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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-29
81. Louis.
Special 10 Tho lIerald

sr. Louis, October 9s.-Thc descendants
of Won Steubsn, guests Of the nation, ar
rived this evening AMI were received by
prominent citizens and will be cntcrtaine
in grand style while here.
Helena Heathcrly fled petition to-day
for divorce from VIM Hoathcrly. The
marriage took place. August. lSSo, and the
wife alleges that twelve days later her hus
kioNn. On this ground she prays IN,
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Mnxnlinchlc.


Special to the Herald
WAxAHACHlr, October pa. A. Kemblc
was appointed by the commissioners to I'LL
the vacancy caused by the death ofCounty
Attorney NASH
Barnums advertising car returned last
night to replace the pictures washed oil by
the rains,
Marvin college received q magnificent
telescope from Pike & Sons, of New York
on estcrday. The instrument cost 81 800
and will in u few days bc placed In the OBJ
gervatory, now nearly completed,
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court 20 release her from her mar,
riage bonds, aNer brief but bitter expert
enee ofwehci life.
The eoroner to-day held an inquest ON the
body Of Eliza Il. Zoi,ter Last saturday
she was playing leap-irog when she fell au,i
struck her head against the sidewalk. Sic
complained OF slight headache, but no
attention was paid 10 Il by her parents.
IueSiay she was obligedt 70 come home from
school, and yesterday died of conclusion OF
Or, p, II. Coner today extracted a
roach from the ear Of John Guy
who had been suffering untold
misery for weeks. Mr.. Guy came all the
way from New Orleans, where the hospital
doctors could procure him no relief.
Kansas CITY special saws NJ. II. Dun
mel, superintendent Of the Kansas City Gus
tom house, has been removed, but his
successor has not vet been named,
A Sedalia special says: A train on the
Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas railroad struck n
mule ON the approach TO the bridge that
crosses the Usage river and was thrown
from the track. The engine and tender
went down with terrible crash. James T.
Wagner, engineer, was killed, His son
eleven years old, was badly injured. The
fireman, W. W. Mcdonald, was slightly
hurt.
A Clinton, Illinois, special says: Last
February McGill Bros shipped wool tn
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, hythe Wabash
road and il was damaged by terrible
flood. A Toledo firm sued the railroad, and
the defense was that il was the act OF
providence, The suit was compromised to,
day BY the railroad paying 20 cents ON thc
dollar and costs, Many other suits are
pending of the same natur', aggregatinu
hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
An Independence Missouri, special says
Comanehe Bill, u noted irontlersman ant
government scout, made application to.daA
for admission TO the poor.house, suiIerin.
from illness, caused by drinking. The phys
icians .say the case is hopeless, lie has .
romantic history When q child his par
ents and relatives were massacrcd by In
dians, and his life has been devoted 70 ven
geance. He carries stick with nearly i
la hundred notehes, each representing
dead Indian, lie is comparatively youn,
man, but drink drowned him.
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Special to the Herald.
BuRNEr, October 2S.--The cotton crop is
shorter than last year, asl bales have been
sold here up to date. The crop viii be
gathered by the 18th Of November.
Large nocks ofwlld pigeons passed over
us this evening going northwest,
The weather Is cool with prospect Of
slight frost tonight.
District court opens Monday,
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university fight into the courts or before
has not yet developed.
Mr.. James JohnSon's young daughter was
buried this morning. ''''S
The supreme court proceedings this
morning were as follows:
!, NJ Garrison vs.. J. d, Grant; from Rob.
ertson county. submission set aside ana
cause referred. back TO counsel aud ~.
transferred to Austin.
J. ID. Flemings vs.. ] NJ. Brown, nom San
saba county. Affirmed.
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r,nhani.
Special to the Herald.

special to the Herald.
BRESHAa, October 2S.--In the district
court to-day Judge Mcfarland rendered a
decision dissolying the injunction to re-
strain the collection of special
tex Tor the support and maintenance
the city. An appeal will be taken.
Railroad troubles detained Barnnm's
show so that they gave only night per.
iormance. A thonsapd country people
went home disappointed.
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cpVVINI 10 IHV IIVTNIU1
TYLER, October 2s.--Chief Justice Moore
has arrived but did not preside at the morn
ing session ofthe supreme court.
There wasa meeting of citizens thismorn.
ing to consider the propriety Of Carrying III,
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A Jest Ending in Earnest.

