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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-07
Household Receipts.

| Cool rain water and soda will take machine
oil out of washable goods.
A coat of gum copal vsrnish applied to the
soles OF boots and shoes, and repeated as it
dries, until the pores are filed and the surface
shines like polished mahogany, will make the
soles waterproof, and it lasts three times as
long. ...
The Harden Candles. Take for four lbs.
of candles two ounces of white or yellow
beeswax. Those who make candles will find
II great Improvement to steep the wicks in
limewater and saltpetre, and then dry them.
The flame is clearer and the tallow will not
run.
Soft Soap.-,Take six gallons Of soft or
rain water, add three pounds of best hard
soap, cut fine, one pound salsodo, four table,
spoonfuls Of hartshorn; boil the whole till
perfectly dissolved; pour into vessels, and
when cold it is tit TO use. This makes ii ty
pounds of fine Jelly soap.
To Keep Cheese Moist. Many housekeep.
ers complain that their cheese becomes dry
and some use kind of bellgass to put their
cheese in. A very simple expedient will keep
cheese In the best condition. Take linen
cloth, or cheese cloth, dip j. in white wine,
squeeze out excess of wine, and wrap up the
cheese in it. BY doing this the cheese is not
only kept moist, but its flavor is improved.
Liniment for Old Sores.--Alcohol, | pt
aqua ammonia, A co., oil of origanum, o.,
camphor gum, o., opium, 2 o., gum
myrrh, 2 o., common salt, two table
spoonfuls. Mix and shake occasionally for
week,
Cancer Cure-Drink tea made from the
tops Of red cloyer; about one quart day
should be taken internally, and the tea should
be used MS wash twice per day; very strongly
recommended.
Tailor's Remedy for Deafness Digest .
OF. bruised garlic in ID. oil of almonds for
a week, and strain. A drop poured into the
ears is effective in temporary deafness.
Cure for Earache,-Take equal parts of
chloroform and laudanum, dip piece of
cotton into the mixture and introduce into
the ear; cover up and get to sleep as soon ms
possible.
London Liniment.-Take chloroform.
olive oil and aqua ammonia, of each one or,
acetate of morphia, 10 grs. Mix and use as
other liLaments. Very valuable.
Lemonade.-White sugar, | b., tartaric
acid 1 ounce, essence of lemon, so drops,
water, three quarts. Mix
Portable Lemonade-Tartaric acid one
ounce, white sugar, lbs, essence of lemon,
quarter ounce; powder and keep dry for use.
One dessert'spoonful will make. a glass of
lemonade.
Root Beer.--Water 10 gals, heat to 60 de-
grees Fab then add gals. molasses; let it
stand two hours, pour it into bowl and add
powd or bruised sassafras and white
green bark, of each ! pound; yeast l pint,
bruised sarsaparilla root pound; add water
enough to make 20 gals. in all. Ferment for
twelve hours then bottle.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-07
A n ORDINANCE REGuIATrxc
a Ilty Prison and the Treatment ~ tfE

