davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-04

The Garfield Veteran Guard, of Whining
ton, Del, was organized in August last as a
campaign club. The uniform adopted by the club
consisted of blue flannel cape, lined with red fa
tigue cap, and musket torch. The club is COM
posed of soldiers of the late war, the members be-
ing mostly from Delaware, Pennsylvania Mary
land, New York, and Connecticut regiments The
club boasts of having among its members one ex-
general, Two ex-cOlOnels, two e1-majors, two ex-
surgeons, five ex-captains, and six lieutenants.
The officers are as follows DR. L. A Keobles pTesi-
dent; William OConnor and William Blackburn,
vice presidents. Line oficers-Peter B. Ayres, cap
tain; T. C. JencRs, first lieutenant; William Black
burn second lieutenant. The club will bring from
fifty to seventy-five men 10 Washington. The uni
form to be worn to-day viii consist OF dress hats
and dark clothes, with badges. Theclubis expected
to arrive at Ave o'clock this morning, and to quar-
fer at the Marshall House.
ALLEGHENY VETERANS.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-04
The National Safe-DepOsIf COmPar

corner Fifteenth street and New York avenue, con
tinueS TO receive yaluabes OF all descr ptiOnS tof
safe keeping at very low rates.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18
STONE THE WOMAN.

zee, stone the woman let the man o, free,
n nr " your skifts lest they PEREZ e.
o. "a, her garments RS she pass,s;
pul ''' put forth a willing hard
10 50 s4f- his that led her 10 dss'ru,tion
a a. ulsgrace. Shut up from her the sscr' Il
Ma Ma OF Toll, that she may no more win an
ipi !'st meal but ope to him ali honorable
rams that he may win distinction.
S NV, MN ialr prtssGd-down measures
~ ~ ife's sweetsss lys. Pass her,
U ~ hslCen with pure, ptOod face,
II sue puts out a poor, polluted palm
nut ray my hand In his on bridal day,
And swear to citing 10 him
Win wifely love and te der reverence,
~ rSnst MIN WHO led another woman
To fearful fate,
res, stone the wOman-lee the man 60 freel
Let one soul suffer the guilt of two
~ the doctrine Of hurried world
roo out OF breath for holding balances
whete nice distinctions and Justices
ara calmly weighed. But all! how will IL be
IN that strange day OF lnal Ore and flame
Mhen men shall stand before the one
Irue Judge? Shall sex II AXE then
Adiusreuce Ia siu? Shall He,
the searcher of the hidden heart
IN Ills eternal and divine decree
condemn the woman ard rgive the MANI
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18
THE ALIAS HERALD. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 49, 1ss

