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DEAD HEADS.

The New York Era, speaking of the
"dead-head" system, very truly says
that no profession or business is more
beset by dead heads than the press.
Not week passes but an editor is
solicited to give this or that enterprise
favorable notice one day u few
linesn asked for, in behalf of "our
church;n the next an amateur dra-
matte society wants "real nice no.
tice, written in your best Style" an
other day John Smith calls and says
he is about to open gin mill (he calls
it a sample room and would like IL
"bang upo pull; then Rev. DR.. Dryas-
dust must have his sermons opened
regularly; Rev. DIR. Mild desires a
special mention made of his donation
party; Miss Flora Flyaway drops in
with prettily written personal notice;
Sam Timpkins wants his wife adver-
tised because she has cleft his bed and
board;" and last, when you are extra
busy aud have not moment TO spare,
in pops the fellow who bores you, in
spite of all your ''gentle hints" for
half an hour or more with descrip.
tion of his patent apparatus for taking
the stings out of bees, and which he
would like to have noticed to the ex-
tent of half a column, "because it is of
general interest to the public" Then
there is that class of dead-heads, with
which most of the country is afflicted,
composed of non-paying subscribers,
vast army of dead-beats of the first
water, who subscribe for every paper
who will put their name OF its list
without pay, and they never mean to
pay.
The dead head business, we notice,
does not prevail at the express office,
the banks, or the postoflices. These
establishments are business all the
time. No work without money down,
no accommodation without money
down. You may talk to any of them
with tears in your eyes and represent
most eloquently that they should loan
you money, deliver you goods or mail
your letters as a matter of public inter
est, but none of them will see it. Now
the press has been humbugged, soft
soaped and cajoled out of its labor, ma
terial and time long enough. Let there
be an end of 1t, and the public be
brought down to bedrock at once.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-02
A CHRISTMAS LEGEND.

1t was Christmas eve. The night'was
very dark and the snow falling fast, as
| Hermann, the charcoal burner, drew
his cloak tighter around him, and the
wind whistled iiercely through the trees
| of the black forest. He had heen to car
ry u load to II castle near, and was hast
ening home to his little hut. Although
he worked very hard, he was poor,
gaining barely enough for the wants
Lof his wife and his four little children.
He was thinking Of them, when he
hearda faint wailing. Guided by the
sound, he groped about and found a
child, scantiiy clothed, shivoring and
sohling ly itself in the snow.
"Why, little one, have they left thee
here all alone to face thiscruel blast ~
The child answered nothing, but
looked piteousiy up in he charcoal
burners face.
"Well, I cannot leave thee. here.
Thou wont'st be dead before the
morning.
So saying, Hermann raised ii in his
arms, wrapping it in his cloak and
warming it's little cold hands in his lo-
som, When he arrived at his hut, he
put down The child and tapped at the
door,. which was immediately thrown
open, and the children rushed to meet
him.
"Here, wife, is a guest to our Christ
mas eve SUPPER snid he, leading i'm
the little one, who beld timidly to his
finger with its tiny hand.
|. "And welcome lie is" said the wife.
Now let him come ami warm him
self 10y the lire.n
The children all pressed round to
welcome and gaze at the little new
conner. They showed him their pretty
fir tree, decorated with bright, colored
lamps in honor of Christmas eve,
which the good mother had endeav-
ored to make .fete for the children.
Then they sat down to. supper, each
chill contributing of its portion for the
giles.., looking with admiration at it's
clear, blue eyes aud golden hair, which
shone so as to shed brighter light in
the Little room; and us they gazed, it
grew into sort of halo round his heal,
and his eyes bea ned with heavenly
luster. Soon two white wings appear
ed at his shoulders, and he seemed to
grow larger and larger, and then the
beautiful vision vanished, spreading
out his hands as in benediction over
them. f
Hermann and his wife fell on their
knees, exclaiming, in awe-struck
voices "rhe holy Christ-child ~ and
then embraced their wondering chill
dren in joy and tiialkfulness that tl.ey
had entertained the heavenly guest
The next morning, as Hermann
passed by the place where he had found
the fair child, lie saw cluster of white
flowers, with dark green leaves, look
ing as though the si,ow itself had bios
somed. Hermann plucked some and
carried them reverently home to his
wife and children, who treasured the
fair blossoms and rendered them caro-
fully Ia remembrance of that wonder
fGl Christmas eve, calling them chrys.
aDtheInuins; and every year, as the
time came round, they put aside a
portion of their feast and gave it to
some poor li'tlr child, according to the
words nf Cltri1t: iiIasmuclh as We have
done IL unto oIleof the least OF these,
my breiiiren, We have. done IL unto
me. - FloTeIce Scannell, ia 81. Mich
olas for January.
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initiation fee IL only ten dollars, the
monthly dues one dollar. This puts
the advantages of the board within the
reach Of men of moderate means. The
rooms of the board are the handsom-
est of the kind in this part of the state
and have been comfortably fitted.
The board should he increased in MEM
bership, the cotton and produce mar
ket reports by telegraph resumed and
that degree Of interest manifested by
our business men the enterprise de-
serves. Let there be then, on the
night of 1st of January, full meet
ing of the board, as well as ali inter-
astn1
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-02

