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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-10

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No @i-New Orleans Passenger. $40 p, NJ.
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GOING sEsT--UNiON DEPOT.
no. 0l-Calitornia Express, arr. 6:l6 p. NJ.
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No, l6S-san Antonio Express,
leaves L. a u. Depot. .,.,,.. $3.50 A. NJ.
Nos 1903 and 30i run between Fort Worth
ana New Orleans daily Nos. l5i and 1853
connect ut Fort Worth with trains to and
from Colorado. Nos S0t, 800 and gl3 take
meals at the Union Depot, Double daily
trains 10 New Orleans. Tho Texas 4 Pa
chic Is Ill miles the shortest route 10 New
Orleans, Bold trains III Paso 10 81. Louis;
also Dallas 10 San Atomic, etc Fast time
iirst-olass equipment, sure connection. Zee
cino Railway,
Passengers booked N and from all iuts
In Europe via the "RED STAR" Steamship
Inc, plying between New York, Philadel-
nhia aud Antwerp, Belgium, and the
",,AiMERicAN" steamship Line, between
For maps, time tables, tickets, rates and
all required Information, call on or address
~. y. TURNER,
Ticket Agent, 500 Main street, Dallas, Texas
" y, hUGHks,
PASSENGER Agent, Houston, Texas
II. W MCCULLOUGH,
General PASSENGER and Ticket Aront, Gal.
W. IL. NEWMAN.
Itatiic Manager, Galveston, Texas
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-10
RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
TGZas 4 Pacific R.R.
THE GREAT POPULAR ROUTE
8EIWEEs THE EAST AND The VEST
SHORT LINE
TO NEW ORLEANS
AND ALL POINTS IN

EUUT5lANN,
NEW sIENICO.
ARIZONA md
CALIFORNIA
Fnvorlte line TO tho North, Fast and
southeast. Pullman Palace sleeping Cars
daily between ~. Louis and Dallas, Fort
Worth, III Paso and San francisco, bal M
and Now Orloa1s without change Pull
man Sleepers Fort Worth and Dallas TO
New Orleans without change.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-10
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bid. ASKED.
TONE: Closed-Gew York, flrm; New
Orleans, firm; Galveston, quiet; liver
pool, steady.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-10

Als,on's Hungarian Patent flosr.
Alston's Hungarian Patent flour.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-10

| EXPORTS AND sToUKs
EXPORTS from all United States ports thus
lar THIS woek: Great Britain, 8,505; France,
| 49,: Continent, 1850 STOCK ut all United
States ports: This day, lii,76l; this day
last year, l2l, 02l.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-10

peas sS every day. each HousroN
through the Indian Territory via Fort sedala
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-10
BETWEEN

kansas Wy Hannibal ~ Louis favorable
halfway 10 Kansas City Hannibal or
orall points East, North
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-25
Friday, September 25, 1883.
THE GREAT REFORM.

The declaration of the New York Republi- cans concerning civil service reform is inter- esting and important. It is as follows: Re- solved, That the provisions of the existing civil service laws of the State and nation should be strengthened and extended to all grades f'the public service to which they may be applicable, so that the selection of administrative affairs in the civil service shall, so far as possible, be governed solely by capacity and fitness. We insist upon the enforcement of these laws by all public of ficials not only in the letter, but also in spir- it. HoRorably discharged soldiers and sail ors, who are shown by competitive examina- tion to possess the necessary requirements, tion and in appointment.
 The most radical of the reformers could not fairly ask more than this, and in addi- tion the New York Republicans nominated men whose character gives special value to such 8 declaration. This action would even suit Andrew D. White, who believes that the salvation of the Republican party lies in its adherence to the cause of civil service re- form. In recent interview MT. White
 
