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MATTERS BY NAIL.
TROUPE.
corre,pord .nce of THE Herald,

Correspordence Of THE Herald.
TnoUpF, Dec. so, 1880,
Tn 70 the present time this place mas
,h;nped douhle the amount of cotton that II
shipped last year, and not qltns'ahoiag .he
merchants always pay round price LOT p 'Go
staple, yet'the fluctuations Aaye psel ~ tnei
favor. and they have at least held 'heir own,
II not made money. --CPilsImss "toA
passed Of quietly, and only one row %! Ge-
CURED. On Ohrislmas.evo there was a am
cnity ON the streets, in which man got So
vercly cut. but not dsugorou - our
town hog been on the boom ell the lHll' ana
when tbe Missouri, Kansas " Texas reaches
Minesls which it will by the lsl CT harch,
nronsrly will be very high. There Is net 4
racart house ip tho town Of my description
-Prefasgor II h. Hendry has permanently
1ooo,e3 here and commences his school on
tSe scnnd Monlay in january; 30 you see
Trou,o Is bound to have high school AZ
naIl 40 other towna.-Some three miles
es.t Of his place gentleman, who was
miner was emsloyod to dig well. lie aug
down about thirty feet and found copper pl,
s;,os In abundance; SAYS he has ne doubt Du'
connsr oxists there ia abundance, but th'
nersons 10 whom the land belongs, pelnl
plaip farmers and poor mon, are not ape '(
90 into extensive rrsthrcn LOT she v11PPo,, ~
there IL remains, snd pro9Roly VIII rolna'll
until some ono comes along VINO ID aoio "u,
not afraid 10 dig for 1T. The MINER 'o c NV
that he had no doubt but the ore "heh io 1,1I
would BIO worth at least 60 per cent u u
contes.od election cases comes on neA' T W ~
provided tho Judge has Jurisdiction, !. ~ ~
has not they will have to await the ses'lS ron :. o
the federal court, There will DO strong Guor :.
made on both sides and ho who can best ma
nmuyro will GET the place
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srrncnsc I'M. - oourler.

CgINthNt ~ I - NNHAiSi'
A reporter of the Courier found Rudolph
Meyer German of As, bolstered up in n
large armchair at is,home, comfortable
looking house, No. 1899 Lock street, yesterday
afternoon WhOnginshealth he was an ia
dustrious cigar-mskcr, but for seven years he
has not put his hand TO work. His case is a
peculiar one. In 1873 no was attacked with
spinal scierosis or locomotor ataIia, which in
common terms is hardening Of the poste-
rior columns Of tho spinal chord.
This disease is not rare, but it is seldom
that it takes the course it hiss in this in
stance. Mr.. Meyer Is perfectly helpless. 1t
is only by the greatest effort that h. can
move his arm. he speaks with difficulty, as
his tongue and lips seem psraly2od. But the
strsrgest phase of his affection ia the condi-
ton of his body. Every part of the man ok.
cent in his head, and in tho region Of ths
heart. ia cold. His limbs, hands and arms
look bloodless, and no sign of life cen DO de-
tected by person unskllad in anatomy
One seeing him asleep woild suppose hin
dead with his psllid face and motionlesi
form. Before Mr.. Meyer was afflicted
he weighed nearly ono hundred and sixty
pounds. Now he DOS not weigh over sixty
| lie is, in fact, living, skeleton. There i
scarcely nesh enough on his bones to cove
them, aud his leg can DO encircled at a)mos
any point with tho athumb and finger. HI
hes no control over his lower oEtremiIies, anC
it is necessary to tia them together With 8
band of cloth. He of course hsa TO be- Ger
riod to and from his bed. be can eat almos
any kind of food, but only The smalles
oueptites. His diet Is barely auHiciont,o keol
body and soul together. Ho seems 10 hay,
TO control over his voice. In speaking
word it may increase to the highest pitch ant
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GE0EBBEECl6.
Corelpondonoc OF Nv Herald

