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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

THE nomination of IENpRrcKs is an
assurance that Indiana will cast her
vote this fail with the Democratic party.
No doubt the Republicans will resort 10
their old tricks of importing colored
voters from the South to all the doubtful
States along the border, but they will be
fortunate If they can utilize them at the
polls over the eternal vigilance of tho
Democrats.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

BLAINE's letter Of acceptance may be
looked for now at any day. He has
been waiting the action of the National
Democratic convention before indicting
ms reply TO the committee. In II he will
not probably refer TO the MULLIuAx lot
tiers.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

The San Augustine County convcn.
ton Instructed their delegates to cnst
the vote of the county for Hon. JouS A.
REAGAN for Congress, and for Superin.
tendent of Education, some person who
IS qualified by thorough education and
practical experience as teacher.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

CHATTANOOGA, July ia fire on
Market street caused loss OF 10000.
The principal loosers aro w. Hyder,
Sellion, Samuels Il Co., shelton a How.
ard, Henry Strieltz, the Western Union
telegraph company and Mrs. Weaver.
The amount of insurance In unknown.
rho Western Union people saved only
their battery room. ''
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

THs race for county offices in this
county willbe free to all, the Executive
committee on last Saturday deciding
that none but Democrats could be
elected, and the voters could deter
mine the best men without the aid of a
convention.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

Hon. S. S. Cox, who is member of
Tammany society, says that organize
ton will give CLEVELAND hearty sup
port, Notwithstanding the opposition
offered in Chicago.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

The cattle syndicates will pay fomr
twenty to fifty cents rent for school
lands just as readily as they now pay
eight cents. They are worth that amount
and they should rent for nothing less.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

Hon. 7. a. HENDRICKS speech be fore
the monster ratification meeting at In.
annapolis, delivered Saturday night,
partly published yesterday and con
clnded this morning, is nearly an exc
gesis of the situation.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

THIS Is the season when collegiate
graduates are ripe. They are hunting for
soft places, and at least ninety-nine out
of every hundred want to read law or
edit paper.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

The Fort Worth and Dallas base ball
clnbs played tho third game of the
series yesterday afternoon nj tho fa,r
GROUNDS. a fair sized audience was In
attendance. Tho game resgltod as foi
W.. DIZZY. ~ 10y. lYar,h. h.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

Two or three free-grass organs in the
interests of tho syndicates are doing
nearly all the talking on that side of the
question. The articles they publish are
long and prosy and one is repetition of
another, They are written
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

ARE MAKING STRENUOUS EFFORTS

10 place inducements before the public that will satisfy all visiting he.
and make their visit profitable one LISA tying task to 90 hnS
Panenb and pick out such goods which may in time lose IN pr n
count Of their extreme style coO and teapndnp when we M
shelves handsome new goods Of which We have bought too nanh ,t
That We may have to carry them another season. offer them al a,
loss must be made # not noH then perrin apps later on EVERYBODY KIM
first loss the HgsSt and therefore prefer do some cutting
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14
MONDAY, JULY 1884.

THE Republicans are regreting that
the Democrats made the "mistake" in
Chicago. 1t was terrible "mistake" for
BLAINE and his party.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

"With many a winding bout
Oflinked sweetness long drawn out.
With wanton heed and giddy cunning"
But their sophistry and appeals fall with
very little force on the minds of the peo-
pie, who think the columns of the papers
could be better filled.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14
Weather I,ennrt-

GALVESTON, July lI.-Followmg is the
weather report for the cotton belt. furnished
by the United states Signal Service. nctlnu Am
conjunction WITH tho rnllNnNs. - so
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14

mrnE Terrell Star. wants free beef
NIL gn, why !, not. noti The cattle belong to the
IVY % tue lafiai N Che s-ass be.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-14
RIdIITN0w RATHER THAN WAIT UNTIL THE GOODS GET old
Examine These PrceS--- Then Come and See HeGI
HOSIERY.

numbe
low They appreciated I,v m
hosiery and IIe o
iS'n"keahd choice colors eseln '' AiVF
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04
Chased by a Spider.

