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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25

C,N Texas Show majority for Tide
Of so,eOO2 Otherwise we want thai
banner. Ship by express care J. Milton
Smith. The charges will be paid q
this end OF the .ffioatq Coassit,,
ZION.
THK HERALD must confess that If
Georgia can foot up 10000 majority for
Tilden that it is highly probable that
the flag is lost. If so, Georgia shall
have it, and Dallas win transmit her
the finest silken banner that ever was
kissed by the breeses of the South.
But We don't believe that we have lost
as yet, and must await official returns
from both Texas and Georgia. Will
the Constitution be kind enough to for
ward 10 Tns HERAtb the official returns
OF Georgia. certified to by Governor
j. Milton Smith. in order that the re-
suit may be exactly known
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25

Tvs Mikado Is just getting q splendid
s6ner service Of silver gilt manutac-
turcd by London fr1A The gliding
alone cost over Sl0On ltwas found
necessary 20 apply To the lIer1lds Col
lcee o. devise a coatofarus for the
Mikado, shat he might bo placed on a
fs-ating OF heraldic equality with bis
brother -oyereirus IN Europe The
crest q chrysanthemnm, with dragon
aud PIwnix a, supporters Of the shield,
wsre chosen - tho MilSado and his
urmorial bearings will ia future ex
hilit nj. dovicn.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25

fuRr Is avery good story just going
the rounds. Of a hotel.kecpsr and poll
ticisn Who was appointed collector 81
Internal revenue in an unnamed uni)
town One morning be- found on his
desk a lottor addressed On him officially.
without postmark, containing i've
hundred dollar grc,phack. 20 which
wa pinned a small p,ccs OF paper With
Conscience money written thereon.
Quietly folding up the sr,euhlrk and
Pa,iing 1t in his p1csctb1ok hs r.
marked Il Away. did suspect that
harIseeper Of mime"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25

LrItr Florida VIZ persist In srmine
out pemocratic. RaJlsaIs anil sesh.
wsgs can close up an the gaps. Light
VAL burst through tbcu'l- iu the dark
olou'is Of villaiuy with Hhigh corrupt
men surround her and the nation
catches einnpses of the truth.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25
A FEW FIGURES.

The Radical press howl in unison
over the votes of the 'corruptionists and
secessionists which have electedSamuel
! Tillen President Lest unthinkiug
men may be deceived THE Herald will
make brief analysis Of the vote of the
It'll of November In the two Middle
States Of New York aud PENNSYLVANIA.
having a population Of : .g09,57+ which
is one-ffth of the whole population of
the country, there Has an aggregate ma
iority of 1900 for Tildep.
According to blatherskite Radical
sheets. over one-half Of this 1909 .574
people are "corruptiouists Another
fifth Of the population OF the United
States il comprised in the States OF
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Ohio
gave Hayes something over 1000 ma
| iority, Indiana about $3.50 for Tilden,
/ and Illinois about 10000 for HAYES,
only an aggregate majority OF $1,000 in
a population of 6.ss5. 7sS, according to
the census of 1870 In these five great
Northern States, having population OF
l4,7g5, 800 out OF $685. sos, in
the United States, Hayes has
only 1000 more votes than Tilden, and
yet the organs divide these fourteen
millions efnorthern people into cor,
ruptionjsis and -seeessioBists.
Surely in one Of these mighty com
nonwealths, which comprehend within
| their limits the acme of the boosted
civilization and refinement, cultivation
and ca. ital, of the continent, some Jour
nal should be found competent to the
task cttdefending over 100000 of in
heh9sSts from the charge Of, being
" cbTruptionists and secessionists"
But possibly they may be simply
treating these wholesale ISLANDERS with
the silence of contempt, feeling that
the common sense of AN intelligent PEG
| pie will, in their own good time, send
I such wanton yilliticrs to the wall.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25

rur political hodsan sesms brighten.
Ing aud even tho desperate tf.rk-t,r- Of
Lopisiua and Florida eyiucc sigus Of
Weakening under the Tremendous
moral pressure bearing upon them
p1nt despair yct of.thc BHpunI,e
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25