Correspondence OF the Herall
GRoEspEECN, Dec. 81, 1880
Tho coolest weather over know" has yls
tied ug again. In mot tho Thermometer in.
dicat oight degrees above zero on the morn
ing Of tho 29lh, aud il is soid ten degrees on
yesterday morning but l0e abatement Of lho
north wind, tae open heavens ronder i. COM
Portable now. The people in general have
enjoyed tho holidays despite tho cold, A
quiet, pleasant atrsir was tho surprise OF Row.
Mr.. 1ailon and family, by Mtmben OF his
churcl coming upon them uaawars3 with Nh
SORTS Of good thirg' for Christmas ostiAg
The gentleman regarding tho silsir as u DO
monsrsuon ofthe COCA will OF Vie people,
and rightly SO. said his welcome 70 Groes-
beck he'd been tho warmestaua moIL plons-.
at he had received in all tho yesyS Of De-.
ministerial career. ---Haa Christine.
tree was, of course suoc6'5.---
Tho fsrmors say ih-y usrs corr
corn and cotton in the fields ye, ora lp
they will not no able 10 finish hsrves,n- ,
fore timo 10 begja tho farming work for y
next crop They would bo glad il some %
the Immigration now pouring into tho STAT
would run ia this direction.
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wAxAuAORIE.
Correspondence Of the Herald.

Correspondence OF the Herald.
WANAHACaE, Doc n, 1880.
Christmas has come and gone, and our
placed again assumed an airofQuiouie.---
On the night Of the 25,h, in the southern part
of tbs county, Peter Love, colorad, shot aud
It's said mortNOy wounded white man.
named Ellis. Ellis WAS passing q place at
which there WAS negro dance snd dis
mounted and went in, and soon raised a row,
with the above result Potter Love is in iMl
awaiting an examining tsia)-On the nigh,
OF the 18th, jos Hines, colorod, was frozen
to death in WsxshSchie creek bottom, thr,a
miles from town. The Jury Of inQuos! 70
port that they found him lying n, ar large
oak tree, the rugged bark Ola tie south sids.
Of which wac all rubbed eff by deceased in
his extreme excrtions to keep from freezing
Tho hlmsrs report tina, there ver,
many stock cattle and horses unprotected
frozen during the sstoxtrame cold speH.---
The citizens Of WNaba chi, have abandoned
all hope Of over get.ng any moro coal thi
winter, thereby forcing mpuy 20 change ts-i
coal stoves Cor wood stoves...- Juugo All
dradCe is ia town to-day.
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WILLIS POINp


Correspond nee of the Herald.
WILLS POINT, Dec. 81, l3%
Christmas is gone and everything
more gloomy than on the oath and 95,
when everybody, his uncles, his couin, ,a
his aunts, wera happy. We bid farswol 10
1880, and hope that IN the ew year, 1881, we
will oil DO prosperous and happy. tposk
for Van Isndt county, and wish every one
happy New Year, especially tho readers Of
the HERALD.-Thoro was a grand holiday
ball given on tho eve of the 2Slh ias,.,
By tho young folks of the city, which
was a grand success. There were also several
sociablopsrticsgIvon ut private residences --
TIE weather has been very cold aud disa.
grocable for The past fow days with suoW
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AONGyIEW.
oorrcpnondmoo ol lhc Horald.

LoNGvGBw, Dec, 81, $50.
Mir John Levy, tho father Of the coupsy
and district clerk, an older in tho Piesbyte-
rian church, a member Of tho orders Of
L O o. II. and +. A. A., a gentleman uni
versslly respected and beloved, and one Of
the oldest citzons of this community, died OF
IN early hour yesterday morning aud was
barred this morning 81 II O'clock Tho funeral
services were held at the Proabytcr ~ church,
snd brief but fitting and eloquent sermon.
Row, Mr.. Booth, of the NJ. y. church, refer.
rad TO tho liberal and truly Christian char
acter Of tho dccoa'ed, md the Aasons then
took charge Of the body, and after part of the
service at the church, tho boiy was inferred
with Masonic horors, NJ tho LongveN ceme-
try ~ a token of respect Mast Of tho
stores closed during the performance Of tha
funeral services. Mr.. levy was 80 years OF
age Tile weather is very cold here. Yes
terlsy the thermometer stood NJ six degrOes
at Tam. This morning at ton degrees at
tho sasaa hour. We had a very slight fall OF
snow Wednesday night. Weather cloudy
and worry chilly. No business, hnd gen.
eral shortnsss Of fuel
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ltcssE.
Coreapondence { ( nd II.rald.

