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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

The Britilh colonial surgeon at Honr
Kong, DR.. Ayres. in his report on the pris
oDs in that colony for the year 1882, pro
fssses 10 have discovered that opium smo.
king is in itself q most harmless practice
Among the prisoners in the jail who are sci
Down ne opium smokers, ne says, there
have been no deaths, and he has not found
any cases Of disease among them which
could be attributed 70 that habit. The
heaviest smoker. O man who consumed In
this way Is mace OF IS grains Of opium q
day, and hsd been q smoker Tor 30 years,
and weighed 107 pounds, on entering the
jail, and in TIRES weeks be gained 81
pounds, although be underwent penal diet,
that IL 10 say FOR I've days out Of fifteen
be hsd 10 subsist on rice and uster only.
The opium smoker. Dr.. Ayres declares. snf-
fers much less from the enforced depriva-
ton Of the accustomed Injury a. once than
The tobacco smoker. Eany make no CON-
plant ct all, and there vas no particular
symptom caused By The dsprvsti0n-lLo Lon
don Daily Ners.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18
An Elephant at Home.

began to think my days journey was
to be delciously tranquil, forgetting that in
Africa agreeable anticipations are rarely re-
allied. Towards noon clouds began to col
lect in the east, from which quarter the rain
always seems to come in this part of the
Congo region. The wind was certainly
blowing from the. opposite dire ction, but
this had little effect on the approaching
storm, now. fast covering the heavens with
a blue black pail, for storms in Africa are
too imperious to heed the direction of the
prevailing wind They carry with them in
their bla.s. bosoms a hurricane of their
own that goes before them in awful gusts
and bellowiDgs, and utterly silences the
timid breeze which was feebly keeping
back the rain. So, when the eye of the
storm, whirling mass OF gray cloud around
a purple center, rose before us, we prudent
ly put into the bank, tied the canoes to
some stout trees. and then resignediy bent
our heads to the tempest that roared over
us.
The storm was finished in a brief half
hour, but not SO the rain, which DIR pped
and dripped necessarily, yet was too i'm
patient to delay any further for this, and
made the men take to their paddles once
more. III bpltc VI tuc wei WthtutE We
achieved considerable progress. At about
hsltpsst 3 we were coasting beside q very
long and large island in search OF camping
place, when 1 saw, not ten yards of.
large elephant, with moderate-sized tusKe,
standing among the high grass at the wa.
ter's edge. He looked superb against the
beautiful blue green Borassus palms, which
afforded such an artistic background. l
did not shoot at him, firstly because II
would have spoiled the beautiful picture,
and secondly because q bullet from a Win
chester rife could do him but little harm.
We stayed and watched the mighty beast
some FIVE minutes, he not taking the least
notice. His color told out quite grsyish
VIII tie (the ridge OF his back bone was par
ticularly light in 'one) against the foliage,
and the whole effect OF the grouping made
a very pretty composition. Weheard other
elephants in the interior OF the island,
breaking down tress and branches. and, Gu
riously enough, around this solitary crea-
ture on the beach were several graceful
Borassus palms laid low, torn down by the
voracious. elephant fer the sake Of their |
round, yellow fruit, OF which he is SO raven |
ously fond. That troop Of elephants must |
even In the dry season there is water be- |
tween Il and the main laHd-a broad chan |
mel, in fact. think Stanley has called Il |
Flsmin island, after an Italian engineer,
formerly In the expedition. We landed
short distance from the place where / had |
seen the elephant, and camped out for the |
night on q very small space of sand, which /
was. unfortunately. all Oh a slant, 90 that |
during the night l was constantly gliding |
CT my bed ieet foremost.-fCor. London
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18
A Battle with Whales.

