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How Drinking Causes Apopisry,

II Ia the essential nature Of all wines
and spirits 10 send an increased amount
Of blooI 10 the brain. The first effect 0i
taking n glass Of wine or stronger form Of
alohol IA TO send the blood there faster
than common, hence Tho circulation that
gives The red fnce II Increases tho ae-
iiviiy Of the brain, and II works faster and
NO does the tongue. But us tho blood goes
10 the brain faster than common, II re-
turns insier and no special harm results.
But suppose man koepe on drinking, the
blood IL sent TO the brain so fast, In such
large quantities, that In order to make
room Tor II the arteries have 10 enlarge
the mselvcs; they increase In size, and do
ing so they press against the more yield
ing hascid veins which carry the blood out
Of the brain and thus diminish their size,
their pores, th. result being that the blood
is not tnly CARR ed TO tho arteries Of the
brain fns,er than IS natural or henlihful,
bu, il is prevented from leaving it.ns fast
as usual hence double set Of causes Of
death are in operation. Hence II man
nsy drink enough Of brandy or other
spiriis In q few hours, or even minutes, to
bring on q fatal attack ofopoplexy. This
10 literally being dead drunk. ~
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08


A retired clergyman sends the Danhn.
~ News.an account Of n little affair thai
happened in. his place. 1t appears that
there was II young woman, fine spirited
girl, engaged at wash tub, opposite n
open door. Just behind her was q young
man, as is generally the case, and in the
ward was on old buck that was allowed the
freedom of the premises, which is not nj
ways the case, we are glad to say. Well,
this buck came up to the door and looked
in, and the young man going close behind
the young woman, pointed his niger
straight a the buck, and the old fellow re
cognized at once the pressing manner OF
the mute invitation, put down his head
and dashed forward and tho miserable
man stepped to one side and fled, aud the
young wonan, all unconscious of the ar
rangements, received the awfu, shock
without warning and passed over the tub,
and the air for an instant appeared 10 he
full of slippers, and wet clothes, and hot
water and suds. And the next minute
that goat came flying out Of that door at
dreadful speed, bald the whole length Of
his spine, and with n wild look in his eye.
And for m hour afterward he stood be-
hind the barn, scratching his chin, and
trying to recall all the circumstances in
the unfortunate affair.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08
Information for Immigrants.

Dallas county and the induce
ments it offers to those seeking q
homo in Texas.
The first and most important
item to u farmer, when asked TO
make his home in q country is, the
soil, its nature, its capacity for pro.
ducing +; both as to quality and
variety.
The greater portion of Dallas
county, is "black waxy land, with
soil from two to twenty feet deep,
that never will wear out; this to
many persons in other states, will
sound very strange, but it is true,
so far as any one has ever been
able 10 test fifteen successive crops
of wheat have been raised in this
county on the same piece of
land, and the last was rs good as
the first. Lands that have been in
cultivation for twenty-five years
are as productive now as
they have ever been, and such a
thing as manuring lands is un-
known in this county.
This county will produce one bale
ofcotton to the acre, corn from forty
to sixty bushels, wheat from twenty
to forty bushels, oats from forty to
sixty bushels, barley fifty bushels,
INLET three tons, hungarian grass
two tons, sorgum eighty-fve gallons.
For peaches this county can't be
beat; apples, pears, plums, appri-
cots, and esery variety of grapes,
as well as vegetables Of every des-
eruption grow finely, and good
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08

GEN. FREMoNT's RALLRoAD.-The suit
which has been Instituted against General
Fremont in Paris has directed attention
once more TO the contract made between
him and Gen. Schenck, in Paris, in May,
1869. A bill passed the House in March,
1869, granting the right of way to the
Memphis and Ell Paso railroad, but Con-
gress adjourned for the summer be fore the
Senate reached It, This bill was repre-
scented in Paris as having passed, and MS
containing large Government subsidies in
lands and bonds. Minister Washburne
exposed the fraud, but was attacked by
Fremont through the press. The misrep-
reservations were successful enough TO
sell several millions of the bonds. Ii was
at this time lhst Gen. Schenck went TO
Paris, and there as attorney for the South
Land Agency ian institution that had
never been Incorporated, of which Fred
W. Poor, Gen. Schenck's nephe W, was gen.
eral agent made a contract with General
Fremont, as Vice-Presidcnt of the Mem
phis and Fl Paso railroad, by which this
"Southern Land Agency" was to sell
three-fourths Of all the land received by
the railroad under grants from the State
of Texas. The Southern Land Agency
was TO have commissions ranging from ten
10 fifteen per cent, and it was to establish
and maintain agencies in Europe as well
as America, the emigrants being mainly
Kept in view. This contract was SUISSE
quently ratified in New York, whittier
both Gen. Schenek and Gen. Fremont
went for that purpose. It was mere
project, which, it has been estimated,
would have yielded about s2.000,0a0 ire
sIeciive ofsny additional grant from Con-
gress. The bill subseq uenily failed in the
Senate. The right Of way was given 10
the Texas Pacific railroad, and an effort
was made TO have the new road recognize
the contract, bat it was net successful
Ckicgyo Tribune.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08

