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SUNDAY MORNING jjjjj MARCH II,
THE DALLAS HERALD

IL tie only paper In northern
Texas that receives the full
Press dispatches.
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ylCMSBURG.
The Chancery CIerk'- Office In Ni"Hs
burg BuTgIarized.

VIcKsBURG, March 2O.-On opening
the Chancery Clerks office this morn,
ing it was found that the office had
been burglarized. The books, papers
and official bonds have been tempered
with, and the hooks OF the warrants
on the special and poorhouse FUNDS
containing the stubs OF the warrants
last issued, and the blanks now being
used, were found to be missing.
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1aiIg4erald

Onice ia "HeraId hioeh," CarneF 81
Main gnd Lamar streets, Oyer firsi
National Hank, business Office
Pr0ni N0Om, Second story,
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j. n. GIBBS, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.

Attention given To the treatment OF the
disea es and deformities of the Eye and
Ear office, Hoskins' Drug Store, Elm
street. Residence corner OF Harwood and
Bryan streets.
32l3m
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NOTICE.

Sealed proposals will be received until the
18th Of April next, for the construction OF a
clerk y office In the town Of Ksuf-
man, said Office TO be made of good fre-proof
brick, TO be 20x24 feet, one story. Plans and
Specifications cen be seen at the clerks office
In the town OF kaufman. or can he obtained
by addressing the undersigned, with whom
proposals must be deposited.
1T. WARD,
2ld1w26w1m Kaufman. Texas.
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FOR SALE.

A well established, profitable and genteel
business for either lady or gentleman, with
a small capital. Noopposition. Terms cheap
for cash. Cause for selling-ill health and
change necessary. Address NV. L." 7. Q.
28dlm
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For Rent.

A stone building 50xe0 feet, corner Of Com
merce and Lamar streets. Address
1silw ]. e. ID. BLADES.
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MulchIng.

The light and sandy character of many
soils and the dryness of the atmosphere
explain the importance of mulching in
summer, Downing says mulching is
nothing more than simply covering the
ground about the stems with coarse
straw or litter from the barnyard, which,
by preventing evaporation, keeps the soil
from becoming dry, and maintains it in
that moist and equable condition of
temperature most favorable to the growth
of young roots. This shows the benefit
of summer-mulching; but many claim
to derive great benefit from mulching in
winter also, applying the mulch even
after the ground has frozen. What pur-
pose can this mulch serve but to protect
the roots? This, you perceive, brings
up the question as to which is killed by
our winters, top or roots.
Without going into the merits of this
question l will simply avow the belief
that winter-mulching often saves the life
of the tree. Freezing of the roots may
not do any material injury, but sudden
changes of temperature, especially sud
den thawings, unquestionably do injure
the tree, and cold snaps after the tree has
started into growth are still more disas-
trous. Again, as has been recently stated
by member Of the society, the tree
keeps up certain amount of ac-
tivity to which moisture is an es-
sential condition throughout the win
ter. Dry winds evaporate this moisture
and the tree must have some means of
replenishing the supply. These are
mostly taken away when all of its roots
are enveloped in a mass of frozen soil.
Dry, porous soils freeze deeper and thaw
out quicker than moist ones. They do
this because of the comparative absence
of water in them, which is a poor con-
ductor of heat, and therefore serves to
render temperature equable. Thus, con-
corning mulching, science explains and
enforces what practice has shown to be
good.
But mulching is not equally valuable
on all soils, and some attach little i'm
portance to it. Clay soils need it far less
than sandy soils. They are more reten-
tive of moisture, and hence do not dry
out so easily in summer, freeze so deeply
in winter, nor thaw out so suddenly in
spring. Again, thorough cultivation may
IN part take the place of mulching, since
1t iavors the absorption and retention of
moisture in the soil.
To sum up this matter, mulching pre-
serves the moisture of the soil in sum
mer, lessons the depth Of frost in winter
and renders changes of temperature in
the soil less sudden. 1t is most beneficial
ON sandy soils and less SO on loans and
clays. 1t is not so necessary if thorough
cultivation be given.-PrQf. Lacey, before
Hmm. Horticultural Society.
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Two French Women-A Sketch by
Taine.

