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ThtA; is the Child foretold
By Seers and prophets old;
tn xhom, in the beginning, it was said,
The Uolnan's seed shall bruise the Ser
pent's head.
Nor was the graciou. promise e'er forgot,
Though man remembered not;
For when the tribes of Isiael went astray,
Bowling 10 other gods that could lot save,
Their yOuEg men captive and their strong
mon slain,
Disconsolate tney TUNED TO Him again,
He did not turn away,
But full of mercy, still the promise gave
The Comforter to them.
There shall come forth II rod on Jesse's stem.
branch from out his roots. And He
shall be
To those VINO dwell in darkness great light
a spirit of counsel and might
That shall subdue, enlighten and set free!
And Earth. Iejoiced shall See,
Outgrown its ancient hate, that love is best;
Nor TO the weak the strong be terrible:
Together then the wolf and lamb shall
dwell.
The leopard and kid lie down to rest,
And little child shall lead Them! This
And he shall judge the nations, and lebuke
The warning sons of men;
Swords shall be beaten into plowshar, IS
then,
The murderous spear into the pruning hook;
Nor sword nor spear uplifted before,
For War shall be more,
Zion awake, arise, unloose thy bands
Arise, put on thy strength be not cast down !!
Put on thy beautiful garments and thy crown,
Above the subject lands
Revered. beloved of them
No captive but a Queen, supreme Jerusalem!
VI
Not like a king lie came
with princes and the powerful of the
Earth
Gathered around his Virgin Moth cr's
bed,
While priestly hands are laid upon His
head,
Aud heralds through the land proclaim
His BIRTH
And all the happy people shout His
name!
Only the Wise Men know
The wise Men ana the sb epherds kneel-
ing round
Emmanuel was found!
The Prince of Peace who should the
kings of earth subdl ie!
These, and the host above
Who sang the hymn OF love,
That rose triumphsn then
Good >will and peaci, To men!
God has come down on Earth GOODWILL and
peace to men"
II aIpeI's Monthly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-25
CO.vGRES>EOt.sE.
SALARY BILL.

LIVELY SCENE IN THE HoUsE-PAS-
SAGE OF A BILL FIXING SALARIES
AT $1,000, AND ACTUAL EXPENSES.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-25

Nor as of old they came,
tn harp and nute, aud the shrill sistrum's
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-08
N Mortgage on the Farm
by JOHN II. YATES

Mary, let's kill the fatted calf and eele-
brute the day,
For the last dreadful mortgage on the
farm is wiped away;
have got the papers with me, they are
right as right can be-
Let us laugh and sing together, Tor the
dear old farm Is free
Don't all the Yankees celebrate the Fourth
day Of July, -.
Because twas then that Freedoms sun III
up our Nations sky
Why shouldn't we then celebrate, and TINS
day neer forget
Where is there any freedom like being out
Of debit
I've riz up many q morn an hour before
the sun,
And night has overtaken me before my
task was done;
When weary with my labor, twas TINS
that ncrved nay arm;
Each day Of toll win help to pay the mort
gage on the farm.
And, Mary, you have done your part In
rowin 10 the shore,
By takin eggs and butter to the little VII
lage store.
You did not spend the money in dressin
up for show,
But sang from morn till evening in your
fadad cali co,
And Bessie, our sweet daughter-God
bless her owing heart
The lad that gifts her for q wife must be
by nature smart
She's gone without piano, her lonely hours
to charm,
To have hand in payin off the mortgage
on the farm.
I'll build little cottage soon, to make
your hearts rejoice
I'll buy good piano to go with Bessies
voice;
You shall not make your butter with that
up.apd.down concern,
For III 20 this very day and buy the fin
est patent churn
Lay by your faded calico, and go with me
TO town,
And get yourself and Bessie a new and
shining gown;
Low prices for our produce need not give
now alarm,
Spruce up little, Marry, there's no mort
gage on the farm
While our hearts are now so joyful, let US,
Mary, net forget,
To thank the God of heaven for being out
of debt,
For He gave the rain and sunshine, and
put strength into my arm,
And heightened out the days 10 see no
mortgage on the farm
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-08