The king of the spiders on the pam
pas is not Mygale, but Lycosa OF
extraordinary size. light gray in color.
with black ring around its middle.
1t is active and swift, and irritable TO
such degree that one can scarcely
help thinking that in this species
nature has overshot her mark. When
a person passes near one. say within
three or four yards of its lurking-place,
it starts up and gives chase. and will
often follow for distance of thirty or
forty yards. l came once very nearly
being bitten by one of these savage
creatures. Riding at an easy trot over
the dry grass, suddenly observed a
spider pursuing me, leaping swiftly
along and keeping up with my beast
/ aimed blow with my whip, and the
point of the lash struck the ground
close to it. when 1t instantly leaped
upon and ran up the lash, and was
within three or four inches of my hand
when flung tho whip from me. The
gauchos have very quaint ballad
which tells that the city of Cordova
was once invaded by an army of mon
strous spiders, and that the townspeo-
pie went out, with beating drums and
flags flying. to repel the invasion. and
after firing several volleys they were
forced to turn and fly for their lives l
have no doubt that q sudden great in
crease of the man-chasing spiders. in a
year exceptionally favorable to them.
suggested this tale to some rhyming
satirist of the town. - Gentleman s
MQOuzine
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04
The Women Who Buy Shoes.

An old shoe clerk says: "a woman
buying shoes will not be reasoned with.
Americans, like the French, have al
ways had q reputation for short feet
not small feet, mind you, but short
feet. with full ankle, broad toes, and
archlng instep. Naturally enough they
have been desirous of maintaining this
reputation. and they still cling to the
belief that small shoes make small feet
smaller. Whether the shoes are for
herself, her grown daughter, any of
their children, or even tho babe in
arms, she insists that they must lit in
length and width. The result is, her
own feet are deformed with bunions,
protruding joints and such swelling
from distorted toes and ingrowing
nails as make her existence-in walk
ing boot-a perfect penance. Poor
baby, who grows and crows by the day,
has shoe the exact length of his little
foot. But the foot not only works down
but grows down also; there is no room
for the lengthening toes, SO the joints
are pushed up and there is lateral
expansion instead of q pushing down.
The consequence is the foot becomes
broad, the toes are cramped, tho heel
flatteued, ankle thickened, and the nat
ural beauty of that organ lost. This
Is all the fault of the mother, who will
not buy the child's shoe long enough"
-GticdgO Irib1Lle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04
CourtsIIip in California.

A story from Haywards, Alameda
county, where romances flourish like
the bay. recites that Peter Mussen is a
chicken-pcddler, and that he loved the
Widow Wrider. who lives on the
mountain road. not far from Haywards.
She is buXom dame of 26 years, and
the pcddlcr cOurted her bravely. but
she would and she would not, until the
amOrous chicken merchant nearly went
out of his mind, such rs it is. He did
the next best thing. and sought the lair
of San Francisco clairVoyant. As
may be readily believed, the prophet
ess was ready enough with 4 solution
of the difficulty. Her declaration was
that Mrs. Wrlder was desperately in
love with man with side-whiskers.
Mussen's cheeks are as bare as
pumpkin, so he borrowed q side-whisk-
cred mask and Il shotgun, and skulked
down by the widow house one Sunday
evening recently. He listened outside
the door, and when he heard Mrs.
Wrider tell her children to 90 to bed,
he smashed i'll three windows and then
broke open the door. Then he fired u
charge of buck-shOt through the cell
ing and departed. leaving his mask be-
hind him. His intention was to per-
senate the supposed side-whiskered
object of the widows affections in or
der to disgust her with her hypothetic-
ally hairy-faced lover. He wus arrested
and tried before Justice Austin. at
Haywards, and on his trial he swore
that Mrs. Wrider had given him
powder in his tea some time before he
adopted his novel means of cutting out
his hated rival. He was sent to the
county Jail for six months. Mrs. Wridel
denies that she ever gave him any
powder.-Sdp Francisco Call
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04
Black Skin and Golden Curls.

