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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-07

Secretary,
and the remaining members OF the COM
mittee.
MIR. HENDRICKS REILLY.
Mr.Hendricks replied rs follows: "Mr.
Chairman and gentlemen OF the Com
mittce: / cannot realize that man
should ever stand in the presence oi IA
committee representing a more august
body of men than that which you repre-
sent. In the language of another, the
convention was large in numbers, au-
gust in culture and patriotic in senti-
ments,' and. may l not add to that that
because OF the power and the greatness
and the virtues and the party which II
represents, it was itself in every respect
very great convention. tApplause.l
The delegates came from all the States
and Territories and, believe, two from
the District of Columbia. They came
clothed with authority to express
Judgment and opinion on all
these questions which are not
settled by consiitI tional law for the
purpose of passing on these questions
and selecting a ticket for the people,
That convention assembled; they dc,
cidad on the principles that they would
adopt as a platform; they selected the
candidates they would propose to the
party for their support and that conven
lion work was theirs. l have not
reached the period when it is proper for
me to consider the strength and force Oh
t.. si.s -.I.- la A.~..c III ~ i'''.04 Hl'
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-07

WIN. +. Villas,
Nrc,,otAs M.BEIL, Pres dent.
Secretary,
and the remaining members of the COM
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
Belling Bad Boys.
[Austin .Tex.) Press. ]


Owing to the tendency of our young Austin
boys to gravitate toward hoodlumism after
dark, the board of commissioners concluded
to make them go home at night, and not run
the streets any more. A town ordinance was
accordingly passed to that effect, and now
from the tower of the hall of Eagle Engine
Company No. 8 rings aloud the curfew bell
every evening at o'clock, giving just eight
taps as a warning for the boys to vanish
homeward or be arrested. The boys
-tambied to the racket forthwith, not will
ingly, but judiciously, knowing that the en-
tire police force stood ready and watching to
gobble them up unless they could show au-
thoritative permission from parents or
guardians, or that they were on errands, or
in the discharge of some legitimate duty. At
all public entertainments, especially theatri-
cal, these boys have been very serious
source of annoyance to both performers and
audience, crowding the back seats and entry,
and driving people wild with their yells,
shrieks, whistling, and stamping. 1t had to
be stopped.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
Governor GroOme's Pluck.


The following story is told of Senator
Groome, of Maryland When he was gov
ernor he ran up frequently from Annapolis
to Baltimore. One evening, just as the train
approached station half way between the
two cities, Groome noticed a large crowd
standing near the station; they seemed very
much excited. When the train reached the
station Groome saw colored man tightly
held by two nervous-looking white men,
while the crowd danced around him.
Groom jumped off as soon as the train
stopped. The nervous looking white men
told him that they were peace officers, that
the negro was a murderer, and that the
crowd were lynchers. Groome ordered the
officers and their prisoner on the train; told
the lynchers that he was the governor of
Maryland and that they would stop him at
their peril, and then, getting on the train
forced the negro through the cars up to the
engine. Putting the prisoner, now half dead
with fright, into the cab, he ordered the en-
gineer to cut loose the engine and run back
to Annapolis. This the engineer did, leav-
ing the crowd bowling in the rear At An
napolis the governor turned the prisoner
over to the sheriff and then returned to Bal
timore. 1 am sorry to say that three nights
after that the lynchers came into Annap-
oils, took the negro out of Jail and hanged
him. All the same, Groome is plucky
mani
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
His Opera Was Grand.
TArkansaw Traveler.l


"On one occasion a great composer pro-
duced an opera which he hoped would be
grand but there was so much music in it,
the singers did so well, and the audience went
into such fits of rapture and spasms of en-
joyment, that the composer saw his work
doomed to wayward life of inferior ap-
probation After the performance he took
the opera and sat up all night crossing out
the music, and marking in rasp flats and
guinea hen sharps He went with high hope
the next night to get revise. The audience
became restless. Men began to talk business
A harness and buggy dealer from neighbor-
ing town, sold three buggies, two sets of har-
nees, and figured extensively on an omnibus
trade. Women drew their cloaks around
their shoulders and shivered. The voices on
the stage broke and fell in shattered. frag-
ments The composer went away happy
His opera was grand"
"Did the people continue their patronage
after the music was marked out and the opera
pronounced grands"
Bless your ignorance, yes. Why the in
crease in attendance was wonderful. Pre-
vious to an operas advent as grand-that is,
before the music is crossed out-only people
who really loved the concord of sweet sounds
went to see it, but afterwards it was alike to
ALL The man with the dullest ear enjoyed it
the same as the person whose spirit was
stirred by the gentle touch of soul-born har-
mony."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
CHINESE ALMANAOS.
Elaborate System of Distribution
Throughout the Empire.
1San Francisco Examiner.