We publish to-day, to the ex-
cluslon of other matter usually
found in this column, a letter
furnished us by Messrs. Ault, Jen-
kins a. Ault, who know as much
about the advantages, and aisad-
vantages, if there be any, of locat-
ing in this country as any men in
it. We take pleasure in giving the
article q place in our columns,
as it contains all the items and an
swers to all the queries with which
a prudent man would like to &C
quaint himself before settling in
our midst. There can be no ques-
ton about the desire which prevails
in the old States to learn something
of Texas, and we hope that every
person interested in bringing to
our country good men and true,
will mail his paper after reading it
to some friend whom he has left
behind:
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08
SATURDAY. MARCH 8, 1873
Our Court House.

II cannot be unknown to our cit.
liens that Dallas is growing more
rapidly, and upon n surer founda-
ton than any city in Northern Tex
as. This fact should dissipate all
lcthargy from their actions, and
warrant q buoyant hope in every
breast in our midst. Let it not be
said of us that We have q city like
that peoplcd by the tabled Merry
men, but that its inhabitants arc
energetic, cnterprising and full of
the impulse which gives success to
the undertakings essential to the
well-being and prosperity of their
interests. Our Court House has
stood still too long, and its unfin-
ished walls admonish us that they
should go on until the last stone is
in place, and until justice is en-
throncd within them. AS it now
stands, we have 1900, or nearly
locked up in the building which
= fruitful of no good or advantage
to 'any one. That amount added
to the work already paid for, would
complete ono of tho finest struc-
lures in tho State and give to Dallas
tho metropolitan aspect which her
trade and thrifty people are emit
tied to enjoy. We do not know
what TO suggest as the proper pan
acea for the hardness which pre-
walls in the construction of this
building, but some of our citizens
do, and VIC hope that some one will
give the subject his thoughts, and
exprees the remedy which will
bring back the ring and hum OF
skilled artisans to the completion
of this work. II it is necessary to
have additional legislation in order
to properly authorize the issuance
of bonds on which to raise the nee.
cssary amount, will not some one
start the petition to the legislature
praying for such action as may be
calculated to secure us this consum.
nation so devoutly to be wished
for. On all matters involving the
public welfare, our columns arc
open to any who wish to avail them
selves of this medium of communi-
eating their ideas relative thereto.
We trust that some one will enlight-
en-. us and this community on this
subject, in which we feel that a
~large degree Of our advancement is
involved?
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08

II bns tecn truly and significantly said that do
nestle happiness IL moro dependent On good dlr"s-
ton ihnn vr tnous crcrds or moral codes. u the
dogma holds, tho oracle can hr consulted, 10y
prompt application to Price, the Delphlc author OF
tho Celebrated Aromatic Stomach Biters. wherever
within tho length and brc ,dih ofhnd Prlccr Bi'
tcrs hate penetrated every rousc hold has b en-
iliumned by the sunshine Of nm nnclonded joy, md
every family revelicd In the sweets Of health and
contcntment. The sparkling eye, the rudy cheek,
the chccrfn, smile aud happy glance, No less than
the einsic rfcp Nnd urftcring tread what are they
hut the eloquent ioliiallcs OF some vitalzRg ciSir'
No secret Botany holds the charm, no scientific al
ehcmy creates the spell. The days Of miracles ar"
gone; the magic, mysiariously working Wonders.
have passed away, and the nGe, plain, practical
one; gire MS simple tonic. that, by happy ANAL
gamation, restores Ia energy and strength the EN-
ceyatetG system. Take prices Celebrated Arc
matte Stomach BitIcrs," and you bid an eternal
farewell 10 such uhwccome guests RS dyspepsia, In
digestion, nervousness. neuralgia, natulency aud
debility.
JAMES W. TRICsS co.,
Manufacturers and Sole Proprietors,
Iack Box lGG. New Orleans, In.
Darlington, Mnr>alis ~ Co.. Wholesale GrocerS,
alias Texas. sole Agents for Northern Texas.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08