A young gentleman and young lady
who were acquainted met on the street
and commenced bantering each other
about marriage. He offered himself in
a jesting way, and the conversation was
kept up until they reached the young
lady's home. Neither had the slightest
idea of getting married at the time, but
Cupid was at work shooting arrows, and
the discussion was resumed in the par
lor. He again offered himself, and
dared her to marry him that day. She
replied, as she caught up her hat, 'Let
us CO." He seized his hat and assented.
They visited the County Clerks office,
secured license and repaired to the
residence of clergyman, stating the
object of their visit. He asked if it was
runaway match. The young man re-
piled, "Not exactly" The clergyman
wished to know if the young lady's pa.
rents had agreed to the marriage. The
young man said ''No, but that he could
send for her mother" 1t was done
and the mother, after objecting, was in.
duced to say eyes" They were mar
ried, and are now as happy as any O.
those who married after long ;ourtships
and more so, perhaps. May they live
long and prosper.-Menaphis, (7snm.
Appeal.
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The Thugs Peculiarities.

Promiscuous murder, says an East
Indian correspondent of the Boston Com
naercial Bulletin, is by no means in
dulged in by the followers OF Thuggee;
there are certain classes who may trust
themselves alone with these people and
feel perfectly secure, VIZ: oll-venders
and musicians, washermen and poets,
blacksmiths and carpenters. Ganges
water-carriers and cripples are among
the protected ones. As rule they will
not take the life of . woman, though the
temptation of possessing great booty
will sometimes draw them into it; but
even then it is Mohammedan who is
chosen to commit the deed; for the Mo-
hammedans as people have less repug-
nance to shedding blood than the Hin
docs. In committing their murders,
strangulation is the method practiced.
This mode of causing death has become
part of their religion for two reasons
apparently; first. it is the most silent
manner, and second it leaves no blood
stain to tell the tale.
As have said before, the son gener
ally adopts the business and religion o
his father, and is trained by the father
to fill position of equal importance tx
his own, but with the Thugs it ls a ilttl'
different as far as the religious teache
is concerned, as the parent seldom init
ates his child into the most abhorren
practices of their creed The child a
first is taken out by the gang, being LEI
to suppose that the party is simply upol
trading expedition. After a fey
months it is admitted to him that thei
object is robbery; share of the boot
being allowed him quickly overcome
the boys scruples, if lie has any, whic
is very rarely the case.
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Water for Babies.

I was one day called upon to visit a
sick little one in a family residing near
my office. The babe found in apparent
good health, but crying and struggling
in its mothers arms as though suffering
from excruciating pains.
The mother informed me that the
child seemed desirous of nursing contin.
ually; and that to quiet it, she had
given it the breast as often as the cry
ing commenced. When that did not
soothe the little one, a dose of Mother
Somebody's cordial had been admins
tered.
"My good woman" I inquired
"when did you last give your babe @
drink of water?'
81 don't remember" replied the lady
81 seldom let him drink water. Does
he need it?"
"Need it? Why should he not need
ing from thirst-nothing more"
called for cold water, gave the in
FAINT few tablespoonfuls, and, it was
relieved of all its trouble, stopped cry
ing, and sank peacefully to sleep in its
mothers arms.
Let this be a reminder to mothers ant
nurses. Infants who nurse at the breas
may often suffer as much from want O
water as adults who eat more solid food
Often when child cries it is only thirs
which causes it.
Do not, then, dose it with the poison
Gus soothing syrups" or nursing cor
dials, or press it to the breast, which i
will eagerly grasp, expecting to satisf.
its burning thirst; but, filed to the brin
with its natural food, it cries on harde
than ever.
Use little discretion. The poor littl,
one cannot tell its wants; if it could,
would often cry, "Water! water!'-EI
chance.
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How To Make M0ney.

