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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-04-16
Clerk Police Jury.

The report of the jury freeholders ap-
pointed by (Art. ~ adopted April 5th
1850, was received and read and on mo-
tion of Mr.. Vanslyke was laid on the
table for future consideration.
On motion of Mr.. Vanslyke,
Art. 2. Resolved that the president OF
tLis body appoint committee Of three
persons for the purpose making an esti-
mate of the probable cost of building
bridge across the "Crooked Sticks" con-
lee and make report at The next meet
ing of this body. Whereupon the pre-
sident appointed Messrs J. H. Putnam,
A. Vanslyke and John Nugier on said
committee.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1881-04-16

rend.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24
s4EcIAL. LAW.

NOTICE Is here by given that after thirty
~ days publication hereof application
Mlli be made to the legislature of Texas for
Tue passage ola blu amending the city char.
Ter In substance as follows:
10 repeal Sectious2, and of amended
eharter, they not complying with law,
10 amend section Ia OF charter aud provide
loi h9llding and repairing sidewalks and
furnishing failure by fine
10 amend section It's OF charter by chang
ing the manner of selecting board of apprai SEE
lheni ana The number of said board, 10 act In
streets, etc.
10 amend section 90 so as to decrease the poll
aN TO be used for school purposes and bro.
ViIt penalty for nom payment.
To amend sections g and s. snas TO Increase
me jurisdiction of the Mayors court and in.
crease maximum OF fine and imprisonment
under charter and give city jurisdiction of
dSorderly houses, etc.
JOHN j. Good, Mayor.
DALLAS, January IS, 1881.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24

Daily dncludlos Sunday editlon). ... ..sls
Wtehly ....s,...,...s. 90. ............ 4 10
Single copies, cents
Sample copies sent on application.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24
WEEKLY


Contains more Teleunphlc, Commercial ana
nhipwng News Than any o,ner journal pub
lished M the south. Sprc inl sud extensive
Teegrnphic bis al0hes rom Texas md all
parts Of the South q prominent (eature.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24
Special Meeting.

A specialmeeting of the stockholders of the
Houston I Texas central R. K. Co.
WIN be held at the general office of the com.
pany IL the city Of Houston on Monday,
Mafch sist, 1881, for the purpose OF consider,
ary @ enable said company to Issue Its bonds
ior the purpose OF paying on aud retiring ali
former issues of bonds OF thecompany and OF
paving all other outstanding indebtedness OF
Improving aud lettering said oompanIee, line
Oh railroad and 10 secure tho payment OF said
Donus ny mortgage upon the properly and
iranchl rs OF the company
A ), RICHARDSON. Secretary.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24
Valuable Plnutation ro-s aIo

Six hundred and eleven scres, near 400 in
Cultivation; five sets OF tenant houses with
new bois dare post, plank and galvanized
wire fence. Plenty Of timber and water on
premises. Nine miles north of Dallas, about
four miles southwest of Richardson depot,
and some three miles east of Carrol,on depot.
One Of the best black land plantations in the
west, Price low; terms to suit purchaser.
For further information, apply to
DARLINGTON & UNDERwooD.
Dallas, Texas.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24
rhe WE E.tSa.Y

le illled with the hest quality OF Reading Mat
ter > nd q Considerable space Is dew ted spe-
clalb 10 Agricultural interests md he
d4ree, epoTts.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24
Mo- ce to Tax-Payers

The state and county nd valorem taxes Tor
t2SO WIN become delinquent on the 81 day of
NJ frch next, at which time the olllcs viii he
Closed until delinquent lists are ma ie ont We
arr required by law To make luRl se'tement
~ july LIST, and the present law requires that
all personal property be eXh8uBted before
ianu5 can b. advertised 10 taxes. THEREFOR
IN Wow OF the large amour OF work to be
uOne, ana The short time allotted in which to
perform tho same tt will be impossible to ex-
tenu the Time for payment beyond March lst
~ PERSONS VINO owe tho state and county tax
lorahove year will eGu. uit their int rest by
settlement &C the came etnTe expiration OF
tl' lme, and thereby sayb cost.
Respectfully, We 4. PRATHER
Tax .CClleCf or of Dallas county
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24

