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Tha, Pouring Mili.

The stock Of the new Touring mill IL rap
idly being made up. The merchants ana
capitalists of our city are subscribing In high
spirits aud high figures, The ground has nj
ready been selected, ana IN few days one OF
the most important works that has over
been conceived Ivy the practical minds OF
this city viii M It's huge shape In our midst,
q monument 10 our prophetic sasocIy ond
masterly energies.
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LOCAL NEW ~
j. N. RARTuOL0w. Local i'dii"r'
The OillClal Paper OF the Oily
VALUABLE HOTEL PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
The well known property known @ inc
"CIrutchfield House,
In the city of Dallas, In offered ~ private
sale. For terms, inquire OF
GEO. W. BAYLOR, or
JAS. o. CRUrcHFlELp'
Dallas, Nov, 25. 1879 9Oul'
JOB WORK.

We have the facilities and the work.
men 20 do M good work, ana NJ M
low rates, as can be done anywhere
and wa mean 10 do II. Hiring your
Fine Job Work 10 THE DALEY HER
AID OFFICE. Corner Of Main and
Lamar streets.
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CURIOUS FACr.-It appears that Amer
pride of nations, adds fresh graces and
new laurels to her charms every year.
Her dazzling beauty, her winning features,
her sweeter smiles, are causing poor ugly
improvement? It's being whispered around
that the change is being effected by the use
Of that great female wonder, English Female
Bitters.
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FlNANCEAL AND COMMERCIAL.
OFToE OF THE pALLAs IIERALp,l
January n, 1874,

OFFICE on TuE nALLAs HERALD
January ~, 1874
The money market romans easy NJ the
following auotatlonsi
Buying. Selling
unlhi"""''.n'''i'i'''''''" ivg ~ w no
NllNnfunt"''H'ur'''''''''f avg W wv W ~"
Commercial oXohnnge-New Orleans, buy
Ing g1to per cont discount, selling 4 per
cent promlumi New York, buying Ispor cont
discount, selling Y per cent promum dnl-
weston, buying u per cont discount, selling
Il per cont premiumi ~. Louis, buying q
per cent discount, selling u per cent pre-
MUM,
Cotton.
The market to-day has been nctlyo, cotton
coming In more freely, We report slight
advance from yesterdays quotations. prices
ranging from 10 TO l&ic, a few good samples
bringing II cents The recolpla continue TO
increase, ~ follows
Tompklns n tlloheldo,p,,,,,,or",. ~ bales
u. X. smith ~ Co,""",",r,""""""" Y Dhics
y, u, llce " CO"""'"",',,''''""""'''''r W pu,ph
W. Y,'""'''''''''''''''''''"''" 20 paius
DOulWiuc " Co''"r''"r, " puluh
Total. l76 bales
Frclghts-- Galveston a 90; New Orleans
u OF !; Shreveport 81 90.
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Pratt's astral Oil.

Absolutely safe. Perfectly odorless. AL
ways uniform. Illuminating power superior
TO gas. Burns in any lamp without danger
of exploding or taking fire. Manufactured
expressly to take the place of volatile and
dangerous oils. Its safety under every possi-
BILE test and its perfect burning qualities are
proved by Its continued use In over 100000
families
Millions of gallons have been sold and no
accident, directly or indirectly, has ever oc-
CURED from burning, storing or handling it.
The immense yearly loss to life and property,
resulting from the use of cheap and danger
our oils In the United States, is appalling.
The insurance companies and fire commits
sioners throughout the country recommend
the Astral as the best safeguard where lamps
are used. Send for circular.
For sale ut retail by the trade generally,
and at wholesale by the proprietors,
CHAS. PRATT 4 CO..
l6d9&6mw los Fulton street. New York,
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PullmaN's Palace Sleeping Cars