San Francisco Examiner.
All the Chinese almanacs are printed in
Pelkin, and are distributed in the following
manner: On certain day appointed for the
ceremony, which takes place in the capital,
the mandarins (high imperial officials repair
early in the morning to the palace, and the
members of the board, arrayed in their state
dresses, proceed to their hall to escort the
books, which are carried in procession to
the imperial palace. Those which are
intended for the emperor, the empress
and the queens are bound in yellow
satin and inclosed in bags of cloth of gold
They are placed on large gilded machine,
borne by about forty footmen, clothed in
yellow Next follow ten or twelve smaller
vehicles, surrounded with red curtains and
containing the books for the princes. These
are bound in red satin, and are inclosed in
bags of silver cloth. These are followed by
men bearing on their shoulders severa! sables,
on which are piled the calendars intended for
the grandees of the court and the generals of
the army The cavalcade is completed by
the president and members of the board,
carried in sedan chairs, and they are fol-
lowed by their usual attendants.
On arriving at the palace the golden bags
are laid Oh two tables, covered with yellow
damask, when the members of the tribunal,
having first Frustrated themselves, deliver
them to the proper officers, who receive
them kneeling, and carry them with great
ceremony to the foot Of the throne. The
silver bags are sent, in a similar manner to
all the princes of the royal family, after
which the ministers and other areat officers
of state present themselves in turn and
kneel with reverence to receive their
almanacs, which are regarded as gifts from
the emperor. The ceremonies of distribution
at the court being concluded, the books for
the use of the people are sent by the tribunal
into every province of the EMPIRE where the
forms observed at the imperial palace are re-
peated at tine court of the head mandarin,
after which the people are allowed to pur-
chase their almanacs; and as this is a privi-
lege of which few omit to avail themselves.
the sale is immense and adds yearly thousands
of dollars to the revenue.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
[Chicago Journal.l

Crowds of sympathetic visitors are sur
rounding the home of Little Nell in London,
which is soon to be demolished. There is
some doubt as to the authenticity of this
"Old Curiosity Shop" but that does not affect
the sentimentalists, and especially the Amer
leans. "They went there to worship" a
neighboring shop-keeper said, "took Off their
hats when they got through the doorway, and
asked questions about Quilp and the Grand
father as if they had been actual persons.
The ladies were the worst. I have known
them to get down on their knees and burst
out crying about Little Nell" Miss Mary
Anderson might have been seen there more
than once, with her heart full of tenderness
for the lutte maiden; and so delighted was
the fair American with the ancient dwelling
and its overhanging story that the doors of
the Lyceum were opened to the fortunate
occupant whenever he chose to go.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
Who Wants a Reliable Relic ?
TLime-Kiln Club.

The keeper of the Bar-Traps and Sacred
Relics, reported that he had received from
Delaware another of the goose-quill pens
used by John Hancock in signing the Declara-
ton of Indepen lence-making the seventh
now in possession of the museum.
The president instructed the secretary to
return thanks to the donor, but to drop
gentle hint at the same time that there was
such a thing IS being too good John couldn't
have written with over five or six pens at
once, and the club will divide up on the
goose-quill business with any respectable
society short of relics.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
BEHIND THE VELVET CURTAIN.
RAMSAY Morris in News-Journal.1 ]