Trains arrive and leays Austin station nj
follows; No Small and express arrives at nj
III No 4mail and express leaves at $3.50 n, m,
Connections At TeNarliana, with all traIps
on ST. Louis, Iron Mountain " so. R'w'y, for
all points North East and Southeast. At Long-
view junction AM Miueoa, with all rains for
International Railroad for Tyler, PalestIn,
Houston, Austin, Galveston end San Antonio
Az Dallas, with trains OF the Houston 4 Texas
Central Rw'y, for COrsicana, MeXia, Hremond
waco, Calvert, Bryan, Hemp tead, Brenham
ana al points In Middle and Southern Texas.
points on the line THAT road. At Fort Worth,
with stages for all points in Western Texas
Az Shreveport, with Red River hteamers AZ
New o rlcans. Pullman's Palace Sleeping Car
from Fort Worth, Dallas and 5herman to Ii.
Louis. Any Information In regard to rates TO
treights or passage, time ami connections with
DO oheeflnlly given ON application to Geo.
Noble, Com Supt, Marshall, Texas, W. r.
Newman, q. i. A., Marshall, Texas, orr. W.
thompson G Z. 7. A, Marshall, Texas
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WANTS.


WANTED-A Grst-class baker Apply to
wv Fine Very Fine, Dallas Texas.
NM ANIkD-- Buyer for one Gne hay scale
w V0irbanks) one platform scale Howe J
Gocd - new. Louden 4 Midget, second.
hand store, Elm street Dallas
NNANrED - Secpnd hand furniture OF ali
w and every kind vt Louden X Mdgetts,
second-hand dealers, Elm street, Dallas.
AEy ANrhD-A ri from ten to Twelve years
Wy old, either white or cnlored. a per-
manent ono with light work No nur.ary.
Apply or address II, at The bu mess oflico Of
the Herald.
t6TANTED--r. TRADE 10 ,O60 aoreI OF cn0lee
~ lana, md cash for stock Of groceries or
dry goods f. A. Glass, 2Oi Ccmmerca street,
ID lllas.
AN ANTEp--ro buy o neat cottage IN good
w neighb0rhoJd, 90 be paid for in monthly
lnatalmenlsoI twenty five dollard Address
Nj, Y 1915 Dallas.
M ANTI b In a email emily a single girl
w or woman (whlte) steady place,
good home and good wages Guaranteed For
narli ulars call on proprietor Of City Laundry,
7O6 Commerce st.
NVANTED--A desk. Any one having a
w tairslttmg on Standing desk can hear
Oh purchaser by addressing G.. W. IL. this
onice
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24

'i'O RENI-A house VITA four roops, tg.o
fire. paces, with good well wat one
block AL from conner of Akard ana jackson
ma AEard
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24
PEOPLE pArRoNlzr rnn
MISSOURI, KANSAS & IEyASRII

because runs Through Cara, and giyeA tho
people superior fAolltles with its new steal
kalls, Omr Fast Time and Sure connections.
u9f Illuminated Newspaper, with mans.
Sua'c n,1Ks' lime tables and printed rates OF
uieS@ 70 JAMES ID. BROWN,
General Passenger Agent, II. Loull Mo-.
Or, ", p HUGHES,
Southern Passenger Agent,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24

There has boon q concross Of or.;,,, =
Italy. At which HoideIbor, nroea Sao,S's "a
that experence Ind cnnviors,P b;,,, oe S s
importance of examininr tbe o,,,ana ~ - M suu
ing of engineers md 6re,nsn an jon Lear
tives, both befre nnnon,in,, fhoro anJ LUZ,
two We rs or so wiki in sei1ico nv nv 10y s
olheavinr becomes imnoired from Co ,g''1o
causes. and often without tbe tpnu, ,iN ,o"s
the person SUFFERING from n D"c,c,s rs u, y.
sense are not less danoerous tbsn ~ oo 'r's
blnduess, and sometines more difpcult e.,
discover, p"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24
FOR SALE.
FOR Sale or Rent.
Wricx's MIN for snre.

