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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20
Produce.

Toese has been considerable excitement
this week In the grain trade, especially IN
corn and oats.
Wheat receipts during the week have been
moderate and prices have been
well maintained, but have not
as yet advanced. or the wheat esti-
mate OF the north ard northwest, the Now
York Indicator OF late date, says:
We give below the statement OF @ GENTLE
man, whose business for some years past has
been that of travelling through the wheat dis.
tricts and cstifu ating the production OF the
crop, "a his estimate Of the wheat crop of
1881, In comparison with the wheat crop Of
1850. as given by the agricultural department.
at WashlnRton:
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20
Book Printing,

The HERALD STRAIN Jon PAINTING 0FFicB
kas lust received complete stock Of new typo
purchased or sressly'for the execution Of book
work. These having b0oks or pamphlets to
jon Orriou aud see specimens and asetrtsto
prices. All work guaranteed.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20
sED,0AA
RlcCORDss

VITAL RESTORATIVE.
Gives New Life 10 Wasted Manhooa
SIS cures have been marvellous.
PRICE PER BOX:
100 Pils........"slO 90 lO0P,ns 500.
Sold OILY tySH .a.EOwEILARRo
--- COZ Elm street.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20
DaIIas Wool market.
IsrUgs.

Fine, 20; medium, 20; heavy, zoo. Elsr
bury and dirty, 5 70 10 cents OF.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20
wagon WOODWORK

ss IS.
TonAsoss--a pounds, 81 Soel 40.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20
Live merchants sell Hunstable's boots.
Do you wesr the Hunstsble boo.i

The Lending Wholesale millinery
House
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20

wagon Woodwork.
Bfoxls-From 10 az Inch, per set, Xxx
select, est Xxx, R,T6.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20
Fish.and oysters.
Fruit and N ats.

FlsH-l2kc. per Id.
CYsrRRs-per can l5 cents for Baltimore,
Ma stagordas. C5for. Berwick bay.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20

Butter and Exgs.
Eggs-9 to 10 cents per dozen.
Butter Northern 25' Texas Is q 20.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20
NEW ORLEANS.
GOLD q STOCK TELEGRAPH Q

Commercial News Department,
New Orleans, August 10. --Spots opened hrm:
middllag l2L: sales 100,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20

omoxxss-we quote sl7O for spring, fol
crown, o. 30.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20

aIpas-Dry nint, ID pounds ami upwards, IN TO
i E, asy sips' free Of grabs, 10 sr%p6
hides, bkc.: All damaged, wet or dry,
half prioei deer skins 800. sheep skins from
Csc $500 each.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20
Ruggies, Spring Wag ms, Etc.

SHAfTb.--t4@Sgi polls, SH@sIb,
BUGGlEs,--Grad u, end 'spring, top, 5000
slOOi ditto, open, ssO@sso; ditto, side spring,
top, SlUo@sl3S; ditto, side bar, sl00@Sl3b;
spring, slio@s2O0, ditto, phaetons, sltOas2OO;
Jump seat bugeies. sl75@S250; platform
sseiings, ul0@sl2Oi three spiins wagons, 5000
Sis.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23
The COrsicnn Vendetta.

The most crushing reproach that eau
be offered to Corsican Is to have failed
in his obligation. In the middle ages,
any one who backed out was fined, and
if he remained contumacious for
week, bapished. In 1881 the person
guilty of rimbeccne had his tongue slit.
Sometimes the quarrel extended to vii
lagos. From 1872 to lSAS the Roca-
Seras and Ortolis of the village OF
Sartene had their house loop-holed
like fortresses, and at times their in
habitarts would have to stand a siege
for months, when the man who ven
tured to the window or opened the
door was likely to be potted from the
premises opposite. Not long ago
priest who never ventured out save
with his gun on his shoulder and ac-
companied by his armed sexton, was
shot dead at mass by his enemy, who
was hidden in the confessional. The
eminent Paoli studied during the last
century in darkened room, where the
window shutters were lined with cork.
He was besieged in a convent in 1756
by his enemies, and would have been
killed had not the mother of another
lug oSut Hti sui, Shib w
his rescue. sacrificing her hatred to her
patriotism. In 1874 Andrea Romanetti
shot dead during the carnival festivities
the son Of Mariana Pozzo dc Borgo.
The mother dressed herself in male at
tire and with q posse Of friends hunted
the murderer SO closely that he offered
to surrender il allowed to confess him.
self. She took him to the priest. knelt
and prayed with him during his shrift,
then tied him to tree and drew up
her platoon, with their guns aimed at
him, and suddenly relenting unbound
and pardoned him. The action lives
in Corsican tradition, less because its
generosity than for it's singularity.
There are paroianh, o sort Of peace
making magistrates, whose province it
is to arrange such feuds. and their de-
cisions once pronounced are usually
obeyed; but y meeting for purposes Of
reconciliation - frequently widens
and intensi6es the quarrel. The num-
Der Of men in family gives il an i'm
portancs greater than the amount Of
wealth. Recently . young man de-
cliped 10 marry rich girl, preferring
TO we'd poorer one who had "seven-
teen muskets in the family. g., sew
entssn male relatives, who would be
bound 10 defend the new member Of
the household in IN emergency.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