 is well worth attention. Parties in this country, said he, are divided very much as they are in England. The tory party in England never originates anything. It only serves as balance wheel to the liberals. The Republican party is like the liberals. It originates ideas, and its appeals are made to men who think. People who have looked for reform from the Democratic party are getting their eyes open. do not refer at all to individuals. The great mistake of the Republican party is that it fails to recognize the fact that certain reforms are necessary to perpetuate republican institutions. It should start upon these reforms, advocate them, ed ucate it's people in them, and let the Demo- cratic party oppose them, as they have every thing else of value to the country for thirty years. The Republican party is not meeting the necessity of the hour as it ought to do and will be forced to dc by defeat. The men of the Republican faith are, for the most part, the men of intelligence and progressive ness in every community. They have the ca pacity to take up, understand and appreciate new issues and to carry reforms into effect This is not true of the Democratic party. Its members, for the most part, are incapable of approaching new issues.
 It is certain that civil service reform is not yet appreciated by the Democratic party, and it probably never will be. And it is not yet appreciated by the Republican party as it ought to be. Whether the reform has much life left in it remains to be seen.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-25
A Brisn, Man. Hut a Clam

One of the most ingenious men that ever lived was Massachusetts man named Jacob Perkins, born in 1766. But he was like a clam. As bright as he was in brain, he didn't make stir in the wolld The list of his in- ventions comprises a peculiar die for coins, devices for preventing the eounterfeiting of bank bills, 8 bathometer to measure the depth of water, pleometsr to measure the speed of moving ship, many improvements in hardening and softening sseel at pleasure, and steam gun that could discharge 250 balls minute. From natural ill-luck, or from some other cause, he never had any success iii making money out of any of his inventions, even the celebrated naN making machine, which made nails and completed them, head and all, at single stroke, bring ing him nothing but lawsuits. His Heam gun promised we'll and seemed to be effective, but was unanimously condemned by tht of ficers of the English, French and Ameriten armies for the reason that men under exclts- ment of battle cannot be made to use proper ly any machinery that is in the least 1ntr1- cate or requires even ordinary adjustment. So Perkins made only reputation out of his invention.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-25
Farm and Gard eHl .

Sow rye for soiling.
 Harvest sunhower seed.
 Kill feather-eating hens.
 Don't let the tools rust.
 Fix up the stables for winter.
 Short-horns are on the ascendent.
 Take your vacation after harvest. Store potatoes in a cool, dry cellar.
 Productiveness depends on the food. Pet cat and you spoil her as mouser. One years seeding makes seven years wedding.
 Start with good calf and feed it well, and you will have good COW cheap.
 Fowls in Chicago market are said to be dressed when handful of feathers have been taken off.
 A COW that will not yield 400 pounds oi cheese ayear isn't worth keeping. Many may be kept that yield less.
 Shingles may be made fire proof by settng the butts into trough of water, in which g
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-25
He Was Net Prepared.


 A few years ago the people of certain township were about to celebrate the open ing of new bridge and invited young lawyer to deliver the oration. He had made no written preparation, supposing that law yer ought to be capable of speaking without note or notice any number of hours, on any subject, in a style of thrilling eloquence.
 Therefore he trusted to the occasion.
 He stood out upon platform erected near the bridge and began amid the profound and attentive silence of his audience: ''Fellow-citizens: Five and forty years ago this bridge, built by your enterprise, was part and parcel of the bowling wildernessr' He paused moment. ''Yes, fellow-citi- zens, only five and forty years ago this bridge where we now stand was part and parcel of the bowling wilderness!' Again he paused.
 (Cries of ''Good! Go on!D ''I feel it hardly necessary to repeat that this bridge, fellow-citizens, only five and for ty years ago was part and parcel of the howl ing wilderness, and I will conclude by saying that I wish-I wish it was part and parcel of it now!"
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-25
DANGEROUS.