ONE full-blown, in white, embroidered
skirt, with plated waist, looked like a
Venetian woman of the Renaissance
Above the divine softness of the satin
you saw her curved and pearly neck. and
on the blonde tresses of her abundant
hair simple band of floating lace. She
seemed tall and straight as a Diana in the
long folds of her native dress her bodice,
ornamented with silver embroidery, deli
cateiy suggested the thought of dashv
hussar. She walked rapidly, and her
dragging train trembled like the drspery
of a goddess, while the bouquets of brill
iants in heI hair flashed like sword
blades Another, frail, slight, the face
projecting, wi h thin nose, trembling
lips, pale eyes and hair all in disorder
beneath her diamonds, seemed to emit
flashes aud sparks from every part of
her person. Seated or standing, she
never seemed to touch the ground. The
inward mettle, the irrepressible out
bursts and contortions of her nervous
organization, seat momentary shivers
through her nervous frame. About this
slight neck nipples a row of diamonds
circle of living eyes, pale as the flaming
eyes of magic serpents. These women
chat and seem delighted with their con-
versstion- What would you not give to
hear What they are sayingy Go near and
you viii find out that they are discuss
ing embellishments; ope prefers ebony
and the other mother-oi pearl
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Some California NuiSances,

THERE are many nuisances encoun-
tered by the farmer in this part of the
world which do something to counter
vail the surprising loneliness of the eli
mate. OF these, ants are one. Ere
quently food can be preserved only by
being suspended in sacks, or placed in
cupboards with their legs standing in
vessels of water. The native Califor-
mans scrape all the grass out of their
yards and tramp the ground down hard
to keep the ants away. Choppers are
sometimes driven from a tree by the
amazing multitude and the stencil of
them. They collect great quantities Of
grass-seed into their holes, leaving the
chatt on the surface, and these chatf-
heaps become quite 4 resource for stock
in the winter. The feas have given
rise to fashionable folly known as the
California wriggle," which even young
ladies practice in the presence of their
lovers. In the high mountain regions,
strange to say, and al, und the salty la
goons OF the bay, mosquitoes are so in
tolerabiy bad that men often wear mos
quito-bars on their heads. On the por-
ton of the plains overlooked in the wet
season gnats are SO thick that many peo-
pie live for weeks in smoke with their
hands and faces lacerated by themselves
to bloody blotch. In the coast valleys
and the interior basin ground squirrels
swarm in countless hordes, hsney comb
ing all the surface of the earth, and de-
vouring every green thing, unless the
farmers make banded war on them with
stryehnine-pot, shot gun, trap, sulphur
smoke, water, and all other conceivable
devices. Summer brings plague of i'm
palpable dust which peneuates even into
watch; winter, plague of fathomless
mud and of miring down.-4tLantic
Honthly.
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Dog Conscience.

