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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-06
THE BUSINESS WORLD
COMM ERCIAL.

DALLAS, May 5,-Manv persons In TINS
city honestly believe that property IN DAT
las has advanced beyond II intrinsic value,
A comparison OF prices here with other
cities may be instructive. The chicago
Times of thu LIST of May, records the sale
OF thirty feet front lot, upon which the
improvements are almost valneless, and
which Is not on one Of the most prominent
streets, at $i6y, 800, or little over So,aoo
foot. A lot on Fourth street In 81. Louis
opposite the Planters house and on which
the Merchants' exchange IS Situated
twenty .tive feet front. sold n few years ago
for Si25, 900, and to-day with the Improve
ments, 1t could not be purchased for twice
that sum. v aoant lots in Kansas my
have been disposed of at the rate of ~ 600
Der front foot. In Ouachita City n like
price has been paid tor property. In Den-
yer real estate IL held even above these lat
ter figures, and approximatcs Chicago
prices. The Kain Il Campbell property. IN
the rear Of the HERALD office, was offered
10 the Merchants Exchange OF this CITY,
sixty feet front, tor $3.50. Let
Elm and Murphy streets DO paved and good
sidewalks laid. with ample sewerage, and
this same sixty feet of property would sell
for at least $1,000 front foot. The prop.
erty on Lamar street, donated to the Ex'
change, If the streets and sidewalks are
properly made, and the seventy'four front
feet will DO worth on the market In less
than two years $4,000. These two pieces
OF property are only mentioned because
they were lately brought into public notice.
And about rents--the same advance will DO
experienced. In other cities 81 600 month
for desirable property, well located, IL not
a exception. They will advance here as
they have done In other Wholesale points,
..A., tatI atI nj M IA pnp
structed and sewerage completed. All
these are sure TO come, and that soon, and
for these reasons, and judging by the his
tory Of other ties, there is no, good argu'
ment that can BIO advanced why property
IN Dallas to-day Is not selling much below
Its prospective and intrinsic value.
ON CHANGE.
The excitement on the exchange to-day
was the advance In cotton. Dealers In cot
ton, and produce as well, soon fall into line
with spectators and "try their luck'' In
futures. Not few have had a speculative
bee buzzing In their bonnets and invested
generally In small way In cotton futures
The present advance has proven profitable
to them and they are now dipping In deeper
and the opinion prevails with many thai
grain IL soon 70 experience a like boom. 1t
the absence Of any large receipts OF grain
dealers are turning their attention to SINAI
ventures In the futare markets, and II II
understood that the sales Of futures durnl
the past few days have been larger thar
ever before known In this city. Fortune II
. tickle Jade, and to woo her is ono thing
but to win her iavors another. Her kindes
offerings are often showered upon thos'
who least expect them. There wer'
some very good operations effected toda,
l..a hpt hAr In m falltn.v AT Ia, Al "A
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-08-22

Mr.. Booty at the time OF his decease
made oath that his death happened
at 2 o'clock at noon on the 14th Of
May last, which was in the year
1886. The jury then asked the Cap
tain Of the Sphinx il he knew Mr..
Booty iu his lifetime. He answered
that he never saw him in his life
time, but plainly observed the dress
the apparitiou had on, which Mr.
Burnaby said was Mr.. Booty 10
company with another, unknown. :,
The judge then spoke: zine hof'
grant that may never see susn
sight as that, for I think it. imposs,.
BILE for thirty men to be mistaken!
The jury then gave their verdict
against the widow Booty, plaintifi TO
nav the costs of the court. The
foregoing are facts, extracted from
the journal Of the ship Sphlnx's Voy'
age up the Straits in the year 1885,
The above trial is now to he seen
on the records OF the Kings Bench
in Westminster Hall, the Mrs. Booty
plaintiff, against Capt. Burnaby' de-
PENDANT.
These records are written on
narcbment in Latin, iu the lawyers
old text-hand writing, and are Kept
in a glass case in the Clerks office
where, for sum of one shilling, they
ma, be seen by all whose doubt OF
curiosity may induce them to IT;
w. A. M.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-08-22

SEND in your orders for Job
Printing!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-08-22
BASE BALL BALLAD.