journalism inJapan is looking up.
During the year ending July /, 1878,
there were one hundred and thirty APP
pllcations from all parts OF the empire.
from parties wishing to start newspa-
pers. The government granted ninety
OF these petitions. About two hundred
native journals are now in operation.
They are of all ages and circulations.
the eldest being ten years old, with a
clientage of nine thousand, and the
youngest an infant of days, with cir
culation, if any, in the future. The
Toxic Times. established in the Japan.
csc capital by an American, Mr.. E. H.
House, for many years dramatic critic
OF the New York Tribune, has reached
ITS fourth volume. Though printed in
English, 1t has considerable body Of
readers among the japanese, and is the
favorite sheet with Americans in Japan
being a most creditable specimen OF
American, as contrasted with British
journalism.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23
Our Boys.
BIZ d. WIGHT.

Who ish dot vot makes so much noish?
In your baper, about our poys,
Und wants do dell him how he must does,
Ven he butts on his goat, hat, or shoes?
w does sooch booples mint my business?
Vot ish mine, gan denl do, guess;
reads your baper all ofer dis weeks,
Und apout dose poys again day sbcaks.
Mine vrow und have four leetle poys,
Und dey sleebes doSedder, shust like toys,
Won day mine vrov, she goes sometimes away,
Und den you should see our four poys blay.
Ware ish some childrens shust like our poys,
Vat will run, ind slump, und not make noise
Ven vas children, shust like our poys,
Sometimes, l guess, you could hear Won noise.
Shames, Schon, Willie, und Heinrich, is de
names
Ov does poys ov ours, who plays dose games;
Like Won nights, says boys goes to beds,
Uud ven | looks, dey stands on dare heads.
laugh to see dose poys all de while,
Stand mid dare heels up, in Won bile;
Und in Won minutes down goes dare heels,
Heals cover up, den how day squeals
Now Shtreet und Shmith, as dots your name,
Let our boys have some leetle game;
Tont makes den like some grave olt deacon,
Nit one long face as if in meeting.
Give cur poys Won room in der house,
Ware 10 run, slump, und make big rows;
Und ven our poys are having fun,
Give dem din ban vor a trum.
You must laugh, ind stay to hear our Bub,
Trum on din ban, likes rub -dub-dub;
Und if you no likes him, or not.
You must hear him-now don't Norgot.
Und if You trive our boys away,
Vrom de home ven in dare blay,
Day goes of in Won quick run,
Do ware day can have some yum.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23
Charles Dudley Warner makes gam

Charles Dudley Warner makes game
of the Hamilton College alumni who
elected him class poet. He writes:
$50 universal suffrage has come to this
l knew you made Judges by it, but
did not think you could make poet.
Elected don't carry my doctrine oil
election 90 far. / was predestined mol
TO be poet. That matter Was settled
before the ballot was invented. I am
very grateful TO my fsllow-alumni fol
their good opinion. ] could make any
sort Of exhibition almost TO please them
stand on my head, or do the parallel
bsrs, but I am not poet and can't al
the role. II 10 q much - can do X
keep my prose from running Wild"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

