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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-25

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Elm street.
Coloring, cleaning and repairing gem
tlemon's fine suits a specially, Piumos
dyod aud Uurlcd equal tn new. suits
secured, aud dresses cleaned and dyed.
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-25

Ladies', YOU will hud it 10 your interest
to call nj nauman's AMI treat yourself TO
one of those lovely white embroidered
suits, which are being sold ut half their
original value,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-25

CartwhpCls, cartwhools, cartwhoels IN
black, cream, white, tan aud drab, trim
med and wutrimmed, at II. Bauman's
TtB elm street
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-25
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-10-31
What this Fight Means.

This is not solely fight of the Demo-
cratic party against tho Republican party,
but fight of Democrats and Republi-
cans against putting Blaineism in power,
which men of both parties regard us the
greatest evil now threatening this coun-
try.
On the one hand is Cleveland. nomi-
mated by the best men of the Democratic
party against the opposition Of its worse
elements, and supported now by the best
men and journals of the Republican
party. On the other hand stands Blaine,
nominated by the worst elements and the
most malign influences in the Ropubl-
can party over the protests of many Of
its best aud wises. members, supported
now by all the evil influences and wicked
men party twenty-five years in power
has under its banners. The men who
laid the foundation of the Republican
party, who gave it its prestige and are
responsible far whatever Of good there
is in its history, are not supporting
Blaine. The patriots Of the Republican
party, its statesmen, are not Blaine men
in this contest Their voice is not heard
in the land in his advocacy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-10-31

The Republican managers recently
appealed to Hon Roscoe Conkling to
make few speeches in defense Of Mr..
Blaine. Mr. Conklng declined, saying
that he was not in criminal practice.
With all his faults, the distinguished
Now York lawyer has ever been an hon
est man, and his honesty revolts at
Blaine
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-10-31

The Central Organization Of Labor
Unions has now recognized Gov. Clcve-
land as the friend, tho ally and the rep
resentative Of the people. Last week
at meeting Of the National Labor
party in New York City the following
resolutions were adopted:
ReSoioed, That committee Of ton be
appointed to prepare circular to all the
trade and labor organizations Of the coun-
try, notifying them that, after investiga-
ton by the National Labor party, they
find the charge to be true that James G.
Blaine was a stakeholder in the Hook
ing Valley Coal and Iron Company, and
also in the Standard Iron and Coal Com
pany, which companies discharged snion
laborcrs and employed imported Hun
garian laborcrs at 80 cents day, and
their wives and children at Is cents q
day, to take their place, and also en-
ployed Pinkcrton's police to shoot the
union miners down it they resisted this
employment of pauper labor.
Resolved, That we urge all friends OF
honest labor and American labor to work
and vote against James G.. Blaine as the
enemy Of honest labor and false and
dishonest protectionist.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-10-31
Infamous Campaign Methods.

The history Of political parties, not
only in the United States but in oil other
countries where elections are held, would
be searched in vain for any parallel to
the baseness Of the treatment accorded
Grover Cleveland by the Blaine party
in this campaign.
All the proprieties that have hitherto
obtained even 10 the most exciting po-
litical contests have been set at naught.
The hood-gates Of Islander have been
kept wide open. Hired liars by the
hundred have been kept busy in the man.
ufacturo and dissemination of dastardly
calumnics The Blaine press, with few
exceptions, has reeked with filth, and
men "clothed with the livery of Heaven
to serve the devil in have wallowed
through the sums to gather patches and
shreds Of calumny to sell to the Blaine
managers.
There is no excuse, apology or provo
cation for this onslaught. The Demo-
cratic press has not given publicity to
personal or domestic scandals affecting
Mr. Blaine. One Democratic paper,
finding such scandal IN the columns Of
at least two Blaine organs, printed Il ed
itorially. but the act was i7stAntiye62.
demncd by the Democratic managers
aud the rarty at large. As to the charges
affecting Mr. Blalne's public and official
11-'fte, they YSre originally brought out BY
Republicans themselves, and no one will
pretend that tho publication of these
charges invites or justifies the course
pursued by Blaine in the war on Grover
Cleveland
While all this has been going on.
Gov. Cleveland has been quietly and
faithfully attending to the duties of the
high station to which he was called by
the almost unanimous voice of the poo
pie of New York. No manlier man has
ever honored the American name than
Gov. Cleveland has shown himself to be
during tho weeks aud months 10 which
the organs and the agents Of the Blaine
party have been sedulously seeking to
defame him.
The vote Of the 4th proximo will show
that the American people are not ready
to crown in!amy with success by elect.
ing the candidate whose campaign has
been bold and insolent defiance Of pub
lie opinion and comm on decency. Wash.
Post.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-10-31
q o etieal.
REVEILLE.