Hricg's Mil for SaIe,
Az great eacrlbce. One 40-horsepower engine
complete, with Hour mach merry, all in good
running order, and dwoling, mill building
ana ground, l5OXl25 feet, all Tor 81 900; ormb-
chinery alone l0l $1,000 Address
CHRISTIAN KREIQ,
Dallas. Texas
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24
SEEDS! :
PLANTS

Fifteen varieties Of vegetable seeds, or %
varieties of flower seeds, By mail posl paid
for one dollar. Also, splendid assortment
OF Plants, Shrubs, Roses, etc. Prices low.
sono for what You want for your gardens to
q. BAKEI, Seedsman and Florist,
No. IA Camp Street, New Orleans
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24

Political Alatiere are discussed from the Con-
sevaiive Democratic stnd .oint.
uut Prompt. Complete ana 3cIianle
News N the lendiisg feature of
The New Orleans Times
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
"ADVANCING BACKWARDS.''
4 Southern DarkCy's Idea Of Military
Tactics.
[Iiarper's Magazine

Early in the late civil war, John Dennis, :,
full negro, believing himself fired with pa
triotic zeal and able to serve his country. be-
sought his master, Georgian, and obtained
permission to accompany regiment from
that State, which was soon placed under the
command of General Floyd. The history Of
that campaign is well known. On the re-
treat John became homesick and was allowed
to depart. He had become well known to
General Floyd and all his command. On
his departure he went to take leave of the
General, when the following dialogue was
had:
General Floyd-WelI, John, you are going
to leave us, eh:
John-Yes Mars Floyd; it pears like /
could do more good at home now dan beir
here; so thought I'd go home and courage
up our people to hold on.
General F.-That's right, John. But are
you going to tell 'em that YOU left US when
running from the Yankees?
John-No, sir; no, Mars Floyd, dat | amt
You may pend upon my not tellin' nothin'
to 'mOralize dem people.
General F.-But how will you get around
telling them, John?
John-Easy enough. Mars Floyd. 1t won't
do to 'moralize dem people. I'm goin' to tell
'em dis-dat when left de army it was in
first-rate sperrits, and dat OWN to de situa-
ton Of de country and de way de land lay,
we was a-advancin' back ards, and de Yam
KEGS was a-retreatin on to us.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
How to Treat a Wife.

First, get wife; secondly, be patient.
You may have great trials and perplexities
in your business with the world, but do not,
therefore, carry to your home cloudy or
contracted brow. Your wife may have
many trials, which, though o. less
magnitude, may be hard for her to bear. A
kind, conciiatory word, a tender look, will
do wonders in chasing from her brow all
clouds of gloom You encounter your diff
culties in open air, famed by heavens cool
brcezcs, but your wife is often shut in from
these reviving influences, and her health
her spirits, lose their elasticity. But, .! bear
with her She has trials and SORROWS to
which you are stranger but which your
tenderness can deprive OF all their anguish
Notice kindly her efforts to promote your
comfort Do not receive all her good offices
as matter of course, and pass them by, at
the same time being very sure to observe
any omissions of what you may consider
duty to you. Do not treat her with lndlffer-
ence if you would not scar and palsy her
heart, which, watered by kindness, would
to the last day of your existence throb with
constant and sincere affection for you. Some
times yield your wishes to hers. Her prefer
ences may be as strong as yours. Regard 1t
as an indulgence to Yourself to yield some
times Think you it is not as difficult TOR
her to give up always? Is there no danger
she will deem YOU selfish? With such an
opinion she cannot love as she might. Again:
Show yourself manly man, that your wife
may look up to you. and feel that you Will
act nobly, and can confide in your Judgment.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
German Method OF Teaching.

The German correspondent of the Boston
Journal says: To-day" said the teacher,
Il shall tell you something VERY wonder
ful I shall tell you how, so long, long ago,
there sailed away from Greece band of men
in quest Of golden fleece" And she pro-
ceeded to tell them of Argos, of Jason and
his followers, and the remarkable journey
and the adventures they met with in their
wandering after wealth. She did not relate
it in broken parts First she told the tale
simply, on through it all to the end. The
attention was even painful. The enraptured
little maidens hardly dared to wink for fear
of losing something; and there, in spite of
the picture they made, they sat with red lips
not merely parted, hut stretched wide open
in perfect dream of surprise. And then
she returned to the beginning and repeated
the first proposition in the tale, which the
school repeated after her. To this she added
the second and then the third and then the
fourth. Finally, when the story was COM
pleted, she said:
"Now, will Madchen Rosalie rise and tell
us all she knows about it ?'' and Rosalie stood
and told it fairly from end to end.
"Will Madchen Bertha begin it 2"
Madchen Bertha complied and finished the
first sentence.
"What are the faults?" asked the teacher;
and twenty hands went up like lightning.
"She mispronounced Argos
"She left ont word"
"She began wrong"
"And she forgot to say so long, long ago."
Thus corrected Bertha rose again and re-
peated it without fault. Others then fol-
lowed Bertha, failing, catching up the correc-
tions, repeating again and again under a
shower of criticisms and rightings until the
whole story was learned and the school at
last recited it in concert. And yet it was
not a parrot concert, for when asked a little
girl to tell me the story all alone she re-
hearsed it in her own childish language, but
in manner so pretty and simple that [
knew it was her own and that the story haft
lodged very firmly in her mind. q
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
Arsenic in Wall Paper.

