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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-13

Messrs. Polk. MllHt Il Co., Richmond, Va.
The Vest POCKET Cure Tor dyspepsia has done
me more good than any medicine ever tried
My father. who Ia u regular physician, en-
dorses II. What will y1u take for the reclpes
can sell quantities Of II In this section.
hope 1t may lind It's way into every -outhcra
home. WV. WISDOM.
Corinth, Heath Co. ua., May II, 1870
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-13

hope IL may lind It's way into every -outhcra
home. W. N. WISDOM.
Corinth, Heath Co. ua., May II, 1879.
Messrs. Polk, Miller X Co:
Gentlemen: Please send me another bottle
of Vest Pocket Cure for Dyspepsia. | have
used the trl .lbattle and have no hesitation in
saving l believe 1t superior to anything
l. w.tmALK.
Pilot Point, Texas, May %, 1870,
Rev Robert Watts, A. NJ. Va:
| have used the mixture In my family for
ten years, and have taken IL for n dyspepsia
collie which treatened my life, and was cur d
eating any diet " ithCut hurt. | h~vu recom-
mended II to other sufferers with the happi ST
results. 1t Is the best tonic and corrective
e"er knew. For prostratinn from dyspepsia
or liver disease IL Ii invaluable.
M'ssrs. Polk, Miller 4 Co.:
Gents Enclosed please find so CENTS, FL
which please send by return mail two b, les
Vest Pocket Cure. thiuk 1t rs the best mcGl-
iclne Tor dyspepla ever tried. The two bottles
send fnr are for two other parties.
Respectfully, GEO. ELLIOTT,
Navasuta. Crimes Co ,Texrg,
PSlCE ~ CENTS PER 30 rTLF,
For sale by all druggitts and .country Nor.
| chants.
THOMPSON, GEORGE DC co., Sole Agents
Dallas mud Galveston,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-13

WncO, VNNas May 9, 1873
P0lf, Miller & Co .-Plcase find enclosed 81
for whicn wish you II seud me at once its
value In your excellent Vest Pocket Dyspepsia
Cure My wife is very IL and 10 he only
thing that helps her thntl can dnd. Yours,
DAVID Il. DAVIS,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-13
Change In WIN. J Lemp's Beer and
lee AgeCcy

The agency for VIM. J. Lemp's Western
brewery, 81. Louis, Missouri, which has re-
Gently become vacant by the death of Mr..
G. G. Weyersberg, has been entrusted tc
Mr.. Chss. Meisterhans, who will henceforth
conduct the business for account of VIM. j,
Lemp. All orders md communications
should he addressed to Dallas branch OF
VIM j. Lemps Western brewery, Chas
Meisterhans, manager, Dallas Texas.
HENRY NoHLKAMr,
Representing w. j. Lemp.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-13

Rev, Il. L. nabney, ILL., d., Hamp1en-sdaey
col ege, Va:
1t Is highly esteemed hore by the regular
medical faculty and the people. ~ Is excel
lent 10 indlges ion and ilaiulent colic-seda-
tive, soporiic, tonic, sligntly aperent, with
out puusea.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-13
ldlIor Richmond CHRISTIAN Advocate:

E-IIEVT NTVHIIIWNII VHIISVIUW AUNOVNVF.
This remedy Is OF tried virtue. have see 6
dyspepsia cured completely by 1t. itsccms 10
be an anti1Oto 10 our ''natlonal disease. F"
The ingredients are not kept by the apotheca-
rles and have boen difficult To get
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16
Life's Private Anniversaries.