About week ago Mr.. Peter Warner, the
well-known contractor and veteran fisher
man started out on fishing excursion in q
small boat, They carried with them Win
chester rifle and a shotgun, in order posi-.
bly, to bag some OF the game that abounds
in the laguna, which extends some three
miles inland from the shore. They had
rowed out but few miles when two whales
Of the bottle-nose species, were espied a
short distance from the boat. Mr.. Warner
Immediately grasped his rifle, fired, and ap.
parently wounded one of them. Inturiated,
The monsters lashed the water into foam,
aud made desperate efforts to reach them.
After second and third shot vital spot in
one of them was reached and only one was
left to combat with. They then began fir
ing at the remaing one, but though wound
ing 1t several times it seemed utterly inn
possible to seriously disable it. 1t made
the most furious attacks upon them, and
with distended jaws it seemed at times as
II about to engulf boat and all. Twelve
shots were fjeed into 1t, and still it contin-
ned its onslaught. 1t splashed and foamed
spreading heavy spray in all directions, and
nothing but the most skillful management
kept the boat at safe distance from its
Jury. NOW ana then IL would plunge I'M
der the'water endeavoring to get under the
boat and send it skyward, but the steady
old salt managed each time to whirl the
boat beyond its reach. The situation was
growing serious as the cartridges in the rifle
we're exhausted and 1t seemed well nigh inn.
possible to reload while the monster was
making such furious attacks. While at
tempting it asudden onslaught ofthe whale
made Unnecessary to use the shotgun. and
Mr.. Warner fired hastily. dischsrging both
loads right into its face. II was a most for
tunate shot, as it took effect In the eyes OF
the whale and must have totally blinded it.
The pain served to increase its ferocity, but
its efforts were now futile, and 1t was an
easy matter to row 10 a safe distance, when
the rifle was reloaded and the monster
killed st leisure. = he Two whales we're
then towed In shore. and quite large
quantity of oil has been since tried out
(Los Angeles (Cal.) Times.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

Up to twenty years ago husbandman, q
native OF Cumberland, married q girl be
longing to the county. The newly married
couple went TO reside with the bride
friends. The bridegroom, however. could
not agree with them, and in course Of a
VIE months he left his wife and went away.
No one knew whittier. The woman had
reasons TO believe that her husband, after
leaving her took his passage in the Inflated
steamer London, which in the year 1850
foundered on her voyage to Australia
Seeing in the list OF those who persisted q
name similar 10 that OF her husband, the
woman concluded that be was dead,
Shortly after her husbands departure she
gave birth TO a daughter, and the two lived
together for long time without any par
ticulaI incident occurring TO change the
current of their daily life. After waiting
tor many years the woman married a miner
In village near Maryport. and the pair
have since lived happily toeether. The
daughter OF the first husband is now mar
ried, and has gone to Newcastle 10 reside.
A few DAYS ago the first husband made
his appearance at the residence Of sister
IN Wigton, and 10 her he stated that he had
been for some time living In Newcastle.
He thfn made inquiries respecting the wife
he had LETT, and was surprised TO bear that
be bad q married daughter living in New
cestle-the very town ne had himself been
residing inland that the wife be had de-
rerted vas married again. His sister was
unable, however, 10 give him the sddres
OF his daughter, and amer waiting upon
some ofhis relatives ct Msryport-to whom |
be announced his intention OF searching for |
the daughter be had never seen-he pro- |
ceeded 70 the residence Of his wife, not far |
from the togn. in order to obtain bis /
daughters address. The second hnsband /
was not ct home uhsn the wanderer made /
the whit. and the woman was In the house
nloue. He knocked 81 the door. When /
he woman opened II she failed 70 recognize
bin and asked him what he wanted: The
man asksd II she hsd Q daughter alive. and
In %. where WAS she living. The woman L
Wished 70 know his reasons for asking such
. Question. and inquired II be was any rel
rive on her dauehiers husband. NO" be
'epIied. Il an . nearer rslsfive than thnt."
The woman then Inyfted him into the
,ouse. and rave him the address. Which be
ut into his pocket and prepared 70 leave
be house. Az be vas crossing The thrssh-
lold be turned and looked her fan In Tie
ace and sEi6.
Wei, Eliza. you have got married
cain. and hope fhEt von vii % vel bT
or husbsnd and I've Comfortably. 1 am ,
our dsurhfer's father.
Tbs poor rumsr knew him then. snd, al
lnsf f.intirr, cred IN thrilling tone
Oh. JIM" buf bsfort shs cguld recover :
n comporurt be bad rEIke1 ErxT. he
= <Inos - ths counfrf<7sETp.1t Al
'-iir<r. u
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