A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio,
says: The strange sight of girl with
golden curls reaching nearly to her
waist. and yet with skin as black rs eb-
ony, was presented in this city Mon
day. This freak of nature is the only
child of family named Lorgan. resi-
dents of Philadelphia until within a
short time. She was noted for her
beauty. and moved III the best circles
of society. 1t was finally discovered
that for some time she had been n hab-
itual arsenic eater. and steps were tax
en- to overcome the habit. Shortly af-
ter she became seriously ill, and for a
long time her life was despaired of.
Upon her recovery yellow spots began
to show themselves on her face. and
these rapidly extended and grew dark
er until she became as black as an
Ethiopian. The skin on the body not
exposed to the air, however, remains
yellow. The case battles the physi-
cians, and she was taken to tho Hot
Springs of Arkansas by her dirtsacted
parents. but all to no purpose. The
young lady is otherwise in good health,
but is morbidlY sensitive. and has iso-
lated herself from the world, refusing
to see even her most intimate friends il
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04
Bad Luck to Move a Cat.

An Englishman named Jackson ap-
peared to the superintendent of Castle
Garden the other day for free passage
back TO his native land. lie carried u
small square box under his arm and in
it a cat. and this is what he is reported
to have said to the superintendent:
'.She is the only friend | have. We
have been companions for the last six
years. | have always encountered
hard luck. About four months ago l
decided TO come to America, thinking
to better my condition. We'll. would
YOU believe it. L spent my last penny
in buying my passage. l was penni-
less tho day l landed. l have not
handled one cent of money since then.
/ have travelled all over the country.
could get no work. l lraye lived as II
tramp-begging or stealing my meals
wherever l could. My poor Cat here
has been my only companion. She has
shared my SORROWS" This melancholy
story will strengthen the superstition
that it is bad luck to move u cat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04
freed by Bull

A joke is told on a party of this city.
They were holding a private picnic on
Picnic Point. A young man wandered
off and finding shady nook by the
lake divested himself of his clothing
and took bath. When he came out
and was about to put ON the first gas
ment. which was a reddish color, he
heard a roaring and loud rustling in
the brush behind him. He looked, and
behold. an infuriated bull was coming
toward him. and was already within a
dozen rods of him. His shirt was about
half on; he did not stop to make any
adjustment of the garment, but pro-
ceeded forthwith TO climb o tree. He
was about six feet from the ground
when his bullship reached the scene
and commenced paving the ground at
the foot of the tree. The young man
cried for help, and his cries were even
heard by his companions. All hands
started, but when the sad predicament
of the young man was noticed por-
tlon of the party retired, and the re-
mainder with sticks and stones put the
maddened animal to flight, and the
treed young man slid down and clothed
himself. He promised to put up the
cigars and ice cream if the party
would not tell the joke on him. OF
course they will keep mum. ."-Madi-
son (IPiS. Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04

Some Of the papers persist in speak
ing of natural gas rs beng poisonous,
and that the wasting of it in the atmos-
phere vitiates the air VIC breathe. Its
gravity is only half that of the air. and
consequently it must ascend with great
velocity to higher strata-where. even
II it were poisonous, 1t would do no
harm. The mistake originates. think.
in confounding it with ''choke-damp,"
or curbonic acid gas. sometimes found
in the bottom of wells or illy-ventilatcd
coal pits. where it hugs the floor close
ly. being heavier than air Such gas
produces asphy xia in the course of a
few minutes. Natural gas is the fire
damp" OF mines which floats over the
miners heads and can be inhaled with
comparative impunity. 1t is composed
of 75 per cent. hydrogen gas. mixed
with various proportions of o.3line va
pors. differing. of course. in different
localities. In but few instances is
carbonic oxide. which is deadly poison.
found in it, and SO far only in almost
inappreciable rolume-less than l per
cenL-Pttsburg DsSt,dich.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04
Tale of the Hotel Register.