HE ILLUSIONS OF CHILDHOOD
Who ever wished to correct the illu-
sions of childhood? All of us can look
back to time when we believed vivid
ly that our own parents were perfect,
and believed dimly that the whole
grown-up world was perfect. The child
knows, indeed, that there are bad peo
pie in the world, but they have nothing
to do with the world in which he and
his companions dwell, and when he
thinks about them he is puzzled how to
find room for them. We have heard of
a child so moderate that he only pro-
duced two perfect men besides his fa-
ther to confute the doctrine of original
sin women evidently being not in
cluded in its scope) but most of us
would have brought forward a much
larger body of witnesses on his side.
Now, no one would say thatyou gave a
child truer view of his father and
mother if you made him understand
that they We're two very faulty beings,
with as much to repent OF as the naught-
lest Of his playfellows. 1t is not that
truth had better be sacrificed to love
We do sometimes feel that of these illu-
sions in later life, and any one who will
put the two states of mind side by side
will at once see the difference. 1t il
that the illusion is actually truer feel
ing than any one could substitute foi
it. 1t is the natural, healthful condi
ton Of mind OF q child, the one which
puts him into his place with regard tc
his elders, which enables them to dc
their part toward them. 1t bears every
test Of truth, except that Of being indie
pendent of position. It is the truth fol
particular stage Of development
The Spectator.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23
The Fire-Fiend on a High Horse.

Grandfather Lickshingle broke the
silence yesterday evening as follows:
II tell you what it is, children,
there's no use talkin. The newspaper
men of to-day can't sling ink with their
grandfathers. They're degeneratin'.
This country sees no graphic writin'
like it did when your grandfather was
ridin' the editorial tripod like a witch
astride the gale. l know of no place
that affords better field for descrip-
tive writin' than these very oil regions.
Why, the fires you have heard of can't
be beat -exceptin', of course, beyond
the tomb. When 1 hear of one of
these confagrations just ache to take
my pen in hand and describe it in my
own graphic style"
Grandfather closed his eyes, swayed
to and fro on his easy chair, while his
face glowed with enthusiasm. He
seemed to be in a transport of Joy.
Bring forth my good gray quill"
he said, land let me paint the burnin'
town."
One of the children said he thought
grandfather was going to have a fit;
father said he was only in the news
paper business, in his Imagination, at
a salary of thousand dollars a week,
but would soon be all right.
g 'Tis night. Fire fire fire - said
grandfather, rapidly tracing a sheet of
imaginary paper with a goose-quill of
the mind. Fire fire fire and the
afrightened winds took up the cry.
The fire-fend, with his sword of flame,
was seen leaping from the back window
of bake shop, breathin' smoke and
forked lightnin' from his nostrils. In
an instant the sleepin' city was out on
the floor barkin' its shins on chairs and
things in mad hunt after its panta-
looms. Hush bark The fire fend
rushes ON and on like war-horse,
leavin' destruction in his trail. Look
he scales the side of yon corner gro
Gerry, even as kitchen maid would
scale fish, an with his fiery, forked
tongue ticks the paint often the build
in. See! like the hungry holocaust
that he is, he is lickin' up the sign.
Salt, mackerel, bacon, flour, feed an
provisions, as if he hadn't tasted a bite
for month. See him leap to the caves
of my lady's bower an gorge himself
upon the gingerbread work of the cor
nices. Now he hurls his body through
the windows of yonder residence, ran
sacks the premises, an escapes like
rocket through the roof. He turns
somersaults from housetop to house
top, knocks over climney-pots. dances
Il Jig on the hot shingles, like the boy
on the burnin deck, an without as
much as look out behind rains a
shower of sparks upon the heads of the
panic stricken populace. But see him
now! He spits upon his calloused
hands an scoots up the liberty pole
like cat up an apple tree. Up, up!
up Higher higher Higher and
yet higher Higher than the price of
butter, until now with one fiery foot he
tiptoes it upon the topmost tip, the
while he filings his arms of flame about
him like village lawyer making a
Fourth of July Grafton. Now he places
a thumb to his nose, an with his ex-
tended fingers describes Il circle in the
face of the man in the moon, while he
laps his forked tongue about the Amer
lean flag an swallows it before loyal
people can shoot him on the spot
OIL Gin Derrick.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