Are attached to Express Trains between
Houston and Austin, and Houston and Cor
sicana.
Passengers for Waco must take Accom-
mediation Train leaving Houston at 800 p. IN.
H..d'r Connections
AT Hearne, with International Railroad
daily Sundays eXcepted).
At Dallas and Sherman, with Texas and
Pacific Railway and FL Paso Stages for all
points of note in Northern Texas.
AT Waco, with daily stages to all points
West.
At MeXia, with line of hacks for Fairfield
and Butler, on sundays and Wednesdays.
At Ledbetter, with Daily stage for La
Grange.
At McDade, with daily Stage for Bastrop,
At Austin, with daily Stage for san Marcos,
New Braunfels, san Antonio and III Paso.
Through Tickets sold at Houston, Austin,
Hampstead, Bryan, Calvert, Waco, COrsicana,
Dallas M Kinney and sherman, via Red Itiv-
er City and Galveston, to all points of note
between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,
within the limits of the United States and
Canada. Also, via stage lines to san Anto-
Mo, and Weatherford.
For Through Rates apply to Station Agents,
or J. DURAND, General SuperinteL> ant.
j. WALDO &. II. Il L. a.
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MIR. q. w. BECKET

Ia our authorized agent for this city, with
power to make collections and solicit adver-
tlsaments and snDscr pti0ns TOR this paper.
All contracts made by him VIII be recog-
nlzed by this Office.
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NOTICE.

No accounts against employees In the
Herald once will be allowed In set o.
ments with the Oaice unless nn order
from the Proprietor IN given.
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Messrs Durham, Howell Il Co., of Shreve-
port, are agents of the Arizona Mills in Clai-
borne Parish La, and are prepared to sell
Colt Yarns and Osnaburgs at figures less
than New Orleans prices. [2j0d-tf
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TO the citizens OF Dallas county Il am
happy TO be able TO say 10 you, that the polit,,
lcal troubles OF our State are NJ Qn end, and
that am now IN possession Of the nrchieyes
of the Office OF Sheriff OF your county, ready
TO receive taxes. l am authorized to say,
that in consequence of tho late troubles,
there will be no extra charge for dolinquents
for the year 1878, for period of thirty days
from this date. Al the same time am urged
TO use all diligence In collecting ~
the unpaid tax of the county, with
as little delay rs, possible, including
the courthouse and school tax, and
Ms IL Is my ardent desire TINT should not be
forced to put any citizen of this county TO
trouble or extra expense, hope oil who nre
in arrears for the years 1872 aud 1873
will come forward Mt as early period ns
possible and arrange their back taxes; The
delinquent list for the year 1871 Is now in the
hands OF the proper officer at Austin ]
hope no citizen Of the county VIII permit
his name TO take this course for the years
1872 and 1878, as II will involve him in much
expense and trouble.
Respectfully,
j. II. BARKLEH,
295d3w2Olt sheriff ID. c. II.
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Sunday, November 16, 1873,

Passenger Trains will run as follows;
EXPRESts-Iea Houston daily Saturday
excepted, at p, NJ.
Arriving at Austin, 400 u. M; Red River
City, l0:5Oa. M; ST. Louis, O:iOp, m; Chicago,
$3.50 a, m; Louisville, 200 n. M; lndianapo-
plttsburg at 600 p. M; Philadelphia 7:l5, Il,
m; Washington City, 7:25 n. m; Baltimore,
$40 q. m; New York 1870 noon.
Returning, leaves Red River City, 500 p. M;
Austin 1889 p. m, arriving in Houston 1880
p. m. and Galveston, 1880 p. IN.
ACCOMMODATIONS Houston daily
Sunday eXcepted) at D A. NJ.
Arriving at Austin, $3.50 p. ~; Waco 0:l0
p M; Red River City, as n. III.
Returning leaves Red River City at Ills p.
m. Saturday excopted); Waco, $50 a. M;
Austin 300 u. M; arriving in Houston, $3.50
p. M, and Galveston, $3.50 p, M.
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Day Board.

Mrs. A. l.. Miller, at the residence of Major
WV. Peak, is prepared to accommodate a
few day boarders.
Mrs. Miller is prepared to do all kinds of
Millinery and Dressmaking in the latest
styles. 29ldtf
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Hides and Leather.

The market remains unchanged with II
good demand. Messrs. Schoelllsopf 4 Co.
furnish the following quotations;
Selected Ec;dry sailed lGc; green salted SIC;
deer skins 25c; II OF for grubby In all classes.
Harness Leather-O0lS iO9l9c; Heml0ckyD9
Ale; Skrting lj1iGc, sole LcNther-Oali Ii@
lBc HemoCI 33@30c.
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Twelve lots lone block, on the principal
business street of the town of liutchinS, on
the Central Railroad, In Dallas county, for
sale ut low prices. Apply 10
JOHN W. SWINDELLS,
iyl5dtf Herald 0tlice.
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Woman's Medical Adviser, so much needed
by all females, only twenty cents. Ad-
dress DR.. j. p. Droomgoole, Louisville, Ky.
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Hay For Sale.

