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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13
ULTRA STYLE OF HOTEL CLERK.
Some Pleasant Peculiarities of that Truly
Wonderful Being.

The New York Tribune in recent issue
says: The hotel clerk is young man who
is originally created to fill AN emperor's
throne or adorn dukedom, but when he
grew up there being fewer thrones and
dukedoms than there We're emperors and
dukes, he was temporarily forced to take a
position behind hotel register. His CHIEF
characteristics are dignity and bearing,
radiant gorgeUusness OF apparel, haughtl-
ness OF manner, and jewery, His prlnci-
pal duties consist of hammering on the
call bell, in handing guests the wrong keys
10 Their rooms, and in keeping supply of
toOth-plcks on The end of the desk When
all ol his time is not taken up in the per-
iOfmance OF these arduous duties, he will
condescend TO explain to guest that he
does not know whether the north bound
tralh leaves at p. m. or not, and il the
guest Insists on enticing further iniorma-
tion out OF him, he will probably hand him
last ,, years official railroad timetable.
When u stranger comes i'll on late train,
jams his yglise down on the counter and
approaches the register, the clerk, in n pre-
occupied and austere manner, turns the
register and hands the stranger pen II
pen mat has an impeachment in its legs,
catches IN the paper and splutters' frag.
ihehts OF the guests name all over yester-
days arrivals. The clerk, after turning
around the register and examining the sig.
nature to see ii it is genuine expresses
some doubt as to there being vacant room
III the house. The stranger says he is
bound to have room. The clerk retires
back OF the desk ana after consulting the
pigeon holes concludes that the gentleman
may have No. l,202, He writes some hero.
glyphlcs on the register, and then he talks
for half an hour with the porter and bag
gage man about the trunk of the gentle
man in No. As, having got mixed up with
the baggage Of the gentleman in No. "a.
When he gets that matter arranged
he sits down to polish and admire
the long nail he is cultivatlng on his
little finger and forgets the gentleman
who has rented No, 1892 until he is made
aware OF his existence by an impatient tap
on the counter. With the air of MARTYR
and n sigh, he says: "Ah would you like
to 90 to your ROOM"
Then John shows the gentleman to No.
1901.
No matter how crowded the hotel is the
hotel clerk always finds one room left for
the late arrival. When the latter kicks
about it, when he Is leaving the next day,
because 1t was on the fifth floor, and was
furnished with nothing but bed, bar OF
soap and a crack in the ceiling, the clerk
tell him that if he had only been staying
another day he could have had an excellent
room, in fact the best room in the house,
which would be vacated after breakfast by
n gentleman who was leaving on the north
train. TO our own knowledge that gentle.
man has been leaving that excellent-that
best room in the ouse''-every tomorrow
for the last twenty wears.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

Tnx Corsscaua Observer states tina, n
tarfner townsman of theirs, a shoemaker,
nAr,ed SAuEn has discovered that he Is n
ssn OF CoRaSkLius ]. Vanderbilt aud has
ssnc on to New York to claim the decease,.' ;,
psopcrty. lie was taken to Germany when
quite young, says the Observer, and knew
na<hins OF his parentagc until few days
80. When Ma. sAusR reaches the me.
erspclis he will find that ConsKLirs VAN.
nsasILr was never married, and even Il he
- been he has lcn will In which he has
snsried out his frequently expressed deter.
@inasion not TO leave penny 10 one Of his
800. The bulk Of the 100000 which he
Sel9eashsd goes 70 0HcAss N. TxIIsa who
- I'm he sravslIn Z companion for many
- Ihs cossiosnA shosuaksr Win prc
~ - esuue han svu.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13
Lengtsilow's Uiassm ,ts.

