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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-01
The Camera as "a Detective,

Wv" oANN hoih lyCttNl,
lnstantap eous photography is apt to catch
the amateurs affections, for it is NOS. inter.
esling. The use of electricity to lif! the
shield from the inside Of the camera tube by
the pressure of button enables the operator
to take picture while the subject of il
remains in ignorance. The use Of the
gelstine plate, which is highly sensitive
-Rfakes it possible to get photograph while
the operator counts three. The emuse-
ment of photographing an opposite
neighbor, or caller, or pretty
woman in the park, or bsthers at the seaside
must prove very great 1t is said that an up,
town dentist has concealed camera by
which for the amusement of his friends, he
has taken the pictures of number OF fash
ionsble young ladies reclining in his Office
chair under the influence OF laughing gas:
but naturally he keeps his trick very dark, or
IL would ruin his business. In Europe there
is said to be detective camera in use in one
OF the great banking houses
A man OF suspicious appearance makes his
way up to the cashiers counter and presents
letter Of credit or draft. The bank clerk
is doubtful as to the look Of the man. His
sgnalment, he thinks, ia worth taking. The
clerk, when tho mans face IL full! front to-
ward him, touches little button. Presto,
concealed camera 10 brought into play, the
sensitive plate Is exposed, and in an instant
the mans photograph Is taken. Further
than this, this wonderful detective camera is
to play another role. The head of the mouse
leaves his business and conf lea II IN b;s
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-01

Rev. u. u. nabnsy, IL. D., Hnmp en9.ans
college, Va:
1t Ia highly esteemed here by the regular
medical faculty and the people. IC Is excel,
lent ior Indigestion and ilaiulent c0lic-seds.
out nausea. -
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-01

Rev. Dr. Mangum, Prot. Univ. n. G.
lconeur with Bishop Doggett In his estlniat,
OF the Vet Pocket Cue
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-01

The other morning when Mr.. Jones en-
tered his family drug store to hsvc pre-.
seription put up, he found new clerk in
attendance. Mr.. Jones has considerable
curiosity, and while no waited he began:
Been here long,"
"Only two days"
"Goirg TO stay?'
81 think So"
"Old clerk gone for good?"
"Yes."
Some from New York;"
"No. | came fron, st. Louis"
"Didn't like the town, Iiuppose"
"Oh, fairly"
"Got better offer here, presumed"
swell, not much botter."
druggist related to YOUR
"No."
"Going to marry his daughter"
"Hsvn't thought of it,"
There was brief rest until the clerk had
finished his labors, and then he beckoned Mr..
Jones into the back room and said:
"You look Ikea person who can be de-
pended on, and III tell you in confidence
why1 came here. | liked 81. Louis and |
had good wages, but happened to kill three
or four persons by putting up wrong pres
criptions, and l thought a change Of location
would rolieve my sorrow. This ia on tie
square, you know, and nothing is to be said
unless lay out two or three of your leading
citizens, in which case shall give up the
drug business altogether and go to sailing Il
sand barge"
Jones went out feeling of his left oar and
looking into vacancy, and his sore throat got
well without the help ofthe gsrglc.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-01

Waco, reyas May IS, ls7s.
Polk, Miller 4 C".-Please find encloscj IL.
for which wish ou n send me at ouce IL
value 10 your excellent Yeet Pocket Dysrepsis
Cure BY wife Is very u ana IS he onv
thing tina. helps her tnatI can fnf. Yonrs,
DAVID r.. GAVIN
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-01
THE DALLAS HERALD, WEDNESDAY MO MING JUNE i,