The hotel register is an interesting
study. The caligraphy or cacography,
as the case may be, furnishes its quota
to the store of the student of human
nature. The mere registering of ones
name is simple enough; but the manner
in which il is done, the writing upon
the book, often tell a tale, however un-
conscious the writer may be that he is
furnishing a paragraph to the observer
Mr.. Grandson Rake has been detained
down town, toying with chips until his
stake has petered out, or has, perhaps.
imbibed far too freely to encounter at
early morn the partner of his woes, so
he registers "Granison Rake, St. Louis"
although q resident of the city. taking
care to make his autograph rs illegible
as . bad pen and a shaky hand will
enable him to do. He does not deceive
the clerk, who slows him away under
the roof, as q matter of course.
As rule, Americans register their
names simply, without indicating that
they have or not a "handle" to them.
The signer may be honorable, major.
judge, or colonel, but he does not, in
his republican simplicity, see fit to
herald his dignities. Ii with his wife,
he registers ''and wife. or land lady,"
although some hotels object to this
latter designation rs too vague. The
Englishman is more particular, and,
when with his better half, inscribes her
and himself as '.Mr. and Mrs"
Each nation has its peculiar hand
wriling. An agglomeration OF thin and
thick strokes is characteristically Amer
lean. while the Briton's strokes are of the
same thickness throughout, and conse-
quently more legible. French, Spanish,
and Italian handwritings are minute,
and often degenerate into an unde-
cipherable scrawl, but all are careful
To notify whom it may concern that
they are barons or counts. Celebrities
of the stage and of the drama seldom
contribute to the hotels collection of
autographs. Mime Voce d'Oro and
maid" nave their names put down by
the impresariO or by the clerk, while
Sig. Sparafucile. the great tenor. and
equally great beer drinker, blots the
register, and draws on it q pattern for
crcwel work, thus practically illustrat-
ing that, although "a beautiful voice
is u gift OF God" US Mime. Patti is
wont to inscriDe in albums, tenor's
handwriting is assuredly not. Aneri-
can military men are in the habit OF
merely appending U. S. A. TO their
names, thus fai,ing to indicate their rank
or to givea clew rs TO their Identity
Occasionally some distinguished per-
sonage seeks to preserve his or her
incognito. An instance OF this happen
ed in New York two years ago. when
Goodwin Smith, anxious to escape the
opportunities of the interviewer, baffied
the lynx-eyed and keen-scented gentry
of New York by registering Mr. and
Mrs. Smith" This name. being some-
what common. did not attract attention.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04
Rising Young Man in 5. c.

A young man in Spartanburg. S. C.,
who is ambitious to serve in the State
Legislature, has written a two-column
article for u local pauer. in which he
sets forth his ''views" in this fashion,:
"rhese moneyed powers must be check
mated and curbcd, or else the fiery
horse of superb individual splendor
will disarm the weary charger, and
mount triumphantly the hilltops of op-
pressing and feudal centralization,
while we can but stand in the valley
below and pray God to abate tho COM
ing storm, and. holding to the delusive
phantom of vain hope, resort to capri
cious change to hold back the resistless
avalanche of damnable and headlong
discrimination. Now, MIR. L iitor, ]
have said enough to demonstrate be-
yond all speculative doubts that we
can mako this u grand old state if we
will hut give ail legitimate Inducements
to factories and curb the bits OF the
iron horse OF extortion, ,"-E1chaa9e
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04
al Mean to Wait For Jack"