J. Smith is dead. That fine young man,
We meier shall see him more,
He was a member of our club
Since 1864.
His priyates virtue were immense,
His manner free and bluff,
he wore paper collar, and
Was never known to null
He rarely took dring more strong
Than lemonade or pop;
He hated drunkards. and wasa
Magnificent shortstop.
His nose was Roman, and his eyes
Continually we're peeled;
He made splendid umpire, and
A beautiful left field.
His hair was red, and "shingled closes"
Much sun-burned was his face,
He never shows with more effect
Than on the second base.
Being a man he had his faults,
AS likewise have we all,
BE felt preference for the New
York regulation ball.
Though not a matrimonial man,
He dearly loved a match,
And like his sisters, had but few
Superiors ION the CATCH"
He had a noble mind, as exc
A very supple wrist; =,
And when he pitched he gave the ball
His own peculiar twist"
Of politics and church affairs,
BE held restricted views;
His feet were usually encased
In canvas bob-nailed shoes.
But he Is gone. With in and outs
Forever he is DONE
He broke his heart and hurt his spleer
In making home run.
His body we have "planted," but
His soul is in the sky;
The angels reached from Heaven dowr
And took him on the fly.
-[Springfeld Monitor.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-08-22
A STRANGE STORY SWORN TO.

THIRTY MEN MAKE OATH IN COURT OF
WHAT THEY SAW AT sTROMBoLI.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-08-22

nEor NoT-LIFE Is SWEEPING
neOl by, 20 and dare before you
die. something mighty and sublime leave
behind 10 conquer time" $66 week IN
your own Town. S. outfit free. No rist /.
verything new. Capital not required !.
We will furnish You everything. Many
are making fortunes. Ladies make as
much as men, and boys and girls mako
great pay. Reader, if you want business
at which you can make great pay all the
time, write for particulars to II. HALLETr
& Co Portland, Name.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13
Diamonds at Breakfast.

I have been struck with two OF
three peculiarities of American wa
ter-place guests. Odd and inexcus-
able IS it may appear, the ladies
came to breakfast in dress costume
and wearing diamonds. After my
attention was first attracted to 1t, /
made note of the fact, and counted
on the broad piazza of a fashionable
hotel not far from here eighty-tive
ladies with big diamonds in their
ear rings, at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. Subsequent observation showed
that they wore the same ornaments
at dinner and at the hop in the even
ing. They are not vulgar people,
either. / can't account for it. Pos
sibly they are afraid to leave them
in their rooms.
There must be som. queer cause
for such nonsensical traverses of OBJ
vious propriety, but what excuse can
be found for a woman who break
fasts in a chip hat with magnificent
white plumes, q light, low-cut silk,
with lace all over it, and a vast for
tune of diamonds on her neck, in her
ears and on her hands,: She is the
wife of a very rich Wall Street man,
whose sound sense in business is
proverbial. She is a type Of what
can be seen in any hotel to-day
Howdrd's letter to PAiyadelphia
Press.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13
A Lucky Miner.

A miner in the hills near Socorro,
New Mexico. made a lucky strike in
a wonderful manner lately. Two
weeks ago while tranlping over the
rocks the prospector suddenly dis
covered that his haversack was on
fire, caught probably from the con-
densation of the suns rays by a pros
pector's glass which he carried in his
kit. Now that haversack contained
about six pounds of blasting powder
and eur hero dropped the bundle and
got out of the reach AS fast as his legs
would carry him. The bundle of
trans fell INTO a crevice in the rocks
and the powder soon exploded. The
prospectOr returned m%ournfnlly to
gather up such of his effects as were
uninjured by the explosion, when
something in the appearance of the
shattered rock struck his eye and be
examined it closely, it was horn sill
er. The now jubilai.t miner locat-
ed a claim at once which he called
Close Shave" and in less than a
week disposed of one-thlrd of his in
terest at $1,000 The name of
the "h0nest son of the pick
and shOvel' is John Quincy Adams,
and he halls from western Ohio.
John is we'll known in Sonora county
and receives the congratulations of
his friends in a modest manner.J John
Adams "close shave' is a by-word
now in the mining camps. - Las
Vegas Gazette.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13
Brother Gardner on Ingersoll.