THE WARMOrH-BVERL RLYTRAGEDY.

No one outside of New Orleans, who
is unfamiliar with the bitterness of
feeling which prevails among the
southern people, can understand the
depth of it felt against the gang of po-
litical adventures and thieves who
have been plundering the helpless state
of Louisiana, while United States
troops stand by to keep an outraged
people from Kidding themselves ofthese
hyenas and buzzards. The most cor
rupt, debauched and smartest of the
whole army of them is Ex-Governor II.
G. Warmoth. He is sharp, unprin-
cipled, plausible, handsome, young
and very willy. He has more brains
and nerve than wilderness of SUCH
poltroons as Kellogg. He went to New
Orleans pauper, and so manipulated
the negroes and radicals, so corrupted,
bought, bribed, bullied and seduced
some of the representative men of New
Orleans that he ruled the political
roost at one time completely. lie is
the Ben Butler of fcarpetbagdom. There
is bold adroitness, a shameless profit
gacy, purchasable convenience about
him that is wonderful. He forced the
very people who despised him to CO.
alesce with him, to take him up and
support him. His political strategy
was always s'brilliant, effective, deadly.
His encounter with ByerlS, the busi-
ness manager of the Bulletin, the Hot
spur of the anti-negro radical carpet
bag party, was more creditable to his
courage than Kellogg's when he was
shot at. Ofcourse, Warmoth is wealthy
and is not politically dead by good
deal .
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-02
THE LEGISLATURES DEFY.

The legislature will meet early in
January. There is plenty Of work
ready for it, and no time for buncombe
eloquence. This session should be one
of deeds, not words. This is an era of
business, not talk. There is the i'm
portant matter of frontier protection.
Instead of reducing the force, as has
been found necessary, the battalion
should be increased to u regiment of
fifteen hundred men, organized. as the
bill introduced several months ago
called for. Major Jones and his ofli-
GERS and men have acquitted them
selves like TEXANS and men under
great disadvantage, and their efficiency
should be increased by help.
The public school system wants at
tention. With the largest sehooi fund
in the country there is not IL first class
public school building in the state,
built with a view to properly accom-
modate pupils and teachers. THE
HERALD has enlisted for the war on
the subject of education, and we don't
intend that the legislature shall eat,
sleep or drink until the school fund
and property are so managed that
every county has plenty Of modern,
well-built, comfortable school houses,
competent, well paid teachers, and the
on nnlS taif. he I'm hn
There has been enough backing and
filling over this matter, and the pa
tience of the people is worn out The
school fund and property are ample TO
furnish every town and county with
liberal educational facilities, and the
legislature must see to it or step down
and out for men who will.
In the matter of n constitutional
convention THE HERALD has only to
reiterate that it is one of the unre-
deemed pledges of the Democratic
party and the present state admins
tration. Our present constitution is~a
heterogeneous mass of legal absurdi-
ties, bundled together by a lot
of incompetents, and does not
do the work of constitution. 1t is
an insult to the intelligence and liberty
of a civilized people, and should be
supplanted 10y one which the condition
of the state and the wishes Of the peo-
pie require.
Settle the international bond ques-
tion honorably and at once, and thus
take the first step towards burying the
damnable heresy of division now rails
ing its hydra head in western Texas,
under the manipulation of a few pro-
fessional politicians who are casting
lots for the raiment of their state.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-02
THE Texas and Pacific railroad prop