HEN DRlviNG.-When woman has
hen to drive into the coop she takes hold
Of her hoops with both hands, shakes them
quietly toward the delinquent, and says,
"Shew there" The hen takes one look
at the object to convince herself that its a
woman, and then stalks majestically into
the coop in perfect disgust Of the sex. A
man don't do that way. lie goes out doors
and says, ut is singular nobody in this
house can drive o hen but myself" and
picking up stick of wood hurls il ct the
offending biped, and observes "Get in
there, you thief" The hen immed lately
loses her reason and dashes to the end Of
the yard. The man straightway dashes
after her. She comes back again with her
head down, her wings out, and followed
BY ar assortment Of stovewood, fruit-csns
and coal.clinkers, with much putting
and very mad man in the rear. Then she
skins up on the stoop, and under the barn
ana over q fence or two, and around the
house, and back again to the coop, all the
while talking as only an excited hen can
talk, and all the while followed by things
convenient for handling, and by man
whose coat is on the sawbuck, and whose
nat is on the ground, and whose prespera-
ton and profanity appear to have no lin
II. by this time the other hens have ceme
ont to take hand in the debate, and
help dodge tina missiles--and then the man
says every hen on the place shall BE- sold
In the morning, and puts on his things
and goes down the street, and the woman
dons her hoops and has every one of those
hens housed and coniented in two min.
utcs, and thu only sound heard on the
premises is the hammering BY the oldest
BOY as he mends the broken pickets.--
Dan5ury Neus.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-08
Pullman's Palace Sleeping ca,

Are attached to Accommodation Trains h,,,..
Houston and Anstin.
Passengers for Waco must take Mail ,,dh
press Train Leaving Houston at Z 30 a. IN. @
The above Trains make the folio wing co.,,
tons, viz:
At Hearne with international r. n. daily ~,
DAYS excepted North at 90 p. M. aud z Az !.
South. at 2 90 p. IA. aud 10 p. m.
At Waco, with stages for Peoria, Woodbsr
Covipgt on, Cleburne, Acton, Cranberry W,ats
ford and Jacksb orc, Tuesdays, Thurslay and \.
DAYS. at I 20 a. m. For rowash on Fri,hu !, i.
a. m, For Valley Mills, Clifton, Meridian gOolr.
IreIvll, Duffo, Stephensvills, on Moniau n
Thursdays at 10 a. m,
AT Mexia, with line of Hacks for FaIr6,a =.
Butlor, on Sundays and Wednesdays.
At Dallas, West, for Weather ford and Jsct,b,
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7Oanl
East, for Tyler and Longview, SUNDAYS, W,d,.
\ days and Fridays at NO "a. II.
| For Fort Worth, daily at I 90 q. m.
Southwest, for Cleburne, every Nondayal;tp
Northwest, for Denton and Gainesville, M.
Wednesday at 7 90 a. IN.
At Mckinney, North with FL paso Shps d,
daily, Sundays excepted) for Sherman, Ri ln,
City, and Terminus OF the NJ, X. 4 T. rsilrai
West, via Plot Point Denton, whI,cb.
Gainesville, Decatur aud Jacksboro daily at Ocpl
East, (rri-weclsly) tuesdays, Thursdau and h
urdays, for Greenville, Bsuham, Paris, CAiDB
and jefferson at 9 GOA. IN.
At Ledbettcr, with daily Stage for LaGnnn
AT McDade, with daily Stage Tor Bsstrsp
| At Austin, with daily Stage for San Mareo., N
Braunfels, San Antonio and III Paso.
Through Rates and Bills of Lading given IN
Stations on the line Of this road to New 0rleaslu
New York, via Morgan's Line of Steamship
weston to Now Orleans, and Mere hants Ilpsslm
ships, New Orleans TO New York, shiDpen iarsA
ing their own Bills Ialinrs
For rates, apply to Station Agents, or JAMS
Mangum, Northern Agent, Sherman, and Hill
daz, Western Agent, San Antunio.
J. DUEANp, 0sul sqt
| J.WALD0, @. F.1T.A.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-08
T AND FOR SALE.
DALLAS COUNTY