| A ORDINANCE REGULATING rr
ers. 'o treatment OF Prison.
SEXTON l. The chief of police. with ~.
sHaIt h, vi ~ uieIorltl OF the board of police
the Keeper of the city prison. anu remove
Si nnS ior me safe keeping OF ali prisoners
cGmforta ,he elty prison, and see that tnev ore
codniortaole, and the food furnished I ,hsy are
aceoralng TO contract and that th air ,meln Is
"iS Always kept In a Clearly CONDITION 'eAS
VII, SEv; =. ANY one fined in The mavori, oo-..
thai IL 10 ol REFUSES 10 pay his Gne on The day
the streets or etb, snsil be put to work upon
,ho us conduct and work is sstisfsnt e
cre5it ca IN charge, such prisone sha w
nor Ja,, Sn lhe amount of his fine Of 1on .aa,
iails oy r ,or escn DAY worked Ifany nylsoran
o y. III ctory conduct, he shall h.y pr guilty
os oI ~ vi only % cents per dav IN tha oMeu
", nls lhe, and he Shall Ia NM Wv, , amour
the strn, auH snail be made to 90 alonO naii
leg. oall and chain on his
reiea U =. M No officer shall have the r,s,.
OR worLe3 iIt .er unless he has maid his a 10
en wvfkeu II out as herein proyasd INV MS nne
of maIteass en e., shall be deemed guilty.
Soou conduct and faithful worlr that Tor
MY uiaisnal may, by mutual apreeno o mayor
tmes ho' 10 exceed two days of nrisor,orres,
,t SEQ, The monthly report Of ,,o .
s snve snall contain the number Of vniei or
ny WORKED out, and make it, mized "Ss actn-
SIC ppIlspners' their fines or ,ime III
fca Eo ., The chief of police or anv 'i mn,.
mr rHl may In order to restrain or police OF
p po5i,sotefs use such REASONABLE fos VI eontro
ny r amount to cruel or unusual Je as does
be S raOL the Keeper Of tho eli, pnulniishment.
ertv for the safe keeniyDdP Prison shall
sbS, ntrs dot to every civ 81 al prop.
scce i seat all prisoners impsrtis,iPr prisoner he
uTis6pna any money or valuable anu II he
yictiom h ~ ms custody he shall rom sny
SST1Gn before the police brgrda u, upon con-
Tor one month w the city his saary
of the the S %; There shall be Some one IN O,
ptisnpdpma.i soserS at all hours. readv IN charge
Kept separate. niaie prisoners shall no
in eboy ~ It It shall be the duty ., ,bo .m
ers get 81 the prison tosee that a me officer
ear.I far 'nslr meals In time. Sod an prison.
charse on shall be the du,y or ~" tha are we'll
SIC Ell Ia "s sh on the streets see that they
''s passage and publication take effect nom
Attest: 81 ioso
D. b. HEREFORD y MI THURMOND,
Secretary. Mayor.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-07
The Best Method to Purify water.

Pure water is an indispensable disideratum
IN Texas, as well as any other country. There
is no excuse for being without it in any coun-
try upon which rain falls. There are many
methods to catch 1t pure, but one of the best
and cheapest we have yet heard of we find
described by an English gentleman in the
Metal Worker, which we copy below for the
benefit OF all who desire a pure, healthy
beverage: "Take any suitable vessel with a
perforated false bottom, cover 1t with layer
of animal charcoal on the top of that spread
a layer of iron filings and behring's. the finer
the better. These are to be mixed with char
coal dust; and on the top of them is placed a
layer of fine, clean, silicious sand This will
give you a perfect filter. The foul water,
however, should be allowed to trickle very
slowly through the filter, if one would pro.
duce fine sample of drinking water. The
iron filings, before being placed in the filter,
REQUIRE Special treatment. They must be
well washed in hot solution of soda or
impurities. Then they must be thoroughly
rinsed in clean water, in order to take out
every trace of soda. The filings should 10
mixed with an equal measure of fine char
coal. The deeper the bed of iron the quicker
they will act. Ofcourse, if the water is very
foul, an unusual depth Of filings and very
slow rate of filtration should be employed"
The above is simple, cheap and very eff
Gent filter, superior to any other that l know
Of and has the advantage of being free 10
every one who chooses to make It. The ad-
dition of mernanganates will not destroy
bacteria, or microscopic organisms, but the
addition Of hydrochloric acid will. If it is
desired to purify water containing bacteria,
hydrochloric acid must be added until the
water is slightly acid to test paper. This
will destroy the whole of the animalcule;
then sufficient lime must be added to neu-
tralize the acid. The lime is precipitated by
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ROANOKE COLLEcp s
TwENrY-rrour,, "E, Salem, Wa

Class,oa hids s SESSION pEeIys srpr va, .
tory Cour.sss scientific, Elective and p,on 0.n
mate unsnrSos Library 49, youm prep9ra-
lsye Churches Of iT TV 09 feet above G SEA
cNpgeGscs for 1Omonths TSronomdi,nIatons Entire
wSSbIHS,,c college fees, board, n1e, 70 500 I'm
cSSesn Students IRON sixte ,asi lights and
uLTY. NA"uress, SEcRRTApy or EEa'a-
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NOTICE
R'WY CONTRACTORS!


