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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-13
BIG EDITORS WIVES.
How and Where They Get Them
Whitelaw Reid's Good Fortune.
New York Letter to Troy Times.


New York Letter TO Troy Times.
Whitelsw Reid is the first of our leading
editors TO marry into what Is termed "high
life." Previously the colossal journalists
were rather plebean in their matrimonial
affairs. Greeley, for instance, married poor
grl who could hardly make living here as
teacher and who was glad to 60 south as an
ill.pad governess. She boarded at the same
house with Greeley for while, and the &C,
qusintsnce thus made led to matrimonial
union. Greeley went to Richmond for his
bride, and when they reached this city they
began housekeeping in very humble and
economical manner. Bennett. also married
poor girl, whose parents kept thread and
needle store and wero not of sufficient i'm.
por;ance to be put into the directory. David
Hale formerly Of the Journal of Commerce
msr'ied notable Yankee woman, who dur
ing bis yesrs of struggle aided him by
keeping boarding house. 1t was popular
place with New England people, and Mr..
and Mrs Il. d. Morgan were, in their earlier
days, members OF this family. The Tribune
editor has onticly distanced the profession
in brilliant matrimony, just rs he has in
some points of success. 1t WAS at
QUO lime supposed he would marry Miss
Greeley, but though he WAS an earnest and
faithful friend of the family, he
avoided all such complication, until
he go recently yielded to the at
fractions Of combined wealth and accom-.
plishmen,s. Having spoken of Greeley
and Benefits matrimonial affairs, it may be
mentioned as peculiar feature in their HE.
tory that they should die the sama year
(lS72), and that ia each case husband and
wife, should be but briefly separated by the
hand of death.
Whtelaw Reid. though for,y.fve, was
never included among cold bachelors"
lis appearance is highly elegant,
and he retains the freshness of
youth to an unusual degree. He
hs' long been considered the Apollo of
frlnting House square, and the editorial
profession has never contained a finer
specimen of combined physical and mental
power. AS he is the immediate successor of
Greeley, it may be mentioned that these
men, tnough both successful in jour
nslisn, pree very impressive
contrast. Greeley was sloven, while
Reid Is noted for neatness and even elegance
Of dress. Greeley had his office door always
open and WAS accessible to any one that
desired IN interview. Reid, on the other
hand, keeps the editorial room strictly private
| a l,nitor being in a,tendince to hand in tho
visitors card. Greedy WAS sub
lect TO vagares, such as fourier.
lsm and spiritualism, and also
in gned himself farmer. Reid docs not
care for agricultural! nonsense, and ,olerstes
no ..Otions that do not tend TO the improve
ment of journalism. Now that he has en-
tered the blssiul as well MS holy state of
matrlmony, We may expect him TO reach a
still higher attainment in the profession
which no has SO admirably dorned.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-13

A woman named Bynn, residing near
Forest Grove, New jersey, died the other
day uadcr rather singular circumstance
Fihding It necessary 10 have SONS tee,h
exlruc I'd, and not liking to resor, TO Gas or
choroiorm, che resolved to Try what yir,no
there sas Ia whisky. Sho called upon q. X
FA, dentist Of North VinelAnd, 10 have
her t,e,h extracted. Before submitting 70
The operation. however, she drank half A
pa Of ordinary whisky, and in q fow min
Ut, fJlluwed Il with half pint Of ,Jersav
a,pr lack. This mixture of drinks producSa
NJ 1t sired uuconscicusness, during which Tho
h ~ we're pulled. In 9 short Tina she
rcv,v Vi, but only 70 become wild with delir.
ian wr rawlings having all the appearance
of rAa n tho last state Of dslirium. Becomins
.xh "a, cd, she lsp.ed into a semi .copscious
coalition, and, gradually growing weaker.
In few hours she died.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-13

