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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-26
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The Great and LEADING
Journal of Texas.
The Great and LEADING

Another Cycle of twelvs months has relle
around and we present again our annua
claims to the public for acontinuance OF the
enorous an increasing patron age heretofor
exte ded to the HERALD.
The last year has been one fraught with deep
interest to Texas, and more particularly to tn
northern portion of the state. New lines
railroads have been projected and now under
obstruction, while the older companies hav
been extending their maines and pushing
branches In every direction. immigration has
been pouring In nom nefrly every state in the
union and the deneslypo dedcountries OF Gu
rope. These.immigran class, are far SUI
perlor in Intelligence enterprise to tho
usually falling 10 the lotoi lew countries. AS
general thing they possess means sufficient TO
erect comfortable dwellings, improve farms
and in this way add TO our general prosperity
In the face OF these facts the management o
the HERALD has endeavoredto kes with
he advancement Of tue state, and the paper
has been enlarSed.from twenty-iour columns q
few monthsago to forty elghtcolumn Journal,
and Is now the
Largest Da Ia Texas,
With correspondence 10 all the principa
cities and towns In the state, and in the great
metropolitan cities of the country. 1t Ia the
only paper In north Texas giving
Full TeIegraphic Dispatches
From all parts of the UnItes States and Europe
Asa
Commercial Paper
1t is without superior In the whole south aud
stands unexaelled In Texas for the fullnessapd
correctness OF its reports both at home and
abroad,
The HERALD in the future will occupy the
samehlgh conservative ground which has al
ways characterized 1t under Its presen
management, showing fsvors to none, nor
tauling to point out errors or endeavoring
o eradicate them even in the most exalted po-
itlons, state or national.
The HERALD In politics Is an independen
ournal, progressive In its ideas, and advoost
lug those true, sound democratic primo
pies and measure that should alone prevail In o
true democratic country and to those who may
differ from It in its views and ideas, and in
The weekly Herald
Ia published every Thursday, and.is fllod
with the most Interesting and useful article
which appear from day to day in the daily
HERALD, and therefore is generally esteemed
the most valuable journal In the state /
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-26

Ia published every Thursday, and.is fllod
with the most Interesting and useful article
which appear from day to day in the daily
HERALD, and therefore is generally esteemed
the most valuable Journal In the state
those living oil the line OF railroads and u
having daily postal communications with the
rest of the world. In view OF these facts II 10
confidently hoped that Its patronage win In
crease commensurate with its worth.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-26
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"Uh"S ANSVLNIQN
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
A Custom-House Scare.

a NuoSOAs11Ouu0 SCUkos
A writer in a contemporary describes
4 terrible scare that upset the custom
house authorities in Venice some time
since. There came to the city Curl
ously shaped box, and this contained
still more curiously shaped contriv
Observation-Disclosures article,
which gravely alarmed the custom house
officers, who sent for their superiors,
who in turn sent for the police.
The thing was made of leather, and
had upon it some extraordinary Jumps
Or elevations. At length an astute ofii-
cial hit on the idea-it was an internal ma
chine! This was just about the time OF
the Bremerhaven explosion, and every
one was on the lookout for one of these
dreaded objects.
What to do next nobody knew. In
the end reckless porter was bribed tc
carry the article to an Clubhouse, an0
there it reposed for some days, the mos
daring of those who had the right of ap
proach looking through the window fur
thest away from the terrible affair to SET
| whether it looked as if it were going soOl
to explode.
Their main object was, of course, Il
catcif the criminal who sent it, and ont
day this desperate villain-an Englisl
officer-arrived, and actually dared Il
complain of delay in forwarding the ma
| chine.
! He said it was not an internal machin
at all-simply his wife's side-saddlel 8
it was; and, for the first time in thei
lives, the custom house authorities wer
made acquainted with what in Venic
was more than a novelty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
TeIephoning Heaven.