To make money is the height Of every
body's ambition. Nobody works for love
neither do they work for fun. But they
want to make money, and make it hon
estly. How are we to do this? Some
people have better facilities and better
locationsfo for making money than we have.
That may be very true, but let it be i'm
pressed upon your minds the necessity
of making your store attractive, buy as
close as possible. and be cordial and po-
lite in manner. People will notice the
former and latter of these requisites more
than anything else. What is more pleas
ing to customer than q neat, clean
store, and, above all, polite and
accommodating storekeeper? 1t is, OF
course, very necessary to spend enough
money to meet your actual requirements,
but never go in debt, and see that you
do not spend more than you make. 1t is
again necessary to carry on the credit
system to a certain extent. When you
know a customer to be honest, reliable
and trustworthy, credit him, but credit
ing Tom, Dick and Harry will never pay,
and in the long run you will find it SO.
Somebody that you do not know well
enough to trust, might ask you to credit
him for twenty-five cents worth OF this
or fifty cents worth of that, and will set
tie up with you regularly for short
time, but he, knowing that he can get
credit from you, will keep on increasing
the account until you get anxious and
present the bill, and in three cases out OF
four, you will get nothing from him. 1t
is better to sell ten dollars worth of goods
for cash than twenty-five dollars for
credit. Anybody that has been carrying
on credit business will tell you the
same thing. Above all things, be honest.
If customer wants pound of this or a
pound that, do notgive him pound and
quarter or seven-eights of a pound but
give him just one pound, for by giving
him too much, you are cheating your
self, which is just as sinful as if you
cheated him. Devote your whole time
in pursuit of your business. If you have
any time to spare, devote it either tc
arranging the goods in your show cases
or upon the shelves, or read something
that will benefit you and your business,
find out where you can buy your goods
the cheapest for cash and 60 there, nc
matter how long you have been buying
from the other man. By doing these
things, your business will prosper
NeU York Grocer.
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Materials for History.

If the history of the War of the Re-
bellion is ever fully and impartially writ
ten, the facts must be gathered not only
from official reports and pretentious vol
umes, but from the thousands of letters
written from the field to newspapers or
sent by officers and soldiers to their
friends. These waits will often supply
an explanation to events imperfectly or
incorrectly set forth elsewhere. There
is no doubt q mass of valuable material
in the unpublished correspondence to be
found in many private households. How
ever trifing in interest it may appear to
those who wrote or those who received
wherever there is a possibility of its be-
ing important, and copies or the origi-
nal be deposited in public libraries, or
sent with due attestations to the Adult
ant Generals Office at Washington.
These remarks have been suggested by
an incident within our own knowledge.
In October, 1868, Captain E. o. Hurd,
of the Thirty ninth Ohio Regiment,
wrote to his father in this city a very
spirited account of the sharp fight at
Colliersville, Tenn. 1t was furnished to
the Gazette for publication, and appeared
III QUIZ issue VI OctOUcI Il, 1OUO. 1t w Wdo
thence copied into Frank Moore's Gre
bellion Record" Captain Hurd was not
told of, or at least had forgotten, the
printing of the letter in the Gazette, and
knew nothing about its reproduction in
the "Record" until recently he received
from the Adjutant Generals office a
manuscript copy Of his letter, hand.
somely engrossed, with an accompany
ing request that he should sign the copy
and indorse its correctness as published
by Moore. This action shows the earn
estness with which the Government is
! collecting materials and its appreciation
of Captain Hurd's admirably written
though unofficial report. The authori.
ties should be assisted in their researches
by all who have matter that can be OF
service. Cincinnati Gazette.
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previous arrangement a sham row at once
began between our boys and the pursu-
ers, and so well was the thing done that
the citizens (for every man, woman and
child in the village was up) pitched in to
prevent what they thought would be a
sanguinary affray.
The burly Justice, seeing the turn af-
fairs seemed to be taking, and excited
beyond measure, mounted the horse
block and commanded the peace 80 vo-
ciferously as almost to be heard in the
adjoining counties of this State and
Kentucky. This restored quiet, our
boys protesting to be law-abiding citi-
zens. The old man also simmered down,
though he insisted that he had the right
10 be little out Of humor at the boys
for robbing him of his gal, and kept lin
gering round and "cussin' little on
the outside.
After the row had been squelched, the
women of the village organized
search for the lost maiden, with view
of shielding her from the wrath OF the
irate old man.
It was not long before was discov-
cred by one of them, and she, with
another, made dash at me. / scuttled
OI1 h6 lhob - i COu1uy Dus l.
boot in my lawn calico and made per-
feet ''shuckin" of it in my haste. 1t tore
nearly off at the waist and split in two,
and by the time got to the next fence 1
had trail two yards long. had great
trouble in climbing that fence Il can't
see how a woman can climb a fence, no
way); in fact. 1 half climbed and half
rolled over, burst the strings round my
waist, ran out of all the balance of my
lower female harness, threw my bonnet
back on my head, raised the yell, and
almost ran over some more women who
were looking for me, and heard one of
them say,I as 1 passed Lordy, Kate,
what was that ?" I didn't stop to ex-
plain, but made good my escape,
| Joe was not to be thus outdone. He
perseyered, and in q short time succeeded
in getting away with the right Martha
Jane, and the two were made one. But
Mrs. Joe would never speak to me after
wards, for the reason, 1 suppose, that I
came SO nigh beating her out of hus-
band.
1t was the nearest ever came to being
married, and though Joe-doubtless in
stigated by his wife-gave me q terrible
thrashing some eighteen months after
the cscapade, never recall it without q
hearty laugh.
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Preserving Farmers Wives.

