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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16
A Scene.

At the Union depot this morning much
merriment was excited in the baggage
Office. They have telephone.box there,
and also negro porter. The porter was
kindling fire in the stove when the in.
inclement. weather poured down upon us.
the telephone wire attracted the lightning,
which descended to the box in the baggage.
port similar to that OF q revolver, The para
phernalia Of the surroundings were do.
nolished, and Cuiiee emerged from the
room quite hastily. and in a very frightened
state Of mind.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16
Social RECOGNITION.

The reporter Of the HERALD was vouch.
safed the pleasure Of being present at the
reception rendered Miss Roberta Rosser br
Colonel Simpson, at his residence on the
corner Of Main and HARDWOOD streets, last
evening. To mention II as an ENJOYABLE
occasion. doesn't hardly convey the proper
idea Of its pleasure. Miss Rosser
10 one OF Dallas most popular ladies, and
having just returned from an slsence of
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16
A Horrible Scene In store.

bEAowooD, ILL.,, March 15.-Only 6l feet
81 water remains to be pumped out of the
diamond mines. The water now coming
out gu which must be directly from the place
Snere The bodies are bears on insuiferable
stencil, and men at the pumps are obliged
occasionally to move away from its inllu-
ence and get fresh air. From this II is sur.
n mlseq that the bodies are horribly decom.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16
NEWS BY SPECIALS.
Continued FROM First Page


BELLS, March l5.-[Special The Gass
block, consisting of three buildings, caught
fire while the proprietors and clerks were
at supper tO-nisht and burned TO the
ground. The building was occupied by NJ
Levy, OF Dallas, as general merchandise
From two-thirds to three fourths of the
stock was saved in damaged condition.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16

GRAFTON STATION, o.. March 15.-The
steam flour mill, of Mondor & Smiths,
burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000 insur-
ance, $1,000.
HARTFORD, Conn, March 15--The house
of two maiden ladies named Judson, in
East Hartford. burned this morning Both
persisted in the flames.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16
German Emigration to Mexico.

New YORK, March 15,-It has been ascer.
tanned that DR.. Bedlock, of this city, acting
as agent OF Prince Bismarck, is negotiating
for the purchase Of several million acres in
Mexico for the settlement of German emil
grants. The land selected is said to be rich
in ores and Dlantg
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16
College Grounds.

President Mum, Of the Dallas Female
college, is making quite an improvement in
the college grounds; he is having them
thoroughly ploughed. preparatory to set.
ting out Bermuda grass, and planting ornn.
mental shade trees. He contem plates hsv.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16

ing an ellipse in the centre Of the walk
fronting Bryan street, with fountain In IL
center, the city promising to extend It's
water works thereto, His corps of valuable
assistants, consisting Of twenty.four lady
boarders, have each selected plat OF
ground and will vie with each other In their
efforts to excel in Identifying and adjoining
with the rarest and choicest of flowers.
This Is a step in the right direction, and
should be encouraged and heartily en-.
dorsed by oil lovers Of the beautiful.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16
Phosphate Works Burned,

BALTIMORE, Mp, March ia fire last
night, outside the city limits, destroyed the
phosphate works of Bower & Co.'s, with
contents, The damage is estimated at
$4,000 on the buildings and machinery,
and on the stock $4,000; partially insured.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16

New YORK, March 15.-The Evening
Post says that the bonds issued by the
Northern Pacific Terminal company for
the purpose of building depots and eleva.
tors at Portland, Oregan, have all been
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16

NASHVILLE, March l5-The bill to settle
the state debt ut so cents, with 8 per cent.
interest as it came from the house OF rep.
resentatives to-day, passed the senate, and
awaits the signature of the governor.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16

bvrrEEcvH rExks Sept. 4 1SS2.
Tbs il 10 certify that We have used y0,,t
"wOSnEkuL KIGSrs' for BLACK II C
IN Cattle by giving tr0m Is % ~ dropS inter
nsliy aLsi applying externally once or TWICE IL
the p srts affected, sad II gave iuue.iiate rVsfies
\. J McLuRE W B. SIMPLICITY
A. STEWARD. WILL NcLuRE
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16
SURE CURE FOR BLAcK LEG.