Formerly, suspicion fell on green wall
paper only, but there was a certain reason
for this because there is really not the
slightest excuse for using arsenic i'll even
the brilliant colors of any other shade than
green. Paper stainers, however, have found
that is such an unusually profitable practice,
that now they arc not contented to use arse
11ic in green wall peper only, but are intro
ducing it into even the palest white drawing
room papers, and especially into those that
Eave an enameled ground. Some recent an
alyses have resulted in the startling dis
closures that many of the pale colored wall
papers contain from fifteen to twenty five
grains of arsenic per square foot, or guam
tity in excess of that which is contained in
most of the brilliant green papers. By at
tempting to make the color of the pattern
as dead as possible, the evil is increased, for
the arsenical coloring matter is put on in
such a loose and powdery form that the
mere friction Of a coat or dress against the
paper is sufficient to bring off quantities of
arsenic which can be detected by chemical
test
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18

New York Post


When a man chooses the pIOfession of law
he does not expect to be a musician and a
journalist also; he knows that if he would
succeed lie devote himself to the one chosen
calling. When woman marries she realizes
that in order to reach lofty nights in wife
and motherhood she must sacrifice lesser
aims. She must be willing to lay asid the
delightful occupations which have made her
pleasant; she must know that from the hour
when her baby is laid in the cradle dressed
with loving torethought, to that darker hour
when the mature man lies down in his last
sleep, that she will give full meaning to the
words, Constant care" That her mind once
untettered will be at liberty no more, but is
bound by ties stronger than life or death to
those who have come to her from out of the
grsat unknown. Wait while, girls; think
it all over before you promise to become
wives-to take these duties and burdens up
on you. Sweet and satisfying as are the
obligations of wife and mother, they arc not
to be taken lightly. A husband must not be
looked upon as sort of perpetual beau and
children are extremely uncertain and inn
probable adjuncts. Unless, like William
Meister, your apprenticeship ended, you
reach out of yourself and ask for larger duties,
for wider field of labor, you had better stay
at home with father and mother, filling the
home with q mild radiance
which would seem but dim light in new
ON
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
The Main Road.
to-day.
.

Ii man be travelling across the country
to a large town, he will find the guideboards
pointing that way, and giving him directions
which way to turn, so long as he keeps on
the main road, but if he gets off the main
road and into by ways, he may find no guide
boards at all with the name of that town on
them, and may get little help from any of
them, for the reason it is not supposed
people will not be found in these byways
while seeking to go to that town. It is very
much in the same manner that the most per-
picking practical questions of a moral sense
often arise by reason of Of previous errors
that have been committed. The difficulties
presented arc such as would never have
been met with, if the line of duty had
always been kept before. This may be poor
comfort for one who has actually fallen in
to such entanglements; but it may be q
profitable reflection for other persons who
are looking on Or for him. as to his getting
into the like strains again. The waymarks
of duty and duty and safety are plainest on
the main road. The best way out of great
many difficult situations, is to take the way
that does not lead into them at all to begin
with
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
MILK AS A FOOD.
Ii should Not be Taken in COpiOus
Draughts, but Slowly at Intervals.
Popular Science Monthly,