Elder Penstock arose to enquire If
any member of the club had heard
whether Bob Ingersoll was to lecture
this winter or not. No one seemed
to have heard anything about it, and
the reverend member requested that
the Secretary be instructed to write
to Ingersoll direct and ascertain.
What am de object?" queried the
President.
II propose dat dis club take steps
to prove dat dare am a hereafter for
lie soul"
."You do, eh? If the pusson who
denies such a theory am a fool, de
pusson who sots out to prove what
~seven-eights Oh de world already be-
lieves, am Mex doah to an idiot. SOt
down an save yer breaf."
"But it AM my duty as a Christian
man to contr0vert Ingersoll's argy-
ments."
ut am your dooty as a Christian
man to let Bob Ingersoll have all
the rope be wants. Ifyou has got de
proper faith he can't hurt We. If your
belief won't STAN an attack, den it
am too weak to STAN alone. If. after
men and women have believed in
God an hereafter an Heaben fur six
thousand years a lawyer wild q snb
nose an a voice like a dog barkin' in
a bar'l, kin come along an scare 'em
into fits, sombody had better 60 to
work and plug up de knot hsles an
put new rivets in de j'ints. "-Detr0H
free Press.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13
He Agreed.

In front of q Detroit butcher shop
yesterday a butcher sat cleaning y
revolver. 1t was q rusty old Colt
which had not been used for many
years, and was to be put in order
and traded off. A shoemaker came
along directly and observed:
"Of course there'll be an accident
Eyes: l presume So"
"It isn't loaded, it it,"
"Oh, no."
"But it will go off,"
1T will
II never see a revolver without
wanting to handle it. Let me look
at that weapon. All! Pm satisfied
now that it doesn't contain any stray
bullets. Do you suppose you
could hit my foot at that distance ?"
"Certainly I could. Now, if she
was loaded I'd take a dead sight like
that and pull the trigger and"
The shoemaker jumped two feet
high and vel ed like an Indian, and
when he came down he danced and
kicked and galloped around until
the people thought him crazy. 1t was
only after a crowd had collected and
cornered him up in the shop that
any one found out the trouble. The
butcher had put a bullet along the
sole Of his foot close enough to draw
blood.
II told you she'd 60 off" howled
the shoemaker as he satwith his foot
in his hand.
"And didn't I agree with you?" in
nocently responded the butcher
Detroit Free Press.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13
Saving the Wheat.

inst when the reapers ought tt
|. have been at work in Michigan il
was raining every day, and a dozen
times per day, and farmers were q
blue lot. Sunday cane and it was 8
clear, fair day. At Delhi, in Ing.
ham county, a fair sized congrega-
ton had gathered in a country
church to hold the usual service,
when the minister got up and said:
"Brethern, the Lord has finally
given us a fair day."
"He paused here, and a couple OF
farmers slid out.
He has given us six days to work
and M to rest, bat during the last
week you have rested six"
Here four or five more went out,
and he turned to the few left and
continues:
IA farmer who has thirty acres of
wheat aching o be reaped should re-
alize that the Lord knows that no
man can worship him on all empty
stomach"
The last farmer started for home,
and the good man looked over the
women and children and said:
"Old Mrs. Radwick is nearly blind,
and Deacon Jackson has no wheat
out. l guess the of us can visit with
the Lord so well that he won't hear
the rest of you driving the reapers
and loading the wagons" WoN
Street NeWs.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13
Tom.

Blind Tom is still as enthusiastic
over music as ever. 1t is now said
to have become such a mania with
him al to have quite unsettled his
mind. He is a curious sight as he
goes muttering and grimacing about
the streets. accompanied by his man.
ager. Every morning at a certain
time he is taken to Steinway Hall,
where he plays on grand piano for
several hours. Ifhe misses his usual
visit he is SO nervous and distracted
Throughout the day that it is i'm pos
sible to manage him. He seems to
pour forth all of his superfluous vital
ity in the two hours at his favorite in
strument. Blind Tom is a phenome-
non-nothing more or less, He has
created a great stir in his day, but be
seems to sink slowly into obscurity,
and he is now regarded as a sensation
entirely of the past:
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13
A Bow Girl.