Many of the commonest words in use
at the present day have q sufficiently
curious origin, dollar" goes back to
the days when the silver of Joachims-
Thai, in Saxony, was SO highly es-
teemed that the country folk, in taking
pay for their produce, were wont to
say, "Give us q Observation-Disclosures
name which, shortened into Thaler. is
the lipeal ancestor OF "dollar." 1t gave
occasion for one OF the keenest jests in
history under Frederick the Great,
whose new coinage, with the inscription
Elm Reichs. thaler" Zone State dollar)
was read by the conquered Saxons,
"Ein Reich stahler" the stole State)
The cruel count OF Merode. who At
tanned an evil pre-eminence among the
rufiianly leaders Of the Thirty Years
War. gave to his followers the name Of
"Metrodeurs,' since corrupted into
maraudsvs. The now familiar term
"roue" originally applied TO malefac-
tors broken on the wheel (rouel, was
first used in its present sense Of "de-
bauchee'' by the Duke OF Orleans. In
l716, with reference to his registering
boon companions. The latter declared
that il implied their readiness 70 b
broken on the wheel for their masters
sake; but the Duke, whom appealed 10.
undattsringly explained Il - merely
signifying that they richly deserved
such : fa6s.-E =. Hnss.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23
As to Stockings.

"Tho riskiest business in America
to-day" said Mr.. Berwick, sis the dry
goods business, and the most unstable
part of the dry goods business is in the
line of stockings. 1 never saw any
thing like it. The caprice of American
women concerning stockings is some
thing almost surprising belief. Two
men have, within the last month, been
sent back to the United State from
Chemnitz raving lunatics, driven insane
by fluctuations in taste in the stocking
demand at home"
thought the statement was Joke
and smiled.
"It's strict truth I'm telling you, and
no nonsense. don't know how much
longer I'll hold out. My whole exist
ence is one elongated hose. | eat.
sleep, drink, and think of stockings. "
"We've got stockings on the brain, y
said Mr.. White.
"On the brain! I should think so"
replied Mr.. Berwick. ''Between the
top of my nose and the roof of my head
I've got %, 900 dozen of stock IS pack
ed away. used to be able Ia put the
whole subject out of my mind Oh the
Sabbath; now the church | attend is
full of stockings. lam wondering dur
ing the sermon what the particular
taste is of every one in the congrega-
ton concerning stocking, not excepting
the minister and his wife and family
The very pulpit is hung with stockings"
"a perpetual Christmas.
"Santa Claus is better off than | am,
for at least he doesn't have to furnish
people with stockings"
"What is it exactly that causes you
this great anxiety p inquired.
The constant fear of having twenty
or thirty thousand dozen expensive
stockings thrown on ones hands, dead
stock, to be sold at fifty cents on the
dollar of what it costs us. through the
crack Drained notion of some few So
called leaders of fashion. Why, one
noted lady in town-one alone-has
it in her power to change the styles in
stockings in the space of twenty four
hours. Mrs. Jones or Mrs. Smith can
walk into a store, ask to look at stock
ings, be shown the greatest novelties,
and if the bulk of the stock happens to
be red she has but to say, "Oh, red is
no good now; green's all the rage"
That's enough. From that moment We
have to seize people by the throat and
maui them to get them to take red
stocking. Why, even the children
know it, and cry if their mothers,
tempted by the lower price, want to
buy the questionable color for them.
Oh, it is dreadful exclaimed the ex
cited hosiery merchant. dreadful!
Dreadful 1t beats Banniker!'
81 infer from your remarks that
American women, as purchasers, are
somewhat capricious."
"They are the most capricious, the
most extravagant women that God lets
live" continued he. Il can't begin to
tell you all this nonsense about hosiery.
Why, an eighth of an inch in width of
stripe is sufficient to ruin a whole in
voice of fine hosiery as selling goods.
Stewart was bit this way recently.
They had 10000 dozen hose with
stripe that was pronounced little too
narrow or little too wide, l forget
which. and they had to sell the whole
lot at less than half cost price in Eu-
rope. And they were difficult to get
rid of even at that. "-Cmci,nah Com
mercial
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

An old Irish soldier, who prided
himself upon his bravery. said he had
fought in the battle OF Bull Run.
When asked if he retreated and made
good his escape as others did on that
famous occasion. he replied: BE j..
bers, those that didn't run are there
yitl"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

Mount Holyoke Seminary has . new
class OF liz members. The entire
number OF students 10 $50. A silver
medal was awarded TO this school ct the
Paris Exposition.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-19