Every life, however obscur,, has it's
private anniversaries, peculiar;o itself,
and set apart from other periods By
memories of joy or grief. with which
the stranger intermeddletb not, In 8
sense. every life has its Own solitudes.
into which not even the nearest CT kin
and the dearest of love are ablo 10 pen
etrate. We obsarve, as it is right we
should, cur homo festivals, birthdays,
wedding days, and days vixen tie chill
dreR come of age. The national days
of giadness or memorial are properly
kept ey Us in our capacity Of citizens,
ald. We ewould 20 shorn of much intel.
ieciual wealth, and pauperized IN the
midst oi plenty should We become
content 20 live for mere bread and
butter, without thought or care for that
which is beyond the material needs of
the body. Food, shelter, raiment, We
all require; bu. We require far more.
No man lives 10 any high purpose, no
man, indeed, reaps any satisfaction from
life, who does not verify in his individ-
ual experience the words, that the life
is more than meat, and tho body is
more than raiment. No life is success
ful that is sordid. Mr.. Ocadgrind
clamoring Tor facts, and tran!.i.3g SEN
timert under his feet, secs at lazt Ais
sons and daughters making t.l;pwleck
OF characta:, not in spite OF, bat because
of, their exclusively practical educs-
ton. Imagination gives the soyl wings
with which TO soar over the difficulties
which eisa it could not surmount; and
mono are so pitiable as they who in this
world OF the brier and the thorn muet
forever creep, and climb. ever unable,
for want of pinions, to fly.
Lies private snniversaries are
among its most tenderly cherished and
sacredly environed epochs. 1t was
twenty, thirty, forty years ago, when
the lanes were white with hay" that
young love first cast its spell over
true heart. But to this hour the spring
returning has its sweet reminders. OF
the long morning when the phantom
OF a silent song" kept floating through
tie brain, when the soul recognized its
incompleteness, unguessed and nnfelt
Till it was revealed by tho new friend
ship, which has hsllowed oil the way
since then.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16
How TO Dress Neatly.

10 make the most OF Limited means G
woman must decide tit tho outset hoH
i1nch Size can spend Oil d,ess. When
ope you know somewhat definitely the
amount Of money Ell your disposal, TIC
Bez; step is to find out for VIA. occl.
sIors you are to provide dresses. These
are usually comprised in the following
enumeration parties. church, visiting,
shopping. calling. etc, and homo. Fci
ordinary parties suitable dresses can
besraade from dotted muslins. lawns
surting or nuns yelling. Such dresses
Gag also be worn TO church and else.
tx N hot weather. For chusch
noth-og Is so appropriate as black, in
cashmere, Grenadine Or sill, materials
But y black dress must never be of chesr
quality; therefore, unless you can
afford a tino quality, 60 not get one. A
dark blue. brown or gray woolen dress,
plainly and tastetully made, is much
more ladylike than cheap black eilk or
cashmere. For church, then, any dark
materials. whether silk or wooden, are
admissible and suitable, although 81
NEST everything is worn. For visiting,
shopping, etc., woclen dresses arc most
used, and for home wear in the after
noon these need not necessarily be OF
very dark shades, but should always be
inconSpicuous in color. The soft cray
or blue 1annels now worn, with no
| trimming, and finished off with rows OF
machine stitching, are suitable both for
the house snd the street. If you do
your oSa homework, you should have
two ginsham dresses, which may be
washed alternately. Ard I wish here
to recommend gingbam over calico;
though slightly more expensive at first,
Ii does not orumple or coil 30 readily,
and both wears and washes better.
Make them simply; il yon do not like
the wrapper style, mako the skirt short
with che plain fcunce, and tho waist
either long, gored, half-flttirg sGok,
or round waist and belt. Such dresses
are easily laundried and need never he
made over. Indeed, in these days OF
elaborate dressing, making over does
not pay it ID better to wear dress
ont while it is in fashion. II is most
economical to wear somewhat the same
color all tho time; then whatever you
may have on hand in the way of bonnet
trimmings. gloves, ETC.. will always
match what you buy new. For exam.
pie, one OF my friends chose for win.
ter bonnet o white felt trimmed with
cardinal satin and long white ostrich
plun4s. Her bonnet fer The following
summer was Tuscan straw, trimmed
with shaded red ribbon and the came
plume. AS neither bonnet was Injured
by one seasons wear her hat for the
following season was combination of
the two, and cost her nothing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16
WHOLE NO. 1896,
Mound-B Builders Tablets,