RAMSAY Morris in News-Journal1
CHOPIN-OPUS "a.
A dreamy quiet, firelit room,
Two cups Of coffee whose rich perfume
Steals over our senses while fancy flies
To Indian isles and eastern skies:
A heavy languor, full content,
Odors of rose and violet blent
With faint patchouli and new mown hay;
A memory sweet of meadows gay.
On bearskin rug lie at ease
And listen to wondrouS harmunles
AS they softly drift, with charm untold,
Through the velvet portieres sweeping fold.
The music's passion is rich and strTinge;
1t holds me captive, I'm swayed at will
By the masters subtle grace and skill.
NV ewes are raised with movement low
To where, on a slumberous divan low,
/ see you stretched so near the place
That your soft breath fans my eager face.
The freight CLEANS on your silken hair,
And kisses the brow so passing fair,
While look ON with jealous glance
As DER your cheek the shadows dance.
try in vain to study your mind,
To read the thoughts which lie behind
Those deep gray orbs, to fathom the soul,
And find the power which holds conUrol
OF my every sense, my every aim,
Which binds me slave with unasked claim,
And makes me follow where'er you lead;
Your life the all which my life doth need
But the eyes no sign will e'er confess,
And the lips will tell me even less;
But when they quiver, and break, and cry,
My own respond with answering sigh:
Oh, why should we hold our lives aparts
l cannot cry down my HUNGRY heart,
Better defy the harsh wofld's decree,
And shape new path for you and me-
The music's dying; its charms yet thrill
My soul with yearning intense and chill.
creep still nearer, slave at a throne,
Till my hands touch those l long to own.
A lingering murmur, haunting strain,
Which fades, bursts forth, and fades again;
The waltz is over. its last note dies,
But safe on my breast your dear head lies
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
A WHOLE TON OF COMFORT
Merchant Traveller.

Merchant Traveller.
A tramp who had been hired by a
circus to appear as an Oriental knight
in the cavalcade fell from grace and
once more resumed his ancient calling.
Hello" said a man, meeting him
one day, Il thought you were circus
ing"
Il was, but I've quit"
"Do you like this business a. we'll as
the circus?:
"Well, don't know. I may not be
so awful durn gorgeous as was, but I
don't have to wash every day and
change my clothes, and there's whole
ton of satisfied comfort in that, even if
I don't look quite as purity as an ORR
entail knight"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
THE SWISS IN WISCONSIN,


Texas Slftings.
New Glarus is Swiss settlement in
Wisconsin. 1t was founded in 1916 by
1O8 persons, and now has 1000, who
hold fast to the integrity in race, Ian
guage and customs. The original pur-
chase consisted of two square miles.
At the outset notice was given in their
Switzerland home that every man who
made his way to the colony should have
farm of twenty-five acres, rent free
for ten We rs, and then absolute owner
ship at IN acre.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
The Cat. Socially.

MAN has sought the society of the cat. it is
not the cat that has sought the society of
man." says Champfeury. 1t is a natural,
comfortable, selfish, independent animal, and
probably its society is valued because it so
obviously and unaffectedly makes the best
of this life without pretending to any enthu-
siasm for humanity.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
Growth OF the Nails.

DR.. Beau, French physician, has observed
that the fnger-nails grow at the rate Of one
thirtieth of an inch a week, while the toe
nails increase in length only one-fourth as
fast He finds that the growth of the thumb
nail equals its own length -very twenty
weeks, but the nail of the great toe is re-
placed completely only once in ninety-six
weeks
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
Disgracing His Family.
CNorristOwn Herald

lNorrlStOwn Herald
Mr.. Hurlbert formerly editor of The New
York World, is in England, where he is
going to marry a duchess It seems that
after a man has written editorials for IA New
York paper he becomes hardened and
reckless, and loses his self-respect, and is
willing to-er-to still further disgrace his
family.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
Phillips as a Lecturer.

In the olden time Wendell Phillips was in
great demand as a lecturer. Among his
replies to committees was, II will
come and lecture on a literary subject for
800 night and my expenses; ,n Slavery
for nothing and pay my own expel ses."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

Those who have never seen the much
talked-of dynamite explosive will be in
terested to know tnat it looks much
like moist brown sugar.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

When the territory of the United States is
as densely settled as that of France there will
be $50, ,OO0. 900 people here.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

"The bark went down." said the ague pa
tient after he had swallowed lag dose Of
quinine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

Rev. B. Franklin: Whoever will preach
successfully to the American people. must be
himself in sympathy with them.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
"KOLA, BETTER THAN COFFEE.