A mother living not very far from
the postoffice in this city, tired with
watching over a sick baby, came
down stairs for moment the other
day, for a few seconds rest. She
heard the voice of her little four-year
old girl in the hall by herself and Gu
rious to know to whom she was talk
ing stopped minute at the half open
ed door. She saw that the little thing
had pulled chair up in front of the
telephone and stood upon it with the
ear piece pressed against the side of
her head. The earnestness Of the
child showed that she was IN no play
full mood, and this was the converse
ton the mother heard while the tears
stood thick in her eyes, the little one
carrying On both sides as if she were
repeating the answers:
"Hello!"
"Well, who's there?'
"Is God there?
"Yes.'' .
SIS Jesus there?"
eyes" e..
''Tell Jesus l want to speak to
Him."
.Well?''
"Is that you, Jcsus?'
Eyes. What is it?''
"Our baby is sick, and we want
you to let it get we'll. Won't you
now?"
No answer, and statement and
question again repeated, finally an.
swered by ''yes."
The little one put the ear piece
back on its hook, clambered down
from her chair and with radiant
face went for her mother, who caught
her in her arms. -f 4% --
The baby whose life had been des-
pared of began 10 mend that day and
got we'll.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
Hov rhimb,ss Arc Made.

The manufacture of thimbles is very
simple, but siagularly interesting. Coin
silver is mostly used, and is obtained by
purcashing coin dollars. Hence it hap
pens that the profits of the business are
affected instantaneously by all the varia.
tions in the nations greenback promise
to pay.
The first operation strikes novice a.
almost wicked, for Il Is nothing else than
putting lot of bright silver dollars
fresh from the mint, into dirty crucibles
and melting them up into solid ingots
These are rolled out into the required
thickness and cut by stamp into circu'
lar pieces of any required size.
A solid metal bar of the size of the in
side of the intended thimble, moved by
powerful machinery up and down in &
bottomless mold Of the outside of the
same thimbles, bends the circular disk
into the thimble shape as fast as the5
can be placed under the descending bar
Once in shape, the work of brighten
ing, polishing and decorating is done
upon a lathe. First, the blank form il
fitted with rapidly revolving rod. A
slight touch of a sharp chisel takes {
thin shaving from the end, another doe.
the same on the side, and the thire
rounds off the rim. A round steel rod
dipped in oil and pressed upon the sur
face gives it lustrous polish. Then .
little revolving steel wheel whose edge i
a raised ornament, held against the re
volving blank, prints that ornament jus
outside the rim. A second wheel, will
sharp points, makes the indentations OF
the lower half and end of the thimble
All that remains to be done is to boi
them in soapsuds, to remove the oil.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
Recreation.
HALLS Journal Of Healsh.l

The literal meaning Of this word is to
make over again; but in its ordinary &C.
ception it is intended to convey the idea
of rest, refreshment or rather, renova-
tion. The body is refreshed by rest; the
brain is renovated by sleep, by absolute
repose. But body and brain may be in
vigorated for season by changing the
direction of their respective activities.
And also by working alternately.
A man who has become tired of riding
on horseback or in carriage, rests him.
self, gets rid of his fatigue by walking.
The brain which has become weary in
thinking of one subject is refreshed by
some other study. On the other hand, a
man who feels tired all over, by work, OF
long walk will get rested sooner by
sitting down to read than if he did
nothing. -.
Rachel, the great tragic actress, when
returning from one of her performances
at two or three o'clock in the morning
rested herself by spending an hour OF
two in changing the furniture of hel
rooms. The best sedative which pub.
lie speaker can take after great effort II
to read a newspaper, or anything else
that has variety of short statements.
The great practical idea we wish tc
convey Is, that recreation is not idleness
but change of direction in the opera
ton of the physical or mental forces. A
French actress lately went mad within
an hour after the play, because she
went home, laid down and let the mind
run ON in the same track. She should
have changed to bodily activity like
Rachel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
Going to Church.

Many persons have an idea that If
they go into church as member it is
something like going into a train "' cars;
they get into car and expect the engine
to do the work. They take a parlor car
if they can, second class car if they
cannot do that, or freight train rather
than not 90 at all.
They expect, anyway, that the
Church, like the engine, is to carry them
to heaven. Most men are helped great
deal by joining church. For many
men trying to lead Christian life with
out joining church is very much like q
pear tree growing in the highway, the
boys rob it, the wheels bark it, and the
hogs spoil it; it grows few hard juice
lesss pears, but if it had been in the
orchard it's branches would have been
borne down with fruit.
Yet nevertheless the joining of a
church is not the possession of the fruits
of the spirit. Activity is admirable, but
it must not be mistaken for piety.
Neither must the efiorescence OF feeling
be substitute for its quality. Neither
is very conscientious man one who does
not require the fruits of the spirit. The
sense of justice is but the outline OF
religion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04