FIVE MEN BILLEp-0n last Saturday
night iu the southwest part of this county,
near ColliBsvilIe, about twenty rliles from
Sherm an, where the gin was burnt some
weeks since, party with constable kelt
ner, went 10 arrest one John holland, on a
charge of theft, when they were fired upon
aud young STARK, of the constable's party
was killed, aud one Campbell Of the otler
side wounded Campbell got away in the
dark though badly snot, took refuge in the
cross timbers in Cooke county, where be
was followed, and on Monday afterwards.
killed. On last Wednesday night, Brew
sier aud two others Of the outlaws we're
killed By party Of citizens, who are de-
iermined to rid that section Of these gin
burners and borse thieves. Considerable
excitement exisls in tina. section, and
several parties have been arrested. One
Juo. IIunloS, has turned states evidence
ard is making some terrible disclosures.
These particulars we learned from ESQ.
Wilson aud by him from Mr.. Sowder Of
Whitesboro, who had been near the scene
Of aetiOn.-l Patriot.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08
THE STATE OF TEXAS,


To THE SHEriff OF DALLAS Vo.-ehELrisd'
Nlicrcas. Al soirn Potter, administrator Of ths
estate of Wat Mark decd has filed In the Office Of
the District Clerk Vt Dallas county, his maj show
ing "a administrator of said estate, and asks that
commissioners be appointed to par tion said estate
among the persona entitled to receive the same; and.
whereas, Jauc Wnhser and the unknn~n heirs OF
Elizabeth Rose decd are noE-rrsidonts OF the state
rf Texas, aHd art heirs ~ law Of said Wat marks,
decreased the-cfore. you uro hereby commanded to
sunmuu said lane wcigtr aud George weigcr. her
Husband. and the unknown heirs Of Elizabeth Rote,
drcrnsed, By publication in the Dallas Herald, u
weekly newspaper publishes, In the county Of Dial
las and s,aie Of Texas, eight weeks previous to re-
turn day, to b. and appear at tho next term OF tho
District Court OF Dallas county, to he held NJ IN"
Cruri honso in the city Of Dallas, on The first Mot
day in Juno, A. D. 1878, then and there to show
rau.e II amy they have, why partition shall not be
made, Ms prayed for, 10y said administrator.
Herein irl not but due return mako Of this writ
as required by law. >,
Witness, John NJ. Laws, Clerk Of tho
/SrT District Court of DALLAS County. and
Sn-hI tho impress Of the seal of said Court,
~ vi Impressed, thus the 9th day OF
March, A. u. 1878.
JOHN NJ. LAWS,
Clk Dist. C. Dallas Co.. Texas.
no5.w5t j. NJ. BRowS, Sheriff ID G.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08


AFRAID HE.MIGuT DE DEAD.-Scene in
the coun. ing room OF morning newspa'
per. Enter man of cut onic tendencies,
considerable the worse for the last night
spree. ,,.
Teutou, Ito the man at the desk at
you blease, sir, wants de baper nit dis
nornings-on vot hash he names OF de
beeples vot kills cholera all de vile"
lie was handed q paper, and, after look
ing it over in q confused way, he said:
"Yill you pc go goot as 10 read de names
of vot don't have de cholera any
more to show shust now, and see is Carl
Gcinsenkoopenoifen hash got EN- 2?
The clerk very obligingiy read the list I;
tbs Teuion listened with trembling atien-
ton, wipins the preparation from his
brow meanwhile, in great excitement.
When the list Was completed the name of
Carl Gein--, well NO matter about the
whole name ; it wasn't there. The leu
tons whole face frightened up, and lie ex-
claimed
.You don't find EN- p
"No ouch name there, sir"
Teuion, (selEing him warmly by the
haudl-"rhis ish nice; this ish some fun
that ish my name. pin drunk as never
vas. aud was afraid | vas gone ted nit
de cholera, uud didn't know it ! vas
scarf.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08