The Texas and Pacific railroad prop
osition is now before congress, and will
no doubt be brought up immediately
after the holiday adjournment. IL
should not, in our opinion, have dis
seuting voice from the members from
the southern states, and justice 10 our
section demands that the northern
members also should give it a hearty
support. The proposition is so fair and
just, that we cannot see why any oppo-
stion should be made to it, while the
Importance of the road to the whole
country demands its speedy completion.
We hope to see it pass congress at an
early day, and then we are assured of
the construction of the road through to
the Pacific without further delay.
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NARMOTN'S KNIFE.

The New Orleans Bulletin, In its &C.
count of the killing of Byerly, gives q
somewhat different account of the en-
counter between Warmoth and bis
victim to what Governor Warmoth
does in his statement Mr.. Byerly, II
seems, was never In the habit of car
rying weapon, and nothing could in
duce him to arm himself. He was a
man averse to strife, and nothing but
what he regarded as mortal insult
could have wrought him up to the as
sault upon the person who had ag-
grieved him. Mr.. Byerly saw Gov
ernor Warmoth in conversation with
some one on the sidewalk. Warmoth
saw him at the same instant, and did
not remove his eyes from him. A
moment afterwards Mr.. Byerly, who
evinced both by manner and words
his hostile intentions, commenced all
assault upon Warmoth with his cane,
the latter attempting to ward off the
blow. AT the second or third blow the
cane snapped, and about that instant,
as nearly as can be gathered from con-
flicting reports, Warmoth drew from
the right hand lower outside pocket OF
his sack coat, a spring dirk knife. Mr..
Byerly, either because of this action or
because his cane had broken, closed
with his antagonist, and they fell
struggling TO the pavement, Warmoth
beneath. In this position, while the
right and only serviceable arm of Mr..
Byerly was engaged in graspiDg War
moth, the latter thrust his keen and
deadly dirk knife six tines into the
left side of Mr.. Byerly, iniiicting
wounds, from which he died shortly af-
forwards. From all we can gather
from the New Orleans papers it would
appear that Warmoth expected to be
attacked, which accounts for his being
so etfectually armed. The affair is in
every way deplorable, but particularly
in the present critical political condi-
ti1n of matters in New Orleans, as u
political, not personal, construction
will be put upon it, and thus further
complicate the situation.
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he must perform what II embraced In
this canon; he must appoint the or
ganist and give direction as to the
formation of his choir. How else can
he have control over the music? And
to say one word in'the interest Of good
order; all now any one has to do, If he,
or they, as the case may be, do not
like to remain in the choir, Is to act
with the same proprieiy and good taste
as in other matters. There Is nothing
for them to DO but to stay out of it.
Their vocation Is ended when they
cease to sing the part they We're kind
enough to take. Order is both seemly
and wholesome.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-02

The committee on behalfof the con-
servative-democrat party of Louisi-
ana haye published an eloquentprotest
against the fraudulent action of the
returning board of that state, and they
solemnly protest against the decision
of the board as revolutionary in effect,
ifnot in its design of overturning the
legally elected legislature of the people,
by surrendering to Il partisan minority
of persons voted for the power of de-
Gliding who shall compose the majority
in filling the complement required by
law,
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WE have received copy of the
American Herald, published at so Leod
street, Liverpool, England, with agen-
cies ut "a Wellington street, Strand,
w. G. London; No. Rue de Dauphin,
Paris, and also Birmingham, Edin-
burg, Glasgow, Dublin and New York.
The Herald is full of American news
transpiring abroad, is very valuable
and interesting in its information and
is placed Oh our exchange list with
pleasure,
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The Denton Monitor does not hesi-
tate to denounce the recent arrests of
citizens of Denton county for an alleg-
ed violation of the kuklux law, and
their being brought to this place as an
outrage upon number Of good citizens
Of that county.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-02
GALVESTON ASA TRADE CENTER.
Summary Of Affairs in the Gulf City
Movement OF Gotten Shreveport
Sends Four Hundred Bales-A Look
into the Future.