II. Martin Williams is whooping up
the greenback cause in Kansas. We
commend to his perusal the following
from the pen of his friend "Brick'
Pomeroy:
THE Greenback party as . party
will never come to power. 1t has
too many knaves, fools and traitors
in its scattered ranks. But green
back or paper money principles will
prevail, and 1t will prevail as we now
see and believe, through the Demo-
cratic party, and to this end we sug-
gest that the Democracy of the coun-
try at once completely organize in
every voting precinct of the country
on the anti-bond idea, call all who
live by honest industry or who live
by legitimate business to unite and
wipe all bonds out of existence. And
when in power, let the Democratic
party protect the rights of States to
self government, that ours may indeed
be a Repuhlic-and protect by wiping
out all interest growing Indebtedness.
If the Democracy-the live, aggres-
sive progressive Democracy-of the
United States will step to the front
with the above demands, we shall be
one OF Democratic party
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
The Ex-COnfederate Reunion at Dallas,
Texas tn LIE Hald nm Aurusf 10 and 4 =.

The Ex-COnfederate Reunion at Dallas,
Texas. to he Held on August 10 and r.
All persons wishing to 60 on the
trip will he furnished transportation
there and back, and to any other port
ion of Texas On the line of the H. &
T. G. railroad, at one-half fare.
Tickets for the occasion will be on
sale at all railroad dopots. All parties
wishing to go will please notify their
depot agent at their earliest conven-
ience of their intention of going, so
they can. all report to the General
Passenger agent and have cars enough
to accommodate all. First class cars
will be placed on the road. The 9Th of
August should he the tine of starting
from Missouri. Papers throughout the
State will confer great favor by CIV
ing this publicity, Ex-confederates
are requested to notify all friends.
A large crowd Is expe It'd. Almost
every ex-confederate Of any note in
the State has promised to be cn the
grounds. Jos. r. GREEN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04

Henry M. Csde used to keep a
drug store at Farber. He moved to
Rails county few weeks since, where
he died suddenly. The Rails County
Record says: ss
''Henry M. Cade died very sud-
denly at his home in this place Tues
day afternoon Of last week. Physi-
clans attribute his death to heart dis
ease. The Coroner decided that an
inqsest was not necessary. Mr.. Cade
moved to this place from Farber,
Audrain county, about two months
ago, but since his srrival has been
unable to work, and has left his fam.
lily, consisting of q wife and five chill.
dren, in destitute circumstances,
One of the children is suffering with
dropsy, and will probably live but. .
short time. The citizens of New
London gave him a decent burial.
and supplied the family with food.
At Farber, Mr.. Cade kept q little
drug store and his income from this
together with pension Of eight dol
lars per month procured at least the
necessaries of life, but h,s partner
quitting business, he was compelled
to part with his INTEREST," Z
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04

An Epidemic Which Promises to Throw
the Country in Dramatic Mysteries.

the Country in Dramatic Mysteries.
A terrible epidemic is spreading
over Louisville, Ky, and unless it is
soon brought uuder control may be
attended with the most deplorable re-
suits. One-half the girls of that city
are stage struck-stark, staring stage
struck. Hundreds of residences have
been converted into amateur play
houses, where would-be female stars
tear their hair, and rave and split the
air with their arms and stalk majesti.
cally across imaginary stages to the
imaginary music of imaginary orches-
tras, and amid bursts of imaginary
applause and showers of imaginary
bouquets. In the dry goods stores
young ladies rush up to the counters
with inspiration dropping from their
eyes in great hunks and In hollow
tones command the affrightened clerk
to-
"Haste thee, cringlng vassal p-r-r-
r-r-roduce and b-r-r-r-ring into our
pr-r-r-resence thy 65-ceDt hose!"
Into the iee-cream saloons the maid
ems shove the cooling cream into
their lovely mouths and sweetly MUIR
mur to their escorts:
"Now, by my faith, Orlando, but
is't not a nectar fit for the gods
Speak, me beloved, is't not dainty
dish that graces our festal board?"
And practical Orlando replies:
81 bet you!'
On the street car the maiden stalks
forward toward the driver and howls /:
"What, no, there, charioteer, give
me, pray thee, diminutive coin for
this one dollar bond an l will upon
the instant requite thee for thy servi-
ces upon this journey"
When one of them catches fiea
she holds the victim st arms length
and roars:
"Ha-a-a-a! l have thee at last,
vile craven! For many nights thy
visits to me chamber have b-r-rought
unrest. Now at last thou art in
me clutches and l will shower ven
geance upon thy thrice accursef
head. Die, vile ingr-rate, and may
the seething fires of perjiticn engulf
thy quivering soul forever-r-r-r!'
Then she opens her fingers little
to get good squeeze at him and tht
flea hops out and goes home TO tel
its folks about it.
They have got it bad and none o
the old established methods Of treat
ment seem to avail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
Fashion,