Popular Science Monthly,l
Again, milk is food that should not be
taken IN cOpiOus draughts, like beer, or other
fluids, which differ from it chemically. If
we consider the use of milk in infancy, the
physiological ingestion, that is, of it, we find
that the sucking babe imbibes little by little
the natural food provided for it. Each small
mouthful is secured by effort and slowly
presented to the gastric mucous surface for
the primal digestive stages. 1t is thus reg
ularly and gradually reduced to curd and
the stomach is not oppressed with lump of
halt-cOagulaed milk. The same principle
should be regarded in the case of the adult.
Milk should be slowly taken in mouthfuls,
at short intervals, and thus it is rightly dealt
with by the gastric uice. If milk be taken
after other food it is almost sure to burden
the stomach and to cause discomfort and
prolonged indigestion, and this for the OBJ
vious reason that there is insufficient diges-
tive agency to dispose of it. And the better
the quality of the milk the more severe the
discomfort will be under these conditions.
Milk is insufficiently used in making SIM
pie puddings of such farinaceous food as
rice, tapiOca and sago. Distaste for these is
engendered very often, believe, because the
milk is stinted in making them. or poor,
skinned milk is used Abundance of new
milk should be employed, and more milk or
cream should be added when they are taken.
In Scottish households this matter is well
understood and distinct pudding plate, like
a small soup plate, is used for this course.
The dry messes commonly served as milky
puddings in England are exactly fitted to
create disgust for what should be most ex-
cellent and delicious part of a wholesome
dinner for both children and adults.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
PRECIOUS METALS IN 4 SEWER.
Raking up the Fragments Of Il Nineteen
Years Coinage.
philadelphia Record

philadelphia Record.
On the Juniper street side of the Mint is q
small three-feet sewer which carries off the
drainage from the roof and boilers of the
coin-making establishment and empties into
main sewer on Market street A heavy
fiagstone, securely edged in with brickwork,
forms trap at the entrance, the trap being
intended to prevent thieves from making
their way through the Market street sewer.
There is certain percentage of waste in the
coinage of gold and silver metals, for which
the government allows the coiners and smelt-
ers q certain margin, and there is general
desire on the part of the officials to keep this
margin as low as possible. A few days ago
it occurred to Chief Engineer John l.. Nc
Ginnis that in the sewer which had not been
cleaned for nineteen years, something of val
ue might be found.
Accordingly, force of men were detailed
for this job. At the Juniper street opening
the sewer was so hot that the masons could
stay down but few moments at time
When the heat had abated, men were sent
down at the Juniper and Market street en-
frances, furnished with small boxes, which
were drawn up as fast as filled with dirt
Two days and night were occupied in this
task. Then the precious metals were ex-
tractcd by process which consisted in dry
ing the dirt, and thoroughly pulverizing it
by placing it under pair of chases with a
pressure of ZOO tons, then putting it through
washing machines, and finally securing the
precious metals by means of mercury.
The result showed that the find footed up
six ounces and thirty-four one-hundredths of
standard gold and twenty-one ounces and
twenty-one one-hundredths of STANDARD sill
yer, or a total equal to $142.e5. The last
cleaning out yielded $21 worth of gold and
silver waste. 1t is now proposed to catch
the deposits by sinking four wells, one at
each corner Of the building, and to run
pipe from the roof half way into the wells.
and catch the overflow.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18

"Arguzoid' is the name Of a new composite
metal which has recently made it's appear
ance in Glasgow. 1t resembles silver, and is
whittier than nickel in fact, differs the slight
est shade from silver in appearance. 1t is
cast into any shape desired, and hammers
WE'LL is about half again as much in price as
bras; is much cheaper than nickel plating
or electro-plating on brass and copper, while
it has the advantage of being solid through
out Its cohesive strength is only surpassed
by that of silver. Brass breaks at ten tons,
at fourteen, while "argu-
zoid" requires nearly sixteen tons pressure
before it succumbs. Its capabilities are to
be very thoroughly tested, and if it passes
through the trials satisfactorily, an immense
field will at once be open to it, not the least
of which will be "arguzoid" fittings for
ocean steamers: Niekel-plating furnishes
quickly at sea brass is not good enough for
high-class vessels, and is hard to clean It
is expected that "agnzoid" will keep its color.
besides being so much cheaper
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-08-18
A Useful Remedy.

The white saline substance that comes
out" upon brick walls, and which has been a
source of ann ,yance to a great many, may,
according to the american ArchHect, be reme-
died. In reply to query on the subject, it
says: The 'satpetering" of brick work can
generally be prevented by adding oil to the
mortar, at the rate of gallon to the cask of
lime. If cement is used in the mortar, an
additional gollon of oil must be allowed for
each cask of cement. Linseed oil is generally
employed, but any kind which does not con-
tain salt will answer. The incrustation, once
formed, can be removed with hot water, or
by the muriatic acid generally used for clean
ing down brickwork, but it will reappear
again by exudation from the interior of the
wall, and usually leaves a permanent black
or brown stain 93 ~ s N't' "ta3t@>