Throughout q large portion OF the
Mississippi Valley the remains of a
former race of inhabitants are found,
of whose origin and history We have no
record. and who are pnly known to us
by the relics that are found in the
tumuii which they have left. The
mound-builders were a numerous peo-
pie. entirely distinct from the North
American Indians, and they lived so
long before the latter that they are not
known to them even by tradition. They
were industrious and domestic in their
habits, and the finding of large sea
shells which must have been brousAs-
from the Gulf Of Mexico, if not from
more distant shores, proves that they
had communication and trade with
other tribes. Perhaps the most inter.
esting fact connected with this ancient
people is that they had q written lam
guage. This is proved by some in
scribed tablets that have been discov.
cred in the mounds, the most important
OF which belong to the Davenport
Academy Of Sciences. These tablets
have attracted great attention from
arcb@9logists, and it is thought that
they will some time prove of great
value as records of the people WHO wrote
them. 1t is still uncertain whether
the language was generally understood
by the mound-builders. or whether it
was confined to q few persons OF high
rank. In the mound where two of
the tablets we're discovered the bones
of child were found, partially pre-
served BY contact with large number
of copper beads, and as copper was q
rare and precious metal with them, it
would seem that the mound in question
was used for burial Of persons of high
rank. The inscriptions have not been
deciphersd, for no key to them has yet
been found; We are totally ignorant of
the derivation of the language or of its
afinities with other written languages.
From the size and peculiarities of the
pipes. it is inferred that smoking was
not habitaal with them. but that it was
reserved as kind Of ceremonial OBJ
servance. Our knowledge of the habits
and customs OF the mound-builders is
very incomplete, but it is sufficient to
show that at least part Of this country
was once inhabited by a people who
have passed away without leaving so
much as tradition Of their existence,
and who are only known to us through
the silent relies which have been in
tered for centuries. A people utterly
forgotten, = civilization totally lost
was it through great catastrophe in
the history Of the world, or was the
ceaseless struggle for existence so se-
we're that they gradually succumbed and
passed away?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16

CREAM CRACXERs.-One quart Of
flour, large pinch of salt, Eve table
spoonfuls of sugar, ono teaspoonful OF
baking powder, four tablespoonfuls OF
butter. and i've eggs slit together the
flour. salt, sugar and powder, rub in
the butter cold, add the eggs beaten,
and mix into firm, smooth dough.
Flour the board, turn out the dough,
and give it few moments rapid knead-
ing, cover with damp towel fifteen
minutes. then roll it out one.eighth Of
an inch thick, and cut ont with bis
cult cutter. When all are cut out, have
O large pan Of boiling water, and an
other of cold water drop them, few
at time, into the Boiling water, and
when they appear at the surface and
curl at the edges, take them out with a
skinner and drop into the cold water.
When all are thus served lay them on
creased tins and bake in an even oven
fifteen minutes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16
Our Expensive Marriage Customs.

In all ceremorisls there IL great
deal in fashion; and it occrIs to us that
if few people Of wealth and promi-
nence would set the fashion of einplic-
ity in marriage ceremonies they would
be doing great service to the commu-
nifty. IN many memorable instances
the higher classes have sfforded noble
example by leaving Instructions that
their funerals should take place with
ont pomp Or parade; and already We
see the good results which have fol-
lowed, funerals among the middle
classes being az a rule much more
simple tlan formerly: and consequent
~, to our mind, much more solemn.
Births. deaths, and marriages, arethree
events in human life usually classed
together, and which the statistician
records, and the politician notes; but
marriage is the only ono of the three
in which tho chief actors are voluntary
and conscious agents. Surely il is the
most solemn act of man or woman, aud,
properly considered, is little allied to
pomp and festivity. Think what it is
to assume, in large measure, the re-
sponsibility of another's happiness and
future we'll being! And this is really
what in marriage VIC may be eaid to do.
Surely so.ems, impressive ceremony
with simplicity of attire is mora in
harmony with the occasion than muoh
pagesntiy and festivity. Of this we
may be quite sure. that ossentation
is but another word for what we under
stand by tho term vulgarity. It is
simplicity which is nearly allied to
high civilization and trne refinement;
for as @ great post declares: "Sim-
plicity is nsture's frst step and the last
of art" Those who have witnessed
simple wedding will probably acknowl-
edge that it wss far more impressive
than ono in which gorgeous display
distracted the attention of all present
from the monentous event they came
to celebrate. Those therefore who can
i'll afford unnecessary expense may take
heart and resolve on quiet wedding
without disnay.-T Chambers Journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16
Feeding Horses.

