The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-25
FORT WORTH.

"Tne Prayers OF tho Wicked" EIe,-
The Political 4uid Nnnog- A h0mil!
On the "smAri Aiocks" Of Ihe Fort
mar, esiing city Of Railroads
The Cattle Trail-GeneraI Peers Tn
denyOring 10 Secure an Interest IL
nie" Dem0craf,"
Especial Correspondence OF the leraldl
FoRT Worm, May ~, 1910,
The all absorbing desire Of our pe0'
pie Just now IL "moisture.p The con.
vocation of our "deyOut menn for the
purpose of offering up prayers for rain,
was most unceremOnl0usly broken ul
by suggestion from DR.. Burts that,
In his opinion, II could not amount Ia
anything untll after the moon chang
ed, His suggestion In this regard was,
no doubt, based upon his own personal
experience. Immediately after the
change Of the lunar orb, offerings
will be made, and coplous rains may
DO expected.
Who are 10 compose the next dem
OCratic presidential ticket, Is ques-
ton just now being thoroughly dis
cussed on the prominent corners OF our
town. These discussions frequently
startle the listener with the wonder
fully brilliant ideas expressed aud the
erudite conclusions arrived nj, and inl-
perceptibly lead US to an open ayowal
of thanks TO the God Of the universe
that our lot In this world has Teen 30
iavorably east.
The expense of printing the biog-
raphies of the great men of this nation
in book form, for the use of the "com-
mon Millions could all be dispensed
with ii these "Solonsn could be in
duced to orally scatter to the people of
the nation the vast a0cllmulatlons Of
political knowledge with which they
are freighted. But, alas they are too
selfish, ana will only and very spar
ingly give us the benefit Of their
special representations, the verllica-
ton of which will, they say, entirely
depend upon circumstances.
They tell us the nomination Of
Tilden and Booth, or Allen
and Eaton, or Hoffman and
Throckmorton will not depend 50
much upon their localities or general
fitness for the position as upon the
number of votes they can control in
the convention. This latter idea re-
minds US very much of Lord Dnndrea-
fy's conundrlim--thaps good,
On the whole, after taking IN and di-
costing the experiences of the past ten
years, coupled with the "lndian
fraudsn, the "revenue steals, the "civ-
il servicen abortion, the "whisly ring"
aud the "third term" idea as a polite.
al dose, savored with few willis OF
the moral atmosphere engendered by
the Tilton- Beecher affair, and we find
ourseif wrought to the pitch where we
can truthfully eXclaim in the language
of the Tennessee poet, "Slc transit
gloria mundi.o
The wheat harvest is going on, the
weather warm (ninety-two degrees In
the shade), ice cooled drinks in de-
mand and business dull.
The Texas and Pacific road is not yet
In sight, and the Lord only knows
when It viii be. All is peace and
quiet. ,
Up to this writing there have passed
this point, for northern markets, "a,
887 head of cattle this season, and still
they come.
There seems to be great rivalry ex'
isting between the proprietors OF the
Com mercial hotel on one side, and the
Trans Continental hotel and Fort
Worth Democrat on the other. They,
the latter, having been so vituperatlve
against the character of General Peers
as to arouse his anger, and now he
sues for ten thousand dollars damages,
The new and elegant stage coach,
DALLAS arrived this evening laden
with passengers. This is her ilrst Trip,
and she eclipses anything thatwe have
ever seen in the shape of a stage.
PAX,