trio show in Paris one-horse power engine
operating nine improved lamps. each Of
which is TO burn nine months. Edison also
proposes TO show his autograph system Of
telegfaphy, by which he produces by tel
egrBph fac-similies Of handwriting.
The various specimens Of celluloid that
were lately examined by NJ. f. Boekmann
did not contain true gun.cotton, bu! the
pyroxyline Of collodion, perfectly soluble at
common temperatures ia mixture Of ether
and alcohol. Celluloid, no holds, Is not q
true, definite chemical combination.
A strange freak of electricity is attracting
attention in California. There is tract OF
country in Butte county, about fifteen miles
long and half mile wide, where the light
ming strikes tree nearly every time storm
passes over. As many as three fires have
been caused by lightning in this tract in q
single storm, and the whole belt can be
plainly traced by tho dead timber.
A paper read before the Social Science
Association a. Saratoga, on female ply
sicians, shows that 800 are engaged in active
practice in this country. These women ara
in twenty-six states, New York, Massachua
sets and Pennsylvania having the largest
| proportions OF thOse heard from 70 per
cont. were single when they began to study,
10 per cent. were married and per cent.
widows.
Ia 1870 Tho total coal production of the
world was l03970.GS3 tons; 10 1880 il wa,
294 4Gs,000. an increase of 100, 407, 3l7 tons,
or htiy-two per cent. Taking tho growth OF
the coal industry as measure of u nation.
general industrial progress, Russia makes I
worry good showing, tho percentage Of Goa
output there having increased 275 per cent.
aud Spain makes poor appearance, The
percentage OF increase being only thirty.sil
per cent.
II is claimed by Prof. Rsoul Pictel, o
Geneva, that discovery of bis applied {,
the construction of lake, river or ocean 90
ing vessels is likely TO cause revolution ia
naval architecture. The details are given
in tho most general terms. A model en-
sodying the new principles is in course o.
construction st Geneva, and when II Is tr'ct
on the lake 1t will be seen whether tho Pro-
lessor has not been too sanguine. He ex
poets that 1t will attain high rate of speed
snd glide over the water without cutting it
and SO diminish resistance.
M. Il Chsppuis has Deem engaged IN ex
periments by which he endeavors to Prov
that ozone has the property of destroying
the germs capable of oocssioniDg fermenta
tons, putrefsction And the development o
moldiness. After TASKS were filed with bee
yeast, some of them wero stoppered Will
cotton that had been exposed to the action
of ozone and some with cotton not so pro.
pared. The contents of the TASKS stoppereC
with the ozonzed cotton remained iimpit
for twenty days, but those of the oths
TASKS became turbid in a very short time
H. Suiliot finds nitrous gases more eilics
cious than ozone for purposes of disinlectioi
and sanitation.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18

Chicsgo on August 3lst, and came to the
conclusion that there never had been pleu,o.
pneum ME west of Elmira, New York.
Bogs-ius the champion wing shot of the
world, has not accepted Mitchell's (pf Vlr.
ginis) challenge TO shoot for the pigeon
shooting championship It is the first time
we ever knew Bogsrdus 10 shirk chal-
lenge.
Spor leg men will be glad 20 know that
William Sexton, the ex,champion billiard
player, ia again handling the cue and rolling
up tho hundreds. He expects to meet All
corners this fall, and he says French cham.
pion will not ftighten him.
Abou. five hundred people are now on,
gagged III Inc new industry of fishing fol
pearls IN Stone river Rutherford county,
Tenn. The value of the pearls found in t6e
mussel' there, ranges from fifty cents 70
twenty i've dollars, although one has
brought eighty dollars.
=, PADDY Ryan, the champion pugilist, was in
New York lAit week and has fully recovered
nom the wound he received, and never
looked better. Heis ready to fight any mar
IN the world for 81, 900 and the ebampion.
ship. Ryan has opened new sportinc
house in Albany and is doing capital bust
ness.
Erie railroad conductors held clambake
at Port Jarvis, New York, on the 26.h nit.
o. which, on a wager, w. X Crawford, aged
70, nte 100 baked clans. No. relishing their
Taste he swallowed them without chewing
and on the Slst be died OF paralysis of ,ho
stomach, at'er suffering great agony in the
interim and elsewhere.
a San Francisco Judge he's decided thai.
wing money to make good ia game
e. ler ia an outside Transaction, and tina,
t i'ry who puts up bis watch or Other
az security for what he thus borrows
csnnot plead the sambliug-act in order
TO reeoyeG his property withou! paying
back the money he borrowed.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18
FEMININE FANCIEs