Tx Poor FLY.--There is commerci
old Frenchman named Carvalo who is
The terroriand plague of the landlady's life
on account of the sly digs he is always
making in regard 10 any little irregulariiy
about The table. lie delights to torment
the old lady, and never let's an occasion
slip Of giving her n roasting. The other
day strange us it msy seem-we had
hash for supper, and in portion to which
Mr.. Cavullo was helped he discovered
fly. This was too good an opportunity to
loose. So, taking the fly out very tender.
ly, and laying it on the table, with the
most eomicaiy sympathzing counter
nance, he exclaimed, .."Poor lisscl fellow
He's been ros he s been stew, and now
he's been mnde into hass, an he been
very much abuse, too, by 20 operation
he's loss \ leg, he's loss wing, and he's
loss,Eis head very moch pity him but
nevare mind, poor fellow, you have es-
capped the misfortune 10 he ent, and you
shall ne ware be harm again no more.'-[St.
Louis Democrat.
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dates, iIea and bananaa haye boon

datcs, ngs and bannnaa have been
grown shero hlso cnstor beans
have never been tried TO any OK.
tent but from tho specimens that
we have seen, VIC nrc satisfied that
they could be grown successfully.
WOOD AND WATER.
Dallas county is watcred by the
Trinity river, running nearly
through tho centre, and tho West,
East and Elm forks Of Trinity,
Whitc.rock, Rowlec and muddy
creeks, Spring creek, Mountain
creek, Bear creek, Long creek,
North and South Mesquite creeks,
PraricHickory, Ten-milc, Five-mile,
Grapevine and Denton creeks, be.
sides u number Of other small
streams. Notwithstanding this is
prairie county it has moro wood
and that better distributed than the
counties north or west of us.
RAILROADS..
The Houston & Texas Central
Railroad now completed to Red
River, runs through the centre of
this county from north to south,
tho Texas Pacific trnverses the
county from cast to west, and cross
cs the Central at the city of Dallas
The Dallas and Wichita Railroad
when built, will run from Dallas
northwest, the Dallas e. Palestine
Railroad southeast, and should the
ST. LOUIS & Springfield & Rio del
Nortc road be built, as in all prob
ability it will, 1t will traverse this
county from northeast to the south
west. 1t will thus be seen that
Dallas county already has greater
railroad facilities then any other
county in the State, and that her
prospects in that line are very fiat.
tcring. There could be but one
thing to prevent immigrants from
settling here, and that would be
the price of lands.
A poor man comes Il long with
but q thousand or two dollars in
his pocket, he finds himself in the
center of the
GREAT WHEAT REGION
of Texas, and sees growing to per-
fiction, not only wheat, but cotton,
corn and everything else that will
grow in q semi-tropical climate
he sees hero the thriving young
CITY OF DALLAS,
of 1000 inhabitants-the CONNER
cial center of Northern Texas, and
he says to himself, "This is too
good n country for a poor man
It's not for me to settle down in this
garden spot. of the world, 1 must
ego west 60 west go west =
Stop, stranger, you are mistaken !;
suppose you do go vest you have
not come all the way to Texas to
settle down on rocky hill-of
course yon want valley land, and
what do you suppose it will cost
you? Valley land in Johnson coun.
ty, one hundred miles west of this
place, has sold within the last
month for $40 per acre. You can
buy the best land in Dallas county
and as much of it as you want at
from IS. to 81 so per acre.
For further Information on this
subject, SEQ our advertising col.
umns.
To all who contemplate moving
to Texas VIC would say, "givc us a
call before purchasing elsewhere
Come and see for yourselves.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08

AN INciDEST.--The following truthful
iroiden It's related Of General Pat Gle
surne, distinguished officer in the Con.
federate army:
On the march Of his division from Co.
iumbia to Nashville, he spied one Of his
veterans marching along the rough turn
pike in his bare feet, which were bruised
and bleeding Calling the soldier to his
horses side, (the General being mounted
he directed him to pull Oft his boots,
which being done, he requested the SOL
der TO put them on his own bleeding feet.
This the soldier refused TO do, saying
'they are your boots, General, and no,
mine" "Put them on, sir" replied Gen.
Cleburne. ordcr you to do 80 at once =;
I'm your superior officer, and will have
my orders obeyed--besides, what does a
man on horseback want with boots on his
feet? The soldier obeyed. In few
hours afterward the brave and self-sacr-
fcing General was killed while leading
charge at the battle of Franklin.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08