All indications point 10 war in Eu-
rope. Russia Is rushing her cohorts to
the border England is manning every
ship available for action. while other
powers are watching with an intense
interest the gathering storm. This re
public i vit.lly interested in the issue
Of penee or war, for the prices Of her cot.
ton and cereals depend largely upon it,
but here at home there are rraycr
questions TO engage the attention q,
Amsrieass than the change Of European
dynastiss or the fall Of foreign empires.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25

A Nfv Iom nevsboy puts 1t this
way Bees yer cVtry Full account
uv the dCfcat uy Pete, Cooper
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25

Iur Com mis.iouers Court %, Young
county in sessian last week, ordered an
election to be- held on the iitb Of d.
cciabef, under the local option law.
The court should have examined iir
tie closer into thchv which dii aot go
into effect until the 2l.tiust. and hence
co action could be- taken by ,hc court
until after that date. The Dallas Com
missiourts Court t,We very near COM
uniting the same blundrr. ca the aPYli.
cation Of three precincts iu this county.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25

HsYss preserves cow1rIly ani CON
tomptiblo rcticence tie opened his
mouth once 20 announce hl- heiist ia
Tiidens election, but Chandler imme-
diatcly GAGGED BIN aud now be Is as
dumb o. the SphinS \ manly, brave
trlly patriotic man woaid relieve the
country Of its present fearful anxiety
by honestly acknowledging his defeat
That Hayes does not 10 So shows how
completely he is und,r tho control Of
corrupt partsaus.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25

,msSJ {. nB.sins troOp- AMI artillery
a. ,he national capital lac means
nothing by 30, Of course.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25
Loai.inaa Bonas Oraered Funaea.

lhHH BOndn Oruered Funded-
NEW ORLEANS, November 2a.-The
State Supreme Court rrnnted a nor.
emptory mand.mn. comna,,,na ~
board of liauidasion To fnns nna ~
dreo and twen,v.faur ,ho,s.na an.
Of honas ,ssnas 80 'sau' uo,'a mar,
- oua's 'ssueu uhnef tns act Of 1853
20 ala the construction Of the Missis-
sippi and Mexican Gulf ship canal
Norr-Tha ii. A,..-a.
Field .uesssse,,,, ns. a..osnsy General
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25
LOUISIANA.
The " God and Morality ;, Party
Having Set the Administers
ton Peg Begin WORT.
Judge Spofford Files na Inter-
esting Centennial Document.

Delegation OF colered foliglri,ns
Call on the Democratic Committee
aad Assure them there was no
Intimidation In 8aaehiis.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Troops sun Arriving No sonten.
tIea for the Next SPEAK ership.

s"s- sSs tiAV SNSAt oPfhh etbufD-
WASHINGTON, Novem Der y. Count
ing all the arms, with the marine aud
military, the force here is about 200.
There is no excitement about the mat
ter. The District government is a
very feeble affair and there have al
ready been signs of turbulence.
A fall Cabinet meeting was held to-
day. Only routine business was trans.
acted, aud no allusion was made TO
ordering troops TO Washington. Ii
may be added, on the authority of two
members of the Cabinet, that this sub
ject has never been discussed or acted
upon by that body.
The engagement of rooms at the
Riggs house, by the Maryland and
Virginia boundary Commission, has
given rise to a sensation of the meet.
ing of prominent Southern men to
consider the political situation.
WAsHISGToN, November 22.-The
secretaries are all reported busy with
the annual reports.
Another company of soldiers arrived
tosday.
The canvas for Speaker of the House
attracts no speculation. The mem bers
contend il is matter of minor impor,
tanee, icing beyond personal honor
and double pay.
Hon. John g. THOMPSON, chairman
OF the Democratic Central Committee
of Ohio, has called a meeting o, the
prominent Democrats, Liberals and
Independents of the State for next
"Wednesday at Columbus, to protest
against the actions of the Republicans
in the present sttempt to throw ont
the Democratic naajorities in Louisi.
ana, South Carolina aud Florida.
FORTRESS MONROE, November g.
The monitors Prosssic, Wyandotte
and Montana arrived to-day from
Norfolk, and are anchored off the
fort. The yateh Atlantic of the New
York yatch's squadron, with Colonel
w. b. Astor and party of friends on
board, grounded on Hampton bar yes
terday. She was hauled OFF by Bakers
wrecking steamer, and taken to Nor
folk for repairs.
The army reorganization board con-
tinnes its session at the War Depart
ment. The discussions Of the board
particularly refer to providing for a
speedy and effective enlargement of
the army in time of necessity. Among
the propositions is that making sew
enfy-fiye men a quota OF each com
psny, to be kept in this standard In
time of peace, hut in time OF war the
maximum is to be one hundred and
nifty mep. No definite plan of re-or-
ganization will be suggested, how
ever, until Mr.. Banning, chairman of
the House Military Committee, returns
to Washington.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-28
Loyal to their Vow.