BCrrEEcuf, TSxAs. Auyust2N So.
IeSsrs. Morley Bros;
GKNrgKvkN have sold ''woND sAFUL
sI'faTi 10 several OF NY Customers wao used
9 or the cure Of 81 ACk LEG " ewing
le OF two buses internally and applyins n ex.
s-uslly. Il worked like charm You, Etc.
]. s. HUTCHINSON.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16
PREFERRED NEWS.

PREFERRED NEWS.
n,ozfOrd Grew yanquishes Cambridge
',Sthe Cockney sports are Seooped'
p.oor, Of the Poisoning of Prince
GOrtscbakolf Accommodating.
,,. Diamond Mine Nearly Dry-A HOr-
~ nDlc Spectacle Anticipated.
The AeQulttal Of Dakos Brews a
Moral Hurricane.
y.u England Beginning TO Feel the
SOuth'S Prosperity.
plteOus Plea Made for Reduction
in Rates.
oDer Events Worthy of Note.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-16
Miscellaneous Foreign News.

o,Der Events Worthy of Note
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-12-14
A Prize Baby.

On an Atlantic steamer bound To-
New York, year or so ago, the usua
entertainment for the benefit of a Liv
erpool charity was projected. Their,
happened to be on board a good man,
professionals" actors and singers
who all promised to take part, excep
one, who kept aloof, and stubbornly de
clined to assist. As he was the sta
most desired, every effort was made t.
change his mind, and the committee o
arrangements at last applied to Mr.. p
L. Barnum (who was, as usual, an in
conspicuous passenger), and begged
him to labor with the reluctant singer
Mr.. Barnum undertook the mission
and after stating the case and making
his appeal, somewhat to his surprise
the man at once assented.
81 refused all these people," he said
"and 1 dislike exceedingly to take par
in this sort of entertainment, but if yoI
ask me, Mr.. Barnum, can not decline
l am glad to do anything that vii
please you"
Mr.. Barnum felt much complimented
but protested q little, when the mar
continued.
"You did me great favor once, Mr.
Barnum, and 1 never have forgotten it
You may not recall it, but l am under
obligations to you"
Why" hesitated the great show.
man, 81 must confess that don't recall
Il don't remember any circumstance
and yet your face is familiar. Ihaven'i
forgot that. Where was it we met?''
'Oh. it was thirty years ago, Mr.
Barnum. I took the first prize in you,
first baby sho,o. I've always felt CRATE.
full to you.-Harper's Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-12-14
Mr.. Jones Has an Evening at Home.

'sMaria," said Mr.. Jones as he sat
and enjoyed an evening at home-be-
cause he had no place else to go-''it
son like this''-and he looked fondly at
her-''as if Heaven and home were an
nonymous terms"
"Sin- onomous, corrected Mrs. Jones,
taking several pins and ball of Irvine
out of her mouth and placing patch
on that part of Willie's pants where it
would do the most good. ''Jeptha,
why don't you read aloud evenings, in
stead of keeping all the good things to
yourself?"
..Is reading allowed?" asked Jones,
innocently. 81 thought you preferred
t. ,alkP"
swell, I do" snapped Mrs. j.,
"when L have somebody to talk to,
which isn't very often"
.I'll read" exclaimed Jones, hurri-
eddy reversing the book he held in his
hand-'And it came to pass"
..Save that for Sunday" interrupted
Mrs. Jones. "Read some sweet thing
about home, or the friends; some poe
try. l love to hear poetry, Jephtha,
with sly wink at nobody.
Thus encouraged, Jones, who is an
amateur elocutionist and has fired the
neighborhood with his dramatic read
ings in times past, till the neighbors
threatened to fire him, seized a volume
of poetry and, in the voice that made
Freedom shrek when Kosciusco FELL"
read aloud that touching poem begin
ming:
(which shall it be, which shall 1t be,
Hooked at John-John looked at me-"
There was silence which could have
been felt with rolling pin when Jones
ceased to read, and wiped the foam
hecks from his pallid lips. and Maria
was in tears.
81 know you've wakened the boys"
she said. in voice that sounded small
and still after his. '.and they'll want
drink"
"The childrenp' murmured Jones,
with fixed eyes, 1.-THE dear, sweet chill
dren! M-M-Maria, do we 'preciate
these dear ones Is we ought to?"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-12-14
Memorable Prices for Hops.

