The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-01
1910 AND 81.

WO WNke up inns huihiHS VIZ" ~"
born wear upon us. The knell Of 1880 has
been tolIed, and its events, It's joys and aor
rows, hopes and dsappointment', have passed
into the vostibule OF history. We live so fast
and with SO much in expectation in the
future that we take but short time for tears
and wespngs over the dead and gone, not
even dead year, Nobody would recall a
single week Of that just departed, AID few q
single day, whilst no one would overcheck On
hour from tomorrow's store Aud yet 1t u.s.
as tho ThRno of Cawdor said, "Fomorrowi and
tomorrow, and tomorrow" and will DO until
the last syllAbls Of recorded time. Aud is
what headed true, GAN our yesterdays have
but lighted fools to the dusty path Of dsath?'
Not quite. For there are men and women
who have indeed extracted very much moro
than that out of life --havO realized really
more during the year just closed.
AID yet Indeed many will there bo to VIII ON
the past year brought its wild maelstrom Of
tribulation and trouble, Of ponury, grief and
wFetchsdnoss in one gauRt form or another,
and in whose hearts a tombstone has been
erected, all wrsathsd with the fadelSsl i'm
morLcllea Of sorrow, commemorative Of the
virtues OF tho dead, but through whose Iri-
butary tears of WOO The sunlight Of faith re-
veas the rainbow Of the Christians hope.
Anl many there be who have imprinted for
the last time the kiss Of affection en- the pal.
lid brow of Some fair VITA or the pale feat
urea of som, loved husband, or havs ga2ad
the faa adiou upon sons sweet infants face
whose dancing eyes dill mock the Iris in
their hue, as it reclined on its mothers
breast at on2o he cup Of It's life AID the
couch of it, rest, And many there bo who
have had to weep in bitter aAguish over ills
far worse than these because Of the weakness
and frailty that letalip tho knot which bound
the once.cherishad one to integrity and
honor But beyond these unhappy Individual
caser, tho people of Texas certainly
have many reasons 10 remember 1880 pleas
antly. They should not forget that when it
commenced they had just emerged from
seven years ordepression, during which time
energies were more or less pNra,yzad by the
financial Generalization of tho whole country.
But capital was NJ sooner aroused at the
business centers of the country than it began
to leap toward Texas. 1t touched our
latent resources aud they eagerly responded.
New enterprises quickly spyang into existence
and tho foundation has been laid for a hun.
dToa times more. The figures have not been
made up, but we think we built nearly five
hundred miles of new railways last year, and
have contracts lot and plans laid for con-
Dtructing one thousand this year. This comes
over as unfinished work, but still last
year must be given credit for at least giving
the momentum for the construction of more
miles in 1881 than recorded in our history
In farming operations the state has been en-
ineutly prosperous. We msdo ample to pay
all our debts, and have an abundance upor
which TO subsist until new crop is harvested
This state gained at least 10000 in popula-
ton, and S, mach Is IL bsing advertised, 81
great is the attention of tho world drawn I,
1t there Is no doubt that wo will on tte first o
next January have 800, 600 more people thar
va have to-day, or full two million In tn
whole state. But the greatest cause for re
joicing and congrstulAtion is the satisfaction
of the people with their lot, Everybody VIII
wants II can find p'eaty of work to dO
There is a demand inceIsant and ncroasi nj
for all manner Of labor. The trades ar
Aourishing and those conducted prcperl
have come out of the year in sound Cond
ton and with healthy cash balance to sho,
for the work performed. Nobody thinks 0
leaving Texas, but on tho other hand all arg
their friends and relatives ia other states /
immigrats hare. AS to the world at lNrg'
1t is enjoying q season Of profound p oacl
save in Chill and Peru, with Ireland undp
that peace held upon the point of tho bayo
net There are no prospects of an imm
diate rupture between the powers Of Eu
rope. There Is not cabinet nor king VIII
stprssent has evil designs upon the prosper
ty Of others. Indeed the Inhabitants of Il
whole earth seem TO DO moro happy tbs
they usually are. They have growa wiser
they have grown older They fad dverslc
in mo5ara art instead Of stoal AMI powd,,
They arc employed in building railroad an
telegraph lines, ia publishing books an
maps instead of forging implements of mu
der aud employing them. Tho restls
spirits now fad this means to curb the d
mon of unrest. WIN the world ever rsAc
that happy epoch whom there shall be VI,
verssl peace, when war and slaughter W
not even be feared 1t is possible. 1t h
made long stride toward IL sincs the da
OF Hannibal, Oa'ar, Gsnghis Khan, Charl
nsgne and Napoleon, Even IL boz
could such men battle the cal
in blood now, and cause revolutions to svc
like troubles visions over dreaming sorro,
tits sxtrensly doubtful. Hore, in our o.
country, are hfty-one million of people "
little standing army oftwenty- five thous.
men. And this army, or poor apology
one, is beginning TO BIO regarded year al
year and moro and more as q nuiisucs .
useless, aad which ought to be abolished.
will bs abolished ss soon as the railways n
building finally settle the Indian quest