About year ago company OF eight
or ten lumbermen went into q hotel in
one Of our Western cities and engaged Il
private parlor. They were jolly, well-to
do follows, hale and hearty, and met to
settle up years bushes over a social
glass. having had successful speculation
together. Summoning the gontlemanly
clerk Of the house, they ordered him to
"bring in the choicest liquor to be obtain.
ed. Nothing but the purest aud finest
article" The table was spread, glasses
brought out, and mirth and jolity prevail
ed, Presently in came the clerk with
silver pitcher of ice water, and as he
filed each goblet, with quiet diguity and
not smile on his countenance, he
remarked, "Gentlemen, I've done the
best | could to obey your order, and here
is the purest article to be found in the
United States"
All looked on in dumb amazement, so
unexpected and SO ludicrious was their
position. But they were equal to the
occasion. Not word was said TIL each
had his glass filed with the sparkling
fluid. Almost simultaneously all raised
their glasses, and pledging each Others
health, made the additional one of prom.
ising not to drink anything stronger ior
the year to come: Nearly twelve month.
have passed, and they have been loyal to
their VOWS. May We not hope that the
pledge will be renewed for life q?
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-28
A Remarkable Suicide.

A remarkable suicide bas recently
moved even the hardened nerves of Par.
isiaDs. A well dressed gentleman went
into small tavern near the Rue de
PYonne, and asked to have q room where
he might dine alone. He ordered q mum.
Der ofoysters and chop, and having eaten
them with perfect calmness called for
another dish. On being served this. be
pointed out to the waiter that the knife
with which he had been supplied was too
blunt to cut, and asked that he should
have a sharp one. The waiter brought
him another, and left the room without
the slightest suspicion. On returning q
few moments later, he found the gentle.
man lying sensible. with the knife plung.
ed into his breast aud the floor covered
with blood. Medical aid was procured,
and the unfortunate man, who was found
to bc suffering from q wide and deep
wound which be had inflicted on himself.
was removed to the Hospital Dieu. After
lying some time 10 state Of unconscious
ness, he revived, and his first words, on
looking around, we're, "What, still alive -
Without q moments hesitation he applied
oil his force to tear open the wound,
which had been carefully bandaged, and
Immediately expired The body was re.
moved to the morgue, 1t is generally
believed that behind this horrible death
there is concealed trsgical history 10
high life.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-28
Civil Damage Liquor Law.

