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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-26
DALLAS, TEXAS.

SUNDAY MORNING :;:;:: SEPT %,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-26

OF the Sergeaut-at-arms, took there
from some thirty dollars worth OF
stamps, stamped envelopes and gov.
ernment newspaper wrappers.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-26

Fine Ohio wool was offered in
Philadelphia the other day at forty
four cents per pound, the lowest figure
It has reached since the panic OF
1877
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-26

--Denison is said to be literally IN.
tested with blacklegs and ropers-in,
who are unusually successful IN reliev-
ing the yerdant Granger OF his surplus
GtpRs
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-26

Captain Voigt has at last struck
waterNt the Capital grounds at Aus.
tin Day before yesterday when he
examined the well, he was delighted
TO mud thirty-eght feet OF clear fresh
spring water IN IL,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05
Large Landed Estates

In this country, we think $1,000 OF
90, ZOO acres large landed estate. Some
of the great proprietors of Scotland are
far ahead in acreage of any in this coun-
try. The Duke of Sutherland owns in
fee simple, 176,343 acres Duchess Of
Sutherland, 149, 879 acres Sir J. Math-
eson, COG, 070 acres Mr.. A. Matheson,
200, 433 acres Earl OF Breadalbane, 49,
696 acres Duke of Buccleugh, 432, 1873
acres Earl of Seafeld, 100000 acres ;
Mr.. Evan Baillie, 100000 acres !:
Earl of Stair, 100000 acres; Duke of
Richmond, 255, 900 acres Duke of Ath-
ole, 1914, 600 acres Duke of Hamilton,
$4,000 acres Duke of Argyle, It's, 900
acres Sir K. Mackenzie, of Gairloch,
164, $3.50 acres Macleod, of Macleod,
141, 700 acres. -NeaO Orleans Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05


The best of men have trials. I've encountered
some myself,
Thouaa. why was afflicted could not always
sonaesfrials were quite harrowing-some mere an
knoyances-
g3rt through them all L have preserved my faith
and piety.
For trials do not come by chance. 1.-THE gravest and
the least
Alike ere regulated by omniscient design;
Sui, always have been puzzled to know just what
meant
BY my sad misadventure with the sacramental
wine.
.conmunion-day took the jug out of my cellar
The jug containing as thought, the proper beyer-
and carried it to church, where it became the NOV
OF grave suspicious which I could not easily
suage.
The solemn services began; the elder took sip,
And across his sanity features swept gleam OF
mild surprise;
That Deacon Failing swallowed some, and slightly
hem'd and frowned,
Took ont his checkered handkerchief and smotnered
several signs.
And Deacon Jones-on these occasions Jones is al
He took liberal swallow-Lord! what face he
made!
He made no noise but silent sat, and simply
As If his whole interior was literally fayed.
Then Sister Jessup drank some, and, Gracious !!
How she coughed!
1t seemed though she'd strangle with the lrrlta-
ing dose,
Which brought the moisture from her eyes, and
shook her glasses off
From their accustomed place upon her ag1tated
nose.
And thus, on each communicate, the contents OF
that jug
Wrought strange efects-contortions paroxysms,
faces WY
Excepting Brother Brown, who smacked his lips
with keen delight.
And looked around at me with winks most odlously
sly.
The faces of the wicked, in the remoter pews,
We're speedily pervaded by a contagious grin;
While the righteous seemed indignant, and sterny
gaZed ut
AS if had committed the objectionable sin.
A chill suspicion of the truth crept through my
shuddering brain,
Asif were the victim of some paralyzing drug.
The cup came round, tasted it. All bitter CUP
Instead of the COMMUNICATING, I'd brought mes
brGRdy-jUg!
1t puzzles me to learn why should be thus morti-
fed;
What providential scheme was helped by thus ex-
posing me.
For, to this day, can't persuade my brethren il
that church
That I am not addicted to drinking privately.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05
Health by the Saddle.