The fall will be velvet season.
Ladies' collars are TO turn down.
The rage for Japanese ornaments Is on the
increase.
Beaded plush bands will trim handsome
heavy wraps.
Frogs OF braid or of passementerie will
trim basques to suits.
Copper and brickdust shades arc as fash
ionable as terra Gotta.
Small hats and bonnets begin 10 appear
among imported shapes.
Oheviot mixtures in what are called lesth,
or shades are much worn.
Standing high collars and low rolling col
lars are equally fashionable.
Velvets arc worn without other reliefs
than laces and jewels this fall.
Sstoen made Of cotton Is SO well printed
that 1t looks like hand painting.
A new darned lace for lingerie and dress
trimmings Is called Mauresque.
Plush stripes on wool.satin crounds arc
seen among other novelty trimming mate
rails.
Little owls in black metal, with diamond,
ruby, or emerald eyes, are favorilo orna.
ments.
Basques OF moire, black and In dark rich
colors, will DO worn with skirts of various
kinds.
Large dots on black, white, and colored
net Is tho novalty of tho passing nom ont for
street wear.
Quaint little baskets of split bamboo ara
favorlte pendant ornaments In some of our
best houses.
Black and white Is favorile combination
for fall, and It will probably extend into Inc
winter costumes.
A growing fashion Is that of indoponden,
jackets, male OF sluh that can DO worn with
any kind Of skirt.
Dog collars made Of small scarlet flowers
arc effectively worn with costumes of blacl,
surah and Spanish lace.
The latest novelty in pocket handkerchief
Is 10 have the owners autograph copied in
embroidery upon ono corner.
have already spoken, aays a correSpe,.
dent of tho picturesque dressing hero this
summer II 10 ono of Nowport's charms.
Some of our belles ara living pictures. One
OF Thorn | saw al tho Cisino this morning,
with broad.brimmod white hat, from thS
edge OF which foil wide curtain of iilmy
lace, half-veiling hor face. The effect WAS
striKingly pretty and novel, recalling beau
ties Of the oldon timo whose charms have
been handed down TO us on canvas. An.
other beautiful girl Acknowledged 20 DO the
bello--snd very beautiful she is-was clad
tho other day ut the Casino In deep violet
velvet from. head TO toe, velvet turban pre-.
serving tho contour of her lovely-,hapod
head. and this morning saw her, and all
eyes arc upon hor wherever she goes, wear.
Ing dress composed wholly of turkoySred
cotton. Does ilsound cheapp You should
have seen the exquisite white ombrolderol
laid upon u, Ga her head wns great hat
again all red, its only trimming masses Of
crimson feathers. Would not this cos.uni,
ssarllo Washington utreeiH Blu. Newport Il
hperlect background for such toilets, ant
they harmoniza hero perfectly with theli
surroundings. An exceedingly pretty ma,
teriai tor summer dresses 10 tho 1nest Qualit,
OF white Madras muslin, such ns we use icI
WINDOW curtains, md which Ia manuiac,ur
90 Tor That purpose. Made up over white Il
has q Spanish laOc.,ike effect, and / 50,
charming costumes almost daily mado from
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18
SCIENCE.

The Moni,eur Scienhlquo recommends The
application of dccoction Of Quaasia wood Il
prevent the bites OF nusQuiloos, flies and
other insects tina! aitack animals, aud to pro.
loet choice lruit trees from insoo! pests.
In Paris an astronomical standard clock
y kept Ia communication with other oily
diali and tho timc regulated BY pulses oi
compressed cir sont at intervals along pneu.
matte pipes Ia Glasgow electricity /.
adopted.
A second trial Of tho Fauro secondArv
battery system OF street car propulsion has
been made by the Paris Omnibus Company
aud tho result Is described "a highly success.
tul. A car arranged FOR tho purpose had
been used.
Its expected that Germany will coon N
che has not already dono SOY seek tho co.
operation OF other powers In establishing An
exploration Of tho Polar regions IN tho inter
est Of meioorology geology and other sci
snces, a. was proposed BY the late Kari
wayprechi.
Edison has among his exhibits al Tho cleo,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18
sPOR ting.

a bicycle tournament will be held at Wa.
yorly, N. j., September 81.
The stallion Melbourne has been pur.
chased by by Dave Bonner for $1,000.
Kate Mccall, BY Blue Bull, has teen pur-
chased by Julius Voc,ler, Of Pituburs, Pa,
for $4,000. VT
Mr. w A Forth, Of Evansville, Ind, hw
paid $40 600 for the tro.,ing stallion Hard.
wood by Blsckwood, II.
Over one hundred nro companies will NJ.
INC great hremen's stale tournament Al
Reading, Pennsylvania, mex, month. "
Tho United States commission 10 examine
into the cattle disease held 4 session IN
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18