A new comet was discovered by Prof.
Lewis Swift, Of Rochester. New York, at 2
o'clock Sunday morning, located 10 oonstel
lation Andre m da, right ascension, no hours.
no minutes, dstlination 81 degrees. This il
the hrst comet discovered this year. and
places Swift IN possession Of tho $500
erizs offered the arst OF last January by Mr..
Il. H. Warner, founder Of the Warner Oh.
ssrvatory. This .prizs for the discovery of
new comets 10 still open until the close Of tho
present year. Professor Swift has now dis,
covered seven comets. He has no sympathy
with the theory that the state Of Tho
heavens predicts an end Of the world. Last
var he won the award Of $500 from Mr..
Wiener for the discovery Of comet In 1880.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-13

stroke Of lightning out of clear sky. Some
are too much stunned for uttersnce. OH.
ers are confused and offer contradictory or
absurd criticisms. Others are bowling with
pain But mona of this class are now in the
least concerned ss TO the Presidents "bsck'
BONE" They have all learned a lesson in
anatomy which they are not likely soon to
forgat
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-13

Theyidely known Chicago real estate man
James h Bowen, who, before tho fire. was
worth o'e million dollars, was killed Sun
day BY bog thrown from bis buggy, which
WAS strucijby u locomotive US 1t was crossing
the railiol\ tracks In south Chicago. He
was brottSr Of Chauncy I. and George 8.
B,ser. n latter 10 vice-president Of tho
Chicago & Pacific railroad.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-13
The Weekly Herald

IS published every Thursday, and.is filled
with the most interesting and useful article
which appear from day to day in the daily
HERALD, and therefore is gen rally g. tcm
he most valuable journal In the state to
those, living OH the line OF railroads and not
having daily postal communications with the
rest OF tho world. In view OF these facta n,
confidently hoped that It's patronage will In.
crease commensurate. nth its worth,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-13

Al Adams, Muss., tho email pox sp,ssd N
the extent that tho board Of hoslth Il a'a mai.
and u pest-house 70 being built.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-13
Full Telegraphic Dispatches
Commercial Paper

4tis without superior In the whole soutb and
sVahls uheScellod In Texas for the fullness, n
correctness OF its reports botb at HON, and
abroad.
Inc HERALD in the future will ocopry IN
same high conservative ground which has al.
ways characterized 1t under its presen
management, showing favors TO none. nor
''li'ng.to point out errors or endeayorInp
oersdicate Them even In the most exalted mn.
sitions, state or national.
Inc HERALD In politics Is IN lndependent
'"rha'' progressive In lie ideas, and advocate
LUZ those true, sound democratic princi
p'e' ana measure that should one prevail In
true democratic country, and to those who NAV
a'nef IRON 1t in Its views and ideas, and in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-03-10
Short Dresses and Disease.

SUSAN WRIGHT, q teacher in the New
York public schools has written to the
Health Board against what she calls the
cruelty of parents in attiring their chill
dren in too short dresses. Among 9TH
er things, she says: ''1n the streets, in
our schools. children of tender years
have their dresses made 50 short that
their legs are only indifferently pro-
tected ii they belong to the rich, and
with cruel scantiness II they belong to
the poorer classes. If the
lives of these children are not prema-
turely sacrificed, how stupid and ignor-
ant it is for their parents to express sur
prise when their show and vanity shall
have produced in their victim the as
sured results-rheumatism, consump-
ton, pneumonia, ETC." She thinks
short dresses do more harm than bad
plumbing and lack of proper ventila-
lion, and, in this connection, says:
my sympathy for the poor, ill-used
children OF the rich and poor compels
me to ask your attention to this crying
abuse, and to risk the unpopularity OF
putting the blame where it rightfully
belongs-upon physicians too tender
pocketed to make parents full sharers
in the blame which belongs to neglected
buildings and ignorant teachers in this
murder of the innocents.' The COM
munication was referred to the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Chill
dron. N
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-03-10
The Land Of the Pueblos.

The land Of the Pueblos and its vari-
Gus tribes of the aboriginal race have
undergone slight changes since the first
white explorers came. We may safely
assume that among . people so rigidly
Interchangeable the black-eyed girls of
1880 appear exactly as they did be.
fore the eyes of Castenada, secretary.
reporter and romancer of Coronados
expedition. All he saw is yet to be
seen, much as it was when he crossed
the ella in the light that never was
on sea or land, and bewitched the wait
ing adventures with his charming
Narrative" .lsyat5 ri eft3 !ae
The lansuishing beauty, with her
shaded eyelids and ''sumptuous braids
Of hair" is still there. To be poetic.
let us call the sweet girl Nourmahal,
the Star-Eyed, the Light of the Harem.
When. not at work in the field, she may
be seeh, in her unveiled loneliness. not
q great way from the Casas tirandes.
These ruins along the Rio CHA are
crumbling walls of adobe buildings, be-
longing to remote antiquity-monu-
ments OF prehistoric nationality, a
supposed station of the Aztecs in their
march southwark, known, 80 far as we
have continuous his.rry. as Houses Of
Monteznma." They are very dear to
the antiquarian heart. and are invested
with the Undesirable tenderness Of
romance BY reporters. The wild West
is in no danger Of becoming tame while
poet, sightsser and archDologist can
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-03-10
Birds In q Bell Tower.