One of the largest hop dealers In this
city said yesterday: 1.-The hop season OF
1882 and 1883 is one which will long be
remembered, especially on account OF
the extraordinary fluctuations from the
middle of May, 1882, down to the LIST OF
September, 1883. A greater calamity
could not possibly have happened to the
American hop growers, for while few
profited by the fluctuations very large
majority of growers lost in the end.
Thousands of farmers have increased
their hop acreage, and thousands who
never before grew hops have COMO into
hop raising. The American growers
who think that the farmers in England
and on the Continent of Europe have
been oblivious to the situation will
awaken from their delusion some day.
"For instance, the uniform price fol
choice hops in New York for several
weeks prior to March 10, 1882, wa,
twenty-five cents pound. Then the
market advanced slowly until August
IL, when the price quoted was fifty
cents pound, After that the price ad.
vanced about five cents pound every
week until November 10, when it was
S1.10 pound. They renamed at thi,
figure until November "a, when values
began to decline about five cents o
pound week until January 5, 1883,
when there was another rally, and the
price went up to 81 pound. Here il
remained for several weeks, when an.
other decline set in and continued to
August 3, at which time twenty-eighf
cents pound was reached.
"Then the price advanced to thirty.
three cents pound, and so remained
for a week or two, when it began to de.
cline again, and hops are now quoted
at from eighteen to twenty-five cents
pound, according to quality.
"The true cause of the very high
prices was not the failure of the Eng.
lish crop, as was generally supposed,
but it can be laid at the door of the spec.
ulators. There was no better reason fol
hops going up to dollar pound thar
there was for potatoes to 60 up to fifty
dollars barrel.
"We may not have grown as large
crop this year as was expected, owing
to the three months drought on the Pa.
cifc slope and to the setting out of new
fields last spring, which will not come
into full bearing until next season, but
if we have favorable crop for 1884 and
1885 farmers may stand from under"
NJ Y. San.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-12-14
Valuable for Tea.Drinkers,

1t is well known that the green tea
affects the nerves much more than the
black tea, which is believed to rise from
the different mode of preparation. For
making green tea the leaves are put
over the fire and partially dried directly
they are picked. but with black tea the
leaves are putinto a basket and then ex-
posed to the influence of the atmosphere
for twenty or thirty hours, during which
time slight fermentation takes place,
and the color of the leaf changes from
green to a brown or chocolate hue (this
is easily seen by the infusion of the
dried leaf of black and green tea; the
leaf after infusion will show the differ
ent colors named); they are then put
over the fire and finished. In this
country about 215,0O0,O0O pounds are
delivered yearly, ofwhich about 10000
900 are exported, but the proportions
are about 2O7,OOO,OOO of black and
1000, 900 of green. Oolong, and Japan.
While in America the black tea import
ed is about 5,250,000, the green tea lin
GLIDING Oolong and uncolored Japan
tea. which possess nearly the same
properties as green) amount to S,000,-
900. Would not this excessive use of
green account for the opinion of the
American doctors as to the effect of tea
on the nervous system9 1 doubt very
mu9h if a pound of black tea, boiled
down in the same way as the young
hyson mentioned, would poison either
rabbits or cats with the same dose.
There is no doubt the fermentation OF
the leaves. of black, tea reduces the
amount of the active principal ''theine"
that you find in green.
Another thing; in preparing tea for
the table, boiling water is put ON the
leaf and an infusion made which is at
once partaken of. But whoever would
think of boiling tea to drink? By SO do
ing you extract from the stalk and
woody fiber of the leaf an acid decOction'
that no one would find pleasure in TAX
ing, and from which woody part would
be most likely extracted the poisonout
qualities mentioned. In tea-drinkine
European countries, rs Germany, Rus
sia, etc, scarcely any green is used,
and doubtless the great increase in the
in this country arises from
tHc ainuost uHiNetSai use oI Uldck Tea,
green being only used in mixing with il
to impart flavor. and while of late
years the consumption of black tea has
largely increased, that of green has
stationary, which clearly
shows the taste in this country is en-
tirely different from that in America.
May we long continue in this country to
oniOy "the Gun which cheers but not
Cor. Pdll-MaH Gazette.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-12-14
PITH AND POINT.