A typical Bowery girl was leaning
against the cutter door post. She
was clean by contrast with the house
had an intelligent face, and was q
or so. She was gazing with manifest
contempt on some Eavarian women
who were still wearing the peasant
costumes il which they had made
the voyage to America. Their clothes
were neat, whole and shapely, and
texture was better than her OWL
garb; but the fashion of them was
foreign, class-indicating, and there
fore degrading, while her cheap
Jersey waist, braided skirt, cotton
mitts and striped stockings were
within six months of Fifth Avenue
current styles-Or at least in inn
mensely cheapened fashion.
"Have you got a job?" I asked.
mot this week." she replied,
"There amt nothing doing in the
shops now"
had no need to inquire what kind
of a factory she had worked in. The
stains of tobacco yellowed her ting-
ers. She was a cigarette roller.
"How much can you earn when
you have a jOb?"
:Oh,$3 or 81 a week whenI stick to
it ten hours a day; but I generally
lay off a day or two every week, and
that's bow l don't get MORN about 81.
You got anything to offer, mister"
Eyes"
"Wat's the pay?!"
Fifteen dollars a week, with good
board"
I was right in presuming that the
falsity Of my proposition would not
be discovered. though her quick lik-
ing of the terms made me doubtful
for an instant.
"What's the work, mister" she
inquired.
Taking car of a baby"
"What? Me 60 out to service.
What do you take me for? Me rig
up in nurses caps. "Pah."
The air of Free America breed a
feeling of equality in all who breathe
it; and l am not going to deny that
American respiration is the best on
earth.-NeW York Letter.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13
Dr.. Spinney,
NO. liz ST

Treats all CHI onic and Special Diseases
loUNG Men who may be suffering from the
effects of youthful iollles or indiscrction will do
well to avail! themselves of this, the grea est
boon ever laid at the altar of suffering HUMANE
ty. DR.. SP1SNEY will guarantee to .Orfelt $500
for every case of seminal weakness or private
diseases OF any kind or character which he UNI
dertakes and fails 10 cure.
MIDDIE.AGED MEN. There are many at the
age of thirty to sixty who are troubled with too
frequent evacuation Of the bladder, often ac-
companied by a slight smarting or burning SEN
sation, and a weakening of the system in a
manner the patient cannot account for. On eA-
amining the urinary deposit, a ropy sediment
will oflen be found, and sometimes small par,i-
Giles OF albumen will appear, or the color will
be OF a thin milkish hue, again changing 70 a
dark and torpid appearance. There are many
men who die OF this difficulty ignorant of the
cause, which is the second stage of seminal
weakness. DIR. S. will guarantee u perfect cure
In all such cases. and a healthy rest ration of
the genito urinary organs.
Ofhce hours-10tO 4 and 6 to s. Sundays from
10 to II a. M. Consultation free. Thorough ex-
animation and advice Us,
Call on or address,
DK. SPINNEY Il CO.,
No. IL kearney street,
4-lO-d&w'7 San Francisco, Cal.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13

CHICAGO, Oct. 9-The Tribune saws:
The Acknowledgement of the entire
population in Utah, where the au-
lhOrity of the United States is thus
deied ard subverted by the priest
hood is recommended by Governor
Murray, and is favored by leading
Gentlles. That would sweep away all
the political power of the priesthood,
and the Territory could be run by the
Federal Government, as the District
Of Columbia is managed where the
abolition of the suffrage has been fol.
lowed 10y the happiest results. When
this had been done, other steps could
be taken to break up the commercial
and industrial monopoly which the
priests are trying to build up, and to
keep them within their legitimate
function of directing the dOctrinal
life of their people. In that they
could indulge to their heart s content
in any vagaries or eccentricities that
seemed good to them. This Mormon
question must be met, and the sooner
it is settled the easier it's treatment
will be.
BUFFALO, Oct.-The opening ses
sion of the convention of the Ancient
Order of United WOrkmen opened to-
day. The Supreme Lodge of repre-
sentatives is here from nearly all sec
tions Of the country. A grand street
parade was a failure. There will be
a social in the evening,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13
Advice to Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by a sick child
suffering aud crying with pain of
cutting teeth ? If so send at once and
get a bottle of Mr.. Wjnslows' Sooth-
ing syrup for children teething. It's
value is incalculable. 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately.
Depend upon it mothers, there is no
mistake about it. It cures dysantary
and diarrh9a, regulates the stomach
and bowels, reduces Inflammation
and gives tone and energy to the
whole sytem. Mrs. Winslows'
Soothing Syrup for children teeth
ing is pleasant to the taste and is the
prescription of one of the Oldest fe-
male physicians in the United States
and is for sale by all druggists
throughout the world. Price rs cents
per bottle GIG sw1y
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13
Men aud Women IN Touqnin.