,
DROPOSALS win be received by the under
L signed until the 10th Of July proXimo, for
The construction of the Camden Branch OF the
81, Louis, Iron Mountain n southern Railway
irom Gurdon STATEN to fmden, Ark, a dis
lance OF about thirty -four miles
The approximate estimate Of work to be done
Is rs follows:
400 acres clearing and grubhing.
$50, coo cubic yards earthwork.
10000 feet board measure timber in trestle
works.
$50 cubic yards of bridge masonry
$50 inehl feet, In oae span, Howe wooden
truss bridge.
5000 cross-ties.
Bids will be received for all of the above
work, or separately for each item
The right Is reserved to reject any or all bids.
Work to be completed in four months from
date OF contract.
For further Information apply to the under
signed. THOMAS ALLEN, Pre- sident,
j II. MORLEY Chief Engineer,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-07
THE EXODUS

for handling Cot %aSn in every facility
TPs r,css Ia ZONES Five.Ton wa sMe Labor by
FreiShts "oid an ron and Steel, S Epda Scale,
Ginning Every -, lfordered now S can B DeS
dress, J0t Es' n ssnn do Tor free book. P"a ~
Bmghampton "
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Consumption Can be Cured!
~ w; HALLS
LUNGS 70, ,as Balls a mi

Cures Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia, mhu-
enza Bronchial Difficulties, Bronchitis. Iloars-
ness, Asthma, Group, Whooping Cough. ard all
Diseases OF the Breathing Organs, 1t .nothes
and heals the Membrane of the Lungs, mGamed
and poisoned by the disease, aud prevents the
accompany 1t. Consumption is not an ncurable
malady. tits only necessary to have The right
remedy, and HALLS BALSAM is that remedy /.
Don't despair Of Relief, for this benign specific
For Sale by THOMPSON, SCHCTT & Co
Wholesale druggists, Dallas, Texas.
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ton of men and women will some day occupy
this soil who will export more butter and
che SO than cotton,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-07
THE HERALDAND COMMERCIAL
AGENTS AND BRANCH OFFICES.

The following partie are Agents and have
charge Of branch offices OF TUE HERALD
ut tho places named, to solicit snb-
scriptions and make contracts for advertise
ments for this paper and Inv ollect and receipt
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-07
AGRICULTURAL.
THE FIELD, GARDEN AND STABLE.

Destruction of Our Cedar Trees-seIf-
Sustaining Farms-IIcmp.GrOwi wing
In Texas-Barns and GrRnaries
for Model Farms-HOusehOld
and Kitchen Receipts-Nub-
bins and ROsebuds.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-07
wisdom of Texas Farmers,

Present indications point to moderate
prices for the growing crop of cotton.
Chief among these is the extraordinary
amount planted and its excellent condition.
If nothing serious happens we will crowd
six.million-bale crop very closely, if we do
not 60 over it. We are afraid this will be
more than the world will pay over or s
cents for.
But thanks to the wisdom of Texas
farmers, this state will be able to stand it.
We have plenty of grain, and consequently
will have an abundance Of meat of our own
raising. Our cotton will literally, therefore,
be q surplus crop. When the corn-crib and
smoke-house are full the pocket-book can
afford TO BIO empty. Nothing but low prices
will stop the over.production of cotton.
Sermons, prayers and newspaper advice
will have no more effect than q rickety fence
upon hungry bull. The chief object of a
farmer is to plant such articles as pay. But
there is no economy in pouring cider in the
spigot and letting it run out at the bung.
Nor is there in filing once a year at the
bung and leaving the apgot or series of
them open all the time. The corallary is,
buy nothing you can produce at home
Homemade corn is cheaper than
corn given to you for nothing
in town. There is nothing
that grows out of the ground that so readily
co nmands money as cotton, and in that fact
is the great danger of Generalization, or get
ting cotton crazy. II will only pay as
surplus crop. II would ruin any planter at
rs cents q pound if he had all the corn and
meat he consumes to buy.
1t is gratifying to SEQ the farmers of Texas
paying more and more attention every year
TO the cultivation of smaller crops-planting
orchards, better gardens, vineyards, the
diary, and Improving the breed of their
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. A genera.
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Prepared for the Herald.
The Basket Worm.