- assay tbis dirt more 70 confess the MUS
..uiJusness OF an old established sys em
adopted by my house, iha. is, 10 rot send
their SCENTS to towns oif the railroad, than 10
al play In the public prints the enterprise,
pusb ard Thrift of the merchants Of Pilot
Point, an evidence OF which Is the FEC. OF
any indiling tits letter. for the nieFcA ant.
are so very busy buying the loo bales Ci
cotton now on the plaza and settling &C
counts with their farmer customers, together
with selling goods, that they have not the
| Sine 10 look at my samples, and the only
| time they have TO devote TO me is nj night,
| when have solo 81, 900 worth, much TO my
surprise, rs my visi. was more TO get Ac'
qusinted than 10 sell see where wa have
been making q serious mistake in adhering
too rigidly 10 the system referred to. an
| completely dumfouudod and nettled when
LOOK about me here apd sec the commotion
and stir on the sQuaro among the cotton
wagons, add then TO SEQ the vast
thronLs of customers trading at the various
counters, and the splendid and las,etully
selected stocks Of goods in every line, ex'
| hibited 10 customers in the most business
! like and dexterOus manner, by thoroughly
trained business men II makes me forget
| tho vail hasr 10 almost every other quarter
of tho land 10 regard 20 hard times, and
worse coming and regret to tho very bot
tom of my heart that never knew this town
betoto, aud thanks 10 nllcoads or | would
not nov know it. lis beautifully situated,
and it stands today ms bughl Gom SGT in the
midst OF uue of tho finest agricultural lccali'
tics my Dyes ever rested upon.
1t has population Of 400, and boasts OF
no bes, schools ia The state. Every feature
Of the place bears evidence Of prosperity.
Soyo a.. large brick bulldogs nro now 10
progress Of erection, one OF which 10 being
built by G. w. Davidson ~ Co., and will be
occupied by the frat of October. Messrs.
Il. M Baird s. Co., will transfer Themselves
from ther presest popular stand TO their
magnificent two-story brick building, on the
son,hesst corner Of the square, next week
whero. they will endeavor TO establish th,
| dry goods emporium Of the city.
viii not intrude further upon your space
or will say q thousand good, deserving
things about the piece.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18
TUE rrsrHsT.
ron 1uE s,SDAT HERALD
BY MARY Z. ouIlLor.