C0weepondence I che Ilsrald,
Kossr, Jan. /, Isy.
LAST Wednesday and Tnur,day surpassed
anything within tho memory OF the 'ol ta
inhabiIsnh for Geld weather. Tho thormoo
oter went down as low as eight degrees aboy,
zero, Great damage was done to stock +.
this section, anu nearly all the sweet pota,oei
were entirely raiaea. The weather is stl0l
very cold, About ono-hith cf tho cotton
crop in this eeo.on is still in the field, and
large per cent. OF the corn crcp is uneath
ered,---Ohristmss week passed of Quietly
The health of the country is good.
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THE PRETTIEsT GIRL.

She was the prettiest girl l ween,
That mortal syo had ever seen
Her name Is Anabel Christine
Her bangs were curled with bandoline,
her cueeks were tmoothed with vasollne'
Her tee were brushed with nne dentine,
Her Lace was washed with caoline,
Her gloves were eleansed with gasoline,
She wore dress OF grenadine,
Ls0ped oveI skirt of hrilliantine,
Her pettlo0At was bOmbazine,
Her foot was AhGd with kid bottlne,
Her wounds were healed with oosmollhe'
She sailed away from MuscaHEe,
In ship they called the BrlgantHe,
Sho flirsed with gay marine,
TIL they reach d the republic Argentine
Where they were married BY dean,
And lived on oleOmargarine.
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roRp WORTH.