landed on the river banks and
found myself in the midst of q pOpu'
lation differing altogether from any
l had hitherto encountered over q
pretty wide portion of the globe.
Slim, diminutive creatures the Ton
quinese are. compared with whom
even the Bengalee of the Ganges
delta is q giant. But, strange to say,
the women in most cases are as come
" and fair as the men are repulsive
and ugly. But their size is ridicu-
lOus. or about the same stature as
the lfOorkhas, they on an average
weigh no more than half the sturdy
hill man. The men and women,
when the men are dressed at all, are
dressed alike. A c0lOred handker-
chief is coquettjshly tied about the
back of his head, and the other gar
ments are a long loose blouse with
wide pantaloons. 1t is difficult for
the newcomer at first to distinguish
the sexes. What is most wonderful,
however, of the costume now in FASH
ion is tLe-head dress which the bet
ter-off Tonquinese ladies wear. A
'mushroon-shaped basket" might,
perhaps, describe it, but then the
mushroom must be of the size of a
drawing-room table. Add two en-
ormous tassels pendent on either
side, and place underneath a Malay
featured, sallow-complexioned doll
of about fifty pounds weight, and
some idea NAV be formed of a Haip-
hong belle. Men aud women, as in
China, all carry fans. Indeed, l
have seen coolies, whose walking
costume was limited q a fan and the
woven substitute Of a fig Leaf which
so often suffices for clothing in the
East. In new English settlements,
after the public house which has at
tracted attention to the locality, the
firet buildings erected are generally a
church and q prison. Frenchmen
always begin with a cafe restaurant,
and so Haiphong already boasts its es-
Enlistment of that description. 1t is,
of course, the central building and
most marked feature of the place. 1t
is strange how the French not ONLY
carry their language, their manners
and their costumes with them to
their foreign possessions. but how
they communicate them also to their
subject populations. Thus, in our
cafe, we have words of French they
have learned, have acquired also in
some inexplicable manner the CO.
quettish air and gait of Persian
brasserte attendants. - Cor. London
standard.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13
Two Swell Turnouts..

It is now fashionable for New York
women to drive on the bridge. They
drive well, too. Here are a couple OF
fine girls, r0sy-cheeked ,full-muscled,
gracefully seated in a basket wagon,
one Of them driving and both of
them enjoying the rapid motion and
looking unconscious of their charm
ingly tasteful and welI-chosen toilet.
Their bonnets, Fanchons. are of
black straw, bedecked with bright
flowers, red and yellow, and the
floating punches of narrow ribbons
behind the left ear, matching the TRIM
mings. They wear jackets, black
and dark brown, and these are braid
ed. The braid is gold alternating
with black. The linen collar around
the neck is a band. The ribbon en-
circling it is narrow, bright tinted, and
tied on one side. The robe over the
lap protecting the skirts Of the dress
es is in stripes of gay color. There is
no stiffor studied air about these girls
Their hair is blown up from their
fOreheads and they handle the reins
and guide their pony with an un-
unOVuu1ON RBOCCy M
it is perfectly easy. They sit we'll
in their wagon.
One fits in a low pantheon lined
with dark blue cloth. Her coach
man and footman on the box wear
dark blue coats, white knee-breeches,
and yelIow-top boots. The carriage
roDe that covers her black silk skirt
is of a dark blue cloth stitched around
the edges with lines of yellow silk.
A little yellow skyterrier, with a red
collar and gold bell, sits on the seat
beside the lady. Its carriage coat is
of blue braided on the edge with gold.
The yellow shade of the undressed
kid gloves worn by the little dogs
mistress matches precisely the color
of her pets hair. The horses are
brown bays with black banged tails.
The harness is black leather stitched
with yellow, and brass mounted
NeW York Letter.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-13

PARIS, Oct. 0.-The Apportion1sts!,
with Waldeck ROsseau at their head.
have approved the appointment OF
General CamperOn, as minister OF
a The first evidence of his in
luence was shown bv the seizure to-
day of an anti Prussian journal. 1t
stated that Generals Sauccier and
Level had both in turn been asked
to accept the position themselves, but
had urged General CamperOn's APP
pOintment.