Der grim Glbraltar's terraoed RITA
The blast rings shrlll and loud,
And DER its rocky spiral cliffs
Float wreaths OF sombre cloud.
Ger rocky leas, the surglng seas
nsullen IN adness dash
Their foaming sprays In clouds Of haze,
That round the rampant splash.
A mid the stsrless, gloomy shades
The sea, uplifted roIs,
Dark pillows roll o'er seething glades
And lash the rock-glrt shores.
Thewild waves weep from rock to steep,
And roll In columns white;
Their liquid waves, in foaming spathes,
That dance like CLEANS flight.
Thelurld llght'nings burn ON high
Amid the sisr.ess gloomi
From west to east they girt the sky
Like sortlnels Of doom,
Neptune unrolds his storm-wlnds folds--
MD dark Plu,ouian might;
The ekies on high. theseas that sigh,
Are shorn Of all tholr light.
Again the pound OF thuader's roar
Peala DER the ocean vast,
And ooholag back, nom rock and moor,
It dies away ~ last.
A chaos grand, Of sea and land,
Now lrsmbles at its might;
All things are dark, no guiding epark
Illumos tho tempest night.
U, eeslhng, raging, tossing deepl
How wild, bow weird your sea- winds weep
How cold AID dlr6 your pillows creep,
What haryosts Wild your surges reap;
O,lull your angry waves TO gleep.
Your volumes dsrlS in BARRIERS keep;
No longer roar from ahoret shore,
Bestllll Ovid and trackless deep,
tTis vain the Wild waves madly roar,
And lash the rugged, rock-bound shore;
With all the shella aod coral lore,
Frinsed with the white sprays sllv'ry gore
That from the oceans depths they tore
The winds sill sigh, In sea and sky,
Fen wilder now than Ger before.
Hark TO tho low and hollow means
That break like Wild and thrilling tones
Orsome wlerd phantom dlrge.
'TlB frail snip that's tempest toss'd,
A doomed bark that will be !ost
In the gloomy sea of surge
Round 1t wild are pillows dashing,
Heay'n's grim batteries o Ter 1t crashing;
Lightning on Its torn sails 1ishlng,
Wild foam on Its white spars plashlng;
Dismal Winds are wildly singing,
Mid the thunder hoarsly ringing;
The giant waves In grandeur vast,
Roll DER the ship from deck to mast;
It's lot Ia cast, no roars tho blast,
And drifting on, It waits lts doom;
To ind Ito brlny, dismal tomb,
Amid the starless, ocean gloom.
Frail ship and sea OF raging strlfc,i
How like our restleaa human life;
We drifting Ger the ocean dark,
No star to guido but Hopes faint spark;
We, too. are sailing through the gloom
To tho 10y waters of the tomb.
We're drifting. drifting DER tho sea
To the waves OF bright Eternity.
DALLAS, September II, 1881.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18
Household Expenaes

Household expenses arc increasing in ,
way iha! begins TO alarm the family with q
moderate income. Not only have rents
gone up, but nearly everything that entor,
into daily consumption has taken iump II n-
ward. Meats Of all kinds, butter, yego,a.
bles, fruit Hour-overything, including even
NE wages OF domestics, has advanced until
the average householder begins 10 loci,
melancholy, and ere long may begin 10 look
hungry. Even peanuts have taken tho upward
grade. The chief cause of all this IA said 10
DO tho universal drouth which has prevailed
but there arc doubtless oil or causes working
70 tho same end, A comparative lisl az
prices given in Cincinnati paper shows
The situation here pretty we'll, and exhibit.
an advance that may we'll worry the FRUGAL
houIekoepor. Some OF the articles named
command higher price in Chicago than
tboy do in Cincinnati, but the rates generally
do no! vary much In tho two cities.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18
SPIKES ANDsPARIKs.