To THOSE who have never studied the
ways of the lower animals it may seem
strange to assert that they, as well as
ourselves, possess conscience, T. e.,
sense of moral responsibility, and ca
pabillty of distinguishing between right
and wrong. It is necessarily developed
strongest IN those animals which are
placed under the rule of man, and es-
pecially in those who, like the dog, be-
long to his household and are made his
companions. Conscience, in their deal
ings with man, is their religion, and they
often exercise 1t in way which would
put many human being to shame.
1t is this feeling which induces the dog
to make itself the guardian of its mas
ter's property, and often TO defend that
property at the risk of its life For ex-
ample, if dog be placed in charge of it.
masters dinner, The faithful animal will
never touch a morsel of food, however
hungry it may be. Nay, dog would
rather, as an ordinary rule, die of star
walton than eat the food which belonged
10 his master. We often see field labor
ers working at the end of large field,
while their spare clothes and their din
ner are at the other end, guarded by
dog. They are quite easy about the
y,
that the dog will not allow anyone to
touch either the clothes or the provisions.
A stu stronger instance of moral re-
sponsibility in a dog has just come be-
fore me.
A poor woman who lived in an unpro-
tected part of Scotland became unex-
pectedly possessed of large sum of
money, with which property She was as
much troubled as Captain Jack" with
the money which he dared not spend,
was afraid to show, and could not carry
about him for lack of pockets. She would
have taken it to the bank but could not
leave the house.
At last she asked the advice of
butcher of her acquaintance, telling him
that she was afraid to live alone in the
house with such 8 sum of money.
Never fear" said the butcher; al
will leave my dog with you, and I'll war
rant you that no one will dare to enter
your house" So toward evening the dog
was brought and chained up close to the
place where the money was kept.
In the middle of the night a robber
made his way into the house and was
proceeding to carry off the money when
he was seized by the dog, who held him
aprisoner until assistance came The
thief was the butcher himself, who
thought that he had made sure of the
money. He had not considered that his
dog was better moralist than himself,
and instead of betraying defenseless
woman would even take her part against
his own master.
The woman kindly pardoned the in
tending robber; and hope that for the
future he took lesson from his own
dog, and amended the evil of his ways.
A rather notable instance is now be- !
fore me where the capacity of con-
science, as it is manifested in the lower |
animals, is very well shown. There is a |
retriever belonging TO a Scotch lawyer,
who was very conscientious animal in |
his way; that is to say, as far as his intel |
fect would carry him he was absolutely |
conscientious but, unfortunately, there !
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The Ship-W0rm,