The golden gates of morn are wide;
On every blade the dews are bright;
The azure veil is drawn to hide
The awful glories of the night;
The roses each to each have told,
Another sun will soon be seen
And shall not my light beholdP
Make day for income forth my Queen
The tale the river told all night
Has taken now gladder strain;
The flowers, as eager for thy sight,
With odors seek thy window.pane
The Jasmine tells thee, Light has come,
Aud waves across the lattice SCREEN
And shall thy voice be longer dumbP
Make music for my heart, my Queen.
In shade as yet, the eastern hill
Stands sharp against the yellow sky,
Thsbun,Ss woods are sleeping still,
And white mists in the valley lie.
But westward slopes are all awake
With change and play of softer green;
0 Love, my summer morning make,
IT'S time for dly-shine forth, my Queen
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-10-31

Ia his clectionecring speeches along
the railways that lead to tho golden sun
set, james Guilty Blaine had n great
deal to say about American citizenship.
A few years ago, when Mr.. Blaine was
helping to manage the Know-Nothing
party 10 the State of Maine, his idea OF
American citizenship was little mar
rover than it is at present. He held
then that no man was fit for citizenship
in this republic who was not born upon
this virgin soil. He would have ex-
cluded from the privilege of voting and
holding Office the man so unfortunate as
to be born in a foreign land.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-10-31

unprejudiced. clcar-thinking man can
without difficulty decide for himself
which way his interests lie.
GARNsToNE.
Germantown, Nd. a.. r3tU
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-10-31

The Portland (Me } Argus is positive
in its assertion that Blaine assisted Il.
G. u. Judson in organizing Know. Moth
ing lodges in Maine in 1855, and justly
concludes that, in spite of Majors feeble
denials, "thc people will believe Ned
Buntline, for Blaine's reputation for
truth aud vcracity is bad" This "repu-
tation," by the by, extends considers
bly, beyond the borders Of Blaine's home.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-13
A Grocer's Story.

I had much to learn concerning the
tricks of men when / began business and
at the end of my first year I found that,
although my business had been brisk and
the books showed large receipts, my
profits were small. / could not under
stand it for some time. l was quite GER
tain that my clerks were honest and that
there was no leak in the money drawer.
l began to watch my business more
closely than ever, and soon found out the
cause of my losses. From the start | had
instructed my clerks to give samples of
our goods to such customers as asked for
them. / did not think there was any
better way of advertising the quality of
the wares l dealt in. When | came to
investigate the matter l found that the
samples given away during the week often
amounted to twenty or thirty dollars. /
also found that amajority of those people
who obtained samples never p%atronized
my store at all. ~Oninquiry ascertained
that there were several families living in
the vicinity who had succeeded in getting
enough tea and coffee from my clerks, as
samples, to keep them well supplied with
these Injuries for the entire year. That
made me mad, and I at once issued orders
to my employees not to give out any more
samples except to customers of establish
ed honesty. In this way l stopped the
leak in my profits. Another set of people
also give US trouble-the petty thieves.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-13
The Terns NesfOr.

The hester in Texas says a Big
Springs letter, is a cattle kings neigh
Dor, but between them there is a wide
gap in rank. A a may own a sec
ton of Land and have fifty, one hum
bred or two hundred head Of cattle,
but he is only a hester. His 900 acres
may be worth 80, SIS, SO an acre, and
with his stock his possessions may
foot from $4,000 to $4,000, but he
nevertheless is a hester. His land is
ga farm" and his stock ga bunch"
When he counts his pasture, owned, or
leased, by the section instead of by the
acre, then he has got "a range" and
when his stock is turned on by the
thousand instead of by the hundred
head he has ga herd" Then he is a
genuine cowman. He joins a live
stock association. He has his brand
known and recognized from the Rio
Grande to the top tier of Panhandle
counties. Whea he goes to the city
the apers prefer to him as MIR. So-and-
so, the cattle king.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-13

rich other men will envy me. 1 will
eat the yellow apple" And he did SO.
The old man laughed with toothless
mouth, and exclaimed. "Good youth
In sooth thou hast chosen the better
part. What need hast thou of the
white apple? Thou art already wiser
than Solomon. Nor modest thou the
red apple either. Thou wilt be rich
enough without it, and none will envy
thee" Venerable sage" responded
Giafar, "deign to indicate to me the
dwelling of the august mother Of the
Commander of the Faithful. The old
man bowed to the ground and showed
the way. And Giafar became the
greatest subject in Bagdad.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-13
The Three AppEes.