" MO MING JUNE /, /
THE
DALLAS HERALD.
FOR
| g ~!
The Great and Leading
Journal of Texas.
Another cycle of twelve months has rolled
md and we present again our annual
a.nrs to the public for continuance OF the
generous and increasing patronage heretofore
extended to the HERALD.
interest to Texas, and more particularly to tn
northern portion of the state. New lines of
railroads have been projected and now under
construction, while the older companies have
been extending their maines and pushing
branches In every direction. immigration has
been pouring in rom nearly every state in tho
union and the dcneslypopulatcdc countries of Eu-
rope. These'immlgrants, as class, are far Gu
perlo, IN Intelligence and enterprise to thos
usually falling to the lot of new countries. AS
a general thing they possess meats 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 cndeavored to keo with
he advancement of the state, AMI the paper
has been enlarged.from twenty four columns q
few monthsago to q forty Eight column journal,
and Is now The
Largest Da Ia Texas,
With correspondence in all the prIncipa
cities and towns in the state, and in the grea t
metropolitan cities of the country. 1t is the
only paper In north Texas giving
Full Telegraphic Dispatches
From all parts Of the Unites states and Europe
Asa
Commercial Paper
1t Is without superior In the whole south and
stands unexcelled in Texas for the fullness and
correctness Of Its reports both at home and
abroad.
The HERALD In the future will ocoury the
same high conservative ground which has al
ways characterized 1t under its presen
management, showing favors to none, nor
ta'lling.to point out errors or endeayoring
eradicate Them even In the most exalted no.
sltlons, state or national.
The HERALD In politics is an Independent
ournal, progressive In to iloas, and advocate
lug those true, sound democratic prlnci
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-01

Hev, Ers. Jeter, Br1sldus, Dicsinfon-Bap.
II Ia endorsed by the direct personal tesii.
mony of meo Of nrtonai fame sEa Of .trlctea
Of speech, II IL set TO inuch 20 say that M
mcdic'ne ever rad spch srpGort in Its iayorm
aspeclhc he word of any one of the emf,
net divines who undecw ri,s tHis antdoteh
dyspepsia ha, deserved weight. Their united
witness Joined with the experimented nee ana
the approvsl the preparation by well known
physicians removes al; doubt. 1t is beyond All
question wonderful tberapeuticsI agent
Editors kelielOns Herald, Va
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08
The Formation of Goal

In the swamps and bayous of the moist
regions of the South pure vegetable mat
ter, having the appearance and proper
ties of peat, may often be found in the
very act of accumulation. 1t frequently
occurs In immense beds, and it requires
no trained observation to see that, in ad-
dition to the remains of the ordinary low
marsh plants, it is made up of the ruins
and refuse of swamp-loving forest trees.
Now, all about the TANKS and spurs of
the Rocky mountains, with greater or
less intervals, from New Mexico to far
beyond the northern limits of the United
States, there are found beds of coal of
peculiar quality. This coal is covered up
with hardened mud containing shells and
bones OF aquatic animals, and every thing
about it suggests that the coal-making
material was somehow sunk beneath the
waters of an old lake, and was buried I'M
der the gradually-increasing bed of mud
with which the old lake-basin was finally
filed. But the point of interest is this :
that in many places the Rocky mountain
coal has reacheda stage of decomposition
not so very much in advance of the hu-
mus and peat of our modern swamps and
bayous. We might, indeed, hesitate
about calling some portions of it coal at
all-for the original structure is almost
perfectly preserved-yet it must be adj
mitted that for the most part the decom-
position has advanced far enough to pro-
duce an article thai deservedly ranks as
coal. In the light of what may be OBJ
served going on in every favorably stu
ated swamp to-day, the source of the
material and the method of accumulation
OF the Rocky mountain coal can hardly
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08
Cameron and JEFF Davis.

Simon Cameron relates the following:
L remember one morning during the
exciting debates In the Senate prior to
to the retirement of the Southern Sena-
tors that jeff Davis, with whom had
been Oh the most intimate terms for a
long time, invited me to breakfast to
talk over the questions at issue, and to
ask if would not use my influence in
behalf of peaceful separation. The
talk between us while at breakfast, which
lasted some time, was quite animated,
but all in good temper, but toward its
conclusion it became very warm Mr..
Davis was then, as he is now, man of I'M
governable will, and, of course, took
positive ground that the States had
right to secede, and would do so unless
their demands were acceeded to- I de-
'nied this right, and said that any attempt
on their part to leave the Union would
result in war; Both of us were stubborn
upon the diverse positions taken. He
got quite excited, and as I was leaving
said angrily: @
"'Cameron, If there is an attempt on
the part of the North to eoerce us, and
q war between the States results, J. will
draw a line through the country at the
Potomac River. No, he added immed-
lately, 4 will draw the line at the Sus-
quehanna, and your house shall be my
headquarters. I answered much in the
same temper: You will never be per
mitted to break up the Union, and if you
try it, war will be the result, you will be
soundly thrashed, and slavery in this
country will be doomed when the first
gun is fired History has verified the
prediction. Davis soon after left the Sen
ate, and I have never seen him SINCE"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08
Small Arms VS.. Cannon.