The world is indebted to NJ. Quater-
FACES, the eminent French naturalist, for
a knowledge of the life history of the
1eredo nt0alts, properly called the ship
worm. This destructive little animal
makes its home in submerged wood,
which 1t perforates with tubular gal
leries, where it spends lis life alternately
tunneling and feeding on the fine rasp-
ings or chips it makes. 1t abounds in
the seas, and its rayages are so extensive
and so rapidly effected that all sub-ma-
rine structures of wood are liable to be
riddled by it unless carefully protected
against its operations. Planks and timbers
of bridges, piers and ships, that appear
outwardly whole and perfect, will often
on examination prove to be internally
furrowed in every direction and ready to
crumble in pieces under the slightest
weight. A piece of deal has been found
completely riddled in forty days after its
immersion. nj. Quaterfages relates that
a boat raised four months after it had
foundered on the coast near Port St.
Sebastian was so worm-eaten that it was
utterly useless
The curious part of the Teredo's tun-
neling is that, although its galleries may
perforate every part of the wood and de-
stroy its entire substance, they never
communicate. Some instinct informs
the little miner when it has reached a
furrew followed by another individual,
and it instantly changes its course and
literally worms its way in new direc-
ton. l. generally moves with the grain
unless 1t meets with some obstruction.
Early in the eighteenth century the
Teredo attacked the dykes of Holland,
the country by consuming the piles sup
porting the sea-walls, and thus letting
the ocean roll In upon the land. A vast
sum of money was expended before the
imminent danger was arrested But pro-
lection against the Toredo has been found
in iron rust Timber exposed 10 its
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pregnated with oxide of iron. Copper
sheathiHg is employed to protect ships,
or the timber is driven fun of short,
broad-headed nails, the rust of which
covers it with coating which is to the
Teredo like an armor Of mail. Its little
tooth never attempts to penetrate ma
.erial so spoiled for its taste.
Although the Teredo is called q worm,
1t is really an acerhalous mollusc, and
wears from its birth little bivalve she'll
But in the progress from infancy TO
maturity it undergoes singular trans
formations. 1t is Matched from a small,
round, yellowish-green egg, and is at
first naked and motionless. 1t is soon
covered with vibratile ella, after which
It swims about for forty eight hours. At
the end of this time the ella disappear.
and the young Toredo sinks to the bot
tom. Here, in the course of five and a
half days, it develops shell that almost
entirely incloses it. Then it gradually
puts forth long, slender foot that pro-
jects far beyond the shell, and by which
it can propel itself AT this stage it is
the size of grain of millet, is spherical
in form, and brown in hue, and can swim
freely again, or walk by means of its
foot. Now it hunts about for some fixed
or floating wood that is to afford it food
and shelter, that is to be at once its
castle and its larder.
When it has found the material neces-
sary to its existence it creeps along the
surface of the wood until it discovers a
part sufficiently soft and porous, when it
begins boring gallery for its future
home. After the tunnel is deep enough
to contain it the little, round mollusc
rapidly effects metam0rphosis. 1t
covers itself with a Shiny coat that at
the end of three days becomes quite
solid. A new and larger shell is next
secreted, after which the Teredo changes
its sphereid form for one elongated like
worm. 1t requires about three weeks
for this singular Transformation to be
completed. Prof. Verrill states that on
the coast of New England the Teredo
nivdEfs produces its young in May, and
probably through the greater part or all
of the summer. According to Quater-
FACES, the Teredo's life is rounded in a
single season. 1t perishes during the
winter succeeding its birth.
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DIR. WALKER tried various extracts
from herbs and roots, without benefit. He
noticed, however, that alcohol, that bane
of the human race, was used in their prep
aration, and he determined to exclude the
poison entirely from his own practice, so
that the sin of making men drunkards,
while pretending to cure them, should
never lie at his door. The Almighty
blessed his experiments, and in the VINE
GAR BTTTERs he has produced a pure,
health restoring agent which banisheS dis
ease in every form, reinvigorates the sys-
TEN, and restores strength to the feeblesi
sufferer. There is no part of life's citadel
where the enemy can make lOdgment
that the VINEGAR BITTERs will not find
him, and put him to the rout. Impur5ty
IF blood is the parent of disease; the liver,
the stomach, the lungs, the nerves, every
vital organ is affected primarily from this
cause, and in this direction the VISEGAR
BITTERs acts with magical influence. 81
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To LEAD ALL COMPETITORS is the aim of
the proprietors of the Wilson shuttle sewing
machine. 1t is founded on the very best
principles known to sewing-machine science,
and improvements, in advance of all other
sewing machines, are being adopted con
stantly The Wilson is rapidly gaining the
preference of all parties that are acquainted
with sewing machines, and it has already
taken the front rank among the first-class
machines of this country; and its price,
owing to its being manufactured where labor
and material are much cheaper than in East
ern cities, is fifteen dollars less than all
other first-class machines. Machines will be
delivered at any railroad station in this
county, free of transportation charges, if
ordered through the company's branch
house, 1877 State street, Chicago. They send
an elegant catalogue and chrome circular
free on application. The company want a
few more good agents.
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WILHoFT's Tonic "A SAFE, SURE AND
SCIENTIFIC CUREl-The unprecedented sale
of this world-renowned medicine proves in
contestibly that no remedy has superseded
the use of this reliable Tonic No spleen has
been found so hard as not to yield to its soft
ening influence, and no liver so hypertro-
phied as not to give up its long-retained bill
ious secretions, and no Chill or Fever has
yet refused to fall into line. WHEELoCK,
FINLAY 81 Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGIsTs.
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1T is fact which cannot be doubted that
ever since Geo. P. Rowell q Co., the New
York advertising agents, commenced busi-
ness in the advertising agency line they have
continued to systematic and the business to
expand, until at the present time every news
paper knows the firm as well as it does its
own Office, and the leviathans of advertising
literature look upon their facilities for expe-
diting and economizing work as the sheet
Democrat
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How to Deal With Grassh0ppers.