n c~~
DAhnAS VOoNTx.
A Farm miles North of Dallas 100 acres In cp,.
tirasion, plenty ofwater and timber.
A Farm miles North of Dallas. 60 AGRA. In cult.
Walton Q story concrete house.
Acres TX miles North Of Dallas.
30 Acres mile North of Dallas.
~ Acres mile North Of Dallas.
31!O Acres on Mountain creek, the J. 8. Jones'
survey
, Farm In Polk county, NO., to exchange for
WAS MINUS
Farm III lawrence county, ARM, to exchaI &c
"r .esas ianus'
- ns'es mi'e west OF DALLAS.
hesluences IN iheci'y OF Dallas
s'ore'honse on the East side ofthe Square
| Business lots on Main and Jefferson streets
Re.,2en, lots In all mart, of tho Gin,
6aO acres niles T. OF Lancaster, Ann stok
| ycy.
303 acresSouth side Of Duck creek near the mouth,
WIN. Reeves survey.
Sxo acres 10 mics 0. NJ OF DALLAS, me timber part
| ofG. W: shaw survey
,a.on snr, %'' "'o' pA'as' par' VI 'A' fa''
ass acrssI miles Nor,hweat Of palla, ,ooa ,imher.
mart Of n. Derbln survey
% two thirds acres u mie' 5, ". Of Dallas, part
m Ts''sn s ~ s s0oa timber
% scres miles .. OF Scyene, part OF the Moan
son n s.0n ,s . sns.ey nSe umnsr
par, Of y. Moss survey. y "''' 'A'''''"'
10 acres mile northeast Of Dallas, part ofJ'
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-08

who's that gentleman, my little man r.
was asked Of an urchiu. "Thst one with
the spike-tailed coat?n ayes" was. the
response. "why, he's o brevet uncle Of
mine" "How IL that 7" was asked
Cause he's engaged to my Aunt Mary II
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-08
For SALE.

The Dallas Misunderstanding Co. Mills are VI
offered for sale. The building, machinerv.
appliances are frst class. Run to its mailmj
pacity II will Rrir d 500 bushels I wheat nnJ u
corn 10 twelve hours. With good manNrems,I 7
enough may be obtained for full WORK. I'LL q
cold low for eaah. JAS. \. NJ.
July ~, lsI2--<&:tf
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-08

We take this OCCASION to thank our
friends for their liberal patronage extend
ed TO us while at Corsicana, and beg to re-
mind them and the people generally, that we
are now opening at Dallas one ofthe largest
and most complete Stocks of Groceries ever
brought to the interior of Texas.
Purchasing as we do, direct from lmpor-
ters and Manufacturers exclusively, for cash
on the spot, aud by our own labor almost
freeing ourselves from store expenses, and
being no way involved in the unavoidable
losses incidental to Big Credit Stores, il
must be perfectly clear to the comprehen.
sion of every one that We can afford to sell
our goods at small profits.
We would respectfully solicit the public
when visiting our market TO call and ex.
anime our Stock and prices for themselves.
All articles guaranteed as represented,
or money refunded.
Our House is situated on South side Of
Elm Street, N. E. of Public Square.
Respectfully,
DARLINGTON, MARSALIS 6 co
Ian. a. l273-tf
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-08
A Strange Case Marrying His Moth
erin Law.

Some months since in one Of our courts
there was filed u petition for divorce,
which exhibits o strange freak Of human
nature. The petitioner was married in
1852, and his wife died in February, 1871,
leaving surviving eight children as the
fruits of said marriage. His mother-in-
law took an interest in her grand children,
and the complainant in the divorce bill,
at the time feeling that the grandmother
was nearer and dearer TO his children than
any other human being, and was bound
to them by the ties of common affection,
married her, believing that the marriage
would better subserve the interests Of the
children, and more largely promote his
own happiness than any other course then
left to him; hence, on the 10Th day Of Sep.
tember 1871, u marriage was duly solemn
lied between the parties in Shelby coun-
ty. The parties lived together as man
and wife for two months aud il never o.
CURED 10 either of them that there was
any improperly, legal or moral, in such
eslablishrEI of relationship as hus.
anu vile. The step was suggested
to both parties by tender con-
sideration for the welfare Of the
eight children. In November 1871,
it was intimaed for the first time 10 peti
toner that under the laws OF Tennessee,
such marriage was illegal and void, and
greatly surprised Mt such information, Pc
titiener sought the advice Of such an Off q.
GER Of the church to which he belonged,
and from those learned in the law, and
was informed that such q marriage was
void,owing to the previous relationship OF
tie parties. In November the parties
ceased to live together and applied for d.
vorce, pincuio, or that the marriage be
pronounced nullits, and that the said
parties, complainant and defendant, be
declared free from the supposed obliga-
lion and its consequences. la July, 1872,
decree pro confesso was granted by the
court, annuling the marriage, the parties
being within the prohibited degrees OF
kindred, and that she be restored to he.
original name Memphis Appeal
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-08
TT Leads to III appiness!
A Boon to The Whole Race Of Woman!
DIR. J. BRADFIELD'S
FEMALE REGULATOR !