LonIellow graduated 1T Bow doin coll, 70
In 1925. Among those of his class who be-.
came best known are the following. The
Rev, Dr. George d. Cheever, the dis.in.
s'ilshe clergyman and author. John s, q.
Abbott, the minister and author, most
widely known for his historical works,
Jonathan tilley, the member of congress
who was Killed At the third fire in the duel
fought with William J. Graves at Biadens.
nurg, Mar, land, February "a, 1883: and
Nathaniel Hawthorne, who needs no In.
tro lucIton. Among the studentsat Bowdoin
during the course of Longfe low and his class.
nay b. men,ioned; William Pitt Fessen.
hcl, ei the class OF 70, successivcly mem.
congress, United States senator, secretary
OF the treasury In President Lincoln's adj.
nlinistration, and again United States sen.
a,or; John I. Hale, Of the class Of "a, a
,nember Of the state legislature of New
Hampshire, district attorney for that state
under Presidents Jackson and Van Buren.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

member Of congress, member of the legis.
lature and speaker, United States senator,
in 1852 the free soil candidate for vice.
president of the United States, and
United States minister to Spain
under President Lincoln; Franklin Pierce,
Of the class of ~, member of the New
Hampshire legislature and speaker,
member of congress, United States senator,
enlisted as a soldier in New England regi-
ment for service during the Mexican war,
and rose to the rank OF hrigadier general,
and elected president in 1852; Sergeant
Smith Prentiss, of the class of '26 the law
yer and orator, member of the Mississippi
legislature, member of congress, and dis
tinguished by his eloquence and for his
love and knowledge ofliterature; Calvin 4.
Stowe, of the class of "a professor of Ian
guages in Dartmouth, of Biblical literature
in Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, divinity pro-
lessor in Bowdoin, and professor of sacred
literature in. Andover Theological semi
nary. II we'll known author and educator,
and husband of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

QUITE an event occurred in Waco the
other day being the occasion of testing the
new bridge over the Brazos of the Texas Il
st. Louis road. There were number of
citizens present besides officers and en-
gincers of the road, and also of the Clinton
Bridge company, of Clinton, Iowa, who did
thu work When subjected TO test OF one
hundred and five tons or three engines run
ming over 1t at the rate of twenty miles an
hour, no detection, worth speaking of, wa,
observed. Aside from ito strength, the
bridge is said to DO one of the prettiest in
the state.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

'SScE Mr.. HoAR made an exhibition O,
himself the other day In his ungcntlc.
manly and undignihcd attack upon SEM
AroR ROLLINS the mutual friends of the
two are insisting that the rumorcd misun.
Outstanding has no foundation for Il what.
ever. This Is awful thin, however cordial
> shcir relations may DO at present, That
Mo Massachusetts, senator acted disgrace.
fully cannot DO denied.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

Hex. WILLIAM Il. ESoLisus son has be, n
'ieminsted for congress by the democrats OF
she Indianapolis, Indiana, district The
younger ENGLISH is said to be immensely
pepular, aud, unlike his father, late can.
dhdstc,by the way, for the vice presidency,
u Of an exceedingly liberal turn Of mind
and disposition. The probabilities are lie
will be elected.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13
CLEBURNE.
Correspondence of the perald.

Correspondence of the Eerald.
CLEnuRNn, May II, 1SS2--We have eight
brick business houses nov going up on the
square.
We have had plenty of rain, and corn is
looking well, Fall oats are mace and are
very good, With another good rain at the
proper time, spring oats will be good.
Wheat is being cut. Some of it is very
good. Perhaps an average crop will be
made. The grain of all wheat is said to be
good this year.
District court is in session, and is now
paying its respects to those who have
offended the state ofTexas.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

Two arrests have been made in Ireland
on suspicion Of the murder of CAvrYpl,u
and BURKE. 1t is more than likely, be Il
said, to our disgrace, that the assassins will
ne found to be American Fenians. Such is
che supposition now.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

TnR supreme court at Washington have
: decided that SERGEANT MAsoN's sentence
was regular and legally found. All hope
of the would-be murderer is now confined
10 a pardon from the president.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

IT appears that an awkward blunder of
telegraph operator on the other side of the
waters, speaking with reference to the loss
NJ the Rodgers in the Arctic seas, trans
@rmed mo lives lost" into "Thlrty lives
Host" and caused untold suffering.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

IN the car is blown up at Moscow, hc
nroposes to go up in a gorgeous style, as
81, 900 900 are being expended in making
che occasion an unusually brilliant one. A
fitte Nihilist bomb would add immeasura-
oily, however, TO the sensations of the dsy.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13
Eax COLLECTOR.