The following method of dealing with
the grasshoppers is suggested by Ne
braska gentleman who has made study
of the subject:
Let the pioneer pillow his raw prairie in
strips or bars, say two rods wide, leav-
ing intervals of one-half rod to every rod
between them, thus:
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These grassy bars will cost him moth
ing, and if he takes care that the old
grass he not burned they will be capable
of - slow, smeldering combustion
almost any time during the growing sea
son. If the grasshoppers alight upon the
field the first bar of grass to wlndward is
to be fired, and if that does not drive
them entirely of Others are to be fired In
succession. Care must be taken, how
ever, not TO make too great smoke, as
this will stifie the insects at the outset,
and they will fall down in the field to re-
vive and go to work again when the
smoke is over. One visitation may be
promptly followed by another, but the
materials for smoke, if not wasted, would
probably be sufficient for all emergencies.
LACE curtains should never be ironed
nor even the embroidered muslin ones.
Have two narrew, slender boards, as
long or longer than your curtains. Tack
strips of cloth or wide tape the entire
length of these Place them out doors
upon chairs, as you would quilting
demonstrating it until it is entirely
smooth. Every point, every scallop
should be pulled in shape and fastened
down. 1t takes but little time for ii to
dry, and then its place should be filled
with another. Housekeepers often
stretch sheet on the carpet ofsome I'M
used room, and then pin the curtain to
the floor, but the above method is great
ly preferable.
An obliging gentleman, who thinks
that personal favors do not cost much,
while thew make friends was aDpiied In
by colored man for certificate of char
acter by which he might get a situation.
The testimonial proved to be more CON-
plimentary than Scipio himself had ex-
pected; and that worthy, on recovering
do yerself on dat Instrumentation"
SoIrxn A DyyfE--Iloutf m ARK Iax1d a IL
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PERsoNAL.-It may be observed that no at
tempt is made to hunt up out of-the-way or
unknown places 10 find names to indorse
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR:
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens.
Jno. ". Beckwith, Bishop of Georgia.
Gen. Jno. b. Gordon.
Hon. Jno. GIN Shorter, Ex-Governor Of Ala.
Hon. d. Wills, d. D., Pres. Oglethorpe College.
Bishop Pierce (cf Georgia..
Hon. James Jackson firm Howell Cobb &
James jackson, attorney -at-iaw, Macon, Ga.
Jno. b. Cobb.
R. L. Mott Columbus Ga
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WEARERs of false hair take notice, In
Algeria hospital and dissecting-room at
tendant has been condemned to prison for
cutting the hair off the heads of deceased
women. The habit is suspected to gener-
ally exist. The discovery was brought
about by an Arab insisting on having
lock of his wife's hair When the coffin
was opened he was surprised TO find her
hair had been cropped.
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A MAN came out of the tax-office. the
other day, and, exhibiting an empty pocket
book 10 his friend, gloomily observed
8 Bill, where's the altar of our country
I want to find it'' "What for." asked
the other, in some establishment "Well,
! want to lay tina. pocket-book upon il"
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WHILE riding in stage-coach from
Undertook to Albany, n. Y, many
years since, John Van Buren,, who was
smoking, asked stranger in the Stage if
smoking was agreeable to him. The
stranger answered: " Yes, it is agreeable.
Smoke away. | have often thought if
ever | was rich enough | would hire
some loafer to smoke IN my face" Mr..
Van Buren, threw his cigar out of the
window.
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IL Canada it is illegal for any person to
carry any concealed deadly weapon, such
as slung-shot. skull-craeker, dirk or other
instrument of that kind The statute is
silent IN respect to pistols, and therefore it
IS no intraction of the law to carry them
about the person.
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FACTORIES and machine-shpps should not
be allowed to run day without Johnson's
A1,odgy,e Lig,imeJst In case OF sudden ac-
cident an immediate use of it may save
weeks of suffering, and perhaps limb, or
even life
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THERE are several kinds OF worms which
trouble horses; the pin-worms pointed at
both ends are the most common and most
dangerous. Skeridaf's Cdsalrg Condition
POWDERS will in few days eject the worms,
and the hors will begin to thrive.
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A YOUNG lady was expelled from q
Western public school because, under an
order from her mother, she refused to
study bookkeeping The parent pre-
fered the health of her child to the mas
terry of an art which could never be of any
use to her. The maternal philosophy was
sound, but the Board of Education was in
exorable. The mother took her case into
court, and, after several trials. she reeov-
cred damages 10 the amount of $50. The
daughter was already on the verge of
breaking down under the multiplicity of
other studies.