With the Improvement IN small arms
for war it is obvious that there must be a
change in the construction and service of
field artillery, or this arm will lose its
Importance. Infantry rifles which can
pick off gunners at half mile, and
which soldiers can load as quickly while
prone on the ground, where they can fire
them with more precision, can soon make
the gun untenable. If, meanwhile, it is
firing solid shot, the contest is very un-
equal. Even if firing percussion shells
or canister shot, skirmish line of sharp
shooters would be too much for the ar
tillery. 1t may be of service momen-
tarily, at short range, against charging
line, but in such cases the fire is so de-
structive to gunners and horses that the
guns are generally lost, unless the charge
wholly fails The loading OF cannon
at the muzzle makes the utmost exposure
of the gunners. The long range and
quick loading of the present small arms
have made the contest very unequal to
artillery. Unless a corresponding ad-
vance can be made in that, a battle viii
be general giving away of guns. There
is no need of such exposure of gunners.
In serving breech-loading cannon the
exposure of men is generally reduced,
and their service is in so contracted a
space that they could easily be protected
from the fire of small arms by steel
shield But in our army We have not yet
got so far as breech-loading rifed guns,
Cincinnati Gazette,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08

devoted to fun. There will be session in the
morning, but no quorum viii be present in
either house. The final adjournment could
take place tomorrow, but probably it will go
over until Monday.
SATURDAY, March At has been discovered
that the Apportionment bin is unconstitutional,
on the ground that the town Of Ridgeway, in
Iowa county, has been left out. The constitu-
uon says that no person shall be deprived of
the right to vote. The Attorney General has
ADVISED the Governor not to sign the bill As
nearly all the members have gone home. the
affair Is IN middle of the worst form. Both
houses of the Legislature we're in session at
times. Nothing was done.
MONDAY. April 4-The thirty-fourth session
of the Wisconsin Legislature adjourned sine
die at o'clock this afternoon, after session of
eighty-three days, The average for the past
twelve years has been sixty-iye days. In the
senate there were introduced 255 bills. of which
100 became laws. There were also introduced
N Ine body three memorials TO Congress. forty
lliue JOINT resolutions, thirty-one resolutions,
ana 10y petitions and circumstances. In the
AsseIoly, o25 bills were introduced. of which
1O1 became laws. Thore were introduced in
tne io"er mouse two memorials TO Congress-
nIty-tnree JOINT resolutions, sixy-eight resoIu.
IONS, ana thrty-one petitions and remon-
strances. ihe whole number of acts passed Iv
this Legislature and duly approved by tbs
Governor amount to 3S4, somewhat below ybo
average number. The following is statement
OF the number of acts passed at the various
sessions in the wears named:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08
Water as a Drink.

Many persons drink ordinarily as hstae
water as possible, and none at all at meal
times, because they suppose that waten
dilutes the gastric juice. Experiments,
however, show that dilution does not di-
minish the power of the gastric Juice
and further, that water alone, as well as
solid food, awakens its secretion. A pa
per read by DIR. Webster, of Boston, at
a meeting of learned medical society,
took the ground that water, used moder-
ately at meals, is beneficial, and that
large class of persons drink too little.
The result is, if too little water is drank
especially if the person eats heartily
She perspiration and the kidney secretion
are diminished. Not only they, but the
waste of the system, which can be re-
moved only in state of solution, is not
eliminated with sufficient regularity and
fitness, and the system becomes gradu-
ally clogged by it. The accumulation is
slight from day to day, but IN time I'M
pleasant symptoms are developed. These
symptoms are of an indefinite character
discomfort, even pain, sometimes Ia
one place and sometimes in another, con-
stipation, and unhealthy hue of the skin,
Patients" said DR.. Webster, "who'
drank no more than pint of water q.
day have told me that they were not
thirsty. They were surprised when told
to drink more. Those who have fol-
I0#Sd this suggestion in the course of a
week NaVe developed thirst, and drank
as many as shree pints of water day"
We may add tas3 water taken into the
stomach is at once rapidly absorbed by
the blood vessels. a bowl of well-sea-
soned broth, as first course, is specially
helpful to the above class ri patients, A
large quantity of ice water is harmful 20
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08
A StOIen Good Story.