IITE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w Gil ARIES b. GILLESPIE rs n Candidate
for the Office of Tax Collector of Dallas County,
atShe November election.
yNIE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCED ].
w Il. BIEWETT rs a candidate for Tax
Collector Of Dallas county at the November cleo
fYdu.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

NOTWITHSTANDING the universal disclaim.
ers of the Land Leagues, the London Times
very foolishly and unjustly holds them re-
sponsible for the recent assassination in
Dublin.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

RESOLUTION has been introduced into
the United States senate and referred, tend
cring thanks and comforting additional
rank on CHIEF ENGINEER MELVILLE OF
Jeanette fame. The honor is well deserved.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

IT is reported that there are 10000 coolies
I'm Hong Kong awaiting transportation to
the United States. The Californians are
going into spasms over the information.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13
District Tlerli.

vATE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w the name of HENRY W, JONES the pres.
Snt incumbent MS a candidate for re- election 10
the Office of Clerk TO the District Court OF Dallas
County. at the ensuing November election,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

ONE hundred thousandmore immigrants
..bor the year ending April /, 1882, arrived in
0iis country than for the fiscal year ending
came date in 1881.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13
UollutM Yrcasurcr.

MTE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w the name of WILL Y. D0UGHERTY as II
candidate for County Treasurer of Dallas county
Eiccuon, Tuesday, November 9TH, 1882.
WE ARE REQUESTED TO ANNOUNCE J. q.
W WILLIAMNoN as n candidate for County
Tearsnrer Election. November 1882
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13
FARM, Rancho, COAL, AND COPPER LANDS,

Over one million acres in lots and tracts Of different
ai,s, in Young, Palo Pinto, EaStland, Callahan,
Shsckelford, ThrockmOrton, Haskell, StOnewall,
King, Knox, Baylor, Archer, Jack Clay and Mon
saguc Counties, fon sale by E. s. Graham, Graham,
roung Co., Tex. Ss-Daily stage from Weather
ord, on T. & P. Railway.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13
Gnuutu lud0r.

NIE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
w r W IVES for the Office of County Judge,
1t the ensuing election.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13
Announcements.

.ngrAll Announcements for Once must be
E-siS for In Advance
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13
3;or Gountu Tlerk.

sI hereby announce TO the citizens OF Dallas
~ county that am candidate for the olhcc Of
County Clerk. If my reputation Ms II man and
my qualifications for the position are such MS to
onmmend me TO your confidence, | ask your
upon my part win DO spared to make an efficient
and faithful servant of the public
April III. ISs2. g. NJ WHEAT
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-13

lAyE AXE hEQUEoiED 70 ASNoUH 4
w W N. G, HILL ms q Candidate for County
Clerk. Election, November next
AR. W II, THACKER HEREBY AN
kSi N0UNCES himself as a Candidate for
,County Clerk-has had thirteen years expert
euce as deputy In Texas-for the past six years
IR charge Of the County Court Of Dallas county
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-22
GREAT CONVERSERS.