II will bring on the Menses relieve all pain at thu
monthly "Period;' cure Rheumatism and Neural.
gis OF back and Utsrusi Lencorrhea or "whtes,"
and partial Prolapsus Uteri; check excessive flow,
and correct all Irregularities peculiar to ladies'.
IL VIII remove all irritation ofkidneys and blad-
DER relieve Costiyeness; purify the blood; give tone
and strength 10 the whole system; clear the skin
impartlng rosy hue to the Cheek and cheerhness
to the mind.
u isas sure . cure In all the above diseases as
Qulnine u 10 chlIsand fever.
Ladies' can cure themselves ofall the abovo dis
eases without revealing their complaints to any per-
son; Which u a'ways morsilyins'o'heir pride and
1t recommended by the best physicians and the
clergy.
LA1RAsoE, Ga, March %, 1870,
BRADFIELD 4 Co., Atlanta, Ga.--Dear Slrs.--I
take pleasure In stating that have used for tie last
twenty yeais, the medicine you are now putting up,
known as DR., j. Bradheld's Female Regulat or, and
consider II the best combination ever COTTON togeth.
or for the diseases for which It IA Recommended.
have been lam ar with the prescription both as
practitioner OF medicine and In domestic practice,
ard can honestly say that consider Il a boon TO
suffering females, and can bat hope that every lady
In our whole land, who may DO suffering IN any way
peculiar 10 their sex, may be able TO procure bot.
tie, that their sufferngs may not only be relieved,
but that they may he restored to health and
strength, With my kindest regards
nm respectfully ". D. FrRRELL, NJ. D.
FEAR MARIETTA, Ca, March Fl, 1870.
Messrs. WIN. ROOT a. S0N.--Doar sirs: Some
months ago boughta bottle Of Rradhelds Female
Regulator from you, and have used II Ia my family
with the utmost satisfaction, and have recommend
cd II to three other families aud they have found Il
lust what II Is recommended. This females who have
used your Regulator are in perfect health and arc
able to attend to their household Duties and we cor.
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Yours respectfully, Rev. II. b. JOHNSON.
We could add a thousand other certificates, but
we consider the above amply sufficient proof OF Its
virtue All wa ask Is trial.
For full particulars, history Of diseases, and Ger.
thcaes Of Its wonderful cures the read er IL referred
to the wrapper around the bottle
Manufactured an,. sold by
BRADTIELD Il co,
Price $3.50. Atlanta, Ca.
&f& Sold by all Druggists OWN
Apr 20,llS72-3leov-lyr,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-07
Russia and the Turcomans.

A letter from Samarcand in the GoIoss
says that so far from the Russian cam
paign against Khiva being at an end, it
has hardly begun. The alleged victo-
ries of Gen1 Kaufman and Golovat-
chef over the Turcomans were not, the
correspondent asserts, by any means as
complete as the official reports repre-
sent them to have been, aud the gov
ernment would probably have as great
dread as Pyrrhus of the repetition of
such victories. "Not single officer
in the column of Genl Golovatchef, who
was himself severely wounded by two
sword-cuts in the head and shoulder,
returned from the expedition uniniured.
Several OF them, such as Lieut.. Col.
Esipof, Ensign Kamentzky, and others,
were literally cut to pieces. That the
losses in the ranks must have been cor
respondingly great is evident. The
Turcomans fought with indescribable
fury; women fought by the side of men
in the ranks, and even surpassed them
in reckless courage. Nor did our army
gain much when thev entered the towns
of the Turcomans by putting all the in
habitants to the sword. While peace
was being restored in this terrible man
neF III one ulSGrlcG, du InburTeCGlOu DIOhe
out in another. The troops
are compelled to make long and exhaust
ing marches to which the sufferirgs
they had to endure up to the capture of
Khiva were mere child's play. Five
thousand camels have already perished,
and the troops have hardly any means
of transport for their baggage; F.; the Off
GERS are only allowed to take with them
two shirts and linen haversack. The
correspondent concludes, from the above
facts, that it will be impossible for Rus
sia to establish order permanently in
Khiva, or derive any advantage from its
conquest, so long as Bokhara, which ex-
tends along the whole eastern frontier
of Khiva, is not made Russian territory. /
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-07
A Piece of Sponge.