Stockings of the female sex are so
long now that the girls pull them over
the necks of their dresses, ornament
them with breastpins and make them
do duty Us collars. Exchange.
1t is a God-send that the stockings
are made SO long, in view Of the fol-
lowing from the Fashion Journal.
During the coming season ladies
who wish to be considered fashiona-
BILE will wear nothing but longltudin
ally striped hose.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
TIME TABLE.
sr IOUIS & PACIFIC.
,u,caGO & ALTON.
..ssAR OF THE WEST"
amin COL EGE, MEXICO, MO
.,pp Ex. Gov. C. III. HARDIN.
!. A. ]. BALi.ssnt Pres. Board Directors.

p.IRD. Ex. GOV. c: II. HARDIN.
s a. !. bAIiisant Pres. Board Directors.
,.,..sool and desirable home. Be
lseasllinaH iS'Hi annual session September 9th.
College As.asy. y.ssires osns sqPsr'Gr 81 9sr Than .n
sassssstss !" a,Ihed Education of their dangh-
- p .asssoroagh arh Course lof study and al an
s1 ads h.nss'sRsss sreanss fs
slesid i,a roo,5s for b0arders well ventilated
heath HnHsreafa N ass seheo and hsni fa1e
issfd; R The Scientific, Literary, Mu-
u set set.ess; T. t Departments. respectively. sec
teIlege, in the coErratness Mss Isos Of
setaes and Excellence of Home depart
psap'ssse sell established as to admit of no con
- 81 Terms less than any other school III, IN
a sste s,S anplIcations for the ensuing session
s'asas' ~ Ss a,'I made early to insure admission
Bf@ II. I. BAIRD,
- Business Manager.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
Bromide District--A Promising Nevad,
Gann

bromide District--A Promising Nevada
Camp.
1t has been sometime since new
mining camp started up in Nevada
There are, no doubt, many localities
that will come into prominence once
that railroad facilities are furnished
the more remote sections. Of some
recent discoveries down in the south
western corner of Nye county, a cor
respondent OF the Los Angeles Herald
has the following to say:
Bromide District is in the south
western corner of Nye county, Ne
vada, about eight miles west of the
dividing line separating the States of
California and Nevada. Until De-
cember last but two mines were
known on the range of mountains in
which the discoveries of the past
three months have been made. The
first location was made about I8
months ago by Eugene Lander of
Los Angeles county, and Albert
Rowland of La Puente. .-...
The ledge is called the Blue Mon
ster, from the immense size of the
out-crop' and color of the orc; and
we'll it is named, for on the surface
Is exposed thousands Of tons of rich
silver-bearing quartz, in some places
over 100 feet in width and 1000 feet
in length. This large body of ore
carries black metal, or partanco,
with bromides and chlorides thickly
interspersed throughout the entire
length of the surface exposure. This
mine is only about one-haif mile from
water, and Is easy of access.
Subsequent discoveries we're made
in the months of December, Janua-
ry and February last, by party OF
prospectors from Lake District, Cal
ifornia, consisting of Messrs. ROBIN.
son, Hart, Casey and Parker. The
ledges were found in low belt OF
range of mountains lying on the eas,
side of the Armagosa River, and ex.
tend northerly and soatherly for q
distance Of absut "A miles, distan,
about 80 miles northerly from Rest.
ing Springs and Al miles south.
er!y from Gold Mountain, Esmeralds
County, New. Wherever the white
belt or zone in which the ore bodies
are found is exposed, rich deposits
show themselves upon the surface
Within the next ten days some fifteer
other distinct lodges wele found
most prominent among which were
the Paymaster, Robinson & Hart and
Parker d Casey mines. Samples frou
the Paymaster, taken at random from
the surface, show assays as high a.
S4a0 per ton IN silver. These three
last mentioned mines have tons O
the same character of ore, exposed
upon the surface, which Gun be easil,
extracted. 's's :
Eugene Lander ia q son Of Mrs
Lander OF this CITY, and q brother o.
VIM. Lander now with Gill & Garrett
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
State Temperance Camp-11..,,n@.