AZ, suffer mors of phvallon and sorrow,
more Of disappointment and unsIndness'
than the fsvere, and 10 ised tbeir Intel
i,ctusl wants with dark pictures Of their
ml,fortunes 10 not 10 add 10 their contents
ment or enjoyment
Not oil OF the better literature Is OF a
dark or heavy character either, but litefa'
ture generally divides itself into two great
divisions. that which teaches and that
which amuses. People may be taught
through amusements, 1t Is true, but VIC re-
fer to the grand divisions, where the one
aims at the qualification Of the intellect hrst
and simply, and the other appeals merely
to the heart and the spirit OF humor in
man, The first or heavier kind 1t 10 that
is supposed to be in decadence and that Is
being pushed out by the latter, TIE
literature that seeks merely to raise
the laughs, the literature OF the ridiculous
and burlesque. We cannot but feel that this
change is upon the whole to be received
with favor. Only the other day an Irish
man in New York committed suicide, led
on thereto by the reading Of Dickens ac'
count OF the suicide of JONAS CHUzzLEwIT
and it is said that hundreds of poor seam:
stresses have been led to take their own
lives by reason Of the more vivid concep'
ton of their own wrongs and sufferings
as portrayed in the Song of the Shirt and
such poems. The craze tor the humorous,
the change from the melo-dramatic and
tragic to the comic and burlesque, cannot
hurt US much. If it should run to excess,
an excess in such direction is better than
the opposite extreme. If plays. and papers
and books that make people laugh eau be
so multiplied as TO put a check to the grow
ing suicidal and otter manias OF the day.
it will undoubtedly far more than compen-
safe for the temporary depreciation OF the
grandeur and utility of the labors OF the
classic authors and masters 10 literature.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

1fnpps.rs that hE& LAssrEE knows
What sbs Il dong. amer al, IN bringing bs'
mother over With ber this Tina The LIlJ''
freedom IL NOT likely 70 Be IN any riss lin
ns5. A rspufssls srchEngs furnishes The
foIlorinr ssr.Dos Dotis- ofhns. IN Bar
ros. "It h snnouDosd fhst Ms. LarS1nf
VII soon return 70 Ameucs. noooHpanisd
- hs- noths-. HE1 In BEr-or- hEs.
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cIou1. Tbsrs ~-ss -c.n1. b-tsssn hg
80 h-r butb.1ft curxts. Ths churrh
rrIhosd<- irr-sslr<..l tbs sctD1s ard
<I<ni--~< ne crr<,s f-on ne chrrch.
T.--< - rc 6lrp-.< l<rr n Is-<Ts ard q
r~..<rz -s-r.s TN In Enful ~. CIT -
1,>-r. - ~. hr-s or--pI-t a. r<nu
scrn< ~ r<<rt rIt1c-t sTE u--t'nr-
- ~ - -ir1-,i r--r1ls-' ?, n Lrr.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

THEEE isa dinsrencs in boys. The heir
10 the New YORK Tines is In charge Of the
mechanical department Of the paper, q
hsrd-vorking young mas practically edu.
Gated to continue the business when JosEs,
senior, shall fall o At. upon the same excel
lent and profitable plan upon which Il IL
nov run. The heir 10 the New York Sun
fnss bis chiefssi delight in 800 dog pups.
and when DAsa, senior. shall give up the
ghost. The son win know shout ss much
about the splendid propsrtF len him ss be
does Of NE heavenly sun which shines for
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

The SESSIONS bribery case has actually
been placed before the court in New Yofi
at last. The ex-senator has very ugly
case against him and msst suffer from the
great zeal in behalf OF his idol. Thousands
do annually what SESSIONS is charged with
but are 100 slick 10 get caught. II irn't
the rascals who are punished nowadays, IT
IL merely the dull rascals.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

sHKEwD kllovs sre beginning 10 hunt for
and obtain "exclusivs privileges" in Mex
co already In anticipation Of the coming
prosperity OF the land. II is said that the
exclusive privilege Of gathering the cactus
from the government lands has been grant
ed 10 two enterprising gentlemen, who e.
pect 10 nske fortune out Of their priv
flege within the next ten years.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

GUAYMAs, Oct. 13.-Telegrams were re.
ceived this morning announcing the de.
crease OF fever at Hermosillo. Stringent
sanitary measures will be taken regarding
the graves of those who have died from the
fever, SO as to prevent the possibility Of
danger from this scourge next year. Peo'
pie are returning to the city and it is rap
idly assuming its wonted activity. Only
two persons died during the last two days.
MOBILE, Oct. Is Two deaths from vel
low fever at Brewton this afternoon, two
more expected. No new cases are reported
to-day. No male nurses are needed.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18
Murder and suicide.