A Washington letter to the Chicago
Tribune says: At 20 years Of age, now
more than sixty years ago, Francis I.
Blair, ST., was pronounced by his physl-
clans an incurable consumptive. All
remidies tried had failed, and his
doctors told him that the only thing
which could keep him from his grave
was the saddle. Study, oYerwork, or
inherited consumptiYe tendencies, had
given him cough, which was causing
him rapidly to waste away. He accept
cd the advice of his doctors, and took to
the saddle. He started of on long
horseback Journey, which has not ended
yet. When he began riding he had to
be lifted to his horse, as he has had to
be for the last 10 years, but he kept on
riding then, as he tries to keep on riding
now at 86. From that day horse has
been his constant companion, and dur
ing the long course of years many a
horse has served his old master faithful
ly, and gone to the /" horse-heaven. All
these years, until his recent increased
feebleness, those who passed by Silver
Springs could every morning see two
horses saddled near the old mans door.
One was for the young woman, now
come to be more than three score years
and ten, whose runaway accident, SO
many years ago, resulted In the purchase
of Silver Spring farm. The other is for
Mr.. Blair himself. An immense stone,
assembled by easy steps, constitutes the
mounting block, from which faithful
body-servants assist the aged feet to the
scarcely less aged stirrups. The old
gentleman and lady seem to start off
with as much pleasure, though scarcely
with the same vigor, as they did half a
century ago. They always ride for two
hours, not, to be sure, at the speed of
the steeple-chase, but at comfortable,
health giving, old-folks' gait. Moralists
and physicists can find a good deal for
reflection, and draw very wholesome
lesson for prudent living, from the
course of life of the Blair family at Sill
yer Springs, and, perhaps, one is that
there is more health in the horseback
rides than in all drugs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05
North Carolina Getting Rich Out OF
BIackberrieS.

I could name men in the High Point
and Salem region of North Carolina who
have made nice little fortunes by the
blackberry trade, and it has carried many
a former unknown luxury into the homes
of the poorer classes of that section;
pio,1ing and drying blackberries and
lite ~; them come nearer getting some
t sbin9 FOR nothing than almost anything [
t Srnrg of Of lmost every ten-year old
n nnHd can earn his fifty to sixty cents per
d dn1la ' The sSin need hut little care in dry
inc except to be kept from rain, and
sheould be dried as qu1ck as possible pos ,,sde.
There is no danger of stocking the mar T
ket Thousands and thousands OF Pounas
are are. used in making an excellent imitation on
mort a me. I well remember when the
Edea Of drying and selling blaoh di1ides
laughed at there an9 n now through
the North Carolina railroad country Just s5
after the, the d ying is over.--At19''t0
Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05
A Renaissance Of the Indian Mutiny.

A case which recently came before the
High Court at Calcutta recalls some of
the earlier horrors of the Indian mutiny.
During the months of June and July,
1857, the 18th Irregular cavalry, which
had been raised and was commanded by
by Mai. Holmes, took an active part in
the preservation of peace in North
Behar, and enjoyed the conf
dence of its commander. But
one evening, as Maj. Holmes and his
wife were driving in buggy some three
or four miles from the lines, they saw
Dahl Khan, the dufadar of the regi-
ment, and four or five troopers, ride up.
The Major asked them why they were
there and armed, instead of attending to
their duty. The duffadar answered with
some foul abuse, and, with the assistance
of the troopers, murdered his command
ing officer and Mrs. Holmes, cutting off
both their heads. The head ana body
of the lady were thrown into ditch, as
was also the body of her husband. His
head, however, was carried by the mis-
creants to the lines and displayed to the
regiment, which was then, with the ex-
ception of some sixty men who remained
1a1IuIul, u1dTCu0Q OH ny Ddlu hudA 10
Lucknow. After the suppression OF the
mutiny Dahl Khan took refuge in Luck
now. Trusting, apparently that eighteen
years had suficed to efface the memory
of his crime, he lately ventured to return
to his native village. He was recognized,
arrested and tried. All the witnesses
were still alive, and their tales CORE
sponded exactly with the stories told by
them at a preliminary inquiry held while
the affair was yet fresh in their minds.
An old woman had been spoken to by
Mrs. Holmes few minutes before the
murderers rode up, and she gave most
graphic description of the tragedy. The
Judge of Sarun sentenced the prisoner
to death, and when the case came up to
the High Court for the confirmation
which the Indian code requires for
capital sentences, there could be no
doubt or hesitation. The evidence was
clear, and, in the words of the presid-
ing Judge, the "murder was one of such
atrocity that nothing short of the ex-
IRENE penalty of the law would satisfy
the ends of justice. "--London Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05

the surging muddy pillows toward the
Black Rock down he came, borne like
a feather with one arm uplifted, as he
was shot past, he held out to the China
man the life-preserving line, which the
poor creature eagerly grasped. But
Sims could get no hold of the black and
polished bowlder. The fearful current,
roaring and trembling, bore him into the
mouth of the Big Canon but no one on
Texas Bar after that hour ever spoke of
ssTimid Sims.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05
How to Keen a Subscriber.