We offer two hundred tons prairie hay for
sale, at low figures.
2S2dtf BLOCK, JEIT Il co.
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OF Shreveport, is our authorized agent foN
than city, to whom parties desiring TO ndVer'
Else In or subscribe for THE HERALD are re-
specially referred.
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For SnIn,

Two good residences in this city. lmme-
diate possession given.
l50-dtf STEAGALL d co.
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Religious Notice.

Try English Female Bitters they cure after
all else fails.
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BY Telegrilpll.l

GALVESTON, January ELECTION quiet and
arm; demand fair Good ordinary l3Sc;
middllnB 1926,
New ORLEANS, January 2.--C0tton--Ao-
tive; offerings moderate. Middling uplands
lbc.
New YORK, January 2l.-Cotton dull, Mid
ding uplandB l6c,
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NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

WereafteraIl bills for advertisement"
In this paper VIII be collected monthly
unless otherwise specified In contracts
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For Sale

For Sale.
County Warrants (smalll at eighty cents
OH the dollar, by
JOHN HOUSTON,
203dtl s. Elm Street (up stairs.
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Franklin a. PENN take
subscriptions for papers
and magazines.

Artists materials AT Reed al,
LatiirOp's. 2Sjd2w
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The Nonpariel Butchers Stall,

ss-old papers for sale at this ofies
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-10-10
The Danger of Wet Coal.

People who prefer wetting the winters
store of coal to lay the dust on putting it
in their cellars do not, we believe, gen
orally know that they are laying up for
themselves a store of sore Threats and
other evils consequent upon the practice.
But SO it is said to be. Even the fire
damp which escapes from coal mines
arises from the slow decomposition of
coal at temperatures but little above
that of the atmosphere, but under aug
mented pressure. BY wetting mass of
freshly-brokcn coal and putting it into
warm cellar the mass is heated to such
degree that carburetted and sulphu-
retted hydrogen are given off for long
periods of time and pervadc the whole
house. The liability of wet coal to mis-
chievous results under such circum-
stances may be appreciated from the cir
cumstance that there are several IN
stances ON record of the combustion of
wet coal when slowed into the bunkers
or holds of vessels. And from this cause,
doubtless, many missing coalvessels have
perished.-London Medical Record
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-10-10
+" She Can't Mad"

A WRITER in the North End Mission
lMdgazine tells Il good story of Miss
Bishop, who gave the best years of her
life to the Indians in the far West as a
missionary teacher. They loved her de-
votedly, and well they might, for she
was patient and long suffering with them
to such an extent that it was affirmed by
the members that within the memory of
the oldest scholar she had never been
known to lose her temper.
Such a constant and perfect ex-
ample of selfcontrol in a pale-face be-
came altogether unbearable, and one
day during recess the large boys held Il
council over the matter.
Was there no possible scheme to be
arranged by which the serenity of this
lady might be ruffied? All suggestions
failed to meet the approval of the major
ity, and the council was apparently Il
failure, when Jimmy Corn planter,
whose small, black eyes had been gazing
intently into space for some moments,
suddenly sprang to his feet, exclaiming:
Il knowi l no tell, You come to-mOr
row morning and see! Miss Bishop, she
mad, she very mad"
Doubt was expressed on every counte-
nance, but they promised to come.
The morning was bitterly cold, but
Miss Bishop started out in good season to
for the day. Making her own path
through the snow, she was somewhat
damp and chilled. 1t was with benumbed
fingers that she unlocked the door, troub-
led by a few stray thoughts of the COM
Portable home she had left in the East
where father, mother, brothers and sis
tiers would have shielded her from every
drudgery like this.
Banishing these thoughts, she reso-
lutely entered the house, and taking her
little basket of kindlings she opened the
door of the stove, which, to her amaze
ment, was filled to the brim with snow!
Suspicious of observation from some
unseen quarter, she then calmly walked
to the door, and taking the WATERFALL
and fires shovel patiently set about TAX
ing out the snow, not one impatient look
upon her face, not one reproachful word.
1t was too much for the invisible boys,
who soon emerged, very sheepishly, it
must be confessed, from their hiding
places, and taking from her the pail and
shovel soon repaired their mischief and
built rousing fire.
Again and again, during the recess of
that day, Miss Bishop heard the chill
dren shouting triumphantly, Miss
BishOp-she can't mdd!'
Such self-control conveys a lesson
which is not soon forgotten. 1t is an
evidence of inward strength.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-10-10
Take Care of the Feathers.

