The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-01
THIS EpITION-wHAr 1T CONTAINS.


In this edition We present the public with
16 pages or 112 columns of matter pertain
ing exclusively to the state of Texas. If
printed in book form with ordinary good
readable type, 1t would make an octave
volume OF nearly 300 pages, Is large book
indeed as is usually printed in that form.
To gather together so much data, work it
up and issue in the manner we have done,
is as may be coniectured, no small affair II
has taken time and labor and money to
throw mammoth edition of such oharac-
ter to the curious public, and it is source
OF qualification to US to teel as 1t goes to
prsss. that in the short time We have had
and the often imperfect data we have had
10 study, arrange and place, in its right
place and attractive shape, we have done as
much as we have. To write up properly
and accurately 20 great a state as Texas,
with its 274,0o0 square miles. its 200 coun-
ties nearly, and the diversity ofits climate,
soils ard industries, is indeed a herculean
and difficult work, and ono that many
would suppose was altogether impossible to
the ordinary newspaper establishment.
How weRws have succeeded in this in
stance the public must Judge from the work
given them. 1t is not by defamation or
assertion, not by good intentions and fair
promises that man's work is to be esti-
mated, but by the work itself. This is the
second September edition we have issued,
and although disadvantages have been la
sored undsr, We have attempted to present
this year more extended and comprehen-
sive, a more accurate and useful picture
than was given by us last year, or than has
yet been given by any journal ofour won
jerful state. To appreciate TiChtllly yh At
Texas Il IL NUT bs viewed from many
stsndpointu, NUT be roon throughout. To
speak of any one feature, however fully
treated TO look at II from one point Of view,
10 Investigate any one Of its myriad fea-
lures, 10 to zee II very impsrfectly and only
in part. There IL no state in the American
Union where thorough knowledge OF IL in
its entirety is 20 necessary 10 understand IL
intelligsntly and appreciate its manifoldst-
fractions, its present greatness, its past
rapid growth and its vast possibilities. The
world, however, is curious now, and has for
years been 10 get hold Of information
sufficiently full and convenisntly grouped
and arranged that will give an idea Of TeIss
as . whole, that win treat Of all there is in
IL or about IL, 90 that Just what it 10 may be
truthfuIly told and accurately known. In
this edition We have sndesvored 10 supply
thi. demand, 10 give Terss 10 ths world from
every point Of view and in full.
or fcourss zoo much sttention could not be
bestowed spon minute. unimpOrtsnt par
ticulsrs or illustrations when representa-
tive fact would answer all purposes and con-
ysy the information sought. In such an
edition and with such an empire ss its sub
jsct, Il would be ~ impossible, a. .uperfu-
on. thus TO rzmify and enlarge. As it is.
however, by judicious cullings. groupings,
someiistions and select ons, We have siven
Tsrss a. n 10 to-day not forgetting TO draw
ths contrast bst~esn the present and the
past. In pursusncs Of our original plsn
therefore Ee have presented the state polit-
ic.lly. hisoricsily. physically, socially and
commerria'ly togetber With its climate,
he.lth. and the facilities for rsschingit and
trrselinz over IL. Such plss faithfuily
aIbsrsd 70 and successfully developed com
prrbends Ell there l. worth knowing
about any section. i presents that sec
ton basdiy. an iis entirety 70 the eye. il
r-eep- tbe fed. Such = plan We have
trisd 70 keep conrsrtiy before ~ and in 7
e1nssqusncs puflisb an edition on amsn-
rnoth suuis, ron vhieh The enquiring eli
zen % ary other and even this state, could
rIenn u.l.tersr be might desirs % knor of
ttis wond.-fai empire sts,sof he grsat and
growing soufhwsst-an edition wbich
mirti prove % hin intsed 81 snrJcioFs-