A remarkable case OF civil damage
came up in the circuit court at Pough.
kccpsie, N. Y, before Justice Ii. Bar.
nard and associates 1t is entitled Nixon
against McCabo. Some time in Novem-
Der last the husband of the plaintiff went
into grocery in Matteawan kept by one
Michael McCabe, and drank apple whisky
five times, and soon after went out and
died by the roadside. His widow brought
this suit for damages. The first witness
called was Edward Light. He testified
to having known the deceased for twelve
years; saw him the day before he died !;
he was sober then; they went to Nc.
Cabos saloon in Matteawan, and McCabe
was there in person they called for apple
whisky, and both took drink soon after
they took another drink with two other
men, and then again and again, till
deceased had drank four timos, and on
top Of whisky deceased took glass of
beer, which mado five drinks, and then
witness and deceased went out; Nixon
began to stagger, and witness almost
carried him along; finally deceased said
to witness : "Leave me and | will come
on afterward;" witness left him under
cedar tree. and did not see him again
until after he was dead.
DIR. Wilson, physician, testified that
he saw Nixon the next morning after his
death at his home. DR.. Schenck was
there also we came to the conclusion
that he died Of congestion of the brain !;
overdoses Of alcoholic fluid will produce
it; my opinion is that five large glasses
of liquor might cause death with such o
man as Nixon Mr.. Light was recalled
and testified that each of the five drinks
filled two thirds OF an ordinary glass
DR.. John p. Schenck testified among
other things that he saw Nixon dead in
the Matteawan road smelled alcohol
about him; examined his body and saw
no indications Of any injuries. Witness
would not soy that in his opinion the
drinks deceased took caused his death,
nor that they did not; he would say that
If man drank enough to cause him to
stagger and lose his speech and lay down
and die that intoxication was the cause of
his death. William Thorne. counsel for
the defense, moved for non. suit on the
ground that no positive proof exists that
death was the result of the liquor taken
The court denied the motion, asserting
that the jury must decide whether the
liquor caused death. His honor at the
start directed the jury not to allow the
question ofthe harshness of the law to have
any influence upon them, and then he
cited the Civil Damage bill in detail, and
referred freely to the charge made in the
complaint. Ho told them it was for them
to decide whether the liquor drank by
the deceased was the cause of his death,
and reiterated the evidence on that point.
The jury retired, and after deliberation
returned a verdict of $500 damages,
with an allowance of FIVE per cent. for
the plaintiff,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-28
Indian Widows.

The Indian Mail has the following {:
In the marriage market an Indian civil.
ian used to be reckoned as worth 9300 q
year, dead or alive. The nominal value
of Bombay civilians now bids fair to
rise yet higher, although the real value
will remain much as it was, in view of
the growing cheapness of money. Owing
to the fourishing state Of their widows
fund. it has been proposed that e400 in.
stead of G300 per annum should be the
pension granted TO all ladies who come
on the fund as widows after the first of
July, 1876. This, says an Indian jour.
nal, will be equal to q marriage settle.
ment. in the ordinary manner, of 912,.
OOC in consuls-a sum which not one
man in twenty belonging to the upper
and middle professional classes is able
to settle on his wife when he marries,
A counter proposition, which is even
more liberal than the former one, is also
going round for signature, to the effect
that all the widows now on the fund
should also get the increased pension, and
to this amendment there is said to be
little or no opposition. AS widows on
the Bombay civil fund forfeit half their
pension if they marry again, it follows
that each of these ladies who takes unto
hersel husband will have 9200 q year
to help in keeping up her new home. That
sum is equal to settlement of $4,000
or so in consuls, and it is not every lady,
whether widow or maid, who can com.
mand SO useful a dowry. Thus the new
regulation will not only raise the value Of
Bombay civil servants as husbands, but
also Of the widows they leave behind
them,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-28
Does Evolution Eliminate
God?

DR.. McUosh, president of Princeton
College, has written a long communica.
tion to the New York World combating
the position Of those scientific men who
maintain that the idea Of personal Gre
ator is not necessary in accounting fol
the development Of the earth and its
occupants. We are inclined to think that
the class of men referred to is mostly
imaginary. The champions of the theory
Of evolution do not in general hold this
position, and Professor Huxley, in his
recent lectures in New York, explicitly
declarnd that he dealt only with the or.
der and succession of development in
nature and not with its final cause. Be.
cause study of nature refutes the by.
pothesis that the world was created in
its present condition by fat of the AL.
mighty, and shows that it has been built
up by process of evolution which may
be traced back through long ages and
because speculation carries this process
back until it resolves all the universe into
a mass Of vapor which contained the DO.
tency Of every form of life, it does not
by any means follow that o creative Be.
ing is an unnecessary conception.
The theory of evolution, so far from
eliminating the Creator from his universe,
makes his constant presence appear all the
more necessary. 1t is just as difficult to
conceive that matter in lis most primitive
nebulous form should exist and be en-.
dowed with forces that set it going upon
process Of evolution through which the
successive stages of development we're
attained, including the appearance of
constantly improving forms Of life. with.
out an intelligent designer and director,
as to conceive that the world should have
sprung into being all OF once without u
Creator. The work of creation has been
going on for untold ages, and is, perhaps,
not yet complete. From the beginning
there have been evidences of design and
of method which exclude the idea of
chance, or the mere operation of force
upon matter. Take the evolution theory
in all its breadth and depth, aud it seems
to US that it involves the necessity of o
constant intelligent pressure to supply
that unknown and unknowable element
without which we cannot account for
anything. We may show the order of
development and prove that there have
been no sudden spasms of creative en-.
ergy, but that does not account for the
wonderful processes which We are study.
ing. We may say that they come from
tho steady operation of natural forces
upon matter, but yet the origin of those
forces and that matter and the direction
Of their operation to the production of
results which VIC trace are unaccounted
for. We must, after all, fall back upon
Creator, and we marvel moro and more
at His infinite wisdom and the perfection
Of His plan of creation, the more we study
His handiwork. Old and crude concep.
tions of his methods may be displaced,
but belief in His existence is just as nee.
essary to an understanding of evolution
as to compression of Millions theory of
the creation, boston Globe.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-28
Stop, Young Man!