Especial correspondence Of the Dallas Herald
GALVESTON, December %, 1874.
1t is fact, which all Texans do not
know, that Galveston is the highest
cotton market in the United States.
Texas cotton commands premium in
the Liverpool market over that grown
in any other part of the world. BY
Texas cotton they mean all cotton
coming out Of the port of Galveston.
Thus, il northern and eastern Texas
ship their cotton TO St Louis and New
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-02
WEEKLY HERALD
SATURDAY, JANUARY =. 1875.

WE publish elsewhere letter from
Galveston full of interesting matter,
written by one of the best informed
correspondents connected with the
nreSS.
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Fitxhush Lee Says "Jine tha Cavalry
RIcHLAND, Stafford county, Va, |
December 3, 1874.

December 8, 1874. !
General NJ. G. Butler:
MY DEAR GENERAL-Yoa may &C
cept my thanks for the kind invitation
TO he present at the reunion of the
"First Cavalry Brigade Of the Army Of
Northern Virginia." In Augusta, Ga,
on the 10th instant. Cavalry quarter :
masters, owing to slight mishap to
our armits In 1865, having failed to Is
sue me corn, up here ON the Potomac,
/ am trying to make 1t. have always
regretted the unavoidableness Of the
former, and now am sad about the
indispenssbleness of the latter, because
Il keeps me from being with you and
your people, and you know, ] know,
"If you want to have good time you
must jine the cavalry" Permit me 10
offer you this sentiment: THE csvsl-
~ of the army OF northern Virginia--
the eyes and ears of the ariny-tbey
yet always had their place In the pic
ture near the flashing Of the guns.'
Very truly your friend.
FrTzHueH LEE.
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Mr. THOMAS CoSNERy, managing
editor of the New York Herald, ID
plsin-looking man Of thirty-five, with
a studious, thoughtful countenance.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-02

Talking politics Is business not
profitable enough 10 support a family.
-TNew York Mail.
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WEB. NJ. SAMUKL, President.
GEO. IL. MORGAN, Secretary.
SECRETARY's Orrick OF


ST.. LOUIS BOARD OF TRADE.
The foregoing memorial having
been read at meeting Of tho board
of trade of st Louis, on the l4th
day of December, A. ID. 1874, the
same was adopted, and, on motion,
it was
Resolved, That our senators and
representatives in congress be re-
questei to present the same to the
senate and house of representatives
of the United States, and use their
best efforts to secure the carly
passage Of an act which in their
Judgment will be best calculated to
secure the speedy completion Of
these roads.
]. NJ. Mason, President
Jos. A. WHERnY, Secretary.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-02

Miss Cary says she Is engaged to Max
Strakosch, but that j. a musical en-
gagement pure and simp.e-or rather
not simple.
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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-02

The last Parisian mania among the
young Partisan ladies IL the one for
thinness. They are as anx ious now TO
be thin as they were to be fat some
years ago. ~
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-02

The talk about Texas--the grand
empire state she must he in the course
of ten year-doing all her trading at a
point six hundred or fifteen hundred
miles away is out of the question. She
must have trade center more conven-
lent, and the necessity of that will
build up grand commercial seaport
here on the gulf. TFxIAN.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-05-13

Yesterday as AN old ritIrr vas
mailing a ITO Rent card on vacabt
house, pedestrian nalted ,snd re-
marked that howe" was not the
right way to spell "houSc. "nnw
long have yon lived in Detroit ,"
asked the old citizen. scowlinr savage.
". Fifteen years was tie reply.
"Well, I've lived here for thirty,
continued the old man, "and | guess
I know how 20 spell as we'll as YOU
do. "-Detr0i Free Peer.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-05-13