Oneof Turgenieff, the Russian novel
list latest tales has. shreWd touch of
humor. He recounts how Giafar, the
renowned Vizier of Haroun Alraschid,
while yet young and undistinguished,
rescued a mysterious old man from
assassins, and afterWard visited the old
man at his request. The old man took
Giafar by the hand and led him into .
garden enclosed by high walls, in the
midst of which grew a strange tree. in
semblance like a cypress, only its
leaves were Of an azure hue, Upon
the tree hung three apples-one of
longish shape, and white as milk; the
econd, round and red; the third,
little, shriyelled, and yellow. youth
said the old man, .pluck and eat one
OF these apples. If thou eatest the
white. thou wilt be the Wisest of men;
If the red. thou wilt be the richest; if
the yellow, thou wilt be singularly ac-
ceptable to old women. But make
apeed-the charm loses its virtue with
In an hour Giafar ruminated with
much perplexisy. sIf / know every
thliag, thought 10, Al shah know more
lhan Is good for me; 4 I become too
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-13
Pionas7 Girls Of the Plains.

In travelling over the prairies, one now
and then comes across a lonely shack,
which, with it's surroundings, wears an
aspect of neatness which distinguishes it
from the average carelessly thrown to-
gether shanty, that sufices to prove the
claimants right to the title of proprietor
of 100 acres surrounding. If of boards,
the cracks are carefully battened with
lath; if of logs the crevices are closely
plastered with mud; hardy morning
glories cling around the doorway and
creep along the humble caves, while
small plats smiling with %violets, larkspur,
lovebell and honeysuckle, transplanted
from the prairie, hover around the mod
spirit that rules within.
The novelty of their situation seems to
charm these women pioneers; their face
and form are the embodiments of happi-
ness and health; they as hastily enjoy a
tramp over the prairie in search of the
boundary lines of their claim, as the
society girl enjoys a trip in a dog cart or
a sail on the lake. They become adebts
in the use of rifle and shotgun they learn
to handle the harvester as deity as their
mascu line neighbors and ride the sulky
pillow with as much grace as her refined
sister would ornament a t~risicle. The
majority of these pioneers are school-mis-
~tresses, who pursue their Greek, Latin,
astronomy, botany or chemistry during
their leisure moments in their prairie
home during the summer, and pursue their
vocation in village or city school room
during the winter months. Thus they
preserve their health, keep up their
studies, and slowly but surely build up
for themselves a home that they can
point to with just pride as the fruit of
their own labor.
The hardships and trials which these
brave little pioneers undergo are enough
to shake the courage of the sterner sex
Mrs. Ball, a young widow, came to the
territory two years ago, built her claim
shack which was twice blown away by
tornadoes, and once burned to the ground,
but through her indomitable will she is
still there. and says she is bound to stay.
Miss Nellie Uline, daughter of Col.
Uline, of Chicago, has her homestead
near Devils Lake, is a ~tircless pedestri-
enne, a crack rifle shot, and possesses ac-
complishments that fit her for the lead
ership of any refined society in which
she may move. Miss Hoover, the Misses
Pringle, Miss Flynn, Miss Bruce, Miss
Marks, Miss Olson, Miss Shottwell and
the Misses Phelps, who, through their
pluck and perseverance, have gained a
fine homestead and built up a little for
tune of SO, 900. and are but a few of the
great army Of women who deserve the
highest praise for their fortitude and de-
termination.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-13
More Bangs.

u is rumored that bangs are surely
gang out of fashion this spring, and that
the hair will be worn brushed plainly
back from the forehead. While bangs
are not necessary for women who possess
low, pretty foreheads, they are an abso-
lutte necessity for women who possess
high, ugly foreheads. There can be no
denying the fact that when the hair is ar
ranged prettily and becomingly over the
forehead, it greatly softens the outlines
of the face and lends an additional charm
to it. 1t is all nonsense for people to say
that the most sensible women wear their
hair brushed smoothly back from their
brows. The most sensible women are
those who know what is becoming to
them. II they look well with their hair
banged or curled, they wearit SO if they
do Not, they fail to follow the prevailing
fashion, and dress their hair plainly.
The Grecian coil has gone entirely out of
fashion except for street wear. 1t is
almost impossible to wear the hair on the
top of ones head with the fashionable
hat of the period. Very few ornaments
are worn in the hair. Those that are
worn are mostly silver or amber hairpins.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-13
Japan Tea.