William J. Buck, of Norristown,
Pa, tells a curious bird story. He
boarded at the Rambo House, which is
just opposite the County Court House,
and had room in the top story of the
house. The first time he slept there
he awoke early one cold winter MORN
ing, and, looking out of the window
upon q snow-covered landscape, OBJ
served that the clock in the Court
House tower was on the stroke of five.
With the first stroke of the bell thirty
or forty snow birds issued in the great
est CONSERVATION from the lattice work
surrounding the face of the bell tower.
They maintained their position in the
air until the last stroke had fallen,
when they at once returned to their
shelter in the tower. The bell was q
large one. weighing 1852 pounds. He
continued his observations at different
hours of the night through five years,
and invariably, on the striking of the
clock, the birds would issue from the
tower upon the first stroke, hover near
and and return as soon as the last
stroke sounded and before even the
vibrations had ceased. Thus every
hour was their rest disturbed, without,
however, causing them to seek another
lodging.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-03-10
A Lecture ON Astronomy.

At a school near London. the learned
master was lately giving lecture on
astronomy. and after abiding to the
representation Of the world on the
shoulders of Atlas, he asked the class
generally on what Atlas stood? One
replied, as the world was made out Of
chaos, he must stand on chaos; another
conjectured, on rock; when lad from
Cardiff, al the bottom of the class, ex-
claimed
II know, sir"
"Indeedr' replied the Doctor; "pray
tell us on what you think he STOOD"
II know" answered the boy, " but
it is not my turn yet"
When the question passed to him, the
whole class was on tiptoe to hear the
young Welshman's idea; when, with an
air OF the greatest consequence he ex-
claimed
why, sir. on his legs, to be s.ro! On
what else could he stand?'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-03-10

t1ke turns-at the CdsD Grxndes, Jump
at chronological conclusions, and Ego
on ~ though they were built by
giants, or q sort of imaginary people,
who did unreal things on q grand scale.
The Southern Pacific Railroad runs
within ten miles of the ruins, and the
last Aztstan ghost will soon be laid, or,
at least, will be in deadly peril, for
the whistle of the locomotive is worse
for the shades of heroes than the warn
ing cock-crow.
Tourists dearly love to visit the Casas
Grandes half an hour. In the shade of
the old mud walls they lunch ON alkali
dust, husky sandwiches, and q can of
fruit; then fire the customary puns on
canon, cancan, sand-which-is there,
pick up scraps of pottery, make weak
pretense of taking notes, and drive off.
In snug quarters, hundreds of miles
away. they copy Bartlett's measure
ments and descriptions, and, with lofty
fi0urishes about Aztecanl splendors,
dead empires and lost races, they prose
and muse and moralize in type.
The Maricopa is dreary country,
arid and inhospitable. Even the Mark
Tapley of travellers observed, while
there: "This is not jolly place." The
days are hot as the desert where the
White Nile rises; SO hot the very lions
names are burnt off. The nights are
heavenly.
The rivers are tricky streams-some-
times wet, sometimes dry--but give
enough water to irrigate meager corn
fields. Occasionally they rise in the
very center of barrenness, flow a mile
or so, and are lost in the sand; then rise
unexpectedly and run again. In their
worn channels, ten or fifteen feet below
the level of the plain, grows the shade
less mezquite. There are, besides, q
few sick, sulphur colored plants and the
old reliable cactus. Gov. Wallace.
in the N. Y. Independent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-03-10
The Last Of the Seven.