An indignant farmer recently entered
tic office or the Elizabeth NetUs and
ordesed his paper stopped because he
differed from the editor in his views
regardi0g the advantages of subsoihng
fence rails The editor of course con-
coded the naad's right TO stop his paper,
but he remarked coo1Ey, hooking over his
List:
"Do, you know Jim Sowdefs, down at
Hardscrabble 9''
g Very well, " said the. man.
"Well, he stopped his paper last week
because / thought a. farmer was blamed
feol who didn't know that timothy was a
good thing to graeE on huckleberry
bushes, and he died iAfbur hours"
ssLord, is that 500" said the astonished
granger.
Yes; and you know old George
Erickson, down on Eagle cfeek2"
"Well, I've heard of him.
sWell, said the editor gravely, che
his paper because I said he was
the happy father of twins, and congratu
lated him On his success SO late in life.
He fell dead within twenty minutes.
There are lots of similar cases.. but it
don't matter. I'll just cross your name
off, though you don't look strongy and
there's bad color on your nose"
"See here, Mr.. Editor, said the sub
scriber, looking somewhat alarmed, st
believe III just keep on another year
cause / always did like your paper ; and,
come to think about it, you're young
man, and some allowance orter be made, F"
ana he departed satisfied that he had
made narrow escape from death.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05
THE DIFFICULTY IN RHYMING.

We parted by the gate in June,
That soft and balmy month,
Beneath the sweetly beaming moon,
And with a-wunth-hunth--s
Can't find rhyme for month.
Years were to pass ere we should meet,
wide and yawning gulf
Divides me from my love so sweet,
And sadly with an ulf-sulf-dulf-
plunge these in the gulf.
All how dreaded in my soul
To leave my lovely nymph,
While years should their long seasons roll
Before my-hymph- dymph-symph-
Alas my lovely nymph!
OH had loved her many years
loved her for herself,
loved her for her tender tears,
And also for observation-disclosures
Must let it go at pelf.
sorrowfully wrung her hand,
While tears did fast escape;
My anguish | could not command,
And feeling like a-tape-cape-ape
All! must 1 make it ape!
gave her q last fond adieu-
Sweet pupil OF loves school,
I,told her would e'er be true,
And ever be a--rule-mule-fool-
Best wind UP on the fool
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05
Wit and HumOr.


ABRAHAM was the first sick man. He
had Hagar in the wilderness.
WHY are jokes like nuts? Because
the dryer they are the better they crack.
How DID Adam and Eve get out of
the Garden of Eden? They were snaked
out.
WHAT poet was always In debt9 Cow
per. Why2 Because he "oh'd for
lodge"
Why are real cashmere shawls like
deaf and dumb people? Because you
cannot make them here.
W4Ar is that of which some will be
left even when we have taken the whole?
The word wholesome.
AN Irish doctor lately sent in his bill
to lady it commenced as follows
i" To curing your husband till he died"
QUERY for Naturalists- If bird in the
hand is worth two in the bush, is a mole
on the face worth two in the ground3
A VEHICLE for a Joke-Irelandr.i
usually described as the green isle OF
the sea; pink isle would be nearer the
mark, seeing that it's car-nation.
'sIF Smith undertakes to pull my
ears, said Jones, 'he will just have his
hands full, now" The crowd looked at
the mans ears, and thought so too.
SINCE tight dresses are worn the street
car conductor can tell just how many he
can get on seat, and how many he
can't. He don't say "shove up" any
more.
A COLUMBIA Professor, reproving a
youth for the use of his fists, said owe
fight with our heads here" The youth
considered, and replied that butting
wasn't fair ct his school
"DooToR," asked a convalescent,
"can I eat bit of pork-chop or bacon
this morning? "Rardly," replied
Medicus 'sto eat the chop would be
rash, and the bacon rasher."
DUBUQUE doctors give the boys nickels
and then follow them from the apple
stand home, and by hanging around the
house few hours realize several hum
bred per cent. on their investment.
A WIDOW whohad iustIost her husband,
We weeping bitterly for the dear de-
parted. A friend tried to console her
s'No, no." said the fair mourner, "let
me have my cry out: After that shan't
think anything about it. +"
"H0w's business now?'' inquired one
Nashville merchant of another, "Dull,
fearfully aull," was the reply. "The
fact is, nobody buys anything just now
but provisio6s and whisky-the bare
necessaries of life, as it were"
DURING a clerical conference, the fol-
lowing conversation wag heard between
two newsboys: "I say Jim, what's the
meaning of SO many ministers being
here altogether 2" "Whys" answered
Jim, scornfully, " they always meet once
a year to swap sermons.
The other day when Cass street
youth heard of boy who educated him
self TO become great orator, he went
home, got his school reader down and
began "The next gale that sweeps
from the north will bring to our ears the
CLASH His mother arrived just
then, and taking him by the ear she said:
"Boy if you don't go out and split me
some wood I will make you think earth
and sky have bumped each otherp And
as the boy hacked away at an old chunk
he solemnly vowed that he would go to
Missouri and join the James robbers
Detroit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05