A magazine writer. doubtless young man on whose coat the college white wash still fingers. laments the decline of conversation He declares that the grea, takers have passed away and strongly hints that the world is left intellectually weak and desolate. He tells how the Grecians used to sit under the trees and talk. and how the Romans used to sit on the sculptured fences and palaver Then he tells how Macauley and SydneyeSmith used to talk all day. and even runs Tn old sam Johnson. who. if literary history be true. wrote like peasant and talked like the deuce. Compliments to these dead gentlemen are not out of order. for we should always speak we'll of those who have had their chips cashed. whatever that may mean. but it is not right 10 dis parage the ability of those who are still in the game. The great takers have not all passed away. Hundreds of them still remain to make life miserable. They do not go around as they did hundreds ot years ago and talk at dinners-pour down wine and throw up books and miscellane- ous learning, but they so to the newspa- per offices and tell long stories. They and the old masters differ materially, it is true. but nevertheless-or any other long word which you may feel disposed to substitute-they are great takers. Instead of being sought like the masters, they are summed because they are great takers. When old Sam Johnson entered newspaper office, the editor threw down his trimmed feather and opened his ears. When the great talker of to-day visits the busy mil of public opinion, the editor throws down his pencil. if he sees no other means of escape. slips out. invades the solemn halls of thin spread sawdust and drinks until he thinks that the great converser is gone.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-22
EDITORIAL REFORM.

The work of going into newspaper of flee and whipping the editor is yearly be- coming more dangerous. A reform in this matter has been slow. travelling with " bunioncd feet over a rough road, but it has at las, arrived. and now editors are expected to take care of themselves. Un- til recently whipping newspaper man was strictly constitutional. lfaman made a bad horse trade and saw no other means of revenge, he would seek the nearest newspaper office and "whale " the editor for no, keeping him posted in regard to the other mans horse. It made no diff ference whether or not he was a subscri- Der. for it was the editors duty to see that he received an occasional copy of the paper anyway. Reform is attacking tho newspaper business from the right to the leA wing. Editors who were formerly expected to get drunk three times week
 and entertain lofty contempt for clean
 shirts, now dispense with one druni
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-22
FOLLOWED THE PROGRAMME

The Arkansaw state fair was an exhibl
 ton in every way characteristic of Arkan- saws resources. 4 man might pass through a worlds fair and come 10 an Arkansaw exhibition of similar aim and find something entirely new to him. He might see the elephant in New York. but in Arkansa~ he will see the tiger. Ar kansaw is essentially an international state. Its fame has gone to the remetest corners and eow paths of Europe. there fore. anything said of,he Arkansaw state fair is not local. As extensively advertised. the ARKANSsw FRAvff.ER erected its his tore log cabin on the grounds. The ancient idea was perfectly preserved. insomuch that people from away back yonder" stood around the noted hut of remnis- cence and unused upon the great advance ment of the age. By ,ha, careful scrutiny which characterizes all men of push and enterprise. the ARKANSAw TRAvELER found an old time fiddler. Dressed in primitive jeans. surmounted by coon skin cap of lengthiness of tail. the fiddler took position on barrel near the door of the historic structure. For time he played the foo; inspiring tune with life and an energy that drew the. crowd, but after awhile he began to show signs of unsteadiness and finally he got so drunk tha, he couldn't hit the fiddle with the bow. This created much merriment. People crowded around to see the drunken squa,ter. Every one knew that music was intoxicating but few supposed that music would so early in the game strike a direct blow from the shoulder of intoxication. The fiddler. true 10 the idea. had associated in staggering lo,er with the jug. When told tha, he was too drunk 10 continue the perfor- nance. owl like. he hooted at the idea and
 persisted in striking a, the fiddle with his
 bow. An. its hard matter to find sobriety coupled with ability in fiddler
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-22
A GREAT JOURNAL.

In view of the fact that Jay Gould has the New York city press by the wires. party of te,prising gentlemen are form- ing an association to establish large daily paper in the metropolis. This mann moth journal will have correspondents in all parts of the world and will construct telegraph lines to every city in the United States. A grand scheme. and one which will meet with general approval. for the great journal will not be compelled to de- pend on Gould for its news. Two or three months after the paper is started. the managing editor will go into the business office and say to the manager:
 Look here. don't understand this. Here's bill for telegraph. What does it meanT'
 Well, you sec" the business manager will reply, Mir. Gould owns our lines now"
 How did i, happen
 @Blamed if I know, but it's fact"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-22
THE GANG.