Correspondence Of the Herald
FoRr WORM, Jan. !, 1891.
There wssa Christmas tree at the Cum
brrlard PRESBYTERIAN church last night 1t
was ouito success sud enjoyed by = .gooi-
aga crowd Nathan House, col0red, VII
WIS charged with rape, died IN cApI1 IN tAis
cit last "Wednesday. ---Thsfe VIII sc a
Christmas tree at 81. Andrews church h9h'
Tuesday niCht--T. b. Coatney and D.
Iitehworlh we're each fined 30 IN Iho
MAYORS court yesterday for carrying con
esaied weapons. We heard OF numDer
of dances last night. A merry time re-"
ported. The bondmen OF Toney Nc
UAfIerty withdrew from his bond, and Ioney
went 10 I,il yesterday. --soyeral schools
will begin next Monday. u. q. Scott mas
raturped from jefferson, The weather con-
tinuss bright, but cool Tho ground thaIa
but little AZ noon.---Many country
people with their products in town
fo.dsy and some active on the markets.
A family of eight persons have asst arrived
from near Charlotte, Virginia Ihey VIII 20
ON farm. They are registered AZ the WA
yorly housn.----Ths surveyors OF mo MIS-
souri, Pacific and also of the Gull COLORADO
Il Santa Flo road are busy Just south OF the
Texss & Pacific road changing their line
The pilo driver to be used just north Of the
Texas q Pacific road ia in position. These
rontes are now we'll staked out and work Will
certainly begin in the city within q few Srys'
Tho WAverly house is doing Ieaolng
business. Many pOoplo from yanoa'
parts of the country had Aospl-
tality there. There is no place in
North Texas whore passengers can Nat $
better drink (Oh Monarch Whisky or
better ciesr (Rsilvv Improv,monD than Of
the genial Chra. Rjntlensn's, iootot Stan
street, near tho depot Cal 10 whom you MC
in that noighborhocj.
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To the Bdttor Of the Herald.
Your very pertinent editorial, in recent
number ofthe naRALD, touching ON ro,ial-
lem, called my pen into action. When Jaa
press of tho country have sligma.zsd and
mioroprcsontol socialism, and when a pspor
Of such wide circulation rs the Dallas HER.
AID drops q few words Of charity and Justice
for this sh me,uIly meljeuoj innovation, il
omNnoIea s. feeling similar 70 that of tho fam.
ishel traveller ON his drti seeing On onsis in
the middle of tho Sahara. The people show
dcporoblo ignorance on this subject aud the
subNd zed press have tekcn advantage Of
their ignorance by teaching them
ttst socialism is u "lot of
iale. lhiovisg grorant follows, who wish TO
deprive tho industrious Of their earnings and
divide it among ihemsclves." u IA the
icgerso Of this its objgc is 10 doyre soro
cons to stop the Infamous system of DIVIDING
8 hauenrn5d products Of the producer
.uonG lar idle non ploduccr. 5 me Of lba
graAdrst iut'lleCs Of tho world arc clas,sI
rs its four ars and advocates. Herbsr
| Spencer, John Stuart Mil Ralph .aldo
| Eamersou, Robert Owen, O'C0unell Marx.
Laweilo and many othcrs are ranked 81.
socialists. A quesi'n that has originated
from auch minds aa these is certainly worthy
of cur closest attention.
Socsli tic principles arc fast gainiua
! ground over tho whole world
Many Of our leading minds Ar,
incoming pormes,od with these principle,
When Judge Black lstely dccar5d that rail-
roads are public properly, no opened tho wa,
for grlud intellectual van that will revolu
uoniAe cur ideas Of social economy. Tn,
reoplo at largo ar already beginning 10 20,
the approaching danger OF concentrated
wealth and the Il duo advantages Of private
corporations les, thoy are beginning t. sl
why our fore(hthars created two pcrsons-i
natural aud artificial one Artificial pcrson
or corporations are not only above and sumo
rior To natural persons, ard therefore con
ilcune with tho constitutional idea of equal
i'y, but their privilege Ara mado nsrpe,u7l.
Some two l0auA since, and uieyious q
settling IN IyX1s, the writer was ENGAGED q
q lecturer and writor on socialism. 10 bt
came acquainted wi,h SOM, of the losdir
md Intelligent socialists, all bss road mos
of tho works On the question, and is sUll
subscriber TO soc slisjlo periodicals. yet h
has never read anything FROM iutaHeen
souce5i bag would endaaGor oi.ler our }ve
Liberties on X n.
FcET GErF IS, pee 81, 1880,
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CORSIoAxA.
corresnondene, of Iho Herald

Correspondents Of lhc Herald,
CoRsIeASA, Zee. 81, 1850.
The Odd Fellows ball Tomorrow night
promises 10 be very pleasant stfair.---A
light mist tell this morning wli,h frczc
soon aftor, making walking unpleasant anu
dangerous The temperature has been fall
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BH.-'-brNc Ns5 popular With The The
young Nd'r7 Wdoucr mariisglitis roplaccd
by braskaoack work, ala ibe bro5mlticli
and Hat lrop.--DAniolsvile Scutsel.
81 hsyc been SO, upon ~ rot Of soucv
young fCap'gytccs ia the school yar5,n said
NJ excited individual 10 the sssstsr. "snd |
have come 70 sos you about ii, "a | under.
ssud you are the principal. Boston Tan.
script.
Niuo oyos gro rcd with woonin', and INV
noia is galun' wbitor, SAYS Nab; in hls lat
letter. The statement - o the nors ia moi
founded o. fact Noihiag hut deslh win
wbiian that rose, and wo doubt il even the
grim destroyer will wholly sueceed.-Petrc.
sum World.
Agoed way to SOP drinking is by gee.
ms'rieal praRreiSion. For stance, if Won
take drink tyory ten mautsa to-day, 10.
morrsw make 1t tWonty, tho noxt dsv forty
and 90 on. BY this method at the end Of fam
yeaHyou Will have taken just sixteen drinks,
With the next ono due about sayen wears from
your next birthday. Try it aud see how ea,y
1t i1-keokuk Constitution.
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2 y. -,ortnntto Merchnnts.