Arab literature is full of anecdotes OF
wise aud sober men who have reproved
their dissolute ''hetters;" here Is one
of the kind: A certain king went to
visit a mad. house, and found there an
intelligent-looking youth, who, after
replying sensibly to o number of ques-
tons put to him by the sovereign, at
length addressed the latter, saying:
you have asked me many things; I
will now ask you one. At what period
does a sleeper enjoy his sleep mostp'
The king reflected awhile, aud said:
while he IS actually sleeping"
That cannot be-" said the mad
a for he has no perception while
asleep"
''Then, before he goes to Sleep" said
the king.
"How a any one enjoy anything"
asked the mailman, .'before 1t comesp"
'Then," said the king, latter he has
been asleep.n
May" said the mailman. ga man
cannot be said to enjoy a thing that has
passed away"
So pleased was the king with the
others wit that no determined to make
n companion Of him, had a table set in
front of the window of the mad-house.
and babe his attendants hand q cup of
wine to himself and one to his mad
friend. 'You drink your cup" said
the latter, '.that you may become like
me; but, II / drink mine whom shall I
be likef"
The king, on hearing this speech,
threw away his cup, and remained a
total abstainer forevermore.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-19
Oharra Of tha Iirht Brirads.

After we had mounted for the famous
charge. and just before wo commenced
our advance. Colonel Shewell, COM
handing the Eight Hussars, happened
to rest his eye on one of his men with
n pipe in his m ,uth. which so excited
his military ire. that he hallooed to
him that The was disgracing his reg
iment by smoking in the presence of
the enemy" n grave view of the ques-
ton which certainly l (his comm md
ing oificer) did not. or Mt least UP to
that time had not rcciprocatcl, inas-
much as l at this very moment Mas en-
joying a remarkably good cigar. The
question then ardsi in my min !. AN
l to set this bad example? lin TIE Cil-
oners opinion. at l%east,) or should |
throw away n good cigarPn-no III Il
common article in those days. be II / :
mcmbercd. Well, the cigar carr;rl
the day. aud it lasted me till we g0l +,
tho guns. With shame do l SHY il.
There was one, L believe. W.T.,
when he started on this advance. "
insensible to the desperate undertaa .
in which he WAS about 10 be enc
So we went on. fright
keep up. Close in to your ccu..
The smoke. the noise. the cheers y
groans, the ''ping. ping" wiz.
past ones head. the '.whirr'' Of
fragments of shells. the wc.l-lnr a
..slush'' of that unwelcome intrudsr ~
ones ears-what n sublime con u n
it was! .
One incident struck me forcibly a',utt
this time the bearing of tine ride to y
horses in such circumstances. l w.i
OF course. riding by myself and clear
of the line. and for that reason was j
marked object for the poor, dun
brutes. They consequently made dash
es at me, some advancing with me 4
considerable distance, at one tim. rs
many as five on my right and two on
my left cringing in on me. and positive
ly squeezing me rs the round shot came
bounding by them. / remarked their
eyes betokening as keen n sense of .
pcrils around them as we human beings
experienced, (and hat is saying a good
deaD. The bearing of the horse | was
riding. in contrast to these, was re-
markable. He had been struck, but
showed no signs Of fear. thus evincing
the confidence of dumb animals in the
superior being.-1he Light Cdrdbg
Brigade in the C,1mea-Lo,d George
PQ0ek. ;
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-19
Metaphysical Discussion.

Sheridan had n great distasoe to any
thing like metaphysical discussions,
whereas his son Tom had taken a lik-
Ing for them. Tom one day triei to
discuss with his father the doctrine of
necessity.
pray, my good father" said he.
'.dil you ever do any thing in a state
of perfect NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. mo-
tive. / mean. Of some kind or otherP"
Sheridan, who SAW what was coming
and by no mans rolisled such sub.
It's. even from Tom or any u else,
said:
Yes. certainly
~'Indcedr'
YES. indeed"
what. totil indifference total, en-
tire. thorou i, indiaerencep"
"Yes-totaI. entire, thorough indif-
ference"
My dear father. tell me what it is
YOU a do wiih-mind!-total, entire,
thorough in i~iherance?"
"Nhy. listen to you, Tom" said
Sheridan.
This rebuff so disconnected Tom that
he never forgot it, nor did he ever
again trouble his father with any of his
metaphysics.