According to statistics very carefully
compiled" says a writer in La Nature,
we throw away yearly quantity of
chicken feathers the intrinsic value of
which is equal to the money we pay out
for cotton. A startling statement, but
the author considers it true, and he pro-
cceds to explain how the feathers are
prepared to render them valuable: The
operation is to cut the plume portion of
the feathers from the stem by means of
ordinary hand scissors. The former are
placed in a bag, which, when full, is
closed and subjected to thorough
kncading with the hands At the end of
five minutes the feathers, it is stated, be-
come disaggregated and feltcd together,
forming a down perfectly homogeneous
and Of great lightncss. 1t is even lighter
than natural elder down, because the
latter contains the ribs of the feathers,
which give extra weight. The material
thus prepared is worth and readily sells
in Paris for two dollars pound. About
one and one-siXth Troy ounces of this
down can be obtained from feathers of
an ordinary pullet; and this, on the above
valuation, is worth about twenty cents.
IL is suggested that, through the winter,
children might collect all the feathers
about farm, and cut the ribs out as we
have stated. BY the spring time a large
quantity of down would he prepared,
which could he disposed of 10 upholster
crs, or employed for domestic uses.
Good feathers may be treated in Il SINH
lar manner, and thus two-thirds of the
product of the bird utilized, instead of
only about one fifth, as is al present the
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-10-10
more than half the time common whiting

more than half the time common whiting
is sold for it. The size for mixing with
the whiting is most easily prepared from
glue, and as it is necessary that the
whitewash should be permanent, and as
little liable to decay as possible, we must
select good article of glue. Directions
upon the point could not be easily fol-
lowed by housekeepers let us therefore
advise them to go to Il respectable deal
er and buy the best Professional artists
in the science of calcimining generally
use the cheapest, and most recipes direct
the use of cheap article, but it will be
found that it is most judIcious to use the
very best. The better the glue is, the
less liable is it to decay in damp wealth
err, and thus create disease Moreover,
when it is good, less of it is required, and
the less glue you use the purer Will be
the color of your calcimlne.
To prepare the glue, soak it in water
over night-not any longer, however, or
it will begin to decay. 1t will absorb
water and swell up, but will not dissolve.
Pour the water off, add a little fresh, and
boil until it melts and forms thin
fluid Beware of burning it, and to
avoid this the glue is best melted in a
tin pail set in an iron pot which contains
some water. The whiting having been
mixed with boiling water, as previously
ulrecUcU, Inc Sluc Is anu
the whole diluted with hot water until it
is of the consistency of ordinary white
wash. A quarter of pound of good
glue to eight pounds of whiting is a very
good proportion. 1t should be applied
while hot, with common whitewash
brush. Owing to the fact that in damp
places glue easily decays and produces
poisonous vapors, calcimine should not
be used in damp Easements and cellars.
Any color may be given to this material,
and in Europe many houses have the
walls finished with light shades of pink,
blue, green, etc, instead of paper, and
the effect is very pleasing.
When walls have been previously COW
cred with successive coats of common
whitewash, it will be necessary either to
remove or "kill" the lime. After taking
Off all that will come away by scraping
and washing, the wall should be washed
with solution of white vitriol-two
ounces dissolved in a pail of water.
This will "kilI' the lime; in other
words, the white vitriol will be decom
posed, and the wall will be coated with
a thin covering of plaster of Paris and
zinc white, to which the calcimine will
adhere very readily. If these precau
tiOns be not taken, the old whitewash
will very probably peel off, and, of
course, bring the calcimine with it
Household.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-10-10
Elephant LabOrers.