Japan tea is not a favorite in these
days." said a grocer. "Ten years ago a
rage in its favor set in, and the Japan.
ese tea was called for on all sides. But
it fell out of public favor as speedily
as it came in. Why? 1t had not
enough Of merit to keep it in. The
first lots we got from Japan were
choice in quality, because the growth
was small and great attention was
paid to its culture. with hopes for the
future. But the demand increased in
a few jumps, care was abandoned by
the growers and the only object was
to fill the orders. Consequently the
Japanese tea that found it's way to the
American market was a sorry lot. Tea
lovers soon found it out and the Chi,
nese tea was taken again and found
much better. Not only were the old
and tough leaves Of the tea plant pick
ed at all times of the year, instead of
the young green mes of the spring
season, but Western leaves were mix
ed in with them. When the Japan
tea first came here the dried leaves had
a delicate olive tint and were long and
Wiry. Now they are broken and range
in color from black to yellow, the re-
suit of artificial colorings with various
blues, gypsum and soapstone."
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-13
The Chinese Fire Lo.c.

When the French troops made the
first and unsuccessful advance against
Sontay, some Importance was attached
by the special correspondents of the
English papers to the circumstance
hat the Black Flags apparently fired
low. 1t was pointed out that most Of
the bullet wounds received by the
French soldiers were found in the legs
and lower parts of their bodies. OF
course the practice of firing low is one
strongly urged upon troops, a shower
of bullets being much more effective if
fired low, even if it strikes the ground
in front of the advancing hostile force,
than it would be if sent into the air
over the heads of the approaching enc
my. But we heard a rather interest
ing explanation of the reason why the
Black Flags and their allies fire low
expressed the other day by n who
has had a great amount of experience
with Chinese troops. He said that
the bulk of the Chinese had no idea of
the use of the sights on the rifles, and
it was almost useless to attempt to
teach them the value of such contri,
vances. Thus, a Chinese soldier,
armed with a modern rifle, would never
think of raising the sight of his weapon
when he was called upon to use it, es
pecially in the face of an enemy. HI
would fire at an object six hundred
yards off with the sight down, the con-
sequences being that, the muzzle of
the rifle not receiving the necessary
elevation to carry the bullet owe a
long distance, the ball would strike CT
descend very close to the ground
before it reached its destination. II
was also asserted that some Of the Chi,
nese soldiers actually knocked tia
sights off their rifles as being useless.
We need hardly say that the Chinese
can never become effective soldiers Tin.
til they appreciate the value of sight,
ing the rifles; and the circumstances
we have narrated will go AS further
proof of the miserable condition of the
Chinese forces; the supineness and in.
competency of the officers, and the ill
prepared state of Chinese armies to re.
sist European troops.-Japan Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-13
How to Prevent Fires.

The following simple precautions if
strictly followed would prevent a great
many destructive fires. The rules might
be posted in ever store, dwelling and fac
tory with good results:
The leading causes of fires are kerosene
oil, matches and furnaces.
1. Always buy the best quality of oil.
2. Never make a sudden motion with
a lamp either in lifting or setting down.
3. Never place a lamp On the edge Of
a table or mantel.
4. Never fill a lamp after dark, ever if
you should have to go without a light.
S. See that the lamp wicks are always
clean and that they work freely in the
tube.
6. Never blow out a lamp from the top.
Z. Never take a lamp to closet where
there are clothes. If necessary to go to
a closet, place the light at a distance.
s. Use candles just as much as possible
in going about the house and in bed
rooms. They are cheaper, can't explode,
and for very many purposes are just as
good as lamps.
8. Matches should always be kept in
earthen jars or tin boxes.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-09-13
RouaI Elephant Fiahts.

a royal Elephant II yh3 ia B ur-
nah is thus described: aThere were
fifteen elephants on a side. A pair of
aem are never started alone at a
light The fights are always arranged
for the amusement Of the mobiles, and
are great events. The battle is terrific.
The elephants are given toddy, nade
out of the fermented juice of the palm.
which they drink out of buckets.
Jersey lightning is like water compar-
ed to the stuff. rs makes the elephants
reed and tumble about like drunken
men. They snort and trumpet and
create a terrible racket. In the fight
at Theyatmo the mahouts or drivers
ssraddled their necks and urged them
pn. The beasts had been maddened
BIZ prodding and beating and rushed
ii each other like mad. There were
some that wheeled around and ran
way, but those that kept on made
the earth shake when they came to-
gether. They ran right into each
Dther. They locked tusks, and gored
ind lashed one another with their
trunks Taaks were run into elephant
shoulders six OF eight inches. The
lights III India are the same. of course
III Burmah fights take place between
elephants and tigers. King Thebau
has men dgllt tigers. The Burmese
Ii power are cruel. One king used to
make the people lie down for his pony
To walk oyeT.1