The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-08-05
LITTLE rEEW Ell.
About the Victims OF the SO-callcd
Moral InquisiilOn.
COpiOus Quantities Of the Crystal
Liquid Now Available.
A few Other Mound City Notes.

luICo lHe Duuuht INV III lhlb Clty lhsJ Duu-
day. No arrests were made by the police
force for infraotions OF the law, but nine
hundred cases OF alleged violation were TO
ported to the city prosecutor to be dealt
with. The prospect of u summer vacation
Tor the public prosecutor and the gentle
men who wear the eTmine OF the tribunal
having jurisdiction over these offences, s
rather slender. A couple OF brewers who
kept open saloons on Sunday last, have
been selected as
| THE FIRST CLIMs
OF this great moral inqulsitinn. They are
physically and financially stulwart gentle
msn, aud can stand the break on the wheel
which seems to be required TO clear 40 the
fetid moral atmosphere which envelOps the
community The crucifSion of one or TWO
OF these will probably atone for the many
sins OF the rest OF u.s. The other sos cases
will come up for trial hereafter All the
morning newspapers of the city were re-
ported for breaking the Sabbath saloon
keepers, brewers, BARRIERS, the slreet.Oir
companies, milk-yenders, boot blacks, news.
boys. ferry companies, and others Of like
occupations were included ia the list. The
clerical iorce of the court of criminal cor
rcCtiOn has been busilv at work during the
week making Out warrants, some 6OJ having
! by this time been signed by the Judge The
victims will be hauled in As they are wanted
and cast into the judicial furnace 30 as to
keen the moral flames burning While the
law Itself ID too stringent 10 be agreeable and
too lanaliCal TO be enforced in all its pro.
visions, there are some features OF 1t which
meet with the approval OF the reason and
intelligence OF the day. The respectable
portion Of the community would like to
see some restraint put upon some I the
most offensive dissertations OF the Sabbath,
| but they think employment OF the police
force VI the city by the board of commits.
sioncrs merely TO annoy the public, rather
too much OF an nilront to be submitted To
quietly. The law has been construed in It's
EXTREMIST sense, in order TO make IL OdiOuB
| There will be reaction soon, probably and
a chance for those who love the hills and
| the gtOves the tracery of the foliage on
the sward. and the freshness OF tho breath
OF the skies, TO enjoy themselves in any
rational aud respectable manner which they
may choose without. the interference OF the
police. The exasperating feature OF this
whole movement ig that
THE RIAL MORAL ULCERS
OF the great city are overlooked by the au.
thoritios. Real wick0dness Ia winked at or
ignored. The true offenders against de-
oency and morality are ignored. aud the re-
spectacle people OF the city are harrassed
by petty subteriuge for the purpose OF
getting u law repealed which is OdiOus to II
few rich brewers and some hundreds Of sa.
loon keepers. The fact is the people of 81.
Louis are paying for the support OF very
bad government which has fallen into the
hands OF ward bumme's aud political Jug.
glers, who have no higher aim than the az.
grandi1ement of themselves and their
friends. THIS is the sad fate OF all large
American municipalities. The city of Dal.
las may find consolation In the thought
that Il will take a quarter Of century OF
progress and development TO make her city
government as corrupt and worthless ~
ours In To-day. Municipal probty. in this
degenerate age, is like the Jewel in the
toAd's head, and so Tar as pertains to all
matters OF government, we may exclaim
Blessed Is littlenessl" At any rate, we
are not in immediate erpeo, OF the ad-
vent Of the millennium in this community.
Since ! wrote you last the danger to this
community from
rHREATEsKD LACK or WATER
has happily passed away. The mayor is.
sued his proclamation to the citizens con-
manding them to refrain from wasting tho
supply, and appealing to the patriotism and
seli.sacridce OF our people to sustain
him in the effort TO meet the shortcomings
OF the board of water commissioners, hy
boarding the precious fluid until height
should ho reached In the reservoir which
would render It no longer necessary. Some
| of our people have taken the threatened
shortage OF this necessary fluid 30 much to
heart that they have generously confined
all their potatlons to whisky aud beer; aud
they are willing TO continue this devotion
to The public interests until there is no
question about there being enough for all
the nnnnIn N fuHna than, oil
The human flower garden eau not be a des-
ert Of Sahara with such holly as these
hlossOming in II, Blessed Is he who so
loves his fellow man that he il willing to
drink all the whisky and give his neighbor
all the water to slako his burning thirst.
hut we must turn from these redeeming
characteristics of the human family to con
template some of the homely habits of this
strhddling animal when existing under
such circumstances as we lind him In a
large city. The everyday lite of the mod.
ern dwoller Ia the metropolis is 30 familiar
that II ceases TO be curious; yet II we could
to-day see such II picture OF ancient Athens
or Rome when It's walls 200 feet high were
supposed 10 oncircle seven millions Of peo-
pie, as we see to-day in 81. Louis, it would
be OF more value To us aud possess greater
interest than the history of the
rise OF dynashes and the fall of
empires. Those things which make
tho history OF the past living picture,
have fallen into the mould and dust OF dead
/ centuries, aud We have not even glimpse
Of that early time when humanity was IN
! It's childhood. one Of the ordinary neces.
stiles OF man rs that he must be led. There
are probably more than
rlrrY THOUSAND rEJPLRl IN ST, LOUIS
who take ut least one meal n day, away
| from home, The maxim that time smoney
/ rules here. To travel home three miles for
u midday meal, and return the same dis.
lance to business. is out OF the question.
SO some adjacent restaurant Ia patronized.
OF these, In this city, there are many, ana
their merits are rs diversified as their mum.
beers, There are probably 30 of these
feeding places in an area of about hall n
square mile, Here you can get dinner
tor from 10 cents to s.. You pay your
money and you take your choice. In some
of them, OF the al captandum kind, one
has to struggle with flies and heat, aud is
hustled by rushing walters, baNling the
nsmes OF various dishes compounded there.
In these places everything has an unctious
look, and the butter Is at least second
cousin 20 oleomargarine. The cutlery Is
sticky, and the table ware has the appear.
anco OF having been decorated by the broad |
thumbs and fingers OF the walters without
AhN uthullt NNhlkus Ahttt NNuNnNN arc |
bold, II not artistic. Here one can eat his |
soup and study the graceful outlines
OF the human hand on the cover |
Of the dish before him, and tell by tho |
flavor impaired to the butter by the knife |
with which he spreads his bread, what his
predecessor had for dinner. He thus has |
Nh opportunity of comparing the judgment |
OF that party with his own in ordering |
banquet. During all this time he is sur.
rounded by a perspiring crowd Of mastl. |
eating beings, whose jaws and hands work
with yigor but always in unison. Five |
minutes sufllces TO partske OF lunch In |
one Of these places, ten minutes for din.
ner, and h0een minutes for the serving OF |
a feast, True, all the five sensee possessed |
by man may receive the grossest offence,
but still the famishing inner man is com.
torted, though Qualmisn, This kind OF
junketing might make an olympesn turn
up his nose, but the stomach Of the cos.