The quiet orderly and religious people of Little Rock were awakened to en- thuslasm the other day when report was circulated to the effect that the notorious Dick Little and the Ford brothers were in the city From the time of Robin Hood. down to the time when the eross- eyed boy stole a revolver from the Gov ernor of Georgia, the bandit has been an object of public interest that t. in the English language. In other languages, from the Hebrew Barabbas down to the young German who had such violen, thirst for suddenly acquired property that he stole Bsmarck's pipe, the prominence granted to outlaws has been just as great
 Last Friday a representative of the AR KANSAw TRAVEIFR met the noted indi- viduals purper,ing to be Bob Ford and Dick Little. \ number of skcptical peo- pie were inclined to think tha. 4 fraud was being perpetrateti on the pu lie. that the two men were not the own and only Ford and I.ittle. Why they supposed that any one would desire to pefsonate either of the characters Is not known. nor will we attempt to strip the affair. If affair II can be called. ot any of is mystery. Bob Ford Is man of studied and slom eN- precision. You would not take him for a professor of language. His large dark eyes. revolutionary and uncertain of gaze. tell more than he doubtless cares to ex- press He has hanging cyciid which the strict physiognomist might mis- take for modesty but which is far from bashfulncss. insomuch that 1t is an intention not to be read. Dick Little is blonde. with almost red hair and a collection of red scars on his throat as though hand with bloody fingers had grasped him.
 We are here just to enjoy ourselves. he said. We did no, expect to create any excitement.
 " Bob Ford. the man standing there is the individual who killed Jesse lanes. is. he not ? asked the interviewer
 "Yes His brother Charley is down the road with Frank James. We are ex- pecting them in this evening"
 Frank James has not surrendered then. has he ?''
 ' No the whole thing was feeler to see how the governor and the people would take it. If ames surrenders 1 think that he will surrender here
 Does enmity exist between Frank James and the Fords 7!
 Well. there is something between them but they expec, to fix i, up here" A few moments afterwards he remarked. II have been engaged in good many robberies, and don't know that we ever took anything from a working man. Some time ago in robbery near Hot Springs l took watch from a man. met the man over at the hotel just now and told him that Frank James had his watch and that would get it for him. He says that ii belongs to his mother
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-22

THE recent victory in Ohio has given the democrats great encouragement, but 1t no more foreshadows the resul, of the next presidential election than a nibble at a hook determines the size of the fish. The democrats will have no surer chance of election the next time than they had the four years previous. The whole thing depends. not so much upon the in dividual voters as upon the leaders. The democratic party can be successful when ever the leaders are kept from making mistakes. The party makes its best show ing. it seems. when there IS not visible chance of success. for then the leaders go away and get drunk and remain un- Ill the work is all done. In case they only ret half drunk, fortune frowns, for they are in the right humor to make impolitic blunders. We say this believing that ad- vice from disinterested source will prove to be of value, but if this advice should prove to be adverse, let it be put down q.
 mistake of leader.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-22

THE' Hon. Proctor Knott is thoroughly eenvin nee d that he should he governor of Kentucky. and he has promised. it is said. not to be mere humorist in the chair of distinction. bu, 10 act seriously Mir. Knott made quite reputation some time ago by delivering speech whose exag- serated grotesqueness was immediately accepted as humor. He was compara- lively unknown until the Duluth speech held him up before the people. At first he was proud of the humorist. He liked to be told that he was the life of the Con- gyesaon1i Rseord. After awhile he wanted to be sage instead of a humoris,. He wanted to make people laugh. Well, they thought. and Knott didn't laugh. Now he wants to be the serious governor of the solemn state of Kentucky.