Territory on his continent, which would
call for nm Increase NJ this force, but ratb'
or might anch extension enable IA 10 d. |
miDish II, 10 the theory ~ the Gov.
eminent that overhnngs with general
progress; now that the telegraph Is availa-
bic for concentrating thoughts together,
with rapid transit by stern 10 all parts OF
the continent, and nrc made contiguous
for all purposes Of tho government, ana
&C mmunicntion between the extreme I'm-
iis Of the country made essier than u WAS
ihroue hout the old thirteen States begin
ming our national existence.
His Exclcncy gives himself to
the w"colored troops who fought so
nobly" under his lead during the
"lato unplcasantncss." Hc asserts
that "the late civil strife raised to
freedom the slave, and made him q
citizen, yet he is not possessed of
tho rights which citizenship should
convey with it," Then, Mr., Presi-
dent, he is n citizen without rights,
and had better DO slave or any
thing else that can enjoy the rights
of being something in reality. But
is your paradoxical assertion true
in fact? How does tho case stand
in South Carolina, in Mississippi,
in Louisiana, and in Alabama ?
There your favored class have a
showing in tho management of pub,
ic affairs, and have had ever since
the cest pools of the great North
disgorgcd their millions of carpet
baggcrs. upon the people of the
South. There your potent power
has permeatcd all through the leg
islation of those States, which was
conducted by negroes and mean
VIII ties whom you have always
aided and abetted, and il
they arc not in tho enjoyment
of those rights which citizenship
ought to convey, whose fault is it
We panso tor a reply,-but in the
meantime we are given to the con
viction that n Great and Just God
has fixed his laws immutably, by
which nations as we'll as men should
be governed, and that before the
people of the South will view the
negro and his pompous demands fol
social equality in the same light
that Gcn. Grant does, that some
constitutional change will have to
be effected in the organism of the
white race. We have not tho space
to reviow the Presidents speech as
we would like to, for it is, as VIC
have before stated, rare product
and cminates from a rare specimen
of the great human family. But
before we conclude this article, we
must refer to his Indian policy, as
forshadowed in his inaugural. The
General says that "our superiority
of strength and advantage of civil
ization should make us lenient to-
wards the Indians" This extreme
sweetness on Il sour question to
those who compelled to deal an d
dwell among tho "gcntlc savages'
may be accounted for by tho fact
/ hat His Excellency is said to have
consorted with a Digger squaw in
his early days and may BIO afraid
that so mo of the progeny of his H.
Illustrations house might suffer,
should tho government take the
stand it should, and afford protec-
ton to its people, rather than en-
courage The barbarious invasions o:
tho Indians upon their rights. We
may have occasion to refer to this
address again, but for the present
we are through.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08

THE MEANEsr YET.-Some gentlemen
were talking about meaness, when one
said he knew nan on Lexington evenue,
who WAS the meanest mau in New York.
GLOW mean is that!' asked friend.
"Why he is SO mean that he keeps a
fve-cent piece, with string tied to 1t, to
give TO begg IRIS, and when their backs are
turned, he jerks it out Of their pockets
"Why, he is SO mean continued the
gentleman, 'that he gave his children ten
cents piece the night before he Fourth
OF July, but duling the might, whel they
were asleep, he went up stairs, took the
money out CT their clothes, and then
whipped them in the morning for losing
itr
"Does he TO anything else p
eyes the other day dined with him,
and | noticed the poor little servant girl
whistled gaily all the wny up stairs with
the dessert, and when l asked my gener'
Gus friend whn, made her whistle SO hap
PLY, he said why, keep her whisilng
go she can't eat the raisins out Of the
cake
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08

SuxrLowERs As FuEL.-0liver Wendell
Holmes propounded recently series OF
ques tons TO he answered 100 years hence
One was: what would succeed ceal oil as
fuel when The coal supply was exhausted
This was q difficult question, but it has
just been published that Watawan county,
MINI, raises sunfowers for fuel, the oily
seed making hot FIRE, as does the stalk
VIII en- dried, and that two acre field OF
sun flowers will furnish supply of fuel
for an ordinary family through the win
ter. will the doctor accept sunfowers as