The best recipe in the world for
making buckwheat cakes is the one
which tells the poor man how to get the
buckwheat.-N 2. Herald.
One of the first things new rail-
road acquires is deficit. We don't
know what it is used for, but it's part
of the equipment the first year.-Bar-
l,ngton Has0keye.
The New Orleans Rcayune thinks
"Good common sense is better than a
college education" Of course it is,
and a good deal rarer and much harder
to get.-Boston Transcript.
Our national paper currency is said
to be poisonous from being colored with
arsenic. That's where the poor editors
revenge comes in. He doesn't have to
handle the burlington Free
Press.
."My son." said old Precept, .'don't
take to writing poetry. When 1 was
young, like you, l was smitten with. q
beautiful creature, and wrote her
poem. never saw her again.-Boston
Times.
"A man will burn his fingers light
ing a cigar with a piece of paper and
make no fuss about it, but when his wife
asks him to set the tea-kettle over, and
he takes hold of the warm handle, he Is
mad enough to wreck the kitchen
Detroit Post. -
The owner of . pair of bright eyes
says that the prettiest compliment she
ever received came from a child Of four
years. The little fellow, after looking
lntently at her eyes a moment, inquired
naively: care your eyes new ones?''
"A Kansas miller drowned himself
in his mill-pond because q dam he had
Just built failed to collect water enough
10 turn the wheel. He exhibited good
sense. Some men would have GONG
home and jawed their wives and kicked
the dog clear across the room.-Norrisl
tot0n Herald.
-"Befo' you am broke up ober . gal
who plays the pianner, talks French,
paints n'scapes, an reads poetry, jist
sit down an fgger who am to cook yer
meat an taters, patch yer close, darn
yer socks, an help yer make $12 buy
BIS worth of things. ''-Brotber Gard
ner, in Detroit Free Press.
"A lawyer upon circuit in Ireland.
who was pleading the cause of an infant
plaintiff, took the child up in his arms
and presented it to the jury suffused
with tears. This had q great effect, un-
til the oppoAite lawyer asked the child,
''What makes you cry?" He pinched
me-" answered the little innocent. The
whole court was convulsed with laugh-
ter.
-'.No, am not honest" says Scrib-
bins; ''but l am dishonest from the best
of motives. Suppose man pays me
forty dollars instead Of thirty, and it's
mistake he might never discover. If !
give him back the ten dollars, he win
say to himself, There is an honest per-
son. The world is not so bad, after all.
This will give him confidence in man.
kind, and the next man he deals with
may cheat him out of his eyes. No. sir.
/ don't want to give any man conf
dence; it might wreck his whole fortune
l don't want my fellow beings cheated,
and must continue to do nothing that
will put them of their guard. "-Leuis.
vile Courier-JoursG.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-12-14

'.I do" said Mrs. Jones, shortly. 81
hear them talking now-where's my
slipperP"
soul was melted within him by his eff
forts in the line of elocution, II will e
and see if the innocent darlings need
anything" And he went up stairs soft
ly, repeating with q Salyini-Rossi- Bootf
effect:
(which shall it be, which shall It be7
looked at John-John looked at mo-
The ''innocent darlings'' heard hin
coming, and, desisting from pillow
fight in which they were engaged, they
buried their heads in the sheets anC
were instantly sound asleep. looking
like dimpled cherubs, with an coca
sional snore to assert their relation to
the human. Jones wiped the salt tears
of love and elocution from his eyes, and
bent fondly over them; then he crepl
out and waited moment in the hall tc
listen to their gentle breathing; sudden.
ly it ceased.
Then a dreadful suspicion haunted
Jenes-they had been playing 'possum
the little wretches; he waited.
"Is the old man gomez" wers the
words of Cherub No. 1, as soon Is be
got the sheet out Of his mouth.
"Yep,' answered Cherub No. q
He was a-crying, Willie. Amt he 8
duffer, thought"
"I'll strike him for five cents to.
morrow; see if don'tr'
"Oh, he'll be himself again to-mor.
row, Willie; he'll stamp around and
say: Get out of my way, little imps,
just as he allus does. I don't take nc
stock in him, l don't"
"Let's play we was pa" suggested
Willie "Where's them boys? PU teach
them to touch my paper! PH tan theii
hides for 'em! RI show 'em who:
master in this house!'
When Jones got back to the sitting
room his face was red-very red-and
his eyes wore a vengeful glare. Mrs.
Jones looked up at him as he stalked in.
and asked, innOcently:
"'Switch shall it be, switch shall il
beP"
"Bothr' shouted the enraged parent.
"Of all the unruly brats l ever saw,
do think, Maria, ours are the worst. III
lather them both tomorrow. "-Detroii
Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-12-14