DR.. John A. Brooks, President Of
the Missouri Prohibition Alliance.
hiss called a State Temperance Camp.
meeting to be held at the Miaeral
Springs, near Plattsburg, August II.
II. l3 and 14th, 1881. The Grounds
are delightful for the purpose and the
citizens of Plattsbarg and vicinity
have made very extensive prepsrs-
tons tor the occasion, and for the
pleasant entertainment of quests.
Ex.- Gov. B. Gratz Brown, Gov, +.
T. Crittenden, Gov. ST. John. OF
Kansas, g. W. Balm, Col. ]. ].
Hickman, Col. VIM. n Switzler.
Rev. G. ". HnGhey, n. G. Tracy
and other distinguished persons and
temperance advocates viii he present
and q number of whom win deliver
addresses. Plattsburg is easy OF &C.
cess, being conveniently located at
the Junction OF the Rock Island and
Wabash iroads. Reduced fasps kes
sheen secured from theses roads. sd
II is expected that The sane arrange
nents uill b perfected wishs sllk de
roads In The 6tase BY 10 time of The
meeting.
a. a -. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04

Young lady, to her old nncle: ssQh.
uncle, what shocking thlnal Al
young girl vas madelerazy by sud
den kissl' Old uncle; What did
the fool go crazy for2" Young Il.
dy: "What did she go crazy for p
Why, for more, Isappose. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04

A correspondent wants to know
whether the assassinated Czar got off
any appropriate "last words.' We
are not certain, but think he ex-
claimed, "Nell, I'm hlowed!"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-08-04
Correspondence OF the Ledger.

Of the Ledger. ".i
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 29.--Coin-
cidents in great events never fail to
attract public attention, and in sup
port of this maxim there has never
been time since the assassination OF
Mr.. Lincoln that calls up the unhap-
py memory of that disgraceful affair
more widely to the mind of every
American than the present, it being
impossible to separate the idea of the
attempted assassination of President
Garfield from the tragic death of
him who was his forerunner in politi-
cal principles. Actuated by this as
sociation of ideas, we took Sunday
afternoon as an appropriate time to
visit the last resting place of Presi-
dent Lincoln. The Nation has in
deed befittingly and beautifully COM
memorated the memory of that man
who, next TO Washington, has en-
gagged the attention (whether he en-
crossed the love or not we do not say,
of the American PEOPLE. One of the
most imposingly grand and peculiarly
beautiful monuments that stand on
the soil of the United States to per-
petuate the name of her illustrious
dead, is the National Lincoln Monu-
ment at Sprinfield, ILL.,, erected by
the Government at q cost of three
hundred thousand dollars. The base
of the monument is one hundred feet
square. which rises about twenty feet.
At the north and south ends of this
square is a rotunda or entrance, the
one containing the body of Mr.. Lin
coin and other members of his family,
the other (memorial hall) containing
relics of MIR. Lincoln's domestic life
before and during public services
also many things closely connected
with his death. From the square
base rises square column about -2(
feet, upon each corner of which is {
bronze representation of the four di
visions of the army--infantry, eartil
lery, navy and calvary, each statue
being about 10 feet high Then from
this second base rises the monumen
proper, in front of which and lookins
down upon the representatives of th'
Nations defenders is life-size statu,
Of Mr.. Lincoln, with the Constitution
in his outstretched hand, very natnra
in every expression of face and figure
We would not exaggerate in sayln,
that thousands of people visited thi
monument to-day, and from all W
heard speak, the martyred dead wa
linked with the lingering sufferer a
Washington, and silently we breathe'
prayer that the American Govern
ment might never have to erect an
other monument to mark the grav
of an assassinated President. As al
know, the family of Mr.. Lincoln ar
still in Springfield, which is one Of til
prettiest cities in Illinois. A mag
. nificent State House adorns Spring
+. field, perhaps the finest, when com
pleted, in the United States, havin
already cost four million dollars an
o a remaining two million necessary t
q its completion. Taking Illinois, wit
e her fertility and public spirit, it is
: fine State; but her fairer sister, jus
Y across the river, with her equal fel
: tility, and supremacy in mineral an
e many other natural resources, is no
: and forever will be the domain whic
$ invites the seekers of pleasant an
e profitable homes. Yours,
" w