Mr.. I. j. Potter is in Iowa, looking after
he interests of the Burlington road,
Mr.. John Newell, general manager of the
Lske Shore road, has gone TO Cleveland.
The Union Pacific road will pay It's quar-
terly dividend of X per cent on October l..
A quarterly dividend of per cent will be
paid by the New York Central road Octo-
Der 10.
A meeting of the Western Trunk Lines
Passenger association will be held a. Com
missioner Dixon's office to-day.
A special meeting of the Wabash, st.
Louis & Pacific Railway Company will be
held in ST, Louis, September %.
Tho Louisville, New Albany & Nashville
| road will hold special meeting in New
| Albany, Ind, October TO- to vote on the
consolidation with tho Evansville, Rockport
| u Eastern road.
| A circular from the Wabash, 81. Louis &
Pacific Company announces that round.trip
tickets will DO sold ~ Peoria during the state
fair st the rate Of one and one-hfth fare.
Tickets sold from September 20 to October
will not be good for the return trip sfteI
October 8.
The Ohio Falls Gar Company, at Jeffer,
sonville, Ind, Is building IS new passenger
cars and 100 sets of freight car trucks for the
Louisville & Nashville road Tho present
heavy run of freight over this road has prov
ed the company's need Of more cars to carry
on their business with.
MI. ua.ha,,o. Iin. .,a A.,
Ine hsnAaheo inuo auo 'no vineinnsu
ar h.ne , snnouhce 'a T shey are soling ex-
suisloh W., ueke.s W oIhc'nna'i ana return Id
The a,cursion trains nm on,r On U 10 ior pr
cnn.scmtiun ,h,ea Thnr.1aS, W. ra' IuU ion''nk
| Inc SUNDAYS foliox;no '''"' W
-
hsi'Io"I esrulnBe lor Nno nrss week IN sep
o oenipei' on'os sn i ~ Evr.hwes'ern, SoUS,'
yoV, soys nno @vvioV, W n,"n a ano ot
aui, Po,oNS So, , ~, Ploo OH ohlcago
OhlAns' yov a. ,ncreasa, 4io oic; Mil
%eueoe LIKE onofe, 9ls,'lO, Increase
so,ooo, gam o. IL per cent
The Detroit, Mackusc & Marquette Rail.
roaa mas made tue following appointments
inos' hioAoswh' ESnora' supG,lh'ehdeni and
Snloi eus,noori FRANK hiul''gan, general
ire,got ana passenger agent; d; W. Allen,
hau.or nnu receivlng CASHIER Iho above
1nClals VIII nave 'neir ohiees AZ Marquette,
hilohigah.
The railway Gazette Of the present week
reports the additional construction of 200
miles of now railroad. making 40lS miles
this year, against 3,l06 miles reported at the
corresponding time in 1880. 79S miles in
1879, ,l60 miles Ia 1878, l,lSG miles in
1877, l 467 miles in 1876, 7O2 mies in 1875.
l,0O6 miles IN 1874, .. ab6 miles in 1873. and
4,49S In 1872. This years construction has
nearly reached the grea! milesge of 1879.
The past forty wears have witncs,ad a
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18
Mira, Hannah Cox, who died Monday morn

Mira. Hannah Cox, who died Monday morn
ing at Holderness, New Ilapshire. was the
oldest person In that state, and PROBABLY in
New England. Her birth occurred at FIRES.
ton, Connecticut, June rs, l776, There can he
no question as to the time whom she first saw
The Light, for her birth 10 plainly recorded in
the parlsh register OF the old Eplscopal church
NJ Preston, Up to " Mira, Cox WA unre-
and only ceased such work nj The reonsst ~
her children. Up to the time of her death
her senses, with the exception OF Impaired
hearing, were perfect. She walked without a
cane, read type OF The long primer size with
away she repeated, almost fauitlessiy, the
twenty.thlrd psalm, from memory, Her ex-
act age was lOb years, months and 4 days,
anu one can gain soms Idea of the great span
she was born nlno daya after the declaration
colonies.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18

a duel was fought Tuesday morning nj
rerreue, Miss., between Leland Leatherman.
mayor or Arkansas City, Arkansas, and
James Rucker, a prominent attorney OF that
place. The quarrel grew out of certain
rulings made b. Leatherman concerning
case IN which Rucker was professionally
engaged. Both men became greatly excited
ana the court was adjourned, or rather the
people went out to avoid being mixed up In an
alteration which every one had reason to be-
lleve would be dangerous to by6tanders.
shortly a, or the court scene, communicable
IN W ioh the code was of Importance passed
between the two men.
Arrangements were made, and Tuesday
morning, just after daylight, the two mea, ac-
companied by their seconds and few friends
crossed the Mississippi and landed near Ter
rene, Each man took his position without
the least exhibition of fear or anxiety. At
the command, both men fired simultane-
ously, Rucker fell, wounded In
the left side. Leathermar, was
slightly wounded In the arm, Rucker's
wound ia said 10 be mortal. The duel was
fought at sunrise. and was conducted very
quietly, Leatherman Ia anephew u the late
Colonel b. NJ. Leatherman, OF Tennessee, and
moved from Memphis 10 Arkansas City sew
eral years nRo Rucker is a prominent law
yer, and the standing of the two men lends
u decided y sensational character to tho nm
fortunate affair.