Not another glass "Only beer do
you say? Beware all that gives pleasure
to your palate in that glass Of beer is al
cohol. 1t is the same whether in Leer.
wine or whiskey 1t is the demon that
biteth like serpent and stingcth like al
adder, that tickles your palate in the beer.
Do you want the proof2 Watch the beer
drinker. He wants pint for a drink,
while the other wants "ihimbleful" OF
whiskey. In each case The alcohol is
about equal, in pint of beer, or the or.
dinary whiskey drinker. Boil the beer
for half an hour, then taste the nourish-
ment left in the cup, and you will find
why you drink beer. Stop our young
men from drinking beer and We shall
soon have nation Of sober men instead Of
q nation of drunkards. 1t was the little
opening that increased with frightful ra
pidity that caused the Mill River disaster.
So the beginning of the drink curse is
frequently "only beer" ending in fear.
ful wreck of all that makes man.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-28
reception in her honor after the opera was

reception in her honor after the opera was
over.
Chandos Dale, Of course, was among
the invited guests. and then Signora
DALI knew who he was.
II have the advantage of him." said
Theodore to herself, smiling a curious
smile, "and l shall take care to retain it,"
just month later Mr.. Dale proposed
to make the beautiful siguora his wife.
"Are you really in love with me ?" said
the signora, opening wide her almond
shaped eyes, where tho jetty fire seemed
to burn with sleepy lustrc. with me
an opera singer 2"
And Chandos, about as hopelessly y
infatuated as it is in the power of man to
be, vowed that he would commit suicide
be, vowed that he would commit suicide
if she didn't have him at once,
Put it in writing" said the siguora
with q laugh.
"Why?
"It is my fancy"
"Your will is my law" protested Mr..
Dale.
80 he wrote very pretty and poetic
declaration Of loue on tinted paper and
sent it to the signora's suit of apartments
at the private hotel.
The very same evening he received the
very same letter that came 10 Lionel
Dale's widow that October sunset with
the penciled bit of sarcasm, and under it
written:
''The young lady who beguiled Mr..
Chandos Dale's brother into secret
marriage has needed no assistance from
bis relatives. The Signora Dalli-other-
wise Mrs. Lionel Dale -. returns the
lnclosed compliments, aud has the honor
TO bid Mr.. Chandos Dale farewell.
Theodore never enjoyed anything SO
much in her life as she did the writing
of this letter.
She had conquered her own fortune
uow.
She was indebted to no one; and tho
next month she was married to q young
English gentleman who had followed her
bright eyes half over two continents while
Mr.. Dale had the satisfaction Of knowing
that he had wrought out his own destiny,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-28
Romance and Reality.

He wanted her but she would not give
her consent until he had consulted her
parents. So he went into the room where
they were and modestly stated the
case;
"And you really think you love her
enough to marry her ~ said the father
after he had finished.
"Oh, yes SIR" said tho youth in fervent
eageness, II love her vita all my soul.
| lovo her better than do my life. She
is my guiding star, the worshiped object
Of my every thought, every,hope ,everyas.
piration." He stood there with clasped
hands, his face radiant with the strength
of his devotion. There was o moment Of
pause, and then tho mother softly ask.
ed;
"What do you think Of that, old
mani"
THAT sounds like business, old wom.
an" replied the satisfied father.
And so it was arranged that the daugh.
ter should accept her suitor.