawyer and triumphs as II
politician, of his young and accom-
pliahod bride the day after marriage;
his resignation of Office and winding
up of business, and settlement of
affairs with the utmost dellberation,
against the most earnest entreaties of
friends and ieels of foes; his securing
10y deed of all his not inconsiderable
property to his mother; his return as
an Indian chief TO the wilderness,
reclaiming his native wife, and dwell
ing three years longer with his tribe,
and his sudden departure ut last for
Texas, for the purpose Of becoming II
herdsman on the prairies-ull show
clearly enough the element of savagism
there was in his character. And yet,
he was superbly endowed by nature;
was II great soldier, lawyer and states
man, possessing an executive ability
unsurpassed; whether as Governor or
Senator, was the most popular of men,
and in polished society was its orna-
mnnt and dplipht
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-04
AUTUMN.
ny j. N. BARTHoLow.

1 see her tents ofb2auty spread,
Her summons on the hill hear,
A scarlet halo crowns her head
This pageant of the year!
No b0nquct-hnll ere shoneas bright
AS Nature in this poet-mood
No Empress on n festal night
In halfsuch splcndor stood.
This Rapheal-limncr In divincst ire,
With torch ofcolor puts the world TO blush
In richest jewclry of fire.
o mystic >piritof the failing year,
o! weird presence, rich and grand,
More touching than falling tear,
More cunning than sculptor's hand.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-04
COUNTY, TEXAS SATURDAY, OCTOBER A1873

view, IA he lay terribly wounded
within the walls Of the Black Fort (El
Dlabolo) ut Monterey.
a long period of suffering and con-
finemcnt fo"Jwcd, McClung survived
his wounds, people forgot his quar-
rcls and duels He had become popu-
lar and loved where he was once hated
and feared. If he had possessed more
stability of character, philosophy Of
mind and philanthropy of heart
above all il he had avoided that curse
Of his gifted race--tho debnsing habit
of drinking--instead Of filling sui
cide's grave, McCiung would have
been one of the first men in the
South.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-04
Let us try to add some pleasure
What LigEitnimg stroke Revealed.

An Ohio paper tells n very strange
and startling story of the revelation
made by stroke of lightning few
days since. The stroke it seems, pros
trnted splendid grove of oaks in the
Miami Valley. Among them was one
which was rent nsnnder from ton 10
bottom, and according 10 the narrator,
tho fragments, in falling apart, dis
gorged u gaunt skeleton, yellow with
age, which instantly fell to pieces and
was scattered over several feet of the
surrounding pasturage. With the re-
mains was also found Il few buttons OF
ancient pattern and a leather pocket
book, in good state Of preservation.
The pocket book told the sad and trag-
ic story of the disentombed skeleton.
1t contained papers which were brown
and diSculored, and covered with rude
penciiinGr, scarcely logibie, but enough
could be deciphcred to show that they
had been written by II soldier in the
Revolutionary army-a man in fact
who had been Az aid and companion
to General Washinton. His name
was Roger Nandemburg, and he held
the rank of captain.
After participating IN tho ppiNations
of Valley Forge, and in the retreat
across the Jerseys, and serving n brief
time at West Point, he marched with
st. Clair against the Northwestern
Indians. On November3, 170l, he was
wounded and captured by the redskins.
He subsequently escaped, however, and
being hard pressed by his savage foes,
he took refuge in this oak tree. The
hollow afforded convenient retreat,
and he allowed himself to drop into it.
Then, too late, he found that he had
miscalculatci the depth of the hollow,
and there was no escape. The remain
ing hours of his FIFE were spent in
writing diary, the entries of which
show II terrible record ofhuman suffer-
ing, and during a. period of eleven days
he painfully described his sensations
as he felt hilnself slowly starving to
death. The story is certainly a strange
one, and there is nothing improbable
about it,
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E9YS NSIsE MEN

When you see n ragged urcfin
standing wistful in the stfeei,
With torn hat and kneelesS trousers,
dirty face and bare red feet,
Pass not by the child unhcedinG,
Smile upon him mark mc-when
He's grown he'll not forget IL,
Tor, romembor, boys make men.
When the buoyant youthful spirits
Overflow with hoyish freak,
Chide your child in gentle accents
DO not In your anger speak.
You must SOW in youthful bosoms
Seeds of tender mercy; then
Plants will grow and bear good fruitage,
When the crring boys are men,
Itnve you uover Recn a grandsire,
With his eyes agiOw with joy,
Bring to mind some act of Kindness
Something said 10 when him boy.
Or relate some slight or coidness,
With brow all clouded, When
He said they We're too thOuGhtlcSS
To remember that boys make men.
Let US try to add some pleasure
TO the life of every boy,
For each child needs tender interest
In its sorrow and its joy.
Call our boys home by its brightness
They avoid a gloomy den.
And seek for comfort elsewhere,
And rAii,Giuhar boys make men,
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IOCKER FEMALE CoLLEGE- LIE.

HOOKER FEMALE C0LLEGE-L Lex
ington Ky. Well selected course of study;
special departments for all ornamental
branches; faculty large, able and expert
'enced; extensive grounds for recreation; ex-
cellent buildings, l00xSS feet, four stories,
containing l25 rooms, commodious chapel
nice recitation, ornamental, play, and bath
rooms, warmed by steam and lighted by gas.
Only two young ladies occupy room. Cost
of improvements over sl00,00O, Charges as
low as any school Offering equal advantages
In the United States. Fall term commences
September s, 1873.
References-Elder Robert Milligan, Elder
j. w. Mctiarvey, Hon. John G. Breckinridge,
Lexington, KY; Hon. Jas. B. Beck, WASH
ington; Colonel J. =. Johnson, Gait Honse,
louisville.
For catalogues address ]. NJ. HOOKER,
Proprietor; ROBT. GRAHAM, Prest; T. Il.
HOOKER, Secy. 49w4t.
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THE precious school boy, who quoting
from distinguished statesman, said
he "knew no North or South,n was
surprised to find himself put at the
bottom of the CAS- IN geography.
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LIGHTNING recently struck tele-
graph pole and ran along the wire into
a suburban office In New York, when
the Operstor seated at the instrument
excitsdiy telegraphed back, "Don't
eelld so id fast.n
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-13
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-13

GUIDE BoARDs.-The attention of
Chairman Of tho town Beard of
Supervisors is called 10 the fact that
section 7 OF chapter 10 Of The revised
statutes makes it their duty to erect
guide boards at the intersections Of
all main travelled roads that section
8 of the same law aftixes penalty
for neglect of this duty 20 less than
a fiue Of IS for each instanoe-one
half TO be paid to the informant
that section 9 provides for keeping
such guide boards in repair, while
sections ~ and IL provide a penalty,
for deiscing &c.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-13
VILLAGE MArrrss.-The frst meet.

VILLAGE MATTEss--The first meet.
ing of the newly elected village board,
took place last evening, all of whom,
excepting Trustee Murphey. took
the required oath OF Office. The va
cSncy was filed by the appointment
Of n B. Fisher for the ensuing year.
A. X. Mccartney was elected Clerk,
and ID. IL. Budd Treasurer, VIM.
Richardson Street Commissi ner
We learn that the new board are in
favor Of establishing a fire limit on
certain streets by prohibiting the
construction within certain bounda-
ries of wooden buildings. W. think
such step would be approved by the
business men and property owners
generally in the village. We would
suggest u at the new board take an
other step forward and purchase . FIRE
engine. There are few villages in the
StAte-none in the county-having
rs large y population as Lancaster,
but are better secure against FIRE, and
1t is time something is done IN this
direction.