About two o'clock one afternoon re-
Gently. a perfect mirage was visible
from New London. Conn, in the south.
earn and southwestern horizon for &
few minutes. Race Rock Lighthouse
was duplicated in the atmosphere above
it, every line and angle clearly depictec
but in an inverted position. Tive
schooners were seen reflected over
Fishers Island Sound long before the
originals came in view These wer,
also inverted, but every spar and ropt
was as well defined as If thrown ou
from mirror. Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-12-14
THE PEDAGoGUEs LAMENT

with features haggard and thin:
eF With weary, disconsolate air,
"A school teacher sat i'm the twilight dim
Mid the scenes of his toll and care.
Work-wOrk-work-
Contentment fated to miss;
And stih as the shadows deeper grow,
He talked to himself like this:
Drive! drivel drfvel
When the sun shines over the trees,
And drive, drive, drive,
~ When he bends towards the western seas
And its oh. TO be the stick
That holds up peanut stand,
With never a heart to futter and beat
Than to teach in Christian land. -
Drivel drivel drivel
TIL wearied and out of BREATH
And drive-drive-drive-
Till patience is worried to deathi
Boys and bother and books.
Books and bother and boys.
Till over the clatter I'd fall asleep,
But am kept awake by the noise.
sOh-mothers with children small!
Oh parents with girls and boysl
1t isn't your clothes you are wearing out
But fellow creature joysi
: At work. work, work
In the mill of n district school;
Grinding the future for veal for woe
OF the scholar as well as the fool,
. But why do I speak of a fool,
-. That notified drowsy elf?
neednt turn up my nose at him;
feel like fool myself.
1feel Ike fool myself,
Because of the school 1 keep;
oh Heaven! that labor the highest of all
Should be held by man so cheap!
.Drivel drive! drive.
My work is never through;
And what are its wages? paltry sum
vi copper-a smile or two
From the few who know, and a hundred
more
OF looks of the meat-ax kind
From the many who think / am pining
For a piece of their brilliant mind.
Drivel drive, drive!
: From nine o'clock until four!
Then work-work-work-
Until nine has come once morei
Books and bother and boys
Boys and bother and books
TIL my face gets red and my nose gets
chalked
AndI long for home with the rocks!
DriveI drive, drive,
When the winds of December blow,
And driye-drive-drive-
When June has melted the snow!
And over the window pane
The flies and the spiders crawl
/. As if TO show me how free they are
And make me envy them ALL
oh but TO be again
The smallest among the small!
In little log school-house that memory
holds,
To gaze at its plastered wall
For only minute or two
To feel as / used to feel
When the schoolmarn was looking the
other way
:" And munched an orange peeli
Oh! for one glad, free hour
Like those remember of old!
No blessed leisure for swapping knives
have only time to scold!
1t would do me good, believe
To ''wallop" some urchin well,
Ii only in memory of the time
When broke the schoolmarm's bell
With feature haggard and thin
With weary, disconsolate air
"A school-teacher sat in the twilight dim,
Mid the scenes of his toll and care.
Work. work! work!
Contentment fated to miss,
And still as the shadows deeper grew,
Would that his words might reach few
He talked to himself like this.
Burlington HdUkeye
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-12-14

"A New York paper complains that
the foot-passengers on the Brooklyn
bridge are beginning to fall of, and
and wonders what Is to be done about
it. How would it do to build the rail.
ings higherp-Indianopolis Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-12-14

NO matter how long a man may
have been called Bill. he rises to the
dignity of William when he comes in fol
500. There is good deal Of lift tt
money! Chicago later Ocean.