The death of the last survivor of the
Seventeen Society" has been an
nounced. This was an informal organ
ization, formed about half u century
ago by seven acquaintance, who agreed
to have a social dinner once a wear
while any of the members lived; each
mans chair was to be at the table
empty-after his departure from earth;
all the survivors were to attend the OBJ
sequies of each dead member, and the
last survivor was to drink a bottle of
wine. duly preserved, after the death
of all the rest. The idea is not new,
and the narrative of a similar agree
ment, many years older than this, has
been more impressively told. A larger
number of hale young men, a dozen or
so. were dining together, when sud-
denly some one bethought him of the
incongruous wonder what they would
all be doing in a hundred years from
then. and another preached proposal
that they all form club, on the spot,
for an annual dinner, which should take
place on the anniversary of that day as
long as any member survived. Some
what warmed as they were with wine,
the proposal was adopted by instant
reclamation, and the final bottle of
wine, to be uncorked and drank on q
distant occasion. which seemed to them
all hardly q thing to be real
lied, was put away Immediately.
The dinner was followed by q
pleasure party on the river. and
presently the subject of their agreement
an hour earlier drifted again before
their minds; one of the liveliest ioked
his nearest comrade about the infirmi-
ties of age and playfully gave him .
thump on the back. Both were stand
ing in the boat. The sudden stroke
caused the person addressed to lose his
balance, he went overheard, and was
beyond recall before the stricken party
could recover their senses. One bv one
this first gap in their number widened
until more chairs were empty than oc-
cupied. and the dinner grew more and
more somber as the heads became few
er and whittier. The last survivor, faith
FIJI to the compact, sat YEARLY down to
the last anniversary dinner, surveying
eleven empty chairs, and brought out
the memorial bottle of wine from its
dusty hiding. He broke the seal, drew
the cork, decanted the contents and
paused in an overpowering rush Of
emotion. The eleven chairs seemed &C.
cupied by shadowy forms; the seventy
years rolled back before him; he lived
his life anew; his eyes brimmed over
and mingled tears with the wine which
he tremblingly held up; his white head
sank lower and lower, and when his
servant came in the last man sat mo-
tionless. He had joined the rest.-M.
y Paper.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-03-10

0kSheleRss viesssy.

Ok06ele9so Vl01D9ys
War capture Of Geok-Teps b. General sko-
baee6. after 1.-TWO weeks Siege that was full o.
desperate encounters md fraitless though Ealr,
LAM efforts Of the beleAguered TurcCmane 70
crush the Russian forces. gives the lattSr
arm fOothold in Southern Turkeqfan and
places the City Of Merv 1t their mercy. They
are now but 400 miles distant from that point,
and, although the season 10 unfavorable for
an advance upon 1t, there is NO question that
the dashine Skobelen will make the essay II it
is q part of the Russian policy to occupy it.
Hitherto the Government haves disclained
all intention of dong more than to
punish the Turcomnns for their predatory
incursions, aud have intimated that their
campaign would close with the capture
of GeOk-Tepe. The Russians, however, have
never yet conquered amy of the tribes in Tur-
kestan without annexing some of their terrific
~, and II they propose to hold Turkestan or
any part Of 1t there Is no stronger or more
strateRical point to secure their occupation
than Merv, which 10 not only the central point
of the great Asiatic commercial highways
that control the rich trade of that region, but
10 the natural base Of operations against Per-
STA and Afghanistan. aud thus Of the highest
Importance from a military point Of view. It
Is the key to Cabul, and once in possession
OF Merv the Russians would be within q
fOrtniyhts distance of Herat, and one hum
dred miles nearer to 1t than the English
would be either at Cabul or Candahar. The
uneasiness Of the English War Office Is there
fore easily understood, for in; case Russia GO
cupies Merv she is virtually menacing the
frontiers OF Afghanistan and India. With
such temptation before Russia, which is all
the stronger because the British troops have
been withdrawn from Afghanistan, it may be
entirely probable that she will continue her
advance until she holds all of Turkestan In her
grasp. II she has been merely bent upon an
orrand of revenge and to make good the losses
which the Turcomans Of Geok-Tepe have in
ficted upon her arms, she will return to the
Caspian, but it is to be taken into account that
the Turcomans Of Merv were assisting their
brethren at GeOk-Tepe, aud that such pre-
text would justify her in an advance against
the former city.--ChicdgO Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-03-10