The following extracts are from the
essay read by John E. Russel at the
Farmers Institue at Salem: The
horse has the smallest stomach in pro.
portion to his size OF any animal. Fif-
teen or sixteen quarts is its utmost
capacity. This space is completely
filled by four quarts of octs and the
saliva that goes into the stomach With
it. Horses are generallr ove,fel and
not fed often enough. For +. horse
With moderate work rix or eight quarts
OF bruised oats and eight or ten pounds
OF fine hay day is sufficient. This
should be fed 10 ut least three meals,
and is better if fed in four. A horses di.
gestion is very rapid, and therefore gets
hungry sooner than man. When be is
hungry he is Ineffective and wears out.
very rapidly. Water fills the stomach,
lowers tho temperature and dilutes the
gastric Juice; therefore q horse should
not drink Immediately before eating.
Neither should lac lie w2tered immedi-
ately after eating, because he will drink
too much and force some of tho con-
tents Of the stomach into the largo
intestine, which will cause securing.
Securing is also caused by too rapid
eating. which can be prevented by
putting half dozen pebbles half The
size of the fist into tho manger with
the oats. Give only moderate drink
OF water to q horse. A large drink of
cold water before being driven will
have very quieting effect on q nervous
horse. A racehorse always runs on an
empty stomach. Digestion progresses
moderately during exercise il the ex-
ercise is not so violent as to exhaust
the power of the horse. I consider
bruised oats worth twenty par cent
more than whole. They are more COM
pletely digested. Prefer oats to any
other grain for Eorses. Cracked corn
is very good under some circumstances,
but wouldn't use meal or shorts. The
disease called big head is caused by
feeding corn. When a horse comes in
hot I would give moderate feed i'm
mediately. II the horse is too tired to
eat would take his feed away. Aheated
body is reason against watering and
for feeding. for the system is then just
in the condition to begin digestion. A
horse will not founder if fed noder-
atsly when hot. I prefer dry feed
unless horse has some disease of the
throat or lungs. Do not consider it
worth while to cut hay. always feed
hay from the floor, then the horses do
not get PARTICLES in their eyes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16
Well Turned.

The Constitution of tho United
States has often been admired for its
simple, clear language and its symmetri-
Cal arrangement. It owes, in part,
these literary virtues to the skill ard
taste of Governor Morris. distin-
guished patriot and ststesmpn Of New
York, to whom it wsa intrusted for the
Anal revision. He was brilliant ard
versatile young man, of an aristocratic
and wealthy family, and when the war
OF the Revolution broke out, threw
himself soul and body into the cause of
the colonies. Such was the estimation
in which his talents were held, that
Robert Morris, the Financier of the
Revolution, appointed him bis assist
ant, though he was but twenty-five
years of age.
Having received liberal education
and being brilliant conversationalist,
he aided the cause of the Patriots by
giving grand dinners. Distinguished
foreigners were delighted to "placo
their legs under Morris mahogany"
and went from his convivial parties
firm friends of American independence.
One of Morris whims was that the
span of magnificent gray horses, which
he drove to stylish phseton, should
stand unrestrained by groom or rein
while he mounted to his seat.
One day. they ran away with him
and threw him ont with such violence
as 10 break bis leg. The injury was
such that the surgeons amputated the
leg just below the knee.
Sympathy was extended from every
quarter, and among these who called
to offer consolation WAS clerical
friend. AS became his Office, the min.
lister dwelt upon the good effects which
the loss OF the leg would be likely to
have in elevating tko moral character
of Morris.
my good friend" interrupted the
witty sufferer, not relishiDg this sort of
consolation, lyon argue the matter so
handsomely, and point ont SO clearly tho
advantages of being without legs, that
l am almost tempted to part with the
other"
The brilliant young patriots reply
recalls one made by sop OF Erin to
q persuasive salesman.
"Yoa take this stove, iny friend" J."
naid the salesman, "ana my word for
it, you'll find it saving hail your fuel"
Faith, thin, I'll take two OF them
and save the whole of it." answered
Pat, carried away by the economical
suggestion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON TERRITORY. FRIDAY DEcF14p
" Ie--Y EiwardS! cried MolIy