For two or three years past this Worm has
been playing havoc with the cedar trees in
and around Dallas. This summer they'are
wild in the city, and bid fair to totally de-.
stroy every tree OF that species in town. One
week ago, to give an example, they attacked
two cedars in my front yard the only ones on
the place. Their work to-day is nearly COM
plete, there not being green spot to be seen
above ground. Att rough estimate there
are not less than three thousand in the
branches and on the trunk.
In shape it is n little black, round-bodied
worm, an inch long, flat head, large mouth
with apparently regular incisor and
molars. The size of the body is
not much greater than the
butt end Of a broom straw, and of very
dark brown color.
The moment they locate upon the cedar
they commence forming their basket. This
is made in the shape of cone and from the
bark and leaves Of the tree firmly glued to-
gether at all points, except at the butt end,
where u hole is left through which the in
mate works. Around this mouth sufficient
quantity Of glue is deposited, and by some
means or other the worm can expand or
close it at will like sack of smoking to-
bacco.
1t also weaves strand of the spiders web,
which it fastens to the limb and coils it in
side like the sailor does his cable. BY means
OF this cord, 1t lets itself, casemate and all,
down at will or draw up MS atrapese performer.
When disturbed or alarmed, il flies to the
limb, or to whatever else its strand may be
attached, CLUES its boom-proof wall to il, re-
treats inward, ard is safe from attack from
anything except direct blow of stick or
hammer. Its house being impervious to
propholact!cs, or any poisonous fluids, to
lime, to sulphur, all these have no more eff
feet upon them than If they had crawed in
an empty glass bottle and had its mouth
Theoretically sealed. Experiments by the
dozen have been tried to exterminate
them with no effect whatever. Vari-
Gus entomologists have suggested remedies,
none of which have proven of any value.
One citizen who valued his trees highly Of
fered his twelve-year old son % cents per
hundred for all he killed. The boy worked
faithfully until he had made more change
than he knew what to do with, but his father
when the boy resigned the job could not dis
cover that single worm was missing. He
mentally transferred the titles to the worms
and finally to the axe.
My favorite friends, the birds, are baked on
these iron-clsd scoundrels. l, to-day, pitted a
squad of red ants against one of them. After
skirmishing moment they made charge,
but the worm as quick ms lightning closed
his sally port and although my soldiers gal
lantly charged over and under and all around
his fort, they utterly failed to breach it. They
now hope to starve him into capitulation. but
it will be a siege as long in duration as that
of Rhodes defended by the Knights of st.
John, for the very walls of his fort are his
food. They have been "treed, however, and
my red ant has great staying Qualities.
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A N ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A
BE ! ordained by the city council of tbe citu
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1880-09-16
How General Silup On Served Bully.

British uni bed Service Magazine
When the allies occupied sParis. the
French differs, at all times sIIneriOr
with the sword and equal with the
pistol to Englishnen, took every op-
pOrtunity to insult the officers belong
ing to the army of occupation, and it
has been alleged that there was a club
of Frenchmen, the members of which
had sworn to devote their lives to the
killing of one by one Of the English
army.
There was one Frenchman who
boosted of having killed dozen of
English officers, and promised to go on
in tbis work. One evening as usual
he swagged into his cafe, and to his
establishment actually saw one of those
hated AnglaiS occupying his chair, a
chair, be it remembered, that no one
hitherto had dared to sit upon but him
self. Mastering his passion, he undid
his sword belt. and placing his sword
on one side began TO insult the perfect
ly inoffenSive English officer, who sat
so unconscious looking in his dhe
Frenchman'S) chair He trOd upon
the English toes. he deprived the Eng
lishman of his candles, he went from
one thing to another without at all
being able in the least apparently to
disturb the others placidity. At last
hesnatched the paper from the Eng
lishman's hands, and then the Briton
slowly rose up, displaying TO the aston
iShed eyes of the Gaul guardsman
SOmesiX feet six inches high. The
giant, bending across the table, seized
hold of the -Frenchman's nose with
one hand and his chin with the other,
and wrenchlng his mouth open, spat
down his throat. With a howl the
Frenchman, holding his under jaw
with both hands. ran out of the ROOM
His jaw was broken, and neither he
nor any of his comrades were seen
again at that cafe. We may as well
add that the English officer who thus
made an example Of a bully was the
late General Sir james Simpson, who
for time commanded the Crimed, and
who from the time he Joined the ser
vice until his death was the tallest Off
Ger in the British army.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1880-09-16
What is Expected of Hancock,