hNTs PLAYiNG CGECJ3. .-OIr 1T
tie friends, Ike human beings, re-
quire recrcat on and amusement.
Huber describes some OF their -pcrts.
Thcy ca,ci each other up in their
mandibIes and run 20 and fro with
utmost frolicsomenesS. Some q them
were observed anIrsirg themselves
by carrying each other on their backs
tie rider holding with his mandibles
he neck Of his horse, AMI embracing
its body closely with his lsgr Il say
them" SAYS Huber, approach each
other, moving their antenEG with
astonishing rap;dity; with their fore
feet they patted lightly the cheeks OF
other ants. After these first gestures
which resemble caresse-. ther reared
upon their legs by pairs, they wrcst
led together. they seized one another
hy a mandible. by a leg or by an an
tenna; they then let 80 their hold 10
reneT their attack; they hXed them
selves n each Others trunk or abdo-
men; they embraced. they turEed
each other over, or lifted each other
up by turns. ] have seen some en-
gage in these exercises with such
As To pnrsrc several others
in succeS>;oH. ana the combat did not
terminate till the victor, having
thrown his antagonist, accomplished
his escape Ey hiding in a gallery.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-05-13
NUMBER 4.


The WANT MET BY CHRIST
Straus neglected in ha work the point
which should have been most essen
tial-the origin ofChristianity, tho
supreme and critical epoch in which
the doctrine arose. Liberty and the
republic had died in Rome. The
philosophers of Greece had been con.
verted with the Stoics, into practical
moralists. Jerusalem, which always
endeavored 20 preserve rs God apart
from the world, experienced the de-
sire of the Sa dduces TO give him IN
communion to all nations and make
him known to all the world. The
deserts were filed with saints, With
ascetics and h-rmits, who clamorous.
ly demanded the dew Of Heaven for
their desolate. tbirsting souls. In
Egypt, wherever there passed con-
queror, a tribune, or poet, the pco.
pie asked if this was he they, hoped
for. Alexandria brought together
the ideas Of the East and West. as
if to folm a new dogma. The Ebon'
ties ard Essenes were scattered shout
Jerusalem making. public profession
of poverty, with the prosentiment of
the rich renovation of the spirit. The
Gnostics brought in vague echoes of
the tOrientel religions. reflections ct
the early twilight Of the religious
conscience. AID all this crisis Wa,
collected and personified in youth
of the most benighted region, the
most oppressed people. the divine
Youth who annihilated religious caste
and gave His life for the two grand
est ideas of future civilization. for tho
moral liberty of our souls and rehg'
ious equality before God for all men.
Emilio CGss,ar, in Hrpcr's Maga-
zine for Nay.
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POetical.
A REQUIEM.

That dcrg wes eveiv inch dorg,
be knowcd his duty straight,
lie never missed a single light,
Nor nev' furned up late.
Nv heart Is broke, I'm just played out,
He was the bulllrst pup
That ever spoke for scraps Of meat
Or chawed liver up.
There's many dogs Of no account
Gould better have reen spared
But though ne's dead ily comfort IL
/ hnoH ne WAS prepared.
Ny heart is b.rke, IN much depressed,
ii was the nir.s pup
That eve. SIT pom his tail
AMI cooked his left ear up.
He took the pat OF other dogs,
lie never shirkeu, no he,
His com ade to nvtsrigaie,
Nor mi .sed post nor tee.
Wy hea Is ID OS-, I'm much annoyed,
lie was the checklist pup
That ever grOwled about bone
When othe. dogs c,'lne up.
lie never failed. ca no account,
Ola women TO annoy,
Aud 10 tag around 're country dogs
Was his especial JOY.
My hearI l. broke, Tm much depressed,
He was the cheelfnllrst pup
That ever tore a b eeches leS
Or chawed a slipper up.
For eats ne had g eat sympathy,
And showed It IN u way
Thai m .de them glad 10 see him round
Most ny tine 81 ia.
Ny heart - broke. ] III much concerned,
lie Was the lvrlrst pup
That ever L. eed 4 TlCm IA cat
Or chawcd Kitten UP.
He's gone! Tic world IS dark and Crcar,
I'm 81 | ami lJlely nov,
And gloomy ret Osp' ctlon sits
Upon this aching brow.
My he ,rt l. b uke, Tn much chagf.ned,
lie NAs thu bulllesi pup
ThIt eve wagged friendly tail
Or coughed h eakfast dp.