They never play cards on a polar expedi- tion because of the danger from cold decks. -Pittsburg Chronicle.
 Notwithstanding the depression in busi- ness circles, the business of the thief seems
 to be picking up.-Puck.
 "What do Nihilists wanta" asks an ex- change. They want blowing up-that's what they want.-New York Graphic.
 Doctor-For dinner take forty minutes
 Timid patient Would it be dangerous to
 add piece of meat and some vegetablesa-
 Jewish Messenger.
 "Do fishermen iee' asks an exchange. As a rule they do not. It is usually the men who don't know how to fish who do the 1y-
 ing.-New York Graphic.
 Farmers are not much on style. They ob-
 ject to dados on their barns and kick like a
 mule if they wake up and find a freeze on
 their crops.-Lowell Citizen. For g wager Danbury man swallowed a
 live frog the other day. The frog appeared
 to be hopping mad when he found that he
 had been so badly taken in.-Boston Tran
 script.
 It is said that only one woman in a thou
 sand can whistle. Well, she doesn't need to.
 The husband is the one who receives the -Yonkers Statesman Banana beer is drunk by the natives of
 Equatorial Africa as 8 preventive of fever. If banana beer will throw man as uncere moniously as the banana skin, mans health is safer with the fever-Norristown Herald. "James, am sorry you do not take my advice.''
 'sWhy, father, do." "You don't seem to use it, then" ''I do the next best tbing." "And what is that?" ssI give it to some other fellow who needs it as badly as I do Philadelphia Call. "You don't mean to say that your mother was the cause of your going to the bad?' said 8 woman to a criminal in prison 'l reckon that's about the size of it, mum. , Ridiculous! How could that be, sirr ssWell, you see she alluz cut my hair when l was little helpless boy, mum, and if you could a seen what dreadful mess she made of it you wouldn't wonder at my bein' here | w."-Chisago Leader. "What is the difference" asked the news paper mans little daughter, who had just completed dressing her new doll; ''what is the difference between MT. Roach's rejected | vessel and my new dollys" '1 don't know" said the parent, strokine | the little girls blonde tresses. "What is the | diference."
 "Why, don't you sees One is 8 Dolphin | and the other is 8 doll finished" The father groaned aloud.-Norristown Herald. What constitutes a full-dress uniform ir
 Brooklyn-''Captain Fred 0. Cocheu orders ! Company D, Twenty-third, to assemble al | the armory on Monday evening, October 9th l for company drill. As this will be the first drill of the season the captain expects every member will exert himself to be present, and will continue to do his duty throughout the entire season. Enlisted men will wear colla1 only in full dress. Brooklyn Union. The gallant little Yankee yacht For the Genesta made it hacht, Whatever wind fell to her lot, Or strong, or light it mattered not, She past her rival always shacht, And so the cup we still have gacht. Boston Gazette.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

In New York city ninety-throe per cent. of the inmates of the House of Industry were sent there for crimes resulting from the use of intoxicating liquors, while of the eight thou sand liquor sellers of the metropolis {, ,438 have been confined in jail or prison.
 A correspondent asks: "Would it not be prudent to require vaccination of the chil- dren in the public schools, to protect them and the city from an epidemic not very far distants'' We think it would be. Everybody
 who has not been vaccinated recently should be.
 The president of the cigarmakers' union
 in his annual report says that it has cost the
 union during the past two years over $21O,- 900 to support members during strikes, lock outs, etc., of which there have been 159. Sixty-n of these strikes have been success full, three have been compromised and the re-
 maning nine are still in progress. These strikes affected 8, 152 men.
 Some time ago the Brooklyn city council l passed an ordinance setting forth that all | horse railroads shall provide for every street car a conductor as well as driver. One of the companies took the matter into court. | The special term of the Supreme court de- l cided in favor of the city, but the general l term has just reversed this judgment, decid- | ing that the common council had no power | to make such an ordinance.
 M. Delaunay, of Paris, makes the cheerful prediction that earthquakes on grand scale | will occur next year either when the earth is
 under the influence of a planet of the first rank, like Jupiter, or under that of 8 group ! of asteroids, or at time when the sun and | moon are nearest to our planet simultane-
 ously. The specialist in earthquakes fore told the frightful catastrophes which oc- cured in South America in 1877. He an- 1 nounced vast seizmic disturbance in 1855,
 and the appalling disasters in the Indian Archipelago followed. He raised his voice | of warning also before the late extensive
 shaking of the earth in Spain. It is no won der, therefore, that his latest utterances have
 attracted considerable attention in various countries
 1 The "city of London" is wonderful place
 and it's frequenters are wonderful people. It | is the smallest of cities, but the most valu- l able. It has an area of one square mile, but
 that one square mile produces rental of
 A, ,0OO, 900 per annum, and it's inhabitants pay one-sevsnth of the general rates of the
 whole metropolis, which has an area of one
 hundred and twenty square miles. Land is sometimes now sold in the country at about
 e10 per acre, which is equal to one half
 penny per square yard. It has been sold in
 the city at e64O per square yard, which is
 equal to over e3, 100000 per acre. In other
 words, the price of a square yard of land in Lombard street has realized a sum that would I purchase nice little freehold estate in Berk-
 shire of not less than sixty-four acres. | Dr. Douglass says the stories about the
 doctors bills sent to the Grant family are l one and all fctions. For instance, it has been stated that each of the generals physi-
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-25