New York Sun.
The kola nut, largely used in tropical
Africa to make an invigorating bever-
age, was subjected some months ago to
careful analysis, and is found to be
richer in caffeine than the best coffee.
while containing also the same active
principle as cacao. Negroes are said
not to touch coffee when they can OBJ
tain this nut. It is said by DR.. Dan
iell to be growing into an important
article of commerce in the Soudan, and,
it is thought, will soon find its way into
European countries. Samples have
been sent to London medical men for
experiment and to planters for agricul-
tural purposes. It is believed to aid
digestion and to render people capable
of withstanding the depression conse-
quent upon prolonged labor. Others
claim for it the power to relieve mental
depression and to not only subdue the
craving for alcohol, but prevent its in
toxicating effects.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

1t is easy finding reasons why other
people should be patient.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25

The pawnbroker always takes good in.
terest in his business.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-23
kagiish Manners ., Table.

tCora de We're. in Cincinnati Commercial
 No guest ever passes . plate or serves anything the servant does all that Soup is iaksn kum the sids of the spoon, nosse. lessly. Soup and fish are not pastaksn of the second time; n there is loint, aad the hou oaryes, it is proper to ask for . sscond cut. Tread is passed by the servant, and mast bs broken, never cut. it is considered gauehe ,o be unds- oidsd whether ore wil! take clear soup os thick soup; decide quickly. in refnsing vine simply gay, "Thanks." s better. Thank you." The servants retire afssr handing the dessert, when the party ., once launches into politics and gossip, with nov and then lnos often, alas bit of gay bedinage, es @chaH.v uns,l the lady of the house gives the signai, and the ladies retire to the dsswing-soow Toasss and taking vine with people have scae oss ci fashion, and the charms oi tAe dravisg-soom have so far increased is the iass dscade that II is oaly the moro eosGsned tvo-beeiie men whe liagsr lSng scross the walnuss and the wins, F tho jsssssse doree usually pselsrring the cup of tea poused by some white bsad and s~eots1od wish . look from dsoepipR syss, vhicA is to bs ebsaised ia the dsswiss-room. The EngIish woman sp- peass b semi-syasd soiIstss, vifA open poxpa1ess corsAge asd elbow sleeves, ' sSs fn s0w-ssrksd, fsll dress sstire, whiis kg 1saghssTs gre univsssally siesss1ess ed usually white, vith low-ssck corssgs, eveu ia the deuths of winter. 4 man h Invariably is miI dress Sor diases. evea fl there is no one eiss present bss his majesty. aimssif.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-23
| ssss,de Costume.
fyren Something 10 Read.

Our fsis rezders vcuid iiks to ksov, pohaps, thaa Wosshs iaa idea les . ses- side drep oa ooad. epsy days is msds q . dark blue sooiieh ssuG, tks sextuss q which is rsfher this. l. has fhsee skisis, ths iOwss onss being plain ss the bstk cd rcd ys1vss 4sySces ass appli4os ail sossA The tbird shia sr ianic losms enbsei1med poisss asd ,s Eilsd sp oa ths vss side vifb iasge Fsd velvet oeck- adss. Ths beue bodScs is do3ed At tke |dee vieh shsee vsevss oecirado. 4 hfus sfusw high hses ssi8med wifk red vstvse ed psesies, . to bs worn vith this ec- canasic frock
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-23
You Can, Male ssoo sy Re.diag Tn