"We have seen great many kinds OF
preserves, but we have the first we'll
preserved farmers wife yet osee. There
are well-preserved old maids, and old
bachelors. We have heard of the latter
being picked, but have never seen a
specimen, though it strikes us they would
make better pickle than preserve. But
the poor, tired farmers wife never finds
time to preserve herself. It is always
peaches, pears, plums, &C., standing
over the hot stove all the the time. If
it were not for stopping to take the baby
now and then, she would certainly be a
perpetual motion, and all this just to
tickle the palate of her iege lord and
his male friends, for certainly women's
alimentive bump is so benumbed while
standing over the steaming, roasting
mess of conglomerated victuals, that she
has no appetite for the same when done.
"Now, we come before you with
recipe to preserve farmers wives. Never
worry, take all the rest that is needed to
recuperate your strength, that has been
wasted over the preserving pan. Get
you a washing machine, sewing ma
chine and an organ. Read, and keep
yourself posted SO you can talk with your
husband; have something new to tell
him, and don't always be under the
constrained duty of keeping silent and
learning of him. Go to all the public
gatherings with him. This gives you the
change that is so much needed. Do not
think you can not spare the time. If he
can, you certainly can. You will find it
will add years to your youth and
health.
According to statistics there are
more farmers wives in the insane
asylums than of any other class. This
is simply because there is not enough
chan ge in their lives, as they have but
one round of duties to be gone through
with, year in and year out. We have
read that you could put sane person in
a walled-up room and contine him there
and he would soon become insane; and
we have come to the conclusion that it
is the want of this change that drives
farmers wives to insanity. The average
farmers wife has not even reading mat
ter provided for her. The farmer gen.
orally takes a paper that gives the mar
kets and his political views. This satisfies
him. and he never takes thought but
what it is all sufficient for her. There
are very few women who have been edu-
Gated to take an interest in politics, and
they should have something suited to
their tastes. We heard farmers wife
say, not long since, that she had never
read a word in newspaper sinceshe had
been married woman. If that woman
is preserved physically, she certainly is
not mentally. Farmers wives, take more
time to preserve yourselves, and let some
of the other preserving go. Your fami.
lies will be just as healthy, and you will
be able to serve them better.-Read by
Lady before Missouri Grange.
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SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.