A correspondent asks: "Would it not be prudent to require vaccination of the chil- dren in the public schools, to protect them and the city from an epidemic not very far dstant!' We think it would be. Everybody who has not been vaccinated recently should
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-25

In New York city ninetythroe per cent. of the inmates of the House of Industry were sent there for crimes resulting from the use of intoxicating liquors, while of the eight thou sand liquor sellers of the metropolis 6, ,43S have been confined in iail or prison.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26
Our keighbor's Baby.

1t has repeatedly been said that
no man is competent to pass upon
the merits of his own baby. Yet we
believe it is universally conceded
that he is fully qualified to set in
Judgment upon his neishbor's baby.
With these premises established the
subject naturally presents itself.
Our neighbor's baby is not girl;
has soft brown eyes, in which legions
of joyous, mischevious sprites seem
to dance in accompaniment to the
bright smiles which steal from the
corners of his rosy little mouth. Our
neighbor's baby has reached the
second stage Of development. The
swaddline clothes. intorminally long
dresses which have heretofore so
completely enveloped his tiny frame,
have been laid aside \ little, short
slip, which, like baict girls dress
reaches only to the knees, has super
seded these torturesosne clrcum-
stances. Thus accputred our neigh.
boris baby lies upon the floor, at the
rude mercy Of yagrant aies and ma.
licious mosquitoes, a picture for an
artist. As yet baby has not made
much progress in crawling. He is
very stout and muscular, but the
trouble seems to be that there is q
lack Of unity among organs Of loco
motion. Then. fre Is mech given 10
philosopiizt.e ahd meditation He
ia calculating how !org it will be
before he cpte his first tooth, and
possibly his monstache.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26

Two little mice have achieved
Immortality, SO to speak, at White.
staple, England. One evening since
two or three oysters were pnt away
in an ear,hen pen. During the
night a couple Of young rodents
found out the dainty dish and in-
serted their hungry mouths within
the open shells Of one Of the bivalves.
In the morning they were found fast,
held by the closed shells of the
oysters and of course quite dead.
The oyster continued its firm hold
on the intruders, aud the trio were
at once immersed in spirits, ahd will
in due course be placed in the local
museum.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26


Statistics of the civil war are
abundant and interesting just new.
At Ahtietam the Union loss was
about 2,lOO; the rebel loss was
about $500. At Gettysburg Leo
lost in killed $500; Meade, 1884.
More men were killed between May
l and May l3, 1864, than in any
other period Of similar length during
the war, bot the battles fought by
Grant and Lee, although most con-
tinuous 1T that time are divided. At
the Wilderness Grant lost in killed
1891 +; Lee about 1000. At Spot.
sylvania Grant lost 2,270; les
shout 1,000t
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26

Gen. Robert Toombs, of Georgia,
one Of the greatest Statesmen OF the
United States, died at his home in
Washington, Ga, December 18th.
He vas seventy-fve years of age.
Hon. B. Gratz Brown passed away
at his home, near St. Louis. Mo-, on
the 18th inst. Two more of our
great statesmen haze thus passed
away, and gone to whose bourne no
traveller returns.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26
CHEAP CASH STORE !
GUS. GODCHAUX,
Abbeville, Louisiana.

KEEps constantly on hand fine
n and selected stock Of all kinds
Of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and
Shoes, Hats, Caps and Notions.
/ keep also a fresh and selected
supply of
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26

The New Orleans Times Democrat
says on January 18th the Southern
Company will conduct a grand ex-
cursion from New Orleans to Los
Angeles and Sah Francisco. The
round trip rate for the occasion will
be $1l0, and tickets will be good to
return within six months from date
of sale. This unusually low rate
offered by the Southern Pacific
management permits of a visit to
the Pacific Coast at a Iominal ex.
pense as compared with regular
rates Of fare, and should induce many
to take advantage Of SO favorable
an opportunity. Ezcnrsionists from
principal cities in the North and
East en- route for California will
arrive New Orleans January 18th
with view Of visiting the Exposi
ton and other present attractions
leaving fer the West the evening ol
the l7,h. Present indications poin,
to very large excursion and Others
are promised by the South ern Pacific
officials, providing their presen,
enterprising efforts receive proper
encouragement.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26

We are in receipt Of an invitation
to attend grand uniform ball to be
given by the Lake Charles Fire Com
pany No. l, to take place December
22d, at that place, for which we
return cur thanks.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26
Che teridioual.
EVERY SATURDAY
MOTHER ANb son.