There is regular fishing season for
sponge in the Mediterranean, and at
one time it used nearly all to go to
Smyrna, and be sold as Turkey sponge /:
but now, when the rocks of Syria and
the Grecian isles have been well
dredged, and the collected sponge is
dried, it is shipped off at once for Euro
pean markets. We know, principally
by sight, two kinds of sponge: the fine.
close, elastic; and the dark, open
sponge, familiar to us as honey-comb. "
To the uninitiated it would seem that
these were the produce of different
countries i; but it is not so, for the two
qualities are found growing together,
side by side, upon the same rock, and
are dredged with the same net The
fishing season lastk for about four
months, and is carried on in q rough.
primitive fashion, but with tolerably
satisfactory results, though the thick,
coarse, honey-comb sponge is far infe-
rior in commercial value to its close
grained, firm brother, the Turkey ysponge
par excellence.
Probably for want of research, the
supply of sponge is almost confined to
the Mediterranean and the WesC Indies.
Florida and the neighborhood of the
Bahamas form the spOpge-hunter'
ground, and it is probably the case that
the turtle may make his resting-place
among the jelly-like groves of the
sponge. To see the late contents of a
case of sponge after being moistened,
one is tempted into comparisons with
the genius of the Arabian Nights who
escaped from the vessel that bore Solo |
mons seal-inasmuch as the dry sponge |
is close, compact, and tightly packed |
IN, while the application of water swells |
it out to large bulk several times the |
We have pretty good samples |
of this in the well-putfed-Out pieces Of |
fered for sale by street vendors and, |
by-the-way, strange stories of these |
pieces of sponge are told, as to their be-
ing refuse cleaned up for sale-tales |
that have very little foundation in fact,
for the pieces are for the most part new.
The collection of sponge in the Le-
want is dignifed by the title of fishing,
and partakes very much of the nature
Of the process practiced to obtain
pearls lnasmuch as divers go down in
some eight or ten fathoms of water,
'aking with them a triangUlar-shaped
piece of stone to conquer the buoyancy
4 rope is attached to this stone and held
Oy companions In the boat. Once down,
he divers object is to wade rapidly to
he pieces of rock bearing the growing
sponge this he rapidly tears off, till he
las as much as he can conveniently car
Y, or till his power of remaining below
8 exhausted, when he pulls his rope,
md is rapidly hauled up into the boat.
IN some parts of the east, though. the
living is not practiced, but the sponges
ire collected from shallower water by
means of fork at the end of long
,ole. In this way the pieces are forced
n dragged from the rock, but very of
en- at the expense of the sponge, which
S thus made ragged and unstable A
imilar process is followed out in the
Vest Indies, long fork being used in
,lace of the diving.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-07
The Red River Raft,

One of the great improvements
the days is the removal of the r
river "raft." This raft is formed
the accumulation of logs, trees, roo
and debris of all kinds, in the channel
of the river. This raft grows year by
year, and deposits of mud thicken upon
the logs and vegetation springs mp, ur-
til islands are formed miles in length.
In 1905 the raft was more than a hun
dred miles long. It consisted of accu-
mutations of the up-country forests
throughout all time. In 1885 the gov
ernment set to work to clear the river.
Capt. Shreve, after whom the town of
Shreveport took its name, was at the
head of the work. From that time to
the present, spasmodic attempts have
been made from time to time to remove
these RATS, at immense labor and ex-
pense. The present raft region is thir-
ty-fve miles in length, and extends
from point forty miles above Shreve-
port to the Arkansas state line. Navi-
cation can only be accomplished
through the raft region through the
bayous at high water. At other times
the river is entirely blockaded. In 1872,
Lieutenant Woodruff made survey of
the raft, and submitted plans for re-
moving it. An appropriation was voted
and the work begun. The raft is COM
posed of logs, roots and snags of every
description, which had been crowded
and jammed into a tangled mass, be-
coming more compact each year as the
pressure from above increased. Annual
freshets had brought down mud and de-
posted it in and over this mass until,
in places, the raft itself had become
entirely covered with earth, small is-
lands, or tow. heads" thus being
formed. Upon these tow-heads were
growing trees, usually willows, three
feet and more in circumference. The
means used for the the removal of these
distinctions are various. Blasting
powder was used at first, and failed. |
was substituted but was
found to be Intellectual. At last re-
course was had to nitro-glycerine. This |
never failed to work. The work has |
rapidly under Lieutenant |
WoOdruffs management, and a few |
weeks will suffice to clear the channel |
so that navigation will be un-
from Shreveport, Louisiana,
to Jefferson, Texas. During the war,
this same stream came to grievous no.
tice through the disastrous failure of
banks, and the brilliant feat of engi-
neering whereby great fotilla of gun
boats was successfully carried out of
the clutches Of the enemy and absolute
y foated over fall of sixty or seventy
,eet, which had for days been very near
y bare. The name of Bailey was i'm
nortalized by that feat, and the run
tself made historic.