NJ. PoRoT recently stated to the French
ably effective as an insectifuge, driving
tlesnakes and other serpents.
A NEW method of reproducing photo
graphs in colors on China will, it is pre-
dicted, completely revolutionize that art.
By the new process dinner plate can be
converted into veritable work of art at
slight expense-not one-twentieth of
the cost by the plan of hand-painting.
AN invention which must prove of
much importance in architecture and
sculpture has recently been made by DR..
Gehring of Landshut, Bavaria. By
means Of an enameling liquid, he claims
to be able to render any kind of stone or
cement harder than granite, and gives it
the appearance of any other mineral de-
sired. The enamel may also be applied
to metal, and is said to ehectually pre-
serve it from rust.
METEoRoLoGIsTs have found that
United States storms usually advance
from the Upper Mississippi Valleys to-
ward New York and New England, less
frequently toward Virginia, and seldom
toward the Carolinas. American storm
centers most frequently pass off the coast
between As and so degrees north latitude.
The great waves of high barometer, with
fierce northwest winds in their front,
usually advance from the Rocky Noun
tains toward Virginia and the Carolinas.
but less frequently toward New England,
SIa.' G. BIGNAAn SoRMANI, of Milan,
finds that the density of snow at time of
falling varies remarkably. During his
observations he has found snow so dense
that it weighed over thirty pounds to the
cubic foot, being nearly half as heavy as
water, while the iehtest snow weighed
by him showed but trihe more than
two and a half pounds per cubic foot
1t is assumed that the density of new
fallen snow is ordinarily about one-eighth
that of water, or, in round numbers,
| eight pounds each cubic foot.
NJ. BLERzY describes an interesting
experiment in physics which is readily
| performed by any person. Place an
iron pot full Of water on the fire. When
the water is boiling vigorously, remove
the pot; then, if the hand be brought
into contact with it, only a moderate
ceases to boil, the sensation of burning
1 10 IcCtlNcu Lc Ollly IlSh htUCudlllB onc
experiment, states NJ. Blerzy, is that Of
blackening ones hand.
DIR. J. HoLETscHEK has lately given a
review of the worlds knowledge of the
asteroids, or the group of bodies which
revolve in orbits between those of Mars
and Jupiter OF the 200 planets of this
group which had been discovered up tc
July, 1879, 60 were discovered in the
United States, 60 in France, % in Ger
many, II in Austria, Is in Great Britain
II in Italy. in Asia, and in Denmark
Professor Peters, of the Clinton Observa
tory, has discovered more 1861 than any
other single observer The orbits of IL
were calculated in Germany, those of 4t
in the United States, and those of the
others in Austria, France, England Rus
sia and Sweden. No satisfactory theory
has yet been advanced to account for th,
existence of these remarkable ittl'
| wCYl(lz
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AMONG ''thingsnot generally known" is
the fact, vouched for by Lucian Herbert
in a recent issue of the Ailgeneino
Zeitung, that the late Emperor Napo-
leon III. devoted a considerable por-
ton of the time he passed in seclusion
after the failure of his celebrated Bou-
logne enterprise to the translation of
Schiller's poetical works. While an
inmate of the Conciergerie he made a
French metrical version of the "Ode tc
the IDEAL" which he subsequently sent,
when in the height of his power, to an
llustrious lady who had expressed de-
sire to peruse it. The Translation was
accompanied by the following letter:
'Elysee, April, 1853 Madame, in COM
pliance with your wishes, forward you
my version of Schiller's Ode to the
Ideal Am right in so doing? May I
presume to submit the complaints Of a
soul bewailing shattered hopes to one
who of all others is the most capable of
resuscitating them? Accept, Madame,
the assurance of my respect. Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte. His Majesty and
his brother, the Grand Duke of Berg,
became colloquially familiar with the
German language in their early youth,
and spoke it fuently throughout life;
but we believe Napoleon was not gener-
ally credited with such mastery of that
tongue as would appear to be implied by
the fact that he was equal to the ardu-
ous task Of rendering Schiller's poetical
INSPIRATIONS into French verse.
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What Makes Legal Marriage In New
York.

The Court of Appeals, through Justice
Folger, has clearly defined what. consti-
tutes marriage contract in this State:
By the law of this State man and
woman who are competent to marry each
other, without going before minister OF
magistrate, without previous public no.
tice given, with no form or ceremony,
civil or religious, and with no record OF
written evidence Of the act kept, and
merely by words Of present contract be-
tween them, may take upon themselves
relation of husband and wife, and be
bound to themselves, to the State and
society as such. And il after that the
marriage is denied, proof of actual Co
habitation as husband and wife, acknowl-
edgement and recognition of each other
TO friends and acquaintances and the
public as such, and the general reputa-
ton thereof, will enable Court to pre-.
sumo that bona fde marriage.-Iroy
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