MAJOR WILLIAM A. HUNTLEY.
Good-by, then, your going, my darling,
Away from the home of your youth,
Far away from innocent gladness,
Away from is faith and it's truth
The world with its joy- aud it's pleasures,
Alasi they are lighter than foam;
Yet these are the troubles that draw you
Away from your mother aud home.
An! we'll, it is but the same old story.
The tendrils which cling to our life,
Must ever be breaking and bleeding,
And tangled anG torn In the strife.
Good-by, then, dear boy, and believe me,
Wherever your footsteps may roam,
My love is still watching, forgiving,
And waiting to welcome you home.
You speak Of the great and the noble,
The tempter that tempts you il Fame;
You would climb up its mystical ladder,
And would gild with its tinsel your name
Wake, my darling beloved. you're dream
ing,
You need not q wanderer be;
In our cot'agewe';e peat. fnl and happy,
Stay at home, dear, and share it with me
You cannot! yon will not farewell, then,
Your visions must fade, and must die;
Be honest, aud upright, and featless,-
Sometimes think of me,-Good-by!
When the worlds hopes and treasures de-
ceive you,
When you've proved them to be like
the foam,
Then come back to the hat,nts Of your
CHILDHOOD
Como back to your mother and home
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26

We learn that the Southern States
are largely increasing their food
products. Recently compiled statls-
tics show in corn between 1875 and
1884 an increased production of
lO9,lz4,0O0 bushels. The gain in
oats during the same period was
2g, 100000 bushels. Arkansas, Vir-
ginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Texas,
Alabama and Kentucky producei
the increase in corn, which the pres
ent year will doubtless further In
crease. The gains in live stock are
thus set forth: In 1875 The South
produced 5,l93.3O9 sheep; in 1885,
i2,64O,323. The number Of hogs
grown in 1875 was 10.035, ,3O6; in
1885, Ib,532.5l6. Of cows the in.
crease was from 2,709, 200 to 1872.
673: OF oxen and other cattle, from
6,14o,s0o to 9,425,337. Summing
up the increase of all sorts of the
farm animals from 1875 to 1855, w
! 6nd that the number grown in the
former year was 27,608,105, in the
latter, 46.427 ,243, the increase in
number being Is, l9,l38--ip valuv
Isl95,0oo,000.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26

Now ready, after months Of pre-
paration, the grand holiday number
of the Cincinnati Graphic is out,
and is the largest and handsomest
paper ever published. The only one
in America. 1t contains over fifty
pages, with seven cclored supple
ments, in richly Illuminated cover,
in gold and Eve colors. The nagni.
ficent illustrations are too nnmel Gus
to mention. New stories were writ
ten expressly for this special edition
by the most noted authors, and are
illustrated E. P. Roe says his story,
Talk Alive" is the best he ever
wrote, Bill Nys says his is the fun
niest. Mrs. Doak. Of Memphis, and
others will add to their fame. The
poem by I. Buchanan Reade. pub,
lished in this number for the first
time, is a master piece. The paper
is in the form Of a book, and will
make cheap and elegant present
worth many times the price which is
so cts. Price to the trade $500
per 100. Order at once from the
news company, or The Graphic, 1856
Main street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26

We have just received copy of
Household Receipts, published by
Joseph Burnett & Co., Boston, Mass
Price, rs cents. 1t is composed of
valuable receipts for those who re.
gard economy as well as excellence,
and all honsekeepers who study their
own interests will find this little
work not only profitable, but quite
an adjunct to the culinary depart
ment of every family.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-12-26

Every time you avoid doing wrong
you increase your inclination to do
right.