MONTGOMERY, ALA, August II, 80.
TO NJ. C, Osborn, L. S. Marshal for tie
Southern and Middle Districts Of Al
ALBANIA:
Sir-Im accordance with your in
structions [ took the warrants Of Pen
ton ct al, of Andalusia, in CoVinGtOn
county, charged with beating and in
timidating United States witnesses,
and destroying processes from the
United States court. proceeded with
three deputies on the 9Th inst. to An
dalusia, in Covington county, arriving
there on Monday morning at daylight.
| found that they had been notified of
our approach, and had collected force
Of from twenty-five to fifty men, arm
ed with double-barreled shot guns and
pistols. and collected in bar-roOm be
longing toand kept by Penton. | went
into the room and notified Penton
had a warrant for his arrest, and that
he would have to 90 with me to Mont
gomery. The crowd imme !ia-tly
collected around me. when Benton de-
clared that he would not submit To an
arrest or 60 to Montgomery until he
was carried by force. told him that
he wonled be compelled to go, and my
advice to him was to go quitely, and
obey the law. His reply Was: Did
you come here expecting to take any
body with that pitiful force you've got
there" abiding to the deputies / had
with me. I answered him that where
law and order prevailed it was unDec-
essarv to have any force at all; that
the frequent declarations that the
country was peaceable and inclined to
obey the law had led me to believe
that they would submit without resist
ance" He replied; Il will fight you
to the last extremity before You shall
take off any one from here TODAY
when We elect our president, Hancock.
this id fOolishnes5 will stop. The
United States have no right to in
terfere with this country in these
matters" l said to him: "If you
contemplate resistance to the death, |
am not prepared to fight such force
az You have collected here. and l will
retire until better prepared to enforce
obedience to the law" / then return
ell and herewith submit this. my re-
port, to yoT for consideration.
Very respectfully.
SAM. ID. OLIVER
Deputy L. s. NJ. in charge.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1880-09-16
A Boy Again.

Sometimes an old man becomes Il boy
again, though too smart to drop into
his second childhood. An Illustration
of this pleasant tendency was given,
not many months since, by an old man,
with several millions
lie was in the habit of pIOWling
around the off. e of the insurance com
pany in which lie was director. One
morning as he WAS thus investigating
he happened to .,Ome across the dinner
pail of the Office-boy. His curiosity
led him to take off the cover. a slice
of homemade bread, two douGhruts
and piece of anple-pie tempted the mil
lionaire'sappetIte He became a boy
again, and the dinner-pail seemed. the
one he had carried sixty years ago.
just then the Office boy came in and
surprised the old man eating the pie
he had finished the bread and dough
nuts. {-,..,.
|. That's my dinner you're eatingr'
exclaimed the boy. Indignantly.
Yes, sonny, l suspect it may be;
but it's firSt-rate one, for all that.
I've not eaten so good a one for sixty
years"
There" he added, as he finished the
pie, take that and go out and buy
yourself a dinner, but you won't get as
good a one," and he handed the boy a
81 bill.
For days after, the old man kept re-
ferring to the firSt-claS3 dinner he had
eaten from the boys pail.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1880-09-16
Eow to Make Good Times.

If you are farmer, patronize your
home merchant and manufacturer.
Spend your money with home trades
men, and thereby assist in making
your town prosperous.
If the business man, the mechanic
and tradeSman are prosperous, the
farmers and all others in the commu-
nifty will be benefited.
Do your business in spirit of resi-
pro, ity. Let each vocation try 10 a list
the other. and in this way will a friend
ly and mutual relation exist which
will prove beneficial TO ALL
Do not purchase articles from
abroad which are manufactured at
home if you can possibly help it.
The true cause of prosperity is to be
found in industrial habits. when aided
10y Judgment, to make the labor profta-
bic, because all wealth, without eXcep-
ton. i> the result of well-rewarded
labor
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Qualifications.

An old lady walked iniO a E.wver's
Office. when the followingconyelSation
took place:
Lady-Squire. c,tlled 10 see If you
would like to take this boy and make Il
lawyer of him. .
Lawyer-The boy appears TO be lgith-
er young, madam; how old is he?
L;!dy-Seven years, sir.
Lawyer-He is too young, decidedly
too young; have you ne older boys?
Lady-Oh, yes; | have seyersi; but
we have concluded to make farmers
Of the others. l told the old man [
thought this little fellow would make
tirst-rate lawyer, and so | called to see
if you would take him.
Lawyer-NO, madame; he is too
young to commence TO the stuGyof the
profession; but why do you think chi,
boy is better calculated for a lawyer
than your other sons?
Lady-Why, you see, sir, he is just
years old to-day. When he was only )
he'd lie like all nature; when he got to
be he was Saucv and impudent as
any critter could be, ana now he'll steal
anything he can lay his hands on.