Herr Eiwards! " cried Molly
Ann.
Then yen re Miss E iwards :" cried
IA Womon near by, laughing.
ARE YOU sure =? - asked tho man.
" reckon be Do you think I'm
s'eh focl that don't know 10Y o4n
husbands name? / reckon I,c Miss
l. wards now, though / never thought
cat afoTo " cried Molly Anu.
u reckon you aint :" replied the
man. - i little speck OF Il fellow came
inio my shop. 0nd eaid his name was
f. L. Bi!kins,' and ordered this sign
ior his wife. Mrs. ii. y. Bikins.
Who is hep"
Molly AIMS neighbors, who is,a rua
gathered in force. all stared ut her, and
ona asked, " DID you ever hear oi any
body named Bilkins 2"
Biikins 4? Bilkins When the Justice
was marryin' of US, it soems to ne he
did say tha. now. and l wondered what
It meant ; Id never heer 4 i! afore."
Go look in that gilt-kivered pra'r-
book O his'n, Daddy Hull, and zee if
there's any name ilto it " cried Il
man.
Old Hull set OF, and soon produced
the book, which he meekly presented
to tho stranger, who bsd resumed his
place and was speaking from the barrel
as his rostrum.
Well. ny good woman, he cried,
laughing, " l reckon you'll find out
before long that you are Mrs. Bl-
kins,' whether you want to be or not !
Hear, all OF you and he resd from
the hy-leaf OF the prayer-book,- -.
" Henry Edwards Bilkins. His Book.
Liverpool. May 7, 1887"
A few moro taps OF tho hammer, a
spring from the barrel, and into q DO at
whore q boy was waiting him, and the
painter was gone.
The " BRIDE" as the neishbors now
called her. looked e little sheepish, as
she asked, "WelI, what is my name
Eow, any wey-ElwArds Or Bill.
Inns u? >"
" Mother one nor tother. replied a
big boy, It's Bilkin8. Now try to
remember that. cause you'll have bills
to sign some day
And what had threatened to be mob
now resolved itself into q quiet, laugh
ing company going up from tho beach
and parting ut the doors OF the cot
tepes
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16
The Printing Telegraph.

Ii the energy developed in battery
can be made to manifest itself at dis.
tsnce as motion, clearly it can be
harnessed to some other forms of use
ful work besides making tiny click
on q sounder. We can imagine D
wheel having on its edge number of
types, and caused to revolve on its axis
by clock work or by electricity. We
can also imagine an electro-magne. SO
arranged that when set in action by q
current received over line, its arma.
ture may perform the useful work of
stopping the wheel, and of pushing q
filles OF paper against the rim of the
wheel, and thereby getting an imprint
OF the type that happens to be upper
most at that instant. BY the Rss OF
ingenious and most interesting mech
anism, it is possible to arrange key
board at the transmitting end of the
line. Depress one of the keys, and
that letter is printed at the other end
of the line. This is the main idea un-
derlying the various printing tele-
graphs, and of which tho gold and
stock reporting apparatus is familiar
illustration. These. printing telegrsphs
are used upon q commercial scale in
Europe. and in this country short
private lines are both cheap and COM
mon. The names of Hayes and Edison
are associated with these remarkable
inventions. but for evident reasons the
printing telegraphs offer little hope
for cheap telegrams.-[Charles Barnard,
in Harper's Magazine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16

GRAHAM CRACKERs.-One quart oi
best graham -four, one tablespoonful
of sugar, one half teaspoonful Of baking
powder, two tablespoonfuls OF butter,
and little more than one-half pint oi
milk. Siit together graham. sugar,
salt anu powder, rub in The lard Geld,
add the, milk, and mix into smooth,
consistent dough flour The board, turn
ont the dough and kread we'll five
minutes, roll to one-fourih inch thick,
and cut with knife into small envel.
ope shaped crackers. Lay them on the
tins, prick with fork, wash over with
milk, put in rather hot oven and tend
closely ten minutes. Handle carefully
while hot.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-16
Gen. Patterson's Attire:

He was as plain as Q Quaker in his
attire, and clung to old raiment al long
al it clung to him. Every morning,
regardless Of the state of tho weather,
between a q uarter of and o'clock, the
erect figure of the General could be
seen passing down Chestnut street to
his Office, two doors below Second.
In sum mer his massive head was GOV.
cred with an old straw hat, which had
seen years of service. and his sturdy
trunk in an old fashioned blue cut-away
coat with brass buttons of style 40
ancient that its preciss age could moi
be fixed. Beneath this he wore q
nankeen vest and below the vest pair
Of linen trousers of fashion long lost
to the memory of the Oldest tailor
When the nipping winds Of winte,
played with his locks, his head was
hid in well-brushed but very old sill
hat OF liberal brim, an old military coat
srtistically decorated with broad silk
braid hung loosely over his person,
while sn ill-ftting pair OF trousers
covered his sturdy legs. Such was his
garb for years. When he reached his
Office, which was always before his
clerks, he proceeded to the extreme enc
OF the uncarpetea and urinviting room
and throwing off his coat slipped into
an ancient. dingy blue wrapper, thai
had seen service for at least quarte,
Oft century. Then adjusting little
knit smoking cap on his head, he
handed IN old-fashioned, cushionless
chair up to an antiquated desk and
began to go over his letters.