B'Go, rcbasing your Blank Books and
S,s,i.orry lar the New Ycsr's business, you
VII. f.aN srsstly to your iaioroNt to call
and sea no large stock Just received by
Aldridge & Walter, Col Main street. They
will suit you in price and material.
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A Difference in nisnositlon.

| know two girls, equally excellent
and pretty, between whom marked
difference exists; one gains friends
wherever she goes, and at once; the other
makes few, and then only after a long
acquaintance. Why? She looks at
people with an eye of suspicion; she
doesn't wish to be taken in; her glance
at the person to whom she is presented
says, "Now you are very likely not what
you pretend to be, and you shall not
find me victim at any rate She
approaches strangers with clenched fists,
as it were, and the inevitable conse-
quence is that they receive her in the
same spirit, Nobody likes to have his
faults suspected before he has had o
chance to show his virtues, Her geutler
friend, instinctiyely understanding this,
receives every new acquaintance as if she
had been waiting all her life for him
especially, She sees the good in people
and gives them the credit for it, The
result is, that in her presence all our
good qualities come out, and we are bet.
ter for the time being, if not for always,
Thus it is that she has so many friends,
for while men and women laugh at her
friends witty sayings and applaud her
keen criticisms, they do not care one
tenth as much for her as they do for
their amiable fayoiite, who believes there
is some good in everybody. But our
young cynic does not see this. She goes
on believing that it is the fault of the
world that she is not appreciated. /
fear, if she lives to see threescore years
and ten, she will never get the sweetness
and beauty out of life which her friend
has already found,
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Ripening Melons Underground.

As well known, there are many plants
which thrust their seed vessels into the
ground, where the seeds are subsequent.
ly matured The peanut is good
example of q plant which constantly
exhibits this phenomenon. Others again
develop flowers and seeds entirely un>
derground, while many aquatic plants
rpen their seed under water. According
to the Gardeners Chronicle the Persians,
who are extensive cultivators of melons,
have the curious practice of covering
this fruit with earth at certain stage.
Such method is in vogue among Per-
slams who live in the neighborhood of
Tihis, in the Caucasus. Only the
choicest and best keeping variety, the
true Dutma, is grown. 1t is long,
smooth kind, which attains a weight Of
fifteen to twenty pounds, and will keep
till Christmas The deeply titled ground
is thrown up into beds o foot vide in
spring, and the seeds sown in drill
along the center, Finally, the plants
are left at great distance apart, and
irrigation is effected through the chan.
nels between the beds, 30 that no water
touches the plants. The fruit sets in
June, and only one or two are left on
each shoot When the fruit has attained
the size OF mans fist the earth is hol.
loved out and the shoot with the
exception of the tip, together with its
fruit, is buried therein to depth of one
to one and q half inches, where il re.
mains until the fruit is almost ripe.
Considerable practical experience is
necessary in order to be able to deter
mine the exact moment when the melons
should be uneartbed. When the cult
vator thinks that the time has arrived,
he withdraws the shoot and its fruit
from the ground. This is done toward
evening, and the fruit is left on the
surface Of the ground attached to the
shoot, and exposed TO the dew of one
night; but care is taken TO cut the fruit
the next morning before the sun can
reach it. II is then hung in cool, dark,
dry place, until ready for eating.
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Manhood,