IT would be too long to relate all the
uses to which elephants are applied in
Burmah. Let us watch them ut work
among the wood-yards where the trunks
of lockwood trees, which come floating
down the river, are piled. Every work
ing-elephant is mounted by driver
called "cornac," whose principal bust
ness is rather TO excite the animal than
to direct it, In the season when the
roads are cut the trunks come down the
river to the bar much faster than they
can be disposed of in the saw mills, and
they accumulate in vast quantities all
along the banks 1t is necessary, there
fore, to drag the trees out of the water
and arrange them in piles until such time
as they can be cut up. There are only
three sorts of piles, varying with the size
of the trees. First an elephant in the
water clears the logs from the mass and
ranges them one by one upon the river
bank. He carefully examines the chaos
of logs and proceeds with tusks and
trunk to disengage the tree he has
selected and which he intends to carry
to land. AS soon as the tree is placed on
the bank another elephant is harnessed
to it and drags it to the wood yard, where
he leaves it. Two other elephants now
come up, and one of them takes one end
of the log upon his trunk and drags it to
the pile upon which, in view of its size,
it ought to be placed, while his compan-
ion assists him by pushing the log with
all his might. AS soon as they reach the
proper pile the first elephant lifts the top
of the log upon the pile, then he forms
a kind CT ring around the log with his
trunk, while the other with vigorous
blow of his head shoots the log into its
place. The intelligence displayed by
these animals is almost incredible, and
had not seen their movements as de-
scribed above.-Recue DIES Deur Wondes.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-10-10
Concerning WhiteWash.

ONE of the things, says the I'echn0lo-
gist, for which American women have il
passion, is whitewash. Give one of our
thorough going housekeepers pail of
lime and "a whitewash brush, and she will
be as happy as boy with new penny
trumpet-and about as great nuisance.
Everything is whitewashed and it is i'm
possible, for months, to go near fences,
walls or anything within reach without
getting reminder of those fearful days
known as house cleaning times. The
worst of it is that very few of our Amer
lean women understand the art of
whitewashing. If they did they might
be endurable, just as the boy with the
trumpet might be endurable if he had "A
good instrument and knew how to use it,
In general they use quicklime, simply
mixed with water and laid on. After ii
time they get worried by the constant
anathemas hurled against their white
wash, which does not stick to the walls
and does stick to everything else. So
they mix little glue with the white
wash, in the hope of glueing it fast. But
the lime kills the glue and the whitcwash
is rs loose as ever. Then they add paste
which is Il slight improvement, but in
general they use paste made of wheaton
flour, which contains much gluten and
is easily acted upon by the lime, whereas
in countries where paste is used success
fully the paste is made of rice, either
ground into -four or boiled very soft and
beaten until the grains are thoroughly
broken up. Various other additions are
recommended, such as plaster of Paris,
white vitriol, etc, all of which serve II
good purpose, but are not entirely eff
cient.
Now the best whitewash contains no
quicklime NJ all, but is made of pure
whiting, which is Il soft kind of chalk
ground very fine, washed so as to scpa-
rate all the coarse and gritty particles,
and formed into Jumps in the process IF
driving. Good whiting, beaten up with
water so rs to form milky liquid free
from Jumps, and mixed with II little
good strong size, forms "a whitcwash
give very brilliant white surface. THIS
is substantially the material known as
calcimine, something very old, but never
appreciated until it received IL high
sounding name.
The whiting used for making this
whitcwash or calciuiinc is sometimes
called Spanish white, Paris white, etc
They are all the same thing, and the
only point is to select the finest and
whitest material offered To you and take
II under any name the vcnder chooses TO
sell it, provided he does not ask too much
| for it, for it is only whiting after all
Some recipes name sulphate of baryta, a
beautiful white powder, as the only ma
, terial for making calcimine. 1t answers
very well, but is not easily procured, and
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-10-10
How Crop Was Saved and the Army
Worm Beaten.

THE army worm has in California met
an actual defeat. These creatures APP
peared in vast numbers on the beet fields
near Sacramento, and opposition was ut
terly powerlcss by trenches or by fire,
but the experiment of setting turkeys
against them proved completely success
full The birds rushed at them, and for
several days lived upon no other food,
supplying themselves almost to surfeit
with this delicious treat. For awhile it
was uncertain which party would pre-
vail, but latest accounts report IA com
plete triumph for the birds. The turkey
crop has disposed of the worm and saved
the beet crop-and inasmuch as the beets
were in hundreds of acres, cultivated for
sugar, the victory saves an important in
dustry thai was threatened with entire
destruction Some of the birds suffered
One, indeed, died, and being dissected
was found to contain ,4:'2 worms, many
of which were still alive. There were
about 5000 turkeys engaged, and the to-
tai number of worms eaten may he cad
culatcd AT leisure