One cubic foot Of water measures
u gallons. EIj - r =
Wood will furnish. when properly
burned, sixteen per cent. of coal;
In Columbus County, N. c., it is
proposed to cultivate jute for market.
Oregon shipped to England last
year wheat to the Value of over $6, OOO,-
Pure milk condensed to one.th;rd
will remain sweet from five to ten dava
in warm weather. arc
The cotton misunderstanding s~inas,-
tries of the United States give employ
ment to 181, 628 people, ~ 6. : :
"A healthy man requires about a
pint of air at q breath. He breathes
about 1000 times an hour and requires
about fifty-seven hogsheads of air every
twenty -four hours. 5y-.'... -
1t is stated that the Mexican Gen.
trail Railroad Company now employs
7,O40 workmen and has completed for.
ty-one kilometers of the road, having
spent thus far 81, 1858, 458! = ~ =
-Geneva, Switzerland. has almost a
monopoly in music-boxes. There are
made there also musical chairs, which
play when they are sat upon. musical
foot stools. goblets and trinkets Of vari-
GUS kinds. .e.g
There are four starch mills within
six miles of Pressure Isle Village, Me-,
and three more are to be built in the
| spring. The potatoes used are worth
$3.50, 900 to the farmers, and the starch
| obtained from them $4,000 to the
manufacturers.
The property destroyed by fire in
1880 was valued at SIG, SIG. 900, against
1854. S62, 900 in 1879. $40, 2S6. 900 in. 1873
and $97, 526, 900 in 1877. Although there
were only three fires with $1,000, 600
loss and but 9 or 10 where the loss was
over $500 600, there were 25O with
loss of $50, 900 each. ttfEE,.g. t
| AN Auburn,f Me. } man packed IA, 600
dozen eggs the past season, and is now
| selling them for double what the quo
tations were when he bought them.
There have been few years when egg
spectators have had such big chance.
1t is said that one man in Belgrade
made $50, OoO in egg speculation. Egg
sellers get their own price now.
The total number of paupers in
London on the last day of the third
week in December was 90, 1852. of whom
81. $3.50 were in warehouses;, and 40. 705
received outdoor relief. Compared
with the corresponding week in 1879,
these figures show decrease of $3.50;
but as compared With 1873 and 1877.
they show an increase of 6,061 and 6, COS
| resnectively
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-03-10
WIT AND WISDOM.

An exchange says: "The only
kind of cake children don't cry after is
cake of SOAP" How about stoma
cake?-Syrmcmse Standard.
We trust that. in his inexperience,
Secretary of the Navy Golf will not be
SO unfortunate as to sit down ON the
tack of ship.-NeU Haven Register.
Father Time is pictured as an old
and baldheaded gentleman; but he
manages to skip around quite lively, all
the same. in spite Of being handicapped
by agricultural implements.-M O.
P;cay,tne. ...... .................
1t took Harvard student only two
years to conquer Latin, but he was four
years learning how to throw the lasso
SO as to enable him to earn thirty dol
lars per month on Texas rancho
Detroit Free Press.
whats your taste?" asked q Bos-
ton house painter of a customer. ~
can give you harmony in green and
white, or = symphony in lavender and
brown. or q nocturne in yellow and
blue. ''-Boston Globe.
Now I understand" remarked
Gutenberg with sigh, after va;nly try
ing to get view of the stage over the
bonnet in front of him; now under
stand what they mean by the height
of fashion. '"-Boston Transcript.
AT an undertakers' conference in
New York recently, one undertaken
complained that the sections were get
ting "all the cream of our business"
What, for Heavens sake, is "the
cream of the undertakers' business?-
Boston Post. ~
The fashionable spring bonnet for
1881 is to be profusely decorated with
flowers, and provided in the rear with q
fire-escape, so that the wearers friends
can climb to the top and see the TRIM
mings.--Philadelphia Chronicle.
The Oil City Derrick draws the fol-
lowing picture Of a reporter:
Sadly he wander, about through the streets,
Asking for items Of each one he meets.
He's abused,
And credit refused.
But smiles, all the same, whene'er friend
treats. tt.
Last Sunday little girl came home
from church and failed to repeat the
text to her mother, as customary. The
good mother cast her deep, expressive
eyes reproachfully to her forgetful child.
''HOw could /, mamma, remember such
a long text, when every lady in the con-
gregation had on bran new dress that
was too sweet for anything? Oh, man.
ma, you'd ought to have been to
church!'' And all thoughts of the text
were forgotten as she described what
she saw to her loving mother.-7Wrner's
Falls Reporter.