TUE traye, ing public will bless the
Pannsvlyania railroad for the following
, : omn oro III n revised regulations
p E NewsPovs ~, rains will not be allowed
;ndi v%5D}9 to !, lportune or annoy pas
sengers, but may ann ~ areood;no fo,,r
voice, or at interva IS noI e ~ ofared for
times in each car, Il le arIlc.es t Hl,d - 10
sale. Nor will they oe Perni n4o ~ ~ t t
post their papers, looks, ETC.. a., on d the
seats of the cars or tn lapS - '1o t'''
sengers. /"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05

Miss Susan B. ANTHONY has issued
invitations to q party on her 50th birth
day.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05

m. $500 ,,o,,,,-, -. lge lately adopt
Lee oceal ll pea 90 .- pOSA 90 by the Hon.
ca S1 was agl1aIeo o. year lit received
ELM burIl1t. mI. PnzI from an old
lew Gays since pos1al csara ting him on
i Il II Ao1uoA coh8rsOoa1A his idea.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-05

u
sons, who was % years old, was regarded
as young man of exceedingly bright
promise, the first evidence of his genius
being shown in various humorous articles
in the Yorkville NeaOs, on which paper
he worked when in his teens. Some
eighteen months ago, in connection with
gentleman named Cook, he established
the Lockport Qll.) Courier, his interest
in which he soon afterward sold, in order
to take position on the Joliet SIN,
which he left few months since for the
broader field offered for his enterprise
on the Chicago .EvAa1ag Journal, His
mother, being in delicate health. has
been kept by her family, in ignorance o.
his disapp earance unsIE day or two
since, when, having given up all hope of
his return, they told her the exact situa-
tom Of affairs. She had In the meantime.
being great reader, wondered why she
could obtain no papers-a matter She at
once understood when she learned that
they had been hidden from her for fear
Of the effeeS that the news of his being
lost might cassse his death. She considers
that the fanny acted wisely in doing as
they did, as the alternate hope, fear, and
relaEsstg to him in the first
few days after tie balloon ascension
would have been harder to bear than the
almost absolute knowledge she now has
of his death.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-08-12

From The Commonwealth.
The democracy of Maryland has
made a hickory-planked platform.
We congratulate Senator WHITE
that when no rises in the Federal
Senate to defend the great princi-
pies Of the democracy Of jefferson,
jackson, and Benton, no can point
TO the platform Of principles 81 his
State, and speak as becomes q
Senator in the American Senate.
The "old times are coming back.
Carroll for Governor, ex- Governor
Whyte in the Senate Of the United
States, and an old hickory plat
form. God bless " NV Maryland. :"
The following platform was
unanimously reported By The Com
mittee on Resolutions and unan-
imously adopted BY the conven-
ton
First. We do hereby declare our
unialtering devotion to chose car
dinal principles Of republican gov
eminent enunciated BY Thomas
jefferson in language SO clear that
Il can not DO improved upon, to
vat Equal and exact justice To
oil men, OF whatever state or per-
suasion, religious or political the
support Of the State governments
We al their rights rs Che most COM
Petent administration for our do
nestle concerns, aud the surest
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-08-12
Has He a CAN?