The London Telegraph has made a
pretty good Original" story of Germany
out of one the late excellent Judge
Hyde, of Sudbury, Vermont, used to tell
to the thousand and one who passed the
summer season at his hosiery in the
valley of Lemon Fair, before he was
elevated to the Bench, and the Tribune
copies it with credit to the Telegraph.
Judge Hyde's fathers geese got drunk
on about peck of rum cherries that had
been thrown out as too old for further
use, and it was thought they were dead
In fact they were dead drunk, and the
hired help did not know it. So they set
about to save the feathers, taking off
even the down after they had plucked
them clean out of their clothing. As fast
as they were picked they were piled up
in the constable, and there left for the
inspection of the older Mr. Hyde, when
he returned from Ticonderoga, over lake
Champlain He did not return that day,
and early the next morning the girls
went out to milk and found the geese all
up and dressed. as far as not one feather
to put on would permit. They seemed
rather confused about themselves, and
looked upon each other as strangers. As
the milkmaids put it: cit looked as
sheepish as a gander party after Fourth
of July dinner, and one or two of them
must have had the headache as they sat
down and tried to fan their ears with
their webbed-feet. It took all summer
for the geese to regain their coats, and
the growth of their tail feathers was
source of continual wagering among the
guests of the house, some of whom are
now living in this city and Philadelphia,
at the good old age of threescore years
and ten. There is no reason why the
London Telegraph and the Tribune
shouldn't acknowledge the corn of the
geese that were temporarily ''corned" on
old rum cherries Nete York CONNER
ci0l Advertiser.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08
Ballet of the Virgin.

A correspondent OF the Paris American
Register describes peculiar act of woFs
ship in the old Spanish Cathedral at &c.
vile styled ''the ballet Of the Virgin. +"
He says: "The altar was magnifcentlY
decorated with hundreds of lighted wax
tapers fixedat height Of between fifteen
and twenty meters, and a confusion of
carpets all embroidered with gold, the
whole mise enscene showing splendor
such as only the old and rich Cathedral
of Seville can put before the eyes of an
admiring world. At the footof the altar,
Just below the platform on which mass
is celebrated, there was left free a sort
OF parquet about five meters square, and
on the SADIE kind of chamber shut in at
either end by the wings Of the grand or
gan, and in which priests were chanting.
This lasted one hour and half, then
grand mass was celebrated. Scarcely
was it over when door opened on either
side of the high altar, and twelve little
boys, dressed in the costumes Of ancient
| Spanish nobleman of the fifteenth cen-
fury, entered. They wore shoes with
silver buckles, blue silk stockings, knee
breeches of green silk, with silver swords,
coats of scarlet satin with large slashed
sleeves, cloak thrown on one side, and
in their hands large hats, trimmed with
waving ostrich plumes. At the foot of
the altar, on the space above described,
they took their stand, donned their hats,
arranged the castanets, and at last the
dancing began. The organ ceased play
ing, and numerous and splendid or
chestra, with at least fifteen violins,
struck up for ballet The dancers not
only danced, but sang and marked the
time with their castanets; it was done as
well as at the grand opera, only perhaps
in slower measure, more like minuet
in its quiet grace; the music and the tout
ensemble were simply perfect. When
the ballet was at an end, another grand
mass was celebrated, but no one re-
manned for that, and L also was glad to
go, so | can not tell you how ended this
most unique and peculiar manifestation
to the holy virgin, nor have I with all
my inquiries been able to find out how
and when it originated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08
How They Parted.