Thy manhood is a glorious thing.
o stain it not with bribc or shame;
And never let misfortune wiring
From thy true clasp thine honored name.
Let no alluring sin beguile
Thy firm young steps to paths of i'll,
Though tickle fortune fail 10 smile,
Supreme in manhood stay thou still.
Thy manhood, It's a seal He set.
Thy mothers God, upon thy brow,
And not jcweled coronet
Had ever such transcendent glow,
While thy young heart ia undealed,
And thou caust raise to man and Heaven
An honest gaze if sorrows child,
sill, not from peace and mercy riycn.
Truo manhood is the right alone
OF Gods own sons, then stain il not
For never penitential moan
Effaced one sims polluting blot
Remorseful centuries will fail
The golden moments to restore.
Then trust thou not to voering sail
when leaving youths enchanted shore.
Let manhood be thy guiding star
Its pure direction ever keep.
1t leads to safety and when far away
lhy boyhood's home and those who weep
For thee, loved wandercr, blcst if time
Shall find thee true to manhood still.
The names that lead the poets page
Are those that kept the upright way.
By Helen Rich.
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Tragic Fate of a Young Huntress.

Many stories have found currency Cf
the bravery of a young huntress, Miss
L1ttie Merrill, occupying hut in
Wayne county, Pa. Some time since
she was recorded as having killed two
black bears, a feat most remarkable,
considering that she was only Is years
Of age. According to the Elmira Gazette,
she has come to a tragic end, and her
heroism can no longer furnish materials
for special dispatches for newspaper
correspondents A party of hunters, it
is said, on the evening of the Sth instant,
found her cabin burning, and within it
the remains of six bears and the charred
bones of the youthful huntress. The
explanation given is that she had killed
fine buck deer and, after removing
the entrails, had dragged it over the
snow to her cabin. Six hungry bears
followed the trail, and after devouring
the carcase attacked the huntress, killing
and eating her. An examination of the
carcasses of the six bears showed that
she must have killed two of them before
being overpowered. The carcass of one
bear had fallen against the closed door,
imprisoning them all within the cabin,
which took fire and burned the others
to death In the cabin was found one
of the poor girls heavy boots, with the
foot still in it, a bent hunting knife near
the bones, which, with the antlers of the
deer, told story that was easily read.
Her funeral took place the next day,
the remains being buried near her ruin
ed cabin, and hemlock slab, with the
following rude epitaph, records her fate
-"Lottie Merrill lays hear she dident
know wot it wuz to be afeered but she
has he'd her last tussel with the bars and
theyve scooped her she was a good girl
and she is now in heaven. 1t took six
big bars to get away with her She was
only IS years old"
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ut is not good for man to be alone.
We all need the motherly, and we must
find it in a wife Do you know what |
think the prettiest story of courtship |
ever read It is the account of Isaac's
marriage with Rebecca, away back in the
simple old times. You remember the
ending of it, And Isaac brought her
into his mother Sarah's tent, and took
Rebecca, and she became his wife, and
Isaac was comforted for his mothers
death. There's the philosophy of it"
he added, ats the mother living again
in the wife. The motherly instinct is in
the hearts of all true women, and sooner
or later the true wife becomes mother
to her husband. She guides him, cares
for him, teaches him, and catechises
him, all in the incest way possible.
Why, I'm sure ] never should know how
to get along day without Polly to
teach me the requirings and forbiddens
of the commandments, to lecture me for
going out without my muller, and see
that l put on my Aannels at the right
time, to insist that / shall take some
thing for my cough, and raise rebellion
to my going out when there's q north
easter. So much for the body, and as
for the soul life, believe it is a woman
who holds faith in the world--it is wo-
man behind the wall, costing oil on the
fire that burns brighter, while the devil
pours on water; and you'll never get
Christianity out of the earth while there's
woman in it. I'd rather have my
wifes and your mothers opinion on o
meaning of text Of Scripture, than all
the Doctors of Divinity, and their faith
is an anchor that always holds. Some
iackanapes or other / read once, said
every woman wanted o master, and was
as forlorn without husband as O mas
terless dog. It's great deal truer that
every man wants mother, Men are
more forlorn than masterless dogs,
great deal, when no woman cares for
them. Look at the homes single women
make for themselves; how neat, how
cosy, how bright with the oil of glad
ness The fact is, women are born
comfort makers, and can get along by
themselves n great deal better than we
can, ,-"URclo Jdcob' IN Mrs. Stoue'S Story
in Christian Union,