Sweet Kate at Wyudham dairy, and Jack OF
Oidhsm Mill
Oh. long they wood and fond they Good Q
faithful Jack and Jill
But times were bad for lass and lad, and sadly
both confessed
Twas not the thing to buy the ring before
they'd lined the nest.
Courage la1r' said Kate. "Yes Wen
have to wait!
But though my dear, it's twenty year, I'll
take no other mate"
But Eng land wanted Jacky, for war was in
the air,
And arms mere grim were pressd on him
than kai e. bonny pair.
80 all through Spain, in rough campaign no
chiVied bold MUSSoO,
And fired his pun aud made him run like fun
at Waterloo.
when the lads came around her Katie bade
Them pack
''1hore's girls enow for you to WOO; mean
To- wait TCr Jnck."
The gray in Knric's ringlets was mingled with
the brown,
When DumI-H-t thump, an eager stump came
pegrinr through the town.
Its me- you See. come back" says he, "ex-
Cept u leg or so:
And sGte and sound here's twenty pound; so
let the pHrsun know.
Jingle. jdng'c. jIn2leI ret the bells achine
And health ANA bliss to love like this that
brhVuly hIiGs it, time.
Frederick Lang bridge in Good Words.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04

Tell me at once, NedT. Jack con-
tinued. Where is my bird?"
s''Here 1 am" came in muffied ac-
cents from Ned's pocket, this time
loud enough for Ellis to hear where it
came from.
With sharp exclamation he put his
hand gently in the boys pocket, and
drew the poor, trembling little prisoner
out.
Jack pressed his lips to the soft tiny
head. look of delight chasing the
anxious shadow from his face.
Ned stood silently by. afraid to go
without one word of pardon from Ellis,
his blue eyes dimmed with repentant
tears. his mouth still Quivering with
suppressed sobs.
Jack" he said at length, plead
inglv. sorrowfully, will you forgive
meP"
Ellis started; for moment he had
forgotten the child; now stern frown
settled on his brow, and ho said very
gravely,
Il did not think Ned. my little
friend, would ever become q thief.
You know how much l love my bird;
how sorry l should have been to have
lost him; yet you enter my home, and
steal the only thing | care for"
IL am sorry-indeed l am" sobbed
Ned.
Yes. now. But suppose l had not
returned in time. | might have looked
in vain for Speck. and you would have
been laughing ut my misfortune. | am
disappointed. Ned, very; and l hope
for :he future you will keep away from
my home"
''Oh. no, Jacki Don't say that. Let
me still be your friend. You will never
find me SO ungrateful again. Forgive
me-"
Ellis's face softened and he placed
his hand on the child's bowed head.
Il will pardon you this once" he
said. but if find you attempting to
take Speck from me by dishonest
means. you will never enter my door
again. Do you hear?"
Yes. Thank you. Jack. You need
have no fear of my ever forgetting"
Ned answered.
Ellis smiled cheerfully, and with his
bird perched upon his shoulder, entered
the cottage happy ut having found his
pet
Come in, Ned. and take tea with
me. he called to the boy. who fingered
outside.
Ned gladly accepted tho invitation,
nor did he ever attempt to obtain Speck
again.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-09-04
Down on Enterprise.

A Detroiter who moved to Southern
Indiana and went into business few
months ago will return next week. He
settled in town where they did not
appreciate his enterprise. He invented
self-rising pancake. and they fined
him $50 for advertising it on the side
of meeling-house. He dropped the
price of Goldfish to 3 cents, and bone
less Mt that, and three butchers in tho
town waylaid and pounded him. He
refused 10 make the grocery the head
quarters of old baldheads who wanted
to talk horse and jaw about hard
times, and some one bored holes in his
kerosene barrels and started the story
that he poisoned his first wife. A
month ago ne bought out a new baking
powder, advertised it on the fence
around the graveyard. and hired boy
to follow funeral procession and dis
tribute bills. That night they tried to
blow him up with dynamite, and a
shingle on which was written, You
are too previous for this locality" was
nailed on his house. The grocer will
come back to Detroit. Here he can
make the fur fly and the hair stand on
end and the blood of the dear public
grow cold with his tlysheets in family
Bibles, and there is no one TO make
him afraid.-DetrOH Free Press.