A year ago this spring a Detroiter and
q Missourian became acquainted with
each other In Leadville. Having de-
cided that they could better themselves
outside the city, they iourneyed over the
hills and founded the present town Of
Twin Lakes. They built shanty,
stored their things in it, and Sunday
came around. Before the Missourian
was awake The Detroiter had shaved,
washed, and put on a clean shirt. In.
deed, he also changed his socks and
creased his boots. When the other
awoke he looked at the Detroiter long
time without speaking. Then he got
up and walked around him and finally
asked:
"Going to church anywhere to-day?
"No."
"Any funeral around here anywhereY
"No."
Expect Queen Victoria here to visit
you to-day"
"No."
The Pike County man turned away
and prepared his breakfast without an
other word. When he had finished it he
went out and sat on rock and looked
straight at the hills for an hour. Then
he went back to the shanty and said:
"Jim, are you going to do this regu-
larly every Sunday?"
"Why, I like to clean up little at the
end of the week."
81 'spose you wouldn't help get up q
mule race on Sunday"
"Well, hardly"
''Nor q dogfghts"
s'No.'
"And you wouldn't make it day fol
old sledge and poker?"
''Not if I could do better"
"Jim, you and me must part" quietly
observed the Missourian, as he began
picking up his things.
''No! What's the NATTER"
"You amt NJ etch man as I can tie
up to. We'd quarrel in no time"
"About what?"
"About billed shirts and clean clothes
and churches, and lots of other things
Jim.
eyes"
Gimme $25 for my share of Twir
Lakes, and I'll walk"
81 wouldn't. -
"But [ must I wasn't brung up in
your way, and I can't tumble to it. We
can part friends now, but if 7 was here
next Sunday, and you refused to play q
game of seven-up with me, we should
part enemies"
He got his things ready, and the two
walked up the Leadville trail together
for mile. Then they halted and the
Detroiter said:
cold pard, it makes me lonesome"
"And here, too"
"And you won't go back?"
81 can't I can tie to most anything
but man who puts on Sunday clothes
Pardncr, good-hyel"
"Good-bye, old man, and luck go with
you
And they turned their backs on eacl
other and walked away without another
word, one to build up his lone town and
the other to find exemption from white
shirts and clean shaye.-DetroH Ere.
Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08

Ny lettegsl written in my earnest boyhood
TO una who left us but the other day,
Aad / am sitting here, aud tfy to read them
Through tears do not care to brush away
Tears Tor my friend; and tears--ah! mucn more
bltteri--
For him, myself, the self that is dead
As he to whom these faded things we're written
Erc youth and trust had from my living ned.
II was myself remember that, who wrote Them
Read them once more, and note the noble life,
The vast endeayor, end the desperate struggle
To rise above the grOyelers In the etrtfei
The sacrifice Of self for good Of others;
The passion at the suaerings Of the poor;
Tue angry Gght 'eainst pride, and sin, and riches
TIE booking Onward when the prize ives sure.
0urs, ton, the hands TO ease she oYerladen,
oaIs the strong vptce whose sweet words OF
truth
Bhould e'er compel a hearing from thu people
Who now but scofed at our Imnetuous youth.
The world, awakened, soon would grow much bet
ter;
Soon sin and sorrow, dying in the Dust
Would vanish from the earth before the sunlight
FLASHED from our swords, wh0ss blades should
never rus.
Vet he h dead, and am old ana tired.
/ do not care II all the world be sin;
listen daily to my SONS loud vauntingE
az that bright future they are sete to win.
Alb. burn the letters. AZ tAey fall to asheH
Methinks they're HIKE eur fading mortal dreams,
Words upon words and little Of fulfilment
DIAL vas rrosslsed byour youths bright dreamsl
All the Year RszTd;
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08
4 Woniian,s Whiilis.

The Empress Josephine had GOO, 900
francs for her personal 6xpenseej hnt
this sum was not sufficient, and her debts
increased to an appalling degree. Not
withstanding the riches Of her husband.
she could neYet submit to either order
or etiquette in her private life.
She rose at 8 o'clock. Her toilette con-
sumed much time, and she layished I'M
wearied efforts on the preservation and
establishment of her person. She
changed her linen three times day.
and never wore any stockings that were
not new. Huge baskets were brought to
her containing different dresses, shawls
and hats. From these she selected her
costume for the day. She possessed be.
tween 300 and 400 shawls, and always
wore one in the morning, which she
draped about her shoulder; with un-
equaled grace. She ptrchased all that
were brought to her, no matter at what
price.
The evening toilet was as careful as
that of the morning she appeared
with flowers, pearls or preciotis stones in
her hair. The smallest assembly was al
ways an occasion for her to order new
costume, in spite of the boards of dress
es in the various palaces. Bonaparte
was irritated by these expenditures he
would fly into a passion and his wife
would weep and promise to be more pru.
dent; after which she would go on in
the same way.
It is almost incredible that this pas.
sion for dress should never have ex.
hausted itself. After the divorce she
arrayed herself with the same care, even
when she saw no one.
She died covered with ribbons and
pale rose-colored satin.