DKNvER, Oct. 13.-This afternoon WI
liam Harrison, residing on Ninth stree
shot his 16 year old wife and then himself
They both died almost instantly. The
cause was jealousy and interference In do
nestle affairs on the part Of the mother-in.
law. The couple were married at Shawnee,
Kansas, last March, and have been in Den.
yer about one month.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

The postmaster-general is going to recon-
mend 10 congress to supply by legislation
this coming session an important point
neglected in the postal reduction last ses-
aon, viz: The reduction OF local postage
rates. Il costs as much now to send let
ter from one end to the other Of city 40 10
send the same letter nom New York to Ban
RrauofaQ0
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

THE public at large may think it is un-
dsrgoing martyrdom in having to listen to
and be robbed by the influx of European
dramatic and operate stars to this country,
but the general public's iufferings are
nothing when compared with those Of the
customs officials, who have to rummage
through the myriad of trunks and proper
tyn Brought over by these celebrities.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

SINCE its establishment the revenue bu.
reau has turned In some 5000. 900 900 Of
money TO the government. In the same
time the tariff has robbed the people q
some two or three times that sum. The
republican proposition is to cut off the
returns from the former. taxes on luxuriss,
and continue 10 pillsge the masses.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

THOSE who like TO get behind the statute
OF limitations, when attacked by ar uncom-
promising creditor, can now bolster up
their conduct, from moral point OF view,
by q religious precedent furnished by a
church in Erie, Pennsylvania. When sued
for Just debt the church plead the statute
nj limitations
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

MRS. LANGrRY got TOO practical an illus
tration OF the publicity of hotel lie during
her former visit to this country, so she
propose. to occupy fiat in New York
hereafter. She is likely to get her fill oil
fiat" upon the occasion of this second
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

AAN FaANcfsoo, oct. i3.--Yokohama adj.
vices say that the japanese government
has concluded the treaty OF commerce with
Uorea.
Two daughters ofthe mikado died within
48 hours OF each other. Out OF ten chill dren
only one survives.
Inc British schooner Atone caught
pOaching seals Off Behring's Island and
were seized by the Russian officers. The iurs
were confscated for the benefit of Alaska
com mercial company. The vessel was de-
tanned, the captain, crew and a passenger
were held as prisoners.
1t is stated tie Great Northern telegraph
has taken contract 10 lay a cable from ia
pan to Corea.
TIE disastrous eruption at the strait OF
Sunda, has been connected at Yokohama
with the peculiar appearance Of the
sun, which, from noon OF August
Goth till The evening OF September,
first yesembled full moon. The atmos-
phere was observed with dust and laden
smoke emitted from Krakaan volcano and
carried up $500 miles by southerly mon
soon.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

That was novel aud deplorable duei DC
tween the two little Houston boys Fnday'
Hot passions AID nidea ofthe code may
produce terrible results it gems even
among ch ldren.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

THE country around Charlotte. North
Carolina. can be recommended to many a
Texan community as pattern Of industry
and progress. Ten cotton factories are in
operation within q radius of thirty miles
Of Charlotte, all Of them making money
ranidlv
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

NOWADAYS as OF old it makes wonder
full difference whose OK is gored and whose
foot the shoe pinchss Mr.. GOULD protests
against running the new aqueduct to New
Yor city though his summer reside nee
grounds on the Hudson.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

ELLIS GRAFT has at last paid the awful
penalty OF his dastardly crime and the Ken
tuckians can rest easy. 1t took nerve and
vigilance to keep him from the mob's
hands, but the outraged law has been vim
dicated at last,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