You Cant Make $500 by Reading This. even fl you have chronic nasal catarrh in its worst stages, for although this amount Of reward has for many years been offered by the Pgopxietors of Dr. Sage's Casauh Remedy, for any case ef cstanh they cannot cure, yet notwithstanding that thousands use the Remedy they are sei- dom called upon to pay the reward, and when they have been 70 called upon they have universally found that the failure to cure vas wholly due to some overlooked complication, usually easily removed by shght medication of the treatment. Therefore, if this should meet the eye of anybody who has made faithful trial oi this great and world famed Remedy vIth- cut receiving teyfaf and t<ysas<sf cure theTekom, that pefson viii do vel to either call upon or write to the pro- priesos, the Worlds Dispensazy Medical Association, of Buffalo, ". Y., giving all the particulars and symptoms in fke case. By return mail they will gel good advice free of all costs
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-23
Nssk M1usss -. G>lenrup lusxslal

ns EeAs ana sivslsss VT . wAi1A ysang peep,A noss sapsris1iy q lke eass rsgasa 1assinrs . sAsus hg - nnmhu ef moek wG1d1nU wAicA cnno se ligAs ia tAae ssesiaa. Essihly to ~ nnke eelievee mazzy b . jsvsnile amnsemsuf thsre. eat t is is tAe asmher q cd d. noamsats oaxhs b sdneaisA tke ela1eu that hule whoAeeene advice e ces- recsioas ioald hs b erdes.
 TAe lasesa exploit cf sAia had cccae. rcd h ths vicinity cf Nsw Yosk, wAss two young women at . parry q sene kind wsse mock marrs9d to two mis. ehievcas eadsss. TAsy vess all in ins and the enjoyment cf tAe scasenss naa have been uproasioua, but t uanspirsd ia . day or two that tho man vhc performed the ceremony vas pesson authorized hv iaw fcs sacA pasposss. and the youae people were tksse1cse leeally bcund ss eneh other h mess stasss severe pes. nsses havs ben prescribed fcs mss tAisely impsssoaatine elesCmea a magistrates and in thcse eapAeities as. suning so pestosm marriage esssmeaiss Many inacceas ysss have ben larsd = destruction by such msAaA and u AAs oeea touad nscessaFy tc protect them, os q leAst to nsake that nsshed cf villAiav excssdiagly dangsrcus and anpse6,ahla The oshss styls of mock marriage, wAils acs so be chased ia the sAms casssosy, . in some rsspecss quite as sspsshsnsioiA la the lasses tkere is no well-de6sed coa- spssacy tc dscsivs anybody, shcugA bosh ci the parties to such jsmcracks do lss. s,ueufiv And sknsasaivo< d~cesved ts would not bs out cf place te leg,siaie sucA psstcvmaaees isso the realm of mIs- demeancss as any rate.
 The tendsacies of the times seem ss be favorable .o the growth cf the .deA that marriage is ceremony to be lightly catered into and its obligations "a he easily put otf \ mock marriage oagAs to bs a impossible in . private psslcs os in any respectable company anywhere as a mock funeral
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-23
TO A sKxLRroN.
lRepuhliaAed br reqnes,.l ]

lThes Lines to . Skeleson- - is one of the hnesa things in all vaif poetry. is was found pinned to . skele4on in one of the museums Id London, and first published in the -Rsy.;xx CAvs.ieif of that city, when a reward of 70 euiseas uas offered for discovery of the known or snspeesed.l
 Behold this ruin, twas a skul, Once of ethereal spirit fuli Thls narrow ceii was iife's retreat This space vas thonghs's mysterious seat What dreams of pleasure long forgot. Nor love, nor joy, nor hope. nor fear Nave left one trace of record here. Beneath this nonidering canopy Onee shone the bright and busy eye. But start not at the dismal void If social love that eye employed. If with no lawlexx Ire il gie2meo, Bat through the dues of kindness beane6. That eye shall be forever bright When stars and suns are sunk in night Within this hollow cavern hung The ready, swift and tunefrl tongue. If falsehood's honey I; disdainec. And where ii could nor praise xas chained, If bold in virtues cause II spoke, Vet Reptle concord never broke. That silent tongue shall plead for tkee When time unveils eternity. Say, did these fingers delve the mine. Or with it's envied Fubies shine To hew the rock or wear the gem Can little BOW avail to them.
 But If the page of truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought. These hands a richer need shall claim Than all that waits on wealth or fame. Avails it whether bare or shod These feet the path of duty frod If from the bowers of ease they fed To seek afeciion's humble shed. If grandeur's guilty bribe they spurned, And home to virtues cot returned. These feet with angels wings shall vie And tread the palace of the sky.
 -EssAcsxs