Has he a call to be a husband
who thinks more of his horse than
Of his wife 4?
Has he a call to be a husband
who spends six evenings out of the
week away from home, and COM
plains because his wife will go
Tuesdays to prayer meetings?
Has he a cali to be a husband
who spends five dollars a week for
cigars, and an occasional glass !;
but can't afford to take a neWspa.
per for his familyP
Has that man a coll to be hus-
band who makes elegant presents
to other ladies and grumbles il his
wife wants q new dress?
Has he o call to be o husband
who swears If the one.hundredth
button is missing, and nevsr speaks
q word in commendation Of the
ninety and nine that remain i'm
movable?
Has he Q call to be q husband
who never buys a book or q pic
ture 10 make home attractive, and
still wonders why a woman cant
be contented TO stay at home seven
days out Of q week, and ever sing
"There's no place like home ?"
Has he q call to be o husband
who loses money by betting on
elections and horse races, and
when he becomes involved attri-
butes il to his wife's extrava-
gancB?
What kind of a call did the
woman have, to be q wife, who
married such a monster
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-08-12
INTERESTS ALI

Citizens, Of Cafcasieu owe 70 them.
selves for reasons Of ca economical ma.
lure, the following things
First, And out where you can buy Ia
best advantage, good new articles.
hagea stock Of goods purchased az low
figures; it is only necessary for pur-
chasers to come and examine goods and
prices, and I feelconfdent they will be
satisfied. Fast colors of calico selling
10 cents per yard; first class Gents
roady-mada Clothing, Notions, Dry
Goods. Shoes Of all descrip lions, Hats,
Croclsery, Groceries, Clocks, and Fur
niture; all selected for this market !;
and if articles desired are not seen, I
will thank customers to ask for what
they want, as 1 purpose to keep what
is needed ia Tins market. Call and see
for yourselves, at New Store, 70. L.
Riddick, near the Post Office.
aug 10
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-08-12
Auction saEe or schooner.

DY consent of the owners, and under
I'D their act of procurRtiOn, / will sell
ut public auction, to the highest bid.
der, at the Court House in the town Of
Lake Charles, Calcasieu parish, La, on
Saturday, September A, 1875,
between the hours of ii A. NJ. aud 2 p.
NJ, the lumber Schooner MARY
LEE, with her sails, rigging, tackle,
yawl boat, anchors, chains, and ali
other appurtenances, on the following
terms and conditions, to wit: ..
The purchaser will be required to
pay one-third of the price of adjudica-
ton in cash on the day of sale one
third thereof three months from the
day of sale, and one third thereof six
months from the day of sale, Gud to
execute his two promissory notes., each
for one-third of the price of adiudica-
ton, payable to my order for the use of
the owners Of said schooner, respect
lively in three and six months, as afore-
said, bearing eight per cent. per annum
interest from maturity until paid. with
at least one good and solvent surety in
S0IidO. .....
The proceeds of said sale will be APP
piled by nae, under seid procuration,
to the payment of the claims against
said schooner and owners. ALI creditors,
whose claims have not been presented
to the captain of said schooner Capt.
Jack Nelson) are hereby notified to pre-
sent their claims to me, duly sworn to,
Or to George H. Wells, Esq, Attorney
1T law, at Lake Charles, Ia, at least
three days before said day of sale.
d. H. LYONS,
Sheriff of Calcasieu parish, La.
Lake Charles, La., August 5, 1875.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-08-12
To AL Tav.Pavers.

IN CONFORMITY WITH AN ACT
L of the Legislature of the State of
Louisiana, entitled AN Act to provide
a revenue for the support of the State
government of Louisiana, and the man
ner of collecting the same" approved
March 8, 1869, the undersigned will
assess the property of the parish of
Calcasieu, for one month, commencing
from the LIST day of august, and ending
on the LIST day of September, 1875,
from 10 o'clock A. M. to IL o'clock NJ,
and from 2 o'clock r. NJ. to 4 o'clock P.
~, of each day, at the Office of the Re-
corder of the parish of Calcasieu, in the
town of Lake Charles.
d. H. LYONS, Sheriff,
JOAN A. SPENoE, Recorder, Calcasieu.
ASA RYAN, Clerk, of
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-08-12

As the hour approaches for the
opening of the Fair this evening
at che Catholic church, we are
more thoroughly convinced that it
will be a complete success.
The balloon ascension on Satur-
day evening at 8 o'clock, and the
concert which will begin at s
o'clock of the snme evening, will
be grand for Lake Charles beyond
description.
AS these entertainments are
given for the benefit Of the Catho-
JIG church, we feel safe in saying
that they will be literally patron
lied, more particularly, of course,
by the Catholic fraternity of this
parish. None, who can, will fail
to contribute at least the price Of
one ticket (75 cents) Others who
are more able are expected, and
undoubtedly win, contribute more
literally.