As there was no possible showing for
trial at this term Of the court, KELLOGG
and his counsel have been pressing vigor-
ously for hearing. 1t is barely possible
that the hearing may come altogether too
soon for the ex-senator at least.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

THE recent rams have not been cohhueu
To this section alone, it appears as the
long drouth has been broken in numbers VI
the western counties, carrying satisfaction
and new hopes to hundreds.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

JOHN KELLY has so lar failed to express
any dissatisfaction with the nominee OF
methods this year OF the democracy IN
New York, aud the republicans are prAc'--
cally hopeless no there.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18
Important

When you visit or leave New York City,
save baggage expresses or carriage hire,
and stop at the Grand Union Hotel, oppo-
site Grand Central depot. Six hundred ele-
CANT rooms, fitted up at cost OF one mil
lion dollars. reduced to 81 and upwards
per day. European plan. Elevator. Res
taurant supplied with the best. Horse
cars, stages aud elevated railroads to all de-
pots Families can live better for less
money at the Grand Union Hotel than
in any other frst-class hotel in the city.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

The English financial authority
"Money" advises its Eogli.h readers to 80
slow IN the matter OF Mexican investments.
1t thinks it will be many day before large
investments in Mexico will be either safe
mr. Drcfitable.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

IN undertaking TO deliver sixty speeches.
in twenty-three days in his CANVASS ~
Massachusetts,, GovERNoR BUTLER is NAH
ing fearful draught upon the patience
and endurance of his friends.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

THERE 10 one Chicago paper at least that
appreciates the true inwardness Of the car
pet-bag governments that so long lorded it
over and robbed the south. Carpet-bag-
ism, says this journal, has made republican
success impossible in the south for genera
tions to come.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

ANOTHER evidence OF Mr.. ARTHURs @E'
theticism has been found and published
the wiring of his state papers, go called
in violet Ink. 1t isn't the ink, however
that makes or unmakes a state paper.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18
j ury Case.

GALVESTON, Oct. 13.-The recorder was
again engaged with a jury
during the greater portion OF
the day hearing the case of the state VS..
Percy Weeks and Champ Carter,
charged with violating the cotton
weighers' act, after patient hear
ing OF which, all the evidence
was laid before the jury,
and tremendous amount of law Numbered
at them, the case was given into their hands.
They were out less than half hour, when
they returned with verdict of not guilty.
II is stated that the weighers appointed
by the government intend to file other com.
plants forth with,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

ChInsnsn have been nsfur.lissd too Gas
IIy In his citJ heretofore. IN The opinion Of
Judr. rsrkst. He yesterday c<llst halt.
Cnunr E>s Who On thursday rs admit
80 e ths rirhfs Of clnr<nttip ~ 1u1r<
hrnoIf. spD<<r-d 10 1udr< Terfu'
~rurf rrxtert<r 80 rCuctW for t|f
t-1<hsr. Ch,nT Ian. xts pr~-nssf %
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

IT is reported tnat private pAlzELL >
Victims are multiplying rapidly under 'h'
new TWO. cent postage law.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

HETEROGENEOUS have been unable TO 40
anything with OHIO since DORSEY 5 re'''s
ment from poliucs.
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COnRtahla Shot.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 13.-The Time
Democrat Helena. (Arkansas). special says:
Yesterday, at Livingston, Sanders Blount,
a constable. while attempting to arrest w.
Ames, colored, was shot dead. A posse is
pursuing Ames and lynching is probable.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

GpEyy appears to have satisfactorily
creased ALFONSO. The French can no" IT,
turn 10 their eastern diplomacy.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18

BRIGHTON BEACH. Oct. 1S.-The races
were postponed on account OF rain.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-The races were post.
ponsd on account Of rain.
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INDICATIONS.

Is, gulf states; Fair weather. VaiiaDl'
stationary bar meter stationary
rise IN tom 7ofaturc.
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u The Boston poilos, dated st Louis, sey.
Ing he Would hst bays 10 ~ 10 san AM
ioblo 10 identity man arrested theirs,
and then would come 10 Ben francisco,
The prisoner here will be held 10. await his
suival, "A he corresponds 10 this description
given by Chief Of Police MoAdams, Of
Boston. Dewey had 800 ON his person
| whom arrested,